GUYS.
HELP ME.
I CAN'T...STOP...POSTING...HELP ME...
*slams head on keyboard*
FINE! So this was supposed to be posted on March 20th, I got bored, so I moved the release date to March 10th, and guess what? I decided to get it to you all early. -_- COME ON. I can't take a break even when I want to!
But anyways, I'm ahead of myself in school, which is nice, so I'll have more time to write...so, anyways, I'm going to challenge myself! Last time I challenged myself I finished an 8+ chapter story in like, two to three days, so let's see how this goes. *rubs hands together*
Oh, hang on, something I have to do first...
WARNING: RACE TO THE EDGE SPOILERS!
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I am getting reeeeaaaaal tired of having to do that. XD So anyways, about the challenge:
I will complete this story and post the sequel to it by MARCH 20TH.And that's it. :D You guys think I can do it? Let's see! :D I hope you enjoy chapter 1! :D Enjoy, and I'll see you all later! :D
Hiccup, Fishlegs, Astrid, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Snotlout were running. The sky was clear and hot, and the terrain was sandy. Behind them, a large castle-like tower stood, and from the open castle doors ran armed soldiers.
"Let's go to the library, he said!" shouted Snotlout as they ran. "Let's find the book, he said! The Dragon Eye gave us the directions, he said! I'm an idiot, he said!"
"Snotlout, shut up!" snapped Fishlegs angrily, trying to keep up with the rest of the group, who was much faster than he.
"FINE!" said Snotlout. "But if we die for this, Hiccup, I blame you!"
"If we die," said Tuffnut, "I'm going to want an apology from you, H. And a hug. Wait, can spirits hug? If they can-"
"Guys!" shouted Astrid angrily. "Escape from evil maniacs now, talk about dying later!"
They kept running, through the sand, until finally, the ground cut off abruptly in a cliffside. Without hesitation, the riders leapt off it and landed on the backs of their dragons, who had been hovering over the ocean, awaiting their riders' returns.
"Fan out!" Hiccup said. "Fan out and head back to the Edge!"
The riders displayed their agreement by soaring on their dragons, effortlessly scattering themselves through the sky, each heading in a different direction towards the Edge to avoid being followed by the ships of angry soldiers (if the angry soldiers had any ships).
When the island faded from sight, the riders regrouped and continued flying, all the way towards the Edge.
"Sheesh!" moaned Snotlout. "For a public library, they are extremely hostile!"
"It's not just any public library, Snotlout," said Astrid, "it's the Meathead public library, and they're extremely protective of their books. If you so much as touch them, they want to kill you."
"And if Ruffnut and Tuffnut hadn't tried to light an aisle on fire," said Fishlegs, "the soldiers wouldn't have bothered us."
"Hey!" snapped Ruffnut. "The books threatened us, we were sure of it!"
"Books aren't capable of threatening you!" Snotlout said angrily.
"Ooooh!" said Tuffnut mockingly, flicking his hair. "I didn't know you were the master of books! I didn't even know you knew how to read!"
Fishlegs coughed, but it sounded suspiciously like, "He doesn't," to which Snotlout protested with a shout of, "HEY!"
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They landed their dragons on the platform in front of the Clubhouse back on the Edge and dismounted. Hiccup pulled a leather bound book from Toothless' saddlebag; the book they had snatched from the not-so-public library.
"We almost died," said Snotlout, "for a book."
"Are you sure we charted the map right?" said Fishlegs nervously. "The Dragon Eye wouldn't lead us to the Meathead territory, would it?"
"Well, it's impossible to know," said Astrid. "We charted that course months ago, before Viggo stole the Dragon Eye away from us."
"And this," said Hiccup, holding up the dusty book, "is what the Dragon Eye was hinting for us to get."
"How do you know?" Fishlegs asked curiously.
Hiccup brushed dust off the book's cover and opened it; tied to the front page was a Dragon Eye lense.
"This," said Hiccup, untying the string and pulling the lense up for his friends to see. "The Dragon Eye wanted us to get this."
He studied the lense while Fishlegs took the book; really, it was a shame the Dragon Eye had been stolen. Without the Dragon Eye, they had no way of figuring out exactly what the lense had to project.
Astrid came up behind him; the hourglass amber necklace Hiccup had made for her was strung around her neck. She took the lense and studied it. "Are you sure there's no way to see what's on here without the Dragon Eye?" she asked.
Hiccup nodded, and she handed the lense back to him. "Positive," he said. "We tried it tons of times with all different kinds of dragon fire...we even tried Changewing acid from Eyelicker."
Said dragon, along with the other seven members of his pack, looked down at Hiccup and the others curiously, heads tilted to one side. Eyelicker's wing had mended entirely, but he and his pack had yet to return to Changewing island.
It was almost as though they didn't want to return, as though they had decided to make the Edge their home instead.
Fishlegs flipped through the pages of the book...then, suddenly, he stopped. "Hiccup," he said, "I think the Dragon Eye was leading us to more than just the new lense."
Hiccup and the others headed over instantly.
"This isn't just a book," said Fishlegs.
"Oh!" said Ruffnut. "Great! That's a relief. I don't know how to read."
"No, it's a book," said Fishlegs.
"But you just said it wasn't," said Tuffnut
"Let me finish!" said Fishlegs sharply, and then, much calmer, he continued, "It's a journal."
"A journal?" said Ruffnut. "Does that mean we have to read?"
"What about the journal, Fishlegs?" Astrid asked, leaning over to get a better look. "What's so important about it that the Dragon Eye would lead us to it?"
"It's one of Bork's journals," said Fishlegs, his voice heavy with awe. "And it's full of so much...I've never seen anything like this before!"
"Wait," said Tuffnut. "Bork, as in, Bork the Very Very Unfortunate? What do you want his journal for?"
"He was Bork the Very Very Unfortunate," said Hiccup, as Fishlegs handed him the journal, "but that changed to Bork the Bold. He dedicated his entire life to studying and documenting dragons."
"Exactly!" said Fishlegs. "Half of everything in the Book of Dragons was originally discovered by him."
"Through some very, very unfortunate events," added Astrid, nodding. "Sometimes I wonder how he figured out Changewings had hypnotic eyes, or that Timberjacks' wings could saw through trees."
Hiccup flipped through the book, page after page. Every once in a while, there was a sketch of a dragon, some of which Hiccup recognized, and others of which he had never heard of before.
"Fishlegs, this is amazing," said Hiccup.
"I know!" said Fishlegs excitedly. "Just imagine what this could mean for us! The journal could be full of new species, old species, and new information on the species we already know!"
"Ugh," said Tuffnut. "They're doing that thing again."
"Yeah," said Ruffnut. "Anyone who doesn't want to listen to extensive dragon knowledge, you can come help us boobytrap Snotlout's hut."
"Hey!" protested Snotlout. "Why does everyone always gang up on me?"
"But why would there be a Dragon Eye lense in Bork's notebook?" Astrid questioned, taking the lense from Hiccup to study a second time.
"Maybe Bork came across the Dragon Eye in his travels," said Hiccup, "and put this lense here because…"
"Because…?" Fishlegs prompted.
"Because what?" said Snotlout.
"Maybe it goes along with something in the journal," said Hiccup. "Of course, we'd know what this is, if we had the Dragon Eye…"
"But Ryker and the dragon hunters have the Dragon Eye," said Snotlout.
Hiccup looked at the lense, and then back at the notebook. "I'll do some reading in his journal," he said. "Maybe Bork hinted something about the lense in here. If we can find out what's special about the lense, maybe we can figure out what's on it without the Dragon Eye."
"Okay, sounds great!" said Ruffnut. "We'll leave the reading to you, and the boobytrapping Snotlout to us!"
"DO NOT," said Snotlout, "TOUCH MY STUFF-"
"Bye!" said Ruffnut and Tuffnut, and they leapt onto their dragon and shot into the sky before anyone could protest further. Snotlout growled lowly, mounted Hookfang, and took off after them, shouting all the while.
"IF YOU BOOBYTRAP MY HOUSE," he yelled, "NO ONE WILL FIND YOUR BODIES!"
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That evening, Hiccup sat on the edge of his bed, eyes scanning Bork's journal for anything that so much as hinted the Dragon Eye. Toothless paced impatiently nearby, back and forth, back and forth, until finally, he stopped pacing and nudged Hiccup so hard from behind he nearly fell off the bed.
"What?" said Hiccup, looking over his shoulder.
Toothless ran towards the window and looked out expectantly.
"Oh," Hiccup said, "sure...give me five more minutes, and we'll go flying, alright?"
Toothless looked at him uncertainly, but when Hiccup didn't say anything else, he went right back to pacing. Hiccup continued to skim read, looking for keywords (Dragon Eye or lense, specifically), and after a few more minutes, Toothless, once again becoming impatient, swung his tail and whacked the back of Hiccup's head. Hiccup yelped and whirled around again, but when Toothless grinned back at him, Hiccup sighed.
"Alright," he said. "Let's go flying. I can't make anything out in the book, anyways." He set the journal on his desk and blew out the candle.
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Toothless silhouetted against the half moon and soared back down, towards the sandy beach below. As the dragon flew, Hiccup turned his thoughts over in his mind.
"But why would Bork put a Dragon Eye lense in his journal?" he asked Toothless. Toothless growled. "Exactly!" said Hiccup. "He wouldn't unless he was hinting something with it...maybe a map of some sort."
Toothless growled again, which could have meant anything, and soared on, away from the beach and over the forests, and finally, towards the caves on the North side of the Edge - the location farthest away from their home base. The riders didn't come here often; the cliffs were unstable. Rockslides were a regular occurrence.
Hiccup sighed heavily. "If only we had the Dragon Eye," he said. "This would be a whole lot easier."
Toothless didn't answer; instead, the dragon turned his gaze to the ground, eyes suddenly narrowing. He growled lowly, and Hiccup instantly stopped thinking about Bork's journal and followed Toothless' gaze.
"What is it?" he asked.
Toothless hovered, and he and Hiccup looked towards the ground.
Hiccup heard it before he saw it; shouts of what sounded like men, soldiers, perhaps, but he couldn't see anything from this height, and even if he could, the multiple boulders from previous rockslides blocking the view.
"Okay, Toothless," Hiccup said, suddenly whispering, "go down, but slowly, we don't want them to see us."
Toothless nodded in agreement and soared downwards, towards the ground, though he didn't land. Hiccup turned, looking for any sign of soldiers...maybe Dagur and his men had returned for vengeance, who knew…
Then, he raised his head towards the ocean. A single ship was docked on the shore.
Hiccup narrowed his eyes. "Those aren't Berserker ships," he said lowly. "Those are…" He squinted further, and then, he gasped.
"...Dragon hunter ships," he said.
I HAVE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK YOU GUYS.
Okay so maybe it's not all that important, but it's important to me. I really, really, really want you guys to answer this question for me; I think it'll help me a lot as a writer, and I really, really, really, really, reallyreallyreallyreallyreally want to know what you think.
Okay.
Here goes.
Which episode in "Race to the Edge Season 2b" your favorite so far, and why was it your favorite?
Please guys, I want to know. I've been wondering it for a while. :D So, let me know which one is your favorite, and why it's your favorite. It'll help me know what you want to see more of in the future. :D
I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! :D THANK YOU! :D