The next morning, Nina woke up early. She heard clashing and yelling coming from the village. Without thinking, she bolted from her camp, leaving the Terrors behind her, and raced to the edge of the forest. She froze upon seeing the carnage. There were several dragons down, many with wounds so severe, she had no doubt they were done for. The few that weren't dying were pinned. As she watched, Vikings came out of the shadows and killed the scaly creatures with blows and axes. It broke her heart as she gazed on, unable to help either side. She knew it wasn't the dragons fault that her parents had been killed. Her mom and dad had invaded their home, so it made sense that the beasts would retaliate.
"Nina!" Hiccup called running up to her. "C'mon! We gotta help the village."
Her mind flashed to the sight of the Terrible Terror she had killed, lying on the ground, defenseless and bloody. "I can't," she stated bluntly as he grabbed her hand and began dragging her. "Hiccup, stop."
He did and gave her a quizzical look. "Look around you, Nina," he said. "We have to help before someone gets hurt or worse."
"But-Fine. You go, I'm not going to be responsible for any unnecessary bloodshed. From where I stand, Vikings are just as bad. We've killed thousands of them." She turned away sadly. "I'm going to make the first move to end this Thor-forsaken war, no matter what it takes. Even if it costs me my life." She fled into the forest, away from the destruction of the village she had grown up in. Along the way, she heard pitiful bleating. She stopped in her flight and followed the sound until she found a small flock of about five sheep, three of which were lambs. She guided them with a quickly made staff and shepherded them into a cave. Gathering some tall grass, she put the bundle down and then made a makeshift fence using some thorny bushes she found. After that, she fetched some water in a bucket and used her ax to hack away at the inside of the cave, forming a wide, shallow trough, into which she poured the water. The sheep baah'd in fear and looked around. She knelt down and they huddled around her. Herby flew into the cave after finding her. Nina's charges fainted at the sight of the dragon.
"Herby! What are you doing here?" she hissed. He landed before her and then hopped up to her chest, where he clung stubbornly. "I'm okay. Thank you for worrying about me. We need to keep these sheep safe." He peeked over her shoulder at the furry balls. He slipped out of her hug and dropped over her shoulder, landing next to a lamb, which bleated in terror. Herby lay down calmly and sniffed the little thing. He sat up and let the small creature come over to inspect him. It smelled him and he held completely still as it did. When it stepped on his tail, he stuck his tongue out as he bit it. After getting used to his scent, the lamb lay down beside him, bleating softly to the others. The other babies hopped over to him and danced around merrily. The adults were a bit more hesitant, but when she showed them it was okay, they calmed down.