HELLO INTERNET! IT IS I, SHADESHADOW234!
Awkward introduction aside, Heyho! I've had this idea floating around in my head for awhile, and finally decided to write it down. For Fairy Tail this takes place just after the Edolas arc, and for How To Train Your Dragon, during Race To The Edge. (Also, I've given Natsu his pre-Tenrou Island arc outfit.)
Well this week was great. Throw in a magic sucking portal, the whole of Magnolia, Dragon Slayers, no magic power, and an alternate universe, and sure! Absolutely fantastic. the real topper on it, however, was definitely how Natsu didn't end up back in Fiore. You know, the place he was supposed to end up.
Natsu blinked. His vision was blurry, and he could only make out colours. Natsu tried to figure out what in the world happened. 'The Anima… I was going home… That other portal opened though… Where am I? Are any of the others here?'
Natsu shot bolt upright in the bed…? He had been lying in. Looking around, as his vision had cleared he took in wooden walls, some sort of helmet, and a bed, which he was sitting in. Giving his head a good shake, Natsu heard footsteps coming. 'Tep clunk… Tep clunk… Tep clunk…' It was if the person had a fake leg or was dragging something.
Hiccup had been woken by a loud crash. Toothless was pawing at the closed window, unable to get it open from when Hiccup had closed it to block out a draft.
Hiccup strapped on his prosthetic and ran outside. Toothless bounded up to him, and made a gesture that seemed to say, "Get on my back!" And so he did.
They had been riding for a good five minutes now, and had been joined by Astrid, the explosion had woken her up too. Snotlout had gone back to sleep, the twins didn't even budge, and Fishlegs was most likely pinned down by Meatlug, intentionally or not.
Finally, upon reaching the crash sight, Astrid started putting out the various fires that had bloomed, and Hiccup investigated the source of the crash.
"Um… Astrid? I think you'll want to see this…" Lying in the crater was a teenaged boy, appearing around 18, the same age as Hiccup. He had a spiky pink hair, and a red tattoo on one shoulder, if you were imaginative enough, it looked like a Fairy with a Tail. He also wore an open vest, revealing his muscular chest, black with golden lining. His lower half had a pair of baggy, white pants, tied off mid-shin by a black strip of cloth, with a waistcoat the same as his vest. He also wore a white, scaly looking scarf and black sandals.
"He's hurt." And it was true, the teen had a sizeable gash in his forearm. Toothless wandered up to him, taking in his scent.
Hiccup had just gotten the teen in his bed, and Astrid bandaged his arm. Then, Hiccup walked her home.
Upon his arrival, the teen was up, sitting bolt upright in Hiccups bed. "Um… Hello."
The teen gazed at him. For a second, Hiccup felt as if his onyx eyes would light him on fire, and then, "Yo! My names Natsu, what's yours? And by the way, you smell like dragons." Natsu claimed, leaping out of the bed, a wide grin on his face. "My name's Hiccup, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third."
'How in the world can he tell what I smell like from all the way over there?'
"Well it's nice to meet you Hiccup. Hey, have you heard of a land called Fiore?"
"Fiore, hm… Can't say I have, sorry…" Natsu's face fell, and he murmured something along the lines of "Not again…" Hiccup decided to question him about it later. "So Natsu, how are you feeling? Need anything?"
Natsu looked again at Hiccup, another huge grin on his features. "Got any grub?" Hiccup grinned. He had been worried that Natsu would ask for something he couldn't handle. "I'll get something, do you mind fish? I'm afraid that's all I have..."
"Sure. Fish it is!" Natsu promptly marched through to the kitchen. Hiccup watched him go. 'How in the world did he know where the kitchen is?' Hiccup had little time to contemplate it as Natsu pulled a moderate sized fish from the cooler, and stuck it in the fire. With his bare hands.
Hiccup did not react well. He… Froze for a second, and then tackled Natsu. "Hey!" Natsu snapped, unhappy at having his fish stolen, and being tackled. Hiccup stared at him. 'Great… A complete weirdo in my house.' "I'll cook the fish, ok?"
One meal later
Hiccup sweat dropped. It had taken Natsu all of three seconds to finish a fish that would have fed him for a good half a week. After Natsu finished, he leaned back, and patted his stomach. "That was good. Thanks Hoccup."
"It's Hiccup."
"Whatever." Natsu stretched. "Well, it was nice meeting you Hiccup. Seeya!" Natsu stepped outside, only to be followed by Hiccup.
"Waitwaitwait, where are you going?"
"Well I gotta go and try to find my friends."
"If you stayed here me and my friends could help you look. We have dragons, we could look for them from the-" Hiccup was cut off.
"YOU HAVE DRAGONS? TELL ME, HAVE YOU EVER MET A FIRE DRAGON CALLED IGNEEL? OR A SKY DRAGON CALLED GRANDEENEY? OR A STEEL DRAGON CALLED MELLATICANA?"
Hiccup hastily backed up. "Uh, um, no… No I haven't I'm sorry. Are… Are they your Dragons?"
Natsu's face fell. "Oh…" Quickly though, he brightened again. "Nah, Igneels my dad!"
Hiccup chuckled nervously. "I've never heard of someone being raised by dragons before…"
"Oh, that's because I'm from an alternate universe called Earthland."
There was a long, awkward silence… And then Hiccup sighed, rubbing a hand on his forehead, he thought: 'Great… This guy's mental. One deranged person is enough.' "Yea… Ok whatever you say. Um…" Hiccup faltered for anything else to say.
Fortunately, he was saved from his awkward stammering by Toothless leaping down from the roof. Since Natsu had crashed into the forest he had stayed outside, perched upon the roof like a night guardian. Eagerly, Toothless bounded over to Natsu, recognizing the scent Natsu emitted, smelling like a campfire on a chilly night, and cinnamon.
Natsu widened his eyes at Toothless. Hiccup misunderstood Natsu's curious expression. "Toothless here is a Night Fury, we think he's the last of his ki-" "HE'S SO…. TINY!" Natsu yelled. Toothless huffed at Natsu, showing indignity. "Oh? And was your Igneel bigger?" Hiccup sighed, slightly sarcastic.
"Well… Yea. Igneel was…" Natsu paused to think. "As big as this… Place. Wherever we are." Hiccups eyes widened. "He was really tough too! He taught me all the-" Natsu was cut off. Since Natsu's arrival, and meal, day had shone its tendrils of light upon The Edge.
Which meant everyone was awake.
Which meant the Twins were awake.
Which meant chaos. Complete, utter chaos.
After a couple minutes, Natsu was saved by Hiccup. "So Natsu, since you're new here, we'd better get you a dragon. Follow me." Hiccup lead Natsu in the direction of the dragon training arena. Upon arriving, Hiccup introduced Natsu to some more common dragons, such as the Nadder and Gronckle, who were easy enough to tame. Then, Hiccup showed him the Hideous Zippleback and the Terrible Terror, who was to small to be of riding use. They were both moderately easy to train. Then, the Monstrous Nightmare, which was hard to tame, hence Hookfangs often disobedience, but they didn't have any (other than Hookfang) at the Edge.
Natsu wanted to see one before he made his choice. Hiccup mused for a couple seconds. "There's probably some at Dragon Island… Or maybe.." Hiccup turned back to Natsu, and found him playing with all the dragons. "How did you train them so fast?"
"I didn't train them, I made friends with them. Unbeknownst to Hiccup, the Nadder attempted to roast Natsu, but he just ate the flames, and responded with a small puff of flame himself.
The dragons saw him as one of their own then, and accepted them.
They walked over to the Hall, where Hiccup left a note, saying where he went. Writing the note, he turned his back to Natsu, who wandered over to the already lit fireplace. Turning back he frowned. He could've sworn the fire was bigger before. Oh well.
"Alright. Well, climb on Toothless, we're going to Dragon Island."
Miracle of all miracles, Natsu didn't get motion sick.
Upon arriving at Dragon Island, Hiccup immediately spotted ships. Ships that didn't belong there.
"Look down there, those are Dagurs ships. He's not a good guy, he's the leader of the outcasts. He even ki-"
"LOOK OUT!"
Hiccup was cut off by Natsu's shouted warning, but thanks to it just barely managed to dodge the bolas that had been fired at them.
Looking down at the ships again, Natsu spotted a deep burgundy red Nightmare being loaded onboard. Inhaling deeply, Natsu's eyes widened. "They smell like dragon blood…" He murmured, too quiet for Hiccup, or Toothless for that matter, to hear.
"C'mon bud. C'mon." Hiccup urged Toothless down, turning, ready to fire down upon the Berserkers.
There was the shriek that came with Night Fury fire, and Toothless fired his plasma blast down onto the lead ship, leaving a smoking crater. Dagurs men fired arrows up at the retreating Night Fury.
One arrow soared through the air, meeting its mark, right on Natsu's back. Hiccups eyes widened. "NATSU!"
Natsu blinked. "Huh?" Natsu looked back, looking at the arrow. It hadn't wounded him seriously, kind of like when Wally shot Natsu in the mouth. He wasn't even hurt.
"HEY! WHO THE HELL JUST SHOOTS SOMEONE IN THE BACK!" Natsu leaped off of Toothless's back, down onto the ground near the lead ship. There he grabbed the nearest shocked Berserker. "HEY! ARE YOU THE ONE WHO SHOT ME?" The scared Berserker shook his head frantically, and was promptly knocked out by Natsu.
He got through ten men the same way. It took Natsu approaching Dagur for them to attack him, who fought them all off.
Hiccup meanwhile had his mouth hanging open at the sheer… Stupidity of the situation.
Natsu easily fought through the swarm of Berserkers. He didn't even have to use magic.
Finally, Natsu reached Dagur, who finally got a clear view of the pink haired teen. Dagur was scared by all means. That boy, he took down far more men than Hiccup or any dragon for that matter.
Unfortunately… Dagur was on a ship. That was rocking.
Natsu glared at Dagur… And the ship rocked… And then Natsu collapsed, motion sickness kicking in. Dagur burst out laughing, raising his axe to behead the teen who caused him so much trouble.
And was blocked by Inferno. Hiccup arrived just in time to block the fatal blow. He glanced back at Natsu, deducing he was motion sick. Toothless was busy trying to hold back the Berserker's who swarmed at them, attacking, but one dragon can only do so much. They were soon overwhelmed by sheer numbers and captured.
Dagur and his men planned on staying on Dragon Island to capture all the dragons they could, so they knocked Hiccup, and Natsu out, and tied Toothless (who only complied for Hiccup's sake) up, and split them into different cages. The teal dragon proof ones. They moved the cages onto land, as they needed the space on the remaining ships to transfer what they could from the sunken lead ship.
Hiccup was the first to wake. He blinked blearily, fighting off a headache. He felt his hands, they were tied. Of course. The bars were too tight together to reach through anyway.
"Natsu! Natsu!" Hiccup whispered over to the cage Natsu was being kept in. On the second call, Natsu shot bolt upright, fist aflame and he hit the cage, denting it heavily. The dent was just out of Hiccups sight.
Hiccup blinked. 'Wasn't… Wasn't Natsu's fist just on fire? Nah… Probably just the headache.'
"Huh?" Natsu blinked. "HEY! WHY THE HELL ARE WE IN CAGES?"
"Dagur's men caught us. I have a pla-" Hiccup was cut off by shock. While he wasn't looking, and getting his hands free, Natsu had burned through the cage. "Ho-how…?" Natsu turned to him, a big grin on his face. "That's my magic! Fire Dr-"
And that's when it happened. The Berserker's had caught a Nadder. They didn't tie its mouth shut. It was breathing fire when it escaped. And then it sent bursts of fire at anything that moved. Including Natsu.
Hiccup could only watch in horror as a bellow of Nadder fire enveloped Natsu.
Tadaaaaaa! don't mind me, I'm just here to fix past mistakes. (re-edit?)~ShadeShadow
