Chapter 4

A/N: Hey everyone I'm back with the next chapter of my story, I'm not sure who's point of view I'm going to write this from, but I'll figure it out, well that's all I had to say and I guess I'll see you all in the next authors note.

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After training Astrid had went into the forest by herself, making sure to bring an axe and a shield just in case she ran into some stray dragons.

" Hiccup! Come out! Gobber isn't going to kill you, come back to the village!" Astrid shouted as she pushed away branches and walked around rocks shouting out the half-dragons name.

In the secret cavern, Toothless heard someone calling out Hiccup's name, he flew up to the entrance and walked into the forest to see a young Viking, she held an axe in her right hand and a shield in her left, it seemed she was friends with Hiccup," I guess it wouldn't hurt to show her where he is," Toothless said to himself as he walked out of the entrance and in front of the girl.

Astrid looked in fear at the sight of the most deadly dragon in the world, the Night Fury, standing right before her. Astrid held her axe tightly as she took a fighting stance, she was confused when the dragon stared at her for a moment before turning and walking away, it looked back at her and jerked its head forward.

Astrid didn't understand what it wanted until the dragon stole her axe and began to run off with it," Hey! Give that back, it belongs to my father," Astrid shouted as she ran after the dragon; she followed him all the way into a gap within some rocks until she saw that the dragon had dropped it and flew off.

Astrid picked the axe up and was going to turn around when she noticed the light coming from the end of the tunnel she was led into, she walked toward the light and looked in amazement at the sight of the cavern, but she was surprised when she saw a figure go gliding pass her only to fall to the ground; it was Hiccup.

" Hiccup, I've been looking everywhere for you," Astrid said as she climbed down and walked over to the boy who was shaking the dirt off himself," hey Astrid, how did you find this place?" Hiccup asked," that Night Fury showed me," Hiccup looked to Toothless with one eyebrow raised and the black dragon just turned its head away.

" Why are you here instead of at the village?" She asked," this place feels more at home to me than in the village, I have room to move around and Toothless is helping me strengthen my wings," Hiccup said as he flapped his wings getting a couple feet off the ground before landing in front of her again.

" Toothless?" Astrid said tilting her head to the side," that's his name, all dragons have a name just like humans. The dragon in that arena was named Hookfang, he taught me how to fly while my mother was gone," Hiccup said as he put a hand on Toothless' black scales.

" The parents don't teach their young to fly?" Astrid questioned," sometimes, but since I was different from the other hatchlings, I had to be taught by another," Hiccup explained," Hm, can you tell me more about dragons, like how they raise their young and other things?"

" Sure, but all I know is how Monstrous Nightmares raise their hatchlings, not other dragons," Hiccup said," that's fine," Astrid said," okay, when an egg is hatched the young are put in something hot like fire or lava which is where I was put," Astrid was shocked by this," didn't it burn you, you were only a baby," Astrid stated," I felt a little hot but that was it."

" Why do they do that?" She asked," it's to get are scales used to extreme heat," Hiccup explained," okay, can you tell me why do you raid our village, it seems you have enough food as it is if you live on an island surrounded by water and fish," Astrid stated," I don't know why; Toothless do you know?" The black dragon nodded," there's a dragon stronger than all of us, including my own kind, it's called the red death, you can call it the alpha of all dragons."

Hiccup listened with interest while Astrid waited for Hiccup to tell her what he said," you were probably to young to be affected by its call, but it makes a sound only dragons can hear and we have to deliver food to it or we'll be it's meal," Hiccup gulped and shuddered in fear at this.

" What did he say Hiccup?" Astrid asked," there's a dragon called the red death making the dragons steal from you, we really don't want to but if we don't we'll get killed," Astrid couldn't believe this, would a dragon really become a cannible and eat it's own kind," where is this red death?"

Toothless spoke and Hiccup responded for him," the nest is in the ship graveyard, well that's what we call it atleast or that spot in the water surrounded by dense fog and sharp rocks," Hiccup said; Astrid was amazed by this information, the chief has wanted to know where the nest is for ages," I would suggest staying away from it and only dragons can find their way there," Hiccup said as he spoke for Toothless again.

" Thanks for the information, see ya later Hiccup," Astrid said as she used her axe to climb up to the entrance," bye Astrid," Hiccup said as he flew up to help her into the tunnel.

Astrid was walking back to the village and gasped when she saw flames, she quickly ran into the village and jumped back when she saw a dragon go flying pass her, it was a Monstrous Nightmare but why were they attacking, it wasn't night yet or aye it could be that they're looking for Hiccup.

" They must be very protective of their young, that must be the reason why they're attcking," Astrid was going to go run up to one of the dragons to stop it when someone pushed her away. It was the chief Stoick," please stop they're only looking for one of their young that went missing," Astrid said; Stoick turned to look at her with a confused expression," what are you talking about? They're only raiding us for food."

" No they aren't, just watch," Astrid approached the dragon and flinched when it growled and opened its mouth to begin breathing fire," your looking for Hiccup aren't you?" The dragon stopped mid-attack and looked at her in interest," I know where he is, come with me," the dragon made a gurgling sound like it trusted her but didn't as it followed Astrid into the forest.

She led the dragon all the way to the rock entrance; the dragon could smell Hiccups scent and flew over the trees and into the cavern while Astrid crawled through the tunnel.

Hiccup was getting better flying as the wounds on his wings healed slowly; the boy soon heard the flaps of wings behind him and he turned to see another Nightmare," Sigurd, what are you doing here?" Hiccup asked as he hugged the dragon," the entire flock is looking for you, let's go back so everyone can see that you're okay," Sigurd said," I think you'll need to carry me, I injured my wings and I can't fly that far without feeling pain."

" Okay, I'll carry you in my claws," Sigurd grabbed Hiccup with his talons," Bye Toothless," Hiccup waved to the Night Fury and the two flew to the village where the Nightmares were attacking.

" Sigurd, Hookfang is still trapped," Hiccup said as he got out of his talons and flew toward the arena; Sigurd followed after the half-dragon into the arena and saw him pointing to one of the doors," he's in here," Hiccup said," okay, stand back," Hiccup moved out of the way as Sigurd breathed fire on the door burning it to ashes.

Hookfang walked out of the cage and nuzzled against Hiccup as a thanks," let's go, the flocks about to burn the village to Ash," Hiccup said laughing; he was surprised when he was suddenly picked up by his shoulders and brought to the village.

Sigurd roared, since he was one of the alpha males, he easily got the attention of all the Nightmares. The dragons flew over to Hiccup and nuzzled against him happy to see that the boy was okay," I'm happy to see you all, but where's mother?" Hiccup asked looking around.

" I'm right here, my son."

Hiccup gasped at the soothing voice and looked forward to see his mother walking toward him. Hiccup smiled happily and wrapped his arms and legs around her muzzle," I want to go back home," Hiccup said as he yawned and climbed into her back to rest," let us get back home, you must be exhausted," the entire flock took off leaving the Vikings to repair their scorched village.

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A/N: Well everyone, that was the next chapter of the story, what? You thought I would end the story so soon, sorry people I'm not done just yet, well that's all I had to say and I guess I'll see you all in the next chapter, Ciao.