Hiccup's POV

"There it is, bud!" I say as we emerge out of the fog. Toothless got us here just fine, like he knew where ever sea stack was and how to avoid it. Toothless croons in response. His muscles tense, I can tell he's nervous. I pat his head in reassurance.
We had decided to check out the Nest, in case we see something we missed that could help us take down the queen in the future.
These dragons are suffering too much.

"Good to know your not under her control this time!" I note as we fly towards the Volcano- mountain, He looks back at me and smiles, proud of himself. I much prefer his company then the eery silence that was happening last time.

Toothless dips down and flies us through a tunnel, we emerge into the nest after a few seconds and so Toothless perches us on a ledge.

I look around, noting that the dragons around us hug the walls and sit on ledges much like ours, except we have the darkest. I look over to our left to see a Monstrous Nightmare with its eyes slitted.
It's under control. I realise with a shiver, horrified by its eyes.

"Bud, why don't you talk to the queen and say that your now living nearby and...and that you are offering to help in some raids, maybe also say that I know things. But you wish for free will, and that we both are not to be harmed." I suggest quietly. He looks at me and nods. I open his tail and he flies down, landing on the lowest ledge.

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Toothless' POV.
Hiccup suggests that I speak with the queen. It's not a bad idea so I agree and I fly us down to the lowest ledge, landing swiftly and tuckin my wings to my side.

I stay still and quiet for a moment, mastering up the courage to speak to the beast that killed my mum. The beast that enslaved thousands of dragons, and continues to.

"Greetings, my Queen. I am living on a nearby island and I have a proposal for you. I promise to offer my aid in some upcoming raids. In exchange I only ask for absolute free will and no harm to me or my friend." I eventually manage to get out, keeping venom and hatred out of my voice, barely.

"I SEE. BUT, TELL ME, WHY DO I SMELL A PESKY HUMAN?!" Her voice booms.
Why do a smell an idiot? Oh that's right, it's you!

"He is my rider, he helps me to fly after some...damage was done to my tail. He offers his knowledge of the Viking lands and their devices. He will be useful. " I force myself to explain.
And if you hurt him you will face the wrath of the unholy offspring of lightning and death. full force.

"FINE, FINE. BUT THIS BETTER NOT BE A TRICK. IF HE TRIES ANYTHING HE WILL BE NO MORE!" She says.
And so will you. Because if you so much as touch him, you die. I don't know how yet, but you will die. Sooner or later, you will die.
"Understood. And, it's not a trick!" I lie before flying us away and up to a ledge that is hidden in shadows.
Man I really hate her, she deserves to die a slow and painful death.

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Hiccup's POV.

I sit there silently as Toothless roars, snarls, croons and growls. After he's finished a big roar and a huff comes up from the pit.

Toothless answers back and then the queen roars. Toothless coos and snarls, then bunches his muscles— a signal that he is ready to take off. I open the tail and he flies us high up and out of the nest.

Toothless flies in a random direction and in a few minutes we find ourselves approaching a small island. It has forests, high cliffs and white beaches. We circle it once, checking it out, this takes about half an hour, and then we dip down and land on a beach.

Peaceful.

I climb off him and rub his head. He coos.
"I take it went well, then. Man, I wish I could understand you sometimes!" I say, putting down the basket that I still have with me. I quickly make sure that my coins are safe in there. They are, thankfully.

Toothless perks up at that and jumps around me excitingly, kicking up sand with a happy expression plastered on his scaly face.

"Oh, you like that do you?!" I say, watching him. He stops, looks at me and gives me a gummy smile.
Oh, he's serious?! like we can actually do this? I mean, how cool will it be able to do to learn this language?!
"Hmm, alright then...let's... let's give it a go. okay, how do you say..... Hello?" I ask.
Hopefully I don't hurt my throat doing this....

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Toothless POV (a lot of switching in this chapter)

"Hmm, alright then...let's give it a go. okay, how do you say..... Hello?" Hiccup asks me as we start to walk along the beach, the ocean lapping at the shore. I reset the urge to jump in it and focus on the task at paw.

Oh, man. This will be fun.

"Hello." I demonstrate.
"Hragpa." He says, making no sense. I shake my head.

"Hello." I repeat, trying to be clearer.
"Hellhole." Hiccup says. I laugh at that and shake my head.
Well he got a world formed, just not the correct one.
"Hello." I repeat.
"Healthy-O." he tries and I shake my head, giving a 'what the heck?' face. I bat him on the head with a front paw, being clear and stern.

"Hello." I demonstrate.
"Ha...Hello." He says and I give him my gummy smile. I bound around him and knock him over in all my excitement.
I just taught a human how to say Hello in my language! That's... incredible!

"Oh, so I got it? I got it!" Hiccup cheers, standing up.
"Hello. " he says. "Hello, Hello, hello!" He says, excited.
I start saying it back to him, so it's just us repeatedly saying hi to each other.
THIS IS AWESOME!
"Okay, hmm how about Fish." Hiccup suggests after we calm down. I move in front of him.
"Fish." I say, tilting my head.

"Fibldk!" he says, making no sense again. I shake my head.
"Fish." I repeat.

"Fib."
No.
"Fingers."
No, try again.
"Feighsty." he tries.

"Fish. " I demonstrate again.
"Fa....Fish!"
He finally gets it. I smile at him and nod.

"That's great! Yes! Okay, one more word. How about Peace. " He says.

"Peace." I demonstrate.
"Perke." He tries. I shake my head.
"Peace." I say again.

"Peace!" Hiccup says. I nod and grin excitedly.
Second try, not bad.

Hiccup throws his clenched hand into the air, joy written over his body language.
"Fish?" I say to him. He gets the memo and reaches into the basket. He brings out two Icelandic cod and gives them to me. I snatch them up and eat them in almost whole. Mm. Yum.
He gets himself some viking food (its bread BTW) and has some.

After a while I curl up around him, my wing over him and my tail curled around him protectively as I purr slightly.

Zzzzzzz (we fall asleep)

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Astrid's POV.
"Well, yeah but that's not the point. We didn't know that at the time. See, we thought that it was just a bunch of wood and not Gobber's outhouse....." Tuff explains. We all laugh.
O how could you miss it?! It has a distinctive smell!" Snotlout questions.
"Yeah. Just stay away from my families outhouse and you'll be fine!" I say and we all laugh again.

Now that there isn't any dragon training I've been hanging about with the other teens more than I used to. It's actually not that bad. I'm waiting on news, to see if I will be the one to kill the Nightmare now w that Uselss is out of the picture.... permanently.

"SNOTLOUT!" we hear.
Oh Snotlout, What have you done now?
We turn to him. "Looks like Stoick wants you." Fishlegs says bluntly and Snotlout gulps.
"Well go on, don't make him more angry!" I add.

Snotlout nods and hurries off.

"Have you guys noticed how angry and cold Stoick is lately?" Fishlegs asks.
It's been so weird. Like, sure he's a grumpy man, but he's been more...expolosive lately. It's just.....so... it's unusual.

"Yeah, we have. I mean, more than usual. He was a lot more angry with us when he found out that we were Yack- tipping again. " Ruff says.
Well your Yak-Tipping IS annoying.
"I guess he's just grumpy......" Fishlegs says.

"No, there has gotta be more to it then that." I say just before I hear Stoick shout.

"I DON'T CARE IF YOU WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, YOU SHOULD BE HERE QUICKER!"

We all turn to each other, concerned.

Better stay on his good side.

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Thanks for reading.
This chapter was slightly smaller but I think now's a good time to end it.
Anyway, I decided to introduce an OC.
Here's the description.

Name: Randi (means lovely goddess by the way)
Age: 15 (same as the others)
Appearance: brown, almost black hair, brown eyes, somewhere between pale and tanned skin.
Style: black leggings, silver tunic, black and silver stripped skirt, boots with fluff on the top and a bracelet with a sword 'charm' on it. Her hair is either out or braided out of her face. When its not braided it flows down to her mid back.
Personality: Cheerful, Smart, sympathetic, empathetic, competitive and kind.
Habits: Mocking Snotlout a lot of the time and hiding Tuffnut's mace.
Other info: She is cousins with Fishlegs and she didn't go to dragon training because her mother was sick and she wanted to be there for her. She works with the Fishermen. Her and Astrid make good friends. Her favourite weapon is a sword-- she carries two-- but she can use an axe alright as well (But not as good as Astrid.).

Okay, that's it! Thanks for reading. Randi will be introduced soon.
Bye!