Lilac Hanndock's Story

Lilac woke up in the dead of night. Tonight was the night, her and the other soon to be Riders were going to sneak away from Berk and finally go find their Dragons. She flung her sheep skin blanket off and jumped off of her hard wooden cot, quickly braiding her long blonde hair and throwing the flowers that the elderly put in her hair away. She was the next chief of the village after her grandfather Hiccup stepped down so the elderly women think she should start acting like a lady and not a viking to attract a man. She huffed at the thought, she may be small and delicate like her grandfather was when he was young but she got her fiery spirit from her grandmother, Astrid. She quickly threw on a dark pair of shorts made from leather, a white wool knitted tank top, her leather satchel and her sheep skin belt which held her sword her father gave her when she was 5. Grabbing her quiver full of arrows and her bow when went to her window. Lilac never liked to wear shoes she usually walked around bare footed. Grabbing some rope she tied it to the chest that held her keepsakes then threw the other end out the window. Looking down she noted it was a perfect length only touching the ground slightly. Grinning happily she jumped out and slid down the rope landing softly on the ground. She brushed her self off and froze as she heard a voice

"And where do you think your going young lady?" the sound of her grandfather's voice made her quickly turn towards the cottage where her Hiccup and Astrid stood, arms crossed and patient faced.

"Umm well i.....I need to go, me and my friends are the next riders but the village have ban us from seeking out our dragons, they even over ruled your decision gramps what am i suppose to do? I am born a rider and i plan on being one no matter what anyone says, its what my parents would have wanted" Lilac says confidently crossing her arms across her chest. She was going and no one could stop her. But all her grandparents did was smile proudly at her and Hiccup took something big from behind his back.

Lilac went wide eyed as she saw it. It was his dragon's saddle, toothless saddle. Astrid held out a bag of food to Lilac, they were both proud of their grand daughter choosing the path they themselves would have.

"Oh grandpa" Lilac was shocked. He was giving her one of his most prized possession.

"I had to tweak it a bit because your Dragon probably wont have a busted tail so i took that part off, but baby girl i dont even know if it would fit your dragon cause this saddle was only meant for one type of dragon" he said sadly and Lilac knew what he was talking about.

It was meant for a Night Fury the rarest of the dragons. People dont even know if they are alive anymore with the disappearances of alot of dragons.

"It means alot to me anyway thank you" Lilac said happily and put the bag of food in her satchel then took the saddle. She hugged her grandparents then started on her way to the docks after saying goodbye. Thats where her and all her friends are meeting, their taking a boat to the Dragon's island. She arrived at the docks quickly, and checked to make sure no elder was around. Nope just her. Lilac looked down at the saddle and saw something tucked away in the side. She reached for it and almost dropped it in shock. It was Hiccups dragon guild of how to train your dragon.

Caine waited until it was time to leave. He grabbed his sword and some food and ran out of his cottage. He lived right beside his grandparents but refused to live with them because they didnt want him to be a dragon riders. They hated Dragons.
He ran down to the docks where they were all suppose to meet and saw Lilac. She was setting up the boat so they could dock off right when everyone gets here.

"you need help?" he asked and she looked up at him. I came beside her and started helping her load the boat. Looking over his shoulder from time to time to check to see if anyone else was coming. They would have to ship off soon, before sunrise.

Nik couldn't sleep. This night had come upon him so very fast. He lied in his bed, his fingers laced together behing his head. Nik couldn't remember what time they were supposed to meet. "Well. Its better to be early then late," He shrugged. Nik threw his blankets off of him and placed his feet slowly on to the ground. His grandparents' place was terrible creaky, so one false step and he could wake up his grandfather.

Nik grabbed his things quickly. A backpack with a bit of food, a spare shirt, and his throwing knives. He pulled his boots out from under the bed and slid them on to his feet, and put his leather jacket on over his wool shirt. Walking over to his nightstand, he picked up his waist pouch. In it, he had herbs for sickness, for humans and dragons alike. As well as a few things for wounds. He strapped it onto his waist and started tiptoeing downstairs.

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As he reached the bottom floor, he saw the fire was still blazing brightly. That could only mean... "What are you doing up at this hour Nik? Not that I already don't know." His grandfather Snotlout said as he looked at Nik from the bottom of the stair. "I-Um-Just-... You can't stop me. I must go with the others," Nik replied trying to puff out his chest to look bigger, but he is nothing compaired to his grandfather. A huge smile came across Snotlout's face. Thought you could get it by me? Nice try. I was here to say goodbye, and give you a parting gift." Nik looked at his grandfather. Snotlout held out the piece of metal under his arm. Nik's jaws dropped. "This was my first helmet. Kept my head safe. As it will to yours. Now, give me a real Jorgenson goodbye." Snotlout put the hat on Nik's head. Nik smile as the two leaned over and bumped heads. They stood up adn laughed. "Thank you Grandfather. When I see you again, I will have a dragon with me!" Nik smiled as he ran off into the darkness towards the docks.

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It didn't take very long for Nik to reach the docks. When he reached it, he could see two people there. He walked over, and flashed a smile. "Sorry if I'm late." He noticed Lilac looked shocked. "You ok there Lilac?" He asked her with a devilish grin. "You scared of something?"

"You both are so trouble some...thanx Caine for helping me with the boat and no Nic im not scared of anything and look my grandfather gave me his book of dragons! With this we are for sure to train some powerful dragons. Have you guys seen the others ee have to go before sunset and if they aint here well havr e to leave without them and they will have to take their own boat..hey Nic nice helmet your grandpa caught you to huh..them some sneeky people fir being so old well you guys better load up your stuff in the boat dawns almost here" Lilac said confidently. She threw her stuff into the boat then used a rope ti climb up the mass keeping look out for the others.
" nic can you get the extra masses from the back and Caine can you lift the anchor so we are ready to set sail when they arrive please?" lilac asked nicely thrn looked out in the town, everythings dark but from afar she could see the sun slowly rising.

Nik blinked and looked down at the book that Lilac had. "Is that really the actual book of dragons? Thats pretty cool that Hiccup would give that to you," He responded with a smile.
Nik gave a light chuckle, "Ya, my grandpa caught me. But he was all for it! I'm just happy my grandmother wasn't up..." He ended silently knowing how his grandmother probably would have locked him in his room or something.
He then hopped from the dock onto the boat, and put his backpack down. He left his waist pouch on though, he rarely ever took it off, only to sleep.
Nodding, he followed Lilac's order to find the other masts. Walking towards the back area of the boat, he opened up a chest like container and found a few extra ones. "They're over here Lilac!" He called to her as he pulled one out and walked over to the main mast pole. He walked back to the mast chest and thought about how Lilac was a natural leader. Hmm... she must be very serious about this... He huffed out a deep breath as he carried the second one over to the girl.

Caine nodded at Lilac's request and jumped into the boat. Grabbing the rope that tied the boat to the anchor he pulled using all his strentgh as he lifted the iron anchor about the size of a small doe into the boat.

He looked into the sky and saw that it was almost sunrise, people would be waking up soon.

"Lilac how long are the others going to be? we need to go soon" Caine indicated to the rising sun.

"I dont know we may have to leave without them and im not blind Caine i can see that the sun is rising......Nik go put the small mass at port side then hand me the largest one and come up and help me set it, we wont be using it until we reached the mists that surround the island the more speed we have the better chance of surviving the rocks, Caine you keep look out" Lilac ordered then walked across a mass pole and started fixing the smaller masses that would get them there.
Her great grandfather the last chief of Berk had shown her all about boats and how to fight, many of the villagers thought of her as the next great leader because of her natural skills but Lilac didnt see it like that, she saw as being the next leader the things she could do for the village not what the village could do for her.

"We leave in 10 minutes men and if no on else shows up they will have to catch up or find their own way" Lilac finished up the smaller masses and now waited for Nik to give her the big one.

Sorry double post

"WAIT! i here dont leave!" Quicksilver hollered as he ran towards the boat.
Running quickly down the hill he tried to stop but failed as he went head first into the boat, his boat sticking high in the air.

Groaning he sat up and looked to see Lilac, Caine and Nik
"sorry i was late guys my grandparents caught me and had a quick 'chat' with me meaning they were saying if i didnt come back alive they were going to haunt me in my grave" Silver laughed and stood up. He saw Lilac on the top mass, her blonde hair braided and a serious look on her face.

"Hey there gorgeous you miss me?" Silver smirked and winked at Lilac.