Both Hiccup and Emily returned back to the village but it was already raining heavily when they did and both were soaked to the bone. The two made their way to the Meade Hall where Gobber told them all to meet up. They entered just in time to hear Gobber ask what Astrid did wrong at the training arena earlier.
"Alright. Where did Astrid go wrong in the ring today?" Gobber asked the teens at the table.
"I mistimed my somersault dive. It was sloppy. It threw off my reverse tumble." Astrid said as she just poked her food.
This got her eye rolls from the twins and Emily who was squeezing the rainwater out of her hair.
"Yeah, we noticed." Ruffnut said sarcastically.
"No, no, you were great. That was so 'Astrid'." Snotlout said with praise as he tried to woo her but he only got a roll of Astrid's eyes at his attempt.
"She's right, you have to be tough on yourselves." Gobber said before he noticed the newcomers as Hiccup just grabbed the two plates of chicken leg available while Emily grabbed two cups of their drink.
But thanks to Snotlout who didn't let them sit with the others, they just went to a vacant table and sat there and across from each other. Hiccup just stared at his food solemnly while Emily just took small nibbles from her food.
"Where did Hiccup go wrong?" Gobber soon asked.
The idiotic twins answered and their answers just made him want to go back to the house and hide. Emily looked at him sympathetically while gesturing gently for him to eat at least a little bit of the food to which he did.
"Uh, he showed up?" Ruffnut answered but it just came out as a question as she snickered.
"He didn't get eaten." Tuffnut said with a smirk.
Astrid's answer just made him stop completely from eating his meal while Emily shot the twins a scolding look.
"He's never where he should be." Astrid said as Gobber nodded while smacking the twins on the head.
Emily shoots Astrid and the twins an angry look before her eyes soften as she looks at Hiccup.
"Something tells me they just don't like you that much." She muttered.
"Tell me about it." Hiccup mutters.
"Thank you, Astrid. Now where did Emily go wrong in the ring?" Gobber soon asked as Emily glanced at him with a confused glance.
"Ram against the dragon." Tuffnut said.
"She attacked the dragon without any form of weapon." Astrid said as Emily just rolled her eyes at her. If only she knows what Hiccup saw of what she can do at the empty hill a while ago.
"Thank you again, Astrid. You need to live and breathe this stuff. The Dragon Manual. Everything we know about every dragon we know of." Gobber said before pulling out the dragon book and putting it on the table.
Thunder was soon heard outside when he finished as he just looked at the ceiling before he headed off for the night and left the book with the teens.
"No attacks tonight. Study up." He told them and left.
When he did, the three bullies were just in disbelief while some of them were curious about what the book has.
"Wait, you mean, read?" Tuffnut asked in confusion.
"While we're still alive?" Ruffnut asked like it was the end of the world.
"Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?" Snotlout question while hitting the table with his fist.
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1. How To Train Your Predacon (Book 1)
FanficIt was supposed to be a normal day at the new base when the ground bridge started to malfunction just when Ratchet finished putting something in it. Now separated, they were all sent to a whole new dimension in different locations which will be hard...
