The Dragon Valkyrie

Leap to The Glory

Returning to the village with Karina, Hilde's mood was lighter and better. She was actually relieved that the Bog Burglar girl promised to keep secret with her about Toothless. Karina kept muttering how her village never changed even though they had new houses due to the dragon raids they have went through. As they reached to the entrance of the training area, Hilde saw Gobber and the other peers.

"Ah! Long time no see, Karina!" Gobber waved his prosthetic arm.

Asgard's eyes widen then formed a hardened expression, glaring at the blond girl who seemed to form an arrogant smirk at the sight of Hofferson boy.

"Freyson.." He greeted stiffly.

"Hofferson." She said with mock hospitality.

Everyone knows why both are in nasty, hostile relationship. Two years ago, Karina visited Berk for the first time after forming a friendship with Hilde. As daughter of Bog Burglar Chief Bertha the Bust, she was beautiful, cunning, but ruthless. She looked down on young men, deeming Berkian's Viking ways to be reckless and lacking intellect. Asgard challenged her to duel in same arena the Dragon Training took place. And she won. Since then, both developed a great length of rivalry. For Karina despised this arrogant, cold blond Viking boy who neglected his village chief's daughter because she wasn't strong and not a worth a time to care.

"How's the cut from our fight? Because you need a mask so I won't slice that pretty face of yours." Karina mocked, fueling the boy's anger.

"Watch your back... by the time we fight again, I won't hold back." Asgard scowled.

"It will century for that... as all you ever do is killing dragon for so-called honor, not fighting Vikings."

Hilde knew her friend was obviously scratching his pride.

"That is why you ignored Hilde's pain. For all you ever care is yourself." It was the blond girl's turn to glare.

Fishlegs was obviously nervous as the twins were excited by the conflict they were witnessing. Snotlout slowly moved to Hilde.

"Do something...!" Snotlout whispered, obviously scared.

"Don't tell me what to do," Hilde hissed at him, "I'm invisible to everyone."

Thankfully, Gobber chimed in to stop Asgard and Karina.

"Well, let's get ready for the training!" The smith said and lead the teens inside.

Karina turned her heel on her way to the fence, giving Asgard a sneering curl on the lips before leaving. Hilde shook her head, sighed heavily.

The training for Dragon Slaying this time, was solely focused about teamwork. They were instructed to have respective bucket of water, teaming up. Hilde was teamed up with Fishlegs, Asgard and Ruffnut, then Tuffnut and Snotlout. Above outside the fence, Karina was watching while drinking mead as the Elder Gothi observed.

"Today is about teamwork!" Gobber announced as he opened the gate.

As soon as the gates opened with logs pulled up, the blast of fire caused a great amount of fog surrounding the arena as all teens inside were tense.

"Now a wet dragon head can't light its fire..., the Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky! One head breathes gas, the other ignites it. Your job is to know which is which!"

The fog caused the teens to separate with their partner. Hilde actually was aware of where the Zippleback is due to their voices she listened, but she decided to pretend she did not hear them. Unsurprisingly, Fishlegs was nervous.

"Razor sharp serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion," Fishlegs noted his knowledge in anxiety. "First ambush attack, crushing its victims—"