"Welcome to Dragon Training." Gobber says opening the gate to the arena. "No turning back." Astrid says as we all walk in. "I hope I get some serious burns!" Tuffnut says excitedly. "I'm hoping for some mauling like shoulder or lower back." His sister replies. "Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it." I say and hear a familiar annoying voice. "Hey no kidding, pain, love it." Hiccup says sarcastically.

"Oh great who let him in." Tuff complains. "Let's get started, the recruit who dose best will win the honor of killing his first dragon in front of the entire village." Gobber says. "Hiccup already killed a Night Fury, so dose that disqualify him or." Snotlout jokes causing the twins to burst out into laughter. "Can I transfer to the class with the cool Vikings?" Tuffnut says jokingly while we walk to the middle of the arena.

"Behind these doors are just a few of the many species you will learn to fight. The Deadly Nadder." Gobber says gesturing to a cage. "Speed 8 armor 16." Fishlegs says clenching onto his mallet. "The Hideous Zippleback. Plus 11 stealth times 2."
"The Monstrous Nightmare."
"Firepower 15."
"The Terrible Terror.
"Attack 8 venom 12!" Fishlegs says practically yelling this time.
"Can you stop that!" Gobber snapps. "And, the Gronkle." Gobber puts his hand on the lever and I tighten my grip on my sword.

"Woah woah woah wait, aren't you gonna teach us first!" Snotlout says freaking out. "I believe in learning on the job." He says releasing the dragon. I run over and grab a shield as the Gronkle slams into a wall and gobbles up some rocks. "Quick what's the first thing you're going to need?"
"A doctor!" Hiccup says. "Plus 5 speed?" Fishlegs says sounding more like a question then a awnser. "A shield." Astrid finally says. "A shield go! Good job Eris already on the job." Everyone scurries over to the shields and Hiccup struggles to lift his up.

"Your most important piece of equipment is your shield. If you must make a choice between a sword and a shield, take the shield." Gobber says helping Hiccup. Ruff and Tuff are of course arguing over a shield with skulls and fire. "Get your hands off my shield!" Tuffnut argues. "There's like a millions shields! Take that one it has a flower on it, girls like flowers." He says as Ruffnut slams the shield on his head. "Opps, now this one has blood on it." She says as the Gronkle fires at the shield. "Tuffnut, Ruffnut, your out." Gobber says.

"Those shield are good for another thing, noise. Make lots of it. Throw off a dragons aim." All of us start banging our weapons against our shields and the Gronkle starts shaking it's head and not flying straight from the noise. "All dragons have a limited number of shots." Gobber continues. "How many dose a Gronkle have?"

"5?" Snotlout guesses. "No 6!" Fishlegs yells proud of himself. "Correct!" What Fishlegs didn't know was that the Gronkle was behind him and shot his shield right outta his hand. "Fishlegs out." Gobber says and Fishlegs starts running.

I roll my eyes at Hiccup is hiding in a corner doing nothing. Apparently Gobber noticed too because yelled at him to get in there, his words exactly. He was about to get out of his hiding spot when the dragon shot right in front of him so he went back to it.

"So anyway I moved into my parents basement. You guys should come by sometime to workout, you two look like you work out." Snotlout says not paying attention to the Gronkle coming at us. Astrid and me jump out of the way while the dragon shot at Snotlout. "Snotlout your done." Gobber says as the shield he was holding explodes.

"So I guess it's just us, huh?" Hiccup says. "Nope just you." I say and Astrid and I run away. Hiccups shield gets knocked out of his hands. He tries to chase after it but the Gronkle nails him against the wall. "Hiccup!" Gobber yells panicked. The dragons about to kill Hiccip when Gobber uses his hook to drag it out of the way just in time. "And that's 6. Go back to bed you overgrown sausage." He says swinging the Gronkle into its cage and closing it.

"You'll get another chance don't you worry. Remember, a dragon will always, always, go for the kill." Gobber says directing his attention to Hiccup.

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"Where did Astrid go wrong in the ring today?" Gobber asks as we sit in the Great Hall eating dinner. Hiccup was nowhere to be seen. "I missed timed my somersault dive, it was sloppy, it threw off my reverse tumble. Ya, we noticed." Ruffnut said while Hiccup finally made his way inside. "No no, you were great, that was so Astrid." Snotlout says making her roll her eyes. "She's right, you have to be thought on yourself." Gobber says as Hiccup grabs some food completely drenched in water.

"Where did Hiccup go wrong."

"Uh, he showed up." Ruffnut jokes. "He didn't get eaten." Her twin says. "He's never where he should be." I finally say. "Thank you Eris. You need to love and breath this stuff. The dragon manual." Gobber says pushing a couple plates off the table to make room for the book. "Everything we know about every dragon we know of." The sound of thunder engulfs the room. "No attacks tonight, study up." He says leaving the Great Hall.

"Wait, you mean read? While we're still alive?" Ruffnut says finishing Tuffs sentence. "Why read words when you can just kill the stuff that words tell you stuff about." Snotlout complains. "Oh I've read it like 7 times. There's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at your face." Fishlegs says and Snoutlout gives him the most annoyed look I've ever seen from anyone. "And-and there's this other one that buries itself for like a week- Ya, ya, that sound great, there was a chance I was gonna read that." Tuffnut says causing Fishlegs to stop. "But, now." Ruffnut says. "You guys read, I'll go kill stuff." Snotlout says and Ruff, Tuff, and Fishlegs to follow.

"So I guess we'll share- read it." Astrid says and I follow. "Uh, all mine then so, okay, I'll see you uh-" Hiccup says but we just slam the door before he even gets a chance to finish.

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"There you are!" My mom says when I walk into the door. "We're having soup for supper and Eric finally waited for you this time." I look at my little brother and notice how much he looks like dad with his blonde hair. Everyone else in the family has brunette except for the Eric. Eric and Damon look exactly alike besides for their hair colors. "Thanks for waiting but I already ate at the Hall." I say heading for my room. "You made me wait for nothing!" Eric says and I can't help but giggle at his voice.

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