Disclaimer: I do not own How to Train Your Dragon and do not own any of the character. Halla and Ash are based on character from the movie, but have been modified for my story

Since it is my first fanfiction reviews would be nice thanks enjoy

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Halla's point of view:

It wasn't long until I finally left the cove promising Toothless that I would be back later today. 'Hopefully with more food' I thought, pausing to take a break clutching my side as I did. 'Let's hope no one has noticed that I disappeared.' Thinking mostly of my suddenly there aunt and her very young crewman.

It wasn't long until I reached my house, sighing with content as I opened the door.

"And just where did you go all night."

I jumped searching the house for the mysterious voice. There sitting on my staircase was my auntie's crewman. "Just out" I said, trying to get my heart to slow down from panic. " And where would that be exactly" he says standing up. My eyes narrowed "That's none of your buisness." I snapped, watching as his mouth turned into a smirk.

Auntie's crewman was about sixteen, a little bit taller than Fishlegs, only he was more on the muscular side. He wasn't huge like normal Vikings, but the definition was definitely there. He had shaggy brown hair that was cut short even though his bangs almost covered his honey colored eyes. His skin was a light shade of brown his wrist covered in some type of tattoo, while the other hand was taped up to his elbow. He wore baggy pants that were tucked into his boots, and a brown shirt that had no sleeves. Apparently it was his arrows that saved me, 'and attacked the Nadder' I thought, bitterly.

"Your aunt just want me to check up on you is all" he says, smirk still on his face. I pause for a moment not sure how to respond when my aunt is involved.

"You can tell her that I'm fine."

"But if I tell her you weren't here when I first got her she'll want to know where you were." I gridded my teeth opening my mouth to respond when the door opened behind me, hitting me in the back and my bad shoulder. I gasped and with the extra pressure started to fall forward, still in too much pain to try and catch myself.

That was until I felt arms wrap around my lower back being very carful to steady me without actually touching me, it was odd, it was almost like a ghost was trying to touch me. Before I knew it I collided with his chest, which was not like a ghost, but more like a brick wall. "Easy there Girlie," he whispers close to my ear, arms still wrapped around me as he let me find my footing. When I finally do he stands up straighter and glares at the doorway. "You could be a little more careful about opening that door." To my surprise although his voice got louder it got lower, almost like a warning. I turned my head to see just who he was talking to. I turned my head 'and now I wish I hadn't.'

There standing at the door, was none other than Ash. His eyes showed confusion, shock, but after a moment that quickly turned to anger. It was an awkward tension before any one spoke.

"You need something small fry," said my aunt's crewman who I still couldn't remember his name.

"Names not small fry its Ash." He snaps his eyes narrowing.

"I'm Gabriel and what did you need that was so important you couldn't knock first." Gabriel was back to his playful tone that was starting to get on my nerves.

"Gobber wants Halla to come by the shop." I looked at Ash for a moment tilting my head to the side trying to figure out why he was so angry, but Ash wasn't looking at me he was trying to stare down Gabriel.

"What for?" I asked, trying to break the tension that was coming off Ash.

"How the hell should I know?" he snaps, before walking away.

'Well that went…weirdly' I thought. Suddenly I felt vibrations and a laugh broke whatever tension Ash left behind. "Is your boyfriend always this easy to piss off" asks Gabriel in between laughs. I blush, my face turning red.

"He is not my boyfriend," I shout, my face feeling hot. Gabriel started to laugh even harder. I puffed "Besides not until a little while ago he thought I was useless and in the way."

Gabriel stopped laugh looking at me with a serious look on his face that didn't really suit him. "And now" I paused humming as I thought of an appropriate answer "we're friends I guess, but a part of me still thinks he protects me because I'm the chiefs daughter."

"So?" I looked at Gabriel confused for a second "So" I repeated.

"So what? The only reason I'm here or tried to save you was because you're my captain's niece. No one ever does something nice without there being a motive or an influence." 'I didn't have a motive for helping Toothless…did I?' I thought, "Besides just because it starts out with that reason doesn't mean that's the only reason to protect you. Its not like reasons can't change." I stare at him trying to figure him out. One minute he was an annoying playful joker and now he was a guru of some kind giving advises that actually makes sense. I was still processing his words when he started to walk out my still open door.

"Well come on now Gobber is waiting for you?" I nodded walking out the door as Gabriel shuts it behind me. I was ready to climb down the stairs when Gabriel stood in front of me and shook his head. He turned around showing me his back and squat down.

"Get on" I took a step back looking at his back as if he was crazy.

"I'm good I can walk after all"

"Word around the village is that you're a disaster waiting to happen and now that you're injured your even slower…so get on we can make it to the village faster."

"No" I shouted, crossing my arms walking past him and down the stairs.

Gabriel didn't move only smiled. "Alright I'll just have to tell you aunt that you weren't home when I came to check on you" I pause, turning to glare at him.

"You're blackmailing me"

"Blackmailing is such a nasty word don't you agree."

I glare at him, but walk back up the stairs. Pausing when I reach my original spot. "Come on now Halla I don't have all day."

I growled a growl that even Toothless would have been proud of. I didn't really have a choice unless I wanted to lie about where I was this morning and although Gobber accepts my leaving into the forest something tells me auntie wouldn't. So I climbed on his back. I can feel him laughing at me as he started to walk. "To tell you the truth I thought you would have said tell her and walked off."

"Well than put me down" I struggled for a moment, but his grip on my legs tightens.

"Now calm down before your hurt yourself I was only joking…although now I am quite curious to know what your hiding." He titled his head a little to face me and I scowled at him.

"There wouldn't happen to be another guy out there in the woods now would there." I can feel my face getting hot again at his implication, and rather than seeing him see me light up like a tomato I hide in the crook of his neck. He only laughs his pace not changing.

As we start walking I notice that Gabriel is taking us the long way to the village. I didn't comment because I was in no hurry to get to the village. However this way we would have to pass by the arena.

"Why are we stopping by the arena?"

"Earlier today all the Vikings were working on the arena's dome and cages. The dragons were all tied up, but everyone was a little on edge. Although I can't see why two of them were pretty badly hurt."

"The Nightmare" I whisper

"and the Deadly Nadder" Gabriel says with pride. I can only scowl flashing back to that moment.

"You didn't have to hit the wing," I mumbled hoping that the Deadly Nadder can still fly.

"I could have hit it right between the eyes" There was a pause, his statement hanging in the air

"Why didn't you" any one else would have killed a dragon. He did have a shot after all.

He shrugged his shoulders "Just didn't is all"

"There has to be a reason"

He shrugged again "maybe I just missed." I hummed my respond knowing that he won't ever tell me the real reason, but I really wanted to know. 'Maybe its not that odd to not want to kill a dragon…or maybe its just because he's an outsider' I thought, watching as Gabriel got closer to the arena.

As we approached the arena I saw just how damaged the arena really was. The top part of the dome was partially gone. Chucks of chains were covering the outside of the arena. As we got closer I noticed that everyone was staring at us. "Well I am piggy backing on an outsider backs" I thought as I watch the village whisper to themselves.

"I can walk from here you know" I mumble ducking into his shoulder to avoid the stares.

"We haven't made it to the shop yet, what don't tell me your shy?"

"Usually when people pay attention to me its to notice just how bad of a Viking I really am even though I am the chief's daughter." I mumble, feeling my back getting hot from stares.

"Well that's not the case today" he said in that I know something you don't know voice.

My eyes narrowed and I grabbed a fist full of his shirt "What did you do?"

"You aunt and I told them what you did. That you were fighting three dragons when we found you, that your aunt took on that uhh what's it called the red dragon"

"The Nightmare"

"Yah that one and I helped you with the blue one"

"Deadly Nadder"

"That's the one…who came up with these names anyway kind on lame if you ask me."

I ignored his question instead asking one of his own "Did you tell them about…my fall."

There was a pause "No we left that part out. I think the village trying to wrap their head around you fighting three dragons and surviving don't you think that's enough to process." I nodded, as Gabriel stopped in front of the arena.

The arena inside was just as damaged as the outside. Most of the missing chains of the dome was scattered in the arena. The ground was signed and covered with broken, burned pieces of wood and metal that came from the dragons door, but what caught my attention was the a red stain on the ground.

"The first thing the village did was track down the dragons and put them in temporary cages. Most of the village was watching them, but with the red one-"

"Nightmare" I corrected "Whatever since the Nightmare was bleeding pretty bad and the bl-Deadly Nadder was injured, but people were still a little skittish about dragons outside their cages."

"Well it looks like they got the doors fixed for the most part," I said, watching as six Vikings start to bolt the Gronkle's door to the wall. "But then where are the dragons." Gabriel walked away from the arena walking opposite the village. "They are storing them as close to the arena as they can, with staying as far away from the village as they can." He answers and sure enough a few minutes of walking and we started to hear the roars.

They were in wooden shackles that were chained to the ground. All of theme seemed to be trying to escape except the Deadly Nadder that was nursing its wings, and the Nightmare that to me seemed half dead. The Vikings around the dragons were tense and eyed us wearily as we walked by. Gabriel stopped in front of them, and for a moment all the dragons stopped moving. That was until the Deadly Nadder started to screech and lunge towards us. All the other dragons seemed to just be watching Gabriel and I, and for the first time since I'd seen the Nightmare it started to move at first nudging and then it moved its head to look at us. It had amber color eyes, and for a moment it was like the dragon was trying to tell me something. It closed its eyes and breathed in deep before opening them to stare at me again. All I could do was nod my head in a response. Hoping that I had interoperated its meaning right. The Nightmare was still screeching, I watched as one of the Viking reached for its hammer. However before it could throw it at the Deadly Nadder to silence it the Nightmare roared to the Deadly Nadder. The Deadly Nadder turned to the Nightmare eyes still narrowed, but it quieted down and went back to nursing its wing. The Nightmare huffing before curling up again.

"That was odd," commented Gabriel

"Yah" I said, not really listening to him, but still looking towards the dragons

"You disappointed"

"Hmmm…disappointed about what?"

"Dragon training will probably be canceled until the dragons are better and the arena is done. The dragons maybe in their cages by nightfall, but the arena will take longer to finish."

"Then no I'm not."

"Really all the teens earlier today seemed like they were going to die without dragon training"

I snorted "useless remember, the only reason I joined dragon training was because I made a deal."

"Hmm that's interesting what do you get out of this deal"

I thought about it for a moment before saying "I don't really know."

"Well that was stupid of you"

I gnawed on my lip to stop the agreement that was about to slip out.

He sighed, "Well now that our little field trip is over lets go see Gobber and my captain shall we." I nodded still watching the dragons.

"Maybe afterwards we can all stop to eat I'm starving."

I nodded again, my mind spacing trying to figure out if I have enough time to pick some blood berries.