vii. How To Pick Your Dragon

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━━ chapter sevenhow to pick your dragon

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━━ chapter seven
how to pick your dragon

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    The waves parted, and the wind burst forth when a mighty Windstriker shot up from the ocean's surface with a basket of fish in his grasp. His rider, once Valkyrie the Vicious, now just Valkyrie (and still a bit vicious), cheered in praise as they swooped back around and returned to Berk. She grinned, taking in the view of her home; she understood why travellers from far away land called Berk a haven. The cliffs and mountains towered over the ocean, and the forests were seas of magnificent green. Three hundred years of Vikings, and now, there was more to Berk than ever before. There was Nadders perched on houses, peering at sculptures out of wood made for them, Terrible Terrors playing (or rather annoying) the Monstrous Nightmares in the fields. It was a haven; a cold, and harsh haven, but a haven nonetheless.

"Come on, Zeph," Valkyrie steered her dragon towards the docks, and dropped off the basket of fish for Gobber and Stoick to take back to the storehouse. As soon as it landed, they waved up at her in thanks.

Toothless roared up in greeting, and Zephyr squawked back. Valkyrie let him touch down so the two dragons could chat and play before they were to set off again. Slipping off her saddle, she walked up to Hiccup, "Hey, there. What's got you here today."

"We're waiting for Mulch and Bucket's ship to return," he said, frowning out towards the ocean. "They should be back by now, I was just about to get on Toothless and take a look."

"Well, I didn't see them," sighed Val, "sorry."

"It's okay," Hiccup smiled. "Didn't expect you to have."

She noticed a braid at the nape of his neck, spun around with winter grass yet again, and she resisted the urge to smirk. "Nice braid you got there, Your Highness."

"Oh, really?" He glanced down at it. "Does it pass the Valkyrie Frode test?"

"Hmm," she placed her finger to her chin in faux thought. "I'll have to check up with her on that."

He chuckled. Valkyrie turned back to her dragon, who was play fighting with the Night Fury. "Come on, Zeph, we gotta get in another two before we head back home━we need to help mum check up on that wounded Gronckle."

Hiccup followed her as she walked up to Zephyr. "So the new sanctuary is going good, I guess?"

"Yeah," nodded Valkyrie. "Mum really likes it━and I do, too, which is different, but cool," she hoisted herself up onto the saddle. "Means we'll have to keep adding extensions━Dad and the boys are building a small set of stables for any dragons we take under our care before distributing them back into the wild, so..."

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