Authors' Note:
Razor: Hey Guys! I bet you didn't mean to see me come alive again!
Nuse: Yea, we just took a long break. Anyways, we have gotten much better in writing!
Razor: And this particular FanFiction is based heavily on the Movie and TV Show, so it's super strict Canon. Occasionally, I'll put in some head-canon stuff like the fact that on occasion, Tuffnut is overprotective of his sister, Ruffnut.
Ninja: If you guys are a bit confused, we actually wrote the FanFiction - HTTYD: Let the Games Begin, but Razor started writing out of character (OCC) so we kind of abandoned it.
Nuse: I promise you that we won't abandon this one anytime soon.
Razor: Yea! In fact, I already wrote up to Chapter 4, so as long as I keep writing, I'll keep uploading.
Nuse: Oh, and if you are an old fan of Razor and Co. then you'll know that our other writers, Barbiesheik and Night Even have left us for several reasons.
Ninja: We have new members replacing them, but we'll be doing this story. We'll be saving their ideas for other future stories.
Razor: So enjoy! I got this idea after playing Enigmatis 2: Ravenwood and The Lake House: Children of Silence, so it should produce an interesting outcome.
CHAPTER 1: THE WINTER STORM
Hiccup stared contently as he sat on the cliff's edge with the ocean lapping far down below. Toothless was silently dozing right next to him. He was a very clear morning and everything seemed to seem brighter with every moment. Astrid and Snotlout was sitting close-by, half-listening to one of Fishleg's long rants on what was wrong and what was right in the Book of Dragons. He wasn't so sure where the twins were, but he didn't mind. Without their bickering and arguing, the air seemed quiet peaceful.
"Barf left!"
"Belch right!"
Distant shouting shook Hiccup out of his trance and he looked off into the distance to see a flying jerking figure that seemed to fly all over the place at once. Toothless grumbled and lifted his head to eye the shape as it approached.
"There goes the peace and quiet." Muttered Astrid as the shape grew larger.
"Stop messing up my dragon!"
"Your dragon? I thought this was ours!"
A crazy flown dragon nearly crashed head-on into the cliff Hiccup and the other teens were sitting on. The wild cries of fear and excitement crowded the air and Hiccup and the other teens amused themselves watching Ruffnut and Tuffnut's current quarrel on who controlled the dragon and what it did. It ended with the Zippleback dumping the twins in the ocean.
"Looks like you two need to cool off." called out Snotlout from the top of the cliff.
"How would you like to join them?" asked Astrid mischievously as she raised one hand behind Snotlout.
Before he could answer her question, Astrid shoved him off the cliff. He screamed like a girl all the way down, much to the delight of the twins who were attempting to grab on to the rocks to keep afloat. Out of shock, Fishlegs nearly fell off the cliff a well if it wasn't for Meatlug who gently nudged him to the safety of the ledge.
"Aw, thanks girl." The chubby Viking said as he gave his dragon a hug. "You're always there when I need you."
A sharp call nearly gave Hiccup a heart attack. "Hookfang! A little help maybe?"
The red dragon opened one eye to glare at the wet figure that was miserably bobbing up and down in the ocean. The Monstrous Nightmare growled at his rider before returning back to sleep.
"Anytime!" his rider called out.
"I wonder why Hookfang never seems to listen to Snotlout." said Hiccup as he scratched Toothless under the chin. His dragon purred in response.
"Probably because he realized that Snotlout was his rider." said Astrid who was currently laughing at the scene below her. "I mean, if I was Snotlout's dragon, I'd do the same."
Hiccup eyed the bobbing figure as the waves twirled him around. "I think he had enough." Said Hiccup and he stood up.
Hiccup mounted Toothless and flew down to pick up Snotlout who was splashing down in the ocean below. By the time he reached the surface of the ocean, the Zippleback and picked up the twins by the scruff of their shirts and was circling to a place to drop them down. Hiccup and Toothless hovered over the water and Hiccup extended a hand towards his bobbing friend.
"Come on, Snotlout."
Snotlout eagerly stretched out his hand to grab Hiccups and before long, Hiccup and the gang was on the cliff. While Astrid was helping the twins and Snotlout were trying to dry themselves off, Hiccup looked up at the looming darkness in the distance. He turned to Fishlegs who was busily feeding Meatlug some stray rocks.
"Hey Fishlegs."
"What is it, Hiccup?"
"What do you make out of those clouds over there in the distance?"
"Looks like a storm." He lifted one stubby finger. "The wind temperature is rising rapidly. I'd say that the storm will be upon us in a couple minutes."
"We'd better head back to Berk then." Stated Hiccup. He mounted Toothless and shouted to the other Viking Teen. "Guys, we better head back. A storm is brewing."
The other teens mounted their dragons in a rush. They all felt the ominous wind that violently breezed through the trees. In moments they were airborne, and they were all silent. Even the constantly-arguing Thorson twins were quiet. The silence broke when Tuffnut decided to speak.
"Is it just me or does Barf and Belch have a problem with flying?" he asked with somewhat unease.
"Yea, he keeps fidgeting around, as if they're sick or something." added Ruffnut as she gripped Barf's horn tighter to keep herself from flying off her dragon.
"It's probably the wind that's blowing in. It's disorienting the dragon's regular flight movement." answered Fishlegs in his high squeaky voice.
"What are you guys talking about? Hookfang's flying fine." Everyone knew Snotlout was lying. The staggering flapping of the Monstrous Nightmare proved his statement wrong so no one bothered to answer him.
"Hiccup, what should we do? If we land now and find shelter, we could be stuck there for days. If we keep flying, we can get blown off course into Thor knows where.", asked Astrid with worry in her voice.
"I'm sure we can make it Berk before the stronger wind sets in." said Hiccup with confidence. Toothless groaned in response. Easier said than done.
Suddenly, as the first lightning bolt struck, a strong gust of wind knocked the staggering Dragons who were trying to stay airborne. Hiccup gripped Toothless' harness in fear. Maybe he should of listened to Astrid after all.
"We need to find someplace safe to land." He shouted over the wind, but his words were lost in the gust. He could barely see and he was no longer sure if he was going in the right direction. He looked back and much to his relief, he could see the staggering shapes of his companions. "Toothless, Signal to them 'Land'"
Hiccup and the Viking Teens had come up with a system of signals using their Dragon's firepower. Toothless released a series of purple blasts that one could see if you squinted. The rain was starting to turn into hail and the sharp pieces of ice hit him and Hiccup was sure that he'd have bruises. The other riders weren't having much luck either. Their dragons wing beats were growing slower and the jerking flight pattern and the wind was pushing the teens way off course.
Fishlegs and Meatlug were the first to disappear. Astrid realized the oversized boy and his dragon were no longer flying beside her. She signaled to Hiccup and made sure that she could see Toothless' dark shape in front of her. She heard the muffled argument of the twins who were flying in the back. She looked back to see if she could see them, but they were gone too. She repositioned herself behind Toothless again. He could hear Snotlout's desperate whipering beside her, but she couldn't see them in the gust, although she could make out the tips of Hookfang's claw. Suddenly, there was an explosion of air and she got knocked off Stormfly. She could make out the dragon's desperate screeches as she entered the freezing water.
She resurfaced, sputtering water, riding on Stormfly, who had entered the water to help her. After holding up her hand to shield her eyes, she could make out Toothless' figure and a slumped figure that was clutching his head.
"Hiccup!" she shouted. Stormfly immediately started swimming towards Hiccup. By the time she got there, Hiccup was swimming strongly and Toothless was using his wing to shield their heads. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Did you see what happened to the others?" he shouted over the hail and wind.
"The twins and Fishlegs disappeared a while ago. Snotlout was with me when I got knocked off. I'm not sure where he went."
"Then I'm pretty sure that's Snotlout!" Hiccup pointed to a dragon that was hovering slightly over the water. A bobbing figure was splashing about. The two Vikings swam towards the bobbing figure and helped him stay up. Under Hookfang's protective, yet temporary shield, they were finally able to hear themselves think.
"You alright, Snotlout?"
"Do I look okay!?" His works came in a tumble of exasperation. "I'm pretty sure I'm bruised everywhere in my body and I'm cold, and wet and…"
"Quiet down, Snotlout. We're going to be fine."said Astrid fiercely. Then she looked at Hiccup. "Right, Hiccup?"
"Yea sure." Hiccup's voice was filled with uncertainty, but he decided to make himself more confident. "We've been in worse situations."
After a while of drifting under Hookfang's shade, the dragonfinally collapsed into the water and was swimming alongside Snotlout, nudging him to make sure that he was able to stay afloat. They were drifting for a couple hours and Hiccup and his group was tired. The teens tried to swim their part, but they mostly had to depend on their dragons. The good news was that the hail slowly stopped, but the sky was still dark and ominous. Hiccup forced himself to stay awake because he knew that if he'd fall asleep now, he'd probably never wake up again. He started to fall in a sleepy trance, gently leaning against Toothless' head. Suddenly a voice shook him awake again.
"Land!" Astrid was pointing at a distant figure that resembled a beach. "We can make it!"
"Come on guys, one last round." Encourage Hiccup. He found newfound strength and determination to reach that island. If there was any hope of survival, it was definitely going to be at that island. It was a couple of minutes swim before their feet finally touched solid ground. The teens and the dragons scrambled onto the beach and they immediately fell asleep, huddled next to each other for warmth.
Authors' Note:
Razor: And it ends there.
Nuse: If you want to see what happens next, feel free to follow this and see what happens next.
Ninja: Razor spends a lot of time working on this and I think this might turn out to be a good story.
Razor: So yea, stay tuned! And I hope to see whoever reads this next Chapter!
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