always ━━ hiccup haddock (on hold)

three

"WELCOME TO dragon training!"

the large fighting arena was dull in the early morning, only the greys showing at that time. the goal of the training was to survive, but apparently, the twins wanted to get some serious injuries. what I didn't expect, was for astrid to butt in.

"yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it" she shrugged.

"yeah no kidding right? pain. love it" said a new voice from behind us and we all turned around. 

"oh great who let him in?" tuffnut complained. but he voiced my thoughts exactly, but in a more rude manner.

gobber explained what the point of the training was; be the best recruit, kill a dragon in front of the entire village and earn recognition and respect. 

"hiccup already killed a nightfury. does that disqualify him?" everybody giggled at that and as always, I just stayed quiet.

as gobber stated the dragins, fishlegs started naming of facts from a card game, which annoyed me a lot. gobber moved onto the gobber, his hand resting onto the handle, which made snotlout panic.

"whoa, wait. aren't you gonna teach us first?" he shouted at him. 

"i believe in learning on the job" as he said that i readied my axe in my hands and got into position just as he pulled the lever and the big wooden piece lifted. 

snarling was heard for a second before the dragon burst out of its containment and started flying. everyone spread out, the twins following each other as usual, snotlout went his own way, and astrid, fishlegs, and i went in sort of the same direction. 

gobber kept talking as we all ran away from the dragon, no one really paying attention to the "trainer". 

"quick, whats the first thing you're going to need?"

"a doctor"

"plus five speed"

"a shield!" I yelled out and ran for the stand with the shields on it, picking the first one i saw.

tuffnut and ruffnut got blasted, so they were out, leaving just four of us (not including hiccup).

"those shield are good for another thing, noise! make lots of it and confuse the dragon but throwing it off" I started banging my shield with my axe and moving around at the same time, all the while, gobber kept talking in the background, while I only picked up on the important points.

fishlegs got blasted so he was out.

hiccup although was still hiding behind the wooden stand. snotlout was flirting with astrid, she ran way while he was still saying something and the gronkle blasted him so he was out. 

"sif good job!" gobber praised as I ran with a determined will to win this round. 

the gronkle blasted hiccup and then followed him as he chased his shield, gobber called out for him as he backed up against a rock, the gronkle right at his face and as he was building up his fireball, i threw my shield in its face and then hit it with my axe.

gobber grabbed him by his teeth and threw it back into its cage. 

"sif! great thinking. hiccup, you would be dead if it weren't for her" gobber called out "remember, a dragon will always, go for the kill" he said as he got right into hiccups face.