HTTYD: How to Start a Dragon Academy
A/N: Holy cow! A review already! I only posted this today! Cool! Thank YOU! :D Glad you liked it!
So, Here it is. Chapter two. Like I think I've said before, each chapter will be an episode of the tv series. With changes. Obviously. OC and all. Well, here it goes.
Berk. For generations it was Viking against dragon. The battles were ferocious. Then one day- everything changed. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III met Toothless. A Night Fury, and together they've shown people there instead of fighting dragons, they can ride them. Live with them. Even train them.
Hiccup landed Toothless on the cliff among the others. He held out his hand for Valerie. She smiled, took it, and climbed on. "Okay guys. Best trick competition. Who's up first?" asked Hiccup.
Fishlegs was about to answer, when Snotlout interrupted him. "Me!" he said. Fishlegs looked past him at the others. "Actually I think its-" Snotlout turned to face him. "Me!" he said.
"Sweet baby Thor in a thunderstorm, GO!" shouted Astrid. She was a very impatient person. "Oh don't worry! We'll go! And when we go, Hookfang and I are gonna light the sky on fiIIIIIRRREEEEE- AAAAAAHHHHHH!" shouted Snotlout. Without his warning, Hookfang dove off of the cliff. The teens tried to stifle their laughter, but it didn't work. They heard Snotlout's screams all the way until Hookfang landed on the cliff. "I'm alive?! I'M ALIVE!" he shouted. He looked at the others. "Of course I am!" he said with false confidence.
The others sighed. "It's my turn! Ready Meatlug?" Fishlegs asked his Gronkle. He petted her before they lifted off. "Here we go!" Fishlegs said excitedly. The Gronkle flew up and only flew a circle around the twins and back to their spot. "Yes! New personal best!" said Fishlegs. He bent down and Meatlug licked his face.
Ruffnut turned to Tuffnut. "My turn!" she said.
"No my turn!" said Tuffnut. Hiccup sighed. "Guys?" he glanced at Valerie. "Same dragon..." he said. A two-headed Zippleback. "Oh right." said Tuffnut. The twins pounded their fists together and dove down.
The gang stared as the twins had terrible communication skills with them, and their dragon. Eventually the two head actually shot the twins up into the air. "Whoa no! This is awesome and scary!" screamed Tuffnut. The heads caught them with their jaws, and flung them back on their necks. The dragon flew back to the cliff. The twins looked wiped out from the fear. "We almost died!" exclaimed Ruffnut.
"I know!" heaved Tuffnut. "Go again?!" Before they could, Astrid stopped them. "Hey! It's my turn!" she called. She turned to Hiccup and Valerie. "You might want to take notes." she said confidently. Hiccup and Valerie smiled at each other. "Let's go. Yah!" and they went. Once they were back they were praised. "Yeah. But can ya do it without the dragon?" said Snotlout. "Ow!" his response was Astrid punching him hard in the arm.
"Well, looks like we got our work cut out for us guys." said Hiccup. "You ready?" he asked Valerie. She'd watch them practice, but she has never actually ridden with them. "As I'll ever be!" she said excitedly. She wrapped her arms around his waist, and leaned in. Hiccup blushed making the others stifle their snickers.
Toothless flew off. He first went up a little ways, then dove down as fast as he could. Before they hit the water, Hiccup levelled them out making the waves splash upwards. They flew in between some rock peaks, then they were flying at a bridged peak. "Get ready to hold onto the saddle Valerie! I'll try not to sit on you as well..." said Hiccup. They got ready. "That would be appreciated." said Valerie.
Hiccup jumped up as the other two flew under the bridge. Hiccup ran as fast as he could to the other side. Their timing had to be perfect. He made it to the edge just in time as Toothless flew under with Valerie hanging on for dear life. Once Hiccup landed in the saddle and Valerie was once again wrapping her arms around him, he made a note to make a two-person saddle. "Another win guys!" said Hiccup.
"Good job." said Valerie. She leaned in again, making Hiccup blush...again. Luckily this time no one could really see it. Although he hoped it would disappear once they landed. A warm feeling also came over him. What was with him? He ignored it as the breeze cooled him off as they landed.
Yep, dragons. Most people on Berk would say that life had gotten better since they've made peace with them. Unfortunately, dragons were still- dragons.
Hiccup and Valerie walked amongst the Viking village. What they saw was a peaceful, yet unpeaceful sight. Yes, the war had ended, but the dragons still had their wild nature to them. "They seem to be eating everything in sight." said Valerie. That was not good. Suddenly a Viking walked past them, looking up. "In coming!" he said pointing up. Hiccup gasped realising what he was talking about. Out of instinct, he grabbed Valerie's hand and went under the nearest Vikings with umbrellas. "Dragon poo!" shouted a Viking.
"Ew! Oh gross, gross, gross!" said Hiccup as they scrambled underneath the umbrellas. "Nice." Valerie said sarcastically. They watched the scene unfold. It was nasty. "Uh- hey Mulch. Hey Bucket. Sorry about the um-" apologized Hiccup. They didn't seem to care that much. "Everyday at three. They're regular at least. A tip of the cap!" said Bucket.
"Better than the days when it was kill or be killed!" said Mulch. That was true. "Hey! We got some fish for that father of yours. Bucket, give the boy the cod." the two teens turned to Bucket. He held up a half eaten fish. "I ate it already? Did I enjoy it?" he asked. Oi. "Uh, no, uh, actually Bucket- I-I'm afraid the uh..." he trailed off as he pointed to the small Terror by Bucket's feet. Happily munching on fish.
"So...Hiccup. Who's the lass here? Haven't seen her before." said Mulch. Hiccup turned back to him after watching the Terror's chomp down on the fish. "Oh right! Um, this is Valerie. She's an old friend of mine. She's gonna stay with the Hofferson's." he explained. Valerie smiled as did Hiccup. "It's nice to meet you two. I'm sure I'll have fun here." she said happily. She looked at Hiccup who smiled even bigger if that were possible. He also felt his face heat up a bit. Although, he ignored it. "Well then! I'm sure you will! With the dragons and Vikings at peace, things are bound to get interesting. Aren't they Bucket?" said Mulch. Said Viking looked at him. "Oh yes. And they are so much fun for the small children!" he said.
Most people on Berk were willing to accept the good with the bad. But there were those who would never accept the dragons, and would do anything to drive them away.
The next day, Hiccup found Toothless by his father and Gobber. Valerie was standing by Toothless petting him. The two men were preparing for the freeze that was about to come. Hiccup always hated those days. He hated the cold. It didn't help that he was basically a stick man.
As he went over to where his dragon and other best friend was, he felt the warm feeling again. 'Well... maybe the winters won't be that bad if this warmness keeps coming...' though Hiccup. He smiled to Valerie as he started to pet Toothless as well. The dragon looked as though he were in heaven.
"Oh! It's the dragons again!" a scrawny old man with a staff walked up the steps to the Great Hall. Valerie looked over. "Who's that?" she asked. Hiccup looked at her, then at the man. "Oh him? That's Mildew. He's Berk's grumpy slash crazy old man. You know. Every village has one." he joked. Valerie laughed quietly. A tingly sensation went through Hiccup's body. His face heated up even more. He wondered if anyone else noticed a rise in temperature. Although that wouldn't make sense considering what time of the year it was.
Hiccup tried to ignore his body's temperature, and focus on Stoik and Mildew's conversation. It was important that he did so too. Mildew was one who would do anything to drive them away. "They aren't fit to live amongst civilised men!" said Mildew.
"Neither are you Mildew! Why do you think we built your house so far outside of town?" said Gobber. Hiccup restrained from laughing. "Oh very well! Make your jokes! Meanwhile these dragons eat up are village gone!" said Mildew. The villagers could hear him, and sadly, they chimed in with complaints of their own. This was not good. Hiccup and Valerie glanced at each other.
"They turn people's houses into a pile of rubber!" said Mildew. The villagers agreed. Uh oh. "They even disturb an old man's rest! Can't you see these bags under me eyes?" said Mildew as he turned to Stoik and Gobber. Gobber sighed. "He's right. He's hideous." he said. Once again, Hiccup restrained from laughing. "These are wild, and unpredictable beasts! They even cracked this man's skull! Like an egg." Mildew gestured to Bucket. That may be a reason why he had a bucket on his head, but that's not the reason why the dragons did it.
The crowd that had gathered was getting angry. "You need to put those dragons in cages!" said Mildew to Stoik. The crowd actually agreed. "If you don't, they'll eat us out of house and destroy the entire village!" shouted Mildew. Hiccup decided to interject. "They don't mean any harm! They're just dragons...being dragons." he said calmly. He went and stood where his father was.
"Look Mildew. If there's a problem, I'll deal with it." said Stoik. He stood in front of his son. "Oh there is a problem Stoik. And I think I speak for everyone when I say, you better do somethin' about it!" said Mildew. With that, he walked off back to his home.
"We can't just let dragons run wild like they own the place." said Stoik. Hiccup was overhearing his and Gobber's conversation from behind a wall in their home. "We could put up signs!" said Stoik. Gobber looked up from carving a duck. "Signs. For dragons?" he said.
"No! For the people." said Stoik.
"Signs. For Vikings? We're not big readers Stoik." said Gobber. Stoik sighed. "We'll build a huge net and stretch it around the plaza." he said.
"Nets? You do know they breath fire."
"I know very well they breath fire, Gobber. Aarrg! Maybe Mildew was right, we have to-"
"Uh, dad! Wait." said Hiccup. He walked into the room. "What if I deal with the dragons?" he asked. Stoik looked at his son. "You?" he said.
"Who else? If anyone can control them, I can. I'm the best man for the job." said Hiccup. Toothless came around him and he started petting him. "You're not a man yet Hiccup." said Stoik. Hiccup stepped forward. "Not if you don't give me the chance to be!" he said. It was true. Stoik sighed. He glanced at Gobber. "Fair enough. You'll have your chance. Starting tomorrow." Hiccup smiled. Finally! Tomorrow he'd prove that they can be trained.
The next day, after training, Hiccup went out to the plaza. "Okay gang. There are going to be a few changes around here." he said. He looked around the plaza at the messes the dragons were causing. Of course Hiccup and the other teens knew that it wasn't intentional. The first dragon he saw was a purple Nadder trying to eat a woman's bread. "Hold on!" called Hiccup. He ran over to the dragon who'd put his head through the doorway. "I'll help you! Just-" said Hiccup. The Nadder turned to face him. "No." he said sternly. He placed his hand out and the dragon calmed down.
"Alright..." Hiccup said under his breath. That moment of calmness was ruined by a flock of chickens rampaging in fear around them. A big blue Gronkle was chasing after them. "Okay..." sighed Hiccup. The Nadder went somewhere else. Hiccup turned to see a Nightmare and a Nadder going head to head, and sheep running all over the place, some of which were on fire...
Hiccup began running. "Toothless, stop that fight! I'll put out the sheep!" he said to him. Hiccup ran and got a bucket of water. However, instead, he'd run into the centre of the plaza amongst the rest of the chaos. The adult Vikings had just about enough of them already!
Meanwhile, near by, the other teens were watching with curiosity and amusement. "What's he doing?" asked Snotlout.
"Uh, I think he's helping the dragons break stuff..." replied Tuffnut.
"Cool!" echoed Ruffnut. Astrid sighed. Fishlegs and Valerie just watched their friend get trampled by a flaming sheep. "Wow. He could really use our help." said Astrid.
"I think we should go down there..." suggested Valerie.
"We'll get to it." said Tuffnut.
"In a minute." said Ruffnut. They were obviously enjoying watching him instead. Finally Hiccup had managed to put out the sheep. "Sorry about that..." he sighed. He looked up to see a bunch of dragons fly above...
"And...it's three o'clock." sighed Astrid. They knew what that meant.
"Oooooh...no." sighed Hiccup.
That was one of the most hectic days that Hiccup has ever had! He sat down on his bed as Toothless sat down on the floor next to him. "Oh everything hurts!" he sighed. He lifted his prosthetic leg. "Even this!" he said. He heard a knock on his door. "Hiccup? You in here?" asked a familiar voice. Hiccup stood up quickly. "Uh, Valerie? Oh perfect." he sighed. He didn't know why he was suddenly nervous. He'd known her for practically his whole life. "I don't look too beat up, do I?" he asked Toothless. Toothless gave a look of...pity? "Oh great. Dragon pity." sighed Hiccup. He heard Valerie's footsteps behind him. "Uh, oh hey Valerie! Uh, and uh, Astrid, what a nice surprise!" he fibbed.
"So..." started Astrid. She glanced at Valerie. "How was your day?" she finished. For some reason Hiccup looked awkward, but Astrid couldn't put her finger on why. "Uh, uneventful! Hung around the plaza. You know..." lied Hiccup. Astrid scoffed. "Yeah we do know!" she said.
"Yeah, we uh... kinda saw you out there." said Valerie. Hiccup sighed inwardly. What were they, sisters already? "It's hard to believe you're still standing!" said Astrid. This time Hiccup actually sighed. He plopped down on his bed. Toothless watched them with amusement. He found their conversations funny sometimes. "I'm gonna be seeing flaming sheep in my dreams for the next month!" exclaimed Hiccup. Toothless laughed on the inside. He knew what he'd be dreaming about, but it won't be flaming sheep. Well, maybe just for the next night...
"Hiccup!" called Stoik. Oh boy, just what he needed. "Hiccup." Stoik came up the stairs to his room. Hiccup stood up from his bed. "What's going on out there?! The plaza looks like a war zone!" said Stoik. Well, it wasn't exactly untrue. Was it? "I know it looks bad!" said Hiccup.
"Really bad." whispered Astrid. She wasn't helping. "Yeah, but this is only uh, faze one. Of my master plan." said Hiccup. Great. He came up with the idea...now all he needed was the actual plan. "Oh. So you do have a plan." said Stoik. Hiccup glanced at the girls. "I do! Of course I do. It's very complex, lot's of drawings, several moving, parts. Yeah, it's uh, pretty wild." he said. Valerie stood next to Toothless. "In his head." she whispered quietly to him. Toothless looked as though he was holding back a laugh.
"Uh huh. Well this had better be real. Because Mildew stirred up the whole island. And if you don't get those dragons under control, they'll be calling for their heads." said Stoik. He stalked out of the room. He left an unsettling aura amongst the four beings. Especially Toothless. He gave a small troll of worry. Valerie petted him. "Don't worry bud," said Hiccup as he walked over, "your head's not going anywhere."
"You do realise there are like a bazilian dragons out there, and only one of you?" said Astrid. That may be true but..."I hope you really do have a plan." said Valerie, she wasn't even trying to hide the worry in her voice. Sheesh. They were like twins finishing each others sentences. Hiccup sighed. "Yeah, yeah. I know! Uh... just give me the night. I'm sure I'll come up with something..." he said. He hoped he would anyways. Astrid began walking towards the door. "Well, okay. I hope you do come up with one." she said. She waved goodbye and left. Valerie said a quick goodbye to Toothless. He hopped onto his stone bed and got ready for sleep.
Valerie stood up. "Good luck!" she said. She hugged him tightly. The strange warm feeling came back through his body. Though it mostly gathered in his face. A sweet sent of apples brushed over him. For some reason he felt like sighing, but he restrained himself from doing so. As quickly as the hug began, it ended. Hiccup suddenly felt cold. When they pulled apart, Valerie smiled at him. He felt his face get hot again as he smiled back. "Well, good night Hiccup." she said. She began to leave, but she turned around. "And thank you." she glanced at Toothless, who tilted his head. "For everything." she finished.
Toothless cooed a 'you're welcome'. Valerie gave him one last pet. "O-oh. Y-yeah. Sure. Uh, glad to help!" stammered Hiccup. Seriously. Why the heck was he so nervous about? Why was he even trying to hide it? Valerie had known him for years, so she knew when he got nervous. However, she didn't seem affected. That made him more relaxed. Sort of. She smiled at him again, and he smiled back as she left. Once she was gone, Hiccup finally let out that sigh. He turned to go to bed, when he saw Toothless giving him a look. It practically screamed annoyance. "What." Hiccup said. Now the look changed to 'really? He's asking that question?' Hiccup gave him a confused look in return. The dragon sighed and blew flames in a circle on his bed. He then layed down and closed his eyes.
"Uh, okay...good night to you too?" sighed Hiccup. Sometimes his dragon was confusing. As everyone else. It was like they knew something he didn't. Even Valerie. Were they planning something? Maybe it was for Astrid. She didn't seem to notice their behaviour. But, whatever the case, he had to focus on those wild dragons.
"That's your plan? Train dragons?" asked Ruffnut. All of the teens were at the arena. "Here? Where we use to kill them?" asked Tuffnut. He had a point there. Hiccup placed a barrel next to Toothless. "Right. Because we don't do that anymore. That's why it's available." he said. He turned to the gang. "Actually, the dragons do seem a little nervous." said Valerie. She also had a point. "That's because they're very sensitive. Meatlug especially. She lost a cousin here. We try not to talk about it." Fishlegs whispered that last sentence.
"It's amazing how your dad just gave us the arena!" exclaimed Astrid. She stood beside Valerie. "Well, it would be, if he did, yeah. But, he didn't. So that's uh, another thing, we should try not to talk about." said Hiccup. Valerie looked at him. "Wait-" she started. But Astrid finished for her. "So we're going behind your father's back." she stated. Hiccup sighed. Were they sure they weren't related? "There you go! Talking about it! Uh... alright. Everybody, here's the thing. The dragons are out of control. We want them to live in our world without destroying it, but they can't without out help. They've been blowing things up in the village. We've gotta do something about it." said Hiccup.
"Got it! Help dragons blow things up. We can totally do that." said Tuffnut. Should he even try? "No, I believe I said-" However Ruffnut interrupted him. "Here's how we're gonna do it! First, we make them really, really angry!" she said.
"No problem! We anger everybody!" said Tuffnut. Hiccup sighed. "You guys, this is serious! Mildew, wants all of our dragons. Caged! And I don't know about you, but that's not okay with me!" he said. The twins looked at them. "You're right." said Tuffnut. "She's sorry." Ruffnut glared at him.
"Okay then!" said Hiccup. He went over the barrel he placed beside Toothless. "Next problem, the dragons are eating everything in sight." he said. He pulled out a loaf of bread from the barrel. Toothless looked at it curiously. "Now, when a dragon grabs something it's not suppose to have, you can get them to drop it, by giving them a little scratch just below the cheek." he explained. He demonstrated with Toothless.
"No, no, no, no, no." said Snotlout, he walked up and took the loaf from Hiccup. "Maybe that works for you and Toothless, but Hookfang and me? We do things a little different." he said. He threw the loaf up to the large red dragon who caught it in his jaws. "When I want this big boy to do something, I just get right in his face, and- DROP THAT RIGHT NOW! YOU HEAR ME!" he shouted at Hookfang. Hookfang bowed his head at first. He dropped the bread alright. However, he took Snotlout in his jaws and shook him a bit instead. "See? He dropped it." came his muffled voice.
Tuffnut laughed. "He-he. Should we help him?" he asked. Astrid smiled. "Yeah. In a minute." she said.
"Alright. We've got a lot of training to do, but together, we can keep these dragons under control." said Hiccup. He took out two loaves of bread. "Uh, can somebody do that chin scratchy thing?" called Snotlout. He was still in Hookfang's jaws. "Hello! You guys still there?"
After a couple of hours, the teens left for the village. They got there to find...nothing? "Huh. No dragons." said Fishlegs. Hiccup wasn't so sure. "That was easy." said Ruffnut.
"Lunch?" said Snotlout.
"That's weird...If the dragons aren't here, where are they?" Hiccup asked no one in particular.
Suddenly they all heard a loud bang. They looked in that direction and saw flames shoot up in smoke by the building where they stored food. "Something tells me, that way." sighed Astrid. The gang watched as the dragons slowly made themselves known to the people. They ran up there. "Stormfly?" said Astrid.
"Hookfang!" sighed Snotlout. The two dragons were crunching happily on fish and bread. Hiccup ran up the steps. He got there in time to see his father throw a large log from the building down. "They've eaten everything!" he said. "We've got nothing left for the freeze!" the two walked out of the room.
"I warned you Stoik! But did you listen to me? No! You put a bunch of teenagers in charge! Now look what the dragons have done! Caging is too good for those beasts!" shouted Mildew.
"Dad, I swear I can fix this! We-we were just starting to-" Stoik interrupted Hiccup.
"Enough Hiccup. How can I trust you to control all the dragons, when you couldn't even control your own?" he said. He gestured to his left. They looked to see Toothless happily munching on a fish. "Oh Toothless..." sighed Hiccup.
"Bucket, Mulch, man the boats! We need another catch!" shouted Stoik he threw the men a couple of barrels. "It's too late Stoik. It took us six months to catch all that fish!" said Mulch. Stoik turned around. "Don't tell me it's too late! We've got to try!" he yelled. That made the two men jump. "Of course we do! Uh, ha, ha. Uh, don't tell the chief it's too late. Ha, you're always so negative!" Mulch said to Bucket. He tapped the bucket on his head. "I don't know what it is with me." said Bucket.
Stoik walked out of the building with Hiccup and Gobber on his tail. "Dad please! You gotta listen to me. I know dragons better than-" Hiccup started. But, Stoik stopped him. Again. "Not now Hiccup! I have a village to feed. The dragons have done enough damage. By tonight, I want every one of them caged! Understand?"
"Bah! You can't just cage these dragons! You need to send them away now!" said Mildew. He had come up beside Hiccup. The crowd agreed. "You're right Mildew! He'll cage them tonight, then in the morning. Hiccup will send them off the island." Stoik looked down to see his son's hurt expression. "I'm sorry son." he said. Toothless came up beside Hiccup and he absentmindedly began petting him.
He walked off and Hiccup looked down at his dragon. Then looked at the other teens.
"I can't believe we have to send them away!" said Snotlout. The teens were all at the Great Hall alone for the time being. "It's gonna be weird." said Astrid. I got use to Stormfly's face being the first thing I see every morning." She played with her porridge. "Every night before I went to sleep, Meatlug would lick my feet." the twins looked at each other. "Who's gonna do that now?!" Fishlegs layed his head down on the table.
"I volunteer Tuffnut!" said Ruffnut. Her brother sighed. "Whatever. What time should I be there?" he sighed. Ruffnut looked at him.
"A-and now we can't find a dragon for Valerie!" cried Fishlegs. Valerie looked at him. Astrid stood up. "Then when she and Hic-uh, um, well, it's gonna suck!" started Snotlout, but he stopped himself from going further. Valerie glanced at him apologetically, while Hiccup was just confused. As did Astrid. He was gonna say 'Hiccup,' right? What... Now he was certain that they knew something. "Come on guys. We'd better get this over with." sighed Astrid.
"This is the worst day of my life! We're never gonna see our dragons again!" cried Fishlegs. Hiccup stood up and walked away from the crowd. "We can't let that happen!" he said. He was determined to figure out a way to stop this. "Toothless is the best friend I've ever had." he bent down and started petting him. Valerie glanced at the others then walked over to him. "Oh, Toothless, I'm gonna miss you so much!" said a groggy voice. Mildew walked up to them. "You know what your mistake was? Thinking dragons could be trained! A dragon's gonna do what a dragon's gonna do! It's their nature." he said. Hiccup glared at the old man. Valerie grabbed his hand to calm him. It helped. A bit. "And nature always wins." said Mildew. He walked off.
Hiccup's hands clenched up as Toothless growled. A cold breeze from outside made the main fire pit go out. Absentmindedly, Hiccup looked at Valerie. She glanced back but seemed to be calm. That was good. She was probably still worried about the dragons, but seeing her so calm helped him relax a lot. He was still looking at her when Toothless relit the fire and a local thank him. Then it dawned on him. "Hey..." he said. He smiled when Valerie smiled as they both realised what Mildew had just said. "You know what?" said Valerie. She squeezed his hand in support. "Mildew's absolutely right!" finished Hiccup. "Come on bud!" he called to Toothless. The three of them ran out of there the instant they thought up a plan.
Once Hiccup was on Toothless, he helped Valerie on. "Okay, let's go!" said Hiccup. He sure hoped this plan worked. He also tried to refrain from getting that feeling when Valerie practically hugged him in order to stay on Toothless. His face still felt hot though.
They got to the cages in no time. "Don't close it!" shouted Hiccup. The teens looked up to see them flying down. Hiccup jumped off the instant Toothless landed as did Valerie. She helped him open up the cages. "We are NOT locking them up." said Hiccup.
"What happened?" asked Astrid. A small substance of hope was in her voice. "Did you change your father's mind?" she paused. "Or are we going behind his back again?"
"Uh...one of those." said Hiccup, glancing at Valerie who smiled. "Uh, the dragons are gonna do, what they're gonna do. It's their nature. We just need to learn how to use it!" he finished. The teens looked hopeful.
They all got on their dragons and headed out. First stop was Mulch and Bucket. "Snotlout! Scare us up some dinner!" shouted Hiccup once the two men noticed them. Hookfang dove down into the water. "Dragon attack!" cried Bucket. Hookfang managed to scare up a ton of fish into the nets. "Hey thanks dragon!" said Mulch as Snotlout whooped of joy. "That's right! That just happened!" he shouted.
"Come on, follow us!" Hiccup said. Astrid and Fishlegs followed him to Mildew's field. "Afternoon Mildew!" said Astrid as she came in on Stormfly and raked up the dirt with her tail. Hiccup came in behind with Valerie holding on to a barrel of seeds. She scattered them then let go of the barrel. "Time for the fertilizer!" said Hiccup.
"Fertilizer?!" said Mildew. He looked up to see Meatlug a few other dragons as well. "Okay Meatlug, let her rip!" said Fishlegs. In short, it was three o'clock. Mildew glared at them. "Smiled Mildew! We just saved you three months of work!" shouted Valerie. After the teens gathered up some runaway yaks, they landed. Fishlegs whooped just as Snotlout did. "That was awesome!" he exclaimed. Astrid looked at Hiccup. "How did you know that was gonna work?" she asked. He glanced at Valerie. "Because their dragons. And dragons are gonna do what dragons are gonna do. We just have to work with them, and not against them! You know who we should actually be thanking..." however, Hiccup was once again, interrupted.
"There they are Stoik! Those dragons don't look like they're in cages to me!" said Mildew. He walked over to them with the chief. "No. This is not what I asked for." said Stoik. He didn't look to happy.
Later, everyone, including the rest of the village, met up at the arena. The teens stood in the centre awaiting their punishment. Stoik and Gobber then entered. "Oh no! What's Stoik gonna do to us?" squeaked Fishlegs.
"I'm too pretty for jail!" sighed Ruffnut.
"Heh. Where'd you hear that?" said Tuffnut.
"You all disobeyed my orders. And there will be consequences." said Stoik.
"I told you we were gonna get in trouble. Ugh. You never listen." Astrid said through her teeth. Hiccup looked down. He then glanced at Valerie before speaking up. "Dad, if anyone's going to get in trouble, it should be me." he said.
"Nope. You all had a hand in this." Stoik started pacing. "You took over this place without asking. You release the dragons against my wishes. Things are going to change around here. That's why-"
"You're getting a Dragon Academy!" shouted Gobber excitedly. The crowd gasped. "Gobber! I wanted to tell them!" said Stoik. Hiccup looked up in shock and happiness. He felt Valerie grab his hand and he looked over to see her smile. He couldn't help but do the same as the feeling came back full and strong.
"I'm sorry. You're right. Go ahead." said Gobber.
"Well you told most of it!" said Stoik. Hiccup and Valerie turned their attention back to them. "You could tell them the part about how proud you are of all of them!" said Gobber. Stoik sighed. "Gobber! Oi. Uh, Hiccup. Well...what he said." he said to his son. "You've all made me proud! This dragon training academy is for you!" he finished. He walked over to the lever and unleashed their dragons. Hiccup ran up to Toothless with Valerie. They petted him with their free hands. "Now all you have to do is train them." said Stoik. Hiccup turned around to him. "Not a problem dad. After all. I've got them." he said gesturing at Toothless and Valerie. Then he heard a coughing noise behind them. "A-and them too." he said gesturing at the other teens.
Dragons can't change who they are. But who would want them too? Dragons are powerful amazing creatures.
The next day the teens put up a sign for the academy. "Berk Dragon Academy. I like the sound of that." said Valerie. Hiccup smiled at her. "Now all we have to do, if find you a dragon." he said. She smiled. "I'd like that too." she began to head off to help out, but turned around. "But you know... I don't mind sharing..." she said. Then she left Hiccup staring off questioning what she meant by that.
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