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Sweet Melody

Inappropriate for anyone under the age of 18!

The lyrics I used are an original. It seemed to fit the storyline. Thank you Hailey for requesting this chapter! :)

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Heather, Fishlegs, Astrid and Oakley all decided to knuckle down on training over the next few days, before the others returned. While Astrid had been working with Heather and Fishlegs on Battle tactics, Oakley believed her time was better spent elsewhere.

Oakley had spent the past 2 days on the far side of the island. Training, day and night. She was determined to take control of the powers that consumed her, and was making excellent progress.

She had decided to work on one element at a time, to avoid an overload of emotions, trying to slowly remove the trigger and replace it with command. She had succeded with; Water, Air, Ice and Earth.
For the last few hours she had been working on fire. She had gained control of each element up to now, but fire was the one power she hated the most.

For the dragons it worked, however, the last time Oakley had used it, the anger almost consumed her, and for that moment, it was completely out of her control.

It wasn't a good feeling. It felt, wrong. Almost evil.
But she couldn't avoid it any longer.

So far, she hadn't set the whole island on fire, so that was progress. Instead she was trying to see it from a different perspective. It wasn't fire. It was light. It was heat. She was trying to create light. No, she was going to create light.

She had been focusing all her energy. No anger, no fury. Just determination. But alas, nothing seemed to work.

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'Hey guys.' Hiccup said as he hopped off his Night Fury and headed towards the training arena. Snotlout and the twins landed behind them, looking rather exhausted.

'Hey,... anything?' Fishlegs asked.

'A few more guards around the perimeter.' He explained. 'Nothing we can't handle.'

'Yeah, we went all the way out there... for that.'  Snotlout groaned.

'Wait...' Hiccup panicked. 'Where's Oakley?!'

'She's off training somewhere, hardly seen her since Tuesday night.' Heather explained.

'Really?' Hiccup asked.

'Yeah,' Fishlegs added. 'She'll come back occasionally, to eat or check in before flying off again. She's a hard worker, I'll give her that.'

Suddenly, StarGazer emerged with Oakley on her back, almost as if she knew they were talking about her.  StarGazer landed a few yards away, allowing Oakley to dismount and immediately run to her brother and hug him tight.

'Haha, I missed you too.' He chuckled as they broke away from the hug.

Oakley took a few steps back, entering the open arena.

'Wait...' He looked at his little sister as he slowly raised his eyebrow. '...What's that on your neck?'

She froze for a split second, realizing that she had forgotten to cover up the small purple mark that Astrid had left there. *Oops*

'It's a bruise,' She fibbed. 'I fell.'
As much as she hated lying, especially to her brother, she was usually pretty good at it. But this was not her best.

'On someones lips?' He asked, with an intense look on his face.

*Yes* 'What? Don't be ridiculous!' She replied, blushing. Astrids face became ridden with guilt, but she still wouldn't take it back if she could.