Hiccup's POV
Once it's morning, after I draw a sketch of the teens coming away from the explosion in the last raid (they look awesome, I must add), I head back for The Cove early instead of going after training.

On my way I grab a basket of fish from the fishing huts at the docks and the prosthetic tail fin from the forge.
Well.....no one was around at the docks so I couldn't pay.....so technically that means I stole it...Oops?

"Hey, Toothless!" I sing, entering The Cove.
"I bought breakfast. I hope..I hope your hungry!" I tip over the basket, grunting as I do so.

"Well okay, that's disgusting! Uh... We've got some salmon, some nice Iceland cod, and a whole smoked eel!" I say, Toothless sniffs the fish but roars in fear at the sight of the eel as I hold it up.

"No, no, no, no! No! It's okay. Yeah, I don't really like eel much either!" I assure him, throwing the eel away.
He's afraid of Eels. I wonder why?

Toothless calms down starts to eat the fish noisily. While he's distracted, I take this chance to sneak toward his tail.

"Okay. That's it. That's it, just stick with good stuff. And don't you mind me. I'll just be back here... Ya know, minding my own business." I say casually as I go.

I lay the fin close to his real one, ready to attach it. It is the perfect size! So, my memory is good then!

But the tail shifts when I push the prosthetic fin next to Toothless' real one as he eats, meaning I can't strap on the prosthetic. I try again. But it doesn't work. He keeps moving it.
Damn it stay still!

"It's okay. Okay... okay... There. That's not too bad. It works!" I say to myself, admiring my handy work after I sit on the tail so it doesn't move, strapping the fin on.

Suddenly I hear a slight rustle and the next thing I know, I'm in the air clinging to Toothless' tail.
Toothless flies high but then starts to dip down.
"Whoa! No! No! No!" I cry, the wall coming up quickly.
OH MY GODS!
I quickly adjust the tail fin with my hands and so we dodge the wall successfully. We fly out and up to the sky.

I use the tail fin to steer us back to the cove, cheering, "OH, MY-- IT'S WORKING! YES! YES, I DID IT!" as I do.

Toothless seems to realise that I am on his tail for the first time and not long after I tumble off as he does a sharp left  turn. Unable to steer the fin on his own, he then crashes into the lake next to me.

"AAAAAGGGGHHHHH! Yeah!" I cheer.
Yes! I did it! I did it! Another successful invention! And this one does good! I mean, it's gonna need some more work, but still! I think this has been my most successful invention, EVER!

I drag myself out of the water. Toothless examines his tail fin, then looks at me as if to say "Whoa!".
And it does good!
I smile, then realise the time. I eye the eel.
"....bye Toothless!"
I head for the Arena.

++++++
The arena fills with greenish fog. A dragon is somewhere in it.
Unfortunately.
My mood is certainty not what it was with Toothless.

"Today, is about teamwork. Now, a wet dragon head can't light its fire. The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky!" Gobber starts. "One head breathes gas, the other head lights it. Your job is to know which is which!"
Gobber adds. I'm back-to-back with Fishlegs as we spin slowly, a green fog filling the area.

"Razor sharp, serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion. Prefers ambush attack, by crushing its victims--" he says before I cut in.
Not.helping.
On edge I say: "Will you please stop that?!"

Commotion goes in the background and I the fog clears slight, so I can make out the shape of Tuff being dragged into the fog and the other teens being knocked down by the dragon.

Tuffnut, running out of the mist screaming, shouts, "OH, I'M HURT! I AM VERY MUCH HURT!"

"Chances of survival are dwindling into single-digits now!" Fishlegs says.
That's very reassuring.

One of the Zippleback heads emerges from the mist. Fishlegs throws water at its face, and it mockingly spews out some green gas. "Oh. Wrong head!" he says.
Ya think? Well..... at least you can throw it correctly.

The head angrily sprays a large stream of green gas, and Fishlegs runs off screaming. The head turns its attention to me and the other head comes into view as well, spitting electrical sparks.
Way to go, teamwork!

"Fishlegs! Now, Hiccup!" Gobber yells.
I throw the bucket of water at the spark-spitting head, but I'm so short that I miss. And also I threw with as little as much effort as possible.

"Oh, come on!" I complain.

The Zippleback pounces, both heads snarling at me.
Oh gods.

"Hiccup!" Gobber shouts.
Time for plan B.
I reverse the Hideous Zippleback with the hidden eel I grabbed from the cove.
Or should I say.. plan 'E'.
I just thought it could be useful.
And I was right!

"Back! Back! Back! BACK!" I rise up from the ground slowly, holding my harms out towards the dragon.

"Now, don't you make me tell you again! Yes, that's right! Back! Back into your cage!" I add dramatically.
I wonder if my act is see-through.

It backs up into the cage as I stalk towards it, the hidden eel pushing them back. "Now think about what you've done!" I add dramatically, throwing in the Eel secretly, before closing the door to the cowering Zipppleback's pen.

I'll come back later to retrieve the eel. I promise myself. I whipe the Eel off my hands, it's so slimy.
I might have to wash this later so Toothless won't get spooked when he smells the eel.
The other teens and Gobber are shocked, and Fishlegs drops his bucket.
Haha that's priceless.
"Okay! So, are we done? Because I've got some things I need to...need to, uh... Yep. I'll... see-see you tomorrow!" I say, getting out of there.

Third P.O.V

Everyone turns and watches the young heir shrink into a speck gradually in the distance before he turns a corner and disappears from sight.

"What just happened?" Snotlout asks.
"......He.....did...did he just?" Fishlegs can barley form words.
"It appears so..." Gobber replies
"How?" Snotlout stresses the O.

Tuffnut shrugs, not really caring.
"Dunno. I'm going to go and cause some destruction. Coming sis?" And with that the twins walk off.

HICCUP'S POV (an hour later)
I'm now at the forge, making a saddle. Yes, a saddle.
This may be the only way Toothless will be able to fly, and I have to be sure he can fly. Besides, it wouldn't be that bad riding a dragon, would it?
My hands work with care and passion as I sow the last bit together. I smile. It worked!
Now Toothless just has to let me try it. No pressure.

++++ twenty minutes later ++++
I walk into The Cove.
I spot Toothless and hold up the saddle, presenting it.

"Hey!" I shout as Toothless playfully runs away from me. I chase after him holding the saddle up high.
+++
I ride Toothless, after finally chasing him down for half an hour, tugging the prosthetic tail fin with a rope to change its position. Next thing I know I'm tumbling off into the water.

"Yeah....might have to do something about that....." I murmur, looking at Toothless after we both crawl out of the water. He glares at me, annoyed, but let's me take the saddle and prosthetic tail off.

I stay for a little while until I realise it's getting late.
I have to do some things in the forge, so....

I say bye to Toothless and then leave.

++time skip++
It's late at night and I've just finished making an addition to the saddle. I just added a safety cord that goes from my belt and connects to a ring on the saddle. I smile as I tug on it slightly.

+++++time skip to morning+++++
Its now morning and I'm practicing to fly on Toothless, using a rope and the new connecting cord.
This fails because the rope snaps and soon enough Toothless and I crash into a field of grass. I'm thrown from the saddle and I land away from Toothless.

I quickly get up and go backwards to check on Toothless. I push aside some very tall green grass and find him.

He seems fine. But he's rolling about in the long grass, purring and making happy sounds. Meaning he's having a good time and is in bliss.
This is not what I was expecting.
"Whoa! " I hold up some of the stuff, that I will now call, Dragon Nip.
I'm dead if anyone finds out about this.
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