Dragon Paradise

Chapter 1

Hi, my name is Hicca. I live on the island of Berk, which is an island in the middle of the ocean. Now, recently I heard a legend, that there is a town on the edge of Berk, beyond the forest, on the other side of the island, opposite where I live, there is an isolated area that is supposedly, the home of many dragons. It has been called “dragon paradise.” Now, the reason this paradise is just a legend is because my dad, Stoick, has forbidden anyone from going into the forest to find out. The oldest person on the island doesn’t even know if it exists or not. 

But, I have always been a very curious girl and when I heard about this paradise on the other side of the island, well.... I wanted to see if it was real. Because of my curiosity, I researched more about the dragons and their so called “paradise.” I looked in ancient books, about dragons and their home. I noticed that there was nothing on the legendary night fury. 

After many days of research and finding out what I could, I decided that I would travel into the forest after everyone was asleep to see if there was indeed a town full of dragons. So late at night, I journeyed out, hoping that this was not the last time I would see my house. I don’t know how long I had been walking, all I know is that my lamp was slowly fading and that i should turn around soon to go back home.

At some point, I walked past a misshapen tree, inside my head I realized that over time, that the farther into the forest I went, the more destruction I saw. When I looked closer, I noticed that there were deep claw marks on the trees. I slowed down and went to get a closer look. As, I got closer and closer to a particularly scratched up tree, I heard noises that started to sound like growls. I began to get very nervous and wanted to turn around. I decided that I had seen enough and turned around to go home. But, when I started to turn around I noticed that there was a pair of very animal looking eyes observing me in the cover of the trees, only visible by the lamp’s shine. They started to get closer and I turned around to attempt to hide. But, the next thing i know, I am on the floor with a monstrous nightmare looming above of me, and snarling. I started to scream and call for help. But I realized that where I was, no one could hear me. I accepted that this is where I was going to die.

But, something strange happened. I heard another growl and realized that it wasn’t from the monstrous nightmare. I looked at the it in confusion but it was looking around for the source of the other growl. As it moved its head, I saw another pair of animalistic eyes behind it. The mystery eyes were an impossibly bold shade of green. When the eyes locked on me the mystery creature charged. The monstrous nightmare spun around and charged at the other dragon. I got up and saw that the other animal was a black dragon and that none of the pictures I saw in any of the books matched this dragon. But, before my brain processed what was happening before my eyes, the fight was over. The black dragon had won and the monstrous nightmare was lying, lifeless, on the ground not far away me. My brain then decided to process the information and I realized that I was alone with a very angry and very large dragon. I knew not to look away from a dragon, so I, very slowly, began to walk backwards, in an another attempt to hide. But, before I could take another step, I felt a gush of wind and suddenly the dragon was behind me. In my mind I was thinking “why me?” But before I could freak out and start screaming, the dragon, who I noticed was a male, stood on his hind legs and reared back his head and roared in my face. After a few seconds, he stopped trying to make me loose my hearing and flew away.

As soon as my brain caught up with me, I realized that the dragon had been flying lopsided, like he was injured.

“Well, I better start walking home again.... hopefully with no more dragon encounters this time.”

The sun rose as Hicca was walking home through the forest. Hicca sighed "Great. Just what I need right now, dad looking for me."

But what Hicca didn't notice as she walked home, was a pair of animalistic eyes watching her from the trees.