Chapter 11: Adjusting new life
TJ
I woke up early, before anyone could hear me. I really want to do a morning flight with Lighting.
I see my sister, Mother and Father still asleep, as I tiptoed out of the house.
Lighting immediately saw me and growls at me.
"Well, good morning, Mr. Bossy." I greeted the blue Night Fury.
He went towards me as I pet him, "Do you want to go flying, just the two of us?"
The Night Fury responds to my question with a morning burp into my face.
I was grossed out by the blue Night Fury's breath, as I said, "Ew, what? Lighting!"
I climbed into his saddle as we flew into the horizon, as we prepare an stunt.
I said, "Ok, ready?"
The Night Fury nods at me as I jumped out of the saddle and run through the grass in the ledge, felt the warmth for a long time, since I was a slave to the Watchers.
I immediately jumped as I landed in Lighting's saddle.
"Yeah, baby!" I yelled happily as we flew back to Dragon Paradise.
As we landed, Eli was staring at me with her arms crossed.
"TJ, I know this is all new to you, from being kidnapped sixteen years ago, but you really have to do a morning flight without me?!? We're twins, remember?"
I rubbed my head in total embarrassment, "I'm so sorry about that, Sis. I'm still adjusting this new life. Imagine if the roles were reversed, would you feel the same?"
Eliana remains silent as we saw our parents coming out of the house.
Hiccup
Astrid and I couldn't be more thrilled of having our children back, making us a real family.
Astrid seems to be worried. "Astrid, what's wrong?" I asked her as we walked towards our children.
She replies, "Hiccup, TJ is sixteen now. We didn't see him grow up, and we didn't become the parents he needed when he was a slave to Aligarh and the Watchers."
As much I hate to admit it, Astrid did have a major point. TJ really doesn't know the ways of Dragon Paradise, and he barely knows the family he never met in his whole life.
I said, "Astrid, he's adjusting his new life, just I was when Toothless and I first arrived here in Dragon Paradise. I'm sure that he'll be fine."
But questions still remain from yesterday's events. How did Eli and her team managed a rescue mission? What remains of the mysterious Dragon Eye?
TJ seems to be talking to his sister about something, but as they saw us, they stopped.
"Mom, Dad! Morning." Eliana said. TJ seems startled but he managed to give us a smile greeting.
"Now, I know it's been weird for all of us but I know things will be fine." I said.
TJ said, "I think I need to find Artemis and Mindy. I hope that they're ok with being at... home."
He and Lighting walks away from us, and Eliana said, "Well, that is a great first impression, Dad. You should give him some personal space for a while."
I looked at my daughter with a curious face.
I asked, "Since when you start giving advice, Eli? That's not like you."
She said, "Maybe that's the real me! Ever since I found out that you and Mom kept the change -life secret that I had a brother, a brother who I should've searched for sixteen years, you decided to keep it a secret from me.
TJ is my brother, and I want to know him alone."
She ran away as I looked at Astrid.
Was Eliana right, was it really our fault that we kept her brother a secret a big mistake?
Toothless
Ok, being Alpha is hard job. Eli shares her doubts when I was checking on the wild Dragons back from Tames's Sanctuary.
"Oh, Toothless. I know that having my brother back is a good thing, but I'm still not sure of how I felt about Hiccup and Astrid kept him a secret from me for so long." She said.
"Oh, Eliana, you can't beat yourself up about it. I'm sure that you would make up with them in no time." I replied to her, trying to cheer my best friend's daughter up.
She raises her eyebrow up, as if knowing that I haven't completely honest with Hic that I was an Alpha this whole time.
"You really think that I should tell your father about me being Alpha?" I asked.
"Toothless, you and my Dad been through a lot together, and aside the fact I can communicate with Dragons is also the thing I need to tell him."
"Eliana, what is this place?" I hear someone ask. We turned around to see who was there, and it was Ingrid and Sly.
"Aunt Ingrid!" Eli cried in total shock, "What you doing here?"
Aunt Ingrid said, "Sly lead me here, I don't know why, though. What you and Toothless doing here, not in Dragon Paradise with Astrid and Hic?"
Eliana sighed, "Sorry, Aunt Ingrid, I just want to get away from them for a while. This place gives me some special place to relax and blow off some steam."
Sly said, "Things are not doing so well with Hiccup and Astrid, huh?"
She nodded with the Titan Changeling, "Yeah, something like that, Sly." The Dragon's eyes lit with total surprise that Eli can understand her.
I laughed, "Don't be freaked out. She just found out about her ability to communicate with Dragons yesterday."
Sly rolls her eyes, "Gee, thanks for the reassurance, Toothless. Is there anything else Ingrid and I need to know about?"
Eliana, Ani, and I exchanged a glance to each other, debating on who would tell them about yesterday's events.
Suddenly, Tames's spirit appears, which made Ingrid jumped in fear.
"Wow, Grandfather Tames, you really do know how to make an entrance." Eli laughs casually.
Ingrid walks towards the spirit of her father. I thought she would freaked out, but it turns out that she was more skeptical than freak out.
"D-Daddy? Is it really you?" She asks. Tames smiles at her, "Yes, it's me. I know that I left you alone, but you have Stoick and your family to help you. Especially with the Alpha's help, of course."
Ingrid asked, "Alpha? Eliana, what does my father mean by that?"
Eli looks at me, if it was ok to reveal my true identity as the Alpha, and I nod.
"What he means that Toothless is the Alpha, Ingrid. And... the truth is, I have the ability to talk to Dragons."
"What?!?" She yells in disbelief, "How come Hiccup and I don't have that ability?"
"It kind of skipped your generation." Tames explains, sheepishly.
Eliana rubs her head, "We kind of rescue my Dad on our own, with Toothless wanted to blast the diamonds to reflect Aligarh's sight."
Ingrid said, "You realize that is a pretty dangerous stunt to pull right? What if Aligarh didn't get blind sighted?"
I said, "Hey! It worked, didn't it? I'm just worried about how long it would last. Aligarh will try to grab the Dragon Eye again."
Eliana said, "Well, we just be more aware then when the time comes."
Sly said, "Well, that is reassuring us."
TJ
As I walked through Dragon Paradise, I still can't believe that I was born here. It would've been great life if Aligarh and her Watchers didn't kidnapped me when I was a baby, I would've been a great brother and son.
I sighed, but then I felt a touch on my shoulder, which I flinched. I turned around to see it was Artemis.
"Artemis! I was looking for you and Mindy. How you guys holding up?" I asked my best friend.
"It seems odd that you were actually born here. Everyone seems so friendly and kind. Scarlet and I bonded great and Gobber made a saddle for her." Artemis explains to me.
"Tell me about it. I am still surprised that I was the son of Hiccup, the legendary Dragon Rider of all time. It is going to a lot to get used to, especially for Eliana.
I felt bad for her. She never knew that she had a brother."
Artemis said, "Tames, look at me. You been a slave all your life, and you didn't know where your family is until now.
Eliana risked her life, saving us, is what a sister would do. So, don't doubt yourself for what's happen in the past."
I looked at my best friend and said, "I guess that makes two of us."
Lighting pins me down to the ground as Artemis laughs.
"Lighting!" I cried as the blue Night Fury licks me.
Author's note: What you think will happen next? Find out soon! - Jan
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