'Great, just great. The gods really do hate us. I'm going against my worst fear. Dragons. Oh yeah, go ahead and laugh. Dragons terrify me. Their huge claws and teeth that can rip you to shreds and their hot breath that can burn you to a crisp. And to think I'll be in a cage full of them'
A shiver went down my spine as me and my brother followed further behind the other teens towards the dragon killing arena. Hiccup put a comforting hand on my shoulder and smiled at me. I returned it.
'But as much as I'm afraid of dragons; I could never bring myself to harm one.'
As I stepped into the dragon arena I scowled.
'I'm attending my funeral '
"Welcome to dragon training!" Gobber said in a cheery voice.
Did I mention that Gobber teaches dragon training? No? Well he does, which goes to show how dead I am.
"No turning back" Astrid said.
"I'm hoping for some serious burns!" Tuffnut exclaimed.
I rolled my eyes.
'Hey, we could've exchanged places 6 years ago when I was nearly burned alive' I thought bitterly as I started to remember why I'm so scared of dragons.
It was during one of the raids and I was trapped in a house when it was caught on fire. I was surrounded with no way out. It was hot, really hot. That wasn't the scariest part. I saw a huge monstrous nightmare. It was bigger than your average one. I was nearly eaten with its huge-
"Let's get started!" Gobber said enthusiastically "the recruit that does the best will have the honour of killing a Monstrous Nightmare in front of the whole village.
'You have got to be kidding me!'
"Hiccup and Hicca already killed a Night Fury so does that disqualify them or....." Snotlout smirked.
'I wanna punch him,anyone else?'
He and the other twins laughed at his stupid joke and continued into the arena. Hiccup and I looked at each other and sighed.
Then Gobber comes along. " Dont worry, your both small and weak and it'll make you less of a target. They'll see you as sick or insane and go after the more viking-like teens instead." He said as he pushed us into a horizontal line with the others.
'He has such a way with words'
As he continued up to the gates and introduce the different types of dragons I couldn't help but feel nervous. When he got to the gronckle cage he stopped ready to pull the cage lever.
"Ummm, aren't you gonna teach us first?" Came from snotlout
'Hah! Chicken ready to back out. Besides, Gobber believes in learning on the job. We learnt that the hard way.'
" I believe in learning on the job" Gobber said voicing my thoughts just as he pulled the lever and the gronckle burst out. We all scattered.
" Today's lesson is about survival. If you get blasted.....you're dead" Gobber said.
The gronckle saw a few rocks on the ground and ate them.
'Woah, that's cool'
Gobber wasting no time at all in starting the lesson asked.
"What's the first thing your going to need?"
"A doctor?" My brother asked
" A grave?" I asked
'I was never good under pressure'
" Plus 5 speed?" Asked Fishlegs
"A shield" Astrid said confidently
"Shield! Go!"
We all dashed for the shield rack and chose a shield. Every one got their shields just fine while me and hiccup had a difficulty picking ours up until Gobber came over and helped us. The Thorston twins however started to bicker. They fight all the time but I wasn't paying attention to them. I want to get out of this arena alive today.
" Tuffnut, Ruffnut you're out" Gobber said as the gronckle blasted them. " those shields are good for another thing; noise. Make lots of it. It'll throw off a dragons aim."
At this we all started to hit our shields with whatever we had. At this I noticed the dragon look around confused and it shook its head probably trying to focus. We all got tired of banging our shields and ran in different directions.
" Each dragon has a limited number of shots. How much does a gronckle have?" Came my teacher's voice.
" Five?" Guessed Snotlout
" No, six!" Fishlegs shouted confidently
" Right, that's one for each of you"
Fishlegs was so distracted in answering the question that he didn't see when the gronckle snuck up on him until his shield was blasted out of his hands and it was announced that he was out.
Then there's my cousin who knows no bounds. Instead of running for his life, guess what he does. He decides to flirt. He must already have his grave dug or maybe his boat to burn. So as he stood up next to Astrid who was watching the dragon, he decides to advertise.
"Hey, I'm moving into my parents' basement. You should come by sometime! Do you work out? You look like you work out." He said but Astrid not paying attention to him, saw the dragon coming and cartwheels away from him just as he was blasted.
"Snotlout out!"
Then Astrid subconsciously stood by Hiccup keeping an eye on the dragon. I guess my brother thought he could try to talk with Astrid.
" Ssooo, it's just you, me and Hicca, huh?" He said focusing on her.
As Astrid saw the dragon coming she ran towards me while saying to my brother.
" No, just you" and with that my brothers shield was blasted from him. As it rolled away from him, he chased after it and the gronckle chased after him. I gasped.
"Hiccup!" I cried out as he was pinned to the wall by the dragon. I dropped everything and was about to run towards my brother but something grabbed my upper shoulder.
As I looked back, what I saw shocked me. Astrid stopped me but I looked forward as I saw the dragon got ready to blast my brother.
'Huh, this feels oddly familiar'
But I pushed that thought out of my head as I saw Gobber grabbed the gronckle and redirected its aim of fire to the wall next to Hiccup. Astrid let me go as I went to aid my brother. I pulled him up as Gobber caged the gronckle again.
"It's ok everyone. Remember, dragons will always," he said as he looked at us "always go for the kill"
We were both panting heavily as me and Hiccup stated at each other. We embraced each other tightly.
'That was too close this time. Hiccup, I swear to Valhalla.'
I looked at him in concern and he nodded reassuringly. Then we rushed out the arena straight out into the forest, Gobbers words fresh in our minds.
Edited: 2019.07.26
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Fanfiction"There were dragons when we were kids" Hicca Haddock is the daughter of Stoick the vast, chief of the Hooligan tribe and twin sister to Hiccup Haddock. Because of this, she and her brother are expected to be great Viking warriors and leaders but th...
