Next day of Dragon Training, was absolutely ridiculous. This time we were facing a Deadly Nadder, while having to maneuver through a maze. Now the dragon itself isn't the biggest problem for me, rather it's the freaking maze itself. Getting around was absolutely ridiculous since I could not see the walls, and didn't have much room to move around. All I could rely on was the sound of the dragon and teens. As well as Hiccup, who was kind enough to lead me around the maze as best as he could... when he wasn't distracted.

"You know, I just happened to notice the book had nothing on Night Furies. Is there another book? Or a sequel? Maybe a little Night Fury pamphlet?" Hiccup asked Gobber, much to my exasperation.

"Hiccup, look out!" I warned him, hearing the dragon charging for us.

A burst of fire and yelp from Hiccup, as well as the sound of the nearby wall being charred and blasted gets my attention, and I leap to the side in the direction of Hiccup, running after him as the dragon roars behind us, giving chase.

"Focus Hiccup! You're not even trying! Even in a maze Aaron is doing better than you!" Gobber calls out.

I frown in annoyance. "Hey!" I yell back at him, insulted.

"You know it's true laddie!" Gobber shouts.

"I know but you don't have to be a jerk about it!" I retort, before Hiccup pulls me behind the wall, having discarded his axe, since the blade most likely got fried. "I hate mazes," I muttered angrily, jabbing my stick into the ground.

"Sorry," Hiccup apologizes.

Luckily Gobber didn't force me to take a shield into the arena this time, since he knew how difficult it would be for me to navigate the maze, much less carry around a giant shield in battle at the same time. So I was happily back with my trusty walking stick and sword. The Nadder jumped on top of the maze walls, hopping across them from the sound of things.

"Today is all about, attack!" Gobber exclaims happily. "Nadder are quick, and light on their feet. Your job is to be quicker and lighter!"

"Yeah, it'd be much easier if I actually knew my surroundings," I say sarcastically, following Hiccup through another corridor while the teens rush past us.

"Can you even remember anything at all?" Hiccup asks. "You know, like retracing your steps or something?"

"Sort of," I say uncertainly, not confident in my ability to do so during such a chaotic moment. Sure, I have great memory when it comes to mapping out my surroundings in my head after moving through them, but this is a battle zone for crying out loud. Although I guess this could be useful training in helping me to move around in unfamiliar surroundings, if I get caught off guard by a battle in a place I haven't been too yet.

Fishlegs suddenly screams and the sound of spikes hitting wood rings across the arena. "I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!" he yells in a panic.

"Look for its blind spot," Gobber advises us. "Every dragon has one. Find it, hide in it, and strike!"

"Well isn't that ironic?" Hiccup says dryly.

"Oh shut it Haddock," I retort, shoving him forwards. All goes a little quieter all of a sudden, and although I can vaguely hear the dragon it isn't moving so quicker, probably in stealth mode. Well it can't hide from me, I have great hearing! Yay!

"How bout I give you one?" I hear Ruffnut exclaim, as well as the clang of metal from right next to where the Nadder is at. With a sigh of exasperation, I conclude that they probably got into the blind spot of the Nadder successfully, but began an argument with each other, effectively ruining their success. The sound of fire can be heard and he twins scramble away from the Nadder.

"Blind spot yes. Deaf spot? Not so much," Gobber chuckles knowingly.

"Yeah, you would know Gobber!" I shout up in amusement, since he and Hiccup have learned very well from me that blindness doesn't stop hearing from being able to detect something. Hiccup then wanders back over to where Gobber should be, and I groan in exasperation. I get he suddenly had an interest in night furies, but does he really expect to learn anythingg about them from Gobber?!

"Hey, so how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?" Hiccup asks curiously again, oblivious to he fact that the dragon is approaching.

"Nonone's ever met one and lived to tell the tale now get in there!" Gobber yells angrily.

"Except you Hiccup," I say quietly.

"What?!" he asks me suddenly in a high-pitched voice, and I smirk to myself. He definitely has met the Night Fury already, and not just from shooting it down.

"Hiccup, Aaron!" Astrid whispers harshly, and upon hearing the sniffing dragon and clawed steps moving closer, I shove Hiccup down beside Astrid and Snotlout, pressing myself against the wall like the others, listening to the dragon approach.

"It's distracted," I tell them quietly, hearing the dragon sniffing in the opposite direction to us.

"Ok," Astrid whispers back, peeking out and rolling across the gap expertly. Snotlout follows, rolling as well and I move forwards next, rolling across the open corridor without a sound, having mastered the art of stealth so well that even I had trouble hearing myself if I tried really hard.

Unfortunately Hiccup was less fortunate, the shield being to heavy for him to carry when he attempted to roll across the gap with us, creating a metallic thud, which instantly gets the Nadder's attention.

"Oh boy," I say worriedly.

Hiccup yelps and manages to get to his feet, running away as soon as the dragon snaps at him quickly. I run along as well, doing my best to run through the maze with my walking stick held out straight in front of me. The end of the stick hits a wall and I do my best to react appropriately, but my shoulder slams into the wall mid turn, rather painfully as I fall to the ground, Hiccup running after me.

"Oh, that hurt!" I mutter irritably, scrambling to my feet and rushing after Hiccup as he runs past in a panic. Not long after the Nadder stops chasing us, much to my relief, and I take a moment to catch my breathe. I hate his maze.

"Can you stop with the questions already?" I ask him in exasperation.

"But here's so much I want to know-" he starts to say.

"Yep, you've met one!" I say triumphantly, pointing a finger at him.

"Met what?" he asks nervously.

"A Night Fury! It's so obvious for me!" I tell him.

"W-what? No I haven't!" he protests, and I roll my eyes at his obvious lie.

"Fine, we'll talk later!" I tell him, moving down the corridor, hand on the wall. Hiccup sighs but quickly follows after me, when Snotlout's voice gets my attention.

"The sun was in my eyes Astrid!" he exclaims defensively, most likely having done something stupid. "What do you want me to do, block out the sun? I can do that!"

"Well take that up with Aaron, he can aim better than you and he can't see!" Astrid yelled at him angrily, and I snicker to myself at how true that was.

Then I realize that Hiccup is over by Gobber again, asking questions, much to my bewilderment. Before I can move over, Astrid's panicked yelps and the sound of the Nadder slamming into the walls rather loudly gets my focus away from Hiccup. The wall behind me starts to fall, and I widen my eyes in terror.

"Oh come on!" I yell out, running as fast as I can out of he path of the falling wall. The sound of breaking and cracking wood becomes extremely close, and at the last moment I jump as far as I can, hitting the ground in a roll as the wooden wall slams down where I was moments ago.

"Hiccup!" I hear Gobber shout.

"HICCUP!" comes Astrid's panicked and angry yell, and everything finally falls on the ground. Well at least there's no more maze for me to hate right?

"Ooooh, love on the battlefield!" Tuffnut says in amusement.

"She could do better," Ruffnut replies in delight, and I make the assumption that Astrid probably fell on top of Hiccup when the walls came down, hence her panicked yell.

The Nadder squawkes angrily, and gets up while Hiccup and Astrid attempt to separate themselves. I get up and rush over to the Nadder, swinging my walking stick and smacking it hard in the snout. It roars angrily and in pain, turning to me and breathing fire, but I leap out of the way before it hits, although I can feel the heat very well, and it stings a little bit. The fireblast threw my balance off, and I stumble across the ground, when the Nadder returns it's focus to Astrid and Hiccup

I hear Hiccup yelp in pain before Astrid gets up just as the Nadder screeches, changing at them. The sound of spintering wood against the dragon's skin can be heard, and the dragon yelps painfully, quickly moving away with a few pained whimpers.

"Well done Astrid!" Gobber congratulates, heading inside the arena with us to wrestle the Nadder back into its cage. I slowly get up with a sigh, shaking slightly from the ridiculous close calls with that Nadder.

"Is this some kind of a joke to you?" Astrid yells angrily, and I frown. "Our parents war is about to become ours. Figure it which side you're on," she threatens as I move over to them.

"Hey Astrid, give him a break it was an accident," I say in defense.

"An accident that could have gotten us killed!" she retorts.

"Well instead of yelling at him about it, how about you actually offer some help or advice so that he doesn't make the same mistake!" I fire back, crossing my arms in frustration. "Nobody around here ever bothers to help him except me and occasionally Gobber."

"Well who would want too?" Snotlout speaks up, and I sigh irritably, walking over to Hiccup as he stands up slowly.

"Whatever," I tell the teens. "Come on Hiccup," I say.

"Ok! Um, yeah sure. So I'll uhh... see you guys later...?" Hiccup tells everyone awkwardly, before shuffling after me when no one says anything.

"Well that was horrible," he says dryly while the two of us cross over the wooden bridge. "Sorry about the accident." Hiccup apologizes.

I let out a sigh. "You're fine Hiccup, I just wish they would stop yelling at you."

"She was right though. It technically was my fault that happened," he says.

"Oh and it definitely was!" I say quickly in agreement, and I know he's most likely glaring at me. "Doesn't give her the right to scream and yell at you like that though."

"I guess," he says glumly. "Well, I- I gotta go do something, so I'll see you later!" he says, quickly taking off. I stop in surprise before becoming suspicious, and quickly follow after him as quietly as I can. What is he up to?