Dragon Friend (sequel to the dragon boy) Chapter 1- Unexpected Assist
frostcup fanfic
Authors note: its finally here! ^^ hooray! I can't wait to see what you all think of it- I really enjoyed writing it so I hope you like reading it ^^ this is the follow on from "Dragon Boy" and may be a little confusing if you haven't read the first one but please enjoy! Oh and please leave a review they really mean an awful lot and I love hearing what you think! That's all I can think to say- the chapters will be updated daily as always- enjoy! ^^
The crowd cheered as Toothless flipped upside down. A red marked sheep fell into a net, where four of its buddies were already hanging out.
Not enough, Hiccup thought. That made fifty points, but the twins had ninety. This normally wouldn't have been possible, but the other competitors were giving them the competition- literally. Snotlout and Fishlegs kept handing them their sheep, boosting up their numbers. The reason- Ruffnut. Seriously, Hiccup thought, is that the way things go? Astrid is taken, so they move on to the next best thing?Apparently so. The two boys were constantly competing to impress the only available teen girl on Berk. Hiccup had no idea what that meant for Tuffnut, but then he never showed any interest in that kind of thing.
Anyway, back to the competition. Astrid wasn't doing too bad- the quick and nimble Stormfly often catching a stray sheep, or else stealing them off the others- including Hiccup himself once. She was up to forty points, so Hiccup knew she was hot on their tail.
His Night Fury slapped the post that marked the start and end of each lap- wait... how many was that now?... Was that the ninth? If that was true, then that meant-. A deep horn being sounded confirmed his thought.
The black sheep. They could still win this, but the black sheep would mean victory for Astrid too, she wasn't going to make things easy for them. They flew round the island as Hiccup formed a plan. They'd let somebody else catch it first, and then intercept it before they got back.
"Alright, Toothless. Let's lay low for a while." He muttered, Toothless nodded his understanding.
They cut through the bunker- a bunch of randomly assorted dragons looked up in confusion- and burst out the other side. Right, who had the sheep? Snotlout. Okay, they'd have to tackle him from behind, before he handed it to- no, wait! Wow, nice play, he thought. Astrid had zipped past on Stormfly, and intercepted the sheep as he threw it to Ruff.
Now they just had to get it from Astrid. This wouldn't be easy- she would be vigilant right to the end.
"This is it, Toothless. Remember, now is not the time to be a gentleman." He told his dragon, placing a hand on the red stripe on his dragon's head, that mimicked the stripes on his own cheeks. Team colours were traditional to the event, and the bright red looked pretty cool next to the jet black scales.
They'd jump them from underneath, Hiccup decided- a favourite trick of theirs- and steathily positioned them to pull off the maneuveur.
"Alright, just a little closer... Ready... now!" Just as they reached the scoring nets, Toothless shot up from underneath Stormfly to try and grab her sheep.
But they shot past- sheepless- and fell towards the ground.
What? Darn it! Astrid had seen the trick coming! She'd avoided the grab, and, as an added insult, reached out and snapped Toothless' tail shut.
"No!" He yelled, as Toothless roared in frustration, pulling out of the fall just quick enough to skim the sea rather than swim in it.
They looked up to see the black sheep falling towards the blue and orange marked net. She'd won- oh great, he'd never hear the end of this one...
Suddenly, there a a slight buzzing sensation in the back of his mind, and a chill wind from nowhere hit the sheep. Redirecting it, straight into, a very startled, Hiccup's lap.
He was so stunned, it almost bounced off him. Luckily, Toothless' head was still in the game. He shot up, flipping over, and slapped Hiccup with an ear to jolt him to attention. Right, the sheep!
Hiccup pushed it down... and in it dropped, straight into the red net.
The crowd went nuts. Toothless lunged upwards again, after he'd completed the full loop, roaring in victory. Astrid was glowering at him furiously. Somewhere in the crowd, his dad was yelling "That's my boy!" The stands were emptying, eager to congratulate the winner- but Hiccup didn't plan on staying. He'd recognised that tingling sensation in the back of his mind- and a chill wind? Who else could it have been?
He recieved a feeling of expectancy from the corner of his mind, that tingled as though reawakening. A silent "Well...?". Hiccup grinned, and pulled Toothless into a turn that headed him straight out over the ocean. Obviously the dragon had recognised the burst of wind too, because he put on an excited burst of speed.
A little while away from Berk, Toothless performed a quick nose dive into the water, spraying them both. Toothless shook his head, removing any remains of red paint, as Hiccup rubbed his face. The stop was only brief, before they continued out across the ocean. Hiccup could tell they were heading in the right direction, he felt it- just follow the buzzing. Toothless carried them further out to sea. It was time to go meet a certain white scaled friend of theirs.
After a good minute or so of flying, Hiccup felt the air grow colder, and his grin returned. A roar from behind them made him look over his shoulder. There he was. The white scaled, slightly annoying, sky dragon- their buddy, Jack Frost.
He beat his large wings, so that he flew level with them, and roared again in greeting.
"What time do you call this?" Hiccup teased. The dragon threw himself upwards, and turned into a mischievous, white haired boy- the wind temporarily keeping him airborne.
"Good to see you too." he managed, smirking, before he started falling. He turned back into a dragon, just as he dropped down to be level with Toothless again. Hiccup shook his head. Of course he had to talk in the most awkward, showy offy way possible.
"Fine, good to see you. You're late." Hiccup said, folding his arms in false annoyance. The dragon leaped and changed into a boy again.
"Why, when abouts is it?" He asked- grinning, but also genuinely unsure (back into a dragon). Hiccup shook his head again.
"Spring." He told him. The white dragon looked surprised at this, tilting its head in confusion. He leaped again- honestly, was he some kind of aerial dolphin or something?
"Not my fault. All I ever see is winter, winter, winter." He explained, Hiccup just smiled. He wasn't really complaining, he was just as glad to see him as he was- and they both knew it. It's hard to hide that kind of thing when you're both mentally linked.
Toothless called across to him, the sky dragon's eyes twinkled in amusement, and he jumped again.
"-and good day to you as well, Sir Storm Seeker." He smirked, Toothless, as always, held his head a little higher at the compliment.
"Can you stop doing that?" Hiccup asked, meaning the jumping/transforming thing. "You look like a Seashocker!" Jack laughed a dragon laugh, and pulled ahead of them. He looking back at them, and gestured for them to follow with his head. Hiccup and Toothless did as he suggested, letting him lead them to a place to land, so they could chat properly.
Toothless and him hadn't flown this far north before, Hiccup realised. The strong, potentially dangerous, winds normally stopped them going any further. But the winds were nothing to an air elemental. Jack simply stilled them to let Toothless through. It was weird, he thought, as he looked at the turmoiling air around them, so close and yet not affecting them- like being in the eye of a storm.
It didn't take long to fly through the air currents, but where was Jack leading them? A looming piece of rock protruding from the ocean gave him the answer. The black and white dragons both made for it.
They landed, and Hiccup dismounted, to greet his most trusted, but least seen, friend- in his most familiar form of a white haired, pale skinned seventeenish year old.
"You know, we could have always talked through the trust bond." Hiccup pointed out.