Hi!
This is the Sequel to "Stay With Me" if you haven't read that, you should read it first.
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Disclaimer~ I do not own HTTYD
Chapter One - Waking Up
It's been four horribly long months since the Echotri incident. Hiccup hasn't woken up, or showed any real signs that he will. They've tried everything to wake him up. They've shouted, they've let Toothless roar and lick at him, they've tried to gently coax him out, with no luck. He stays still, the only motion his chest rising and falling evenly to his breathing.
He has moved, but only once. It was about a week after everything went down. He shot straight up in his bed like he was awaking from a nightmare, his eyes were wide open. They tried talking to him, but he just stayed in his position, eyes wide and staring at nothing. When finally got Gothi, she gave him something to put him back to sleep. She had said it was from leftover adrenaline.
But that was weeks ago now. Hiccup never moved since then. With no sign of him waking up, they just gave up. They quit trying to wake him up, thinking it would do no good anymore. The only person who sees him everyday is Gothi to give him some kind of mixture that keeps him alive and to treat some of his still healing wounds. Astrid visits and talks to him sometimes, and Stoick can't even go into Hiccup's room for long anymore, it hurts him too much to see his only son motionless.
They never thought Hiccup would wake again.
Until today.
Astrid sits next to Hiccup's bed, holding his limp hand. "Come on, Hiccup. It's been months, everybody's given up hope. You've got to wake up. For me. For Stoick, for everyone. We all miss you." Astrid stops, a tear rolling down her face.
It's been hard keeping hope. It started out a strong flame, but now… It's small, and it's dying. She's trying not to give up hope, like nearly everyone else has.
She sighs, standing up. "I'll be back later." She kisses his forehead then lets go of his hand, walking out of his room.
Little does she know, he heard every word she said.
Hiccup can hear everything around him. He's been hearing the same girl's voice for awhile now. He can't tell time, but he'd say around….. a week maybe? She seems to come and talk to him, calling him some weird name.
What was it again…
Hiccup.
Is that his name? He can't seem to remember anything. But that's not the worst part.
The worst part is that he can't move or talk. He can't even open his eyes. It's like they're glued shut. It makes him angry that he just lies there and can't do anything. It's driving him crazy.
"Anything?"
Gothi shakes her head, then writes in the dirt with her staff, "I'm sorry. There's been no change."
Stoick takes a deep breath. "Thank you, Gothi."
The old woman walks away to help an injured Viking, who got his arm cut while training. Stoick walks out of Gothi's tent.
Stoick's been waiting like everyone else for Hiccup to wake. There's been nearly no improvement for four months. Just four long months of his son lying there, so lifeless. The only way you can tell he's alive is if you look closely to see the small movements of his breathing.
When Hiccup had shot up, Stoick had thought for sure his son was awake. But, Hiccup just stared at nothing, unmoving. It broke Stoick's heart when Gothi had come in and put Hiccup back to sleep. Apparently Hiccup had some kind of adrenaline rush that was leftover from everything that had happened, waking him up.
"Stoick! We need your help!" Gobber calls, chasing a herd of flaming sheep. Stoick groans and chases after them, wondering how the hell you set a whole herd of sheep on fire.
Hiccup can't feel just below his left knee. Where's his foot? Is it gone?
He starts to panic, breathing hard. He hears footsteps, multiple pairs of feet, coming towards him, getting louder and louder. This just makes him even more panicked, and he breathes harder, if that's possible.
"Uh, is he supposed to be doing that?" A male voice says.
"I don't think so…" A female voice says, sounding a lot like the first.
"I'll go get Gothi." A different voice says, and Hiccup hears footsteps that get seem to get further and further away.
After a short silence, the male voice speaks again. "Do you think he's waking up?"
"I doubt it." A different male voice says.
"OOH! Tuffnut! I bet you a shaved yak you couldn't wake him up!" The female voice says excitedly.
"I accept your bet!" The male voice says again.
Nothing happens for a moment. Then Hiccup feels something poking his side. What the. Poke. Poke. Poke. Poke. Hiccup starts getting annoyed. His breathing slows as he concentrates. Anything, he thinks, something just move!
Hiccup tries to move his hand, and his fingers move! Finally, he thinks. As soon as he feels like he can move his whole arm, he grabs the person whose poking him's wrist with a death grip.
The person screams and tries to pull their wrist out of his grip, but Hiccup tightens his grip even more. Hiccup wants to ask them so many questions. Where he is, who he is, who are you people. But he can't, because he can't speak.
Astrid walks into the Haddock home, hearing Tuffnut screaming. What has he done to Hiccup this time? Last time he tried to drop a bucket of freezing water on Hiccup, but spilled it down the front of himself instead. He even tried sitting on Hiccup once, no wait, that was Ruffnut.
"What have you done this t-" Astrid stops when she gets to the top of the stairs and to Hiccup's room, seeing the scene in front of her.
Hiccup's moved, his hand tightly clamped around Tuffnut's wrist. Tuffnut's screaming and trying to pry Hiccup's hand off him, but Hiccup's grip is too strong. Ruffnut's just laughing at her brother.
"What happened?!" Astrid asks, rushing over.
"Like an idiot he is, Tuffnut decided to start poking Hiccup. Then Hiccup just grabbed Tuffnut's wrist and now he won't let go." Snotlout explains.
Astrid's eyebrows furrow and she tries to pry Hiccup's hand off of Tuffnut's wrist, but his grip only seems to tighten. "Ow, ow, ow, OW!"
"Odin! When did he get such a tight grip?!" Astrid tries to pry at least a finger off of Tuffnut, but to no avail. "Did someone go to get Gothi?"
"Yeah, Fishlegs went awhile ago cause Hiccup was breathing hard." Snotlout replies.
At that moment, Fishlegs and Gothi walk in. "...e was breathing really hard and - what happened while I was gone?" Fishlegs asks, seeing Astrid trying to pry Hiccup's hand off of Tuffnut's wrist.
"This dumbass decided it was a good idea to start poking Hiccup, then Hiccup grabbed onto Tuffnut's wrist and won't let go." Astrid replies, and she stops trying to pry Hiccup's hand off of Tuffnut and glares at him.
"Hey, I didn't know he would, ow, hurt me!" Tuffnut tries to defend himself.
Gothi just sighs, and walks over to Hiccup. She looks him up and down for change, and notices his fingers on his other hand are moving. Good sign. Though, she still has to do something about that death grip.
Gothi pulls some vial containing a mixture of herbs and opens it, pouring it into Hiccup's mouth.
His hand drops from Tuffnut's wrist, leaving a purplish bruise.
"Is he…" Astrid asks.
Gothi nods.
It's the same dream every time.
Hiccup's arguing with something, and he seems really angry.
"You can't just take people!" He yells at the thing.
"And why not?" The thing responds, in his head.
"Because it's not right!" He seems to be talking to it like it's the most normal thing in the world.
The thing seems to laugh at him. "You're just a puny human. What could you possibly know?"
Hiccup glares at the thing. "You're killing innocent people, and for what? Revenge? There's more to life than revenge!"
"You do not know what I've been through. You would never understand!" The thing says in Hiccup's head, glaring at him.
"Can't you just move on like everyone else?!"
It glares harsher, if that's possible, at Hiccup. "No, I cannot move on."
"Fine. I'm done arguing with you." Hiccup turns on his heel to walk away but the creature grabs him in it's talons, lifting him up to eye level. "Let me down you overgrown lizard!"
The thing seems amused. "I'm not done with you just yet."
"What are talking ab-" He's engulfed in white hot pain, making it hard to breathe. He gasps for breath through the pain, his vision blurry. "What...are you….doing to….me?" He manages out through the pain.
"Don't you get it? You're my helper now."
Then it all goes black.
But then, it fades into a new scene.
"Look, I don't have long." Hiccup's hoarse voice says to the blond girl in front of him. "I want you to run as fast as you can away from here."
The girl shakes her head. "No, I'm not leaving you."
"You have to. It's going to kill you, and I can't let that happen."
"Then too bad."
He says a name, but it's warped and he can't tell what it is. Then he says, "Just go."
Then it goes black.
"Hiccup?" A girl's voice says that name when Hiccup wakes up. He doesn't bother trying to open his eyes, he knows they won't open. "Hiccup, can you hear me?"
He feels a pressure on his hand. Is someone holding his hand?
"Come on, wake up." The girl's voice comes again. Wait, Hiccup knows that voice. It's the girl from his dream….. But how?
Okay, he thinks, let's try this one more time. Hiccup focuses all his energy on opening his eyes, that's all he really wants to do right now. It takes a moment, but finally his eyes crack open. The first thing he notices is all the people in the room.
One is an old woman who's holding a staff. There's a large man with a red beard and helmet on. Standing next to him is another large man with a blond beard that's been put into two braids, and he's missing his left hand and right foot. There's a set of twins, boy and girl. Next to them is a very chubby boy who looks like he's about to pass out he's so pale. Standing next to him is a fat boy with an almost smug look on his face. And finally, next to Hiccup is the girl from his dreams, she's got the same blond hair, the same outfit, and the same piercing blue eyes, she looks surprised and happy at the same time.
Hiccup struggles to sit up, pulling his hand out of the girl's hand. He manages to prop himself up on the wall behind him. No one says a word for a moment. Then everyone explodes in questions.
"Hiccup?!"
"Son?"
"How are you alive?"
"We thought you were a goner boy!"
"Great, now we'll have to start training again!"
"Snotlout! Your cousin's alive and you're mad about that?"
Hiccup's head spins hearing all the different voices jumbled together. He squeezes his eyes shut, trying to keep his forming headache away.
"EVERYONE! SHUT UP!" The girl yells, and everyone's silent at her outburst. Hiccup opens his eyes.
"Hiccup? Are you okay?" She asks him in a soft tone.
His head cocks to the side just slightly. "You're the girl."
"What are talking about, Hiccup?"
"The girl from my dreams."
"Haha, very funny Hiccup. Now, how are you feeling?" She asks, not believing him.
"Why do you keep calling me Hiccup?"
The girl turns to the other people in the room, all sharing the same expression. Gothi just looks to the ground, she was afraid this would happen.
"Please, tell me you're joking with us." Astrid says.
"I'm sorry." Hiccup says. "I have no idea who you are."
Yay, finally the sequel!
I just hope it lives up to the original.
Review?