Saying Hello

Hiccup and Toothless stood there motionless for a moment. The big guy knew we were here along, thought the Viking impressed. He gestured for Toothless to follow him and made his way round the boulder. The Rumblehorn was standing there, facing them with a bemused look on its face. Yep he'd known along thought Hiccup in disbelief. He stooped and picked up the slab of meat that had been thrown in their direction. He HATED this part.

He looked on curiously as the Viking picked up the boar meat offered to him. He had never seen one behave like this before. He was more amazed when the Viking took a big chuck out of the meat, chewed slowly and swallowed. It then passed the rest of the meat to the lean, black Dragon behind it. Interesting he thought. Most Vikings he had encountered had ran screaming at him, bearing their weapons. This one fascinated him. It began to approach him, immediately he tensed up, ready for any funny business. All of the time, this strange creature had maintained eye contact and made no sudden movements, as if not to startle him. Then it held one of its limbs, closed it eyes and looked away. He cocked his head to one side, curious at this odd behaviour, yet deep within him, he knew he could trust this strange little creature on two legs. He slowly move towards the stranger, to make contact with its hand.

Hiccup had almost bonded with the Dragon, when low growl was heard. The Nightmare was coming to, and that could ruin everything. Too late, the Monstrous Nightmare had gained full conscious, and observed the scene before it. It moved forward to attack the other Dragons. Remaining calm, Hiccup had expected this to happen. He looked the Rumblehorn in the eye, kept his hand extended, and gave it a small nod. The Dragon looked towards the approaching Nightmare, looked back to him and returned the gesture. Hiccup reached his left hand to his belt.

He had just returned the gesture of trust, as the Nightmare came down onto the group, when the strange little Viking took a metal tube from its side. It held it up shoulder length and from it sprang fire. No, a blade sprang from the tube and it engulfed by flames. He turned to look at the blade's direction and was amazed by what he saw.

Hiccup had ignited Inferno whilst maintaining eye contact with the Rumblehorn. The Monstrous Nightmare had screeched to a stop, perplexed by a Viking wielding fire from their hands. The Pride of Berk smirked in triumph, it always happened. The Rumblehorn had turned to face the fire, fascinated by his tactic. Hiccup then slowly moved the blade side to side and in small, steady circles. The Nightmare's eyes followed Inferno's movement before they dilated and the Dragon began to breath calmly, at ease. The Terrible Terrors who had been observing the scene also followed suit. The Rumblehorn looked on with admiration as Hiccup bonded with the Nightmare and the four Terrible Terror's.

Throughout the whole time, the black Dragon had done nothing, except remain calm and watch the scene before it play out. Then the strange little creature approached him again. This time, it walked at a casual, steady pace, with its arm once again stretched, its green eyes displaying a calm, trusting light. Almost cautious, he approached the hand, closed his eyes and touched the Viking's palm.

Hiccup smiled to himself as he finally bonded with the Rumblehorn. He did the first thing he had wanted to do at the start of the whole situation. He let out a big breath of relief.

'That's the hard part done.'

Another chapter guys. This story will not be large as a story. But I will make it a sizable one though. Thanks for reading guys :)