Chapter 1 - War Cry
Summary: Hiccup really needs to work on his war cry.
A/N: Well, here I am with my newest story :D I should probably be working on Overachiever, but I AM DOING RESEARCH OKAY D: anyway, this is mostly just a story to pacify all the plot bunnies, and explore the depths of Hiccup and Toothless' friendship. I will be hopping around quite a bit in the timeline, as I'd like to do things concerning the first movie, the second movie, the television series and even the book series. This is going to be a mostly movie-verse fic, but you will find several book references in here. I'm so looking forward to the twelfth book! :D Anyway, this, as you might have guessed, is set in that time frame when Hiccup began befriending Toothless, like really befriending him. So it's set a bit after the Forbidden Friendship sequence.
The Viking war cry was supposed to be terrifying. The Viking war cry was supposed to be chilling. The Viking war cry was supposed to send the enemy running for their mommies.
Unfortunately, nobody had told Hiccup that yet.
Toothless really wasn't sure what to make of it. It's one thing if a heavily armed, muscled, scowling, full-grown, terrifying Viking man or woman launches him or herself at you while letting out that yell. It's quite another when a small, skinny boy of fourteen, who's about as non-threatening as a Viking can get runs into the cove in which you've been meeting him in secret in, and playfully tackles you while giving a soft, almost cute sound. Actually, let's be honest here: the noise Hiccup made was nothing short of adorable, and Toothless was pretty sure that Vikings didn't do adorable noises.
He twisted around in confusion, staring at the odd human on his back, cocking his head inquisitively. What was that?
Hiccup instantly understood, as he always did. "That, bud, is the Viking war cry." He tapped his chest with his fist proudly. "Designed to chill the blood and quicken the heartbeat."
Toothless snorted in disbelief, crumbling the rest of Hiccup's already meager confidence in his Viking-ly ways.
"Well, you know what, I'd like to see you do better!" The boy snapped.
This is almost too easy, Toothless replied before opening his mouth and letting out a truly heart-stopping, ear-splitting cacophony of roars, one right after another, so they all bounced off each other and echoed over the rocky canyon walls, surely reaching another island or two.
Hiccup's ears throbbed, and he rubbed at them ruefully. "Okay, yeah," he grumbled. "You win."