Now that the new Dragon Academy is in place. There is a new lesson plan that Hiccup came up with.

"Every Dragon has its own unique abilities that give it its special place in the world. Which dragon makes the best welding torch?"

I was going to answer but Astrid got it before I did.

"Oh! Deadly Nadder!" Astrid shouted

Fishlegs added with excitement "Its magnesium flame burns with the heat of the sun!"

"Correct! Point to Team Astrid. Score is now 100 to 10." Hiccup placed points onto the chalkboard beside him.

I sighed in defeat. We sucked. Why am I on this team again? Right, because to balance things out I guess. Not to be rude, by any means, but the twins are not the smartest and neither is Snotlout. Kind of, I can't tell with him yet.

However, it's really not all their fault. There was some questions I just didn't know. I am new to dragons so I just don't know the answers.

I have studied over a few different dragon species on a book called The Book Of Dragons. However, a person can only remember so much in a few days

"And you started with 10." Astrid mocked at us

"Oh, yeah? Well, the game's not over. Wait, what team am I on?" Tuffnut said in confusion

I covered my face in frustration, at this point I gave up.

"Next question. What is the shot limit of a Hideous Zippleback? Team Snotlout." Hiccup quizzed

"I don't think they can count that high." Astrid teased

"Oh, really? Let's find out! Barf! Belch!" Ruffnut shouted

Barf and Belch shot six fireballs at the other team; Astrid and Fishlegs barely manage to duck in time.

"Six..." I muttered

But Tuffnut's voice was louder than mine "Looks like it's about three," Tuffnut said as he only held up two fingers

"Told you we could count that high!" Ruffnut said proudly

"Oh yeah, you showed them alright," I said sarcastically

Hiccup corrected "It's six. You were half-right. Five points"

"Yes! We're up to 30!" Ruffnut said as she high fives Snotlout and Tuffnut. She raised her hand in front of me to high five it.

I unenthusiastically high fived her back.

"Alright, it's our turn. What happens when you shoot fire at the owner of a Deadly Nadder?" Astrid said dangerously

She whistled for Stormfly. She shot at us with her spikes.

I knew Stormfly wouldn't hurt me, being Astrid's close friend, so none of them came close to me. My teammates, on the other hand, they got pinned to the wall. I looked behind me and sighed.

Tuffnut frowned "No fair! She didn't give us time to answer!"

Snotlout jumped down from the wall.

"I've got a question. What happens when I sic Hookfang on you?" Snotlout quizzed angrily

"Uh oh. This isn't good " I thought out loud

"Okay, guys, that's enough training. So... we did some really good work here today." Hiccup said noticing a fight was going to break out

"Prepare to face the Monstrous Nightmare!" Snotlout announced not letting down

Snotlout got on Hookfang and patted his jaw then Hookfang suddenly rears up and sets himself on fire, burning Snotlout's rump.

"Ah! That's the third time this week!" He exclaimed

He jumps into a nearby water tub, putting the fire out.

"Aaah...sweet relief" he sighed

"Hookfang never flames up when you're riding him. Is he okay?" Hiccup asks in confusion

"Maybe he just realized who his owner is," Astrid said sarcastically

I walked over to Hookfang wondering what's going on with him. I patted his snout and he groaned.

•●●●•

Later that night I saw Snotlout with Hookfang, I walked up to them.

"Hey, how's Hookfang doing?" I asked curiously

"I'm not sure what's gotten into him. He's been acting weird lately. He isn't eating either." He said slightly worried

I stared at Hookfang, trying to think of what could be wrong but nothing comes to mind. "Too bad they can't just tell you what's wrong," I sighed. Hookfang now seemed pretty calm, unlike this morning.

•●●●•

The next day I went to the Dragon Academy and Hiccup made an announcement.

"You're bringing Gobber here?" Fishlegs said cautiously

Hiccup tried to be optimistic and encouraging "He's gonna be great. Nobody knows dragons like old Gobber. He's spent a lifetime, you know...studying them. If we can tap into that, we'll all be better Dragon Trainers."

Suddenly the doors burst open and Gobber is pulling a cart filled with weapons

"I'm back! Did ya miss me?" He announced

The dragons were eyeing the weapons, intimidated.

"First of all, welcome. And second...tiny question, why did you bring your, you know...?" Hiccup said cautiously gesturing towards the weapons

"Killing things? I thought maybe we could train them... " Gobber takes out an unusual-looking weapon, like a sword mixed with an ax and a mace. " ...by threatening to kill them. That's how my daddy taught me to swim." He finished as he slams the weapon into the ground, breaking the earth.

I jumped and did a small yelp 'I was not expecting that!' I thought

"School's in session!" He exclaimed

All the dragons except for Toothless ran through the gate and flew away. Astrid, Fishlegs, Snotlout, and the twins ran after them.

I looked at Hiccup "If I was a dragon I would have done the same thing."

Gobber shrugged "Eh. I didn't like school either."

•●●●•

I was getting bored. They have been gone for hours. Gobber left a while ago and now it was just Hiccup and me.

"Ugh, when are they coming back?" I complained to myself.

Suddenly, they finally returned but they seemed like they were in pain. Astrid and Hiccup talked then he turned his attention to Tuffnut who was getting kicked in the rear by Ruffnut and Tuffnut did the same to Ruffnut.

I walked up to the twins and had to ask what they were doing. According to them they're in pain because they have been riding the dragons for so long. Which makes sense, considering they have been gone for hours.

I noticed Astrid talking to Hiccup again and I heard him yell out "Saddles!" It must be one of his ideas for Gobber.

•●●●•

The next day we were at the Dragon Academy again and in front of us was something under a large cloth.

I was not looking forward to what was going to be shown. I really don't want to waste the whole day doing nothing again.

Gobber said some speech and pulled off the cloth.

Tuffnut exclaimed "Whoa!"

Followed by Snotlout "Wow!"

Then Astrid "Wow!"

I was surprised they looked...interesting.

Gobber started to pass out the saddles to everyone.

Snotlout's saddle had a flame thrower on it. Not going to lie, it looked impressive but as a saddle? I'm not sure.

The twins had a catapult for theirs and they accidentally hit their dragon's head and went down. I couldn't help but cringe from how hard they hit the ground.

Fishlegs had maces on his saddle but it was way too heavy for Meatlug.

I noticed Snotlout tried placing the saddle on Hookfang but he refused it. Snotlout was getting frustrated, he tried to place a hand on Hookfang's snout but he turned away

"That's it! Someone's trading with me." Snotlout exclaimed

Hookfang walked over to me and stood behind me. I tried moving away but he kept following me.

"Yeah, sure. I'll trade my perfect dragon for an angry oven." Tuffnut said sarcastically

Astrid's saddle had no problem until Gobber pointed out the tiny horn. Astrid used it and it became huge and loud. It frightened Stormfly and she sent spines flying everywhere.

I quickly ducked, dodging them, surpringly none were aimed towards Hookfang.

Meanwhile, Snotlout got pinned to the wall. "Really? Again?" Snotlout sighed

•●●●•

Gobber seemed really pleased with his inventions. He left saying something about having a lot of ideas and making some changes.

Everyone on the other hand was not so happy with the results.

I began to leave as today's session was over.

As I was leaving I went up to Snotlout, who was still hanging on the wall.

"So, uh are you going to stay there for the rest of the day?" I asked as I cocked my head

"Yup, I'm going for a record." He smirked.

I raised an eyebrow "Alright then. See ya tomorrow." I waved at him.

Hiccup stayed to clean up the mess.

As I was leaving I noticed Hookfang started to follow me again.

"Hey boy!" I said to Hookfang. He just huffed at me. I was heading for Astrid's home but Hookfang kept on following.

I stopped and asked, "Why are you following me?"

He just grunted in response and rubbed his face on the ground.

Behind him, I saw Snotlout running towards me

"I was looking for you!" He said to Hookfang

"He was following me home for some reason." I chuckled "By the way thought you were going for a record?"

"Oh, well...I did get the record. It was easy." He said proudly

Snotlout roughly rubbed Hookfang's head and chin then all of a sudden Hookfang became aggressive. He shot some flame up towards the sky.

"Snotlout! What did you do?!" I said as I panicked. As I was backing up I tripped while Hookfang haphazardly started to spew fire everywhere

"I didn't do anything!" He said panicking

I stood up quickly "We need to find Hiccup! He'll know what to do!"

"No! I can handle this!" He shouted through Hookfang's fire breathing.

I looked at him with worry and grabbed his hand "Snotlout! No! We need Hiccup! Please!"

He must of seen so much fear in my eyes. Suddenly, Hookfang spewed fire near us.

He looked equally as afraid and just nodded in agreement. We both ran away from Hookfang while dodging the people who were screaming and running in panic.

Luckily, we saw Hiccup with Toothless. When we both saw them we slowed down and were really out of breath.

Snotlout used the last bit of energy and ran up to Hiccup. He grabbed Hiccup's shoulders "I never... thought... I'd say this... but Hiccup... Help!!!" He breathed out as he yelled

•●●●•

We all ran towards where Hookfang was. He was shaking his head a lot and roughly rubbing his face on the ground.

The gang was there and so was Stoick, he demanded us to back away.

Snotlout cried out "I don't know what happened! I was just rubbing his head! He usually loves that! But this time, he went crazy. My dragon hates me!"

I tried comforting him "He doesn't hate you, Snotlout. There has to be something wrong with him... but...I don't know what."

"They do say a pet starts to take on the characteristics of its owner. I think that's what's happening here." Fishlegs said

I glared at Fishlegs 'Not! Helping!' I yelled in my mind

"Hey!" Snotlout shouted and elbowed Fishlegs' gut

Fishlegs held his stomach "Yeah, I rest my case." He replied in a strain voice.

"No...no that's not it," I muttered to myself

Hiccup turned towards Snotlout "When has he last ate?"

Snotlout shook his head "Not for days..." he answered

Hiccup threw a fish he had towards Hookfang. He caught it but quickly spat it out and went into Stoick's beard

I had covered my mouth to prevent myself from laughing. But right now was not the time to be laughing!

Hiccup tried to approach Hookfang again and laid his hand on his snout but suddenly he roared and started to spit fire everywhere.

Astrid yelled at Hiccup to run away. Toothless then came in ready to fight Hookfang. Hiccup had to intervene to stop Toothless from fighting Hookfang.

Stoick saw what was happening and gave up doing Hiccup's way and left.

We all hid behind something, waiting for Stoick to return.

"Come on, guys! Hurry up! Think! What haven't we tried? Snotlout, you have an idea?" Hiccup asked.

'He was rubbing his face on the ground again. What could that mean?'

Before I could find the answer...

"Gobber!" Snotlout shouted

We saw Gobber walking towards us. We all stood up and watched Gobber.

"What's he going to do?" I asked tensely

"Stand back. I came here to do what I do best." Gobber stated. He had a bunch of weapons on him.

"No," I whispered to myself

'Come on think, (Y/N)! Think!'

"He's gonna kill my dragon." Snotlout said in disbelief

"No, he's not." Hiccup denied

"Uh, yeah he is," Tuffnut stated

"You don't use that stuff to butter toast." Ruffnut added nonchalantly

"Well, I mean, we would, but you don't," Tuffnut remarked

Hiccup runs up to Stoick "Dad, you can't be serious! Hookfang is Snotlout's dragon."

Gobber looked at Hiccup "I'm sorry, Hiccup, but sometimes you have to fall back on the old ways."

"But he's a good dragon." Hiccup tried to convince Gobber

Snotlout looks at Gobber pleadingly "He's a good dragon!"

Hiccup continued "There's probably just something wrong with him."

Snotlout agreed "There's definitely something wrong with him!"

Hiccup kept trying "We have to try to help him. We can't just get rid of him because he's having a bad day."

Stoick looked at Hiccup "A bad day for a dragon can be a disaster for us. That's not a risk I am willing to take." Stoick said sternly and then he looked at Gobber "Gobber."

Gobber threw something and tied Hookfang's wings and legs together. The dragon tried to spew fire but coughed up small sparks instead

I gasped in shock 'He's really going to do it!'

"Ha! You're all out of fire!" He said, mocking Hookfang

Hiccup runs up and forces Gobber's arm down "I can't let you do this!"

Gobber tried to shake him off "There's no choice. It has to be done."

'Okay, think (Y/N). Think of all the past experience you ever had. What makes something or someone rub their face, their jaw, their cheek...'

Suddenly I made a realization, I yelled out "Wait! There's something wrong inside his mouth! Check his mouth!"

The gang looked at me in confusion and surprise by how loud I just yelled.

As if on cue Hookfang gets lose and roared in Gobber's and Hiccup's faces allowing them a good view of his mouth

Gobber stopped and Hiccup let's go of his arm

Gobber started to placed his sword away

"Hiccup! What are you doing?" Astrid yelled worriedly

Gobber then jumps on Hookfang's head and wrestles his mouth open.

I watched in anticipation, I was hoping that Gobber heard what I yelled out and didn't decide to kill Hookfang.

Suddenly, he yanks a tooth out.

"Ah! You didn't kill him!" Snotlout exclaimed

Gobber laughed "For a toothache?" He holds up a half-hollowed out tooth. "What kind of lunatic are you?"

"Ew that's gross," I said as I cringed at the tooth

Hookfang became normal and affectionately bumps Snotlout. He started to laugh but then pretended to be tough

"Stop it. Stop it. Ugh, I don't know where that came from. Can you train that out of him or...?" He asked as Hookfang walked away.

Hiccup looked at Gobber "Thank you, Gobber. A bad tooth. I can't believe I didn't think of that. How did you know (Y/N)?"

Everyone looked at me I blushed from all the attention

"It was all there. Every time Snotlout would touch anywhere close to his mouth Hookfang would get upset. I also noticed that he kept rubbing his face on the ground. It's kinda the same with people, if they have a toothache they would rub their cheek to try to ease the pain!" I said as I rubbed my cheek to show.

Then I patted Hookfang, who came over to me, I continued

"He wasn't able to tell us what's wrong but he told us through his actions. We just weren't paying attention."

Gobber nodded in understanding and then started to walk away "Well, I gotta put the girls away." Gobber said.

Before he went too far I got an idea and whispered into Hiccup's ear.

"Gobber should become a dentist for dragons! He is the one who recognized the bad tooth."

Hiccup looked at me and nodded agreeing and ran after Gobber.

•●●●•

As everyone was getting ready to go home Snotlout ran up to me.

"Hey, (Y/N). Thanks...for helping Hookfang."

I smiled at him "No problem. By the way, I told you your dragon didn't hate you." I teased him

"I knew he didn't hate me." He said confidently

I just chuckled before I turned around and left I said one more thing

"Also, Snotlout. It's okay to be affectionate towards someone you care about. You don't have to hide it."

He stuttered "N-no, only girls do that. Men don't show affection." I think he slightly turned red but it was hard to see since it was night time.

I sighed and looked down "Oh. Well...I don't think that. I think real men do."

I turned to leave but before I headed towards home. Snotlout blocked my way while on Hookfang.

He placed out a hand

I looked at him confused.

"Well? What are you waiting for? Get on!" He sounded annoyed but he looked flustered. He wasn't looking at me and had a serious expression on his face.

I was shocked by the random offer but brushed it off quickly and carefully grabbed his hand.