A/N – forgot to mention, Hiccup went back after Toothless after he regained consciousness in this timeline, due to Vex's presence.
The next day was fun. Watching everyone go against the Gronkle was very entertaining. Earlier that morning, I told Hiccup to be careful of being killed, but at the end, like in the movie, he was almost blasted in the face. When it was all finished, Gobber lets me have a say.
"Snotlout, stop trying to impress Astrid, you will get yourself killed by her one of these days. Hiccup, hiding is not a bad idea, but when you lose your shield, don't chase after it, because it leaves you open, instead, just go back and hide. I don't blame you for it, because if I were you, I would. Astrid, stop trying so hard, and let someone else win for once. Fishlegs, use your knowledge to your advantage, and when someone compliments you, don't take it into account until the end of the battle. Ruff, Tuff, stop fighting, because I may as well kill you myself. That is all." I finish my long-winded explanation. "Hiccup, I'll meet you in the forest for some training, you need it." I say, heading out. I can feel the glares sent my way, and smile at what they will realise in a few short weeks.
Once I reach the cove, I witness Toothless teaching the baby Night Fury how to fish. Within a few minutes, I sense Hiccup approaching, and he brought a single fish.
"Next time, bring more than one, in the meantime, I am going to see if I can speed up my dragons aging for a short time." I say.
"Noted, but why for the age acceleration?" Hiccup asks.
"I found her dead body, then brought her back. So I am going to try using a similar technique for the effect." I say. Within a few hours, and the time where Hiccup and Toothless bonded, I had increased the age of my dragon to at least 15 years, same as Toothless. "That should do it. Now I just have to think of a name for you." I say aloud. "What about, Valkyrie? A lot of deadly weapons were named that, and it is also a female name." I ask her. She purrs at my choice of name. "Valkyrie it is." I chuckle.
"We should head back, there is a storm coming." Hiccup says. By the time we reach the Great Hall, we are both drenched.
"Note to self, when making armour, make it water proof." I say aloud.
"Amen to that, Vex." Hiccup agrees. As we enter the hall, I immediately frown.
"Where did Hiccup go wrong today?" I hear Gobber ask the teens. It's likely they were being revised on their mistakes. But I notice Hiccup's face becomes plain, showing no emotion. While ignoring what they were saying, I guide Hiccup to the table across from them. Once everyone leaves, as Hiccup was about to go and try to talk to Astrid, I hold him back and shake my head, mouthing 'Don't Bother' to him. As he walks up to take the book, Astrid gets up and leaves. I sigh, wondering why Vikings don't understand the uses of an intelligent person.
"Go straight to the Night Fury." I say. As I expected, the page about Night Furies was basically blank. "We will be making notes when we can, and we can remake the book of dragons." I say. "But it has to be you who does it. You must learn everything on your own, at least until Dragons are allowed in society." I say. "I gotta head off, or I won't be entering the forge to sleep." I say with a smile.
The third day was very interesting. The teens would not stop complaining about how I know nothing about fighting dragons. So I got to demonstrate.
"Anything you see here, does not leave here! If I find out it has, I will personally kill the person who spilled!" I glare at the teens while flaring my aura, scaring even Astrid. "Let out the Nightmare!" I call to Gobber, who was in a chipper mood, considering he knew my origins.
As the Nightmare burst out of the cage in flames, I raised my hand, and focused on its form. Grabbing the dragon with the Force, I hold it in place, while I discharge force lightning toward it. To finish, I pushed the dragon back into the cage and locked it myself.
"I HAVE BEEN IN MORE WARS THAN YOU EVER WILL! I HAVE WATCHED BILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIE IN FRONT OF ME! SO NEVER DOUBT MY EXPERIENCE AGAIN! AM I CLEAR?!" I shout towards the teens. The only person who did not flinch was Hiccup, who was smiling at how scared I made the teens.
"On with the training then." Gobber breaks them out of their shocked state. Later that afternoon, while Hiccup was building the artificial tail fin for Toothless, I begin gathering the rock ores need to create Gronkle Iron. After that, I begin designing my new sword. While it would be similar to Hiccups future 'Inferno', mine would harness not only fire, but the lightning I can create. Taking inspiration from the Sword of Fire from Lego Ninjago, I also add details for force enhancement. By the time Hiccup returned, I had the basic hilt designed.
"What are you working on Vex?" Hiccup asks.
"Building something that may take a few years to complete." I say. "Especially since the knowledge of such metals aren't known yet by Berk. If I started making new metals at random, it would be more difficult to keep your project under wraps." I explain.
"You aren't going to tell me what this something is?" Hiccup asks.
"Not at this point in time." I answer. "How's Toothless?" I ask.
"Exhausted. We had a lot of trial and error with the tail." He replies.
"Well, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again." I say.
"Very true." Hiccup chuckles. "Anyway, I'll see you tomorrow for dragon training." He bids me goodnight.