Elena stood perched in the tree. She then leaped and grabbed a vine, swinging through the trees. She then reached out and grabbed another vine as she continued to swing ahead. It was then that Skylar, Neko and Luna flew in from behind.

"Looking good, sis." Skylar said.

As she came to the tree ahead, she released the vine and flew through the air, landing in the tree.

She quickly climbed through the branches before leaping to the next tree. Grabbing hold of a branch, she swung herself forward. She flew through the air, reaching out for the vine grabbed hold and swung to the branch of a tree. She came perched over the branch and looked ahead to the next tree. The branch ahead was too far out. She need to make this jump if she was to reach it.

Elena took a deep breath.

"I can do this." she told herself.

"I can do this."

Elena crouched down, peering ahead to the branch. And then she leaped from the branch, reaching out for the arm of the tree ahead. Though as she was about to grab hold, she suddenly came below the branch.

"Wow, wow...!" Elena cried as she started to fall.

"Skylar!"

Skylar gasped and flew in. Elena covered her eyes, waiting for the inevitable impact that would follow. And then felt herself land on something soft and hard. But it wasn't the smooth lush plants below or the ground itself. She looked up and saw Skylar looking back at her.

"That was a close one." He said.

Skylar flew around and landed in below the tree. Elena climbed off her brothers back.

"Thanks, Skylar." she said.

She then heard the sounds of wings flapping in the wind. They turned and saw Neko and Luna, landing behind them.

"Wow, nice one, sis." Neko said.

"You were in the lead the whole time."

"Yeah." Luna said.

"Your almost as fast as Cruise."

Elena looked back up at the tree. The branch was too big a jump for her and there were places in the jungle that wouldn't have a vine for her.

"I won't be fast enough if I can't make that jump." She said.

"I don' know." Skylar said.

"That was a pretty long jump."

Elena continued peering at the branch above. She glanced to the next tree and saw several vines hanging from above. Elena squinted her eyes, glancing back to the branch. And then she gasped in realization.

"I have an idea!" she said.

Elena grabbed a vine and started tugging it till the stem broke. She kneeled down and took one end, tying it into a wide loop. Skylar, Luna and Neko came up and looked down at what she was doing.

"So what is this for?" Skylar asked, curiously.

Elena glanced to her brother.

"Well like you guys said, every jaquin need it's wings." She said.

"And there's few places that don't have vines."

After the knot was tight enough over the vine, Elena then wrapped it around and placed it over her shoulder.

"This will be my wings."

Elena ran to the nearest Tree. And after climbing to the nearest branch of a tree, she unraveled the vine and held it at the ready. Looking ahead to the next tree, Elena glance at one of the higher branches. She need to get this just right. The end of the branch was a sure bet. Any lower and the branch wouldn't be able to support her.

Elena started to swing the vine in the air and threw it to the branch. Though as the vine came down upon the branch, it got caught on several of the twigs. Elena pulled it back. She tried swinging it again and threw it at the branch. But once again she couldn't get the hoop around the branch.

It was after several tries that Elena groaned in frustration. Luna flew up and came beside Elena.

"Yeah, looks like your wings aren't taking off." She said.

Elena sighed. She didn't know what was wrong. Though upon peering up at the branch, she noticed how spread out the branches were. Elena then looked down at the hoop she made. The twigs that sprouted from the branch were spread out. The loop she made wasn't wide enough.

"Or maybe they need a little adjusting." Elena said.

Elena took the vine and slipped a few inches more through the knot. She then turned and faced the tree again. Once more she swung the vine in the air and threw it at the branch. The hoop flew in the air. And unlike before The hoop passed over the leaves and twigs and landed over the far end of the branch.

"You got it!" Skylar said.

Elena smiled. She grabbed the vine in both hands and pulled, tightening the hoop.

"Here we go!" she said.

Elena leaped from the branch and swung to the next tree. She landed between two of the branches.

"I did it!" she said.

Turning to look back at her brothers and cousin, she waved to them.

"It works." she called to them.

Elena continued to use her new lasso in the days which follow. After their training with chief Zephyr, the Jaquin princess would go out into the Jungle along with Skylar, Neko, Luna and Migs to practice. She faced them through the jungle, climbing and swinging from branches and vines.

Climbing the trees became effortless. She scurried up the trunk of a tree as swiftly as a monkey. Though upon misstep, she felt herself slide down. Though she was quick to catch herself and continued to climb. And so too could she swing along the branches as one could. Grabbing one limb after another, she soured through the trees as fast as her Jaquin family.

Racing her two brothers, Elena leaped from one tree after another. Souring through the trees, swinging from one branch to another, she leaped into a tree. Grabbing one branch, she swung herself forward and grabbed another. She took the lasso from her shoulder and swung it through the air and throw it over the branch. She tugged the vine, fastening it over the limb of the tree and then swung ahead. Passing Skylar, Neko, Migs and Luna. The three smiled, seeing her pass them.

Elena swung up to a tree and landed over a nearby branch. She turned to Skylar, Neko, Migs and Luna.

"Good job, sis." Skylar said.

"Yeah, your way faster then Cruise." Luna said.

Elena smiled, brushing her hair back behind her ear.

"Thanks, guys." she said.

She peered down at her lasso.

"I have to say, I think I'm ready to take on the test tomorrow."

"Speaking of which," Migs said.

"Shouldn't we be heading back to Mooncliff. It's getting late."

"Oh, right." Elena said.

"We should get going."

Luna flew up to the branch and turned For Elena, letting her onto her back.

"Hop on, Princess." She said.

Elena leaped onto Luna's back. She retracted her lasso from the branch, placing it over shoulder. The five Jaquins then turned and flew through the opening above the trees. The five Jaquins came above the jungle as they made their way to the Mooncliff. Yet as they flew overhead, Neko glanced to his right.

"Hey, guys!" he said as he stopped.

"Look at that!"

Elena and the others stopped as they looked to the horizon off to their right. They saw a puff of black cloud rising from the jungle. Elena squinted her eyes as she peered ahead at the black cloud.

"It looks like... smoke." She said as she looked to Migs.

"Smoke?" he said.

"We should check it out!" Neko said.

"Come on!"

Neko flew off toward the cloud of smoke.

"Neko, wait!" Migs said

"We should tell Chief Zephyr."

"Hey wait for us!" Skylar said as he flew after them.

Luna glanced up at Elena.

"Oh, boy." she said.

"Here they go again."

Elena looked ahead at her brothers. She knew she shouldn't. But at the same time, she felt a sudden desire to go see what it was. There was something about the black cloud in the distance. She had to know what it was.

"Come on, Luna." she said.

"Lets follow them."

The two flew after her brothers and Migs toward the smoke in the distance. Yet what they would find there, would come to change everything.

(And that concludes chapter one of the story. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and now we will be moving on to chapter 2 and will be telling Hiccup's side of the story. till then, please comment and review and let me know what u think.)