It's time for me to go back to a fandom I haven't written for in quite some time, the "How to Train Your Dragon" fandom!
So, I was going through the topics on Berk's Forumvine(Big Shock) and one I came across was about how people think other Night Furies will look. While reading through it, I had a theory about Night Furies; and with Dean DeBlois saying how "How to Train Your Dragon 3" is going to have a lot more Toothless, I came up with this story idea. What is it? You will have to read and find out... if the two hints above didn't give you a clear enough hint.
This chapter is just a set up for the rest of the story. The actual point of it will arrive by the end of chapter 2, but I still tried to make this set up as interesting as I could. Hope you will enjoy it and leave a review if you got something to say!
The sight of the moon is a beautiful one to witness. After watching the boiling sun for most of the day, or the grey depressing clouds fill the skies above and block any kind of beauty they might have, the moon shows up along with its army of stars in order to provide a good view to end the day with.
Not only does it look good for the eye, but it also marks the end of the current day and that it's time to warp up any kind of work which was presented throughout. On the Isle of Berk, work was always a plenty and the night time was always welcome by the Vikings who live there; for it was time to lay off, relax, and even spend a moment or two with their dragons.
For the past six years, Berk was known for mostly one thing; the local pets. While other Viking villages were known for raising a sheep as a pet, the Vikings on Berk had dragons to fill that position. Three centuries ago, one would have been tied up to a mast and shipped off for fear he had gone mad if he said peace between dragons and Vikings would last this long, or even exist in the first place. But now, not only were the Dragons allays to the Vikings of Berk, but they were also their best friends.
The person who made this crazy idea a reality was none other than Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the current chief of Berk. Who would have thought that this scrawny little outsider of the Hooligan tribe, dubbed "Useless" by everyone who knew him, will manage to rule the tribe as well as he did for a whole year now. There were even days when Hiccup himself couldn't believe that he, of all people, was now the chief of the village he grew up in.
Being the son of the previous chief, Stoick the Vast, made Hiccup realize that it was only time before he would eventually take over after his father, and he was given a few responsibilities throughout his teenage years in order to prepare him for the task of running the village. Although, nothing could have prepared him for the moment his father was tragically killed in battle. With the chief dead, it was only logical for his son to take his place; and shortly after that, Hiccup was named chief by the village elder.
On the other half of the island, another being was crowned leader, Hiccup's best friend, Toothless. Toothless was a Night Fury, the rarest and arguably the fastest and most powerful breed of dragons. He was crowned the Alpha dragon after defeating the previous holder of the title, a giant Bewilderbeast which tried to gain control over all of Berk's dragons. Thus, these two best friends who loved to fly around, discover new lands and looking for adventures became rulers of their own.
And the change of title also brought changes to their life style…
While Hiccup had opportunities to act chief whenever his father left Berk as either a part of the job or other reasons, he soon discovered that acting chief wasn't at all like being chief. Hiccup had to wake up early every day, make sure everyone did their jobs, arrange meetings with either his second in commands or visiting leaders from other tribes, make sure there was enough food for everyone in the village and the list goes on. Hiccup missed the old days when he would be in the forge and work on all sorts of inventions that will improve Toothless's prosthetic tail, his own prosthetic foot, or even the life style on Berk. Now, these days seem like they happened so long ago and the rest of his life are set to waking up, have meetings, hear people complain and go to sleep.
Toothless, while not having a lot of duties as Alpha dragon; at least not to the same level as Hiccup's duties, also had a hard time to fit in with his new role. Being the Alpha dragon meant supply dragons with food, stop two dragons from fighting and make sure all of the newer dragons who came to live on Berk after he was made Alpha, will adjust to the lifestyle on the island.
At the beginning, Toothless had his work cut out for him. But a year later, after all the dragons already lived and breathed Berk's life-style, he had nothing to really do on that part. Fights between dragons were extremely rare, and even when ones did happen it was only a matter of snarling at them one time and then things would go back to normal. Food was also not a problem because there were feeding stations all over Berk which supplied dragons with both food and water, and Hiccup always made sure both Vikings and dragons won't go to sleep hungry.
But the thing that bugged Toothless the most was that while he watched the dragons and made sure everything was fine with them, Hiccup has been busy with his chiefly duties and would barley hang out with him. The only kind of flights they would have were circling the island in order to spot any un-ordinary activity, and how many times can you fly around that same island without getting bored. The Night Fury would often miss the days when Hiccup and him would fly far away from the island, do various air tricks and how Hiccup would always convince him to try a new invention of his, which would often end in a crash landing.
It's not like Hiccup ignored Toothless, but most of their "talks" throughout their time as chief and Alpha would make Toothless feel like Hiccup started seeing him as "The one to send complains to when a dragon causes problems" more than his best friend. Deep down the dragon knew it wasn't true, but it still felt like it. He couldn't even remember the last time Hiccup called him "Bud" because it was so long ago.
Finally, the bright light skies changed their color into a darker blue, followed by the endless stars and the moon. Toothless knew what that meant and his feeling was proven to be true when he saw the somewhat muscular form and brunet hair belonging to Hiccup. Toothless smiled a little and made a sound that signaled the chief to look in his direction.
"Hey, Toothless." Hiccup greeted as he petted the black dragon between the eyes. "How was your day?" He asked, receiving a somewhat stern look from Toothless along with a soft snarl as an answer. "Yeah, my day wasn't all that exciting as well." Hiccup told the dragon as both started heading back home.
Before they entered to their house on the top of the island, Hiccup headed towards an edge located near the building and sat down near it. Toothless looked at Hiccup questionably, not sure why he didn't enter his home in order to get some sleep. Toothless knew Hiccup liked to get every single bit of sleep when a day ends and before the next one starts, so why is he wasting his time sitting near that edge?
After Hiccup positioned himself, he looked back to see Toothless looking at him with his head tilted a bit to the side. The young Chief smiled at his dragon and signaled for him to come and sit beside him. The Night Fury was still confused by Hiccup's actions, quickly looking sideways in order to see no one else was present and that he was the one Hiccup signaled.
Once he made up his mind that it was indeed him, Toothless made it to where Hiccup sat and laid down beside him. "You and me sitting here and watching the stars together." Hiccup said out loud with a cheerful ton. "Like the good old days, right Bud?"
Toothless's eyes widened for a bit when he heard that nickname being said again by Hiccup. He turned to look at his one-legged rider, seeing him smiling at him. The dragon smiled his toothless smile back at Hiccup as he nudged him with his head. After Hiccup finished giggling at Toothless's reaction, the Night Fury placed his head on Hiccup's legs while the chief started petting his head.
"It's good to see I'm not the only one missing the past." Hiccup said before Toothless replied with a soft purr, as if agreeing with the statement. "I don't even remember the last time we went flying somewhere new, it seemed like it was so long ago." Hiccup continued, earning another sound from Toothless which sounded like another agreement.
"Oh man, you're heaving a mid-life crisis at the age of twenty-one?" A female voice suddenly said from behind the due. When they turned around they saw that the voice came from Astrid, Hiccup's betrothed, and she was accompanied by her dragon; a light blue Deadly Nadder named Stormfly.
"Hey to you too, Astrid." Hiccup told her before he turned his look back to the far distance, where the sky-line and the sea became one.
Astrid came over and sat down near Hiccup while Stormfly lay down near Toothless. "Are you okay, Hiccup?" She asked, noticing that something about Hiccup seemed off that night.
The chief shrugged before answering. "I'm fine; just tired from all of this chiefing business. It's been a year since that fight with Drago, and it's not getting any easier." He sighed, Toothless showed support by whimpering.
Astrid saw the tiredness in Hiccup's eyes as he looked in the direction of the horizon. She wanted to help him somehow, but she wasn't sure on what to do exactly. After a second of thinking, Astrid caught her dragon looking at her with an uncertain look on her face as if asking something. The constant head turns in Hiccup and Toothless's direction made Astrid realize what Stormfly meant before she spoke up.
"Hiccup, pack your bags." She said decidedly, causing Hiccup to look at her wired.
"Why? Is there somewhere I need to go?" Hiccup asked, thinking he had a chief gathering he might have forgotten about because of the busy schedule.
"Yes, there is." Astrid said before she got up on her feet. "You and your Alpha dragon are going for a vacation." She said, more matter-of-factly than suggesting.
"We can't, Astrid" Hiccup shook his head. "In case you didn't notice, Toothless and I have duties that we can't leave." He said.
"But you need to leave." Astrid objected. "Look at you. You two are beat down! You can go and relax for a week or so, and come back to all of this fresh and new." She suggested. "Stormfly and I will take care of things here while you two are gone."
Stormfly made a sound that proved she was agreeing with her rider, causing Hiccup and Toothless to actually consider the idea.
"What are you saying, Bud?" Hiccup asked. "Do you want to fly off somewhere for a week and come back to this fresh?" The answer received was a big slimy tongue making rapid contact with the chief's face, which Hiccup took as an agreement.
"So, when do you leave?" Astrid asked with a smile, glad that her future husband is giving himself a small break.
Hiccup looked at Toothless for an answer and the dragon simply nodded at him. "We leave tomorrow; first thing in the morning."
Little did the ruling due knew, that this vacation will be one to remember…
Okay so like I said, this was a set up chapter. The real thing begins near the end of chapter 2, which will be up in a day or two; depends on my schedule.
If you got anything to say, either positive or not, please leave a review and tell me what you think!
Hope you will stick around and I'll catch you later!