Well, here is my very first attempt at creating a HTTYD fic. I LOVE this movie and its sequel, though the sequel wasn't quite as good, and I'm going to be writing the ever popular topic of "what if Hiccup and Toothless had left Berk?" So here it is, and I hope that y'all like it. PLEASE tell me what you think. It helps boost my confidence!
Disclaimer: I love everything about this movie, but if I owned it, it wouldn't be nearly as good.
Not long after their escape from the dragon's island, Astrid and Hiccup were sitting Toothless, who had landed on a moonlit beach. Astrid began to talk Hiccup's ear off.
"No, no, it totally makes sense." she said to him, "It's like a giant beehive. They're the workers, and that's their queen. It controls them." She leaped off Toothless and began to run towards the village. "Let's go find your dad!"
"No, no, not yet!" Hiccup interjected. "They'll… kill Toothless." He paused, then spoke again. "Astrid, we have to think this through carefully.
Astrid eyed him, incredulous. "Hiccup, we just discovered the dragons' nest, the thing we've been after since Vikings first sailed here. And you want to keep it a secret to protect your pet dragon? Are you serious?"
Hiccup stood resolute. "Yes." he said firmly, taking Astrid by surprise.
She looked taken aback. "Okay," she said softly, "Then what do we do?"
Hiccup frowned. "I was leaving with Toothless before you interrupted me." he said, somewhat accusingly, but there was no venom in his voice. "I'm still going to leave."
"But what would I tell your father? And the rest of the village, for that matter!" Astrid asked.
Hiccup closed his eyes and rubbed at his forehead thoughtfully. "I don't know. Whatever you want, I guess."
She nodded. "Okay." Astrid replied, "But you need to visit me at least once a year. Around Snoggletog, alright?"
Hiccup nodded. She then punched him in the arm. Hiccup winced slightly. It hurt! "That's for kidnapping me." She informed him. She grabbed him once more, and Hiccup braced himself for another hit. Instead, she surprised him by kissing him on the cheek. "That's for… everything else."
She ran off. Leaving Hiccup rubbing the cheek in amazement. Toothless stared at him. "What are you staring at?" Hiccup said.
The dragon and the rider returned to the spot where Hiccup had been when Astrid interrupted his escape plan. "C'mon, bud," he said to the dragon, who was eyeing Hiccup's supplies with curiosity, "This time, we really are leaving."
Toothless made a noise that seemed to ask, why?
He sighed. "Because, bud, my dad wants me to kill a dragon." At Toothless's alarmed look, he quickly added, "I don't want to, and I'm not going to, so don't worry." He mounted Toothless, and the pair set off into the sky and over the sea.
After finding a small island, more like a lump of rock isolated in the middle of the ocean, Hiccup set up a makeshift camp for the night, thinking about what he was going to do. He was only fourteen, and had already to deal with being on his one, with only Toothless for company. He sighed.
Leaning against the warm side of the Night Fury, with only one of Toothless's wings around him for warmth, Hiccup fell asleep.
The next few months were difficult. He missed his home terribly. Hel, he would even put up with Snotlout at this point. He mulled that over. Actually, no, he doubted that he would ever want to actually spend time with his annoying, over confidant, bully of a cousin.
After he got the hang of basically being a nomad, Hiccup found that he enjoyed traveling. Seeing the world, meeting all sorts of people…
Perhaps he could find some people that would like to learn about dragons. Or, maybe, he would find more Night Furies. Now that would be cool.
He did find someone, after a while. A long while, mind you. He was only thirteen years old, a year younger than Hiccup, and had been exiled from his village because he did not believe in harming any living creature, dragons included.
He had been wondering aimlessly through the woods on an island that Hiccup was visiting when the two boys met. The boy had been shocked and slightly scared of this skinny, freckled, ginger kid riding a Night Fury.
"How in the name of Hel did you manage to befriend a dragon?" the boy had exclaimed, and Hiccup chuckled.
"He was injured and I took care of him. Also, I ate a regurgitated fish. I'm pretty sure that helped."
He dismounted Toothless and held his hand out to the boy. "I'm Hiccup, and this is Toothless."
The boy took Hiccup's hand reluctantly. "Fester." he said with a grimace. "My name's Fester." Fester had dark blonde hair, brown eyes, and was of the same build as the average Viking teenager, all muscles, and slightly taller than Hiccup (slightly very slightly).
Hiccup gave an understanding smile. "Yeah, parents suck at giving names, don't they? Hey, how old are you, Fester?"
"Thirteen. You?"
"Fourteen. Why are you in the woods? You know that there are dangerous creatures out here, don't you?" He sly looked over to Toothless, who gave them a gummy smile.
Fester smiled back at the playful dragon. "I don't like killing things, so my village views me as a failure." He looked back to Hiccup. "What are you doing out here?"
Hiccup smiled sadly. "My village doesn't know about Toothless. I got so good in Dragon Training, using dragon's weak points against them, and I was chosen to kill a Monstrous Nightmare." He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "My friend and I decided that it was best for me to leave. Y'know, make it so that my father thinks I died 'making him proud' instead of as the failure he viewed me for ever since I was little."
The two boys bonded, and became friends. After several months of traveling and riding together on Toothless, they decided that it was time for Fester to get his own dragon. He ended up with a Gronkle that he named Ham.
"Ham? Why would you name a dragon Ham?" Hiccup demanded when Fester revealed the name of the Gronkle.
"He reminds me of a pig, and I used to have a pet pig called Ham." was Fester's simple explanation.
Hiccup rolled his eyes. "You're gonna man the camp for a few days, Fest." He said. Snoggletog was only a few days away, and he didn't want to miss his meeting with Astrid.
Fester's eyebrows furrowed. "Why? Did I do something wrong?" he asked.
Hiccup chuckled at the younger boy. "Nah, I'm just meeting up with a friend from my village. I'll be back soon." He donned a masked leather helmet that only showed his eyes before mounting Toothless and flying off. The mask was so that if anyone other than Astrid saw him, they wouldn't recognize him. He hoped.
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~Es