Battle For The Thundering Twister

My First Flight

Chapter 7:My First Flight

The next morning,Hiccup and I were busy working on Castaway.Hiccup and I got on Toothless and we hovered while guiding Castaway into the air.Hiccup taught Castaway how to hover,how to turn sharply,how to fly quickly and many more.The day went by with Hiccup wrapping things up by letting me sit on Castaway.

"This is the moment you guys have been waiting for,"he began,"You two are finally going to fly together.After almost six months of training,you two are going to touch the clouds and skim the seas together.How do you feel about that?"he asked.I breathed in slowly.

"I feel excited.Hiccup,I can't thank you enough for patiently teaching me and Slicetooth.Now,you may watch your efforts pay off,"I blabbered.Hiccup grinned.He shook my hand.

"Congratulations.Now,let's see you and Castaway fly,shall we?"Hiccup stood back.I went to Castaway's head and scratched his chin."You can finally fly,boy!Let's go!"I whispered.Castaway nudged me.I mounted him and inhaled slowly."Castaway,UP!"I instructed.Castaway beat his wings steadily.I felt us rise into the air.I clutched the saddle tightly."Castaway,forward!"I yelled excitedly.Castaway bent forward.We surged foward.I watched as we took off from the cliff and felt a thrill rise within me.I grasped the saddle tightly and tugged it to the left.Castaway turned left.I pulled it up.Castaway spiraled skywards.

"Now,let's test your flight skills at the natural course at Thor's Beach!"I heard Hiccup yell behind me.I turned to see him hovering on Toothless.I made Castaway hover as well."Lead the way,Hiccup!"I replied eagerly.I followed Hiccup as he led me to Thor's Beach.There were many natural holes in the sea-stacks for me to fly through."Just fly through the holes.I'm going to race you for an extra challenge!"Hiccup smirked.I raised my eyebrows at him."You're on!"I shot back cheekily.We flew to the starting point,which was just a wild blackberry bush.

"Ready,set,GO!"Hiccup shouted.We took off.Hiccup flew overhead while I concentrated on maneuvering Castaway.We flew through the holes in the sea-stacks and flew around others.Hiccup and Toothless were really quick,and I mean REALLY quick.They were way ahead of me.

In the end,Hiccup won the race."It's alright.Toothless is faster than Castaway,so it wasn't really a fair competition,"Hiccup told me afterwards.I nodded."Well,if you ever need me to help you,just visit the Berk Dragon Training Academy,"he finished.He flew off on Toothless.I patted Castaway as I saw the sun beginning to set.

"Let's fly home,"I whispered.Castaway flew up and back to our house.It was a slow but peaceful flight home.I looked back at the setting sun.It was yellow,the exact same color as Castaway's eyes.My thoughts raced back to when I first found him as a baby.He had grown up so fast!Within a year,he had learnt how to fly!"You've grown up so much,Castaway,"I said to him,stroking his head.He grunted lovingly.

We landed outside our home.I yawned and locked Castaway in his warm stable.Then,I trudged into my house and just flopped onto my bed.I was worn out and completely exhausted from the day's events.

I drifted off to sleep,dreaming of me and Castaway being the best dragon-rider pair in Berk.