Hiccup stared absentmindedly at her fish, thinking about her day.

I still can't believe it, that dragon trusted me. He's probably the only one who will ever trust me…..

"And with one twist," said Gobber, "he took my hand, and swallowed it whole."

Hiccup and the other teens were sitting around a fire pit on the top of one of the towers. Gobber was telling stories of his adventures with the dragons.

"And I saw the look on his face." Gobber added, "I was delicious. He must have passed the word because it wasn't even a month before another one of them took me leg."

The teenagers awed.

"Isn't it weird to think your hand was inside a dragon," suggested Fishlegs, "but like your mind was still in control of it? You could've killed the dragon from the inside by……. crushing its heart or something."

Snotlout growled with false fury, "I swear I'm so angry right now."

He pointed to Gobber and promised him, "I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight…… with my face!"

"Uh-uh," said Gobber, ripping a leg off of his chicken, "it's the wings and the tails that you want. If it can't fly, it can't get away."

Hiccup heard this and listened as Gobber said, "A downed dragon is a dead dragon."

"Hear that Hiccup?" asked Snotlout, "Better make sure you know how to fly."

Hiccup ignored Snotlout's comment. She was too busy thinking.

I have to help Toothless. If I don't do something the others will find him. He can't get away. He's just as good as dead as I am.

Hiccup left her fish by the fire and left. Astro was the only one who noticed her leaving. But he didn't follow. He didn't want to prove the twins' theory about him being in love with Hiccup.

Hiccup entered the black smith shop. And drew the left tail-fan back onto the tail of the dragon.

She took a shield apart and grabbed some leather. She made connecting rods out of scrap metal. Within a few hours, she had created an artificial tail-fan.

Now all she had to do, was put it on Toothless.

The next morning, Hiccup went to the cove. She had brought a large basket of fish, and the artificial tail-fan.

She saw Toothless lying on the ground next to the pond.

"Hey Toothless," she sang, "I brought breakfast. I hope you're hungry."

She set the basket on the ground and spilled the fish out.

Toothless sniffed at the fish, but growled.

"What?" asked Hiccup.

"There's an eel in there." suspected Toothless.

"What do you mean?"

"There's an eel in there! Do you eat eels?"

Hiccup noticed a long, slender, black and yellow, striped body in the pile of fish. She quickly pulled it out and threw it away.

"Snotlout!!" she yelled in fury.

"Who's he?" asked Toothless.

"He's someone who loves to tease me about being a dragon. He thinks I eat eels."

Toothless began to eat the fish.

"Now," said Hiccup, edging toward Toothless' tail, "don't mind me. I'll be back here. Minding my own business….."

She placed the tail-fan along the tail. But the tail kept moving.

"Hey. It's okay." Hiccup soothed. After a few moments of struggling to hold the tail down, she finally sat the dragon's tail as she fastened the tail-fan on.

Toothless stopped eating. He quickly realized what was happening.

Toothless slowly spread his wings. Ready to fly. But Hiccup didn't notice until after she finished adjusting the tail.

The black dragon suddenly shot from the ground, taking Hiccup with him.

Hiccup held on with all her might to ensure that she didn't fall.

You might have been wondering why Hiccup wouldn't just fly off. The reason was because she never had the chance to learn how to fly. Her father had forbidden her to do so.

Hiccup saw that the artificial tail-fan couldn't open on its own. So she had to hold it open in order to help Toothless stay off the ground.

"It's working!" exclaimed Hiccup. She turned the dragon's tail to guide him back into the cove.

Toothless was so excited about being able to fly that he didn't notice Hiccup was on his tail until he heard her exclaiming, "Yes! I did it!"

He looked at her. And turned to sharply that he flicked Hiccup right off his tail.

Hiccup tried to glide to the ground, but she just didn't know how. Instead she crashed into the pond. Toothless did the same. Since Hiccup wasn't on his tail, the artificial tail-fan couldn't stay open. So Toothless only glided a few meters before crashing in the water.

"Haha!" yelled Hiccup as she swam to the shore, "Yeah!"

"What the hell were you thinking?" asked a slightly unimpressed Toothless, "Riding my tail?You could've been killed!"

"First of all, a little warning would've been nice. Second, I was thinking that if I made you an artificial tail-fan, you'd be able to fly again. I just need to make some adjustments."

"You are crazy! You know that, Kid?"

"I'm part Viking! Of course I'm crazy."

Once the two were on the ground, Hiccup confessed, "To be honest, that was the best flight I've had so far."

"Flight isn't just for enjoyment. It's for safety."

"I know….. I'd better go. I'm expected at the arena in an hour."

Hiccup walked to the exit, and waved to Toothless, "See ya."

"Later Kid."