Don't ask everyone, I wanted to write Jack and Hiccup as brothers and this is also my first take on a tragedy. Yes I know Hiccup and Jack don't look like they could be brothers but those two are my animated cutie pies and I couldn't resist! And I also added Jack's sister whom I named Jamie, when I watched Rise of the Guardians I thought her name was Jamie.
I would like to thank my amazing brother Emiyo Gnobo Gavi for helping me. Seriously, I cannot write a villain to save my life.
This was originally going to be a oneshot but I felt trying to fit the entire story into a oneshot would be no good, this will probably be around 5 or 7 chapters.
I would also like to warn everyone that I only watched Rise of the Guardians and How to Train Your Dragon once each so I apologize if either characters seems a bit out of character. And I'm no expert on the dragons of Berk so I had to improvise with Dragon Pokemon. Anyway, on to the disclaimers!
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters in this fanfic, this crossover is just a fanwork made by a fan.
Hiccup and his younger brother Jack were handed the throne of Drackiil after the murder of their parents caused by a yet unknown assassin. The two young boys had even witnessed the murder before their very eyes.
That fateful night, they awoke to a terrible scream of pain coming from the main hall of the castle. They ran down the spiraling stairs, and saw that a spear of solid ice pierced their father, the great Stoick the vast, through the stomach. "So the great king of Drackiil breathes his last..." whispered harshly the voice of a black hooded figure.
Hiccup and Jack could not believe their very eyes, and they both wept in despair. The cloaked figure looked up at the two boys on the other side of the hall with some pity. "I shall spare thee now, since you are still children. But know that this shall be your end as well, should you try to preserve your crumbling dynasty." Then the figure disappeared in a cloud of icy wind, leaving the two boys to weep over their father.
After the murder had happened, the two brothers and their younger sister Jamie were heartbroken and continued to suffer from the shock. Jack and Jamie wanted to live somewhere else, where they would not have to feel the heavy burdens of the kingdom, for Jack had remembered the warning words of the assassin. But Hiccup insisted on staying, to fulfill the duties he had to his people, despite his young age.
One day, when Jack decided to pay a visit to Drackiil, he entered the gates of the kingdom again, wildly and happily. It seemed nothing would bring him down! Hiccup was half awake when he woke up on that day in his formal attire. When he saw his beloved younger brother run towards him his heart nearly stopped. "Hiccup!" The young fourteen-year old cried as he ran up to his brother and lifted him up twirled him in his arms.
As Hiccup had just eaten breakfast, he tried not to think about his stomach to ruin the moment, "Careful, Jack!"
Jack put down his fifteen-year old brother and saw he looked a bit dizzy, "Whoa, sorry about that brother."
Hiccup shook his head, "No, no it's alright! I'm glad you're home." He paused, letting this all sink in. "Home for good!" He smiled.
Jack's eyes lit up to see his brother happy. "I've made myself stronger while I was away for so long," He pounded his hand into his fist. "As long as we can fight side by side, nothing can tear our kingdom apart! Not even that hooded old witch!"
Hiccup regretted not preparing as much as his brother had. He needed to stay alive just in case such a tragedy would try to happen. For he was all Jack and Jamie had. The only other support for them came from Princess Rapunzel of Corona and Princess Merida of DunBroch.
"Y-Yeah, I did too." Hiccup flexed his arm. "I work out each day." Hiccup gave a half-baked smile.
In truth, Hiccup wasn't interested in fighting. He simply did not wish harm on other people, not even the hooded woman of their past. Because of Hiccup and his bravery, he outlawed dragon-hunting, for the sake of preservation and peace. He had even stationed watchtowers near the dragon cave and dragon bluff to ensure this peace would continue.
But when Jack found out that Hiccup was a "fighter" just like him he had daydreams of the two of them fighting evil-doers. "That's awesome! But let's not focus on the negative right now, I'm finally home and I want to spend time with my brother."
Jack grabbed Hiccup's hand and ran across the hallway, hoping to see how much the castle has changed. "Whoa! Jack, wait!" Hiccup gasped as he saw with his own two eyes how much energy Jack had, it was quite the change.
After hours of exploring the castle and friendly sword fights which Hiccup kept losing, Jack finally agreed to sit down, relax and do something quiet with Hiccup. But Jack had so much fun he urged that they invite Princess Rapunzel and Merida to visit.
Hiccup lit candles at his desk and tried to do more research on dragons. Meanwhile, Jack sat on Hiccup's bed and drew a picture. Jack was so caught up in his imagination and inspiration that he finished drawing quickly and went to see what his brother was reading. He looked over his brother's shoulder to see colorful sketchy pictures of dragons.
"Hiccup, you're a dragon trainer?" Jack said in a delighted shock.
Hiccup chuckled at his brother. "No, I can't train dragons right now. While you were gone I outlawed dragon-hunting. I've learned that, if we can treat them kindly, we can tame dragons and grow friendships with them. I wish to know so much more about them that, sometimes, I go near the watchtowers to visit the them."
Jack paused for a moment, "Maybe you can show the dragons to me tomorrow, I wanted to see them for myself at the dragon kingdom but Queen Iris closed the gates."
Hiccup thought about it for a moment. "It is a nice experience, but we have to be careful about being out in the open. But we'll meet with the dragon Vikings tomorrow and maybe we should bring weapons."
"I can easily borrow one of those hanging swords from the wall," Jack said as he jumped on the bed.
Hiccup ran after his brother, "Whoa! Hold on tiger!" He stopped when he saw Jack's picture.
"Jack, you drew a girl. Is she your crush?" Hiccup questioned while stroking his chin and staring at the details of the drawing.
"Oh, no! I saw her in my dream. A girl with unstable ice powers who was all alone." Jack said bashfully.
Hiccup's mouth became sour after hearing that, this girl sort of reminded him of the hooded woman.
"Um Jack, do you think this girl might be..."
Jack smiled brightly and shook his head, "No way! This girl was alone, scared, and gentle. Nothing like that evil witch!"
Hiccup was relieved to hear that, then it hit him.
"Oh I see, she's your dream girl." Hiccup teased while lightly elbowing his brother.
Jack turned away and blushed a bit. "Hmmm, maybe."
The next day was calm, not too cloudy yet not too clear. The two brothers walked out from Drackiil and into the wilderness full of green grass and slippery moss. It wasn't the place where two princes would usually reside, but it sure was beautiful. Jack's eyes glowed with happiness and excitement as he walked around in circles taking everything in.
"This just makes you wish we weren't twenty-four-seven royalty, right Jack?" Hiccup asked out of some jest, yet he felt uncomfortable saying it.
Jack jumped on one of the smooth boulders and felt the sword at his side, but then the sound of a bush rustled and Jack was on quick alert. He pulled the sword out and glared.
Hiccup took a deep breath, but he wasn't nervous because he had a feeling it was one of the dragons. What seemed to be threatening was just a dragon with a red head and spiked, teal wings rearing its way out of the bush with a berry in its mouth.
"It's ok, Jack," Hiccup said as he walked closer to the dragon. "It's just a Druddigon, and he was probably just getting some lunch."
"Err...Druddigon?" Jack asked as he walked closer to his brother.
Hiccup smirked, "A dragon that thrives well in warm weather. Its head is also harder than a rock." Hiccup said that in a quick scholarly way.
Hiccup slowly reached over to pet the dragon, it growled slightly but otherwise it was friendly. He turned to face his brother, "Come on Jack. He won't bite."
Jack slowly moved his hand forward as the Druddigon blinked it's yellow eyes, but instead of Jack getting to pet its head the dragon tried to grab Jack's hand with his claw. "Whoa!" Jack stumbled over while laughing.
Hiccup quickly picked his brother up and both of them watched as the Druddigon flew out of the bush.
"He must be really tough in battle, does he have a name yet?" Jack asked as he watched the dragon fly in the air.
"I think Astrid might've named him, or her, already." Hiccup said.
"Astrid?" Jack asked.
"A friend," Hiccup put it simply as he walked further into the woods.
"Sure," Jack said while chuckling.
Feedback please, I hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing it. This is Emiko Gale signing out, g'night everyone!
