Complicated. (...sort of)

Chapter 27

Mercy's POV

I was riding on Toothless as he walked because my leg isn't healed enough for me to walk yet. We walked through the village when someone landed next to me.

"How's the leg?" Allysa asked me as she landed and walked beside me.

"I think it's doing better. I still can't walk yet though."

"So have you flown with Toothless yet?"

"Uh what do you mean?"

"Your father leaves you with a Night Fury everyday and you're telling me you haven't been tempted to fly with him?"

"Well I mean it has crossed my mind but dad would get really mad."

"Look, he's said it himself, the safest place for you or anyone, is on Toothless. He knows that he has to be careful with you and to be hinest, Toothless wouldn't let you do anything crazy." She said. I looked at Toothless and he gave me a little nod.

"One more problem, I don't know how to set his tail."

"Ah well you're lucky you're with me." She said and walked over to me left foot and pushed a lever forward. Toothless's tail opened up. "I'll go with you." I started getting seond thoughts.

"Wait we should at least tell my dad I mean it's his dragon."

"Okay we'll tell him but I'm gonna get you flying by yourself on a dragon." She said and we walked to the Great Hall.

Hiccup's POV

"The shaking was completely natural. Just Earth doing what Earth does." I said to a frantic Queen.

"Well it was very frightening and a very rude awkening."

"There really isn't anything I can do about that."

"Mom stop it was natural just leave it." Merida butted in. Elenor took a deep breath and walked out ofthe Great Hall, leaving me with Merida.

"How have you possibly dealt with her your whole life?"

"I'm actually not quite sure. So I really haven't seen you in forever. I think we met when we were like 4 right?"

"Sounds about right." I said anf flopped into my chair.

"What's changed in yyour life?"

"Well besides me training a dragon, loosing a leg, meeting my mother, loosing my father, getting married and having a child, nothing."

"Well you surely aren't a shrimp anymore."

"Oh come on was I really that small?"

"You were about the size of your fathers arm. Well, the top half."

"Yeah and that didn't change until I was about 20." We both laughed.

"Why were you so small?"

"To be honest I'm not sure. Some say it's because I was cursed by the gods and others say I was born too early."

"Both of those sound ridiculous." She said. We both burst into laughter, but were shortly interrupted by the doors swinging open.

"Hiccup come on we wanna have a dragon race but we need the chief there." Astrid said and started pulling me out the door.

"Okay hold on where's Toothless?"

"Right here!" Mercy said and walked up to us. "I think I might be able to walk now." She stated bravely and attempted to stand, only to wince and fall in pain. I caught her arm when she was about 3 inches from the ground.