Free falling

Part 7

Hiccups pov:

Gobber, Thorna, me and the other recruits are seated at the top of an abandoned catapult tower, toasting vampire food around a bonfire. we are done with training today, and gobber is currently sharing his many stories with us.

"... and with one twist he took my hand and swallowed it whole. and I saw the look on his face. it was delicious. he must have passed the word, because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg.

" isn't it weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon. like if you're mind was still in control of it you could have killed the dragon from the inside by crushing his heart or something." fishlegs says excitedly.

"i swear im so angry right now. I'll avenge your beautiful foot. I'll chop of the legs of every dragon I fight, with my face" he points at his face then poses for astid. but she just roles her eyes.

"un-unnh. its the wings and tails you really want. if it can't fly, it can't get away. a downed dragon is a dead dragon." he says with a mouthful of food. and I feel a sinking feeling in my stomach. I feel something being placed on my hand, and turn to see Thorna holding my hand smiling, trying to comfort my unease. and it helps quite a bit, she always does.

" alright. im off to bed. you should be too. tomorrow we get into the big boys. slowly but surely making our way up to monstrous nightmare" gobber says in a playful and taunting tone. "but who will win the honor of killing it?" he finishes as he is walking off.

"it's gonna be me." tuff says in a matter of fact. "its my destiny. see?" he rolls up his sleeves to reavel a red dragon on his arm.

fishlegs gasps" your mom let you get a tattoo?" 

"its not a tattoo its a birthmark" tuff says defensively. 'no way that's a birthmark'

"okay, ive been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before." ruff says confused and annoyed by her brother.

"yes it was. you've just never seen me from the left side until now." tuff defends himself.

"it wasn't there yesterday. is it a birthmark or a today-mark?" snotlout says as if it was funny, witch it wasn't honestly. I get up from my seated position and drag Thorna with me.

blacksmith stall moments later:

I enter a small room at the back of the stall. it's covered in drawing of weapons and scale models. I let go of thorns hand, and go to light a candle. I lay my sketchbook on the desk, and open it to the drawing off toothless.

with determination I pick up a charcoal stick and redraw the missing tail.

"so that's you're plan?" I flinch almost forgetting I dragged her here." not bad haddock" she tells me with a smirk, and I feel my face go red and smile back.

as I am working on building at the anvil. heating the forge, and hammer metal pieces. I lay them out on my desk, and pull out my drawing of a mechanic fin for toothless.

Thornas pov:

as I am watching hiccup work I can't help but notice how fluid his motions are. I have always liked to watch him in his element, cause he just seems so natural. right now building a mechanic fin for a hurt dragon he caught, I mean come on. the guys a cutie.

I feel a smile tug at my lips as I watch the scrawny viking work.

next day:

i am currently carrying the mechanic fin for our hidden friend, while hiccup is winded struggling with the huge basket of fish, I had gotten from a friend who is a fisher-man. I feel kinda bad, but it is his hidden secret, so he has to take care of it. plus I am already helping with carrying the file fin sooo...