Allan breathed hard with his hands on his knees; Hiccup could be a real slave driver; ever since Hiccup had learned of his two abilities Hiccup had found every difficult way to perfect them. Allan of course figure out ways to bring the rock like armor out on his own.
He also figured out that he could light rocks on fire and blast them like Fishleg's Gronkle could. Hiccup acted like he was opponent that Allan needed to beat using only his powers. It had stripped him of nearly all his energy and he wanted to topple over and sleep.
Hiccup was in front of him now and Allan looked at his instructor, Hiccup was his own height but Allan would eventually be taller than him. Hiccup smiled brightly making Allan feel rewarded inside "great job, Allan, let's go find out if Aden knocked some sense into Marcus" Hiccup mentioned.
"Considering that Aden's a level 10 on sword fighting and Marcus is level 0 on experience level; Aden probably beat him in their fight" Fishlegs mentioned. He had a habit of doing that which somewhat annoyed Allan always shouting out what level or points Allan had.
"That's not what I meant, Aden wasn't doing a physical duel, he was doing a mental duel" Hiccup replied. Allan thought about what that meant, Marcus wasn't strong on an emotional level on any means at all.
"You mean that Marcus' is probably crying by now" Allan asked looking insanely worried all of a sudden then started running toward the cliff. He frowned then looked back at Hiccup and Fishlegs, Toothless moved forward sniffing the ground where they were nowhere to be seen.
Aden breathed hard when they hit the ground, Marcus went to Aden whose body shook "Aden… are you scared of heights?" Marcus asked. Aden hid his eyes with his dark locks and he stood up looking at Marcus, Aden's face was very red.
"Go ahead, laugh, the 'Dragon Conqueror's' son is scared of heights" he told him bitterly tears welling up slightly. Marcus' eyes went huge then he smiled and laughed a little.
"I'm glad" Marcus told him and Aden turned to Marcus in confusion and then brushed the little tears away. His blush didn't diminish at all however "you're not perfect, Aden, I just realized that. I know it's strange to change so quickly but for the first time in my life I know that it's okay to make mistakes and have flaws" Marcus told Aden.
Aden smiled relaxing "you're right… Mark" Aden added, Marcus blinked then smiled too.
'Please! This is all very touching but your friends need help!' the dragon told them and they turned to find two boys their own age lying on the docks looking pale and a dog that looked half starved but still stayed by the boys. Marcus ran over and Aden followed; Marcus breath caught in his heart and he gulped.
He stepped back and his knees buckled and he fell back "C-Connor, Lindiwe" he muttered; eyes wide with a mixture of emotion. Aden was still by the two boys checking their pulses and frowning.
"We need to get them to the hall, I think they'll be fine but their suffering from dehydration" he mentioned then pulled some leaves out of his pocket and put one of the leaves in each of the boys mouths. "These will help them wake up but the best thing to do is get them water and food" Aden told the dragon.
She relaxed in relief then prodded Marcus to get up, he did looking worried and scared. He put on a brave face and helped Aden lifted the two onto the dragons back. They got onto her and the dog did too and she took off with Aden's directions to the hall.
Aden ran to get water and food for the two of them while Marcus watched them "here they are" Hiccup's voice mentioned. Marcus turned and Aden came back with the food and water then set them on the table.
"Dad, there were two boys that came on a changewing, they're dehydrated but I gave them those special leaves" Aden told his dad. Hiccup looked at two boys and at the changewing in surprise then looked at the two boys.
"Wow, you're a beauty, huh?" Hiccup mentioned at the dragon that looked flattered and bent to meet Hiccup's eyes then allowed him to stroke his muzzle. She then looked closely at Toothless who lowered his muzzle and she did as well.
'Your friend is very flattering, Hatchling, as is his partner' the dragon told Marcus who smiled a little.
'My name is Toothless' Toothless replied with.
The dragon looked surprised then bowed her head lower 'the highest honor, forgive me for not showing the respect you deserve to be given a name by your partner' she told him.
'No, no, I believe that you deserve just as much respect as I' Toothless replied.
"You guys have strange customs" Marcus pointed out then blushed deeply when everyone in the room stared with wide eyes. "I mean, yeah, I can s-speak Dragonese Hiccup. I didn't mean not to tell you I just didn't want to brag" Marcus blurted out.
"Wow" Allan mentioned looking at the dragon in amazement as she bent to get a look at him "she's gorgeous" Allan added. The dragon nuzzled Allan as a reward for the compliment and Allan grinned brightly and stroked her muzzle and she purred.
"Since when can you speak Dragonese?" Hiccup asked him raising his eyebrows.
"Since before we started training, T-Toothless actually taught me to shoot the fire" Marcus explained then realized he was stuttering again and clamped his mouth shut.
"Wow, maybe I should let Toothless takeover" Hiccup mentioned slightly dryly while Toothless gave a 'oh brother' look.
"Oh… my head" a new voice groaned and they turned to find both boys sitting up holding his heads and one clutching his stomach. Marcus stepped back worried on what they would do when they saw him, the dragon though, pushed his forward with her snout. The big but skinny dog also looked expectantly at him.
The boys looked up to find Marcus, both boys' mouths dropped open and both mouths then curved into a smile. "Marcus!" they shouted seemingly forgetting their ailments and looking excited and happy?
"Uh…" Marcus was terribly confused.
"We-" Connor winced as his stomach growled.
"Let's eat first, talk later" Aden instructed the two boys who made no objection and started eating the food quickly but no matter how hungry they both seemed. They didn't finish the food, only getting to eat half of the chicken.
Aden seemed satisfied though, Marcus gave him a confused look "when you don't eat for a long time, your stomach shrinks" Aden informed him.
"Oh" Marcus said quietly.
They all sat at the table looking at the boys who looked a lot better "we came to find Marcus because when he left, Connor started getting these weird dreams" Lindiwe explained.
Connor nodded and Marcus couldn't but wince at the purple scar that went across Connor left side of his face and neck and even shoulder. They had to seal his eye shut so he also wore an eye patch "yeah, after you burned me and left that week I started getting these weird dreams. They all had dragons in them but people were riding them, you and that boy" Connor pointed at Aden.
"I thought they were just dreams the first long years because I thought dragons didn't exist but a few months ago, we found the dragon. After I got burned, no one wanted to be around me but Lin (Lindiwe) became my friend. We didn't where you went but the dragon, she did, I can't talk to her but sometimes I'll just fall asleep and she talks to me then. It's weird though, in these dreams that I have I feel that their real but they're not happening now" Connor explained.
"Like a premonition?" Aden asked.
Lin and Connor looked at each other and nodded "a Prophesy" they explained.
"So you think that these dreams have something to with them?" Hiccup asked.
"I know they do now, I've never seen him before today" Connor replied gesturing to Aden who was deep in thought.
"So what do you think they mean?" Allan asked quietly.
Connor rung his hands nervously and looked around "we think there's going to be a war, every time I have those dreams there are always 8 people riding dragons but the dragons have armor and so do their riders. They're all older though like 16 or something but I can't see their enemy" Connor finished.
Hiccup's jaw set looking very serious "I believe you completely" he told them and Connor looked relieved. "If your prophecy is right… we have 3 years to be ready and to find out just who we're fighting" Hiccup mentioned.
He looked at the two boys and looked them up and down "I'll be talking to Gobber, our black smith, he'll be happy to start making armor but he'll need two assistants, up for the job?" Connor and Lin grinned brightly.
"Of course" they agreed.