A Little Bit Of Fate

Chapter 20 (an extra long, extra special chapter since its a milestone)

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Hiccup's POV.
It's the next morning and Astrid and I are battling it out for the title in the killing Arena. I have already seen and fed Toothless this morning.
Although really, right now I do wish I was back with him, or really, anywhere but here.

I look up and sigh to myself, seeing the growing crowd gathering to watch this. Including my Dad.

Toothless and I actually went for a flight, just for a while. It was really...... uh..yeah.

let me explain. It wasn't just an ordinary flight.

* Flashback *

"Hey bud! We have two and a bit hours so....." I say, coming up to Toothless.
He practically throws me on his back and we take off, with me chuckling.

We zoom up into the clouds and glide calmly. Then out of nowhere we decide to fly as high as we can.
"Okay, Bud! Now!" I say and he folds his wings. We plummet and I cheer.
"YEEEEEEAAAAAH!" I cheer.
We probably shouldn't be doing this on our second proper flight. Who cares? We're reckless!

The ocean comes into view and Toothless pulls his wings open at the last second, the cool water sprays up at us. I reach forward a hand and dip a hand in.
Wow, that's cold!

"Wooooooo-hoooooooo!" I cheer as we speed up and perform some basic moves, flying high.

We continue to fly about, with me getting better and better with the tail until it feels automatic..... we have been flying for quite a while.

But, as we glide calmly in some low hanging fog, Toothless suddenly dodges something I didn't see. The mood immediately darkens.
Something feels wrong.

"Toothless, what's happening? Whoa, what is it?" I ask him. He stays silent, doesn't even glance back at me.
....REALLY wrong.
Some low lying mist rolls away and it reveals many dragons. They are all carrying food, such as sheep or fish, in a pack.
There must be at least 40 of them. Or more.
A Zipppleback looks our way and I duck, keeping as low to Toothless as I can to stay out of sight. I have a feeling something bad will happen if I'm seen.

An island emerges. It has pebbly beaches and a big mountain, looking like a volcano. I sit up in shock, eyes widening.
Is that......no?! It can't be? Can it?
I bend down again quickly when I look at the dragons again, keeping as low as I possibly can to Toothless.
What's going on?

"Toothless. You've got to get us out of here, bud!" I say but Toothless ignores me.
Something is wrong. Really, really wrong!

"I mean, I-It looks like they're hauling in their kill! But, what does that make us?" I wonder quietly out loud.
I wish Toothless would at least acknowledge me!

We fly through a hole and my eyes widen.
Oh my Thor! It is the dragons nest! The thing many viking tribes have been looking for! They've been seeking the nest since 300 years ago!
"Oh, What my dad wouldn't give to find this!" I mumble.

The dragons all drop their food down into a big hole, red mist covering it so I can't make anything out. It could be a lava glow, I guess.

Toothless lands on a ledge and backs off into the shadows, so we are out of sight. He looks really on edge and weary, paranoid even. But at least he looks alert.

"Well it's satisfying to know that all of our food has been dumped down a hole!" I sarcastically remark.
They're not eating ANY of it! Why?! All that trouble to raid us, starve us, and yet they dump it down a hole?