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"Today is about teamwork!"

The gates were blasted open, green gas spewing from inside and shrouding the arena in fog. "Now, a wet dragon's head can't light its fire," Gobber instructs as the kids form teams.

Snotlout, Tuffnut, and Fishlegs were back-to-back, Astrid and Ruffnut the same, and Hiccup and (Y/N) on the other side. "The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky." Gobber smirks as he backs away. "One head breathes gas, the other head lights it. Your job is to know which is which."

"I think it's the head on the... Left...?" (Y/N) mumbles, trying to remember the entry.
"Or right," Hiccup offers, making her snort.
"Has to be one of 'em!" "Razor-sharp serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion," Fishlegs mumbles as he looks around nervously.

"Prefers ambush attacks, crushing its victims-!" Hiccup looks back at him in annoyance, clutching his bucket tighter. "Will you please stop that?" He whispers harshly, the boy nodding sheepishly and quieting down.

(Y/N) looks to her friend with a raised brow, shaking her head with a chuckle and facing forward.

Astrid and Ruffnut look around, slowly moving  and jumping when they hear a low rumbling. Tuffnut, Snotlout, and Fishlegs move together, the boys looking around in fear.

"If that dragon..." Snotlout shoves them slightly. "Shows either of his faces, I'm gonna.. He gasps at a figure in the fog, "There!"Tuffnut and Snotlout toss the water from their buckets,  flinching in surprise when they spot Astrid and Ruffnut, now soaked head to toe in water.

"Hey! It's us, idiots!" Ruffnut snaps in annoyance. "Your butts are getting bigger. We thought you were a dragon," Tuffnut snickers,
Snotlout doubletaking as he looks at Astrid.

"N-not that there's anything wrong with... A dragonesque figure--" Astrid swiftly punches him, knocking him down as Ruffnut throws her bucket at her brother, striking him in the face.
He sits up before yelping as he was grabbed, screaming as he was dragged into the fog.

"Wait," Astrid whispers to Ruffnut, holding up her bucket, both girls screaming when they were knocked off their feet by a tail.

Tuffnut staggers out of the fog, rushing away while holding his face. "Oh, ohh I'm hurt. I am very much hurt!" He whines, Astrid rolling her eyes and facing forward.

Fishlegs nervously stands by (Y/N) and Hiccup, gulping. "Chances of survival are dwindling into single digits, now." One of the dragon's heads appears from the fog, making (Y/N) gasp lightly and back away from Fishlegs as it inspects him.

Hiccup does the same, both watching as Fishlegs yelps before pouring the water in its face.

It rumbles a low laugh, gas escaping from its mouth as Fishlegs nervously laughs.

"Oh, heh..wrong head."

It roars and spews gas at him, making him scream and run away. "Fishlegs!" Gobber shouts, watching the dragon emerge. The other head appears, sparks flying from its mouth as it stares down between Hiccup and (Y/N).

"Now, you two!" Gobber shouts, (Y/N) raising the bucket with a bit of struggle. She staggers back, falling as the water spills on her from dropping the bucket. She blinks a few times, Gobber groaning and face palming as (Y/N) laughs lightly, Hiccup snickering and shaking his head.

"Now, Hiccup!" Gobber yells, making him jump and toss the water. It goes up about a foot before falling, not anywhere close to hitting the dragon's head.

"Oh come on.." Hiccup whines, his shoulders falling as the dragon stares at him with a head tilt. (Y/N) looks to her friend, sighing and reaching into her pants pocket.

"Hiccup! (Y/N)!" Gobber yells in a panic, doing a double take when he sees the dragon backing away and flinching from the two teens. "Back," Hiccup orders, the dragon obeying and stepping backwards as he follows. "Back, back!"

The others watch in disbelief as (Y/N) joins his side, an eel in her hand. "Now, don't you make me tell you again!" Hiccup yells, the dragon backing up inside of its cage with a rumble. "Yes, that's right!" From above, Gothi watches with great interest as she sets her hand on the bar.

"Back into your cage," the boy nods, looking back at (Y/N) with a small smile. "Now think about what you've done," he says, removing the eel from his shoulder and tossing it in the cage.

The Zippleback whimpers, backing into the corner as Hiccup and (Y/N) close the gates.

Hiccup gulps, wiping his hands on his vest as (Y/N) squeezes some of the water from her shirt. Fishlegs drops his bucket, the others watching with wide eyes, startling the two.

"Okay..so...are we done?" Hiccup questions, already moving and lightly tugging on (Y/N's arm as he does so.

"Because we got to..do something..yep,"
(Y/N plays along, waving to them before both rush away, the girl staggers, looking back to her blonde friend, who was still drenched and slightly shivering from the water.

Astrid watches in confusion as (Y/N) approaches, her cheeks turning a slight pink at their close proximity. Her visions becomes white as a towel is draped over her head, the (H/C) teen chuckling as she rubs the towel over the Hofferson's hair.

"I'll be off then!" She calls, backing away and jogging towards Hiccup.

Astrid watches her leave in a daze, her attention caught when Gobber appears next to her, patting her shoulder in sympathy.

...

Hiccup works on a saddle for Toothless, (Y/N) a few feet away from him as she works on her own. It was similar to Hiccups, but instead of leather she made the underside out of sheep's wool so it wouldn't pull on (D/N)'s fur when they flew.

...

Hiccup holds up the saddle to Toothless, making the dragon playfully bow before racing away as Hiccup yells, chasing after him. Meanwhile (D/N) curiously sniffs at his saddle, licking it before gnawing at the leather, (Y/N) yelling in protest before pulling it away, shaking her head in disbelief.

...what was with this dragon and chewing things?

...

(D/N) looks at the saddle on his back, twirling around multiple times as he tries to get a better look before watching Toothless and Hiccup fly.

The Howl looks down at (Y/N), snorting after a second and grabbing her by her collar, causing her to yelp as he lifts her up. He turns his neck, setting her on his back with a light huff.

(D/N) then takes off flying, a little to fast as he glides over the pond, he looks back when he doesn't feel any weight on his back, his eyes widening when he sees (Y/N) appear from the water with a laugh.

Toothless flies over the water as Hiccup struggles to open the tail-fin using the string, making him grunt as he turns it too harsh.
Toothless flies one way, Hiccup the other.

...

The boy nods, hooking the safety rope on his saddle as (Y/N) does the same, looking to eachother with small smiles.

...

(D/N) follows Toothless and Hiccup, (Y/N) nervously looking around as she holds onto the fur on the back of his neck gently.

She smiles slightly, laughing as the breeze tickles her face. Hiccup grunts, struggling to open the tail-fin once more before yelping as Toothless dives down, landing in tall grass.

He staggers, dusting himself off and halting when he hears Toothless rumbling. (Y/N) lightly giggles at the sight of Toothless, (D/N) landing a few feet away and allowing her to jump off before he races forward, diving in the grass next to Toothless and rolling around happily.

Hiccup chuckles, shaking his head in amusement as he scoops up some grass, examining it and nodding in thought.

...

He holds the piece of grass as he looks from it to the approaching Gronckle as the dragon hits Tuffnut away with a grunt, the boy running away with a pained yell.

The Gronckle starts charging at him, pausing as (Y/N) walks forward and holds her hand out. The dragon sniffs her hand, his eyes widening when he smells the Woolly Howl's scent.

It curiously tilts its head at her as Hiccup approaches, its eyes becoming larger when it sees the grass.

He rubs the grass on the Gronckle's nose, making its leg move as it rolls over happily.
Gothi watches the two high five, her eyes narrowing and her lip curled in a small smile in thought.

...

(Y/N) anxiously looks over at Hiccup as the others crowd them. "I've never seen a Gronckle do that!" The girl laughs nervously, rubbing her neck.

"Oh, I-I left my sword back in the ring!" She suddenly says, making Hiccup perk up.  "Oh, can't leave that!" he plays along, both backing away. "You guys go on ahead. We'll catch up!"

They both turn to leave, (Y/N) and Astrid suddenly colliding clumsily. The blonde blushes as she clutches her friend's shoulders, the (E/C) girls hands gripping her waist to stop the Hofferson from falling.

(Y/N) quickly lets go and apologizes, stumbling away as she tries to catch up with Hiccup.

Astrid watches her leave with a frown, bringing her hand up and tapping her cheek to calm herself down. The blonde turns and leaves, looking back once more before joining the rest of the teens.

...

(Y/N) laughs lightly, Hiccup biting back a grin as he scratches along Toothless' back, the saddle removed. The Night Fury happily purrs, shifting and rumbling as Hiccup's fingers move across his scales.

He rises on one leg, making Hiccup scratch under his jaw. Toothless collapses, happily purring with a sigh. (D/N) lies on his stomach, whining softly and tugging (Y/N) by her shoe with his claw.

The girl smiles, crouching down and beginning rub his head and the side of his neck as the Howl purrs, jolting and collapsing like Toothless as she rubs directly under his chin. Hiccup breathlessly laughs, shaking his head with a smile as (Y/N) continues to rub her dragon.

...

The Nadder lunges at Astrid as she yells, throwing her weapon. It deflects it, making her gasp and roll away. Hiccup drops his mace while (Y/N) drops her sword, offering a small smile as the Nadder stops and curiously looks between the two.

It perks up as Astrid yells, charging at it with
her axe. The two quickly begin to scratch the Nadders neck, (Y/N) rubbing its chin as Hiccup scratches under its jaw, making it instantly collapse. Astrid pants heavily as she skids to a halt, deflating as she looks between the two.

...

(Y/N) and Hiccup sat at a lone table, whispering to eachother as they look through drawings and sketches they had made of their two new friends. Astrid looks to the two, sighing as she begins to get up and walk towards them.

She gasps as everyone begins to crowd around the two nervous teens, (Y/N) quickly grabbing their books and closing them as she begins to make conversation with a Viking.

Hiccup nods along to whatever they were saying, his hand reaching over and clutching (Y/N)'s under the table.

Astrid looks between the two and huffs, walking back to her table and slamming her tray down, the table now left bare as she sat and ate alone.

...

(Y/N) giggles lightly as (D/N) chases the light reflecting from her sword, Toothless rumbling and doing the same. Hiccup uses his hammer to direct the sunlight to the Night Fury's forehead, (Y/N) doing the same with a smirk.

Both teens cover their mouths to muffle their laughter as the two dragons collide, their heads bonking together. They fall with a groan, looking up and watching as their riders laugh at them.

Hiccup's laughter dies out as Toothless crouches down and pounces, the boy yelping and running away. (Y/N) cackles, pointing to her friend and laughing, clutching her stomach.

She stops as a low rumble sounds from her left, glancing she's met with (D/N). The dragon smirks before pouncing, tackling the girl to the floor as she yells.

...

"Meet the Terrible Terror," Gobber introduces, a small dragon appearing and licking its eye.
"HAH! It's like the size of my-!" Tuffnut starts, everyone gasping as it lunges at his face. "Get it off!!" He yells, groaning as the small dragon finally lets go as it spots a small light in the ground.

It hops off the boys face, chirping as another light moves past it. It follows the two lights, ignoring the rest of the teens. "Oh, I'm hurt! I am very much hurt!" Tuffnut continues to whine, nobody batting an eye.

Hiccup uses his shield to direct the light to
(Y/N's sword as she walks, the dragon following it. "Wow. They're better than you ever were," Tuffnut mumbles as he clutches his nose, Astrid sharply glaring at him.

The Terrible Terror wiggles back into the cage, (Y/N) stopping the door with her foot, she shuts it and turns to grin at Hiccup.

...

Astrid furiously throws her axe, over and over  at innocent trees. She roughly pulls it out before diving, rolling as she raises it back up to throw.

She pauses with wide eyes as (Y/N) and Hiccup stare at her, her carrying a large basket and him carrying wrapped up leather.

The Hofferson blushes in embarrassment as the (H/C) teen stares at her with a frown, looking down with a sigh. Hiccup whistles, backing away and making his way behind a bolder, (Y/N) following quickly after him.

Astrid quickly jumps on top of the rock, bending down and searching for them. She grunts when she dosnet see either of them, slamming her fist against the rock in frustration.

...

(Y/N) unwraps the bandage around (D/N)'s foot as Hiccup works on improving the tail-fin mechanism, Toothless happily eating his pile of fish and (D/N) nibbling on his.

She wets the wash cloth, gently wiping away at the dried blood before applying some more of the herbs, re-wrapping it with a clean bandage.

(D/N) purrs softly, nuzzling his nose into her stomach as she laughs, reaching down and running her hand through his fur, smiling softly.

Hiccup looks to the two with a loving gaze, yelping as Tootless hits him in the face with his tail, not sparing the boy a glance as he continues to munch on his fish.

...

Hiccup was practicing alone since Gobber needed (Y/N) to handle the blacksmith because apparently it was a busy day.

Pretty sure he just didn't want to do the work..

(D/N) watches Toothless and Hiccup as they glide atop a small cliff. A safety hook was strapped to them and tied to a rock so they wouldn't fly off balance.

Hiccup flexes his foot, making the tail-fin move upward and Toothless land. He draws it on a cheat-sheet clipped on the saddle, nodding.

Toothless resumes gliding as a particularly strong gust of wind blows, causing the rope to snap and Hiccup yells as Toothless flies back,
(D/N) jumping up with a head tilt.

He races towards them, watching as Toothless sits up. Hiccup yelps as he was carried, sighing softly when he sees the hook bent and was now stuck.

"Oh great.."

...

(D/N) rumbles a laugh, bending his head down as he snickers. Hiccup looks to the dragon in disbelief, a shocked laugh escaping his lips as he continued to dangle slightly from the Night Fury.

"You're just like (Y/N)!!"

...

"Hiccup," a man greets, Hiccup nonchalantly waving with a grin. Toothless walks around him, rumbling softly and grunting as Hiccup tugs him. (D/N) follows, blending in with his (F/C) fur.

He perks up when he notices a familiar figure walking down a hill, his head tilting when he notices someone else walking with her.

Hiccup follows the Howl's gaze, frowning when he sees both (Y/N) and Astrid walking side by side, the blonde haired girl seeming frustrated as she continues to raise her voice at her friend.

(Y/N) turns to her and begins to yell, waving her arms in the air as she tries to get her point across. Astrid watches her with a deep frown, sighing as she reaches forward and cups the (H/C) girls cheek in her palm.

Both Hiccup and the dragon's eyes widen at the action, watching curiously as the Hofferson leans closer to the nervous teen, mumbling something before turning away and swiftly taking her leave.

(Y/N) watches her leave, shaking her head and walking towards the shed. She smiles when she notices (D/N), reaching up and patting his head. She looks to Hiccup and meets his eyes, smiling softly and gesturing towards the woods.

...

The boy nods, the two continuing to walk but stop as Hiccup gets jerked back, (Y/N) looking to him with a raised brow. "You good over there?" She asks with a chuckle, the brown haired boy laughing nervously and nodding.

"Yup! Just kinda.." he's cut off by Toothless rumbling behind the shut window. "..stuck."

(Y/N) looks to him with wide eyes, running forward and yanking on the safety rope. "You've got to be kidding me stick!" She whispers harshly, reaching up and smacking Hiccup against the back of his head.

Before she could continue, a voice cuts her off from outside the blacksmith.

...

"..(Y/N)?" Astrid's voice called out, the teens cringing and shoving their dragons behind the window. Hiccup rushes forward, pushing the doors open and coming face to face with a very confused Hofferson.

(Y/N) shushes (D/N), pushing his mouth closed with her hands as Tootless looks at them confused.

"Hiccup?" Astrid mumbles in confusion.
"Astrid! Hey," Hiccup nervously greets as
(Y/N) listens to the two. "Hi, Astrid. Hi, Astrid, hi, Astrid."

"Have you seen (Y/N)? I wanted to apologize for—" Hiccup cuts her off by laughing loudly, looking around as Astrid jumps lightly. She narrows her eyes, setting her hands on her hips.

Toothless looks around bored, his eyes widening when he sees a lone sheep, (D/N) looks to his friend with a raised brow, chittering when he spots the sheep. The poor creature looks up and bleats when it sees the two large beasts.

...

"Look..it's just..if you see her tell her I'm sorry for what I said-" Astrid jumps when Hiccup suddenly gets yanked back, the boy laughing nervously and clutching his stomach.

Astrid shakes her head, folding her arms. "I normally don't care what people do, but you hang around (Y/N) a lot, and you're acting weird. I just..why did she choose you?" She mumbles, Hiccup's eyes widening and looking to her with a shocked expression.

...

"Both of you stop it!" (Y/N) whispers, tugging on the dragon's saddles and yelping when they pull her forward. Neither of the two stop their slow approach, the sheep shaking and belting weakly.

...

"Now you're acting weirder." Astrid suddenly says, looking down as Hiccup narrows his eyes at her. "Astrid.." he mumbles, the blonde looking to him in frustration. "Do you.."

...

"No, stop!" (Y/N) frantically whispers, trying to push against Toothless as he continues pulling Hiccup. "(D/N)! You're supposed to be the responsible one!" She yells at her dragon, hitting him against his side.

(D/N) huffs, looking back at her with a small coo. His rider narrows her eyes, causing him to roll his eyes and grab his friend by his saddle, tugging him back.

...

"So what if I do?!" The Hofferson yells, Hiccup flinching at her voice. "She chose you! So there was no hope for me anyway!" The boy looks to her with a frown, his shoulders falling.

"She didn't choose me.." Hiccup mumbles, Astrid looks to him with a raised brow, waiting for him to continue.

"She means a lot to me too you know..I was just lucky enough to become her friend." The boy says softly, a small smile on his face. "But..I never wanted to come between the two of you..that was never my intention."

Astrid softly gasps, her hands turning to fists. Small tears prick at her eyes, Hiccup looking to her and smiling.

"I'm sorry.."

Before he could say anything else, the Haddock boy was suddenly yanked through the window, a yelp escaping him. Astrid looks with wide eyes, racing forward and slamming the window open.

She's met with nothing as she looks around, small tears falling from her eyes. She wipes them away, sniffing as both Hiccup and (Y/N) quickly mount their dragons and fly away. The boy looks back, watching as Astrid falls to her knees, defeated.

"I'm sorry..."

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