How to train your dragon

The Hideous Zippleback

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"Todays' lesson is about teamwork."

After their impromptu flight, Hiccup and Hicca made it back to the village in time for their next training exercise. The teens were put in four groups of two; Hiccup and Fishlegs, Snotlout and Tuffnut, Astrid and Ruffnut and Hicca and Raeda. Each teen held onto a bucket of water as the Arena was suddenly filled with smoke.

"Now, if you throw water at a dragons head, then it can't produce fire. The Hideous Zippleback is trickier than the other dragons. It has one head that breathes gas and one head that lights it. You need to know which is which." Gobber said as he watched the kids from a safe distance.

The teams of two had their backs facing each other as the smoke separated them from the other teams, making them unable to see anything.

Nervously, Fishlegs started stating facts about the Zippleback "Razor sharp, serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion. Prefers ambush attack, by crushing its victims-"

Hiccup, who was already on edge about their assignment cut off Fishlegs' rambling "Will you please stop that?! It's not helpful in any way!"

Both teams Astrid and Ruffnut and Hicca and Raeda were quiet as they kept an eye out for the dragon. A thought suddenly came to Hicca.

"If we see one of the heads of the dragon, only one of us should throw water at it, since there will be a one in two chance of getting it wrong." She whispered to Raeda. Raeda nodded at that "Good idea. You throw the water first."

Snotlout and Tuffnut however did not have the same strategy "If that dragon shows either of his faces, I'm gonna-" Snotlout started to say before noticing a shadow "There it is!" He and Tuffnut then threw their buckets at what they thought were dragons only to hear two feminine screams.

The smoke cleared revealing to be Ruffnut and Astrid "Hey! It's us, idiots! Have you gone blind or something?!" Ruffnut said, completely drenched.

Tuffnut was not bothered by this "Your butts are getting bigger. We thought you were a Dragon."

"Not that there's anything wrong with having a dragon-esque figure. I don't mind." Snotlout said before getting punched in the face by Astrid. Ruffnut threw her bucket at Tuffnut causing him to fall. Suddenly, Tuffnut got pulled into the smoke! Astrid put an arm in front of Ruffnut, preventing her from going after her brother.

"Wait." She whispered. After a moment of silence, a tail swooped in from behind knocking both girls of their feet and Astrid to lose her bucket of water!

Tuffnut then emerged out of the smoke "OH, I'M HURT! I AM VERY MUCH HURT!" he yelled as he ran. Unfortunately, he didn't see where he was going and knocked right into...

"AHHHH!" Raeda and Hicca yelled as Tuffnut ran right into them causing them to also lose their buckets of water! "Tuffnut! You idiot!" Raeda shouted at the male Thorston twin who got up and continued to run away. That only left Hiccup and Fishlegs.

"Chances of survival have rapidly dwindled into single-digits." Fishlegs said nervously.

Then one of the heads of the Zippleback emerged from the smoke and zeroed in on Fishlegs. Panicking, Fishlegs threw the water at the head. The Zippleback seemed unfazed as it began to spew out green gas while the other head came into view.

"Oh, whoops. Wrong head." Fishlegs said now scared. The Zippleback then blasted the green gas at Fishlegs!

"Fishlegs!" Gobber yelled in concern. Thankfully, Fishlegs managed to get out of there before the other Zippleback head could ignite the gas. Then there was one.

"Now, Hiccup! Throw it!"

As the Zippleback raised both its' heads higher, Hiccup threw the bucket with all the strength he had. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to reach the dragon and he ended up getting himself drenched. "Oh, come on!" He muttered as he held his bucket up. Luck and strength were not in his favour at all.

Then the Zippleback got him pinned, ready to fire at him.

"Hiccup!" Both Gobber and Hicca yelled in fear. Gobber was about to go in and help him, but then stopped. Suddenly the Zippleback started moving away from the boy in fear! Gobber and the teens were shocked by this. Since when did one of the weakest teen became intimidating to a dragon? Hicca quickly put two and two together and had her arms crossed and slowly shaking her head in amusement.

"BACK! BACK! BACK! Back I say! Don't you make me tell you again! Yes, that's right. Get back into your cage, right now. Now, think about what you've done." As Hiccup got the dragon back into its' cage, he took out the eel he had hidden in his vest and threw it in to the cage, making the Zippleback back into a corner in fear.

As he locked up the cage, he turned back to see everyone, except Hicca, looking back at him in complete shock.

"Okay! So, is the lesson over? Because Hicca and I've got some things we need to, uh... Yep. We'll... see you tomorrow! Come on Hicca!"

"See you guys later." Hicca said, casually waving at everyone as she left to join her brother.

"Wow." Raeda said finally breaking the silence. 'How in the world did Hiccup do that? Whatever it was, Hicca is obviously in on it.'

"You used the eel, didn't you?" Hicca asked as soon as they were away from the arena. Hiccup nodded.

"How else?"

"Well played, bro. Well played."

"Did you see the looks on the others face?"

"I know, right? They were looking like they saw a ghost or something. Fishlegs even dropped and he didn't realise it. Even Astrid was shocked and speechless. I didn't even think that was possible."

"Come on, let's go to the Cove. I know two dragons who are going to get double the amount of fish this time." Hiccup said. They broke into a run towards the forest.

"You know, I have a feeling that things are going to be a lot different from now onwards." Hicca said as they ran.

Little did she know, her prediction will come true in a few weeks. This was just the beginning.