Author's Note: Yay! I'm starting a new fanfic! My first HTTYD fanfic! I just recently finished reading the first book in the series (HTTYD series) and now need to go find the second one. So this fanfic will be based off the movie… But my second HTTYD fanfic will be based on the books (hopefully I will have them all read by then!) I hope who ever reads this, likes it! Sorry if this chapter is a little short; my other chapters will be longer. Please tell me how I'm doing so far!
The Isle of Berk was covered in beautiful white snow. And more snow was gently falling from the overcast sky. You'd probably think that the snow wasn't too deep, maybe just ankle deep… but no. It was up to most vikings knees. But for vikings like Hiccup it was up to his waist. For once he wished he was just a bit taller.
The evening was starting off with most vikings and their dragons trudging to the forest and cutting down a few trees for timber, which they'll use for firewood to prepare dinner and for warmth. Most of the stronger vikings went off for the larger sycamores. Amongst these vikings were Stoick the Vast; Hiccup's father.
While the vikings were knocking down trees, Hiccup decided he and Toothless would just collect fresh water. He didn't want some tree hitting him or knocking him down. So he visited the clearing, where he first tested out the tail fins he made more Toothless. There was a small pond/lake there. The water was frozen over, but there was a hole in the middle of the pond. He and Toothless had craved that hole out when the ice was still thin.
"Okay hand me a bucket." Hiccup told Toothless as he came up to the pond and tapped the ice with his good foot. The ice was good enough to walk on.
Suddenly something hit Hiccup on the back of his head.
"OW! Toothless! Hand me the bucket gently next time!" Hiccup cried and whirled to find a bucket by his feet. When he glanced over at Toothless, the dragon quickly sat down and looked at Hiccup with wide innocent eyes.
Smiling to himself, Hiccup knew he couldn't stay mad at Toothless forever. So he picked up the bucket and Toothless watched him walk carefully onto the ice. As Hiccup slid across the ice on both feet, he heard the scraping of his metal foot against the ice. What if the metal part broke the ice? The ice is thick, for Thor's sake! Hiccup told himself.
"Be careful!" Toothless cried in dragonese and Hiccup turned his head to glance at the worried dragon. Toothless was already on all fours glancing nervously at Hiccup edging toward the whole in the middle.
Holding his breath, Hiccup now slowly crouched on his knees and moved toward the hole in the ice. He finally knelt over the hole and lowered the bucket into the water.
"Fish?" Toothless asked from shore.
"No, sorry Toothless. There are no fish." Hiccup shook his head and peered into the dark water. All the fish were probably asleep on the bottom of the pond. He pulled the bucket out of the water and set it on the ice beside him.
"I need another bucket, Toothless." Hiccup told his dragon.
Slowly, Toothless grabbed another bucket that they had brought and stepped onto the ice. But Hiccup told him to stop and roll the bucket toward him. When the bucket reached Hiccup, he filled that one up and signaled for the last bucket.
Once that one was filled, Hiccup began to take the buckets to shore. First he took two and then came back for the last one. As he walked onto the ice, he froze. The ice was cracking. And he was standing on it. If he moved, it'll probably crack fully and then he'll fall into the freezing water. He couldn't understand why the ice was suddenly cracking.
"Do you hear that?" Toothless pricked his head fins and looked upward. But Hiccup didn't hear anything.
"There is no—" Hiccup began, but Toothless cut him off and now concentrated hard on the noise.
There was a faint noise defiantly coming from somewhere. Hiccup couldn't tell from where, but there was a noise. It wasn't frozen bushes rustling or the sound of birds fluttering through the trees. It wasn't the sound of flapping dragon wings. Slowly Hiccup listened.
It wasn't a roar, but at the same time it was. It like a soundless roar. It sounded unreal. But Hiccup knew it was a roar. Right? He heard it faintly, but his ears rang as if the sound was ten times louder than it was. Then there was a loud humming noise. The humming vibrated through the forest and sent birds out of trees.
"What was that?" Hiccup demanded and glanced at Toothless.
"I have no idea. But get off the ice and let's head back." Toothless told Hiccup. He sounded worried.
"If I move, the ice will break." Hiccup replied. Toothless nodded and flew up a few feet of the ground. He flew over to Hiccup and flew as low as he could, without touching the ice. Hiccup grabbed the last bucket and placed his metal left foot on the stirrup and swung himself over Toothless.
"Let's go." Hiccup patted Toothless.
Toothless flew over the pond and gathered the other two buckets and they flew over the clearing and then over the snow-covered forest. Through the trees, Hiccup saw some vikings below. He spotted Snotlout and the twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut running around with giant axes.
Smiling, Hiccup watched them, until they were out of sight. He wondered what Fishlegs and everyone else was doing. He was probably the only one fetching water. Ah well, I wanted to anyway. Hiccup sighed.
Soon they reached the village and Toothless landed in front of Hiccup's house.
"Can I go fly with the other dragons for a while?" Toothless asked and looked at Hiccup with pleading eyes and set the two buckets down.
"Yeah." Hiccup nodded and opened the front door to his house. He carried in all the buckets and set them near the door.
He couldn't help but thinking about the sound they heard. It didn't sound like a dragon to him. But Toothless seemed to know what it was. Quickly, Hiccup turned around to ask Toothless what the sound could have been, but Toothless was already off. Sighing, Hiccup went inside and instantly was blasted with the cold of the room.
"When will dad come with the firewood?" Hiccup groaned and wrapped his arms around himself for warmth. He sat down in front of the cold firepit in the wall and just stared at the burnt up old logs.
Now it's gonna bother me, until I figure out what the sound was! Hiccup thought and brought his knees to himself. Frustration filled him and he glared at the firepit, as if it would magically start burning.
"Hiccup! I didn't know you were here!" came a loud booming voice. Startled, Hiccup spun around to find Stoick the Vast standing there holding a giant pile of firewood. How much time passed? Was I really sitting here for so long? Hiccup blinked and watched his father drop the firewood next to him.
"How was your day, Hiccup?" Stoick asked and glanced at Hiccup.
Hiccup was already on his feet glancing around the room.
"Great, dad. Did you hear any strange noises while you were getting firewood?" Hiccup asked. Slowly, Stoick knelt done in front of the firepit and began to get the fire started.
"Noises? Hiccup are you making things up?" Stoick got up and wiped his hands on his fur overcoat. He glanced at Hiccup, but couldn't quite meet his eyes.
"Dad! Did you hear any strange noises?" Hiccup asked again.
"No," Stoick shook his head, "I didn't hear anything." Stoick added quickly.
But Hiccup crossed his arms over his chest and watched his father. It was obvious that Stoick heard something. He just didn't want to tell Hiccup. There's no point in arguing, he won't tell me. Hiccup thought miserably.
He sighed and without eating dinner, his father was preparing over the fire, he trudged to his room. Maybe Toothless would explain things later. Unless Toothless would be just like Stoick and keep his mouth closed on the subject.
"Toothless will tell me." Hiccup told himself and kicked off the boot off his good foot. He lay back in his bed and turned his head to look out the window. He'd wait for Toothless and then maybe go to bed. Or maybe he'll actually decide to eat dinner.
Before Hiccup could think about anything else he heard it again. The soundless roar and the vibrations of the soundless noise washing over the whole Isle of Berk like a giant crashing wave.