A/N: Chapter 4 is here! :) Thanks to everyone for the support. Please R&R! Oh, and there's a new poll located in my profile. Please go answer it! :) I admit this isn't my best chapter. So without further ado, let us begin!
Edit: Double update today! YEAH :D
The next day was promising to be full of excitement. Vikings all around town are hanging banners and getting ready for today's dragon race. A good past time, it gave the young adults something to focus competitive spirits on, and vikings something to argue about. I stand by the race track, my hands against my hips, waiting and ready to begin. The afternoon would prove to be one of the most interesting races of all time.
My mind for a moment traces back to earlier that morning when I confronted Hiccup about participating, "Sorry," He had said, "I'm not participating." Of course this meant that I was going to take part in his place on Toothless. I was hoping he would have said, "Of course I will participate." But it was nothing but wishful thinking, a thing that only existed within my mind.
Toothless is beside, the usual red paint on top of his skin, "What do you think Toothless?" I look at him, "Do you think we can win this?"
The dragon growls. Despite not riding Hiccup, he seems excited to join up with Astrid and Stormfly to beat the other team. Fishlegs, of course was a part of our team as well. But it didn't take a genius to know he would help Ruffnut despite. But I am confident that Astrid and I can lead our team to victory. As we always do during team races. The only issue was whether or not I could convince myself that one day I would be on my own dragon and not a borrow. I love Toothless as does the entire village, but it isn't the same to race on him as it would be on my own dragon.
When Oleander was my dragon, I never participated in races. I would sit with Gobber up near the elders and assist with watching the riders, getting the sheep in order, etc. But when she died and Hiccup quit riding, he insisted I join. It was "good" for me. Fun, yes. But in a way it kind of made me sad, I felt like I was being handed a dragon and told to ride it...because Hiccup didn't want to. Or as he put it, wouldn't ride it, can't ride it.
I shake my head and sigh, getting a look of concern from Toothless, "Don't mind me. Just thinking. C'mon, lets join everyone else in the arena." The dragon turns around, wanting me to get on his back and I do that. We start towards the arena, flying at an incredible speed, "Alright Toothless. Lets beat our time," Toothless looks at me, and we start to speed. I can feel the wind in my hair, my arms are growing cold, but I ignore it and smile, "That's it!"
As we fly over Berk, people cheer and clap, "They're cheering for us," I pat Toothless, "and one day. They will cheer for you and Hiccup." Toothless growls, and dives down towards the ocean, pulling up at the last second towards the sky, "For now, we'll win for Hiccup. What do you say?" Toothless smiles. I knew he'd agree.
The arena is just ahead, I can see several figures at different ends of the arena already. Toothless picks up speed, heading straight for the entrance, and slowing down as the training academy sign is over us.
"That's some fancy flying," Astrid says after we land in the arena, "ready to beat Snotnuts?"
I laugh, jumping off Toothless, "As ready as I'll ever be."
"They never win. They could surprise us, but that's unlikely," Astrid grabs a bowl, "here, lets paint your face up."
Excitement is pouring over me as it does whenever these races start. Out of the corner of my eye, as I take a seat on a barrel, I see Snotlout standing with the twins and Fishlegs. He's talking to them, laughing sometimes even. I decide its not important right now to focus on him, and look back at Astrid. Stormfly is lying down, pecking at some chicken, "Smart. Feeding her chicken."
"It works. Everyday before a race she gets chicken," Astrid uses her fore-finger to put the paint on my cheeks, "I'm only telling you this because you're my teammate."
"Of course," I note the concentrated look on her face, "am I distracting you?"
"No," She says quickly, placing some paint on my forehead, "just making sure it looks good. If we're going to beat them, we might as well have better paint patterns." I wish I was as good with paint as Astrid was. She was so beautiful and she had so many hidden talents, "There." She steps back, " all done."
"How's it look?" I ask.
Astrid smiles, "Really good. We may beat the competition with my paint alone.
"Ha!" I laugh, "we could beat them in our sleep."
I look over towards the group. Fishlegs is glaring at Snotlout, his arms folded. There were days when I would wonder if anyone even wanted to be friends anymore. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed like no one cared. I wanted to know so badly why everyone was arguing...but no one would tell me. I sigh, and the horn sounds.
"Time to race," Astrid exclaims, pumping her hand in the air, "Lets go beat Snotnuts."
"Lets do this!" I jump on Toothless and we race towards the race track. Everyone was already there, sitting on the benches and cheering as we get to the start line. The other team is behind us. I see Hiccup standing with Gobber at the chiefs chair, watching Toothless as we rounded towards the hovering point.
We line up in the air, everyone hovering in a line facing the same way.
"When Gothi waves the purple flag, you can race," Gobber exclaims, "starting before means disqualification. So no cheating."
"Get ready to lose, losers," Snotlout calls out,
Astrid smirks, grasping her saddle, whispering something to Stormfly. I pat Toothless, "Remember. For Hiccup," Toothless growls, getting serious as Gothi raises the purple flag, "we will win."
And the purple flag falls.
A burst of energy rushes through the crowd as the dragons start the race; Snotlout is able to get ahead of the pack within the first few seconds with Astrid trailing behind him. Toothless and I hold back, waiting for the moment to find and grab the sheep with the targets on them.
I can hear Snotlouts laughter from where I am, and tighten my grasp on Toothless's saddle. The twins are hooting and hollering, with Fishlegs laughing in dead last. It was on.
We zip inside the dragon stables and right back out. Somehow the twins manage to get in front of me as we exit the stables, "In our face," Tuffnut exclaims, "I mean, your face, not ours."
"Alright Toothless," We're coming up to the first target sheep located in town, "Lets find that sheep."
The race proceeds through town, where the first sheep is always located and as we pass the houses, we check. A few minutes later, we hear whooping and cheering from Snotlout ahead. He has the first sheep, "Alright," I say to Toothless, "lets follow him and unleash the night fury". Underneath my foot is the pedal and I adjust, Toothless speeds up as fast as he can. We overcome Astrid, "Get him!" She yells.
Now we're behind Snotlout, and I narrow my eyes, "Alright Toothless. Lets try the old flip trick."
Toothless dives a little, twisting back up and flipping right over top Snotlout. I manage to pluck the sheep out of his hand and hold on to it firmly in mine. Snotlout's facial expression changes, no longer is he happy, but confused. For a moment I take in the joyous moment and go with my emotions, "Thanks!" And we speed off towards our red bin.
"Give that back!" Snotlout exclaims, racing after me.
I laugh, "Not a chance slow,"
"Who are you calling slow?" Snotlout says something to Hookfang, and I can hear them as they start to catch up with us.
My mind is blank, I had to come up with a plan before Snotlout caught up and grabs the sheep, "Lets try a little cloud flight." Toothless takes off, flying up towards the clouds with Hookfang following right on our tail. We manage to fly above the clouds, but still Snotlout was on our tail, "Steady," I say, still flying up, "Steady..." Hookfang and Snotlout are now out of the clouds, "Now!"
We take a sudden dive, my hands firmly grasping the sheep and the saddle so nothing falls off.
"Hookfang!" Snotlout calls out as the dragon tries to descend down, "Come on! We need to get that sheep back!"
Toothless is flying fast, I can hear from my spot on his saddle the sound he made when he flew like light speed in the sky. Hookfang couldn't keep up, and as we left them in the clouds, I can hear Snotlout yelling at his dragon and I smile in victory, "Good job Toothless. Lets go drop this off."
As we get to the baskets, I notice the twins ahead of us, flying slower than usual, "We can't let them get this." Toothless observes the twins and their dragon, diving so we are just underneath them and speeding up.
"Hey!" Ruffnut calls.
"Sorry, you're not getting this." We fly over the baskets and I throw mine in the basket underneath the red glob of paint. One point for us.
In the next hour, the green team manages to rack up seven points with Astrid and I trailing at five. Snotlout grins as I pass him during the thirteenth sheep, and I frown, "You're not winning this."
"Just keeping telling yourself that," Snotlout exclaims, "because we have this in the bag."
They speed up, the twins trailing them. Astrid and I fly close together, "We need a new strategy," I yell over the wind.
"I agree. Lets try one at the front, and back."
"Good idea. I'll stay in the back."
Toothless stops, waiting for Fishlegs to pass before we begin racing once again, staying behind the crowd. The sheep is in the forest, I can tell because everyone else is heading there once we get out of the stable. Astrid tries to stay on Snotlouts tail, even as the twins pass him into first place, "Yeah!" Tuffnut exclaims, "first place!" I can hear from the back.
"We're on the same team Mutton head," Snotlout snaps.
"Oh. I guess-" He looks, "I see the sheep."
"Lets get it!" Ruffnut laughs.
"I'll protect you babe," Snotlout turns around.
"Astrid! Look out!" I call. But its too late, Astrid and Stormfly dive towards the ground just before they hit Snotlout. I frown, "Alright Toothless." I pat his back, "lets do this."
We speed up, passing Fishlegs in a heartbeat, "See you later." I mock. I feel adrenaline run through me as we get closer to Snotlout, "Time to outsmart him," I murmur, "Hey!" Snotlout grins as I approach, saying something to Hookfang.
The dragon roars, bursting into flames. Snotlout screams in pain, slipping off his dragon and tumbling towards the water, "Get him Toothless!" The dragon immediately dives down, and we go as fast as we can. Just as we reach Snotlout, I hear a cry from the startingline, "Got you!" Toothless grabs Snotlouts arms with his feet and we soar up, "That's gotta be your stupidest move."
The cries continue.
"And that's doesn't sound good," I murmur. Toothles flies up and drops Snotlout on to his saddle, "somethings wrong." I call out, pointing to the starting line. "We need to check it out." Something explodes, and everyone is speeding towards.
And there, right above the screaming people is a large dragon. Its skin looks smooth, four legs dangle underneath as it flies and fires at everything it see's, "Darn it! What is that? Fishlegs?"
"I don't know," Fishlegs exclaims, "I've never seen it before in my life."
I frown, "I need to get you to Hiccup, Toothless. Find him. Keep that thing distracted." I call to the others before diving towards the crowd.
"Be careful!" Astrid screams after me, but I'm too busy to reply.
"Where's Hiccup?" I ask Toothless. The dragon looks through the crowd, glancing at every person. We avoid the fire as best as we can," There!" I point towards a group of people, Hiccup is standing there waving at us. We dive towards him and land long enough for Hiccup to sit behind me on the saddle, "C'mon. Lets get its attention away from the people."
We ascend towards the dragon. I note Tuffnut and Ruffnut screaming at the dragon, while Snotlout and Fishlegs are hitting it in random places at the same time.
"Fishlegs!" Hiccup calls out, the first time they've spoken in a while, "break it down."
"I've never seen anything like it," Fishlegs responds, "its got small scales that protect it from almost all our attacks. Large eyes make up for its small nostrils and ears," He sighs, "but that's all I've been able to get so far."
Hiccup looks at the dragon and gasps, "You?"
"Who?" I ask.
"Its nothing. We got to get its attention away from Berk. Drive it towards open ocean. Ruff and Tuff, keep getting it angry," Hiccup orders, "Fishlegs, look for a weak spot. Astrid; you and Snotlout try to get the people to safety."
"But..." Snotlout looks at us, "then I can't-"
"Snotlout!"
I think he's going to argue, but Snotlout glances at me, then joins Astrid in the ascent to help the people, "Alright," Hiccup sighs, "gotta get my head together."
"It would be easier," I say, "if you did the driving."
"No," Hiccup doesn't hesitate, "I can't drive. You drive."
For a moment I feel like strangling him to pieces, but I hold myself back, clutching the saddle as hard as I can, "What should we do?"
"I..." He glances at the dragon. Ruffnut and Tuffnut circle the dragon, making all sorts of accusations and insults. Fishlegs is hovering above, trying to figure out exactly what it is, "we need to distract it long enough for Astrid and Snotlout to get the people away from the stands." I glance down, there were still a lot of people left in the stands. The dragon must have blocked the entrance or something.
I look back at the dragon, "Alright,"
"Toothless plasma blast," Toothles fires right at the dragons belly. It looks at us, stunned, but in a moment lets out a screetch, and lunges, "Evasive maneuvers. But keep away from the stands!"
Toothless shoots for the open ocean where there's nothing but open space. The dragon follows, roaring and screeching behind us. I laugh nervously, "That's not the best sound in the world,"
"You should hear it when its in pain," I frown at Hiccups words, I thought he didn't know anything about the dragon. I shake it off, "Well we got its attention."
"Alright, time to fight." Toothless turns around, glaring, and fires at the dragons neck. It avoids the blast and fires at us a thick orange goo, "avoid the goo!" Toothless dives at the last minute, barely missing the goo.
"Anymore suggestions?" I inquire as the dragon screeches again.
Hiccup thinks, "Heights!" He points towards the sky, "head for the clouds!"
"The clouds?"
"Trust me!"
Without hesitating, Toothless lunges for the clouds, the dragon close behind us. We go up, and up, until I hear another screech. I look down and watch as the dragon shakes its head and flies back down to the ocean.
"Lets get it on the way down!"
We head back down after it, catching up quickly, and before the dragon can get back to Berk, we fire.
The creature wiggles, then shoots for the open ocean.
"We did it," I say, turning my head towards Hiccup as the dragon gets smaller and smaller, "wow!"
"Yeah we," He frowns, "we did do it."
The dragon disappears, and Toothless leads us back towards the village. I feel faint suddenly, my hand going up to my forehead.
"Penny!" Hiccup exclaims, "you got some of the goo on you."
"What-?" I look at arm, indeed there is a small amount of goo, "is that bad?"
"I don't know. It could be poisonous," He exclaims, "we need to get back as soon as possible to see Gothi."
There is no arguing, Toothless speeds up towards the town. I don't feel too sick besides the dizziness, but I am praying that its from sitting in the saddle too long, and flying too high a lot. Weak is not my thing, I don't get sick easily. But something inside of me is telling me that I have to find a cure soon. Otherwise, its goodbye Penny.
"Hiccup!" Astrid exclaims as Toothless lands in the abandoned stand, "is it gone?"
"Yes," He smiles for a moment, but frowns again, "but the dragon shot some sort of orange goo. A tiny bit got on Penny's arm. We need to go see Gothi."
"Is it bad?"
"I don't know. But that's why we need to see Gothi."
Astrid nods, "I'll get everyone to clean up the mess," Without another word she turns towards Stormfly, and we race off towards Gothi's hut.
There as only one wish I had, that I wouldn't vomit on the way there.
Edit: Double update today! YEAH :D
The next day was promising to be full of excitement. Vikings all around town are hanging banners and getting ready for today's dragon race. A good past time, it gave the young adults something to focus competitive spirits on, and vikings something to argue about. I stand by the race track, my hands against my hips, waiting and ready to begin. The afternoon would prove to be one of the most interesting races of all time.
My mind for a moment traces back to earlier that morning when I confronted Hiccup about participating, "Sorry," He had said, "I'm not participating." Of course this meant that I was going to take part in his place on Toothless. I was hoping he would have said, "Of course I will participate." But it was nothing but wishful thinking, a thing that only existed within my mind.
Toothless is beside, the usual red paint on top of his skin, "What do you think Toothless?" I look at him, "Do you think we can win this?"
The dragon growls. Despite not riding Hiccup, he seems excited to join up with Astrid and Stormfly to beat the other team. Fishlegs, of course was a part of our team as well. But it didn't take a genius to know he would help Ruffnut despite. But I am confident that Astrid and I can lead our team to victory. As we always do during team races. The only issue was whether or not I could convince myself that one day I would be on my own dragon and not a borrow. I love Toothless as does the entire village, but it isn't the same to race on him as it would be on my own dragon.
When Oleander was my dragon, I never participated in races. I would sit with Gobber up near the elders and assist with watching the riders, getting the sheep in order, etc. But when she died and Hiccup quit riding, he insisted I join. It was "good" for me. Fun, yes. But in a way it kind of made me sad, I felt like I was being handed a dragon and told to ride it...because Hiccup didn't want to. Or as he put it, wouldn't ride it, can't ride it.
I shake my head and sigh, getting a look of concern from Toothless, "Don't mind me. Just thinking. C'mon, lets join everyone else in the arena." The dragon turns around, wanting me to get on his back and I do that. We start towards the arena, flying at an incredible speed, "Alright Toothless. Lets beat our time," Toothless looks at me, and we start to speed. I can feel the wind in my hair, my arms are growing cold, but I ignore it and smile, "That's it!"
As we fly over Berk, people cheer and clap, "They're cheering for us," I pat Toothless, "and one day. They will cheer for you and Hiccup." Toothless growls, and dives down towards the ocean, pulling up at the last second towards the sky, "For now, we'll win for Hiccup. What do you say?" Toothless smiles. I knew he'd agree.
The arena is just ahead, I can see several figures at different ends of the arena already. Toothless picks up speed, heading straight for the entrance, and slowing down as the training academy sign is over us.
"That's some fancy flying," Astrid says after we land in the arena, "ready to beat Snotnuts?"
I laugh, jumping off Toothless, "As ready as I'll ever be."
"They never win. They could surprise us, but that's unlikely," Astrid grabs a bowl, "here, lets paint your face up."
Excitement is pouring over me as it does whenever these races start. Out of the corner of my eye, as I take a seat on a barrel, I see Snotlout standing with the twins and Fishlegs. He's talking to them, laughing sometimes even. I decide its not important right now to focus on him, and look back at Astrid. Stormfly is lying down, pecking at some chicken, "Smart. Feeding her chicken."
"It works. Everyday before a race she gets chicken," Astrid uses her fore-finger to put the paint on my cheeks, "I'm only telling you this because you're my teammate."
"Of course," I note the concentrated look on her face, "am I distracting you?"
"No," She says quickly, placing some paint on my forehead, "just making sure it looks good. If we're going to beat them, we might as well have better paint patterns." I wish I was as good with paint as Astrid was. She was so beautiful and she had so many hidden talents, "There." She steps back, " all done."
"How's it look?" I ask.
Astrid smiles, "Really good. We may beat the competition with my paint alone.
"Ha!" I laugh, "we could beat them in our sleep."
I look over towards the group. Fishlegs is glaring at Snotlout, his arms folded. There were days when I would wonder if anyone even wanted to be friends anymore. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed like no one cared. I wanted to know so badly why everyone was arguing...but no one would tell me. I sigh, and the horn sounds.
"Time to race," Astrid exclaims, pumping her hand in the air, "Lets go beat Snotnuts."
"Lets do this!" I jump on Toothless and we race towards the race track. Everyone was already there, sitting on the benches and cheering as we get to the start line. The other team is behind us. I see Hiccup standing with Gobber at the chiefs chair, watching Toothless as we rounded towards the hovering point.
We line up in the air, everyone hovering in a line facing the same way.
"When Gothi waves the purple flag, you can race," Gobber exclaims, "starting before means disqualification. So no cheating."
"Get ready to lose, losers," Snotlout calls out,
Astrid smirks, grasping her saddle, whispering something to Stormfly. I pat Toothless, "Remember. For Hiccup," Toothless growls, getting serious as Gothi raises the purple flag, "we will win."
And the purple flag falls.
A burst of energy rushes through the crowd as the dragons start the race; Snotlout is able to get ahead of the pack within the first few seconds with Astrid trailing behind him. Toothless and I hold back, waiting for the moment to find and grab the sheep with the targets on them.
I can hear Snotlouts laughter from where I am, and tighten my grasp on Toothless's saddle. The twins are hooting and hollering, with Fishlegs laughing in dead last. It was on.
We zip inside the dragon stables and right back out. Somehow the twins manage to get in front of me as we exit the stables, "In our face," Tuffnut exclaims, "I mean, your face, not ours."
"Alright Toothless," We're coming up to the first target sheep located in town, "Lets find that sheep."
The race proceeds through town, where the first sheep is always located and as we pass the houses, we check. A few minutes later, we hear whooping and cheering from Snotlout ahead. He has the first sheep, "Alright," I say to Toothless, "lets follow him and unleash the night fury". Underneath my foot is the pedal and I adjust, Toothless speeds up as fast as he can. We overcome Astrid, "Get him!" She yells.
Now we're behind Snotlout, and I narrow my eyes, "Alright Toothless. Lets try the old flip trick."
Toothless dives a little, twisting back up and flipping right over top Snotlout. I manage to pluck the sheep out of his hand and hold on to it firmly in mine. Snotlout's facial expression changes, no longer is he happy, but confused. For a moment I take in the joyous moment and go with my emotions, "Thanks!" And we speed off towards our red bin.
"Give that back!" Snotlout exclaims, racing after me.
I laugh, "Not a chance slow,"
"Who are you calling slow?" Snotlout says something to Hookfang, and I can hear them as they start to catch up with us.
My mind is blank, I had to come up with a plan before Snotlout caught up and grabs the sheep, "Lets try a little cloud flight." Toothless takes off, flying up towards the clouds with Hookfang following right on our tail. We manage to fly above the clouds, but still Snotlout was on our tail, "Steady," I say, still flying up, "Steady..." Hookfang and Snotlout are now out of the clouds, "Now!"
We take a sudden dive, my hands firmly grasping the sheep and the saddle so nothing falls off.
"Hookfang!" Snotlout calls out as the dragon tries to descend down, "Come on! We need to get that sheep back!"
Toothless is flying fast, I can hear from my spot on his saddle the sound he made when he flew like light speed in the sky. Hookfang couldn't keep up, and as we left them in the clouds, I can hear Snotlout yelling at his dragon and I smile in victory, "Good job Toothless. Lets go drop this off."
As we get to the baskets, I notice the twins ahead of us, flying slower than usual, "We can't let them get this." Toothless observes the twins and their dragon, diving so we are just underneath them and speeding up.
"Hey!" Ruffnut calls.
"Sorry, you're not getting this." We fly over the baskets and I throw mine in the basket underneath the red glob of paint. One point for us.
In the next hour, the green team manages to rack up seven points with Astrid and I trailing at five. Snotlout grins as I pass him during the thirteenth sheep, and I frown, "You're not winning this."
"Just keeping telling yourself that," Snotlout exclaims, "because we have this in the bag."
They speed up, the twins trailing them. Astrid and I fly close together, "We need a new strategy," I yell over the wind.
"I agree. Lets try one at the front, and back."
"Good idea. I'll stay in the back."
Toothless stops, waiting for Fishlegs to pass before we begin racing once again, staying behind the crowd. The sheep is in the forest, I can tell because everyone else is heading there once we get out of the stable. Astrid tries to stay on Snotlouts tail, even as the twins pass him into first place, "Yeah!" Tuffnut exclaims, "first place!" I can hear from the back.
"We're on the same team Mutton head," Snotlout snaps.
"Oh. I guess-" He looks, "I see the sheep."
"Lets get it!" Ruffnut laughs.
"I'll protect you babe," Snotlout turns around.
"Astrid! Look out!" I call. But its too late, Astrid and Stormfly dive towards the ground just before they hit Snotlout. I frown, "Alright Toothless." I pat his back, "lets do this."
We speed up, passing Fishlegs in a heartbeat, "See you later." I mock. I feel adrenaline run through me as we get closer to Snotlout, "Time to outsmart him," I murmur, "Hey!" Snotlout grins as I approach, saying something to Hookfang.
The dragon roars, bursting into flames. Snotlout screams in pain, slipping off his dragon and tumbling towards the water, "Get him Toothless!" The dragon immediately dives down, and we go as fast as we can. Just as we reach Snotlout, I hear a cry from the startingline, "Got you!" Toothless grabs Snotlouts arms with his feet and we soar up, "That's gotta be your stupidest move."
The cries continue.
"And that's doesn't sound good," I murmur. Toothles flies up and drops Snotlout on to his saddle, "somethings wrong." I call out, pointing to the starting line. "We need to check it out." Something explodes, and everyone is speeding towards.
And there, right above the screaming people is a large dragon. Its skin looks smooth, four legs dangle underneath as it flies and fires at everything it see's, "Darn it! What is that? Fishlegs?"
"I don't know," Fishlegs exclaims, "I've never seen it before in my life."
I frown, "I need to get you to Hiccup, Toothless. Find him. Keep that thing distracted." I call to the others before diving towards the crowd.
"Be careful!" Astrid screams after me, but I'm too busy to reply.
"Where's Hiccup?" I ask Toothless. The dragon looks through the crowd, glancing at every person. We avoid the fire as best as we can," There!" I point towards a group of people, Hiccup is standing there waving at us. We dive towards him and land long enough for Hiccup to sit behind me on the saddle, "C'mon. Lets get its attention away from the people."
We ascend towards the dragon. I note Tuffnut and Ruffnut screaming at the dragon, while Snotlout and Fishlegs are hitting it in random places at the same time.
"Fishlegs!" Hiccup calls out, the first time they've spoken in a while, "break it down."
"I've never seen anything like it," Fishlegs responds, "its got small scales that protect it from almost all our attacks. Large eyes make up for its small nostrils and ears," He sighs, "but that's all I've been able to get so far."
Hiccup looks at the dragon and gasps, "You?"
"Who?" I ask.
"Its nothing. We got to get its attention away from Berk. Drive it towards open ocean. Ruff and Tuff, keep getting it angry," Hiccup orders, "Fishlegs, look for a weak spot. Astrid; you and Snotlout try to get the people to safety."
"But..." Snotlout looks at us, "then I can't-"
"Snotlout!"
I think he's going to argue, but Snotlout glances at me, then joins Astrid in the ascent to help the people, "Alright," Hiccup sighs, "gotta get my head together."
"It would be easier," I say, "if you did the driving."
"No," Hiccup doesn't hesitate, "I can't drive. You drive."
For a moment I feel like strangling him to pieces, but I hold myself back, clutching the saddle as hard as I can, "What should we do?"
"I..." He glances at the dragon. Ruffnut and Tuffnut circle the dragon, making all sorts of accusations and insults. Fishlegs is hovering above, trying to figure out exactly what it is, "we need to distract it long enough for Astrid and Snotlout to get the people away from the stands." I glance down, there were still a lot of people left in the stands. The dragon must have blocked the entrance or something.
I look back at the dragon, "Alright,"
"Toothless plasma blast," Toothles fires right at the dragons belly. It looks at us, stunned, but in a moment lets out a screetch, and lunges, "Evasive maneuvers. But keep away from the stands!"
Toothless shoots for the open ocean where there's nothing but open space. The dragon follows, roaring and screeching behind us. I laugh nervously, "That's not the best sound in the world,"
"You should hear it when its in pain," I frown at Hiccups words, I thought he didn't know anything about the dragon. I shake it off, "Well we got its attention."
"Alright, time to fight." Toothless turns around, glaring, and fires at the dragons neck. It avoids the blast and fires at us a thick orange goo, "avoid the goo!" Toothless dives at the last minute, barely missing the goo.
"Anymore suggestions?" I inquire as the dragon screeches again.
Hiccup thinks, "Heights!" He points towards the sky, "head for the clouds!"
"The clouds?"
"Trust me!"
Without hesitating, Toothless lunges for the clouds, the dragon close behind us. We go up, and up, until I hear another screech. I look down and watch as the dragon shakes its head and flies back down to the ocean.
"Lets get it on the way down!"
We head back down after it, catching up quickly, and before the dragon can get back to Berk, we fire.
The creature wiggles, then shoots for the open ocean.
"We did it," I say, turning my head towards Hiccup as the dragon gets smaller and smaller, "wow!"
"Yeah we," He frowns, "we did do it."
The dragon disappears, and Toothless leads us back towards the village. I feel faint suddenly, my hand going up to my forehead.
"Penny!" Hiccup exclaims, "you got some of the goo on you."
"What-?" I look at arm, indeed there is a small amount of goo, "is that bad?"
"I don't know. It could be poisonous," He exclaims, "we need to get back as soon as possible to see Gothi."
There is no arguing, Toothless speeds up towards the town. I don't feel too sick besides the dizziness, but I am praying that its from sitting in the saddle too long, and flying too high a lot. Weak is not my thing, I don't get sick easily. But something inside of me is telling me that I have to find a cure soon. Otherwise, its goodbye Penny.
"Hiccup!" Astrid exclaims as Toothless lands in the abandoned stand, "is it gone?"
"Yes," He smiles for a moment, but frowns again, "but the dragon shot some sort of orange goo. A tiny bit got on Penny's arm. We need to go see Gothi."
"Is it bad?"
"I don't know. But that's why we need to see Gothi."
Astrid nods, "I'll get everyone to clean up the mess," Without another word she turns towards Stormfly, and we race off towards Gothi's hut.
There as only one wish I had, that I wouldn't vomit on the way there.