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Hicca and the other owls are staring at the new arrival. Hicca and the new owl eyes are locked and that is when Stoick flys down landing between the group and the new owl. He the said with pride, "This is a champion." Stoick then goes to the pitch black owl expecting him to thank him. But the pitch black owl just shoves him away screeching loudly. That stunned Stoick and the others. Stoick glares at the owl and said, "Do you know who I am? I am Stoick the Vast. Chief Champion." The pitch black owl still not coming out of his stance answers, "I don't care who you are. Stay away from me." He then screeches again and Stoick matches him and before Stoick could move. A human is banging on the cage yelling, 'No fighting the new arrival!' Stoick stands down and so does the black owl. Stoick walks past him and is going to shove him but the new owl jumps and shoves Stoick down. Stoick is shocked and so are the others. Stoick threatens, "You will pay for this pest." He flys away and lands on his perch. The new owl shakes his head and looks at the other owls. Then asked rudely, "What are you guys looking at?" Gobber answers still in shock, "No one has ever stood up to Stoick that is your age." The new owl shakes his head then said, "He is a bully. Where I was from bullies are not tolerated and no one takes crap from anyone." The others nod and Gobber then said, "Well you are in time for more training. However, I don't know how much training you have." The owl answers simply, "I have been training to fight since I hatched. I have won many fights and have earned my name." Gobber looks at Gothi and then said happily, "Well in that case you are more then welcome to watch and you can even demonstrate some how to win a fight as well." The black owl just gives Gobber a blank stare then flies off and lands on a perch that is close to the ground. Gobber turns to the trainees and yelled, "All right you lot. This is the next part. You all will be doing battle flights." The others are all ready Hicca and her friends are standing still. Gobber continues, "You have to stay airborne while you fight. Most fights will lead to you in the air." Everyone is jumping up and down and even Ash is ready determined to win and not be showed. Gobber then said, "Winner of this will gain some recognition as a young fighter." The owls are ready and most are stopping their feet. Gobber waits a few moments then said, "Only rule is you hit the ground you are out. Last one in the air wins." The owls ready themselves to take off. Then Gobber raised a wing, the owls crouch down. Gobber then brings his wing down, the owls take off. Hicca and her friends are the last to take off. Ash and Snotlout are in the lead and soon everyone is fighting each other. Fishlegs is the first to hit the ground and even a few of Hicca's friends are on the ground. Hicca is next to Stormfly and they began their match. Stormfly throws Hicca away from her and that is when Hicca is grabbed by Ash. Stormfly tries to help but she is shoved to the ground when Hookfang hits her. They even hit Barf and Belch on the way down. Ash then scratches, "I will win this! You will not humiliate me again" He then throws her to the ground and Hicca was able to turn and fold her wings. Then at the last moment she opens them up and she is now flying back up. Ash is angry that Hicca did not crash. He now charges her with his talons ready to attack. Hicca also opens her talons ready to defend herself. They lock talons and now they are trying to throw the other. Ash tightens his grip and he screeches. Hicca sees Snotlout coming with his talons open ready to strike. Hicca realizes that she is in danger. Her father is smiling that she may finally be killed. Hicca looks at Ash and he is determined to kill her. At the last second Hicca folds her wings and she is now facing the ground. Ash is now trying to keep in the air but he is having a difficult time flying. Doing that moves him in her place and Snotlout can't stop and he quickly pulls his talons back and he head butts Ash. Ash tries to take Hicca down with them but she uses all of her strength to throw them away from her. Ash lost his hold on her leg and they hit the wall. They begin falling to the ground and they hit the ground with a hard thud. Hicca looks at her leg to find several scratch's in her leg. But she then is attacked by the twins Ruff and Tuff. They have both of her wings and they dive down. Hicca notices that they don't have on their battle claws on. S,o she bits hard on Tuffnut's leg. He lets go and screeches in pain. Then she bits Ruffnuts leg and she too let's go. Then she grabs Ruffnut then she throws her into her twin. They fall to the ground landing on Ash and Snotlout. Stoick is angry, while Gothi and Gobber are proud. The new owl is impressed and so are the humans that are watching. Hicca is panting and she sees that the other owls are watching. They start to cheer for her and they land while Hicca is the last to land. Gobber is proud and anousses, "Hicca is our winner!" Her friend, Fishlegs, and even the twins are cheering for her. Hicca is amazed at what she did and she watches Ash and Snotlout go into their nest boxes. Stoick wants to break the runt and he plans on doing just that.

Gothi's nest box

Hicca is now getting her wound's wrapped by Gothi while Gobber is with them and Gothi said, "You have the same gift that your mother has." Hicca nods then asked, "Did my mother wanted me? Or did she just abandon me because of dad?" Gothi and Gobber both look at eachother and Gobber said nervously, "You mother was upset because she had a hatchling with your father. But she never hated you." Hicca nods then asked, "Why did she leave me then? She found a way out. So why leave me behind?" Gothi sighs then answers, "You were only an egg when she planned this. She kept you safe from your father but she didn't want you." Hicca cries slightly and Gothi continues, "After you hatched she gave you to me. Then she faked her death. Your mother never wanted to have a hatchling the way she had you." Hicca moves once Gothi is done with her leg and she jumps down and gets ready to leave. Gobber then said, "Your mother may have changed and may want to know you. But she had also believed that you would turn out to be like Stoick." Hicca looks at them then said sadly, "It won't matter if she wants to know me now. She left me with a monster williling. I don't think I can forgive her for that." She takes off flying leaving Gobber and Gothi behind. Gothi lays down and said, "Even if Valka finds Hicca or Hicca finds her. They may end up fighting and Hicca may resent her and blame her for the pain she went through." Gobber nods in agreement, "Hicca is stubborn. But she is a fighter and a survivor. I just hope she gives Valka a chance to talk." Gothi says nothing and the pair go to sleep in their own nests.

The main perches

Hicca is sitting on a perch looking at the moon. She sees small black dots flying in front of the moon. Wanting to feel what is means to be free. A voice is heard behind her, "Mind if I join you?" She looks and it is the pitch black owl. She nods and moves over a little giving him some room. He then asked, "Why are you still up?" Hicca answers, "I can't sleep. Why are you up?" Not looking at the owl. He answers, "I prefer to be up at night." They sit in silence for a while and Hicca asked, "Have you ever wondered what it is was like to be free? Not worried about anything and not be forced to fight." The owl shrugs and answers, "I have wondered at times but this is our life. Nothing will change that fact." Hicca nods and he continues, "I have never seen anyone fight like the way you did. I was impressed with what you did." Hicca just shrugs and said calmly, "I did that out of defending myself. I will never just attack anyone just because." She looks at him and said, "I don't want to be here." He looks at her shocked that this owl does not want to fight. He then asked, "Then why are you here? Learning how to fight?" Hicca answers, "We are forced. We don't have a chose. The humans take us and bring us here. The only way you get to go back is if you fight." She looks away and back at the moon the owl looks at Hicca and he is just stares at her. He then said, "Well at least you have a family." Hicca scoffed and bitterly said, "My mother abandoned me when I was an egg. My father has been trying to kill me since I was an egg." She looks at him, "I have no parents." He is shocked then said, "Sorry" She shugs and looks back at the moon. He looks at the moon and said, "I never knew my parents." Hicca looks at him and he continues, "Where I am from. Owls are only together only to have hatchlings. When I was an egg I was taken from my mother. And raised in a nursery with other owlets. Our leader is called 'The Red Death'. She demands to be treated like a queen and the rest of us are nothing more than entertainment for her." He pauses and looks at Hicca, "Our training is brutal. We have to fight basicly to the death in our training ring. Only one is allowed to walk away alive." Hicca is shocked then asked, "So, you are forced to kill each other when you are born?" He shakes his head, "No. We are safe until we are able to walk without falling over and we can get a few feet off the ground." He looks down and said, "My first day in the training ring almost cost me my life."

Flashback, Training Ring

The pitch black owlet is pushed into the ring and he is attacked by an large owlet with several scares. He locks talons and the larger owl throws him and he hits the wall. He gets up and he is grabbed by the large owl and before he could strike he is attacked by several young owls who also arrived. He gets up and looks around. He sees owls killing each other, ganging up an owl and then turning on each other. He looks up to see a few owls fight in the air. Then one has his neck slashed and falls to the ground dead. He jumps back and he sees The Red Death laughing and gorging herself with food that she forced the others to give to her. Other owls are watching and he sees an owl finishing off his opponent and then flies up to face the owl that had just killed an owl. He watches them and the new owl was able to rip off his opponent's wing and he now waits for an owl to face him. The pitch black owl looks around and see that an owlet his size is charging him. He knows he has to fight to young owl fights his opponent and wins by slashing this young owls throat. He does look up to see that the first owl has killed his opponent and he is allowed to leave the ring. So you have to kill to get out. He is determined to survive and he has earned the name 'Night Fury' able to kill silently and quickly. He has grown and is a powerful flyer and fighter. He is now flying waiting for an opponent to challenge him. This owl is the son of the Red Death. He was given special treatment but that made him weak. They charge each other and the black owl has his talons out as does the red owl. They lock talons and they try to throw the other. The black owl folds his wings and dives down. The red owl tries to stop the dive by flapping his wings. But they crash and both of the red owls wings shatter. The red owl screeches in pain and then his throat is slashed and his body falls limp. The pitch black owl flies up and leaves the ring. He looks back only to see a new group of owlets being shoved into the ring. They are attacked and many of them are already dead. He turns away and joins the ranks as the youngest owl to leave the ring. He is then pick by a human and put into a crate. He now hopes that he is going somewhere else that is not a death sentence.

Present time

Hicca is shocked. This black owl has been through a lot worse then herself. He is still looking at the ground. He then said, "You have to always look back. I was chosen because I am already a killer according to the humans. They are hoping that I will become the new champion." Hicca's eyes are soft and she said, "Well while we are training we have to watch out. But the only rule here is that no one is allowed to kill each other." He looks at her and she has a smile and he smiles at her. Hicca then said, "I am going to go to bed it is getting late. I will see you in the morning." The owl nods and Hicca takes off and he then asked, "What is your name?" She answers, "Hicca. What is yours?" He answers, "Toothless." She smiles and said, "It is nice to meet you Toothless." And with that she takes off and heads for her nest box. Toothless looks at the moon then he heads off to a nest box. He goes to sleep with a smile on his face. For the first time he feel like he can sleep without fearing of being killed.

Authors Notes: I am happy to have chapter 3 done. I do have news for everyone I will continue to work on this story but I also have a several other stories as well. I will start to post a new story sometime this week. I will also try and get chapter 4 done this week as well. I like to thank all current readers and welcome new readers. Your support for welcomed. Every one have a awesome day!