The Man the Dragon the Heart
Nothing will ever compare to the feelings that welled up inside Hiccup when his father had said to his face, "You're not a viking, you're not my son."
Everything from that point forward was changed, even though he and Toothless destroyed the Red Death he had no desire to return to his village.
Every breath following that was a step to be more than his father, more than his village. He had traveled the world, watched empires rise and fall with the tides of the world. And yet in the shadows he stayed.
And yet, Hiccup thought privately to himself, meditating on the porch of a Japanese house, his swords in front of him. I still fear my father; the more I change the more I stay the same.
He let thoughts envelop him, breathing softly, rocks floating gently around him as he slipped deeper into the trance, it filled his senses. With a soft breath his mind fell to his old village, Ruffnut and Tuffnut and the rest of the group taunting him.
His anger bubbled up inside him but he quickly quelled the fire. Instead drawing his thoughts away and into himself again, allowing the world around him to vanish.
He was jolted to awareness by Toothless nudging him.
"Hey bud, what is it?" He said standing up, his metal leg creaking against the ground.
Toothless roared playfully and dashed away towards the nearby hot spring. He dove into the water, careful as to not damage the metal fin Hiccup had designed for him that allowed for him to fly alone without the boy. And yet the two stayed together.
Hiccup climbed into the water after removing his metal leg when he was suddenly grabbed and pulled into the water by none other than Hyata.
"Brother! Good to see that becoming one with the way of the warrior hasn't changed your lack of observation." Hyata grinned, pinning Hiccup to the wall of the spring.
"Hey!" Hiccup brought his palm to the other boy's chest and slammed it into him, too quick for Hyata to react. Toothless warbled playfully with Hyata's Solar Wing; the two too busy playing to realize that their friends were playing as well.
Hyata grunted from the pain but recovered quickly, splashing water at Hiccup. The two splashed water at each other for a time. They laughed as they attacked each other, remembering the training that they had to do once when they were underwater to strengthen their bodies.
A loud ring of a gong made both of them almost jump with haste, climbing out of the water and grabbing their gear that had been laying on the side. Suyan knelt down as did Toothless and the boys jumped on, the two dragons flying up to the peak of the nearby mountain. The boys climbed off the dragons, thanked them and then quickly headed inside the home where the Shogun waited patiently.
Everything in the shogun's house had been arranged to give perfect symmetry, one side light, the other side dark. Hiccup when he had first arrived had crashed here, Toothless being the only of the two that was conscious, he had patiently waited until his master was healed, from there Hiccup had learned the Japanese language and shown the people how to make it so that the dragons did not fear them and so that they were tame, earning Hiccup the nickname 'dragon child.'
Hiccup fondly remembered when Hyata's father had advocated for him and offered to be his father while he stayed in this model of japan. In that moment he knew he wanted to be part of this society. Part of a family that he never had.
The two boys knelt down in front of the Shogun. "Rise, Hiccup and Hyata, brothers, and royal guards. You are the most perfect examples of warriors that I have raised. I am most fortunate to have you as warriors." He stood.
"With that out of the way, I have your new assignment Hiccup…"
At that moment a great distance away from that island there was another island, very similar in shape, a lone figure on the shore looked out at the sun set.
Her long golden hair and updated dress style and fur coat was stretched around her. Her dress still studded with her original dress. She was the young woman who told the village that Hiccup was still alive despite the fact that he hadn't appeared after the many years of his disappearance. The following day was to commemorate Hiccup for his bravery and the signing of the peace treaty between dragons and the islands.
She sighed, "Hiccup, I don't know where you are, or if you can hear me, but I just wanted to thank you for everything you did for us, please come back…"
New HTTYD story!
Wow feels rusty writing fanfiction again.
Hopefully the way I write now is not throwing all of you off!
Reviews are always appreciated, but not necessary. However they do tend to make me pick up the pace!