Here is a new story for you all!

I GIVE FULL CREDIT TO Mykahanna11 WHO ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS STORY! If you want to check out her version of this story, follow this link! s/12167242/1/The-Terror-Of-Thorns

Okay, so I'm starting this one while still writing Not a Dream, mainly because I'm still trying to figure out what to write next on Not a Dream. (I have the gist of the story in my mind, just don't know what to do in-between now, and the exciting parts :D) So if both of these are sort of slow in coming… I apologize! Just, bear with me, and we'll make it! XD

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Hiccup opened his eyes and jumped when he saw Toothless's snout hanging directly over his face. The dragon cooed in laughter, leaning back, and allowing Hiccup to sit up.

"Morning, Toothless." Hiccup mumbled drowsily, rubbing his eyes with his fists in attempt to rub the bleariness away. "Little early, isn't it?"

Toothless just stared at him, his eyes wide as he waited.

Hiccup sighed and rolled of the bed, crawling over to the chair where he'd tossed his armor the night before. He began to strap it on while Toothless shuffled about the room, sniffing and exploring.

Hiccup strapped on his last wrist guard, flexing his left hand with the hand guard on it. He'd added that for when he fought, his competitor couldn't hurt his sword hand.

"Okay, Toothless. I guess you woke me up for a morning flight, huh?" Hiccup asked stepping up to his dragon. Toothless barked and moved closer, his back to Hiccup.

Hiccup clamored on, and Toothless took off, exiting through the little window/door in the roof made for that purpose. The sun was just peaking over the edge of the horizon, making the sky a rainbow of pinks and blues. Dragon's Edge was quiet, everyone else lucky enough to have their dragon's sleep in the stables. The earth was heavy with dew the night had left, and the air still held the sharpness of morning air.

"So, Toothless, what should we do today? Build another lookout tower?" Toothless looked back, guttural noises rumbling through his throat. Hiccup laughed and rubbed the dragon's head. "Alright, then. What do you think we should do?"

Toothless looked ahead and his wings pulled through the air in a mighty thrust, then they folded against his side. Hiccup and toothless bulleted through the air, flying at alarming speed. Hiccup laughed, leaning forward against the dragon's neck. Hiccup pressed down on the pedal, and Toothless turned upwards, pushing his wings in powerful beats towards the clouds. When they got to appoint where Toothless couldn't go straight upright any longer, Toothless fell back towards the water, his speed building. Hiccup pressed on the pedal again, causing the tailfin to unfold, and they narrowly missed a splash into the ocean, Toothless now gliding smoothly across the top of the water.

Hiccup leaned back, relaxing in the saddle. "Good job, bud!" he praised, rubbing Toothless's back. The dragon tilted his head and cooed again in pleasure. "You get higher every time."

Dragon's Edge reappeared and Toothless glided higher into the air, so that Hiccup could overlook it from the sky. Everything still looked reasonably peaceful, accept for now he could see a bit of movement. The others must be up.

Toothless landed before the stables gently, allowing Hiccup to climb off.

Astrid was just opening the doors, letting the sunshine stream inside the large building. The dragon's inside called out in happiness at finally seeing someone.

"Morning, Astrid." Hiccup greeted, following her inside.

"Hi. How'd morning flight go?" she asked, moving to Stormfly's stall. The dragon chirped in excitement at seeing her. She was probably also excited to be fed more chicken.

"Good. Toothless does better every day." Hiccup said, going over to the fish that was stored in barrels. He reached inside and grabbed a bunch, then tossed them at Toothless. The dragon jumped up and snatched them out of the air, giving one chew before swallowing them whole.

Astrid sat a bucket of fish before Stormfly, and the dragon immediately began inhaling the food as though she hadn't eaten in months.

Astrid shook her head and walked back over to Hiccup. "Well, glad to hear it." She paused "What's the plan for today?"

Hiccup sat a hand on his hip and made gesturing movements with his hand. "Well, I was thinking today would be our day off. Everyone's been working hard, and I figured you guys deserved a break. Just hanging out around here."

Astrid grinned, "Sounds nice." She turned back to Stormfly, "Sound fun girl?" the dragon chirped around a fish in agreement.

Snotlout and the twins walked in just then, all looking like a mess. Their cloths were wrinkled and haphazardly put on, and their helmets were on lopsidedly. They all looked hyper though, which, Hiccup supposed was a good thing.

"Woah, what did you guys do. Sleep in your cloths all night?" Astrid asked.

Ruffnut stared at her, "How did you know?"

Astrid motioned towards their cloths, "You guys look like a mess."

"I never look like amess… no matter what I where." Snotlout declared. He stepped over to Hookfang's stall and opened it. Hookfang plowed past him and made a beeline towards the fish, greedily gulping them down as quickly as possible.

"Hey, control your dragon. Belch wants some fish too." Tuffnut said, opening the door for his dragon. He tossed a sack of fish to Belch, which Barf hastily stole away from him.

Ruffnut chuckled quietly, "Smart dragon." She praised Barf, rubbing his head.

"What!? No! He just stole Belch's food!"

The twins launched at each other, rolling around on the floor as they punched and fought each other.

"Oh Thor." Hiccup mumbled, face palming. "Guys! You should be happy to know, that today you have the day off! Just as long as you don't destroy anything." He added the last part as a warning.

"Oh boy!" Tuffnut and Ruffnut shouted at the same time, jumping up from off the ground. They turned to each other and high-fived each other. It amazed Hiccup how fast the twins could switch from being at each other throats, to hugging each other. They had a strange relationship.

Astrid walked over to the saddle that hung on the wall. She reached up to grab it, crying out in a mix of surprise and shock.

Hiccup whirled around, "Astrid what is it?" he asked, his voice hinting panic. Astrid didn't cry out like that for no reason… even when there was a reason she didn't cry out.

Astrid reached up and gripped her right arm painfully, "N-nothing… I-" she paused and grimaced. "I must have done something to my arm…" she said carefully.

Hiccup walked over to where she was standing, and set a hand on her shoulder, turning her around to face him. "Let me see that…" he said, trying to pry her fingers off her arm. When she removed it, he prodded her arm carefully. There was no cut or any other indication that she'd injured it. Maybe she'd pulled a muscle or something to that extent.

He pressed his finger against her skin, and Astrid let out a yelp of pain again. He hurried to say, "Sorry! Is that where it hurts?"

Astrid nodded, looking down at the place he'd pressed. All that was there was a small white scar, about an inch and half in length. Hiccup looked up at her, puzzlement on his face.

"Does it feel like a pulled muscle or..?"

"No, it feels more like a cut." Astrid replied with certainty. This answer boggled Hiccup even more. Because there was no cut.

Hiccup pushed on the scar again, causing Astrid to punch him in the ribs. He cried out more in surprise then anything, looking up at her in confusion.

She gripped her arm again, "Sorry. Reflexes." She said hastily. Hiccup stood up straight again, and peered at her arm once more.

"It seems like your scar is hurting you. Like- it isn't a scar, but a cut instead." Hiccup said slowly. By now, the twins and Snotlout had crowded around them, wondering what was wrong.

"What happened?" Fishlegs asked, hurrying over. It wasn't until now Hiccup realized he was there.

"Astrid says her scar hurts- like it's an open wound instead of a scar."

Fishlegs pushed his way through the small crowd, puzzlement on his face. "That's strange…"

Astrid gave a little laugh and moved away from Hiccup. "I'm sure it's nothing. I must've… hurt it somehow."

Hiccup shook his head, "I don't think this is "nothing", Astrid. A scar shouldn't hurt."

Fishlegs added, "Hiccup's right. There must be a reason for it hurting… which we should try and find. Maybe it's some type of illness?"

"Or an allergy?" Snotlout also added.

"I'm not sure, but Fishlegs, why don't you do a bit of research in the books we have here." Hiccup said to Fishlegs. The boy nodded and turned right back around, exiting the building.

"And if you don't find anything, don't worry about it." Astrid said firmly. "It's probably something that'll wear off."

Hiccup grabbed her good arm, keeping her from walking off. The others had returned to their dragons, so the two were now alone.

"Astrid, I want you to stay around here… you know, on Dragon's Edge today. I don't want something to happen while you're flying…"

Astrid stopped him. "I'm fine Hiccup. You're just overreacting. Everything's, just. Fine." She said firmly. "Don't worry. I'll let you know if anything else hurts, okay?"

"But stay close to Dragon's Edge, please?" Hiccup insisted. Astrid nodded and shrugged out of his hold, and walked back towards the wall. Hiccup reached out and lifted down the saddle for her. She thanked him, then grabbed it with her good arm and walked back to Stormfly.

Hiccup bit his lip in concern. What would make an old injury hurt again like that?

Maybe he was overreacting. Maybe it was nothing.

But something inside him told him differently.

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