Chapter Fourteen "Awkward"
Landing, Carla hops off while me and Astrid make eye contact, both of us looking away immediately, blushing.
So, you're not mad about me and Astrid hugging? I growl quietly. Not quietly enough.
You and Astrid, what? Siare growls, flying in from an afternoon flight.
Oh! Crap! Uh, nothing. I growl.
Don't act like I didn't hear you. Siare growls.
She didn't know what she was doing. She wasn't herself. Neither was I. I growl.
Oh. Siare growls.
Please don't tell Toothless, because he might tell Hiccup. I growl.
You can trust me. Siare growls.
"Shawn! I thought you were leaving?" Hiccup says.
He was only telling his parents that he'll be here for a while. Toothless relays what I growled.
"Night Wing! Gothi wants to see you," I hear Gobber call. I dash off to Gothi's cave.
'I noticed you have a special mark behind your left ear.' Gothi writes in the sand. I bring my tail up to that light blue making behind my left ear. 'May I see your plasma breath.' Gothi writes. I plasma blast a slab of stone. 'As I thought.' Gothi writes.
Hmm? I growl.
'You, are special. You were born of the Stars Of Luck and the River Of Misfortune. You have a plasma breath rumored to have power directly from the stars themselves.' Gothi writes.
Oh. I growl, awkwardly.
'You are dismissed.' She writes. Some talk. I walk over to where Hiccup was.
"Hey, Shawn!" Tuffnut says.
"Hey," I say, struggling to get my tail out of my pants.
"Where's Hiccup?" I say.
"Oh, he's out flying with Toothless," Ruffnut says.
"Oh. I'll wait, then," I say. I decide to take a flight around Dragon Island. Flying over the beach where the Red Death fight took place, I see a giant chunk of charred earth, telling me that it was true.
Shawn! It's that growl, again.
"Who, and where, are you?" I holler into the empty woods.
Shawn! Is this growl just inside my head?
"Show yourself!" I shout. Sounded like it came from inside the volcano. Gliding in, I stop at the edge of the hole, inches away from the ledge.
"Hello?" I call into the hole in the mountain. I look down, seeing a large hole.
Shawn! It comes from right behind me
"Gah! For the love of- who are-" I say, looking to where the growl came from, but, nothing. Not even a hint of a dragon. Not even the smell. "What is going on with me?" I say to myself.
"Shawn!" I hear Carla in the distance.
Shawn! Oh, now you speak.
Shawn! I hear Siare roar. For some odd reason, when Siare roared, something, like, clicked. My vision blacks out.
Waking up, I'm curled up in a patch of Dragon nip.
Ugh. What- where am I? I growl. I struggle to get up, but I'm pushed back down.
Stay down! I hear a light growl.
Who- who are you? I growl.
Doesn't matter. It's not safe. The dragon growls.
Not safe? Where are we? I growl, struggling against the dragon's paw, failing.
You're at Berk. The dragon growls.
Berk! What am I doing here? I should be at Dragon Island! I growl, panicked a bit.
Calm down! The dragon growls. I steady my breathing. Good. Now, you're going to feel a sharp pain behind your shoulder. Keep calm. It growls. As it said, I feel a sharp, hot pain behind my shoulder.
I wake up with a start, painting, surrounded by Hiccup, Toothless, Siare, and all the others.
"Shawn! You're awake, finally!" Hiccup says.
Finally? I growl.
"You've been unconscious for three days," Valka says, worried.
Three days! I roar.
"Calm down!" Hiccup says. I steady my breathing, coming back onto all four paws.
"Shawn! You're okay! Thank goodness!" Carla says, pushing through the young Vikings and their dragons, giving me a kiss.
"Never thought I'd see that," I hear Tuffnut say. Astrid elbows him in the side.
Hey, babe. Yeah, guess I'm okay. I growl, hugging Carla with my wing.
"What happened?" Carla asks. I try to remember what all happened.
Well, I heard a dragon growling my name, so I headed over to where the Red Death fell. And, I, just, blacked out. I growl.
"What did this dragon sound like?" Carla says.
He, or she, has a light, but firm, voice. It was strong, yet gentle, both in tone, and strength. I growl. I get up, slowly, making sure I'm okay.
"Anyone seen Snotlout?" Hiccup says.
"Guys!" Snotlout says, running to the head of the cave.
"What is it, Snotlout?" Hiccup says.
"It's Heather! She needs help!" Snotlout says. I dash out the cave to where Snotlout indicated.
"Hiccup!" I hear a small voice. I dive down into some bushes, throwing some pants and a shirt on.
"You- you're not Hiccup?" Heather steps back, tripping over an oar.
"It's okay, I'm his friend," I say, offering to help her up.
"Thank you. Come on out, Hiccup!" Heather shouts into the woods.
"Hiccup's still on his way here," I say.
"You sure? Because I saw his Night Fury land in the woods," Heather says.
"Toothless is asleep," I say.
"Than- there's another Night Fury?" Heather says.
"Three more, to be exact. Two Youngbloods and a female. If, you don't count a half-breed as a Night Fury," I say.
"There's a half-breed Night Fury? What's the other breed?" Heather asks.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you. In the mean time, let's meet up with Hiccup and them halfway," I say, walking towards where Berk is temporarily.
"Okay. I don't know why, but, I've got this, odd feeling that something bad-" Heather is cut off as we hear Toothless, Hookfang, and the other dragons roar in pain.
"Oh no!" I say, taking off towards where the call came from. I arrive only to see everyone gone. I pick up an axe and notice it's from one place. Outcast Island.
"What's. The. Rush?" Heather says, huffing. "And. Where. Is. Everyone?" I hold up the Outcast axe. "Oh. No," Heather says, catching her breath. I see a small glint from in a bush. "What's that?" Heather asks. All I can do is sigh. "What? What's going on?" Heather asks.
"Alright. I need you to take a deep breath and stay calm," I say.
"Okay? Why? What!" Heather jumps back as I reveal my secret, yet again. "So you're the-" I cut Heather off with a glance that says 'Heck no!'
"So you're not the female?" Heather says. I shake my head with a disgusted look, no offence to Siare.
"Oh. So, you think that Dagger had taken Berk?" I nod, lowering to let Heather on
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