Hiccup's POV
This is Berk, it's the wintertime and this is the time of year when Snoggletoff comes up, and today could be the best early Snoggletoff gift I've ever had. I woke up without having Toothless hitting the roof for me. Today was a very special day for me, somebody special was coming back into my life.
I quickly got changed and ran outside, where I was faced with the wintery cold that was brought into Berk. Toothless came behind me and got curious at why I was so excited. I stopped to look at the town, it was so crowded, so I kept looking back at Toothless and at the town. I soon ran to Toothless and got on his back.
"Come on, let's go bud" I told him and we flew off to the docks where my dad and chief of the village, Stoick the Vast, and his good friend and my teacher, Gobber were waiting with anticipation.
"Son, you're up early" my dad hollered out to me like he always does.
"I couldn't wait inside the house and besides, I haven't seen her in 6 years" I said to my dad before we stood and stared at the vast waters.
Who am I talking about to be exact? It's my close friend, Annaliese. I've heard people saying that close friends come and go, but not Annaliese. Annaliese is special, she has always been there for me ever since we were 2. Her mom and my mom were very close and brought us along when they got together. As we grew up, she would always be the one to rely on. She listened AND understood my problems and come up with great solutions that would make me feel better. When we were 7, Alvin and the Outcasts ambushed Annaliese's village by fire. The fire killed everybody, including Annaliese and her family...or so I thought. I mourned and locked myself in my room for weeks, thinking what I would do without her. Years grew by, and I still couldn't forget about her. I mean, she was another reason why I wanted to train dragons.
I know you want to be like everybody else, but it's boring being normal. When you mature yourself more...I want you to do something...that nobody has ever done before, something...people would think it would be the last thing to do, something...that gets people out of their normal routine and into something new, something...people haven't even tried, something...crazy. I want you to promise me that, deal?
I thought of the deal after the day I freed Toothless from the trap, I wouldn't have done it without the quote or her. After I saw dragons in Berk after I woke up with my prosthetic leg, I thought of her watching down on me, proud of what I did, what I did that she wanted.
When I opened the dragon training academy, I received a letter from an official from another village. I read the letter and jumped for joy, finding out that Annaliese was still alive and living in the village with her father. I stopped jumping when I found out that Annaliese's mom died, bringing sadness that I experienced from the fire. But never mind about what happened, that was just was only the past.
We saw a ship heading toward our dock and we all hugged each other in joy.
"Hey Hiccup! What's going on?!" Astrid yelled at the top of the dock.
"Don't worry! I'll tell you later!" I yelled back at her.
When the boat made it, we got on board quickly to say hi to Annaliese's dad. I looked aroud to see if Annaliese was there...but she wasn't. Just as I was about to give up, I heard a roar...a dragon roar. I looked up to see a purple blur blaze by, firing electric bolts to the sky...it was basically Thor on a dragon. The dragon landed next to the boat and see a girl getting off her dragon, her long, brown, curly hair staying still from the wind.
"Do you still remember who I am?" the girl asks, her back facing me. I recognized her voice, her voice that I heard from the 5 years I was with her.
"Annaliese!" I exclaimed in joy as she turned to face me, smiling the smile I remembered. We both ran to each other, hugged her and spun her around for a long time.
"Wow! I can't believe after all these years...we would still be the same height" Annaliese joked around before we gave each other another long hug. We let go and I walked toward her dragon.
"Is that a-" I started
"Yep, a Skrill" she finished for me.
I walked cautiously around her dragon, putting my hand out to let the dragon trust me. After she did, I started petting the dragon.
"What is its name?" I asked, touching her at the wrong spot...making her electricute me, for a little bit.
"Yeah be careful, she does that when she's excited" Annaliese warned. "But anyway, her name is Lightfire...but people call her Firebolt."
I petted her one last time before helping Annaliese and her dad with their things.