Battle For The Thundering Twister

Training-Part 1

Chapter 18:Training(Part 1)

I woke up to a blood-curdling scream that sent chills down my spine.I hopped down the stairs and saw my mother screaming her lungs out at a wild Monstrous Nightmare who was growling at her angrily."Mom!Calm down!"I instructed,eyeing the Nightmare.My father clamped a hand over her mouth to muffle her screaming.The Monstrous Nightmare roared again.I darted in front of my mother in an instant.The Monstrous Nightmare turned its attention to me.I looked into its eyes,then slowly,very slowly,extended my hand.I rested it lightly on its nose.The Nightmare calmed down,allowing me to push it out of my house.I looked back at my parents.My mother had passed out from fright."Get that dragon out of here!"my father yelled,carrying my mother onto a rocking chair by the fire.I nodded and got onto the Nightmare's neck,flew it out of the house and to the Academy.Hiccup and Astrid were running about everywhere,trying to get the wild dragons back into the Academy.On the Nightmare,I chased the last couple of dragons back into the Academy.Hiccup shut the gates after I pushed the Nightmare's nose past them."Okay,okay.What in Thor's name happened?"I questioned angrily,trying to maintain my agitation."Toothless' tail accidentally whipped the lever that opened the gate,and a whole lot of dragons flew out,"Hiccup explained.Toothless was cowering behind Hiccup,making apologetic grunts."Well,a Nightmare got into my house and made my mother faint of fright,"I told him as calmly as I could."Is she okay?"Hiccup questioned with genuine concern."Yeah.She should come around in a few minutes.How about training the dragons now?Saves trouble,"I suggested.Hiccup nodded in agreement."Astrid,round up the others.We're gonna start training right now,"he instructed.Astrid jumped on Stormfly and flew off."Okay,Yannied,I'll leave you to train the Hideous Zipplebacks,"Hiccup said,writing down something on the list of dragons.I nodded and was about to head off when Astrid came flying towards us with two other dragon riders.She didn't looked too pleased flying back with them."Hiccup,these two kids want to help us train the dragons.Can you please drive them away?They keep pestering me,"she complained as she landed.The two unknown riders hopped off their dragons.One was a girl who had a Hideous Zippleback to herself while the other was a boy who had a Monstrous Nightmare."Who are you kids?You can't train dragons unless you're a graduate of the Berk Dragon Training Academy,"Hiccup explained."We are graduates.We graduated just last year,"the boy said."Names?"Hiccup inquired,taking a roll of paper from his saddlebag."I'm Nevaeh Jacson.This is Oliver Ackles,my friend,"Nevaeh told Hiccup."Dragon names?""Oliver's dragon's name is Fireproof.My dragons' names are Death and Skull,"Nevaeh listed.Hiccup examined the paper in his hands."Hmmm...Straight A's for every test...Handles dragons well...Recommended for the Berk Watch even,huh?"Hiccup seemed impressed."Hiccup,whatever you do,don't let them into battle.Just let them train dragons,but once they start doing nonsensical things,"Astrid paused and frowned at the two,"they get banned from training these dragons,"she finished.Oliver frowned back at Astrid and scowled."Okay,let's get to work.Nevaeh,you go help Yannied with the Zipplebacks.Oliver,go try taming and training the Monstrous Nightmares.Astrid,you take charge of the Nadders,"After Hiccup finished,everyone dispersed.The rest of Hiccup's gang came flying in just then,so sleepy that they almost fell off their dragons.I turned away from them and began tending to the Zipplebacks.

"Hey,"Nevaeh smiled at me."Hi,"I replied."You look like you're 17,"she commented while feeding two Zipplebacks."Nope,I'm 16.You're 17?"I asked."Yep.So is Oliver.He's pretty quiet around strangers,but kinda wild when he's with friends,"she explained.I tossed some fish to a few Zipplebacks.As we fed all the Zipplebacks and tamed them,we talked.Nevaeh was a pretty friendly person who was quite skilled at taming Zipplebacks."The trick to taming them is to feed each head at the same time,then hold out both your hands at the same time to tame them,"she demonstrated,taming the Zippleback successfully.I copied her successfully as well.Together,we tamed all the Zipplebacks.Next came the hard part:training."First,we gotta teach them to get into lines,"I said."Get Oliver and the twins,"Nevaeh nodded and fetched them."Ruff,Tuff,Oliver,Nevaeh,we have to get into a line and fly around in formation for a bit,until all the Zipplebacks follow us.So,get into a line now,"I explained,getting onto Castaway.Everyone obeyed,even the twins.I whistled as a signal to both the riders and the Zipplebacks.The dragons looked up at me.I took off at the head of the line.The rest followed.We flew in a straight line around the Academy several times,then around the crowd of Zipplebacks.

After a minute's hesitation,one Zippleback flew up and began following us.I grinned.Slowly,we got every Zippleback into the air and following us."Yes!It's working!"I exclaimed.We then flew out of the Academy and around Berk,diving and swooping.The Zipplebacks flew after us in perfect formation.I tested their flexibility by weaving through sea-stacks.They followed,sometimes getting out of line,but it was overall quite a successful first go.We flew back to the Academy and landed smoothly.The Zipplebacks landed too.I cheered and high-fived Nevaeh.We fed them again before going into another part of training:fire attacks."Okay,next is making them fire on command,"I announced,walking over to Nevaeh's Zippleback."Death,gas!"I commanded.Death opened his mouth and emitted gas.""Skull,spark!"I cried before running off to avoid the explosion.The Zipplebacks cocked their heads at us.One emitted out enough gas to choke someone to death.Before we could stop its other half,we had an explosion that rattled the walls of the Academy."Sorry!"I called out to the other trainers before they could complain."Okay,let's make this easy,okay?"I spoke to the dragons."Gas,"I said while opening my mouth and gesturing to imaginary gas coming out of it."Spark,"I bunched my hand into a fist and opened them in front of my mouth.I walked up to a Zippleback."Gas,"I repeated my words and actions.Each head stared at me blankly.I stared back hopefully.After a few minutes of repeating 'gas' and gesturing wildly,one head opened its mouth to release a stream of gas."Spark,"I turned to the other head.It opened its mouth,showing a single spark.I dived clear from the explosion."Great!"I dusted myself off and smiled.But inside,I knew it was going to be a long,long day.

And that's when a sudden explosion knocked me off my feet.

Author's Note:I've added new characters(my friends IRL)and if you'd like to follow them on Wattpad,here are the details:

Nevaeh Jacson---Esther___

Oliver Ackles---Does not have an account yet

I won't reveal the other characters until they appear,so stay tuned to find out! :)