The Love We Share
Author: Nightstar Fury from Nightstar Productions
Rated: M for Mature
Disclaimer: I do not own the HTTYD characters or series. But what I wouldn't give to live on Berk and fly a Night Fury. Oh if only it were possible. -Dramatic Sigh-
I Dreamed Of You.
/Hiccup's Point of View/
8 Night Furies flew through the air over head of the Viking village known as Berk. One Night Fury had dark blue eyes with black orbs, it was a female. I am that Night Fury, I looked down passing over the village with a smile. And the memories flooded my mind. '300 years of Vikings against Dragons, killing them to survive and then the unexpected happened. I, Hiccup Haddock III shot down a Night Fury, the most feared dragon in our village. More over, I befriended that dragon. I gave him a new tail so he could fly but, he could only fly with help from me controlling his tail. I was the first Viking to ride a dragon, first Viking to refuse to kill a dragon, and I was the first Viking to bring Vikings and dragons to peace with one another. And I was the one who eventually separated Vikings and Dragons. But my bond with Toothless, my Night Fury, my best friend. I never thought our bond could be as strong as it was. We trusted one another, we protected one another, and nothing could separate us. My dragon wasn't just my best friend. He was more than that. Toothless and I went through a lot together, before acceptance and after such. Toothless and I weren't just dragon and rider, we weren't just best friends. We were also lovers. Now I know what you're thinking, a human and a dragons being in love not only sounds crazy but sick too. But you don't know the whole story, so let me start from the beginning of how Toothless and I met.'
/Hiccup's Memories of the Past/
It all started during a usual early morning dragon raid before the sun had even rose. There were Deadly Nadder's, Hideous Zippleback's, Gronckle's, and Monstrous Nightmare's. The usual species of dragons that raided their village for food. I was awakened by the shouting of the people of Berk about a dragon attack, this was typical. We'd been at war for years after all and our stubbornness issues kept us from just up and leaving. I moseyed outside to the forge where Gobber was working on repairing weapons. I've been his apprentice since I was little, learning weapons and more. He and I had been arguing about me one day getting out there to fight with everyone else, because killing a dragon was everything on Berk in these times. The other kids got to at least be out and putting out fires, he was stuck inside being scolded for being a toothpick and everything he couldn't do. Then it happened, an explosion of blue hit the catapult. The famous Night Fury had arrived, this dragon in all it's time we had seen it, never stole food, has never been seen, and when it struck with a blast, never missed its target.
I vowed to be the first to take down a Night Fury, so when it attacked and Gobber left me unsupervised, I took my chance. I rushed out to the cliff and searched the night sky, when the Night Fury dove in to fire, I shot a bola at it and it went down. No one saw it of course. I was scolded by my father in front of the village, then told to go home. I hated that he saw me as such a disappointment. By now the sun had risen, I snuck out the back and went in search of the Night Fury that went down of Raven Point. After hours of searching, I was about to give up when I stumbled across a disarray of broken trees. I followed the trail and there he was. The Night Fury. I thought he was dead, then he growled and moved a bit. I raised my dagger to kill him but as our eyes met, I found myself unable too. He looked as scared as I did so I let him go, then he pinned me down. I was terrified and felt like he was going to kill me. The dragon snarled and I closed my eyes, instead of death I got an ear shattering roar, and the dragon left. I watched it fly off, I panted a bit getting ready to leave and I just passed out until dark.
The next few days were dragon training, my father finally agreed to let me train to be a Viking dragon killer, which I didn't want anymore. My father was away drying to find the dragon's nest to end the raids. While in training, my curiosity peeked when Gobber made mention that a dragon would always go for the kill after an encounter with a Gronckle. Because when the Night Fury had the chance, he left me alive. I decided to go back to Raven Point and investigate, I reached the cove and decided this was stupid. I was about to leave when I saw a few black scales on the rocks, I picked one up to check it out and was shocked to see a blur of black fly past me. It was the Night Fury, trapped in the cove because he was missing a tail fin. He couldn't fly away. I drew him, and later that night read in the book of dragons about Night Furies. A Night Fury was the unholy offspring of lightening and death itself. Even the book of dragons stated to never engage this dragon, your only chance was to hide and pray it didn't find you. But this wasn't the case, this dragon let me go.
Still curious I continued to go to the cove after training the next day. I had noticed he couldn't eat and was weak, this time I brought a fish with me and a shield just incase. My only means of protection got stuck so I was left defenseless and still took a chance by entering the cove with the fish. I found the dragon behind me, he climbed down and sniffed the air as he got curious too. He moved close when I offered the fish, then backed up realizing I had a weapon, my dagger. I tossed it in the lake behind me, the dragon instantly calmed down and moved close to the fish. I noticed he had no teeth, then as he grabbed the fish I realized he had retractable teeth. This is what started our bond. I spend the next days learning about him and the tricks about all dragons. They were afraid of eels and loved a certain grass I called Dragon Nip. They also loved to be scratched under the neck. One thing I took a chance on was making the Night Fury a tail so he could fly again, he was my friend and I trusted him so why not. This is how I came to be the first to ride a dragon, because without me the tail couldn't operate properly.
In all my goodness with dragon's, I was selected to be the one to kill a dragon in front of the village. This was apparently a perk of being the best in dragon training class. My father found out how well I was doing and things proceeded to get worse. I named the dragon Toothless because unless he was mad, he had no teeth. I decided that Toothless and I were going to take a vacation because I didn't want to kill the dragon for my test the next day. Little did I know, my crush Astrid had followed me and discovered my secret. With help from Toothless we got her to understand what I had learned, that dragons weren't bad and we could live in peace. She even kissed me that night after we discovered the dragons nest was in fact a nest of dragons being controlled by a huge female dragon who ordered them to raid and bring food. Astrid described it to be like a beehive, the lesser dragons are workers and she was the queen and had to follow her orders.
I pleaded Astrid not to inform my father, and she agreed after I explained that they'd kill Toothless, she saw how much it meant to me. The next day in the kill ring, I was to face a Monstrous Nightmare. I had told Astrid I was going to put an end to all this dragon killing, I had to try right. When the gates locked and the dragon was released I stood firm. I dropped my shield and dagger, then removed my helmet and told the dragon that I wasn't one of them, referring to the vikings now. I tossed my helmet and everything fell silent. My father was infuriated, he angered the dragon and it began to attack. Little did I know that Toothless had heard me yell out and broke out of the cove to come save me even though he knew it could mean his life. Toothless broke through the kill rings metal cage with a blast and fought off the Monstrous Nightmare. Then the vikings realized he was Night Fury and charged in to get him. I tried to get Toothless to leave but it didn't work. My father locked up Toothless and pulled me aside to scold me.
He disowned me that day, after he found out that I was defending Toothless and had been bonding with him, also that only a dragon could find the dragons nest. He left me there on the floor and told everyone to get ready. They took Toothless with them. I felt helpless until Astrid got me to understand what I needed to do, I was going to save my best friend. She rounded up the other vikings from our class and met me in the kill ring. I showed them how to earn a dragon's trust, then we all mounted and rode to the location of the nest where my father so carelessly had pissed off the dragon queen of the nest. I went in to save Toothless while my new friends tried to distract queen. He was chained and I couldn't break them, we nearly drowned after the queen sunk the ship Toothless was tied too.
I was pulled from the water, as I recovered I saw my father. He dove in and set Toothless free! Toothless urged me to get on so we could fight. My father told me I didn't have to and apologized, saying he was proud to call me his son. Toothless and I battled the Green Death, that's what we called her at least. From earlier knowledge I learned that dragons used a gas to make their fire shots, so Toothless and I waited until the right moment to blast the queen when she was preparing her gas to fire. The explosion destroyed the tail I made Toothless and we went down into the explosion of the queen. I was told that Toothless wrapped me in his wings and saved my life, and in this I lost my foot. Toothless had bitten it off to pull me in to his wings. After all this, my father allowed dragons on Berk to live with us. Gobber had made Toothless a new tail and me a metal leg that latched with Toothless's tail mechanism. Since then over the last few years, our bond has only grown stronger. When Toothless and I fly, we are one. We work together, we trust one another, and nothing can separate us. That's why I will always have Toothless's back, and he will always have mine. Because we are friends.
/Hiccup's Point of View/
'Well that is how it began, vikings and dragons living in peace. Over the years, I never would of imagined how strong the bond Toothless and I actually have is. I never would of imagined that I'd fall in love with my best friend, my dragon. So now you know about how we met, let me tell you how well in love and survived everything we went through. And we're still living happily ever after with our family.'
/Regular Point of View- Hiccup's Memories(Told Third Person)/
It was an ordinary night. The skies were clear and full of stars, the air was cool as always on Berk. Hiccup laid in his bed with open eyes, and staring up through the sky window in his father's home. His green eyes moved over to the slab of rock that Toothless slept on, he was sound asleep and that was good. Hiccup looked back up to see the first lights of morning, Toothless would be up soon for the morning flight. Hiccup was a little uncomfortable at the moment, curse puberty when he was waking up every morning with a stiff member. Normally after he went to the bathroom he was fine, but this was different. He'd had a strange dream about himself and his dragon in a more than friendly encounter. Honestly when Hiccup had first woken up from it, he'd wanted to throw up. How could he be having dreams like that about his dragon!? In the dream as Hiccup recalled, it was him and Toothless in the cove practicing a new move. They'd been relaxing on the grass in the sunshine when it just changed to Toothless being a little to friendly while standing over him, it was like he was kissing Hiccup and Hiccup was confused bu enjoying it. Hiccup was getting sick just thinking about it now, he put a hand to his mouth and tried to force it back, he made a few heaving sounds before it stopped. He breathed heavily, as Toothless was now awake.
The dragon walked over and crooned while pressing his cheek to Hiccup's softly. As if to ask if he was okay. "Yeah, I'm alright bud. Ready to fly?" Hiccup asked smiling at Toothless, the dragon responded by licking his face excitedly. "Alright, ssh...don't wanna wake up dad." Hiccup chuckled quietly, he saddled up Toothless and climbed on the dragons back. He opened Toothless's tail and they were off through the sky window in the bedroom. While flying, Hiccup couldn't shake the dream from his head, why was this even a thing? It kind of worried Hiccup. Toothless could sense something wasn't right and set down on a close cliff, looking back at Hiccup with concern in his eyes. "I'm okay Toothless...Just didn't sleep well last night is all." Hiccup smiled rubbing the dragons head gently earning a light bellow from the dragon. Hiccup was just glad his morning wood had faded down, wouldn't that of been awkward.
"So bud, what should we do today? Explore?" Hiccup asked now. The dragon cooed happily and Hiccup laughed. "Well alright then, lets check out Dragon Island." Hiccup instructed, Toothless leapt off the cliff and took towards the island with his rider on his back. While flying a storm was coming through, a bad one that Toothless and Hiccup couldn't avoid. "Hang on bud, gonna be rough through here!..." Hiccup said as he held on and tried maneuvered Toothless away from the lightening. One struck in front of them and Toothless reared forcing Hiccup off of him, "TOOTHLESS!" Hiccup called out as he went towards the water. Toothless dove down and caught him in his wings as they splashed in the water. Hiccup went unconscious but thankfully the water wasn't deep and Toothless was able to drag him to shore. He pulled him in to a safe cave and rounded up some wood from the last time the riders and their dragons and spent on the island and got a fire going to keep Hiccup warm and ride out the storm. Toothless purred and cooed to wake up Hiccup but nothing. He was breathing and that was enough for Toothless for now.
In Hiccup's unconscious state he was surrounded by spirits of Gods and Dragons. He saw no faces, just an endless fog, he could barely make out what they were saying. He heard what appeared to be distant voices saying strange things, he was still out of it so it was a little hard to make out. Finally he heard a sigh and a very audible, "We have no choice but to do this. I hope you know what this will do to the boy and the dragon...But I can understand why it must be done. We will grant the request but with our own provisions. We are Gods yes, but we can not affect free will. It must be the boys decision when he comes to realize what has happened." After that Hiccup blacked out having no idea what was going on but he had a feeling it was going to be huge. When he finally woke up something was immediately different, coming to sight was a startled Toothless staring at him. "H–hey bud...glad to see you're alright..." Hiccup said in hoarse tone. His friend looked worried and maybe even scared. "Toothless? What's wrong?" Hiccup asked as he sat up now. He rubbed his eyes some to see things more clearly.
"Hic–Hiccup?...Have you...seen yourself yet?" Asked Toothless now. Hiccup froze in shock, was he still knocked out or did Toothless...just talk to him and he understood it? Hiccup shook his head a bit only to notice there was long flowing auburn hair whipping him in the face. His green eyes widened looking at it, he had long hair?! Hiccup began to panic now as he stumbled and raced outside to the edge of the beach to stare in to the calm water. Hiccup nearly screamed seeing himself or better said, herself. He was she?! Hiccup looked at Toothless who was now beside her and then back to the water. Two supple breasts on the once flat chest. Rounder butt, long hair, softer eyes.
"Oh my...God..Wait a second..." She looked off in to the distance now. "Toothless...can you...understand me?" She asked, her voice was filled with worry and concern, confusion mostly.
"I've...always understood you Hiccup. What is...going on? Why are you a female?...!" Toothless asked her.
"I don't know...Oh my God I can understand you! What is going on!? Why am I female! What that hell..." Toothless couldn't take the yelling on his ears, he pinned Hiccup down and gave a growl.
"Hiccup! Calm. Down." Toothless ordered. Hiccup stared in to her friends eyes and took a breath to calm down.
"Okay, you're right. I'm sorry bud...I'm just...I don't even know right now..." Hiccup replied, Toothless got off and Hiccup curled herself in to a ball, rocking back and forth now. Why did this happen? Did it have something to do with the dream she had? Hiccup wanted answers and she didn't even know where to start. "Oh God how am I going to face the village, Astrid, my father? Oh God they are probably looking for us...! We need to get back Toothless..." Hiccup said as she got to her feet now and climbed on Toothless's back. She still was missing her foot so not all had changed just her gender. "Alright bud, nice and easy..." She said, she didn't want anymore surprises. Toothless took to the skies and flew back to Berk, Hiccup was terrified of what was going to happen. Landing close to home, Toothless and Hiccup rushed inside to avoid being seen.
"DAD!" She called out. No answer, great. "Bud, can you go find him?...I'm..not ready for the public eye yet...bring him here please?" Hiccup asked him. Toothless gave a low growl and headed out. Hiccup paced back and forth for what seemed like ever. Toothless was in the village, letting out screech's to locate Stoick. Finally, he sniffed him out and rushed.
"Hey there Toothless! Where's Hiccup, I've been worried." Stoick greeted the dragon with a few pats on the nose. Toothless tried to tell him but it only came off as growls. Stoick tilted his head now, "Is something wrong?!" Stoick asked now, Toothless gave a nod. "Where is he boy?" Stoick asked, Toothless motioned to the house. Stoick climbed on Toothless and opened his tail as Toothless took him to the house. Stoick dismounted and rushed in to find a young female there, dressed in Hiccup's clothing. "What is...going on?..." Stoick asked very confused now.
"That's what I'd like to know dad..." She said miserably. Stoick's eyes widened.
"Hiccup?...Is that...you son?" Stoick asked moving close to get a better look. Hiccup nodded slowly.
"Well, daughter now...I guess...I don't know okay! Me and Toothless took a flight to dragon island, got caught in a storm, I passed out and woke up like this. I was knocked out all day...And another thing, I can suddenly understand Toothless..." Hiccup said quickly to explain it all at once.
"I think we need to seek Gothi's council on this one...And lets...try to not attract a lot of attention. I'll get Gothi down here to us...Stay inside and...talk to Toothless for now." Stoick said as he left quickly and shut the door.
"He took that well..." Hiccup sighed sadly now. Toothless came over and nuzzled her cheek.
"He is just as confused as you are, Hiccup. We'll figure this out...Gothi will know..." Toothless said back trying to comfort his friend.
"Thanks Toothless...I don't know how I'd get through this without you..." Hiccup said to him softly hugging back. It didn't take long for Stoick to return with Gothi and Gobber since he translated Gothi's messages. Hiccup stood up, trying to hide her face from them.
"No remarks Gobber...We just want answers...Elder Gothi, can you tell us what has happened to Hiccup?" Stoick asked concerned now. Gothi looked over Hiccup, walking around him. She tossed down some sand and began to write ruins which Gobber began to translate.
"She wants to know what happened from start to finish..." Gobber said looking at Hiccup now.
"Okay. Toothless and I went flying yesterday, we went to Dragon Island and got caught in a bad storm. Toothless got spooked when lightning bolted in front of us, I fell off. He caught me and I guess I got knocked out. In my unconscious state I heard distant voices talking, the last thing I heard was a voice say, 'We have no choice but to do this. I hope you know what this will do to the boy and the dragon...But I can understand why it must be done. We will grant the request but with our own provisions. We are Gods yes, but we can not affect free will. It must be the boys decision when he comes to realize what has happened.'. After that it went black again, and I woke up to see Toothless, we were in a cake just off the beach. Small fire going and then I heard Toothless ask me if I had seen myself yet. I thought I was crazy...but...then he talked again and I understood. I saw the long hair, race to the beach and saw my reflection. Toothless calmed me down and we came back here...That is everything..." Hiccup explained, becoming visibly upset now, even tears were forming. Toothless nudged her some for comfort. Gothi gave it some thought now as she reached for her staff.
Gobber began to read what she was writing again. "She asked if anything else happened before the flight? Any dreams?" Gobber asked her. Hiccup shook his head no as Gothi continued to think and then she looked at him seriously, before writing again in the sand. Gobber read it all and looked shocked, it was unlike him. "Gothi said judging by your sudden transformation and what you said you heard, and the fact you can now talk and understand Toothless...That the Gods of both vikings and dragons have done this. The reason she isn't sure of but it involves you and Toothless directly, and you will only change back if you make the right choice." Gobber revealed.
Hiccup became angry with frustration. "What's that supposed to mean?! I'm stuck as a female until I make the right choice?! What the hell is the choice then! Its cool they gave me the ability to understand Toothless and all but...but...what does it have to do with me being a girl suddenly!" Hiccup flared angrily. Toothless whimpered at his rider's anger and tried to calm her. "I'm sorry bud...I'm not mad at you..." She said in a calmer tone. She closed her eyes and then said, "Can I talk to Gothi...alone please?" She asked.
Stoick, Gobber, and Toothless looked at one another and then left the home. Gobber then popped in again, "Wait who will translate for you?" He asked.
"I'll worry about that...I've been studying the old ruins in Borg's papers...Now out!" She ordered him. Gobber left quickly. Gothi looked at Hiccup, "Okay look...something else did happen before the flight but I couldn't say it in front of my dad, especially Toothless..." Hiccup admitted looking down. She felt Gothi lift her chin with her staff and smiled calmly, Hiccup knew she wanted her to keep talking. "Okay...Before Toothless even woke up...I'd been up for an hour, because of a dream I had involving Toothless and I..." Hiccup began sighing. "I–it was a dream where we were in the cove...and...he was...kissing me...Like him a dragon, and me still me as male. Him over me, kissing me...It forced me awake and when I did...I was...well you know...up..." Hiccup said with a blush, her hands referring to where her male part used to be. Gothi nodded thinking more now as she began to write in the sand, Hiccup watched closely.
As Gothi's writing came to a halt, Hiccup sighed. Still not answer on why. "So it was just a normal reaction for me to get hard while having a sexual dream about my dragon...?" Hiccup asked quietly. Gothi nodded. "And still no clue on why I'm suddenly a female...?" Hiccup asked again, another nod. "Thanks I guess...I'll figure it out..." She said. She began to write once more. "I'll...transform again? In to what!" Hiccup asked, Gothi shrugged. Hiccup couldn't take it, she rushed out crying past her father, Gobber, and Toothless. They moved towards the home as Gothi was erasing what she'd written in the sand, she wouldn't rat out Hiccup, she was dealing with enough already.
Hiccup ran as fast as she could past everyone, Toothless growled and chased her. It went until she reached the cove and tripped falling down. Holding her knees against her, she cried hard as Toothless cooed beside her, worried for his friend who turned female. "Why...why did this happen...?" She sobbed.
"I don't know Hiccup...But it doesn't change anything, we're still best friends and I'm not going to go anywhere. You're still my rider." Toothless said nuzzling her cheek, sitting in front of her now. Hiccup looked to Toothless and hugged him crying still.
"Thanks bud...I just wish I understood...Gothi said I'd...transform again...but she said it would happen when I came to a realization about you and me..." Hiccup sniffled some.
Toothless tilted his head some looking at her, "Hiccup...now that you understand me...can I ask you something?" Toothless asked.
"S–sure I guess?" Hiccup replied.
"What was with you yesterday? I heard you wake up scared and sweating, I wasn't asleep and I sensed you were tense...And then you nearly threw up. Are you getting sick?" Toothless asked, Hiccup was instantly ashamed so Toothless did see all that. She couldn't tell him...it would be to awkward. It would ruin their friendship if she revealed she had such a dream about him.
"I–it's nothing Toothless...Just had a bad dream and couldn't sleep. Maybe I am getting sick..." Hiccup said slowly turning from him. Toothless moved to face her again.
"I'm a dragon, I can sense when you're not telling the truth...Come on Hiccup, I won't think less of you...After all we've been though I'd figured you'd trust me by now..." Toothless said, a little hurt now. Hiccup bit her lip some.
"Toothless...I do trust you with my life but...what happened...I just don't want you to be afraid of me..." Hiccup said in a soft tone.
"I'm a Night Fury...and you weren't afraid of me. That should tell you something." Toothless replied with a snort. Hiccup didn't understand why she felt this way, she had a particular urge and fought it back. Then she had flashes of her dream before all this happened, this time she saw herself as a female and them in the cove kissing. Hiccup felt sick again but she knew it was wrong to keep this from his friend.
"Okay I'll tell you...The reason I woke up the way I did yesterday is because..." She paused looking down and away. "Because I had a dream...about us." She stated.
"Am I that bad to dream about?" Toothless asked a little surprised.
"It wasn't...a dream like that Toothless...It was us...doing something...else." Hiccup said, her voice barely above a whisper.
"Hiccup. Tell me." Toothless stated firmly now.
"We were kissing! Okay...!" Hiccup yelled finally, some birds took off in a pack from the trees as silence fell over the cove with Toothless just staring at Hiccup now after what she had said.