Back again with another chapter for you!

Nerooffiziell: Thank you for your review. I'll start working on longer chapters with the next few. :) Also I know that my grammars not the best but hopefully it will get better xD.

Chapter 3

(With Hiccup)

Walking through the cool morning air, Hiccup was thinking about what his father said the night before. 'Why does everybody hate me so much? I never did anything to them, did I?' Suddenly, his eyes widened as he realized, "Because dad treats me that way, they all treat me that way..." he said to himself. Looking around, he notices that the village is mostly empty, probably because most are on the nest hunt. Remembering that he had to be at dragon training, he walks again toward the arena.

Arriving there, he saw that all the other teens were already there. Looking for his mentor, he sees him opening the arena's gate. "Welcome to dragon training!" Gobber announces happily.

"No turning back." Astrid comments. The teens walk in and start looking around like gladiators entering the Colosseum. They all had an awe-struck face except Astrid, who looked more determined.

Hiccup listens as Ruffnut and Tuffnut are talking about getting some burns or some mauling. Rolling his eyes, he thought, 'Maybe that will shut you up and stop assaulting me.' Astrid's following words brought him back to Midgard. "Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it." Hiccup deciding to comment on it (although not his best decision) made them turn around. "Yeah, no kidding, right? Pain. Love it." he says sarcastically. Everyone groans as they see him.

"What's he doing here? Looking for a way to kill himself?" Snotlout asks, drawing laughter from all around him except Gobber.

"Is that even fair? He brought down a Nightfury. So why is he here?" Tuffnut asks, earning even more snickering from the others.

"It doesn't matter why he's here. He'll be out of training after the first round. Or maybe he's dead after today." Astrid told them while glaring at Hiccup.

Hiccup is fighting the urge to say something sarcastic or to give them a piece of his mind, but before he can even open his mouth, Gobber decides to do it for him.

"He's here on the chief's order, and if I see any of you trying to get him killed, you will be going up against me! Am. I. Clear?" He tells them. They all shut up quickly after hearing that from him because they all know that although he's missing an arm and a leg, Gobber is the second-best warrior in berk. Stoick, of course, is better than him, but not by much.

Gobber proceeds to push Hiccup towards the line of teens and starts telling them what kind of dragon is in each of the cages from the arena. While he does that, Fishlegs rambles random statistics about each dragon until Gobber has enough. "Will you STOP that?!". With that said, he puts his hand on the lever of the first cage. "And the Gronckle."

Panicking, Snotlout asks, "Wait?! Aren't you going to teach us first?!" The only reply he got was, "I believe in learning on the job." just before he released the dragon. The teens scramble out of the way while the Gronckle crashes into the ring wall and eats a few rocks lying on the floor.

The entire lesson, the recruits are running around, and after a few helpful tips from Gobber, the teens can hold themself for a few minutes. The first ones out were the twins. They got blasted while fighting over a shield. Next was Fishlegs. He wasn't paying attention because he was proud of himself for correctly answering one of Gobbers questions. After that, it was Snotlout. He was too busy flirting with Astrid, so he didn't see the blast coming at him.

Astrid rolls in front of Hiccup and stands up. "So it's just you and me then, huh?" he asks, trying to be friendly, which failed. "Shut up, you're just lucky!" she snaps at him before rolling to the side and out of the way from the dragon's blast. Unfortunately, Hiccup didn't see it coming because Astrid was in front of him and got his shield blasted out of his hands. Doing the only logical thing, he starts running after the shield. 'Why didn't Gobber call me out?! He doesn't want me to die, does he?!' Hiccup trips and ends up being trapped between the dragon and a wall staring into the mouth of the Gronckle. As he sees the Gronckle preparing a blast that will send him off to Valhalla, he closes his eyes and looks to the side. He feels the heat from the explosion next to his head and looks back up, seeing that Gobber grabbed the dragon by its mouth and pulled away.

"And that's six! Go back to bed, you overgrown sausage!" he flings it back into the cage before closing it.

"Remember! A dragon will always... ALWAYS, go for the kill." he tells the recruits, with the last part directed toward Hiccup, still lying on the ground. The teens all look at the scrawny Viking on the floor as if deciding whether or not they should beat him up because he was one of the last still standing. Eventually, they decided he was lucky and walked out of the kill ring.

(In the forest)

Hiccup is back at the place where he found the Nightfury. Picking up a bola, he asks himself, "So why didn't you?". Dropping it, he stands back up and walks towards where he saw the dragon flying off. Walking through an opening between two stonewalls, he discovers a beautiful cove. High stonewalls surround the cove and have a small pond in the middle. A waterfall was going down over one of the edges directly into the pond. Walking forward, he spots something small on the ground. As he picks it up, he sees that it's a black and shiny scale and runs a finger over the smooth surface of the scale.

He suddenly jumps back as a black blur shoots up directly before him. Looking over, he sees the Nightfury trying to claw its way back out. After the dragon dropped down to the ground, it tried again, only for it to fall back down again. Deciding quickly, Hiccup pulls out his notebook and starts to sketch the dragon's outline.

"Why don't you just fly away?" he wonders. At that moment, he notices that it's missing its left tailfin. Immediately guilt starts to flow through him. Watching the Nightfury landing at the pond, he sees the dragon struggling to catch food. And more guilt filled him. 'I'm responsible for it to starve...' he thinks with sorrow. While thinking about what he had done, he doesn't notice his pencil slipping out of his hands.

The dragon's ear flaps shot up when it hears something fall down into its prison. Looking up, it notices the boy who had freed it sitting on top of a stone pillar.

When they both looked at each other, they saw a few different things in each other's eyes. Hiccup saw sadness, hate, and hopelessness. The dragon saw guilt, pain, and suffering. But what they both saw was loneliness and the longing to have a friend.

Dragon and Viking kept looking at each other until a thunder ripples through the air and jolts them back to reality. Hiccup turns around and heads back while the dragon seeks cover in a small cave.

(In the great hall)

Hiccup opens the great hall doors and walks in, soaking wet because it started to rain outside. Walking to the table where the food was placed, he picked up a small plate with a small portion to eat. After all, he doesn't need much to eat.

"Hiccup, get over here!" Gobber calls out to him. Looking over, he sees him standing at a table with the other recruits. Sighing, he walks over and sits at the table opposite the teens. He knew very well that the others would beat him up if he tried to sit with them because the first time he tried to did not end well. Drifting off into his thoughts, he blends out the others, talking about what they did wrong. Even when Gobber asked them what he did wrong, he ignored the insult coming his way.

Gobber drops a book on the table, "The Dragon Manual. Everything we know about every dragon we know off." Looking outside, their trainer tells them, "No attacks tonight. Study up." With that, he leaves the teens alone and goes home.

In the corner of his eye, Hiccup saw them standing up and leaving the great hall. After he ate his meal, he was the only one left in the hall, so he decided to look through it. He flicks through the book, searching for one specific dragon. On the last page, he finds what he's been looking for. "Nightfury. Speed unknown. Size unknown. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance, hide and pray it does not find you." he reads to himself. Thinking about it for a moment, he pulls out his notebook with the sketch of the Nighfury and throws it onto the blank page. 'Twice, the dragon didn't kill me. Twice.' With that, he heads back home to get some sleep.

(The next morning in the ring)

The recruits are currently running through a mace put up in the arena and trying to evade the released Nadder. Hiccup was thinking about something completely different and is asking Gobber about Nightfuries. That is until Astrid harshly whispered behind him, "HICCUP!". Looking behind him, he sees Astrid and Snotlout ducking on the corner of a wall gesturing for him to get down too. Not wanting to get a beating, he follows their lead and joins them. After the blonde looked around the corner, she rolled through the gap between the walls, followed closely by Sontlout. Hiccup tries to do the same, but the weight of the shield stops him halfway through, and he flops to the ground getting the Nadder's attention. Springing up, he runs away and chooses not to follow Astrid or Sontlout and instead goes the other way. When he got away, he heard Snotlout trying to show off to Astrid but failing, which caused the Nadder to laugh at him. A Few seconds later, he hears a crashing sound and his name being shouted from above him. Looking up, he sees Astrid falling toward him, followed by a Nadder.

As these two crashed, the girl's axe got stuck in his shield. Trying to free her weapon didn't work, so she put her boot on his face and pushed down. In the last second, she gets the shield of his arm and smashes it at the dragon's head, making it stop and tumble to the side. While Gobber puts the dragon in the cage, Astrid turns towards the boy.

"Is this some kind of a joke to you?! Our parent's war is about to become ours. Stop being useless and learn something or leave the island!" The surrounding teens agreed with her immediately, since Gobeer was too far away, he didn't hear that. As the teens stormed out of the arena, Sontlout shot him a look that told him, 'You will regret upsetting her:'

After this experience, he decides to visit a certain someone and try to find out if they were utterly wrong about dragons.

So I hope you enjoyed this Chapter, I literally got a cramp in my hand writing this xD. but hey, it was worth it I got it finished. Until the next time!