Chapter 16: How To Betray Us

It was another day at the Dragon Academy and Hiccup was flying around Berk to beat his speed record.

Meanwhile, Fishlegs marked on a wooden sundial

Astrid yelled, "Here they come!" As she sees Hiccup and Toothless coming in hot.

They landed inside the arena

Fishlegs marked the sundial again "Yep! It's a new course record."

Hiccup got off of Toothless and walked towards Fishlegs "So? How'd we do?"

"Technically you're still the fastest, but someone, and I won't mention who is gaining significant ground," Fishlegs said

Hiccup was surprised "What?"

He looked over at the twins

Tuffnut shook his head "Don't look at us!"

"How can that be? How can Toothless be getting slower?" Hiccup asked

Fishlegs replied "He's not. Stormfly's getting faster."

Hiccup smiled in shock "Oh, really? Is that so? Anything you'd like to share, Astrid?"

He looked over at Astrid

"Let's just say I'm experimenting with what she eats. Apparently, it's working. And making you mad." Astrid said as she smiles

Stormfly burped and spewed some magnesium

I whispered to Astrid "Can you help me make (y/d/n) faster!?" I said excitedly.

She chuckled she whispered back "Sure, just between you and me what I'm using is--"

She got interrupted by Snotlout flying in and being loud

Snotlout seemed very excited though "Whoo! Ha-ha! Whoo! You will not believe what I just found!"

Tuffnut guessed "A severed head?"

Ruffnut also took a guess "Our cousin, Lars?"

"Our cousin Lars' severed head?" Tuffnut asked perplexed

Fishlegs cried out "Lars died?"

Tuffnut asked out loud "Who said that?!"

"What the...?" I was confused as to what they were talking about

Snotlout got peeved "Um, excuse me? Do you guys want to see this, or not?"

•●●●•

We followed Snotlout. It was on the other side of Berk. Once we landed, we were on a beach and on it was a small wrecked boat.

"Huh. A wrecked boat on Berk? Yeah, there's something new." Tuffnut said I couldn't exactly tell if he was being sarcastic or not

Snotlout got on all fours in front of the boat. We all followed and we all looked inside

"Just remember, I saw it first, so it's mine." Snotlout said over his shoulder

I looked inside while Tuffnut looked at the boat closer "Whoa! Now I like the boat."

I glared at Snotlout. "Snotlout that's not an 'it'! That's a girl!" I said with annoyance gesturing the girl with black hair

Snotlout was still eyeing the girl "Remember, I get to keep her!"

I punched his arm. I guess I'm picking up Astrid's habit of hitting people by punching them.

He looked at me a with a confused angry look and rubbed his arm.

"Snotlout, it's a person!" Astrid scolded

Snotlout got excited "Right?! How lucky is that?"

I rolled my eyes and sighed I was slightly irritated. I don't know why.

The girl was laying on her stomach face down in the sand

Hiccup crawled inside the capsized boat and shook her arm "Eh, hey. Hey there." He whispered. Hiccup then backed out.

She looked up and gasped her green eyes went wide and pushed herself at the back of the boat

"It's okay. We're friends." Hiccup said softly

I gave her a small smile

The girl's voice sounded scratchy "D-Do you have any water?"

Hiccup, Ruffnut, Astrid and I got pushed out of the way while Fishlegs, Tuffnut, and Snotlout all tried to give her a cup of water.

I scoffed and looked at Astrid with my arms crossed "Never did that when I arrived."

Snotlout pushed the two away and gave her the water

"Allow me." Snotlout said as he handed her the cup

The girl took it "Thank you. W-Where am I?"

Hiccup answered, "This is Berk."

Then Toothless pushed Hiccup, Snotlout, and Tuffnut out of the way of the opening and looked inside. The girl gasped and looked scared

"Uh, do-don't be afraid! He won't hurt you. Hey. Come out. It's okay. Easy, bud." Hiccup said as he pushes Toothless out

Heather walked out of the opening "How did you do that?"

Snotlout tried to show off "That? That's nothin'. Watch this."

He turned to Hookfang and yelled, "Hookfang, get your butt over here!"

I rolled my eyes. I saw Hookfang look at him and I did a small gesture to tell him to fly away. He looked at me and he actually flew away

I couldn't help but let out a small laugh. Snotlout glared at me as I grinned at him.

He looked back at Heather "Heh heh heh. He'll be back. Jokester. Oh! And just so you know, I'm the one who rescued you." He said as he looked at the girl all dreamy

I screwed up my face in bitterness 'Gross!' I thought

Hiccup walked in between them "And I would be Hiccup."

I relaxed my face 'Thank you.'

"Heather." The girl said

Astrid walked up to her "So, Heather... What happened to you?"

Heather looked sad "My family and I were on our way home to our island when our boat was attacked by pirates."

I placed a hand on Heather's shoulder "I'm sorry to hear that."

Tuffnut spoke behind us "I wanna be a pirate! Or a fish cleaner. I'm still on the fence"

We looked at him as if he was insane.

I facepalmed and sighed

Astrid cleared her throat "Ehem! You were saying?" She said as she looks at Heather

Heather continued "They attacked our boat and took us back to our island, laying siege to it. I was able to escape, but my mother and father, they weren't so lucky."

"Stupid pirates! I'm definitely gonna be a fish cleaner!" Tuffnut exclaimed

We just ignored him.

Heather looked very unhappy

Hiccup placed a hand on Heather's shoulder "Hey, everything's gonna be okay."

He led her to Toothless "My dad's the Chief. We'll figure something out."

Snotlout followed behind and so did everyone else.

I sighed as I followed

As we were leaving I saw Astrid stopped, turn around, and went inside the boat.

"What's wrong?" I asked

She shook her head and smiled at me "Nothing, let's go."

As Hiccup, Astrid, and I took off following behind Fishlegs and the twins we heard someone yell behind us.

"Can I get a ride from someone...?" It was Snotlout still on the small beach island

Astrid looked at me and I rolled my eyes and heavily sighed "I'll get him." I said and flew back down.

As I landed Snotlout just stared at me

"Well? Are you coming or not?" I asked impatiently

He got on and we flew back to the village.

•●●●•

Later that night Astrid showed me what she feeds Stormfly to make her go so fast.

Astrid gave Stormfly a chicken "That's it, girl. Finish up your chicken."

"Wow, chicken?" I said in awe Astrid smiled at me and nodded. She looked back at Stormfly

"By the time Hiccup figures out this is what's giving you all that energy, he'll be eating our dust!"

I chuckled at her determination

Stormfly was eating the chicken from the basket that Astrid gave her.

Then Stormfly looked up and was looking around "What is it, girl?" Astrid asked worriedly

I turned around. I heard a sound behind a house.

I tapped on Astrid's shoulder and pointed at the direction of the sound.

For a split second, we saw something.

"You stay here." She whispered to Stormfly

We both ran towards the direction of the figure. We started to look around quietly and then we saw a figure run across a house and run behind another house.

"Hey!" Astrid yelled. We tried to run towards the figure

The figure kept on running and disappearing but not fast enough

I looked at Astrid in shock "Was that...that looked like...?"

Astrid looked back at me and at the direction that the figure ran off to "Heather?"

"I'm going to let Hiccup know about this." She said as she kept looking at the direction of where Heather ran off to.

•●●●•

The next day I went to the Dragon Academy.

Astrid flew off somewhere for a few minutes.

When she came to the Dragon Academy she looked like she was bothered by something.

Right now we are waiting for Hiccup so we can start the day

I was teaching (y/d/n) some fun little tricks while we wait.

I looked to the right of me and saw Astrid looking off into the distance and I walked up to her.

"Hey...What's going on?" I asked her cautiously

She sighed angrily "Saw Hiccup flying on Toothless...with Heather today." She muttered

I nodded I decided that I was going to keep my distance and keep working with (y/d/n), Astrid looked like she could explode.

Fishlegs was cleaning Meatlug's ear, the twin's dragons were being lazy, and Snotlout was trying to control Hookfang who blew fire at him

I heard Snotlout scold him "Hookfang! Will you just calm down?" Hookfang blew smoke through his nostrils and into Snotlout's face.

I let out a small giggle.

Snotlout turned around irritated facing Astrid. "Are we training, or not?"

"We're not starting yet because Hiccup isn't here" I explained

Fishlegs walked up to Astrid "Hey, where is Hiccup?" He asked

Astrid gestures towards the two flying in the sky "Giving a private lesson."

I could hear the irritation and sarcasm in her voice. It flew over Fishlegs' head though.

Instead, he got excited "I didn't know he gave private lessons! Can anybody get in on that?"

"Apparently, just her," Astrid said not leaving her eyes at them flying and then looked away

I heard Ruffnut in a teasing tone "Uh-oh! Looks like there's another hen in the rooster house."

Tuffnut added "Uh-oh. Yeah. Another rooster in the hen house. Wait, what?" He said confusing himself.

Astrid looked at Tuffnut "Nothing. She thinks I'm jealous, which is completely ridiculous." She said as turned towards Stormfly and scratches Stormfly's chin.

Tuffnut nodded "Oh, right, right. Wait. Of who? Me? Wait, am I the rooster, or the hen?"

I held the bridge of my nose as I sighed, he's giving me a headache

Astrid continued "Trust me. The last thing I am is jealous."

Hiccup flew into the arena with Heather "Top of the morning, class! How's everyone doing today?" He said cheerfully

"Oh! Nice of you to show up." Astrid said sarcastically

Hiccup was confused "What?" Then he remembered and placed his hand on his forehead as he closes his eyes "Oh, we were supposed to meet up. I'm so sorry."

"Awkward!" Snotlout whispered as he held his hand by his mouth

I sighed "Oh boy."

"Oh, Astrid's jealous of the pretty one, right? Why talk about hens and roosters?" Tuffnut said in a confused tone

We ignored him. I don't think Astrid heard or she could have just ignored it too.

"So, Heather? Sleep well?" Astrid asked quizzically

Heather smiled "Very well. Thank you, Astrid."

I squint at her

"Sure you have," I muttered under my breath

Heather looked around the arena "So... This is it? Your Dragon Training Academy."

Tuffnut corrected her "No. Our Dragon Training Academy. Remember, I called you the pretty one." Tuffnut said.

I could have sworn he winked at her

Hiccup looked at Heather "We've been training the dragons to become part of our everyday lives."

Fishlegs steps in and shows Heather the Book of Dragons "And it all goes right in here."

Heather looked at it in awe "Really? Everything?"

Fishlegs nodded and smiled "Mmm, yep. I'm kind of the Log Keeper. Log Master, really."

Snotlout steps in front of Fishlegs "He writes down what Hiccup tells him to."

"I give it my own spin, thank you," Fishlegs said defensively

Heather was eyeing the book "Can I see it?"

Astrid took the book before Fishlegs handed it to her.

"I'll take that, thank you. Excuse us." Astrid said as she dragged Hiccup to the other side of the arena.

The guys surrounded Heather. Trying to get her attention.

I stood there with my arms crossed and glared at her.

This Heather character was sketchy and I started to not like her very much.

I looked over to Astrid she was looking towards Heather. I looked back at Heather as she was talking to the guys who were just drooling over her.

Astrid seemed like she was talking about Heather how she doesn't trust her is probably what she is saying.

After all that, we did a bit of training to show Heather what we do. After we were done we left the arena and went and did our own things.

•●●●•

Later Heather came up to me

"So (y/n). Right?" She asked

"Uh, yeah," I said feeling kind of awkward.

She walked up to (y/d/n) and started to scratch (his/her) chin.

"Your dragon looks beautiful! I don't think I have seen one like it before." She said as she looks at my dragon

It made me feel weird. She seemed way too interested but it could be just me

"What type of dragon is it?" She asked as she looked up at me.

"A Sand Wraith," I said as I patted (y/d/n)

"Can they fly fast?" She asked with curiosity

"Yeah, they're pretty fast fliers," I said

"What's their firepower?" She asked as she eyes my dragon and pets (him/her).

"They spew out harden balls of sand that explode a bit," I replied

Before she asked more questions I continued "Uh, well, it was nice talking to you. I have to go and...see Gothi."

I then quickly flew towards Gothi's but I made a turn and landed.

I saw Astrid walking with Stormfly

"Hey!" I called out

"Hi (y/n)!" Astrid waved

"By the way did Heather ever asked you for information about your dragon?" I said to her

She shook her head and furrowed her eyebrows. "No, she hasn't. Has she asked you?"

"Yeah...it could be nothing though," I said shrugging

Astrid doesn't seem convinced "I don't know."

"I think she's just curious about my dragon because she never has seen a Sand Wraith before," I said trying to reassure her and myself

My dragon bumped into me. (He/she) usually does that when hungry and wants me to feed (him/her).

Even though (y/d/n) is fully capable at hunting and fishing.

I sighed and chuckled "Alright! Alright! (y/d/n) is hungry. Gotta go get some fish for (him/her)"

Astrid nodded we both waved at each and said goodbye.

As I was walking to get some fish for (y/d/n) I heard a feminine voice.

"I have to say Snotlout, your dragon really is the most impressive."

"Heather," I whispered to myself

I hid behind a barrel by a house and watched. While I told (y/d/n) to stay behind a random house to stay hidden.

"Yeah, I know. So, let's talk about you and me. You never did get to thank me for saving your life." Snotlout said as he gave her that...look!

I groaned and rolled my eyes.

Heather agreed "You're right. Thank you, Snotlout. So, how much does he weigh exactly?"

"Straight to the point, I see." I murmured to myself

"Well, him? Five thousand pounds give or take. He's monstrous. Remember? Sort of like his Rider so... heh. Tour of the island, you and me, what do you say?"

I was getting upset at this point. Does he do this to every new girl he sees?

'Wait...why am I getting upset? He can tour anyone whoever he wants too...right? Right...I guess.'

Heather didn't seem too interested though "Actually, Hiccup took me on Toothless. It was beautiful. So, Snotlout, how does this whole fire-thing work with Hookfang?"

Heather touched Hookfang's wing and rubbed her fingers together

Man, all she seems to care about is how Hookfang works as a Monstrous Nightmare

Snotlout also ran his hand on Hookfang and rub his fingers together "It's his spit. It coats his whole body. That's what lights him on fire, okay?" He sounded annoyed that it isn't going his way.

I silently chuckled to myself

"Between you and me? I use it on date-night. The ladies seem to love the smell." He rubbed it on himself.

I stopped laughing and I couldn't help but cringe.

I should probably tell him that we ladies do not love the smell of dragon spit.

Heather asked Snotlout "Can he flame upon command?"

"Oh, he can. But he won't. Pig-headed dragon." Snotlout said. Then Hookfang blew fire to his butt

"Could you give me a minute? Just one minute!" He said as he ran into a nearby water tub. I ducked in time before he saw me.

"Take as much time as you need!" I heard Heather called out

I was thinking about telling Astrid but it could just be because she's really interested in dragons.

But I was going to tell her anyway. I quickly got on (y/d/n) and flew to find Astrid.

•●●●•

I found her with Stormfly.

"Astrid!" I yelled as I jumped off of (y/d/n)

She walked up to me concerned

I whispered to her "I have a weird feeling about Heather because--"

"Wait, hold on." She said as she was looking behind me.

She noticed Heather. Astrid pulled me to the side of a house and (y/d/n) followed close behind.

Luckily Heather didn't see us. Heather scanned around the area and went towards Hiccup's house.

"Stay here," Astrid said to me and ran after Heather.

I watched as Heather walks into Hiccup's house sneakily. Sneaking past Hiccup who was busy with Toothless.

Astrid followed behind Heather and she was able to get inside the house. Without alerting Hiccup and Toothless.

Hiccup then walked inside his house.

It seemed like they were in there forever.

I then saw Astrid stomp out of Hiccup's house furiously.

I ran after her.

"Hey! What happened?" I asked trying to match her pace.

"He doesn't believe me! I can't believe it!" She shouted.

I stayed with her for the whole day. Well, after I got some fish for (y/d/n).

•●●●•

Later that night when we were about to head home we saw Heather trying to get close to Stormfly.

We noticed that Heather gave chicken to Stormfly to calm her down.

We both quietly walked up behind her

Astrid had her hands in a fist and was glaring at Heather "What are you doing with my dragon?!"

"Huh. You really like to sneak up on people." Heather said as she placed her hands on her waist

"Only the ones who deserve it," Astrid said as she walked up to Heather.

Then she pointed at her face "And don't give me your innocent routine."

Heather snapped back with a smirk "I wouldn't think of it. You're way too smart for that, Astrid."

Stormfly then slightly bumped into Heather's back.

My eyes went wide. I thought Deadly Nadders were loyal.

Heather stood beside Astrid and smiled as she pushed a hair strand behind her ear "I think your dragon likes me. See you later, Stormfly."

Heather and I both exchanged glances and she continued to walk away.

I scoffed. 'Did that just really happen?' I thought.

I was a loss for words

Astrid looked at Stormfly with annoyance "Really? Where's the loyalty?"

"Come on Astrid. We should get some dinner." I said softly

She sighed and nodded.

After dinner, she wanted to blow some steam off so she went into the woods with her double-headed ax.

I decided that I wouldn't be joining her. She seemed like she had a lot in her mind going on.

•●●●•

The next day I did my usual chores.

Luckily, I didn't have a lot today.

Astrid told me what she saw last night saying that she saw Heather talking to one of the Outcasts.

I told her I'll keep an eye on her if she acts suspicious.

As I was walking towards the beach where my dragon was I saw Heather being very wary and looking around. I hid behind a house before she looked at my direction. I started to closely follow her.

She looked behind and I pressed myself against a wall. Then she turned a corner quickly.

I ran up to the corner, my back against the wall. I turned my head to see what she was doing.

I saw Heather feed Stormfly chicken and started to pet her like yesterday last night.

I was about to leave thinking nothing of it, but then she hopped onto Stormfly.

My eyes went wide. And I started to yell at Heather.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" I shouted

It scared Stormfly and she spine shot me. I ducked, unfortunately, the spine caught my satchel strap and I ended up getting pinned against a wall.

Heather started to take control of Stormfly and then Stormfly started to run and flap her wings.

"Wait! Come back here!" I yelled as I twist and turned to attempt to pull the spine off.

I was able to pull it off but it was too late, Heather started to fly away.

I held my head with my hands. I noticed she was holding the Book of Dragons too.

Going to get (y/d/n) was going to take too long. The beach was on the far side of Berk.

I needed to find Astrid quickly.

I ran around the village looking for Astrid.

I saw her close to the Great Hall.

"Astrid! Astrid!" I yelled panicking

"What's the matter?!" She said as she held my shoulders.

"It's Heather! She stole Stormfly and the Book of Dragons!" I cried out

"She what?!" She screamed, "Why didn't you go after her?!"

"I--" I tried to explain but she ran towards Hiccup's house.

I ran close behind Astrid, then she barges inside his house "She's gone!"

"Heather?" Hiccup asked

Astrid yelled "No! Stormfly! 'Little Miss Innocent' stole my dragon!"

"She also stole the Book of Dragons!" I added

Hiccup, Astrid, and I ran outside.

Hiccup and Astrid were going to get the others and let them know what's going on. I was going to run and get my dragon. We were going to meet at the docks.

•●●●•

I saw the others at the docks and I landed beside Snotlout

Fishlegs was panicking "Oh, this is bad. This is bad, this is bad, this is bad! This is catastrophic! I-If Alvin gets that book--!"

Hiccup reassured him "He won't. Heather... I can't believe it."

"Me either. How could she walk away from this?" Snotlout said gesturing to himself

I rolled my eyes he had to be joking "Really? Now's not the time, Snotlout!" I said as I waved my arms

I murmured to myself "Besides you have me."

"What?" He asked as he looked at me confused

"Nothing. I didn't say anything." I said giving him an awkward grin. I mentally kicked myself for saying something so stupid out loud.

He then shrugged and looked away. I silently sighed in relief.

Hiccup sighed "How could I not have seen it?"

"Because your brain was 'under siege'" Tuffnut said matter-of-factly

Hiccup looked at Tuffnut "Do you even know what that means?"

"Yes... no... it's not good, right?" Tuffnut asked

Astrid answered, "No, it's not good."

Hiccup looked at Astrid "Astrid look..."

She got on Toothless "Save it! You can apologize when you get me my dragon back." She said furiously

Hiccup got on Toothless "Alright, let's go! We can't let her reach Outcast Island!"

We took off towards Outcast Island.

•●●●•

"Why didn't you stop her, (Y/N)?" Astrid asked after a few minutes of flying

I was taken aback as I shook my head in disbelief "What?!" I exclaimed

"Astrid..." Hiccup sighed

"I tried! I really did. I didn't think she was going to ride Stormfly and take off!" I said defensively

"Maybe she's working with the Outcasts too." I heard Tuffnut say

I turned and looked at Tuffnut and scowled. I was really offended.

"I am not!" I said sternly "Why would I?!"

"Guys..." Hiccup said in a stern tone

I sighed and continued "I would never betray you guys like that. You're my friends!" I exclaimed as I looked down. "You guys are the only friends I have..." I muttered

There was some awkward silence. I started to feel tears welling up in my eyes

"I believe you." Snotlout said as he smiled at me with a hint of flirtatiousness of course.

I was surprised but I softly smiled back at him

"I believe you, too." Hiccup said as he looked at me "We all do..." he then looked at the rest of the group "Right?"

I looked at Fishlegs, Ruffnut, Tuffnut and lastly Astrid. They smiled and nodded.

I felt so overjoyed

"Thanks, guys," I said in a soft-spoken voice as I was smiling from ear to ear

"Sorry (Y/N). I shouldn't have blamed you...it's not your fault." Astrid said giving me a sorry smile.

"It's alright. Apology accepted." I said as I gave her a grin.

•●●●•

We have been flying for a few minutes now.

Astrid started to get concerned "We're never gonna catch them! Stormfly is too fast!"

"When you're riding her, definitely. But not with a stranger." Hiccup said over his shoulder to Astrid

Snotlout pointed at something in front of us "What's that? Up ahead!"

It looked like Stormfly with...Heather riding her!

"It's Heather. And is she ever gonna be sorry she helped me with Toothless' speed." Hiccup said then they flew very fast and caught up with Heather easily.

I noticed though that Heather pulled out a chicken.

"Uh oh!" I said muttered to myself

Heather fed it to Stormfly and ended up flying fast

I can tell from a distance Hiccup was coming up with a plan to catch up.

He flew up above Heather and then he flew down and caught up with her.

Astrid stood up on Toothless getting ready to jump onto Stormfly.

Astrid made it but Heather ended up pushing Astrid off Stormfly's back

"Ah! Astrid!" I yelled

Luckily she grabbed onto Stormfly's tail.

"Stormfly! Tail flip!" I heard her shout

She got back on Stormfly's back

Tuffnut shouted in excitement "This is gonna be awesome!"

Fishlegs looked worried "Uh, Hiccup? I really hate to be the voice of doom, but we just crossed into Outcast waters!"

I looked down and there were a lot of rocks scattered around, even the water looked like it had changed colors.

Hiccup looked up and shouted towards Astrid "Hey, Astrid?! You might wanna move this along!"

Astrid was struggling to get Heather off "Give me a minute! She's stronger than she looks!"

"Incoming! Fire!" I heard a man yell. I looked up and I saw the outcasts catapulting giant fireballs

"Uh...Astrid" said Hiccup nervously

Astrid kept on pushing Heather "Don't you EVER... touch...my dragon... AGAIN!" She did one hard push and Heather started to fall to her death

"Ah! No!" Heather shrieked as she was falling

I wasn't sure if I wanted to be worried about her falling. She did betray us.

But Snotlout had other plans "I'm going after the girl!" He yelled as he flew down

I sighed "Of course you are." I muttered in annoyance

Hiccup flew down too "I'm going after the book!"

Heather was still screaming as she was falling

Snotlout then caught her and said something but I couldn't hear but looking at his face probably something flirtatious.

Hiccup flew back to us he didn't look happy

Fishlegs looked at Hiccup his eyes filled with hope "Please tell me you got it."

We all looked at him hoping he did get it.

"I was too late. Alvin has the Book of Dragons." Hiccup sighed

I gasped in disbelief 'We're doomed.' I thought

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