CHAPTER 9

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Hiccup woke up this morning feeling really good. The soreness from his muscles has all but left his body. Now he was feeling a little more relaxed. His bed however did not give him much comfort and usually added pain to his already sore body. Quickly Hiccup jumped out of bed really excited for today. Since his bed offered little comfort he did wake up with a stiff neck. To fix the problem he twists his neck in both directions until he hears a snap.

Taking a deep breath Hiccup steps out of his house and walks calmly to his inner sanctum. As soon as he got there he started to think about what he was going to do for Toothless' tailfin. The last test showed him that it was a good idea to control the tail fin from his foot, but the problem was how it was going to work. When he attempted it the tail fin was not outstretched as far as it should be.

A candle popped up above his head as he immediately thought of a solution to his problem. To not lose the idea he pulled out the notebook and wrote his ideas down quickly before he pulled out a separate parchment to actually draw the schematics of the how the whole tail will work. The whole idea centered on how the tail corresponds to the formation of his leg.

Finally finished he decided not to try anything until he was sure this was going to work. Thinking about what happened last time he wants to make sure that he actually has it before he approaches toothless with it. Hiccup, at this moment, realized that these passed few days he had worked non-stop. Today he wanted to take it easy and relax. Since his dad was not home and he really did not like socializing he decided that it was time that he should spend the first few hours of the day with his best friend Toothless.

With his mind made up he left his home and walked all the way to where his friend calls home. Before heading to the woods to be on his way he remembered Toothless might be hungry. So he decided to head to the village to bring his friend some grub. Walking through the village he is surprised to hear everyone talking about hi in a light way. Though he did realize that because of his time with Toothless and actually learning about dragons that everyone else had seen his performance at the academy as incredible.

Truth be told that he did not want to be in this stupid competition anymore. He did not even want to hurt dragons at all. Especially now that he has a dragon as his best friend. At this moment he made a vow that with his life he will protect his only friend. He broke away from his thoughts when he realized he was at the market area of the village. He shook his head to get his mind together before approaching the fish merchant. Without exchanging any words with the merchant he hand signaled how many Fishes he would want. 'A good six is good,' he thought as he signaled the number, before he purchased the food and left with a nod to the merchant.

Walking away from the village with a basket with six fresh fish he started heading to his new home. He did not have a problem with Berk; it's just that he did not feel as comfortable here than he did with toothless. When he arrived he found Toothless sitting next to the lake waiting for him. Seeing him there Toothless immediately ran to Hiccup to greet him with a few purrs. Hiccup smiled at Toothless' antics, and just pet him on his head a few times before he grabbed the basket he had and spilled the contents on the ground.

Toothless quickly got to eating the food... okay eating was putting it lightly toothless pretty much inhaled the food. Hiccup smiled and shook his head. Toothless can be really crazy sometimes. Hiccup decided to try scratching Toothless behind his neck. He was surprised to see Toothless drop the fish from his mouth and lean in to Hiccups touch. Hiccup knew that Toothless enjoyed this scratching sensation and decided to try scratch faster and faster as Toothless continued to lean into his touch.

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