How to Train Your Dragonblood

Near-Death Experience

Jay groaned as he slowly awoke to the sound of a constant beeping sound. When he finally opened his tired eyes, he looked over at the clock on the table near the couch. He frowned however when he didn't remember setting an alarm last night. All he remembered was falling asleep on the couch after looking at the dragonbloods in the arena with Zane.

"Good morning Jay." Someone suddenly said and Jay screamed, sitting up and looking to the left where the voice came from. Zane stood in the doorway grinning, holding an alarm clock.

"Zane, what are you doing here?" He yelled. The blonde teen just smiled in that way that made Jay think he had some form of evil plan up his sleeve.

"Just thought you might enjoy a wake-up call, after all, class starts in about... ten minutes?" He said as Jay looked over at the clock, before cursing and running upstairs to get ready. He could hear Zane laughing downstairs and rolled his eyes, whilst trying to put on his shoes and he shirt at the same time.

"NOT FUNNY!" He shouted but the laughter increased and he ran downstairs, dragging Zane out the door with him. They both ran over to the massive arena, arriving at the exact same time as Ed and Edna. While Edna smiled warmly at them, Ed rolled his tired eyes.

"If you two are late again I'm going to have to give you extra classes or something." He warned as Jay panted and Zane laughed at his friend while he was also panting for air.

"Not...technically...late," Jay argued, still trying to regain his breath. Ed sighed, before unlocking the stadium. They all lined up, but instead of releasing the daily dragonblood, Ed turned to the teens while his wife watched from the sidelines.

"Now, we're reaching the end of your training, and from henceforth one student will be kicked out every class." He said and everyone tensed as Ed walked down the line, examining them like an executioner. Edna couldn't help chuckling at her husband's antics. He came back to where the teens could all see him, an emotionless look on his face.

"Harumi, you're out." He said and the girl looked up from filing her nails, before grunting and walking outside. Everyone watched her leave in amazement, shocked that Ed wasn't joking. "Alright, on with the schedule." The old man smiled as he walked over to the nearest cage and unlocked the door, and the Ice Dragonblood came running out in its dragon form. It immediately started shooting icy blasts at them and everyone scattered to grab a weapon.

Zane and Jay ran to the left and were separated from the others, which wasn't very smart.

The Ice Dragonblood looked between the two groups and didn't even hesitate, charging at the two teens. Natural instincts suddenly kicked in and Jay grabbed a pair of nunchucks and Zane seemed to have the same idea, grabbing a couple of shurikens. When it attacked again, they easily evaded the slower monster. Zane and Jay were running back to the others when suddenly Zane cried out and fell over.

"Zane!" Jay cried and went to help the older boy and couldn't help but yelp in panic when he saw the beast had frozen Zane's feet together in a block of ice. Seeing they were in danger, Ronin and Cole tried to distract the creature as Plundar came over and helped Zane up. He insisted on telling everyone he was fine, but Jay wasn't so sure.

"Zane..." He started but the said boy looked him straight in the eye and looked just about ready to slap his friend.

"Jay. I. Am. Fine." He insisted. "You would be more worried about yourself."

"Myself?" He asked, unsure what Zane meant by that when suddenly an excruciating pain ran through his body. Holding back a scream Jay fell to the ground, now realizing what Zane meant. Looking over his body, Jay saw the Ice Dragonblood had shot a blast at him and now a small portion of the back of his right shoulder was encased in ice. The beast turned to Zane and Jay as everyone ran for their lives, but neither of the partially frozen teens could get up.