the test flight

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01:15 PM. BERK, THE ISLE OF BERK

hiccup breathes out steadily as he flies toothless. you saw right. the first flight. the test flight, if you will. the cheat sheet in his hands, him reading it over and over trying to memorise it. 

"you do not need that simple piece of parchment," y/n says, her long white hair flying all around her. she is dressed in her riding clothing without the thick black cloak. it is a summery day. she has no need for it. midnight roars in glee as y/n stands up, knowing that if she were to drop, which is high unlikely, midnight would catch her. the sky is their domain. it is a dragon's domain. and y/n is a dragon. 

"no, no i-i do," hiccup says, looking down at it. he gives y/n a glance, seeing how happy she looked. so free. so beautiful. no, no! focus. "okay there, bud," he says, toothless pricking up and listening in. "we're going to take this nice and slow," he looks down at his cheat sheet, y/n rolling her eyes. she sits back down, midnight cooing at her as they fly. 

"kesi umbagon va naejot zirȳ," y/n whispers to her dragon, the jewels on midnight's scales glinting in the sun. "hae hen sir, issi riñar," midnight roars a laugh, toothless huffing at the comment. 

"hey..." hiccup says with a crooked smile, looking over at her. she said something about him and toothless being babies. y/n smiles at him, her violet eyes watching him. and it feels like his heart stops. his green eyes dilate as she winks at him, midnight diving down towards the clear sea. "oh thor...right, right," he mumbles, dragging his hand over his face. "where was i? here we go, here we go," he points at his cheat sheet again. "position...three...no, four,"

hiccup looks back, shifting his foot and adjusting the tail fin. toothless roll his shoulders, gliding in the wind. the two males tilt to the side, hiccup tugging on his rope. they fly, no complications so far. he looks down, not seeing y/n. so he looks up and sees the body of midnight above him. 

"all right, it's go time," hiccup says, sighing out. "it's go time," the night fury dives down, roaring gleefully as the wind hits him in the face. the wind throws hiccup's hair in discord, but he's too focused on not dying to care. "come on, buddy! come on, buddy!" toothless flies right above the sea, dipping his wing in the water. 

suddenly, midnight dives down infront of them, startling hiccup but he laughs seeing, y/n standing on the back of her dragon. her hands on her hips and her hair now tied back. she tilts her head, looking straight at hiccup. there's something going on with her violet eyes. hiccup tilts his head, matching her. is she...egging him on? is this...is this a race?

she turns on her heels, midnight speeding up. and toothless is ever so quick to match their speed. they fly under a rocky arch way, hiccup looking up at the seagulls squawking above them. 

midnight gracefully avoid the rocky towers, hiccup and toothless bumping into one. 

"sorry!" y/n turns her head, letting out a laugh as the two males bump into another. "it was my fault," toothless huffs, smacking toothless with his ear. y/n sits down, wanting this to play out well. "yeah, yeah, i'm on it," hiccup checks his cheat sheet before looking back up. "position four. three," toothless begins to fly upwards, y/n cooing at midnight and the targaryen dragon doing the same. the two dragons twist together in the air like a dance. a dance of the dragons. "yeah! go, baby!" hiccup says, y/n letting out a laugh as midnight roars and toothless sticks his tongue out. "yes!" they fly higher and higher. "oh, this is amazing! the wind in my-" the wind blows harder, knocking his cheat sheet out of his hands. "cheat sheet!"

hiccup lunges for it, toothless halting in his flying. hiccup's hook latches off, making him soar a few inches above toothless. the night fury's eye widen as he sees hiccup and they both start to fall.

midnight roars out to them, but y/n keeps her up, flying up in the sky in one spot. 

"no," she whispers, watching them fall. she does not do this out of disrespect. she does not do this because she would like for him to fail. she does not do this out of cruelty. "they are certain to strength their bond after this. just as we did. pōnta jorrāelagon naejot gaomagon bisa," she does this because this needs to happen. there is no stronger bond with a targaryen and their dragon unless they both about to descend to their deaths. or a viking, in this matter. 

"oh, gosh! oh, gods!" hiccup stammers out, failing to manoeuvre himself right. is there even a right way to manoeuvre yourself when you're about to fall right into the sea? "oh, no!"

toothless roars out at hiccup, the two falling beside each other. 

y/n watches as they fly further and further. midnight roars in worry, y/n looking down at her. she rubs midnight's forehead, trying to sooth her. they can do this. they must do this. 

"allright," hiccup says, getting toothless' attention. "y-you got to kind of-angle yourself!" but the night fury starts to spin out of control. "okay, no, no, no. come back down towards me! come back down-ow!" hiccup yelps as toothless' tail smacks him in the face. 

hiccup reaches the saddle, y/n allowing midnight to finally dive down. he pulls himself back down on the saddle, swiftly hooking himself back on. being faster than toothless, midnight reaches his side. y/n and hiccup make eye contact as both dragons open of their wings. the harsh winds slow them down. but the grey of the rocks are coming nearer and nearer. a rock maze is not something you can fly through if you're not confident enough. 

y/n watches hiccup looks at her, fear clouding his eyes. they're getting closer. y/n nods him with a determined smile, hiccup letting out a sigh. he throws his cheat sheet to the wind, manoeuvring toothless his way. midnight roars in delight, the two dragons moving in sync. they go through tall rocks, flying past them and they make it out unharmed. 

hiccup pants, y/n cheering him on. he did. and she knew he would. 

"yeah!" hiccup laughs, putting his hands up. 

"dracarys!" y/n shouts, both midnight and toothless letting fire fall out of their mouths. hiccup groans. he knows what that word means.

"come on..."

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hiccup sits against toothless' side, blinking rapidly as his hair is dishevelled. y/n turns, getting on her knees and fixes his hair, combing her warm hands through his brown locks. hiccup stays perfectly still, letting her do as she pleases. 

"i am finished," she states, before she looks at hiccup's face. smudged with ash. "do you wish to keep the ash on your face?"

"yeah," hiccup nods, still in a slight daze. y/n smudges it on her cheeks too, hiccup smiling at her. 

"did you enjoy it?" she asks him, toothless eating a pile of fish. there was some wild boar for midnight and she already ate it all so she's sleeping like the little princess she is. "the flight?"

"i did," hiccup nods. "but uh..." does he ask her? 

"why did i allow you to drop when i should have been your saviour as soon as you fell?" y/n says, continuing to look at him. hiccup nods, waiting for her answer. y/n looks up to the sky, seeing the sun start to set. "you...you..." she huffs to herself, trying to find the right words. "you are a dragon rider. toothless has allowed it for you and dragon riders do not need parchment to learn how to ride. if i had saved you both, would we of had the possibility to fly this far?"

hiccup goes to speak but he doesn't. 

"no, i-i guess not," he whispers, y/n looking back at him. she lies against his shoulder, taking out her tied away hair. 

toothless starts to gag, bringing a fish head back up. he pushes it towards hiccup, y/n letting out a small laugh as she watches. 

"uh, no thanks," hiccup raises his cooking fish. "we're good,"

midnight rolls over, y/n seeing one of her gems sticking onto the ground. she is shedding her jewels a lot more this year than the last few years. y/n gets up from hiccup, the male automatically missing the touch. y/n coos at midnight, the dragon opening her silver eyes.

"issi ao sȳz?" she whispers, getting on her knees. she rubs her dragon's head, midnight leaning into her touch. "dracarys," she whispers and midnight spews a soft warm fire at y/n's hands. to y/n it feels warm but to anyone else, it would have melted off their fingers.

hiccup gets up, rushing to her and checks her hands. but as he turns her hands over, he doesn't see a single burn. he looks at her, eyes meeting in awe.

"dragons do not burn," y/n says, simply. "i am a dragon; forged from blood and fire,"

"i was still scared," he mutters, checking her hands again. y/n smiles, tilting her head as she places her warm hand on hiccup's cool cheek.

"you have no need to be scared for me," she states softly. she did not realise that he had freckles. "i will be well,"

"i'll still worry about you," hiccup says and y/n lets about a laugh. "va moriot," he says weakly in high valyrian. but he said it right. 

"va moriot," she agrees. and the moment is ruined by the sound of high pitched roaring. the two look up, midnight taking a peek and going back to sleep. 

terrible terrors flock to the group, toothless letting out a growl. one of them tries to snatch toothless' fish, making toothless snap at it. 

"māzigon," y/n says, taking a small piece of hiccup's cooked fish and throwing it at the smaller green dragon. it drags the piece away, before swallowing it all. 

another terrible terror swipes a fish, making toothless snatch it and the two begin to tug at it, toothless winning. obviously, he is the bigger dragon. he downs the fish with a rumbling laugh, the smaller dragon snorting as it swipes at the ground with low growls. 

hiccup looks at y/n with uncertainty as it inhales, opening it's mouth to let out fire. but toothless spits a plasma shot at the baby dragon, causing it the squeak and deflate as it waddles around.  

"huh," hiccup starts. "not so fire proof on the inside are you?" he questions slightly as he takes the rest of his cooked fish off the stick. "here you go,"

it squeaks, scarfing down the fish and starts to sniff towards the human's direction. y/n puts her hand out, allowing the terrible terror to smell her before it crawls up and settles on her lap. a few more fly over, settling on her where they can. there is even one on her head.

"it's like you're their mom," hiccup chuckles as y/n makes a face. she laughs, not minding it. "the dragon mom?"

"the mother of dragons?" y/n tries, her suggestion sounding much, much better. 

"the mother of dragons," hiccup repeats as a terrible terror, snuggles up against him. he looks down at the dragon then at all the dragons around him. "everything i know about these guys...are wrong..."

"well," y/n says, a terrible terror rubbing against her cheek. hiccup looks at her, terrible not to scare the dragons. "now you are aware. be careful with your new found knowledge,"