"Morning, Shawn," everyone says. "Morning," I say. "So, ready for the talent show?" "I forgot to practice on the piano!" I say. "Oh well. I'll wing it," after a few hours into school that Friday, I hear, "and up next, Shawn Johl. His act changed, so, we'll see what happens," the announcer kid says. "Thank you. Now, I'm going to do something no one has ever done before. I'm actually going to do a few voice impressions," "that isn't new, Shawn," a kid says. "Yes, but, I'm going to do them in a way no one has ever done before. Or any voice no one had ever tried," I say. "Anyway, let me take a second to ready my throat," I say. Clearing my throat, I say, "sorry if it takes me a bit of-" I stop myself to growl as Carla runs her hand over the curtain behind me. "No one move," I say, acting scared. I growl again, throwing my voice to the back door of the gym. "Stay calm. I'm going to try something," I say. "Alright, you can come out," I say, having a friend come out from behind the curtains. "Before I go, I'm going to try something for real," I say. I shift my weight to make it look like I'm preparing for something. "Can you please grab the Mic from in front of me? Thanks," I say. Pretending to clear my throat, I cup my hands over my mouth and roar. After I stop, almost everyone is

Clapping. "Thank you," I say, stepping forwards, to the teacher judges. The first judge says, "Wow. I- I didn't even know it was humanly possible to do that. I congratulate you, Shawn," handing the Mic over to the second judge, he says nothing. Ha, speechless. The third judge says, "that. Was. Amazing. How many people here want to hear that again?" He says, turning around. Pretty much everyone is standing and applauding. "Anytime you're ready, Shawn. Just hope that the Night Fury don't come, thinking you're it's mate," "ha ha, very funny. Anyway, you guys and girls ready?" I say, having Carla hold the Mic again. Roaring, everyone is standing, applauding. "That is just amazing. Can we ask your friend step forward, please?" I step back. "Nice background effects. You really helped him with his act a lot. Good job on that, both of you," everyone is walking up to me and congratulating me. "Why did you do that?" Carla asks on the flight home. I dunno. Everyone in school is known for something. Everyone but me. So I figured, here's my chance to feel happier at school. I growl. "I thought you are known for being in everything?" Carla says. No. That was Shane. I- I just felt hated because I wasn't known for something and no-one, no-one but you talked to me. I growl. "Oh. I didn't

Know, Shawn," Carla says. Yeah. And I thank you for being the one person that talked to me. Why? By the way. I growl. "What?" Why did you talk to me when no-one else did? I growl. "Oh. Well. Because, because you looked like you needed a friend," she says. Aww, isn't that nice. Siare growls. Ugh. You know what I'm going to say. I growl. Why do you always want me gone, Shawn? I want to know. She growls. I'll be back. I growl. When I think I'm far enough, I growl, look, Siare. It's not how you think. We land in the woods by a pond. I know. You don't want me around because you find me beautiful but you love Carla and you don't want to lose that love for her. She growls. Wow. How did you guess? I growl. I have my ways. She growls. So, how's Berk treating you? I growl. Need I answer that? She growls. Good? After I growl that, she growls duh! I'm the last female Night Fury. She smacks me upside the head with her tail. What was that for? Anyway. You don't have to stop visiting. I like the company. I growl. Because I felt like it. She growls, flying away. "Everything okay?" Carla asks. Yeah. "What'd you two talk about?" Carla says. Nothing. We just flew around. I growl. "Mmm hmm. Keep saying that," Carla says, walking away slowly. Women. Never understand them. I mean I'm not just

About to tell her that there's another girl that I think is beautiful. That'd get me dumped. Shawn! I hear Siare's roar cut short. Siare! I roar, flying out a conveniently large, open window facing the direction the roar came from. Siare! Where are you? I roar. Oh man. Toothless is going to be sad. I growl. Mom! Carla! Dean! I roar. "Shawn! You're to late. Some people came in and grabbed Carla," no. Not again. I'll be back. I growl. Toothless! I roar. Night Wing! Welcome! Toothless roars. Screw it. I growl. Do what? Toothless growls. Landing out of sight, I cover my body with my wings. "Toothless!" I shout. Shawn! I'm at my home! Toothless roars. "What are you roaring for, bud?" Hiccup says. "Hiccup!" I shout. "Shawn? What are you-" Hiccup starts to say. "No time to ask. Where's Astrid and all the others?" I say, panting. "At their homes. But first you'll need to have some clothes. Here," Hiccup says, handing me some clothes. "I can't have my wings folded right now," I say, sticking my wings through the arm holes in the coat. I rip a hole in the pants to slip my tail out. "Have them meet me at the Academy," I say, running out the door. "Astrid. No time to talk. Meet at the Academy," Hiccup says. Hiccup is first to fly in. "They're coming," He says. "What's the big rush-"

Astrid stops mid sentence. "What?" She starts. "Night Wing," is all I say. "I've never seen anything like it," Astrid says. The other riders arrive almost speechless. "A human dragon? This is crazy!" Fishlegs says. "Crazy? This is, awesome!" Tuffnut says. "Now there can be twice the chaos with half the risk of getting caught!" He says. "So what. He's a Night Fury human. What's so special about that?" Snotlout says. Ignore him. Toothless growls. "Anyway. I asked you to be here in case we might need help. Hiccup and Toothless will head out to where I live and help free Siare. If things go wrong and me or Toothless is able to get out, than we'll fly here and have you help. And if we're not back by the day after tomorrow, come get us," I say. Siare's captured? Toothless growls. "So, we're backup?" Astrid says. "Yes. Pretty much," I say. "That's all I needed. Thank you for coming," I say. "It's okay, Toothless. We'll get Siare back. I promise," I say. I hope you're right. I was actually starting to like her. Toothless growls. "You two ready?" I say. "Ready," Hiccup says as Toothless growls it. "Okay. Let's go," I say, flying out of the Academy.