MDM's Version of How to Train Your Dragon
A/N: FINALLY! Sorry to keep you guys waiting for so long! :(
Now that school's back in swing, I can't find any time to write anything now. I try to sneak as much as I can, but because of homework (ARGH!), it's not easy. But, your patience is now going to be rewarded.
Onto Chapter 14 of my version of "HTTYD"! Roll it!
Chapter 14
Test Flight for Real
In the cove that very same afternoon, Hiccup was preparing Toothless' saddle for an official test flight. Ragnar was pacing back and forth in front of him in a panic, while Juno was doing some target practice at a nearby tree.
"Do you know how close Astrid was to discovering Toothless last night?!" Ragnar was ranting about the close call the Misfit Trio had the previous night.
He then held up his finger and thumb an inch apart. "This close!"
"Relax, Ragnar." Juno said to him as she fired an arrow into a tree. "If she even found out..."
She fired another arrow, splitting the first one right down the middle. "I'll make sure she'll stay quiet."
"Okay, guys." Hiccup said. "It's ready."
"Great." Juno set down her bow and quiver and came over to him.
"Are you sure Toothless can carry all three of us?" Ragnar asked.
"I'm pretty sure he can. Right, bud?" Hiccup said to his dragon friend.
Toothless gave out a grunt of agreement, and nuzzled his head towards Hiccup. "I'll take that as a yes." He chuckled.
That affectionate action made his satchel fall over onto its side. Toothless sniffed it and began looking through it with his snout.
"Hey, what are you doing, bud?" Hiccup asked.
His journal then flopped out and opened up to a page that had a drawing of five familiar teens. Toothless sniffed the page, curious about the picture. Hiccup picked up the book, but the look that his dragon was giving him wanted to know more.
"Do you want to know about these guys?" He asked.
Toothless warbled, sounding like he wanted to know. "All right." Hiccup said, as he sat down with the book open in his lap.
"These two are the Thorston twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut." Hiccup began, pointing to the twins on the paper. "They can be a little bit too excited about causing chaos. They both go around looking to cause destruction and explosions. For us, that could be a disadvantage, but if we could direct that energy over to the enemy, it could be useful."
Ragnar and Juno sat down beside him to see the picture he drew. "I mean, they would be really good at distracting the enemies." Ragnar said, seeing how Hiccup could use the twins' love of destruction as an advantage.
Hiccup continued explaining the picture to his curious Night Fury. "This is Fishlegs." He said, pointing to him in the drawing. "He knows everything there is to know about dragons, at least from the Book of Dragons. It could come in handy if we ever have to face a dragon we don't know a lot about, like you. He could just look at you and analyze all the possible strengths and weaknesses and we could base a plan based on that."
He then pointed over to Snotlout's picture. "This is my cousin, Snotlout." He said.
"Second cousin." Juno corrected. "I still can't believe that you two are related."
Hiccup just rolled his eyes and continued. "Lots of words are used to describe him. The most common ones are: arrogant, boastful, and thick-headed. But as much as I hate to admit it, he can be a good fighter, even one of the best out of all of the boys at least, even rivaling Ragnar's own skills."
"I could still beat him into a mush if he does anything stupid." Ragnar said.
"At least, if he could stop bragging and flirting long enough to actually fight." Hiccup amended. "And lastly, that's Astrid, another talented fighter. It's hard to tell who is the better shield maiden between her and Juno."
"I could still kill her mercilessly if she ever tried to do what she did from long ago again." Juno seethed through her teeth.
"Ok, easy there, Valkyrie." Ragnar lightly teased her.
Juno blushed bright red. Ever since he learned of her singing talent when they were five years old, he would sometimes call her "Valkyrie", due to her talent and because of her fierceness whenever she is fighting. Every time, it still made her turn crimson.
Hiccup teasingly rolled his eyes again at his best friends subtly flirting with each other. Toothless gave him a curious look, sensing there's something more about the other Viking girl he might be thinking about. He noticed it and it was his turn to blush.
"And there may be a chance that I might have a bit of a crush on her." Toothless, Ragnar, and Juno all gave Hiccup the same unconvinced look. "Fine, I do like her. Happy now?" He said.
"You can say that." Juno said, dropping the subject of Astrid, much to her relief.
"Are we ready now?" Ragnar asked as he and Juno stood back up.
"Yeah." Hiccup said as he too got back up. He put the book back in his satchel, climbed on his dragon, then turned to his friends. "You sure you guys want to come? It's not too late to change your minds."
"And miss out on flying?" Ragnar teased. "No way." He gave his foster brother a sly smile as he hopped behind him. Hiccup returned the smile, even more snarky than the one given him.
"Yeah, there's no way we're missing this." Juno said as she climbed behind Ragnar.
He was then suddenly grateful that she was behind him so that she couldn't see the bright red blush on his face as her arms wrapped around his waist. Juno also turned hot pink when she put her arms around Ragnar. She never gone that far with contact when it came to him.
"All right." Hiccup said, pretending to be oblivious to his best friends' embarrassment. "Let's go."
Toothless spread open his wings and took off into the sky. As they flew, they were enjoying the wondrous view until they could see the seastacks on the other side of the island.
"Okay, bud." Hiccup said to Toothless. "We're gonna take this nice and slow."
"It better be!" Ragnar said, trying not to squeeze Hiccup any harder. He wasn't afraid of heights, but probably anyone could get scared riding a dragon for the first time.
Hiccup ignored him and focused on the cheat sheet clasped onto the saddle in front of him. "Here we go. Position... three. No, four."
He opened the tailfin and Toothless began to fly normally as they descended towards the ocean to skim across it and into the sea stacks. "Yes, it worked!" He cheered.
"Okay." Ragnar said. "So far, so good."
Suddenly, Toothless crashed into a sea stack. "Sorry!" Hiccup said.
"I take it back!" Ragnar shouted, holding a little tighter to his foster brother.
Hiccup tried to steer Toothless to the side, but crashed into another sea stack. "Hey!" Juno yelled from the rear.
"That was my fault." Hiccup apologized, which earned him a slap in the face from one of Toothless' ear plate.
"Thanks, Toothless." Ragnar said to the dragon with a teasing grin aimed at Hiccup.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm on it!" Hiccup said, annoyed and ignoring his foster brother's sarcastic tone. He turned back to his cheat sheet. "Position four. Uh, three."
Toothless began climbing steadily further upwards into the sky. The Misfit Trio all whooped and cheered with joy. The wind brushed wildly against their faces, making them feel more free than they ever felt.
"Oh, this is amazing!" Hiccup said. "The wind in my-"
The small paper suddenly slipped out of its clasp. "Cheat sheet! Stop!"
When they reached the top of a mountain peak, Hiccup's harness unhooked from the saddle. The Misfit Trio and Toothless screamed as all four of them began spiraling down.
"Oh, gosh! Oh, gods!" Hiccup yelled.
"I'm too young to die!" Ragnar panicked. "And talented and good-looking and modest!"
"Can you shut it, Rag?!" Juno screamed.
"Guys, come on!" Hiccup shouted.
He managed to angle himself in the air, and then got himself back on Toothless and quickly hooked his harness to the saddle. Ragnar grabbed his extended hand and clung onto his foster brother. He wrapped his hand around Juno's arm and pulled her behind him. She quickly wrapped his arms tightly around Ragnar, her shyness long forgotten.
Hiccup quickly helped Toothless pull himself up to catch the wind to slow their fall. He tried to see the sheet, but can't because of the powerful wind drafts making it flutter rapidly.
"Hiccup!" Ragnar and Juno panicked from behind him.
The Haddock boy looked ahead of him and saw a maze of sea stacks coming their way. He quickly tossed the cheat sheet away, and just acted on instinct. He adjusted the tail to various positions that he suddenly got memorized as he and Toothless synchronized to zigzag through the sea stacks. Ragnar and Juno clutched onto the person in front of them tightly.
Soon, Toothless and the Misfit Trio were out of the maze, their test flight a success. "Yeah!" The Misfit Trio cheered.
Toothless was feeling so proud that he accidently let out a stray plasma blast, which exploded a few yards away ahead of them, and they were flying towards it. "Come on." Hiccup groaned, as they flew into the remains of the fire blast, while Juno and Ragnar used him as a human shield to protect themselves.
A/N: Even though this one was kind of short, this was a pain in the butt to write and type. Thanks a lot, high school. But, now that I have a three-day weekend coming up, I now have more time to write the next part. If I'm lucky, I might post again next week. If not, just keep an eye out.
THIS IS A RE-UPLOAD! I checked out the deleted scene that Hiccstridlover13 suggested that I use. I really liked it , so I decided to insert it in here. Thanks for the suggestion. I hope you guys liked this new version.
I'll see you fellow Riders in Chapter 15, where Ragnar and Cosette each get a special surprise.
Got to fly! ;)