Dragon Teens

flying

HICCUP.
I see the safe haven in sight and smile.
I give the young Gronkle a break and take to the air. 
I fan my tail fins. 

I have noticed I'm changing more and more. 
More than I was warned about. 

I feel the wind on my face,  and realize it's hot. 
Too hot to be a day before Snoggletog. 

I remove my parka and call out into the dawn. 
I hear a confused response. 
I had requested a landing. 
They allowed me in. 
I pull my Hood down.

I feel it catch and roll my eyes. 
Spikes.

I then realize sound is slightly different. 
I feel my ears twitch forwards. 
I reach my hand up and touch odd shapes out the back of my head. 

Not horns.
They're smooth and soft. 
I poke it and growl. 
My ears feel funny now.

Must be my new ears.
I glide into the main area of the nest and rest on the green grass as the toddlers and baby dragons play around. 

I smile when Camicazi glides in with Silver. 
I stand up and offer her a hug. 

She declines hastily. 
She demands the Hood comes down. 

I agree to it and take it off. 
Everyone gasps. 

I hear her gasp loudest. 
Toothless screams and knocks me over. 
I feel the warm grass under me as my dragon licks my face.

I push him off and glare. 
He snorts and throws a pebble at me. 
I glare and Camicazi rushes to hug me. 
She reaches my shoulders. 

I joke,  "Man...  You've grown. "

She punches me. 
Ow.

She calls,  "Guys come here! "
The others rush out. 
The other Berkians. 

They don't look the same,  though. 
They look a lot older. 

I ask,  "How long was I... "
Camicazi looks at me with a cold stare of confusion. 

She cries,  "You lost track of time?!? "
I growl,  "Not my fault.  Look!  I found these in the cell... "
I hand her a half eaten tablet slightly shrouded by meat. 

She nods and turns even colder. 
She growls,  "Five years,  Hiccup.  "

I wince at the sounds of that.
Oh.

I realize I must've been drugged as it wore off as to keep me passive. 

I snarl,  "This is war. "
My tail swishes violently as the others land. 
Snotlout seems impressed. 

He is quite shorter than I am. 
Everyone is. 
Toothless trots up and purrs to me. 

I stroke him and growl,  "Vengeance will be ours. "

I decide to make him a saddle.
It will make this easier. 

I flick my ear and growl,  "Person. "
No idea where my deformed speech is coming from. 

I raise my head from my dragon and reach for a weapon. 
Feckdesh

I stalk forwards and see a man in a horned mask. 
He has no wings and none of him is really visible. 

I then realize the helmet impairs his vision greatly. 
I hear my dragon croon and something heavy hit the floor. 

I turn and see him laying on the floor. 
Camicazi and the others have gone somewhere like cowards. 
I at least stayed to defend against this intruder.