A/N: okay. I know it's been a LONG time... I'm SOOOOO sorry about the wait! For those that are actually interested in this... At least you had my Chatroom story haha. Haven't seen it? Try it out! (As well as my other stories.) :) ANYWAYS, enough of my ranting. So here's part two of my added in episode! ;) Oh, and also please check out my new one shot thing.
Chapter Seven: Silver Campion (Part Two)
After a few minutes, Valerie realised something. Well, she'd known it before but... "Um, Hiccup...we probably shouldn't land this dragon in the village." she said. Hiccup looked up from his arm. "Huh? Oh...right..." he said slowly. It was getting harder to think and concentrate on something. The pain from his arm was getting overwhelming.
"I'm not even sure if it'd fit in the cove... we could try I suppose. Hey, are there any fields or something like that near the village?" asked Valerie. There was no response. "Hiccup?" Still nothing. She glanced back. "Hiccup!"
Hiccup had fainted! They had to move fast. "Okay you have the spirit, now let's see if you've got the speed." Valerie said quietly to the Windwalker. The dragon cooed in response. Toothless moved forwards and held on to Hiccup, he knew what was about to happen. Hey, so far he was the fastest dragon in the world. This Windwalker had huge wings. Although...he did realise that he may have to brace himself for the landing...The key word being huge.
They came in fast, but they landed better than Toothless thought they would. What was it about Windwalker's that made them graceful? He couldn't remember at the moment. The dragon lowered down and was almost lying down. Valerie climbed back to Toothless and gently and carefully placed Hiccup on the saddle. Toothless gestured for her to hop on. Once she was on, he gently jumped off of the Windwalker and glided to the ground. He turned his head and looked at the guest. "Thank you. I don't know how I can repay you." he said. The gentle dragon shook it's head. "No need for that young one, now go! Your friend is injured." Toothless nodded and took off. It was best that Valerie didn't try and learn how to use the tail. Crashing would only make things worse for Hiccup.
Back in the village, the teens emerged from the Great Hall after lunch. "Man, if that cook at least knows how to make a blueberry pie- I'll be happy." said Snotlout. Tuffnut burped. "But hey, at least we're being fed. Even if it's not..." started Tannr.
"Tasty?" said Snotlout.
"Edible?" said Ruffnut.
"Uh... well, on another note- hopefully our plans will work." said Tannr. Tuffnut laughed. "Yeah, just call us the-" but then he looked as though he was about to throw up. He ran off somewhere. Ruffnut laughed. "Ha! Yeah...You can call him that." she laughed. The others laughed as well. "Hm, where was Astrid this whole time?" wondered Fishlegs. The others shrugged. "You guys!" came her voice. They looked up. They saw Astrid and Stormfly fly down to the ground. "What's up?" asked Tannr.
"I just saw Toothless carrying Valerie and Hiccup through the forest. Hiccup didn't look so well. I think something happened while they were out flying." Astrid said fast. Tannr frowned. "Where are they now? Is Valerie okay?" he asked.
"I don't know. But I do know that they were nearing the edge of the forest. We should hurry." said Astrid. The gang all got on their dragons. "Hey, while Tuff is barfing up the cabbage stew, someone has to ride on Belch! He's not use to being unrid!" called Ruffnut.
"Unrid? That's not a word- ugh what ever. Okay, someone go." said Astrid.
"I'll go!" said Tannr. He quickly went up to the other dragon head. But once he got close enough, the dragon backed away and hissed. Tannr stepped back. "That's weird." said Ruff. Tannr tried again, but the same thing happened.
"Hm- you can ride with us." said Astrid.
Tannr nodded and walked up to them. But... Stormfly did the same thing. "Hm... say, did you happen to touch an eel? All dragons hate them. Well, except for the Typhoomarang." said Fishlegs.
"No, I hate them too. I just don't get it. No dragon will come near me." said Tannr. "Um, but just go! They need help!" Astrid and Fishlegs looked at each other. "You sure?" said Fishlegs.
"Yes! Now go! They could be far out of the forest by now!"
"Well, alright. Let's go girl." said Astrid.
Tannr sighed as he watched them go. Why wouldn't any dragon go near him? What was different about him? Suddenly he gasped quietly and stared at the mountain behind him. "Whoa. Something doesn't feel right." he whispered.
"What doesn't?" said Ruffnut as she walked over to him. She didn't go with the others because of the whole riding issue. Tannr blinked and glanced at her. "Huh? Oh, um, I'm not sure. I just have this weird feeling... I'm not sure how to explain it." he said.
Ruffnut looked at him, then at the mountain. "I'm guessing by the way you were looking at it, it has something to do with the mountain."
"Yeah. I think it, or something within it, is causing this feeling. But, I still have no clue on what it is. And another thing, if it's something in or on the mountain, how am I going to get there when I can't ride on a dragon?" Ruffnut glanced at him, and kept staring at the mountain. Something was weird about it.
After a while, they had gotten Hiccup to Gothi's straight away. After telling her what happened, they put him on the bed-like table, and were told to wait outside.
The teens sat in a circle on the ground outside. No one said anything. Every once in a while, one of them would glance at the door. Later on the twins had given up and started looking at the clouds.
"Oh, that one looks like a singing Terrible Terror." said Tuffnut.
"That one looks like Barf and Belch." said Ruff.
Tuffnut laughed. "Heh, that one looks like Snotlout!" he said. Snotlout looked at him, then at the cloud he was pointing at. Then Fishlegs laughed. "It looks just like you." he said. Snotlout squinted his eyes. "Nah. I don't see it." he said.
Then the door finally opened. Gothi stepped out with her walking stick and drew symbols in the sand. Tannr looked down and began reading it."It says, 'he's fine, but we must hurry and find the rare Silver Campion. That is for the special herbal medicine Hiccup needs. If he doesn't get it...' Um..." he finished. He didn't need to say that last part. "Wait, wait, wait. You can read that?" said Snotlout. Tannr looked at him and nodded. "And also- aren't Campions red?" asked Tuffnut. Gothi rolled her eyes and began writing. "That's why I said 'rare.'" read Tannr. Astrid rolled her eyes as well at Tuffnut, who laughed awkwardly.
"Okay, so, where would we find it?" asked Fishlegs. Gothi drew more symbols. "Uh, that's for us to find out." sighed Tannr. Astrid growled in frustration. "Well then, how much time do we have?" she asked.
Tannr grimaced. "Um, do you really wanna know?" he asked. She and Valerie glanced worriedly at each other. "We'd better move then. It most likely won't be around Berk since none of us have heard of it." said Snotlout. Tannr cleared his throat. "Actually, I know quite a lot about plants. Plus- I've heard of it." he said. Snotlout looked at him oddly. "Oh." he said.
"Anyway, Tannr, tell us what you got." said Astrid.
"Okay. To start off, the Campions are usually red, white or pink. But on the rare occasion, it can be silver-"
"Hang on, when you say 'rare,' just, how rare?" asked Fishlegs.
There was a pause. "Um...About one in fifty turn silver..." said Tannr. The gang looked at each other. Those weren't good odds. "But, there is a fifty-fifty chance that there's one here on Berk. Considering the climate, this island is perfect for it. The Silver Campion is special because it can live all year round, instead of just during spring and summer like the others. Although no one is sure why it's silver, but they are sure that it has special healing powers for certain injuries. For example like Hiccup's. Since we don't know what bit him, it's the best thing we can find. Taking note of it's colour, and it's climate, I'd say that it could possibly be near the top of that mountain. But there's another chance that it could be near the base." Tannr finished his fast speech and pointed at the main mountain of Berk. "Okay. Now this is what it looks like. It-" but before he could even start, Snotlout handed him a piece of paper and some charcoal with a smug look. Tannr frowned for a second, but began to draw.
"Wow. That was so much information in less than half a minute!" exclaimed Ruffnut.
"That's faster than Fishlegs on a new dragon. Not that we understood it." chimed in Tuffnut.
Tannr glanced up from his drawing for a second, slightly annoyed that they didn't get any of it. "Okay. So that's what it looks like." he said and showed them.
"Wow. You're better than Hiccup!" said Astrid.
"Uh, it's nothing really-"
"Nothing! It almost looks real! Like I could just, reach out and grab it." said Tuffnut. "Then give it to Ruffnut cause girls like flowers." he added. Although he shouldn't have. It earned him a hard smack down from his sister.
"Moving on," said Snotlout. "So the top of the mountain is where we should start. Right?" he asked.
"Right. Good luck-" started Tannr.
"Oh no. you're coming." said Valerie. He handed Astrid the picture. "But I won't be able to get on a dragon. They don't like me at all. How am I suppose to go with you?" he said.
Suddenly Toothless bounded in between them and cooed at Tannr. He petted him a bit. "Sorry pal, I'm not sure a new rider that doesn't know how to fly you at all, is such a good idea. Oh, and thanks for not avoiding me." said Tannr. Toothless sighed, but cooed a sort of 'you're welcome.'
"Val, I know you want me to go with you guys, but we're running out of time, and I think it's just the best thing to do right now. We'll figure it out later. Besides, Toothless and I can look on the ground while you guys are up in the air." said Tannr. Valerie looked unsure, but reluctantly agreed.
"Okay, let's get going already!" shouted an impatient Snotlout from on top of Hookfang. Valerie gave Tannr one last look, then ran and hopped on Stormfly behind Astrid. As soon as they took off, that weird feeling came back to Tannr as he watched them. He looked at the mountain again. He tried to ignore it, and looked back at the others only to share a short glance with Ruffnut. Could she feel it too?
Without them realising it, Toothless watched this little interaction. What just happened? Toothless could practically feel Tannr's tension, that has also apparently rubbed off on Ruffnut for some reason. Why did they glance at the mountain?
Meanwhile, the others were getting into a rough patch in the clouds.
As they got closer to the top, it became colder. "Oh, why didn't I grab my jacket? I should have known it'd be this cold!" sighed Fishlegs.
"Get a grip, let's start looking!" said Astrid. Fishlegs managed to pull it together, but he was still kind of doubtful. "What if it's buried in snow? We can't clear the mountain and cause an avalanche!" To that, Astrid had no response at first. "Mm, just um, dig maybe? Ugh, I don't know!" was her reply,
Meanwhile, Toothless growled softly to get Tannr's attention. "What? Oh, sorry." he said and looked at him. "Right, let's go." The two started to head off towards the forest area beneath the mountain.
"Astrid! The wind is causing a whiteout! I don't think we can be up here for very long!" called Fishlegs. It was true, the wind had gotten worse. It was like a blizzard! Astrid sighed in frustration. Why couldn't the weather just cooperate for once? "Ugh! Alright! Let's take a short break on the ground." she said. The four dragons glided down.
"Maybe we should look around down here for a little bit." said Astrid once they landed. They got off their dragons and began to look around.
While getting off of her dragon, Ruffnut noticed that Tannr and Toothless were not that far away. She glanced at the mountain. What was that weird feeling that she had gotten a while ago? She turned her attention back to the others. Ruffnut could hear them talking, but she wasn't paying attention. She had to see what was up with that mountain. It was bugging her! Suddenly five words caught her attention. "Right. Okay. Let's get going." said Astrid. They were still looking for that flower right? Before she could say anything, they all wandered off in different directions. Even her own twin didn't stay near her. And believe it or not, that's hard to do even when they're trying to stay away from each other! But, at this point, Ruffnut had decided to go after Tannr. She would normally go with Tuffnut. However, she didn't exactly know where he went, which was strange considering they were twins. Maybe he fell in water or something. Plus, she knew for a fact that Tannr had felt the same thing she did when they glanced back at each other.
After a few minutes, she found him wandering near the bottom of the mountain, looking up at it. "It's gonna take a lot of muscle to climb that thing." she commented. He jumped a bit at her sudden appearance, but then smiled. "Oh, hey. I wasn't gonna climb it exactly...I was just..." he mumbled. He looked back at the mountain. "It's that weird feeling." said Ruffnut. He looked at her. "It's coming from the mountain, and it's bugging me that I don't know what it is."
"Yeah, I know. I was just thinking that maybe it had something to do with the stone or something. Like what it's made out of. But I don't know how that would be generating this feeling." said Tannr. He touched the cold stone to get any ideas.
"I think..." started Ruffnut. She moved a few smaller stones away from the mountain wall. "I think it's coming from inside it." Tannr and Toothles looked at each other oddly.
Meanwhile, Snotlout and Tuffnut had teamed up to find the flower. For some reason, Tuffnut had the idea to gather as many flowers as possible, and look through those. And for some other strange reason- Snotlout agreed to go along with it. After a few minutes, they each had collected boat load of flowers. They carried them on top of their dragons. "Okay. It has to be silver." said Snotlout. He hopped off of Hookfang. Tuffnut did the same. "Right! And- let's make this a little more interesting." he said. Snotlout raised an eyebrow. "I'm listenting."
"Whoever finds it first, has to um..." started Tuffnut. However, he couldn't come up with anything good. Then Snotlout thought of something. "Has to be the other's slave for the next week!" he said.
"Okay! We begin...NOW!" They started to lift flowers out of their piles.
"No."
"No."
"No"
"No."
Soon the two were digging through their bundles of flowers. Not so far away, Astrid, Valerie and Fishlegs watched them. "Oh boy." said Astrid. Fishlegs sighed. "At least they remembered what it looked like, and are searching for it. Uh, sort of." said Valerie.
"I found it!" shouted Snotlout. The three watching gasped. Then quickly sighed right afterwards. "That's blue not silver! Duh!" said Tuffnut.
"Hey, I know my colours!"
The other two sighed as they began arguing, and kept looking themselves. "Hey, why don't we make this interesting for ourselves." said Astrid. Valerie smiled. Fishlegs glanced at her, but kept looking. "Alright. What do you suggest?"
"I say if Snotlout finds it, you give me your dessert for the next week. If Tuffnut finds it, I give you mine." said Astrid. Fishlegs smiled.
"I'll bet that if Tuffnut finds it, you both have to give me each of your desserts." Valerie said.
"Astrid, change of plans! I'll bet on Snotlout!" said Fishlegs excitedly.
"Same here! Oh! I'll bet that one of their dragons will find it!" said Astrid.
"Oh it's on!" said Valerie. They all shook hands.
Toothless stared at the mountain. If whatever they were feeling was inside, maybe he could blast it. Oh wait, that could cause unnecessary problems for everyone. "Maybe there's some weird hidden entrance inside." suggested Ruffnut.
"It is possible. I wonder how we'd get in..." wondered Tannr.
"I don't know. But, it contains silver...huh."
Tannr blinked out of thought and looked at her in surprise. "Wait. What? How do you know that?" he asked. She shrugged. "I dunno. I just have to touch something, and boom, I just know. I don't tell many people about it- more like no one. Ever." she said. The two shared a look for a moment.
"Uh, so. Where should we start looking?" said Tannr.
"Hm, if I were a silver Campion- where would I be?" wonder Fishlegs. He and Astrid have been searching everywhere for it. "Ugh. Man! Why can't the weather just clear up so we can look at the top of the mountain!" shouted Astrid in frustration. Then she sighed. "Maybe this was meant to happen." said Fishlegs. Astrid turned and scoffed at him.
"And what does that even mean?" she asked.
Fishlegs sighed and stopped looking. "I mean that things don't happen for no reason Astrid. Maybe we were suppose to be looking down here in the first place." he said.
"And what, lose our chance at sav-"
"Astrid, I am advising you to never finish that sentence. Things are just hard right now." said Valerie. Astrid looked down, and Valerie put a hand on her shoulder. "We will find that flower."
"Yes. Yes we will!" Fishlegs said determinedly. "We will find it before our time is up! We are the dragon riders of Berk! Heck, we're the defenders of Berk! We cannot, I repeat, cannot do our job right without our founder! We will search day and night! Week by week- month by mo-"
"Gothi said we only have a few hours." interrupted Astrid.
"Minute by minute, until we find that flower!" finished Fishlegs.
The two girls stared at him. "Uh, sure Fishlegs." said Astrid. She then went back to looking for the flower. Fishlegs looked at Valerie but she just shrugged. "Good speech though." she complimented.
Meanwhile, back in the village, Stoik was beginning to wonder where the teens were. "Gobber," he said, entering the forge. "Have you seen any of the teenagers around?" he asked. Gobber glanced up from his work on a new sword. "Nope. Haven't seen them since the Great Hall gathering. I wonder if the plans are working... Ha- ha."
Stoik laughed along. "Oh who knows Gobber? Hiccup can be pretty oblivious sometimes." he said. Just then, he noticed Áfastr pass by.
"Say Áfastr, have you seen Hiccup and the others?" he asked him.
Áfastr stopped, and looked at him. "Yeah sure." he said. Then began walking again. Stoik sighed. "Well, where are they?" he asked.
"I think they were headed to Gothi's. Not sure why though."
Stoik and Gobber glanced at each other. Gobber shrugged. "Well uh, thank you. For the uh, details on that." said Stoik. Áfastr waved and walked off. Gobber scoffed. "Not too detail orientated is he?" he said. The two shook their heads. Stoik then said goodbye, and went off to Gothi's. Although...what he found there was absolutely not what he expected.
"We should try to look for something out of the ordinary." said Tannr. The two of them began searching for anything weird looking. "Ha! Out of the ordinary, he says. I'm all about that!" growled Toothless. Tannr gasped, turned around and stared at him. This surprised Toothless so much that all he could do was stare back. Ruffnut, upon not knowing what they were doing, looked at them oddly. "Uh, what's up dude?" she asked Tannr. He looked freaked out for some reason.
"Wh- uh, he- he just- didn't you-" he stuttered. Ruffnut rolled her eyes.
"Just say it. It can't be that weird." she said.
"Toothless just talked."
There was a moment of silence. "Well...yeah. He growled. That's how dragons talk." Ruffnut paused and gave Tannr a weird look. "You have encountered dragons before. Right?" she asked. Tannr finally snapped back to normal, uh, sort of. He glanced at her, but kept his eye on Toothless. The dragon could still only stare back. "Uh, yeah. Except that's not what I meant. I meant he sounded just like you and I. Like...like he spoke in...our language." Tannr explained. This time Ruffnut gave him a really weird look. She stared at Toothless who seemed quite shocked about Tannr's response. "But...all I heard was growling. His normal way of talking. You heard...our way of talking?" she said. Tannr nodded. He still looked freaked out. Maybe he did hear something different.
"Oh, hey Toothless. Say something." said Ruffnut.
Toothless blinked out of his shock. "What? Oh. Say something. Oh hey look at that! I did." he growled. Ruffnut glanced at Tannr. "See? Growl- oh come on. You can't be serious."
This time Tannr looked even more freaked out. He backed up away from Toothless. "I-I-I-I- I understand him... how-how can I understand him? He's a dragon! I'm a human! Two different creatures. How can I understand him!" stammered Tannr. Ruffnut still couldn't believe what she was hearing was true. She walked up to him. "Did you get dropped on your head as a baby or something?" she asked. That seemed to calm him down a bit. He breathed deeply. "M-maybe." he said. "Actually, it is possible." he leaned back against the mountain. "My dad isn't the most gracefuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUL! WHOA!"
The part of the mountain that he had leaned against pushed inwards like a door. Tannr fell backwards down a hidden flight of stone stairs. He landed at the bottom with a hard thud. "Oof! Ah- ow!" he mumbled. The sudden event took everyone by surprise. Ruffnut looked into the tunnel of stairs. At the bottom, Tannr slowly got up while rubbing his head. "So, I guess you take after him then!" Ruffnut joked. Tannr snorted, as did Toothless.
Ruffnut was about to enter but Toothless tried to pull her back. Something wasn't right here. It all seemed off to him. "Wait! Don't go in there! It feels weird!" he said. But all he got from her was a wave of the hand telling him to go in with her. Toothless backed up a little. "No. I can't! You can't make me!"
"Toothless you big baby, I thought you were a Night Fury." said Ruffnut.
"Toothless, it's fine, I'm sure nothing will happen." said Tannr. "Besides, we've got to find out what that feeling is. Plus, it's incredibly strong down here! So, are you in? I'm sure you want to know too."
Toothless looked at him. Then he looked at the stairs, and the surrounding cave. He whimpered once more. "Man! I hate you." he muttered.
So finally, he and Ruffnut made their way down the stairs.
As they entered the space, they all noticed that it wasn't quite as empty as they had thought. Suddenly the stone door the lead out, closed shut. Candles lit up in a circle on the walls all around them. "Okay...this is freaky." Ruffnut said quietly. Tannr and Toothless couldn't say anything. This place had a weird feeling to it all right. Almost...spiritual. All three of them stood back to back.
Suddenly flames had lit up around a large statue of a dragon they hadn't seen before. Instinctively, Tannr grabbed Ruffnut's hand out of fear. "How'd we miss that?" whispered Ruffnut. "What kind of dragon is it? I've never seen it before." It surprisingly looked at lot like Toothless, but there were still plenty of differences. It looked older, more...ancient in a way.
Toothless stepped forwards, amazed at the site. He's seen that dragon before. But he didn't ever believe that it existed. "Toothless, do you recognize it?" asked Tannr.
"Yeah. I've only heard about it through old dragon legends though. I've never believed it could have actually been real..."
"Really? What is it?"
Ruffnut glanced back and forth between the two. Maybe Tannr really could speak to Toothless and understand him. They seemed to be having a conversation after all.
"This- this is the Night Fury's first King."
"I've got it!" shouted Tuffnut. He lifted up a flower. Snotlout scoffed. "Dude, that doesn't even look close to the picture! See?" said Snotlout. He held up the drawing of the flower. Tuffnut looked at it, then at the flower he was holding. "Oh, that's what it looks like?"
Snotlout face-palmed. "Really. You forgot?" he asked.
"No! Of course not. That was...just refreshing my memory." said Tuffnut. Snotlout gave him a look and rolled his eyes.
"What? The Night Fury's first King?" said Tannr. Ruffnut looked at him. This was getting a bit creepy. First, there was the fact that Tannr was actually having a conversation with Toothless. Then this weird statue lit up with flames, and apparently it's the Night Fury's first King. Toothless then growled some more.
"Yeah. You see, things were very, very different back then. Luckily this king was a great one. Powerful, yet humble. Then there were others. You know that Red Death that Hiccup fought? That was a lazy afternoon. There were bigger, meaner, and much more powerful dragons in that time. They're all extinct now, or so we think. That Red Death was just the last of that kind. But anyways. As time went on, these dragons became legends. Fairy tales. No one has ever seen one before the Red Death in my time. That was the only one too. I've heard rumours that the early Vikings built statues and such to honour the dragons before the great battles between Viking and dragon broke out. No Viking has ever seen a statue since. They disappeared after the wars started, and no dragon or Viking knows why or how." said Toothless. He glanced back at the two Vikings.
Ruffnut leaned into Tannr. "Uh dude, I have no idea what he's saying so..." she said.
"Oh uh, I'll tell later. Apparently there's a lot of history to this." said Tannr. Ruffnut sighed. She hated being left out.
"Find anything?" asked Valerie.
Fishlegs looked down from on top of Meatlug. They were hovering near the mountain to see if they could spot it there. "No! Nothing. This is definitely one rare flower." he sighed. "Oh. I'm gonna look on the other side!"
"Okay!" said Valerie. Fishlegs guided Meatlug around to where Tannr and Ruffnut were before.
"Okay, we'll take a few seconds to gather more flowers. NO cheating of any kind." said Tuffnut.
"How...uh, never mind. Alright fine." said Snotlout. The two scurried around to get more flowers.
Suddenly, the Night Fury statue's eye began to glow gold. The light lit up the entire room. The three stared at it. They were so entranced by it, that they uh, didn't hear the stone door behind them open. A light coloured gas appeared from the statue's mouth. It spread throughout the room. "I was wondering when I'd see the saviour." said the statue. The voice sounded very old. Like an old wise man. "Saviour? I wouldn't say that- but I am-" started Toothless, but he was interrupted.
"Not you! Him!" said the statue. It shot a light beam at Tannr. He jumped in surprise as did the others. Toothless grumbled.
Ruffnut gasped as they spoke. "I- I can hear them now!" she said quietly. Tannr looked at her. "Wh-what? Really?" he said.
"It's the gas. It's only temporary, so I have a limited amount of time. I have some very important news for you Tannr." said the statue.
"Wh-what? Me?"
"Yes. You have a great destiny upon you. You must prepare for the great battles to come. But don't worry, you'll have plenty of time."
"Destiny?" said Ruffnut.
"Yeah, our dragon legends tell of a huge battle that's suppose to happen between Vikings and dragons. There's suppose to be this saviour person, that's apparently you, that will end it in a heroic manner." said Toothless. The two Vikings stared at him. "Can't get more vague than that." said Tannr.
"Oi. Teenagers. They always interrupt." said the statue. Tannr looked at Toothless. "Teenager? You're a teenager?" he asked. Toothless nodded.
"Yeah. I'm about fifty-five in dragon years, but that's only about fifteen in human years. So, yeah. I'm technically a teenager." said Toothless.
"Oh." said Tannr. "Well that explains it."
"What?" said Toothless.
Tannr and Ruffnut laughed while Toothless glared at them. The statue sighed in annoyance. "As I was saying. Yes. That's basically it. You also have a gift." it said.
"The gift of being able to talk to dragons?" said Tannr.
"Okay- two gifts." sighed the statue. It seemed really annoyed at the them. "You also have the gift of shape-shifting. Or, in other words, you can turn into any dragon you think of."
There was silence.
"I whaaaa..." was all that Tannr said.
"Wait. Is this why dragons have been avoiding him for the past week?" asked Toothless.
"It could be. I'm not so certain myself. Perhaps you touched an eel." said the statue.
"I did NOT touch an eel. I hate them as much as dragons do!"
"Okay, okay. Sheesh. Just saying." said Toothless.
"Also, you cannot tell any other human about this. Not until the time is right." said the statue.
Sadly, in a few seconds the gas effect wore off, and only Tannr could understand Toothless. The candles and flames went out, and everything remained as it was. "Well...that was..." started Tannr.
"Weird." said Ruffnut. Toothless cooed in agreement. The three of them turned back to the stairs, and started to leave. It wasn't until then that the two Vikings realised that they were still holding hands. There was an awkward silence as they let go. Toothless looked at them curiously. Then Tannr cleared his throat. "Oh, and uh, remember that we can't tell anyone." he said. Toothless and Ruffnut were outside, while Tannr was on the last step. "Okay." said Ruffnut. Toothless nodded.
"Okay." he repeated.
"Okay." said a new voice.
This made everyone jump, and Tannr lost his footing and uh, began falling back down the stairs. "Whoa!" he shouted. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!"
"Fishlegs?" said Ruffnut. The tall Viking shrugged sheepishly. All three of them winced as Tannr hit the bottom of the steps. "Ow..." he mumbled.
"Uh, sorry!" called Fishlegs.
Tannr groaned and sat up while rubbing his head. "Fishlegs, just uh, just how long have you been there?" he asked. He was still disoriented, but something at the bottom of the stairs caught his eye. "Uh, I'd say long enough...to...hearandseeeverythingthathappened." Fishlegs answered quickly. The other three sighed. "Okay. I just have one more question." said Tannr. The others looked down at him. They saw him grab something near the last step and pull it out. "How the heck did we miss this?" was the question. He pulled out what looked like the flower they had been searching for all along. The other three cheered.
"Okay, okay. Now I've got it!" said Snotlout. He held up another flower. Tuffnut laughed. "And you thought mine was way off! Heh-heh!" he said. Snotlout frowned at him.
Astrid and Valerie watched them for a moment. "Uh...should we even say something?" asked Astrid. Valerie shrugged. "Honestly...I have no idea." she said. She looked down and sighed.
Suddenly in her vision was a familiar sight. She instantly gasped. "The flower!" both girls said. They turned to see Tannr holding it, with the others behind him. Valerie hugged her brother tightly. "Thank you!" she whispered. Tannr smiled and hugged back.
"Ah ha! I found it! Ha ha beat you! I win!" shouted Tuffnut. Everyone looked over at him. Snotlout frowned for a second. "Great. Now, uh, what was the deal again?" asked Tuffnut.
"You get the honour, of being my slave for the next week." said Snotlout.
"Right! Wait. No. That does not sound right. I am pretty sure it was the other way around..." said Tuffnut. Snotlout didn't say, or do anything. Tuffnut eyed him suspiciously. "Or...is that what you want me to think?" he said. The two eyed each other suspiciously, while Tannr looked at them oddly. "Uh, should uh, should I even ask?" he asked. The others shook their heads. "Okay then. Well then we-"
"Wait a second. Tuffnut found the flower right?" Valerie said suddenly. This time Tannr looked at her oddly. "Um I-I-" he started, but he never got to finish.
"Right." said both Astrid and Fishlegs. It took them a moment to realize a certain something. Then they both sighed. "Oh, no!" sighed Astrid.
"Man! This will be one sad week." sighed Fishlegs. Tannr, Ruffnut, and Toothless looked at them. "Uh...should we um, even ask?" asked Tannr.
"You'll find out next week." was all the Valerie said. The other three looked at each other curiously.
"Oh, and Tuffnut, your first order of business, will be to clear off all of these flowers on Hookfang. It kinda makes him look girly." said Snotlout.
"Right. Got it. Wait. Do you want me to put them on the ground, or in a tree?" asked Tuffnut. Snotlout stared at him. "Just take them off of Hookfang." he said.
In seconds, the group was back at Gothi's in the nick of time. She waited patiently, uh, well, as patient as she could be in this situation, for them to return. With her, was also an unhappy chief, as well as Magnús. The gang got off their dragons, while Tannr got off Toothless. He handed Gothi the flower. She took it, and smacked him in the head with her staff, then went to work. "Ow!" he sighed. "Hey, it's a rare flower. Plus, it was in the most unexpected spot..." Astrid looked at him.
"Oh yeah... just where did you find it anyways?" she asked. Tannr, Ruffnut, and Fishlegs all froze for a short second. They didn't even think of what to say to that question. So what ended up happening was they all said something completely different.
"Under a rock- "
"In a bush-"
"In a hole..."
They all glanced at each other shortly afterwards as the others did the same thing. "We found it in a hole in the mountain, that had a draba rupestris in it, and the flower was in that." explained Tannr. There was a pause. Then they all accepted that. The other three sighed inwardly in relief. "Dracula Rumania?" said Snotlout. They all looked at him. "What?"
"If ya don't mind me asking... what happened to my son?" asked Stoik. Everyone got quiet. "We were just out flying on Toothless, when something big hit us. It knocked Hiccup out of the saddle and onto a ledge in the mountain. He said that when he was up there, something had bit him. Luckily, we managed to fly down on a Windwalker, and bring him here on Toothless. Gothi said that to make a healing serum, we needed to find an incredibly rare flower. Which we did, and brought back here in time to heal him." explained Valerie. There was another pause.
"Well. I should thank you then. But uh, next time there is an emergency, let me know." said Stoik. They all nodded. "Especially when it comes to my only son." They nodded again.
"I have to say. You all did a wonderful job. I don't think I've seen one of those flowers before in my life!" said Magnús. That made everyone feel better
In the next few moments, Gothi came out with a smile on her face. Both Stoik and Valerie rushed in.
On the bed, Hiccup stirred, and rubbed his forehead. He sighed as he opened his eyes. "What- what happened? Where am I?" he asked, disoriented.
"It's alright now son," said Stoik, "you're just at Gothi's." Valerie went over to Hiccup and hugged him lightly. Although he winced at the sudden pain in his arm and she let go. "If it makes you feel any better- Tuffnut lost a bet to Snotlout and has to be his slave, and Fishlegs and Astrid lost a bet to me and have to give me their desserts for the next week. I'm willing to share." said Valerie.
"What?!"
The three looked at the near by window, to see the others looking in. Astrid and Fishlegs seemed to be very annoyed. "Uh, did we forget to mention that she's a master at deception?" said Tannr.
"Huh? What happened? Why are you looking at Tannr like he had just turned into a dragon?" wondered Tuffnut, who hadn't been paying attention to anything. Tannr and Ruffnut glanced at each other. "That was an interesting choice of words." said Toothless. Tannr quickly glanced at him to show that he heard, while the others were giving Tuffnut a weird look.
"Yeah...that makes it a little better." said Hiccup.
"Wait a second! You road on a Windwalker?!" gasped Fishlegs.
A/N: haha, yeah uh, I kind of gave up on trying to write in Magnús' accent. Ha ha. It's just hard to keep track of and such. Plus, Irish, and Scottish accents are hard to write. I'm certain that I'm not the only one who had trouble with it. If you can imagine one of those thick accents, that would be great. So basically, if any of you have ever watched the BBC show Merlin, Tannr had just become the Viking dragon lord. Without the magic. I think without the magic anyways...I had just thought of that when I was finishing writing this, so I'm still debating that.
****Please tell me what you thought of my added in episode! Was everyone in character? How did you like my oc's in this one? (I know there wasn't much of Magnús or Áfastr, but that's just because I don't plan on having them on Berk for very long. Nor will I be using them that much in this story as well.)
R & R please! I need to know how well this is doing even though I'll continue it anyways! It's just nice to know! :D