Hello readers to my first HTTYD story! And once again, my imagination got the best of me. Here I was, working on an update on one of my other stories, when as I was reading the many HTTYD stories that were here that I liked, there were a certain few stories that stuck out to me most, enough to inspire me to do my own story where someone in the real world arrived in a world where dragons and vikings exists! And it didn't help that I am so hyped for the last season of RTTE that's coming out in a couple of days, enough to do my own HTTYD story. I know if this doesn't make sense to some of you, but that's just how it is.
So, without further ado, do enjoy this new story. Oh, and this is in my OC's point of view. Also, note that I am not a skateboarder, but again, I was inspired.
It was a nice afternoon in the season of autumn out in the city of New York. There, many people were working, kids going to school, friends hanging out, shops filled with customers. Everything was all nice and well. But, there's no place that was as fun, wild, and filled as the skatepark.
There, many teenagers were on their skateboards or bikes and did many stunts on all of the obstacles that it provided. Everyone at the skatepark was having fun doing some tricks or watching their skateboarders and cyclists friends have fun. Today was one of the many days, however, that the skatepark was used for a competition. Yes, as great as the skatepark was, there were some teens with big egos who think that the skatepark was only for the best of the best while everyone else should just leave and never return. But likewise, there were some teens who believed that anyone can be in the skatepark and that it isn't for egotistical boarders or cyclists like them.
The way the competition goes is like any other skateboarding contest, only we do three simple rounds using three boarders from our team, one per round. The first will be a certain trick round. Certain as in the judges, aka the audience, selects one trick we skateboarders do, a simple one that is, and whoever outdoes the other person will win the round. The second round is something like a race; two boarders go through obstacles and whoever makes it through the finish line first wins that round. The last round is the best stunt competition. As the name states, two boarders do whatever trick they want to do. Whoever did the most daring trick without falling or slipping up is the victor. Well, the last round rarely happens since one certain team almost always win the first two round, making it meaningless to do the third round, no matter how exciting it was.
"And now ladies and gentlemen! For the final obstacle!" exclaimed the announcer for today's contest through his mic. "So far Team Leon's boarder, Davis, is behind Team Rider's leader, Justin! Will the leader of our beloved team win this round and keep this skatepark open for everyone? Or is Davis going to take things up a notch and try to at least catch up with Justin?!"
Oh yeah, I should probably explain the point of the competition. See, the two teams competing, Team Leon and Team Riders, are competing for the skatepark. Yep, that's right. This point of this competition was for the park itself. Should Team Leon win, the park wouldn't be open to everyone who wanted to skate for fun there.
Team Leon, named after the founder and leader of the gang. They were nothing but bullies, always picking on the weak and causing trouble everywhere they go. How the cops didn't catch them yet, no one knew. The only place they were able to do what they want without worrying about cops would be in the skatepark, where people could do whatever they want. So long as no weapons were involved that is.
Getting off track. If Team Riders win, the park stays open to everyone and Team Leon leaves the place alone. Team Riders was a group a teens who, so to say, always fought the Leons for the skatepark, only to keep it open for people of all ages, unlike what the egotistical team thinks. And bullies they may be, Team Leon had some pride for skateboarding. Well, the mature members that is. Leon was but a spoiled brat when it comes to skateboarding and doesn't like to lose, especially for the best trick round. And every two months, they always come back to try to claim the skatepark for themselves. It happened so often, it became a tradition of sort.
"Go Justin!" came a shout from the Riders. It came from a blonde girl in her late teens. Her long hair was in braids, eyes were blue, and she wore a white shirt with a blue jean jacket over it, blue jeans and white sneakers. She also had on a yellow wristband that had a blue logo of a dragon. This was Asta Henderson, Justin's girlfriend. Well, not officially that is. But everyone knew the way they look at each other. Makes us all wonder when they'll make it official.
"You're almost there!" came a shout next to her. That shout... was from me. I was a girl a few years younger than her, had shoulder-length black hair, black eyes, and I wore a blue and green plaid tunic shirt with a black travel jacket over it, grey jeans, white and black nike sneakers and a brown gatsby. On the left sleeve of the jacket, at the shoulder area, was a white logo of a dragon different from Asta's.
The speedy leader of the Riders was sliding down the rails when he was closing in on the finish line. But then, the unspeakable happened. Most people didn't see, or maybe I was the only one who saw it, but someone from Leon's team spat out chewed gum in his path. The wheel got caught in it and, as a result, Justin fell off his board. Many people gasped in shock at the fall, many in the Riders and those in the audience that is, while Davis took this chance and crossed the line first.
"And what a turnaround! Davis took advantage of Justin's mess up and crossed the finish line first!" the announcer shouted.
"What 'mess up'?! Leon cheated!" Asta shouted. Huh, so it wasn't just me after all.
"Calm down, Asta. They're not gonna believe that. Besides, it's not like we shouldn't be ready for it in the first place. They would've done it at any time," I told her, calming the blonde.
Gritting her teeth, Asta found that to be true. "Well, at least we're tied up. Which means round three." To me, she then said, "Are you sure you can do this?"
"I watched Justin skateboard for a long time and practiced the tricks, even made up some of my own. Besides, it was my dear cousin's idea to put me in the last round, even though I'm not officially part of the team." Oh yeah, Justin, the leader of the Riders, is also my older cousin. But I see him more as a brother than a cousin.
Speaking of, he made his way towards us. "Sorry for the let down, guys," he apologized.
Justin was about the same age as Asta. He was a brunette with brown eyes, wore a red shirt with a white jacket over it, black sport pants, and black shoes. On the back of the jacket was a red logo of a dragon that was just like on my jacket.
"It's not your fault, Justin. The Leons were playing dirty this time," said another one of the Riders.
"We Riders ride with the wind, always. It never betrays us; it wasn't your fault," said another.
Justin nodded at their comforting words before looking at me. "I was hoping you didn't have to do the third round, too. Looks like all the pressure is on you now."
"Cuz, don't worry about it. I watched you do your boarding and practiced some moves. Plus, you were the one who wanted me in the group, and you were the one who put my name on that list for the competition. At least have some faith in me," I pointed out to him.
A smile formed and a chuckle was heard from his mouth. "All right, you got me there. Show them what you can do."
With a nod, I picked up my own skateboard, ocean blue with some waves, and made my way to the vent ramp, where Leon stood with his flaming-red-skull skateboard.
"I really think Justin lost his mind when he picked you to face me," he said with a smug look on his face.
"Why don't we test that mind of his and see for ourselves?" I challenged.
"And now for the final match! The best trick round!" the announcer shouted. "As the name states, the two boarders perform a trick. Whoever does the better trick will win this match and win their team the victory! From Team Leon's is their very own Leon, the leader! From the Riders, we have... someone who is not yet a Rider. Well, this will be an interesting match-up. Will this newbie Outtrick the leader or has Justin and the rest of the team lost their mind? We'll have to watch and see for ourselves everyone! Going up first is Leon!"
"Watch and learn from the master," the boarder in question said.
He made a running leap off the ramp, doing a backflip and placed his feet on his board as he did so, and slid down the ramp in one go. He then skated off the ramp and made his way to one of the rails nearby. He barley grinded through the whole length and bubble flipped off. The stairs were next and he did a 360 down. Up next were the pipes, in which he tailslid his skateboard over and jumped off with a heelflip. Then to the bowl, he skated over to it and barley grinded on the edge before sliding down into the bowl. The moment he got out from the other side, he did a flip and continued over to the pyramid. He skated and leapt over the flat part with a caballerial flip. Making his way back to the ramp, he leapt up on it and skated to the opposite end. He got on the edge and skated from one end to the other before doing a disco flip down and skated back to the starting line, ending his turn.
"Wow! Talk about trick after trick! As expected from the leader of Team Leon!" said the announcer. "Can the Riders' not-member live up to that?"
Leon smirked, no doubt thinking that he had the final round in the bag. True, those were good tricks, but I can do better. And no, I wasn't just saying that.
On my skateboard, I went down the ramp, kicking the ground to pick up speed to go up the ramp on the other side. As I reached the top, I grabbed onto the ledge and kept my other hand on the board, doing the ho-ho. I then skated back down to the rails. I jumped off the ramp with a nightmare flip and did a 50-50 grind on the rails. I heard gasps and awes, but I didn't let that break my focus as I did a triple heelflips down the stairs, landing in a coconut wheelie, much to their shock. Truth be told, I almost lost my balance when I did that, for I didn't expect to land on the side of my board, but the surprise wasn't enough to stop my concentration still, as I turned my board back on the wheels and skated towards the pipes. Fun fact about the pipes in this skatepark: they're big enough for a skateboard to go through and are big enough to jump over, or rather, jump on. That said, I leapt off my skateboard, letting it travel through the pipe as I ran on top of it. I leapt off from the other side and, to my luck, landed on my board, continuing on to the bowl as I heard cheers from the audience. Instead of skating down, I jumped down with a gazelle spin, landing my board on the side of the bowl and skated around to the other side. As I got to the top, I did a miller flip, turning myself around and skated myself out of the bowl. For the pyramid, I just did an airwalk as I jumped over the flat part. As I get back on the ramp, I did a ghetto bird and just skated back up to the starting line.
The audience and the Riders went wild at my performance while I saw some Leons jaw drop.
"I cannot believe what I saw, folks! Is that skateboarder really a new member of the Riders?! Either way, she had no doubt bested Leon in the final round! I especially would never thought I'd ever see anyone land on their skateboard in a coconut wheelie or land back on their skateboard after a run across the pipes! Just who is this new member?!" the announcer cried out.
"Nice going, Rain!" I heard Justin shout.
"You show him, Rain!" came Asta's.
Eventually, all the Riders and the people in the audience chanted my name. Yes, my name... is Rain. A soon-to-be Rider.
After that competition, with Team Leon leaving, dragging their leader who kept shouting about a redo or that he'll come back soon, which we don't doubt, everyone spent the rest of the day having fun in the skatepark. And by 'fun', I meant I had gained a lot of fans thanks to the final match. Most questioned how long I was skating or if I could teach them some moves, mainly the heelflips to the wheelie, which I had no heart to say that I either got lucky or it wasn't suppose to happen. Don't judge me.
"Okay, guys. Give her some room," Asta said, squeezing into the crowd towards me, with Justin next to her.
"Nice going there, cuz. I knew you were good, but I didn't think you were that good," my cousin said.
"Well what can I say? I learned from the best," I responded.
The two Riders next to me chuckled at my reply. After the short laugh, Justin asked, "So, what do you say we make it official? You being one of us Riders."
That question brought a smile on my face. A smile that faded almost as fast as it appeared. "I... can't," I answered. Don't get me wrong, I do want to join my cousin's team. It's just...
"Does she not have one yet? A dragon," Asta asked the leader.
Yeah, there was a condition to joining the Riders. It was a silly one, but the condition to joining them, besides being good at skateboarding, was to have a drawing of a made-up dragon species. If they approve of the dragon, then you're in. Why was that a condition? Short answer: my cousin and his friends, who were founders of the Riders, were dragon geeks. Ever since they heard stories of dragons, they were quite fascinated with them, especially since they can 'ride with the wind' as my cousin had once said. This also led to why their team was called the Riders; they like to ride with the wind, no matter how fierce, kind of like dragons. And since each member was to come up with their own dragon, after it was approved, they would later get new clothes that would have their dragon as the logo. The jacket I wore was Justin's; his lucky jacket that he gave me as a birthday present.
Now, as silly as the condition was, it wasn't the reason why I couldn't join. And Justin was the only one who knew. "I see. Speaking of, what time is it?"
I took out my phone and gasped at the time. "Holy-! I got to go! See you guys later!" Without waiting for their goodbyes, I skated out of the park.
After skating a few blocks away from the skatepark, I turned a corner, where a limo was. I instantly opened the door and slipped in.
"You ran a little late today," said the driver, as he started to drive. "May I ask what had happened?"
"Oh you know. Team Leon," I simply answered. "Got me held up this time because Justin signed me up to do their competition."
"Master Justin did that? Would that mean you became that good of a boarder?"
"Of course it does. James... Don't tell me you were actually doubting me this whole time."
The driver, James, panicked slightly at the I used tone. "Huh? Who me? Why I never!"
I giggled at his expression. "I'm just teasing you."
He relaxed slightly when he heard that. I swear, it was fun to tease the guy.
A couple hours later, we arrived at a big house outside the city. Well, it was more than a house; it was a mansion. Yeah... I'm not any ordinary skateboarder.
James opened the door and helped me out of the limo. As soon as he did, I removed my hat, walked over to the door and opened it... greeted by the many maids and butlers that worked in the building.
"Welcome home, ma'am," they bowed in unison. I was happy and grateful that they were able to do so quietly.
I should explain my background. In public's eye, I am just an ordinary skateboarder. Well, maybe not ordinary, but I am a skateboarder to them. In truth, though, my name is Rain Goldenberg of the Goldenberg family... heiress of Goldenberg Tech.
Goldenberg Tech was a company that sells technology and gives technical services. The 'Gold' part wasn't just a name, for the company is currently ranked number one in services, production, stocks, even the workers were quite happy to be working there. In fact, it was so successful, many other companies are allied with ours, in need for any technical services they may have problems with or to have some assistance in any department within their building. And it was because of how successful the company was... my life sucked.
Before I knew I had a cousin, I was pampered and spoiled the moment I was born. Most people treated that way would take advantage of it, but not me. Despite the attention I was getting by the servants, it wasn't the same as getting attention from my parents. My mother died with I was six-years-old. It was from some sickness, the name I couldn't remember. I do remember that she was looking unwell during my childhood and couldn't spend much time with me in fear that whatever she caught may spread to me, so I cherished the moment we had spent together. When she died... it left a big hole in my heart... until I met Justin.
As mentioned earlier, I didn't know about him during my early childhood. When my mom died, everyone from her family was informed about it and attended her funeral. I was in the woods, crying my eyes out that time, when my cousin came. After we introduced each other, he cheered me up by showing me some skills he had with the skateboard that time. Being a kid I was, I was instantly in awe with what he performed and became interested in skateboarding. I had spoken to my father about it, but was saddened to hear that I wasn't allowed to do anything that involved the sport because it had nothing to do with business. But thankfully, James, the driver earlier and my personal butler, managed to find a loophole and granted my wish.
Speaking of my father, with how busy he was with the company, he never had time for me. He noticed me, that was for certain, with the fact that I was homeschooled instead of going to school itself, and I knew James always report to him on a day-to-day basis, excluding anything that had to do with skateboarding that is. And since I'm a girl and young, the only time I could go out was to go to a combat school, which though I do go to at times, was a good excuse to be with my cousin and his friends.
So yeah, at home, I'm a bored, spoiled, educated teen. Outside, especially at the skatepark, I'm a hardcore skateboarder.
"Miss Goldenberg, your father has requested for your presence," one of the maids told me.
I was shocked to hear that. My dad never wanted to speak to me. Rather, he never spoke to me, period. I didn't know what to feel when she told me this.
"R-Really? I'll go see him immediately!" I said, completely forgetting about my current appearance. Before anyone stopped me, I was already rushing towards my father's office.
When I arrived at his door, I started to feel quite nervous, wondering what he would want to talk to me about. I would assume that it would be about the company, since there really wasn't much about me personally that he would know about. Gathering whatever courage I had, I knocked on the door.
"Yes?" came a voice from the other side.
"I-It's Rain," I spoke, mentally cursing myself for stuttering. "One of the maids said you wanted to see me."
"... You may enter." With his permission, I allowed myself in.
His office was big. There were some bookcase on one side of the room, filled with books, portraits hung on the other side, a large window on the other side of the room, my dad's desk in the middle with some chairs, the man himself sitting behind the desk, a large lamp at the corner of the room near him, and a tv on top of a nightstand right under the portraits.
"You wish to speak with me?" I asked.
"Rain..." he spoke. "I am aware that I was never there most of your life, but tell me, what is the meaning... of this?" He turned on the tv, where a news report showed- Wait... Why would he be-?! "Why were you on tv, doing such meaningless activity when you should've been studying self-defense or business?" He didn't raise his voice, and I may not know him that well, but I know him well enough to know that he was hiding his anger. I was the heiress of Goldenberg Tech, and of all times my dad could watch the news, any news at all, he had to be watching the one that was recording the skateboarding contest from earlier! And it didn't help that I didn't change out of my clothes. But... even so... "Listen here, young lady-"
"To what?" I interrupted. I didn't mean to, but I just had to. "Of all times you decided to finally speak to me face-to-face, it's not during mom's funeral, or when I was worried about mom when she was sick, or my birthday, or even when I told you of my interest, but because I went behind your back?! Because I did something I like?! I wanted to tell you for so long! Hoping that there was one part of you that actually cares about me and sees me as your daughter! But I guess it was all just wishful thinking in the end after all." He was about to say something, but I wouldn't let him. "You never once even looked at me since I was born! If you think I'll just listen to you because you're my dad, then you have another thing coming! You never acted fatherly to me, you never raised me! You even have James report to you everyday to know what goes on in my life when you could've just asked me yourself! I don't know what I was hoping for when you called for me, but what I do know is that I'm done! I'm not just any heiress of any company! I'm a teenage girl who wants to have a normal life!" After that, without hearing another word from him, I rushed out of his office and into my room.
I am aware I was such a drama queen back there, but can you blame me? Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to have a conversation with him, any conversation at all. Due to how busy he was though, there was never a good chance to talk to him. I remember asking my mom what she saw in him, how they met. She told me it was love at first sight, a real Romeo and Juliet story. A story that will be saved for another time.
I couldn't take it any more, secretly being in his shadows. Never receiving any sort of parental love from him. Always expected to do what I should as an heiress. I didn't want any part of it any longer. That's why... I'm going away.
That night, I took my bag from out of my closet, emptying out all the contents I had in it, which were only my karate clothes, a notebook, a sketchbook, a pencil case, and my nunchucks. I placed the sketchbook, case and the nunchucks back in the bag, the latter in case if I do get in any trouble. I also put in a survival kit, some energy bars, some rope, batteries, and two chargers for my phone, one that has some batteries in it to charge and one to charge both the phone and the battery in case if they both run out and I end up somewhere with an outlet. Don't ask why I have some of these things.
Once I was ready to leave, I grabbed my skateboard James sent up, put my gatsby back on, and took one more thing from my desk before making my way to the balcony. Now, usually no one would be willing to leave their home from the second floor, but I'm a skateboarder. I took a small running start before jumping over the rail and slamming my skateboard into a wall. Before I could hit the ground, and thank god I was sliding down, not falling, I managed to tilt my skateboard in time to land safely. Thankfully, it didn't seem that no one heard the small commotion and I took this chance to skate to the woods nearby.
Time later, it had started to rain, which was just perfect. Of all things I packed, I forgot an umbrella. Well, on the bright side, my jacket had a hood, so I was kind of safe from the rain. But even so, I had to find shelter. Thankfully, there was a cave that can shelter me from the rain, which was within my sight. I kicked off the ground at full speed, wanting to get out of the weather as fast as possible. To make things better for me, the cave also had some firewood inside. I was the kind of person who uses her resources sparingly, so I broke off a few branches into as many pieces as possible before setting them on one pile and lighting them up in flames with the lighter I had in my survival kit. Don't ask why I have a lighter.
As soon as I got myself settled in, I took out the paper I grabbed from my desk. It was an old drawing... of a dragon of my own. I drew it the day after I met Justin's skateboarding crew. I've been interested in joining since then and had my own drawing of a dragon prepared for the day I do. But due to being reminded of my status, I became reluctant to present it to the Riders. I often redo the drawing in my sketchbook though, improve the image compared to how it was when I drew it as a child. Even though I keep redoing it, I just couldn't let go of this very first drawing. It may be because it symbolizes the day I met them, the day I actually became interested in doing something, being a part of something. I took out the book and flipped the page to the most recent, incomplete improvement of the drawing and added in as much as I could.
Some time later, I felt the storm was getting worse and decided to move deeper into the cave. Creating a torch, I grabbed my stuff and ventured onwards, away from the entrance and the storm. As I walked, however, I noticed something off about the cave.
'I don't remember the cave being this deep,' I thought. Sure it was deep enough to be away from a bad storm, but not enough to be explored in. As much as my gut was telling me to not go deeper in, curiosity got the better of me as I started to skate around the area.
The deeper I went in the cave, the bigger and wider it was, the farther I was from the storm and the sound of the rain hitting the ground, and the lower the temperature was strangely getting. I still couldn't help but wonder if the cave was originally this big and deep, as I had remembered there should've been a dead end much sooner. Eventually, to my surprise, I felt a slight breeze from the direction I was heading. Up ahead, I thought my eyes were fooling me, but I actually saw it; light. Dropping the torch in slight shock, I picked up the speed towards the exit. Once I was out, I was met with an unbelievable sight. No sign of rain, a pond was in front of me, some trees and boulders, sky was clear, and judging from how the area was sheltered in a side of a mountain, I seemed to be in a cove. Strangest thing was the clear sky above me, signaling no rain had occurred at all.
"What the...?" I muttered. Knowing that standing around wouldn't do much for me, I skated out of the cove to get a better look at the new environment. One glance, and I knew I wasn't just far from my house; I was in a whole place. Sure I ran into the woods, but the scenery here was way different. Not only that, but I also saw an ocean from a distance, and my home and the woods were nowhere near a large body of water.
"Where am I?" Okay... So I am far, far from home. Somehow I ended up a little bit too far from my prison of a house, but it's okay. There may be other signs of life around here, signs of people somewhere... What am I saying? This is not okay! I came from New York to, my best guess, an island! This is nowhere near normal!
But, as bad as this was, and as freaked out as I was, I was also quite curious and excited. This was a new area, and I always am eager to explore. That said, I glided into the woods on my skateboard.
The path I took seemed to have slanted down, as I felt myself gaining some speed. Taking notice of a few logs and low branches ahead, I couldn't help but perform a trick or two. To a couple of logs that were spaced perfectly apart, I performed a nail slide. A bit bumpy, but performed to perfection, or close to. I started to kick the ground and gain some more speed for the low branch and performed that jump trick I did back in the skatepark, only I rolled over the branch and landed on my skateboard. I may have lost my balance a little, but I still managed. ... Okay, I overestimated my jump and fell. But hey, it was the skateboarder part of me. That part of me likes challenges. Don't judge me.
I picked up my board and my hat, that fell from the fall, and dusted off some dirt on the latter. As I did so, I looked up and saw something in the sky. 'Is that a plane?' I wondered, until I saw a movement I knew a plane wouldn't make, which made me realize that it was some sort of animal. Not wanting to take the chance of being seen by whatever was up there, I put my hat back on, got on my board and quickly glided through the woods.
'Gotta find a place to hide!' I thought, speeding through the forest.
"Hey! Stop!" I thought I heard.
'I'm going crazy! I heard someone shouting at me to stop!' I thought again, as I looked behind me. I panicked when I did, for the animal that was chasing me... was a freaking dragon! A dragon, of all things! I looked back forward and instantly picked up some more speed, swaying past the trees. A boulder came in my path and I managed to do a benihana over it. I heard a screech behind me and a small thud, slightly relieving myself, knowing that the dragon may have crashed into the boulder. I then saw a tree coming, one big and thick enough to hide in, and hid.
I tried to soothe my panting while I was hidden, not wanting to be found by the dragon. Yes, I was skateboarding, but even that took up some stamina. Plus, I was chased, what do you expect?
'Dragons...' I started to think. 'How on earth can dragons exist?! They were suppose to be myths! Legends! Fairy tales! So how?! Why?!'
A roar was heard above me, causing me to hold my breath. Footsteps followed, which meant that the dragon had landed and decided to search for me on the ground. Pretty smart, that one.
"SQUAAK!" came another sound, as another thud was heard from my left side.
"What's up?" I heard a female voice asked.
I was shocked to hear a human voice with the dragons, wondering if there was someone out there. If so, hopefully it would be someone friendly. If it was a dragon talking... God help me.
"I saw something!" came the voice I heard earlier. "It was black and fast! Almost like it was gliding through the woods! It even jumped over that big boulder!"
"Are you sure you weren't just seeing things?" asked the female voice.
"I'm pretty sure I saw this thing on its head." Hearing that confused me. "I've never seen this hat before. You?" Until that. I slowly and carefully, without making a sound, reached up to the top of my head... and felt nothing but hair.
'My hat!' I mentally panicked. That hat was the one gift and memento I have of my late mother, and it was gone. As much as I didn't want to leave it, I'd rather not be eaten alive. With that, I quickly got out of the tree and skated back down the slope, kicking the ground to pick up speed.
"Hey! There it is again!" came the male voice.
I panicked slightly and picked up some more speed, fast enough to move through the trees without crashing into any. To my slight dismay, I came into a clearing. This gave me a bit of time to see what was behind me, at the very least, and the distance between us. I looked and saw two different dragons, yet somehow familiar, chasing me. And on their backs were... people?!
"That's a person!" the girl shouted.
"Stop! You're heading for a cliff gap!" the boy warned.
"Huh?!" I gasped, looking ahead and saw that he spoke the truth. And as much as I wanted to stop, I still knew nothing about the people chasing me. So instead, I kicked the ground for more speed, as much as possible before I can get to the cliff.
"Is she trying to-?!" the girl behind me gasped.
"Don't! You'll never make it!" the boy shouted.
Those two knew nothing about me, clearly. If they did, they'd know that I wouldn't give in to a challenge such as this. As I skated off the cliff like a ramp, I felt weightless and pulled my skateboard close in a rocket air. Good news: I made it to the other side. Bad news: I didn't think I would actually make it and didn't prepare myself for a rough landing. Thus, this led me to rolling down the grass, separated from my board and hit my head against something hard. And then... I blacked out.
*GENERAL'S P.O.V*
Hiccup and Astrid were both speechless at the long jump Rain did, surprised that she made it to the other side of the gap. When the two were dragon boarding, Hiccup and Toothless couldn't make that jump. So how was this girl able to do it without a dragon? As much as they wanted that question to be answered, the surprise and shock were replaced with worry when they saw her tumble down and hit her head against a boulder.
"Toothless/Stormfly!" both cried out their dragons' name. The two knew what their riders wanted and flew down to her side. As soon as they landed, the two got off their dragons and rushed over to the girl.
"How is she?" Astrid asked Hiccup, who turned the girl over and saw blood on one side of her head.
"Oh no. We have to cover up her injury!" Hiccup told her. "I should have a some fabric in my bag! We can use that!"
Astrid nodded and rushed to Toothless's saddlebag, taking out some red cloth from his bag, the same shade as the Night Fury's prosthetic tail fin, and ran to wrap it around Rain's head. "Who do you think this girl is?" she asked.
"Don't know, but we have to get her to Gothi," Hiccup answered. Draping one of Rain's arms over his neck, he said to Astrid, "Help me get this girl on one of our dragons."
She nodded and draped Rain's other arm around her shoulder, when she saw a symbol on her left arm. "Hiccup."
"What, Astrid? We have to help her!" When he saw how his friend seemed to be in a trance, looking at something on Rain's arm, he got curious and looked. Hiccup's jaw dropped and his grip on Rain almost slackened as he saw the symbol. "That can't be possible..."
"I thought no one knew what they looked like before you did," Astrid said to him.
"That's what I thought. That's what everyone thought!"
The dragon symbol on Rain's arm, the symbol drawn by Justin... was a Night Fury.