Chapter 10

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Thought / Dreams / Event from the past

[Voice from the past]

"Dialogue"

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Dangerous Tone

"A minute, please." Hiccup tried to say but his voice was drowned in the panicked voices of the Vikings, "Hello?" He tried again, a bit louder this time, but the Vikings just ignored him. Toothless, who was standing just beside him, chuckled in amusement at the panic that the Vikings shown, earning a glare from Hiccup.

"QUIET!" Stoick roared after he had had enough of his people acting like a bunch of headless chickens, the crowd slowly grew quiet and he looked at all of them with narrowed eyes, "We are Vikings, not a bunch of sheeps!" He snapped at them before looking at the teens, "Tell me, did the dragon take Astrid and Ruffnut away from Berk? As in away from the island?"

"No." Fishlegs squeaked, "They were heading for the forest".

"How did she get kidnapped?" Hiccup asked him.

"Why do you need to ask?!" Keila snapped, "It's your doing, right?! You told your dragon to kidnap Astrid!".

"Now, why would I do that? I have no reason to kidnap Astrid." Hiccup answered calmly, "I asked Fishlegs how Astrid get kidnapped is so I can figure out why the Nadder took Astrid in the first place." He explained before looking at Fishlegs, "So?".

"Uh . . ." Fishlegs fidgeted as he became the center of attention, "Well, we were fighting against the Outcasts outside the Great Hall when Astrid fell to the ground and surrounded by the Outcasts." He began to explain, earning gasps of horror from Keila and Elga, "One of the Outcasts was about to kill Astrid when two of them got blasted by a fireball, then a Nadder landed near Astrid before knocking the other two Outcasts away with it's tail".

"That's when we saw the dragons coming for Berk." Snotlout said with a scowl on his face, "We thought that it was a raid, and before we know what happened, the Nadder suddenly head butted Astrid until she somehow landed on the dragon's back before the dragon took off".

"Ruffnut was near Astrid, so she quickly jumped and grabbed one of the Nadder's legs." Tuffnut finished for them.

"That dragon will pay for kidnapping my daughter." Keila snarled angrily.

"And my daughter." Emma, Ruffnut and Tuffnut's Mother, hissed in anger.

Stoick and Gobber exchanged glance, they weren't exactly sure whether the Nadder was Astrid's Nadder or not, since they weren't there to see, so they didn't know what to do or say. Stoick then noticed Fishlegs's expression, "Something else you want to say, Fishlegs?" He asked as he focused on the big boy.

"Uh, I kind of think that I heard Astrid yelled something when she was taken away." Fishlegs admitted, Stoick raised an eyebrow at him, "She yelled something like 'Stormfly', I think she was in so much shock that she thought that she was flying because a storm carried her".

Stoick and Gobber visibly relaxed when they heard Stormfly's name, the Nadder was Astrid's so they knew the dragon wouldn't harm the girl. Stormfly had taken Astrid to the Nest and back, without a single scratch on the girl, so they knew that Stormfly could be trusted with Astrid. Not to mention that Astrid told them that, according to the book Hiccup left, dragons would protect their Riders or anyone they care about and would be furious if their Rider or loved ones get hurt.

"The lass is fine." Gobber said out loud, figuring that since Hiccup shown up with his dragons and they were about to explain everything, might as well tell them about Astrid and Stormfly, "That Nadder won't harm her, and I'm sure Astrid will make sure that Ruffnut is alright as well".

"How can you be so sure?" Keila demanded, it was clear that she was worried about her daughter.

Gobber looked at Hiccup, "Let's just say that Astrid and that Nadder is like Hiccup and the Night Fury." He said with a grin on his face, his words causing the whole room to fell in silence, clearly shocked that Astrid allied herself with a Dragon.

Hiccup's eyes widened, "They're bonded?" He asked in surprise, "How?".

"Your book." Astrid's voice came from the doorway, they looked at the door and saw Astrid standing there with a dazed Ruffnut beside her, and a Deadly Nadder behind her. She walked calmly to the platform while dragging the still dazed Ruffnut along with her, with the Nadder followed her while casting cautious stare on the Vikings, "You dropped it in the Cove." She said as she pulled a book from a bag that she started carrying around since last year and offered it to Hiccup, "I read everything and tried it, and I must say I'm impressed with you." She smirked at Hiccup who was gaping at her.

"How did you find the Cove?" Hiccup asked in surprise as he took his book from Astrid's hand.

"I followed you the day you get chosen to kill the Nightmare." Astrid said with a sheepish smile, "I saw you flew away on Toothless, I thought he kidnapped you but then I found your book and know that it wasn't the case".

Hiccup was speechless as he stared at Astrid, still couldn't believe that Astrid was talking so casually to him like when they were friends in the past, let alone saying that she was impressed with him.

"Astrid!" Keila called out as she ran to her daughter, ignoring Stormfly who grew tense at her approach, "Oh, you are alright!".

"Stormfly won't hurt me." Astrid assured her Mother, "I don't know why she took me away so suddenly, but I think it had something to do with the dragons".

"I thought it was a raid." Hiccup heard Stormfly explained to Astrid, though all the others heard was a squawking sound only, "I was too shocked seeing such a large group that I forgot the wicked queen had died, I just wanted to protect you".

How come she know that the Red Death had died? Hiccup asked curiously as he looked at the Nadder, I didn't know that news could travel so fast. He then looked at Astrid and decided that he would help Stormfly explained her intention to Astrid, "She just wanted to protect you, she thought that it was a raid when she saw the dragons." He told the girl.

Astrid raised an eyebrow, "How do you know that?" She asked curiously.

"She said it." Hiccup answered as he motioned at Stormfly.

"You can understand me?!" Stormfly squawked in shock.

"Yes, I can." Hiccup answered her before looking at Astrid, "Before you ask, yes, I can understand them." He gestured to the dragons.

"How?" Astrid could only asked that, she couldn't believe that Hiccup understand what the dragons said.

Hiccup cleared his throat, "Well, it's a long story, and now that you are here, I will explain everything." He said before turning his attention to the confused Vikings, he opened his mouth to explain before he realized that he didn't know where to began, "Uh, where should I start?" He asked himself, not expecting for anyone to answer him.

"How about the reason you ran away?" Stoick suggested as he saw Hiccup having difficulty to decide.

"Good idea." Hiccup agreed before looking at the crowd again, "Well, I have two reasons of why I left." He began as he crossed his arms, "The first reason is because I wouldn't kill a dragon, so when Gothi chose me to be the one to kill the Nightmare, I ran away to avoid it. The second is because I want to find out why the dragons raided Berk, I want to stop this war between humans and dragons".

Gothi looked at him seriously before began writing something on the ground with her staff, Gobber came over and looked at what she wrote, "Gothi want to know if you have something to do with the absence of dragons for this past year." He told the boy.

Hiccup nodded, "You can say that I have stopped the raid." He explained to the rest, earning shocked gasps and incredulous looks from the Vikings, all except Astrid, Stoick, Gobber, and Gothi, "There's this big dragon . . . and when I said big what I mean is extremely big, until it can stomp on you all with you pointing your weapons upwards and still wouldn't feel a thing. This dragon, which I call as Red Death, enslaved the dragons. It forced the dragons to raid the humans and brought it food or the dragons would be the food, so once I killed it, the dragons have no reason to raid humans anymore. Why would they keep raiding humans and risk getting killed anyway? The fishes in the sea are free for the taking".

"You said it as if this dragon is real." Mildew sneered, "And dragons are mindless beasts, there's no way they could think logically".

"Oh, you think they are mindless? Can't think logically?" Hiccup asked back hotly, he hated it when people call his dragon friends as mindless and stupid, "Then tell me. Why would Toothless, the Night Fury, only destroyed the catapults and never steal any live stocks during the raid in the past? Why is there not a single raid after I killed the Red Death? And why, in their own language, they can talk to each other like humans?".

"Simple." Mildew sneered confidently, "That unholy beast destroyed the catapults because it what a beast do, destroying stuffs. There isn't a single raid after you kill this imaginary monster of yours because you told them not to, you controls them all along, that's why there isn't a single raid after you left. And what you said about them talking to each other is bullshit, you make it up".

The dragons growled angrily, they couldn't accept what the man said, not only that Mildew said that all dragons do was destroying stuffs and they couldn't think and communicate to each other like humans do, but the skinny old Viking said that the wicked queen was only imaginary. Their centuries long of suffering because of the monster was real!

Hiccup narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth to point out the hole in the old man's theory, but Astrid beat him to it. "First, and I don't just say this to Mildew but all of you, the Red Death was real!" She snapped at them man before glaring at the Vikings, daring them to argue with her, "I have been to the Nest and saw the skeleton myself. You all know that I'm not someone who lies, what I say is the truth." She then focused her attention to Mildew, "And you said that all dragons do is destroying things and can't think logically? Then what these two dragons beside us do?" She demanded as she gestured to the dragons that did nothing but glared and growled at Mildew, they didn't do anything like destroying everything within their sight, "Are they destroying things right now? Are they not glaring and growling at you for that nonsense you said? They are intelligent beings! They can understand what we said, what we do! They are not mindless!".

The hall was silent after Astrid's outburst, they couldn't believe what Astrid said, but it's true that Astrid was never one to lie, she always say the truth no matter the situation, unless her life was threatened and her answer could lead to a mass destruction if she tell the truth.

"Um, how about when Hiccup said that dragons talk to each other like humans, but with their own language?" Fishlegs asked nervously.

"You also said that dragons can understand what we are talking, can you prove it, lass?" Keila looked at her daughter sternly, she didn't believe that her own daughter was siding with dragons after what had happened to her husband.

"Well . . ." Astrid trailed off as she thought how she could show them that dragons are intelligent creatures before an idea came to her mind, "Stormfly, shoot your spikes at the wall behind us, girl." She told her dragon softly, "In a half circle, with a space between them".

"I don't know what you are getting at, but fine." Stormfly said in confusion but did as Astrid told her to do, she raised her tail and take aim. She moved her tail in a half circle as she shot her spikes, causing the spikes to pierce the wall in a half circle and with a space between the spikes.

"See?" Astrid asked them smugly, "Stormfly understand what I said and do exactly as I told her to do".

"Well, you might already train it in the past." Spitelout told her with a frown, "That doesn't mean it understand us, you just control it to do it again".

"Don't call her 'it'!" Astrid said angrily, "And I don't control her, we are friends!".

"Astrid." Hiccup called her to get her attention, she looked at him while still huffing in anger, "Let me handle this." He said softly, he didn't want to be the receiving end of Astrid's wrath.

Astrid huffed and crossed her arms, "Fine." She said with a nod.

"Okay." Hiccup began, "You all think that dragons are mindless creatures, so they don't understand you. How about this . . ." His looked at Keila, "Why don't you go out there with Stormfly or Toothless and tell them something that you are sure I won't know? They will tell me what you said and I will say it out loud so you can confirm it".

"Do you think I will be stupid enough to go out there alone with a dragon?" Keila demanded, "The beast will kill me!".

"That's a good idea, Hiccup." Astrid said as her face alighted with excitement, "That way they all will know that the dragons understand us, but let's go with another dragon that my Mom know she can handle so she will agree." She said with a grin before running to the door and yelled out to the sky, "Rivera! Come here!" Nothing happened at first, but then a bluish green Terrible Terror came and landed on Astrid's outstretched arm. Astrid went back to the platform with the dragon and showed the tiny dragon to her Mother, "You can't say that a Terror will kill you, right?" She asked smugly.

Keila looked at the tiny dragon and nodded, "I can just kill it if it attack me." She said reluctantly, still uneasy with the idea of having to talk to a dragon.

"That's settled then." Astrid said excitedly before looking at her little Dragon, "Rivera, you go with my Mom-" She gestured to her Mother as she said that, "-here and listen to what she will say to you, then get back here and tell Hiccup-" Here she gestured to Hiccup with her hand, "-what she told you, he said he can understand what dragons say so don't worry, and these stubborn Vikings will know that you understand us. She won't kill you if you don't attack her first, okay?".

"Sure thing, Astrid, as long as she won't kill me." Rivera answered cheerfully before flying to Astrid's Mom, Keila took a step back from the flying dragon before hesitantly offering her hand so the dragon could perch on her hand.

The woman and little dragon walked out of the Great Hall silently, they returned a minute later and Rivera immediately flew to Hiccup, who silently offered his arm so the dragon could land. "She was ranting at first about how pointless talking to me is since I won't understand her, what a rude woman Astrid has, but then she said this, and I quote, 'If you really understand me and Hiccup can understand you, tell him that Astrid has a crush on him. He sure as hell wouldn't know that.' " Rivera said to him before flying to Astrid and perched herself on the girl's shoulder.

Hiccup blinked as he stared at the dragon, a blush appeared on his face as he thought about what he had heard, that Astrid has a crush on him.

"Well?" Keila demanded with crossed arms, "Let's see if what you said about the dragons being able to understand us and you being able to understand them is true." A smirk on her face.

Hiccup looked at Keila, "She said you were ranting about how pointless talking to her is since she won't understand you and . . ." He blushed and approached her, "Do you really think that Astrid has a crush on me?" He asked hesitantly.

Keila leaned back in surprise, "Unbelievable." She muttered in awe, "You really can understand them and they can understand us".

"Yes." Hiccup nodded before his blush deepened, "So . . .?".

Keila's smirk was back, "I don't think that Astrid has a crush on you, Hiccup, I know so." She whispered back before narrowing her eyes, "Hurt her and you will face my wrath, understood?" She hissed dangerously, earning many rapid nods from Hiccup, "Good." She said happily before looking at the other Vikings, "It's true, the dragon understood what I said to it and Hiccup can understand them." She said out loud to them.

The hall was filled with whispers of disbelief after that before Stoick told them to be quiet, again. "Hiccup." Stoick called his Son, "Why don't you tell them from the beginning? How you met Toothless and how you found out about this Red Death? I think they are willing to believe you now".

Hiccup nodded in understanding, he then told them how he really shot a Night Fury that night a year ago, how he went to Raven's Point and found Toothless but couldn't kill him then released him. The Vikings were horrified that Hiccup would free a dragon that could easily kill him, so he told them that Toothless didn't hurt him, only screaming his ear off and flew away. He then told them how he returned to the forest after Gobber told him and the other teens that dragons will always go for the kill, how he met Toothless again but again Toothless didn't kill him.

He continued with how he made Toothless's prosthetic fin and the trials and errors as he tried to get Toothless back to the sky before finally could fly with him as if they were one, then he told them how he tried everything he found out about dragons like their dislike of eels, their love of Dragon Nip, and so on with the dragons from the Arena. He told them that when he was chosen to kill the Nightmare, he knew that he wouldn't do it and decided to run away while trying to find out why the dragons raided them, then Toothless took him to the Nest to show him the reason.

He then told them about how he met Flarestorm, Rainleaf, Bonecrusher, Skyring, and Sharpshot. The Vikings couldn't believe his luck when he told them about his meeting with Bonecrusher, and he had a hard time believing it as well, who else in this world that just happened to fall in front of a Boneknapper and a certain bone that the big dragon was after happened to be stuck in his coat? No one, as far as he know.

"So, after about two months I left Berk, I decided that I have gained enough dragon friends to help me, so we went to the Nest to kill the Red Death." Hiccup told his audience, who were captivated by his story, aside from Mildew of course.

"How do you kill something as big as a mountain?" Ruffnut asked with awe struck expression, "I mean, even if you had a Night Fury and other strong dragons with you, they are still smaller than this monster, right?".

"Well, how a Viking kill a dragon?" Gobber asked back, "We are smaller than dragons, but we can kill them. Every dragon has a blind spot that we can take advantage from and this monster should be the same, and with a Night Fury and Boneknapper on his side, Hiccup can kill this monster".

"Unfortunately, Gobber, this monster wasn't exactly a dragon." Hiccup explained to him, "This thing had 6 eyes even though they were small, large nostrils that can smell us easily, and it's whole body was basically it's weapon. This thing didn't have a blind spot either".

Gobber and many other Vikings paled, "So, how did you kill it?" Astrid asked with a mix of interest and worry.

"Well, my plan that time was to observe first, so after we break the mountain and the dragons in the Nest flew out, I told Bonecrusher and Rainleaf to guide them to a nearby forest away from any villages, then Skyring and Flarestorm helped me distracted it while I and Toothless searching for a blind spot or any weakness we can use." Hiccup said as he recalled what had happened as he leaned on his dragon. Since the Vikings were so captivated with the story, Toothless decided that he didn't need to be so tense and curled himself around Hiccup. "After Skyring and Flarestorm reached their shot limit, I told them to leave the rest to me and Toothless. But as I already said, this thing didn't have a blind spot, so I took advantage of Toothless's territory and made it kind of blind".

"Kind of blind?" Stoick asked curiously.

"Toothless is a Night Fury and his territory is in darkness where he can't be seen." Hiccup explained to his Dad, "I and Toothless took advantage of this and hid in the dark clouds, so the monster couldn't see us and kind of blind to where we were. The Red Death didn't has a visible weakness due to it's hard armor, but that didn't mean it didn't has any weakness. As you say, a downed dragon is a dead dragon, this information led me to direct Toothless attack on the monster's wings, we couldn't pierce the wings but we managed to weaken the membranes so it would be easily ripped apart. My plan was to make it dive after me and pulled up at the last minute so the monster wouldn't survive the fall if it couldn't use it's wings, but the problem was Toothless's prosthetic tail fin was caught on fire when the monster shot it's fire everywhere".

He then told them about how Toothless shot his plasma blast into the Red Death's mouth just as it was about to fire, causing the monster to explode inside out, and how he and Toothless managed to escape from the fire only to crash into the monster's tail when Toothless's fin go dead and he was tore from Toothless's back. The Vikings were as white as the wall when he told them how he nearly fell right into the flame, but then Toothless saved him in time.

"I didn't know what exactly happened after that, Toothless don't like to talk about it and the other dragons don't know what had happened, but I woke up 3 and a half months later on a bed with a peg leg and a sudden understanding of dragon language or Dragonese." Hiccup showed them his metal leg, "The original one was a normal peg leg that couldn't be used to control Toothless's tail fin and I won't have that, so I made this instead".

"Wait, lad." Emma interrupted, "How come you can survive a coma for 3 and half months? I'm a Healer so I know it's impossible".

"I'm not exactly in a coma." Hiccup told her with a shrug, "My body was awake but my mind wasn't, the Healer in the village I woke up in would help me eat and drink or do private stuff in the bathroom but I didn't do anything on my own, I was awake and yet still asleep. That's what my flock told me".

"How do you suddenly understand Dragonese then?" Astrid asked curiously, "Do you think it's possible for me to learn it?".

Hiccup looked at Toothless with a raised eyebrow, "Just like how dragons couldn't speak human language, human couldn't speak Dragonese, your vocal can't create the same sound as we do." Toothless explained as best as he could, "I don't know how you suddenly understand our language, nor do I care, but just like how you taught me how to write runes with one of my claw, humans can learn body language of a dragon. That girl can try to learn our body language if she want to understand what her dragon want to tell her, if her bond with her dragon strong enough, she might be able to receive images like you do".

Hiccup nodded at him before relaying what Toothless had told him to Astrid. He himself already learned about dragon's body language and found that he could receive mental images from Toothless and other dragons he was close enough to, so it was a possibility for Astrid to be able to receive mental images as well if her bond with Stormfly was strong enough.

"How do you suddenly understand what they are talking then?" Astrid asked again since Hiccup forget to answer the first time, she was very interested with Hiccup's ability to understand Dragonese as soon as he woke up.

"Oh, right. I think it has something to do with what I experienced in my half-asleep state." Hiccup answered thoughtfully, he had never really thought about it and just accepted that he understood Dragonese, "I don't really know how it happened, but I saw my dragon's important memories. I knew I was dreaming, but I couldn't wake up on my own, and in this dream I witness what my dragons had experienced in life through their point of view. Sometime along the way, the knowledge of Dragonese seemed to enter my mind through this memories, I hear the sound they created in their memories and just know what they meant by that".

"So, Hiccup." Stoick called for his Son's attention, "If you woke up after 3 months and a half, why do you wait until now to come back?" He asked in confusion, "Even if you couldn't come, why didn't you just send a letter?".

"Yeah, you make us believed that you're dead, Hiccup." Gobber said with a shake of his head.

"Sorry." Hiccup apologized, he knew that he had caused great pain to his Dad and Gobber, and maybe to Astrid as well, he felt bad that he couldn't return to Berk sooner. "Well, you see, I can't return to Berk right away. When I woke up, my coordination is all wrong".

"Isn't it always?" Snotlout mocked at him.

Toothless chuckled when he heard that, startling the other Vikings.

"Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile." Hiccup said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes, he looked at Snotlout and sighed, "I know I'm clumsy, alright, but that wasn't what I meant by my coordination is all wrong. What do you think will happen to you when you are living through many dragon's memories for what felt like years, even though in reality only a few months?" He asked as he ran his hand through his hair, "I know who I am and that I'm a human, but after witnessing so many memories through dragon's point of view, I kind of forgetting how to act like a human except for talking in human tongue. The first month after I woke up, my body was so weak that I barely able to move. I need to regain my strength so I can function normally, but that wasn't my only problem. My body was confused whether I'm a human or a dragon after looking through a dragon's point of view for so long, so I need to get used to move my body like a human again instead of a dragon".

"Was that really taken so long?" Fishlegs asked in confusion, "I mean, it should taken only one or two months, considering you are so smart and all that".

"Thank you for the compliment." Hiccup said with a chuckle before shaking his head, "Well, indeed, I only need only a month to get used to act like a human again, what took so long was the training." He rolled his eyes, "I woke up in a village, so I have to tell them everything to gain their trust, and they kind of disliking how you treated me before I became famous for 'taking down dragons with bare hands'. The Chief and his daughter forced me to train so I can protect myself in case you would attack me when you see me with a dragon, but when you have a mother hen of a dragon, you can't train to your limit before your dragon forced you to take a rest. That's why I took so long, and about why I didn't send you any letter to tell you that I'm alive . . . Believe me, Dad, I tried." He explained before glaring at Toothless, who looked at him with wide innocent eyes and his ear flaps standing, looking cute. "I wrote many letters to send to you, but the letters always ended up being burnt to ash by this crazy dragon".

"I'm not crazy." Toothless huffed as he lightly smacked Hiccup with his tail, "I just wanted for you to be able to protect yourself first before informing Berk, we didn't know how they will react".

"Yeah, yeah, like you couldn't protect me just fine if something goes wrong." Hiccup answered with a wave of his hand, clearly didn't believe what his dragon said.

He knew that Toothless was holding a grudge against the people of Berk for their treatment to him in the past, mostly his Dad, and Toothless knew that he would be angry if Toothless harm any of the people, so he decided to take revenge by letting his Dad think that he was dead by preventing him sending any letter to Berk. That was the real reason, not because Toothless wanted him to be able to protect himself first, since the dragon himself can protect Hiccup just fine.

"Anyway." He continued as he looked at the Berkians, "I finally earned my teacher's approval earlier and I could come back here, it seems that I came back just in time since when I was halfway to Berk, I saw the Outcasts headed to Berk as well. I figured that I still had time before the Outcasts arrived, so I went to the Dragon Nest first to get help from the dragons in there before coming here." He finished his story at last.

"So, are the dragons dangerous?" Elga asked curiously, "You said that they attacked us because of that monster forced them to, and it's true that we don't have a single raid after you killed it".

"They are dangerous if you attack them, Elga." Hiccup answered with a smile, "But the dragons are actually very gentle creatures, they are also very protective over their loved ones, so they won't attack you unless you attack them first".

"You forget that they had killed many of us, lad." Spitelout reminded him.

"Well, it happened during the raids, didn't it?" Hiccup asked back, "Besides, you have killed many of them as well. They were only protecting themselves, even you wouldn't just let someone kill you without a fight, right? You approach them with weapons and they will be cautious of you, and if you attack them, they will attack back".

"Alright." Stoick said when he saw that the people were still skeptical, "How about Hiccup demonstrate to you that dragons aren't dangerous? We still have many dragons in the arena that we captured in the latest raid before the raid had stopped altogether".

"Hiccup can understand them, so he can approach dragons easily without being harmed, but what about the others?" Phlegma the Fierce asked seriously.

"Everyone can train a dragon, and Hiccup already train his dragons even before he could understand what the dragons say." Astrid answered before Stoick or Hiccup could, "Don't forget that I train my own dragon without understanding what she's saying to me, and my guide was only a mere book that Hiccup wrote. As long as you learn how to approach a dragon the right way, I'm sure they won't attack you".

"That's right." Hiccup said in confirmation, "As I said, dragons are gentle creatures, they won't attack without provocation".

"Then do you think I can have my own dragon?" Tuffnut asked in excitement.

"Yeah, imagine all the explosion we can make with a dragon!" Ruffnut said in agreement.

"Can I have a Gronckle?" Fishlegs asked with the same excitement as the twins, but with different reason, "I always find them interesting".

"Hmph, you go with the Gronckle, I will have a Monstrous Nightmare as my dragon." Snotlout said boastfully.

"Sister! I also want a dragon!" Elga said cheerfully, followed by many of the children her age.

The Vikings were surprised that the teens and the children would accept the idea of training dragon so easily, but they were more surprised when Gobber voiced his request, "Ah, my beloved apprentice." Gobber began as he threw an arm around Hiccup's shoulders, "What kind of dragon do you think will suit me? I want to have a dragon for my own too, you know?".

Hiccup was grinning happily at them, he was happy that some of his tribe wanted to train dragons, it was more than what he hoped for. "Let's go to the Arena then." He said cheerfully before leading the way, followed by an amused Toothless.

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To be continued . . .

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