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"So what are we going to do about that monstrous nightmare?" Arya asked.

The two walked through the forest, taking a break from flying. Toothless walked at Hiccup's side.

"We need to train it before it gets too close to the village," Hiccup said. "I wonder why the big guy was so worked up."

"Umm… I think I know," Arya said, looking away from hiccup.

"Why?"

"It may have been my fault…" Arya said.

Hiccup looked at her with slightly accusing eyes.

"I transformed into my dragon form last night and I couldn't control myself."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa… What did you do?"

"Monstrous nightmares can be quite hard to reason with…" Arya muttered.

"You need to get that into control. How often do you change?"

"Usually I can change at will, but last night my dragon side just burst out of me," Arya said.

"Maybe I can train you!" Hiccup said excitedly.

Arya stared at him with a disapproving face.

"Alright, kidding." Hiccup said softly, turning away from Arya.

"You better be."

Hiccup cupped his hands around his mouth and imitated a Monstrous nightmares' call.

A roar boomed from our left, Toothless pricked up his ears. Trees rustled and the ground trembled. The Monstrous nightmare leaped out of the bushes blazing fire.

"Apologize to him Arya." Hiccup said.

"Wha—how?"

"Just—" He was cut off by another thundering roar from the dragon.

Toothless snarled and growled at the monstrous nightmare.

"Hold back Bud, Arya's going to do this one," He said, placing a hand on the night fury's head. Hiccup smiled at Arya, showing his faith in her.

Arya stepped cautiously towards the dragon.

"Sorry?" She said softly.

The monstrous nightmare cooled its fire and stared at her. Arya took another step closer. The dragon reached its head closer to her and roared harder than before.

"Hiccup, it's not going to work!" Arya yelled, dodging the dragon's blast of fire.

Arya saw a tall rock, she ran to it, feeling the thundering earth beneath her due to the giant beast's steps. She crouched down at the bottom of the boulder. The dragon growled. Arya closed her eyes and held her hand out to stop the blast of flame that she expected.

"I'm sorry!" She yelled.

Arya felt no fire, but only the slimy-scaly surface of the dragon's nose.

"You're forgiven Arya," Hiccup said.

The monstrous nightmare seemed calm. Its threat to Arya dissolved, and she only felt compassion for this poor creature's injury that she had caused. Arya pet the creature's snout.

"He's injured hiccup, can you help him?" Arya asked.

"I can try, his cut's pretty big, but Gobber can take a good look at it,"

Arya sighed in relief. "You know, I never would've thought that I would feel sorry for a creature like that."

"You'd be surprised how much you can grow by being with these creatures."

Arya smiled and touched the chin of the dragon.

"We should walk RedFlame back to the village," Arya said.

"RedFlame?" Hiccup asked, a smile on his face.

"He needs something for you humans to call him."

"Can you speak to him?" Hiccup asked.

"Only when I'm in dragon form, we communicate telepathically."

"Whoa… does that mean you can speak to toothless?" Hiccup asked.

"Get me a time where I can be alone with toothless in dragon form and yes."

Hiccup smiled. "Ill send the riders out on a mission and buy you some time in the arena tomorrow."

We walked towards the village in the deep royal blue twilight.

The next day:

Hiccup's eyes peeled open. From his temporary bed, he saw Arya sitting crisscross next to toothless. The tips of her golden hair brushed the floor. She let out a hushed laugh, sounding as smooth as still water, and pressed her head against toothless's massive forehead.

Arya turned to Hiccup, sensing his awakening. "Your up." She said, laughter still lingering in her voice.

"How long have you been up?" Hiccup asked sleepily.

"Not long. But toothless has been awake for a while."

"It's a little to early to go into the arena, but we could get some breakfast if you want." Hiccup said.

"Actually… would it be okay if I showed you something?" Arya asked shyly.

Hiccup nodded. "As long as you aren't going to go all dragon on me and make me your breakfast," He said jokingly.

Arya laughed. The two walked down to the beach. Deep blue waves sent from far away lands crashed at the shore, and cool sea breeze licked at their faces.

"So, why are we here again?" Hiccup asked.

"Just a little morning stretch," Arya said, cracking her neck.

"Oh no. I'm not the active guy; I'm the dragon peace guy," Hiccup said.

Arya giggled. "Don't worry, you don't need to be active to do this. I learned this a long time ago."

She stood facing the sunrise, which illuminated the sky in brilliant yellows and blues. She lifted her arms up to the sky and tilted her chin up, her chest rise and fell slowly.

"C'mon, you can do it too."

Hiccup stood tall and thrust his arms up to the sky, glancing at her every few seconds to see if she changed positions. Arya closed her eyes and folded over, reaching her hands behind her feet. Hiccup mimicked her, but his hands barely reached the ground.

"Don't forget to breathe." Arya said.

Hiccup took an exaggerated deep breath in. Arya walked her hands out into an upside down V. Hiccup did the same. Arya lowered down to her belly; hiccup dropped down to his in relief, the upside down V was harder than it looked. Arya pushed her chest up to the sky and stayed there, soaking up the morning sun. Hiccup mimicked her and stayed in that position. He closed his eyes and listened to the roaring waves, the sea birds, and Toothless's snoring. He let his hands sink into the soft sand and let all its warmth radiate through his belly. They broke from that pose and finished the salutation, doing other poses. Hiccup stood in standing, breathing deeply and letting the sand submerge his feet. Hiccup's peaceful state was broken by the nudge of toothless. Hiccup saw Arya drawing in the sand, he sat silently next to her.

"What was that?" He asked.

"It's called yoga. It's stretching, but breathing and feeling in sync with the earth at the same time." Arya responded.

"I like it, it's like really slow fighting but without the war."

Arya smiled. "There's one more thing," she said, crossing her legs and sitting up strait. "Put your back against mine, and sit like this."

Hiccup did what she said to do, and sat up tall, resting on her back.

"Now just relax." She said.

Hiccup let his eyes close, and his chest started to rise and fall. He focused on his surroundings, and let his thoughts drift out of his mind. Hiccup felt a load of stress relived off his head as he drifted off into a peaceful state. The last thought in his mind was the memory of leaving Mildew stuck with the Outcasts. He let that stress glide out of his worry, and completely dove into his meditation. He felt Arya's heartbeat, and the rise and fall of her chest. Arya lifted herself up from sitting next to hiccup and to her feet.

"Should we get to the Arena?" She asked.

Hiccup cleared his throat, "Yes, ill send everyone on a mission so that we'll have some time." He said. Hiccup turned to toothless, "Lets go bud." Toothless looked at him with a toothless smirk on his face. "Ill meet you there," He muttered before toothless leapt into the air.