The four packs were now back in the Academy, panting heavily after their run around the academy itself, Hiccup was panting heavier than the others.

Runa: ( with a smile: ) Man, that warmup certainly woke all of us up.

Riff: Ugh, Finn, do you ever bathe?

Finn: ( in between heavy pants: ) Hey, hotties dig the unwashed look, okay?

Riff: Yeah, I can tell you right now, that I'm pretty sure I don't dig it.

Finn: Ha! It's hilarious that you think you're a hottie.

Riff slightly shoved Finn to Val with a playful glare, who calmly stepped out of the way. Runa chuckled softly while Hiccup looked up when he heard a silent chuckle from above to see Nymph on the Monstrous Nightmare he and the Misfits had rescued from Berk, who now wore a leather bracelet with the word " Hookfang " embroidered on it in red thread as they were listening from on top of the Academy , causing the other Dragon Heart teens to see the blind rider, before their attention went back to Bellatrix when she spoke as she stepped back into the Academy.

Bellatrix: Good, maybe with Nymph here, you lot will have some more motivation to be your best. Now...

ThunderBash then stepped back into the Academy and up to a cloth sheet that was covering a weapon rack, and he pulled off the cloth to reveal that there was a bunch of close combat weapons on the rack, and Hiccup notice that the metal that these weapons were made of looked like iron, but more light weight and it had tiny turquoise speckles on it.

Bellatrix: As all but ONE of you know, the metal these weapons were made of is a special formula of a metal called " Gronckle iron" that has a special additional ingredient that makes this metal able to cut through dragon proof metal. Giving our warriors and the sanctuary warriors an advantage against our enemies and a tool to aid in freeing many captured dragons. Gronckle iron alone is strong, but light weight, allowing even the scrawniest of rider to be able to use any of these weapons without problem. As can obviously tell, all the weapons on the racks are close combat weapons. That's because you need to pick and master a close combat weapon before you can move onto long distance weapons. Let's start with the Phantoms.

Bellatrix then stepped aside to let Ericka and her pack to step up to the rack to pick their weapons while Hiccup, the Misfits, and the other two packs waited for their turn, but Hiccup noticed that Nymph's smile disappeared when she heard Bellatrix said the Phantoms pack's name, the blind rider's smile into a disapproving frown and he noticed that despite this, Ericka looked up at Nymph and gave the blind rider a curtsy with a sorrowful look in the Phantom leader's eyes before she stood tall and picked up an axe from the rack.

Bellatrix: ( as the Phantoms went back to there spot beside their dragons: ) Good. Now, the Nannies.

Riff: ( with a raised brow: ) I think you mean the " Priders ", Miss Bellatrix.

Bellatrix: Same thing. Just go get your weapons.

Riff rolled his eyes in response before he went up to the weapon rack with his pack, but before he looked at the weapons, he glanced up at Nymph with a soft smile.

Riff: It's good to see you out and about more often than usual, Nyms. ( As he silently glanced at Hiccup's direction without anyone noticing: ) Maybe we have someone to thank for that.

Nymph's smile returned a little bit in response to Riff's words before the Prider leader walked up to the weapon rack and he picked up a sword with a smile before he and his pack went back to their dragons after they all had picked their weapons.

Bellatrix: Alright, Finders, your turn. And Victor, I don't care that you're a pacifist, you're picking a weapon for defense.

Victor blushed slightly out of embarrassment in response while his pack gave him sympathetic looks before they went up to the weapon rack, Victor stayed silent as he stared at the variety of weapons on the rack while his pack chose their weapons, until he heard someone behind him psst at him and he glanced behind him to see Hiccup trying to get his attention, and when Hiccup saw that he had the Finder's attention, he began tilting his head to the side several times, seemingly trying to tell Victor something. Victor looked at Hiccup with confusion, and was silently wondering if the Haddock boy was having a stroke, before Victor noticed that there was a shield leaning against the side of the weapon rack, causing Victor to smile slightly in relief. When Victor picked up the shield, Hiccup silently gave the Finder a thumbs up, before putting his hands behind his back to act innocent when Bellatrix glanced his way.

Bellatrix: ( to Victor, when she saw that he chose the shield: ) Bah, it's close enough. But you're going to pick a long distance weapon just like everyone else, no short cuts.

Victor gave a nervous smile in response before he began walking with his pack back to their dragons.

Victor: ( whispers, to Hiccup, as he and his pack walk past them: ) Thanks.

Hiccup simple nod his head in response with a smile before he turned his attention back to Bellatrix along with the other Misfits when she spoke again.

Bellatrix: Now, lastly, it's your turn, troublemakers.

Runa gave Bellatrix a slightly annoyed look in response before the Misfits went up to the weapon rack.

Val: ( to the group: ) Alright, I advise we pick our weapons carefully and pick one that would best represent our different skills. Not whatever that makes us look good.

Runa: Good point. Though I'm unsure if Berry or I really need a weapon, she has her fangs and claws while I have my trusty fists.

Finn: ( with a smile as he gestures to the pair of clawed gloves hanging on the weapon rack: ) Well, there's a pair of clawed gloves, that would not only allow you to punchy punchy, you could scratchy scratchy.

Runa: ( with a smile as she picked up the clawed gloves and put them on: ) Good point.

Val rolled his eyes with a smile before he picked up a pair of daggers and held them in each hand while Finn picked up a battle-axe. Berry on the other hand, made an unsure noise as she glanced at the weapons on the weapon rack.

Berry: Uh...oh...uh...

Berry then made a purr sound when she spotted an mace on the rack and she happily picked it up.

Berry: What's this? It kinda looks like my mom's tail.

Val: That's a mace. It's normally used to-

Finn: ( whispers to Val: ) Remember, simple answer, not big words.

Val: Right, right. ( To Berry: ) It's for crushing things.

Berry: Ooh! Dibs then.

Runa: Now, your turn, Hiccup, what are you going to pick?

Hiccup then looked at the remaining weapons on the rack, which were a sword, an axe, another mace, and another pair of daggers. He silently thought about which weapon would best suit him before he reached his hand out and....

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That's it for this chapter, I hope you like it

Feel free to comment on which weapon you think Hiccup is going to choose and why you think it would be good choice for him.

Till next time my agents of mischief 😜