The Training

A Couple of Weeks Later...


"Here you go Jade" Hiccup said as he handed her a saddle. I growled as Jade tried to put the saddle on my back. "Easy girl, I'm not gonna hurt you" Jade said trying to calm me down. As much as I liked her, there was no way I was letting her put a saddle on me. 'Training' me was one thing, a saddle was another. To me having a saddle put on was like putting a collar on a dog, it is a sign you own it. And I did not want to be owned by anyone. I growled and bared my teeth. Jade put the saddle down and I calmed down a little. "You really don't want a saddle, do you girl?" Ruby asked. I puffed smoke in her face in response. "Hiccup, we're going to ditch the saddle, she'll never take it" Jade called out. "Okay, let's just go for a nice simply flight then" Hiccup said. Jade approached me and climbed onto my back. "Ready for a little flight?" She asked. I spread my wings. Having a human on my back was annoying, but at least It gave me the opportunity to map out the island to plan my escape. "Ready!" Jade called. Hiccup opened the door and I took off. Hiccup got on Toothless and flew behind us. "Take her along the course Snotlout and the twins set up" Hiccup called out. Ruby turned my head and I flew in that direction. We went around the whole island and I took in the layout of it. We landed by the arena. "I think she's ready!" Hiccup said smiling as he and Toothless landed next to us.


Everyone got up early the next morning. Apparently we were going on some journey of sorts. We flew to a nearby island called Dark Deep. It was a dark, craggy island with little plant life. There were many caves and pools of lava. The island was filled with Gronckles, Whispering Deaths and other Bolder Class dragons. We had lunch at the island and arrived back at Dragons Edge in the evening. "That was amazing. Such a nice day out" Jade said and everyone agreed.  Jade looked back at me and patted my neck. "Great job girl!" She told me. "Jade, I can officially name you the rider of this Night Fury. She's all yours and you're her rider. You know what's best for her and you two definitely have a connection" Hiccup said as he shook Jade's hand. Jade looked back at the arena then at me. "Astrid can I borrow Stormfly?" Jade asked. "Sure, but why?" Astrid asked with confusion. "You'll see!" Jade said as she ran off. Jade came back with a rope a few minutes later. She tied one end of the rope around Stormfly's neck and the other around mine so we were attached. "Now they can wonder around the island together" Jade said. "Good idea!" Astrid smiled.


I lay on the cliffs with Stormfly next to me. "Better then being locked up an arena right?" Stormfly asked. "Much better!" I told her. I looked up at the star filled sky. It was so nice to see the sky clearly without having bars above me. Toothless climbed to the top of the cliff and walked over to me and Stormfly. I flattened my ears, me and Toothless had been trying to avoid each other since I had kind of tried to kill him. So many times I had wanted to go and sort things out, but I had been trapped in the arena until now. "I'm just going to... you know..." said Stormfly as she slipped her head out of the rope and flew further up the cliff to give us some privacy. "Hey there..." said Toothless as he sat down next to me. I took a deep breath and sighed. "I'm so sorry that I tried to kill you. I don't know what came over me. I was just so mad about everything that I just-" "Hey, it's okay. I know it must have been really hard for you. It probably still is" Toothless said as he crawled a little closer to me. "Can you forgive me?" I asked him with big soft eyes. "Of course! I love you and I could never stay mad at you" Toothless said as he looked at me with a slight glimmer in his eye. I purred softly and rubbed his head. "So we're soulmates again?" I asked. "We always were" Toothless said softly as he nuzzled my neck. Toothless lay down and put his wing over me. I smiled and cuddled up with my soulmate.


"Toothless!" Came a distant yelling from Hiccup. I opened one eye then shut it again. "Come on bud, where are you now?" Hiccup continued calling. I opened both eyes and blinked a couple of times. I looked over at my soulmate and rubbed his head gently waking him up. Toothless groaned. "Your annoying fishbone is squabbling about trying to find you" I said with a lazy grin. Toothless got up and looked over the side of the cliff then started laughing. "He does that sometimes. So still not a fan of Hiccup?" Toothless grinned. "He's not that bad..." I found myself saying reluctantly. We both looked at each other and bust out laughing. "Glad to see you two have made up" Stormfly said as she landed behind us. We both grinned. "Look he's up there with Stormfly" Astrid said as she walked past Hiccup. "Toothless, buddy, how on Earth did you get up there?" Hiccup asked as he spotted his dragon.


"Okay Jade, bring her around" Hiccup said to Jade who was sat on my back. Jade leaned to the left so that's where I flew. "Very nice! Now land her by the arena and that's it for today" Hiccup said smiling. As much as I hated to admit it; it was actually fun being around Jade and I liked her. After training we meet the gang and the humans had dinner. "So have you thought of a name yet?" Snotlout asked impatiently. "Oh, oh, ohhh, I have some great suggestions!" Ruffnut said jumping up. "Yes, me too! Like Blackie, Death, Sour, Charcoal.." said Tuffnut as he waved his hands around. "Or Candy, Plague, Muddy, Thor, Noir, Shady Lady" Ruffnut joined in. "Or better yet Oreo, Velvet, Cha Cha, Blackberry..." Tuffnut suggested. "Wow those are all.... really great suggestions, but I've already found a name" Jade told them all. "You have? Oh that's so great, what is it? What is it?" Fishlegs asked. Ruby patted her leg and I trotted over to her side. I was almost excited to see what name she had found for me. "May I present, Blackrose!" Said Jade as she stroked my head. There were a couple seconds of silence. "I think Black Plague is better" Tuffnut said as he picked up his pet chicken and started stroking her feathers. "I'm afraid I must agree with my brother" Ruffnut said with a sigh. "Blackrose is good too I guess" Snotlout said with a shrug. "Guys, guys, guys. Blackrose is a good name, nice choice. I remember when I got to name my little baby girl" Fishlegs said hugging Meatlug. "Ugh, gross" Snotlout said as he stepped away from Fishlegs. "Blackrose is awesome!" Astrid said putting a hand on Jade's shoulder. "Great choice" Hiccup agreed smiling.

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