Deranged Obsession; by KaliAnn

1. Nissanity

By KaliAnn

Vikings are stubborn people that's a given. When we set our minds on something nothing will stop us from accomplishing our goal, which is why we were at war for three hundred years. Still there are dangers when a Viking goes from stubborn into obsessed.

It was warm day, not that the riders and their dragons felt it so high in the air. They were flying through a dense, wet, and cold cloud bank. Since the riders return a week ago they had been kept very busy with their new responsibilities. They had to help with the preservation of the food, construction of new buildings and keeping the young children in line. Their dragons also had new responsibilities with helping to merge the new dragons into the social hierarchy of the pack. They had also been kept busy using the supplies they had procured on the quest to make the dragons' homes more comfortable. Today was their first chance to work together on some new training.

At the moment Hiccup and Toothless were soaring next to the Twins and their dragon. The two siblings had a gaumless look on their faces not quite sure what the point of this exercise was. As they shivered in attempt to warm up they decided to voice their discomfort loudly.

"Its freezing up here Hiccup! I think my hair has gone brittle. One good tug and it will fall off in pieces," Ruffnut whined unhappily. She tried sinking down in the saddle closer to Barf scaly skin, but the spines on the neck pricked her.

"Why are we even up here? We can't see a thing how are we suppose to guide our dragon?"

"That's the point. When we can't see what's happening we have to trust our dragons to guide us to safety. Observe," Hiccup explained. He nudged Toothless with his foot whispering for him to fly him out of the cloud bank. Toothless gave him a gummy smile.

"Hold on tight, this is going to be a fast ride," Toothless informed his rider. He opened his tail fin wide and tucked his wings in as he shot into the air. The Nightfury darted about gaining speed as he blasted through the clouds. Firing a plasma blast he dispersed the clouds creating an opening in the sky. With a sudden burst of speed he spun through the hole and out into the open air. The hole in the clouds filled in cutting off their view of the Twins and Zippleback. "You think they can do it? Chances are they'll fight each other instead of working together."

"I have faith they can work together. We just have to trust them." Hiccup stretched his ears using his enhanced senses to follow the Twins conversation. What he heard wasn't very encouraging.

'Trusting our dragon to guide us? I don't know about that. Barf, can you find your way out of this cloud bank?"

"I could get us out of this cloud bank with my eyes closed no problem."

"Trusting you is a mistake. I'm the one with the good sense of direction. You should follow my lead."

"That's good enough for me! Belch up!" Tuffnut commanded at the same time his sister ordered Barf down. The result was the two heads knocking into one another and the dragon started spinning out of control. As they fell the duo riders crashed into Meatlug and Fishlegs who were practicing the same exercise beneath them.

"Oh this isn't good this is very bad ahhhh!" Fishlegs screamed as he fell into the trees. Meatlug struggled to untangle herself from underneath the Zippleback's underbelly. Using a blast of fire she managed to blow the other dragon off her and started hovering to catch her breath. Looking down at her rider she saw him give her a hand signal.

Hiccup, who had asked Toothless to fly them closer to check on the riders, saw with his enhanced sight what Fishlegs had done. He was amazed by Meatlug's ability to understand such a rudimentary form of communication and complete a rescue. "That was incredible! When did you come up with such a cool idea?"