Hi, guys! Here's another chapter for you. Please review. If you have any ideas for later scenes, that would be greatly appreciated. So, yeah. I won't dawdle. Here's the next chapter.
Mariah-Thank you so much! Astrid is interested in one of Stormi's older brother's. You'll see which one in this chapter. I've been creating some conflicts between Astrid and Stormi about this.
Hiccup and I studied the remnants of the bola. We were back at the scene of the crime.
"So… why didn't you?" Hiccup asked quietly. He looked at me and I shrugged my shoulders. He dropped the bola and we continued on in the direction it flew off.
We dropped into a rocky crevice and followed it to… and isolated cove with a pristine spring pool. We scanned the high stone walls until I found a single black scale on the ground. I picked it up and looked at it.
Suddenly the Night Fury blasted past us. We recoiled, watching the massive dragon struggle to climb the walls. It flapped violently, then peeled away to a rough landing. We realized he was trapped.
We grinned, excited to see it again and moved closer. We watched as the dragon leapt into the air, beating its wings furiously.
Hiccup pulled a leather-bound book out and flipped past pages of drawings of weapons and to a blank page. He thrusted it into my hands an I started drawing the dragon quickly. I had always been the better drawer and I drew most of his inventions for him.
The Fury clawed at the steep rock walls, trying to climb out of the cove. It slipped and fell hard, crushing several saplings. The Fury rolled back to his feet and slowly crawled to the water's edge.
"Why doesn't he just fly away?" I asked.
Hiccup snatched the drawing book out of my hands and erased half of the dragon's tail. "Look, he's missing it." He pointed and dropped the charcoal pencil. It rolled off the rock outcropping that hid us from view and bounced into the cove.
The Night Fury raised his head, spotting us. We exchanged profound and unflinching stares at one another
"Hal? Where's the Book of Dragons?" I asked, searching through our bookshelves. We had a lot as most of our family loved reading and researching.
Hal came walking into the room, his hand rubbing the back of his neck. "It's-It's in Erik's room."
Hal was definitely my most attractive brother… Astrid certainly thought so. He had soft waves of golden brown hair and electric blue eyes. He was seventeen and was going to join the Berk Guard once he turned eighteen.
"Thanks." I went into Erik's(my oldest brother) room and found it almost immediately. Erik was super organized and neat although you would never think him to be. He has straight ginger hair and hazel eyes. He was twenty-one and was already in the Berk Guard. He was hardly ever home and he had just left for another trip with the chief.
I grabbed the book and brought Hiccup down the hallway to my bedroom. I set the massive book on my desk. Thunder cracked outside as we poured over the pages.
"Dragon classifications." I started, "Strike, Fear, and Mystery Class."
Hiccup turned the page. "Thunderdrum. This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools. When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range. Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight."
"Timberjack. This gigantic creature has razor sharp wings that can slice through full grown trees… extremely dangerous. Kill on sight."
"Scauldron. Sprays scalding water at its victims. Extremely dangerous." Outside, the storm raged against the shuttered windows.
We flipped to the last page in the book. "Night Fury. Speed unknown. Size unknown. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself."
Hiccup and I looked at each other, both of our forest green eyes flickering with intriguement. I began to read the next part, but was interrupted by the door opening.
"Ooh, love birds. What're we doing in here?" It was my middle oldest brother, Gram. Gram was 19 and also in the Berk Guard. He had curly copper hair like me and emerald green eyes. He was my most annoying brother. He basically taught Ruff and Tuff everything they know.
"What do you want, Gram?" I asked, closing the book.
Gram shook his head. "Just wanted to check on my baby sister, that's all." He walked out, only closing the door halfway.
"Gram!" I shouted, getting up and closing it all the way. I sat back down and opened the book again. "Never engage this dragon. Your only chance, hide and pray it does not find you."
Hiccup pulled out his sketchbook from his vest and opened it to the drawing of the Night Fury. He laid it over the book's blank page ad looked at me. We stared at each other for a long time, thinking the same thoughts.