Just the same thing as yesterday, and that was perfecting their trust exercises. It seemed exhausting for most but then there were some who enjoyed it! Like Toothless and Hiccup. They knew fully well they could trust each other, but it was nice to show others what to do. After a lifetime of being useless, he's finally good at something and it was OK to boast.
After another failed trust exercise for Snotlout, Hiccup watched him land while holding the dragon's neck as if it was the only thing not killing him. Hiccup took a glance at Astrid who just sighed. "How does he mess up a simple trust exercise?" She said, looking at him. Hiccup just shrugged.
"OK, who's next?" Hiccup asked, looking at the others. As usual, it was Fishlegs and Meatlug who was next but they refused. "Uh, I don't need to perform a test to prove that me and Meatlug trust each other." He said, hugging the Gronkle's neck. Hiccup pinched the bridge of his nose. "Fishlegs, the whole idea of this exercise isn't about proving you two trust each other, its to show that an emergency could happen at any given time and you need to be ready." He cleared up.
They still weren't buying it so Hiccup let out a long and frustrated groan. "Okay, I'm gonna show you what I mean." Hiccup patted the Night Fury's neck and he understood what he wanted.
Toothless spread his wings out and he flew out to the opens. They all stared at him. "Hiccup, your crazy! Toothless can't fly without you..." Astrid said out loud. Hiccup smirked. "This shows everyone that I trust him with my life... Ready bud?" He looked down at Toothless who snorted in response and he took off upwards towards the skies. Just as they cleared the layers of clouds, Hiccup smiled. He unhooked the leather strap connected to his belt and the saddle and then looked down at his friend.
"And... Now!" Hiccup's metal leg came unhooked with the stirrup and Toothless' tail fin. Toothless flipped in the air so they were both diving downwards towards the ocean. Hiccup opened his eyes to look at his friend who was looking at him and smiled. They continued to dive towards the ocean and as soon as it was closing in on them, Toothless flipped over and Hiccup climbed into the saddle, slipping his foot back into place. The dragon opened his wings and they glided back to their original pace with ease.
That is, until there was a loud crash above them and they looked up just in time to see a very large hunk of metal crashing towards them. "Hiccup, look out!" Fishlegs and Astrid shouted at the same time. All Hiccup could see was a flash of orange and bright blue eyes before the metal device crashed into him and his dragon, knocking him out cold.
~On The Other Side~
It was just the same thing over and over again. Check the struts and watch the navi-computers. Nothing interesting. "Master, dare I ask what we're doing out here?" Ahsoka asked, turning her head to look at her master, Anakin Skywalker, who sat in the pilot's seat while she sat in the co-pilot's seat. Anakin rolled his eyes. "You know why we're here, Ahsoka."
What? Either she hadn't been listening to him, or he was delusional because Ahsoka had no clue why they were there. So Anakin looked at her and saw her clueless look. "Ugh, Snips you never listen... We're here because there have been reports of Separatist activity on this planet. Its never been discovered and according to the records, its-" Ahsoka cut him off. "Completely different. Reptilian life is in the sector where we're landing. And human life." She looked at him and he shrugged.
"Could be a hunting crew." Anakin suggested. "Or a bizarre compromise between humans and Trandoshans." Ahsoka suggested, making Anakin snicker. "Nice one."
Ahsoka grinned and held her hand up while he slapped his hand into hers for a high five. She laughed and then there was a loud rapid beeping from the Twilight's internal systems. She jumped up immediately to check what was wrong. A scanner had shown a large layer of thick atmospheric pressures around the planet.
"The pressure is too strong! We're gonna break the atmosphere and crash!" She shouted as the ship began to violently shake and Anakin's head came forward and in contact with the terminal. It knocked him out. Ahsoka gasped. "Master!"
After the ship shook once very violently, she slid across the floor and into the control panels, smashing the back of her skull into it. Ahsoka let out a painful groan before hearing the ship beep angrily. They broke the atmosphere and they were now on fire. "Oh, sith spit!" Ahsoka cursed and pushed Anakin into a sitting position. "Master... Anakin Shertai Skywalker!" She shouted his full name but he still didn't answer. Her heart was pounding in her ears.
The wings flamed up and she finally jumped into the co-pilot's seat and grabbed the steering wheel, yanking back and pulling the ship up. It was hard for her to do but they managed to not dive nose deep into the waters. Ahsoka looked around and saw they were surrounded by mountains and rock formations. But what caught her off guard was the black giant figure speeding right for us. Ahsoka gasped loudly as the Twilight came in contact with the thing. It turned out it was a creature with huge wings like a Shyrack's but everything else was a mystery. It had two horns on its head and another set that looked similar but were ears. And it had a flat head, not to mention piercing green eyes with tints of silver and gold.
But what scared her was that it had its teeth bared and its pupils were slits. It was mad. Ahsoka had to act fast. She couldn't let an innocent creature die!
And that's when she saw something else... A human was on the creature but was knocked unconscious. Ahsoka gasped loudly and jumped upwards to the ladder above and opened the emergency hatch. Anakin was secure in his seat so he was safe, so now Ahsoka had to save the human on the nose of the ship. Ahsoka felt the gust of strong air and almost fell on her bum, but straightened out and jumped from the hatch and ontop of the ship, sliding down the windshield slowly, holding her breath. The black creature looked up and hissed at her.
"Easy there! I don't want to hurt you..." Her focus was on the human who she identified as a boy. And as the ship shook violently, she jumped into action, jumping for the human and clutching him in her arms. But Ahsoka wasn't prepared for the slickness of the hood and she went straight off the side of the ship. The unconscious human boy in her arms was dead weight to her but she couldn't let go as she plummeted to the waters. "Oh, force..." Ahsoka breathed out and felt the water's impact hit her skin and she fell down towards the water's floor.
Ahsoka finally gained control and her shock was lifted and she wrapped her arms around the boy, dragging him to the surface. She felt the air in her lungs and she began to cough as she dragged him to the water's edge. The human wasn't breathing and it made her scared. But luckily, Kix had trained her in CPR so she was prepared.
Ahsoka pinched the human's nose, tilted his head back to get the airway to open up, and put her mouth on his, breathing air into his lungs. It took several pumps of air and putting her hands on his chest, trying to pump it to his heart, and breathing air into his lungs over and over again. And finally, he began to cough.
Ahsoka pulled back just in time to see him hunch over and cough up sea water. Ahsoka gasped for breath. "Thank the Force, your alright." Ahsoka said, hunching over and coughing herself. Her coughing finally subsided and she looked up at the human. He was just staring at her...
But then realization struck her. "Anakin..." Ahsoka jumped to her feet and ran up the hills. The human had no choice but to follow her. And when he finally saw her stop, the human stared. It was the hunk of metal that hit him and the dragon. But the weirdest thing was it looked like a giant metal bird.
Ahsoka ran towards the ship quickly and saw her master still unconscious. She jumped and landed on the roof before dropping through the hatch, and shaking her master. "Master... Anakin, wake up." She repeated over and over again. Still nothing. Ahsoka opened her hand and slapped Anakin across the face. He finally woke up and stared at her before groaning.
"What happened?" He said. She smirked. "The, uh... The ship kind of crashed." Ahsoka rubbed the back of her neck behind her rear lek and Anakin rubbed his temples. "Perfect. That was all we needed..."
"Oh, master, your so whiny. You act like you can't fix it..." Ahsoka jumped up and climbed out of the emergency hatch, only to be met by the angry face of the reptile they accidentally hit after breaking the atmosphere. Ahsoka gulped and heard the creature growl, baring its sharp teeth at her. He almost attacked when a shout made him halt.
"Toothless, stop!" She froze and looked at the human boy. He ran up to the beast. "Its OK... She saved my life." The human put his hand on the beast's snout and it seemed to calm down. She climbed out of the hatch and stood on the solid ground and then was pounced on by the creature. She yelped and fell over. The overgrown lizard hissed at her and bared its teeth. "Toothless!" The human shouted at the creature. Out of pure fear for her death, she shouted out.
"Anakin!" That was all it took. Anakin jumped out of that hatch as fast as possible. "OK, OK, I'm sorry! I'm sorry for hitting the two of you!" Ahsoka spoke quickly. The creature closed its mouth and its eyes changed, instead of scary they turned friendly. That was until Anakin had knocked the creature off his Padawan with the force. It went across the dirt but its claws accidentally found Ahsoka's thigh and she shouted out in pain. "Ahsoka!" Anakin slid across the ground and pulled her up so her back rested in his lap and he wrapped an arm around her chest and to her shoulder protectively.
The human seemed to understand what happened because he raced over to Ahsoka in a second. But Anakin wouldn't have it. "Get back, kid!" He snarled. He stumbled back and held his hands up in defense. "No... Let him." Ahsoka said. Anakin huffed at her hard headed stubborness and let the boy approach. "What's your name?" Anakin said. "I'm Hiccup." He said before examining the gashes on Ahsoka's thigh.
"I'm Anakin Skywalker. This is Ahsoka Tano." He said. Hiccup looked at Ahsoka who smiled weakly and groaned. "OK, it doesn't look life threatening but she needs help." Hiccup said.
"Where are we gonna... Get help?" Ahsoka squirmed in Anakin's arms and he held her still. "Ahsoka, calm down..." He said. She huffed in annoyance. "And... What is that?" Anakin said motioning over to the reptile. "That's Toothless, my best friend and dragon." Hiccup said. Toothless approached Ahsoka slowly and let out a sorrowful purr, looking at the damage he did. He looked so sad and it made Ahsoka's heart kind of hurt.
"Toothless, bud, what are you doing?" Hiccup asked. The dragon sniffed the cut and purred again. Ahsoka watched as he stuck his forked tongue out and dragged it across the claw marks, licking up the blood from her leg. Hiccup couldn't help but stare. He's never been like this to a complete stranger. Especially one that looked like her.
Ahsoka couldn't help but smile. "I know what he's doing... Its said that some creatures have healing toxins in their saliva. A Nexu has the same toxins." They all watched as the cuts soon were just pink gashes with no blood. Toothless was making sure that they didn't get infected before they stitched them up.
"OK, we have to go." Anakin said, picking Ahsoka up bridal style. She rolled her eyes. "You couldn't be anymore melodramatic, Master." She smirked. Anakin groaned. "When it comes to your health, I'll do whatever it takes." He said. Hiccup couldn't help but ask himself... Why did she call him Master?