REVELATION: THE BIG FOUR

CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE RIDERS OF BERK

(song above dedicated to the army that is the Four and the Riders of Berk)

(track: "Nottingham" by Joseph Trapanese)

MERIDA:

The forges are busier than ever, Leatherwork is nonstop, and dragon riders train to fly all around Berk. Until the saddles are finished, they only focus on the basics of flying and try not to do so far above ground.

"He seems quite the strapping young beast! I think he'd make an excellent mount for battle!" my father is saying when I look to see him admiring a Crimson Goregutter (which is a rather large species with four thick legs, an axe-like tail, huge horns that resemble a moose's, and is a beautiful color of grey, orange, and indigo). "That is if he is strong enough for a mighty warrior like me," he tells the other Scottish lords beside him. That's when the dragon uses his horns to toss my dad into the air and he lands on his back with an "oof" but the three men are already laughing at him. "Aye, something tells me he can handle it," Dingwall says through the cackling.

I giggle at that interaction. And as I keep walking along I see Rapunzel holding a four year old on top of the head of a Divewing. The kid laughs with immense joy and his seven year old brother then wants a turn.

I duck out of the way when Jack lands near me into a pile of snow. He laughs before the Snow Wraith then freezes him in place from the waist down. "Hey, I think he likes me!" he says to me happily.

I cackle and put my hand on my mouth to stop. "Yes, I believe you've met your match, Ice Boy," I say with sass, my hands on my hips.

The dragon breathes from his nose and Jack's hair is pushed the other direction so that it all spikes to the side with ice keeping it like that.

"Ah! Not the air!" he complains.

I start laughing harder now.

RAPUNZEL

I take the child off the head of the dragon when he wants down and they all begin to chase each other away. I giggle a tad then smile as I watch them.

Astrid comes over when her dragon begins to play with the one that was beside me. "Will you ride one into battle?" she asks.

"I don't know. I might if we have any leftover who don't have riders. But if not, I'll just ride on Toothless or with Jack for the journey... that is... depending on where we are going."

"I think Hiccup and the others are trying to figure that out right now."

That reminds me. "Oh, will you tell me what happened? I heard what you and Hiccup said on the cliffside."

"Oh yeah, that," she says with irritation. "Well Chief Bjorn has always been an absolute..."

"Mouthbreather?" I suggest.

She frowns.

(track: "Fallen Through Time" by Bear McCreary)

"It's something I heard Jack use. It means idiot."