The alarm went off and Hiccup let out a groan. He rolled over and slammed his hand down on top of it, and then rolled back over. He was perfectly content with sleeping in today. He could afford to miss another day of school. He was a straight A student after all. Just as he was about to drift back to sleep, he felt something land on top of his chest. He looked up and then saw a black furred puppy on his chess. "Uh… Toothless. Go back to bed."
He closed his eyes back, but then felt something wet moving across his face. Toothless licked his face and bit down on his ear giving it a light tug. "The dog wants you up son, and so do I." He opened his eyes back up and looked to see his father standing in the doorway. "Up at em son! You have school to go to today!" He said walking over and pulling his blanket off.
Hiccup groaned and pulled the blanket back. "Oh c'mon dad, can't I just skip a day? We both know there's no way I could fail at this point." The school year was almost over and he'd pretty much completed all of his necessary work. He could skip the rest of the month and still pass. Besides, going to school meant dealing with him again, and he wasn't in the mood for that.
"No son, I don't want you getting into the habit of sleeping in or skipping in. Now get up and start getting dressed. Breakfast is ready." He said walking out. Hiccup sighed and then began rolling out of bed. If he didn't his dad was going to come back with a bucket of water, and no one wanted that.
Reluctantly, he got up and started getting dressed. A few minutes later he made his way into the kitchen, with Toothless following behind him happily. He took a seat and his dad set a plate of pancakes, eggs, and bacon in front of him. "Wow, nice spread." Hiccup commented.
"Well, given what we just got in the mail this morning, I figured had to make it special. This ought to brighten you day son." He said holding up a package. Hiccup looked at it curiously before noticing the name labeled on it. "It's from mom." He said growing a smile on his face.
His father nodded. Hiccup's mother had been traveling around for some time now. He didn't exactly know what for, and his father just said he'd find out when the time was right. But every now and then his mother would send him gifts and letters for him and his father.
Last time she'd sent him a strange looking tooth. His mother had wrote that it was supposed to be a dragon's tooth. He didn't believe it of course, but he couldn't find anything like it online.
"Aye, it is. Didn't want to open the package until you were awake. Would you like to do the honors?" He said motioning towards the box he'd laid on the table.
Hiccup reached forward and grabbed it before opening it up. He reached inside and pulled out a piece of paper. "Dear Hiccup and Stoick, I know it's been a while since I've last written, and I apologize. I've been on some rather important and very urgent business." Hiccup read. As usual the letter didn't say exactly what this business of hers was.
"But now that I've had a chance to settle down for a bit, I figured I should let you know I'm doing alright, and send a special present I've been saving just for you Hiccup. Go ahead and get it now son, I think you'll like it." He stopped and then looked back towards the box. He reached inside and then felt something small and metal. "Huh?"
When he pulled it out he looked over it and quickly realized what it was. "A Beyblade?" He asked looking surprised. It wasn't as if he'd never seen a beyblade before. Almost every kid had one. He'd only gotten rid of his because wasn't very good, and if he didn't have one then he couldn't force him to battle anymore. But this one was different.
It was pure black, which little traces of light blue on the side. On the face bolt was a strange looking symbol that seemed to resemble a dragon. "What a fine looking Beyblade." His father commented. "I've never seen one quite like it before."
"Me either." Hiccup said looking the piece of work up and down. It was definitely an attack type from what he could tell, but other than that, he couldn't tell anything about it. He turned back to the letter hoping it would explain something. "I hope you like it son. I came across this little piece of work some time ago, and I thought it'd be best to leave it with you."
Hiccup raised his eyebrow. Came across it? So she just found it in the middle of who knows where and figured she'd send it to him? That was weird, even by their family standards. He kept on reading. "I want you to take good care of it son. It's called the Night Fury, and it's very special. Make sure to have fun with your friends when you play."
He scratched his cheek. He didn't really have 'friends'. He had kids that picked on him a lot, but no real 'friends'. He loved every presence his mother sent him. Even if he didn't have an interest in her little gifts, he treasured them dearly. But a Beyblade? This meant that he would have an excuse to mess with him again.
He thought about just leaving it at him, but his dad would find that odd. He supposed he'd just have to hide it until he got back home. He read on. "Also, eat your vegetables, wash behind your ears and… this is just a bunch of clichéd motherly advice."
Stoick chuckled and took the letter. "Well, that's your mother for you." He skimmed through the letter himself. "Stoick, make sure he does everything I just ordered. And make sure you cut back on your meat and cholesterol intake." He read off with a frowned. Hiccup stifled a laugh. "I send this letter with my love. Take care you two." He finished.
Hiccup looked over his Beyblade again. The Night Fury. Somehow the name seemed to fit. He placed it in his pocket, making a mental note to thank her for the gift. "It really is an impressive looking Beyblade son. I'm sure it'll give the kids at school a run for their money." Stoick said giving him a light pat on the back.
Hiccup chuckled nervously. "Yeah, I'm sure it will."
Hiccup arrived to school sometime later. He'd nearly been late since he'd had to tell Toothless to go back at least a dozen times, but eventually he gave up and the dog just waited for him outside like he usually did. The teacher had warned him about bringing pets to school, but after realizing the dog had no intention of leaving him alone, he seemed to just stop caring.
He slept through most of class. No one seemed to care since he always passed and didn't disturb anyone. The only real thing he had to worry about was their lunch break. That's when he always came after him. The bell rang waking Hiccup up from his little nap. "Alright class, you're hereby dismissed. Came back after the hour… or not, don't really care." Their teacher Gobber said waving his hand.
It was obvious the old coot didn't take his teaching job seriously. In the humble little town known as Berk, almost everyone learned a trade from the moment they could walk. Hiccup was no exception to this rule, and was a fairly skilled mechanic as his dad was pleased to find out. Even the lowest scoring kids found work pretty easily.
Hiccup got up and prepared to walk out, but suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. He didn't even need to turn around to know who it was. "Morning cuz, where you headed off to?" A boy who was much bigger and beefier than he was asked with a smirk.
This boy was Steven Snotlout Jorgenson, his first cousin, and his bully. There wasn't a time that the boy wasn't beating him up. When they were kids it was just roughhousing, with no real ill intent behind it. But later Snotlout got more aggressive got a kick out of torturing him, whether it was beating him up or forcing him into bey-battles he couldn't possibly win.
"Hey there Snotlout. Just going to get some lunch." He said trying to get up. Snotlout barely had to try to keep him pinned down in his seat. "If I could just get up and… you know, leave."
Snotlout chuckled. "What's the rush man? Why not stick around and enjoy lunch with the gang? Talk about the end of the school year, do some Bey-battling." He said. "Right guys, he should stay and hang out with us?" He asked looking towards the others.
The group Snotlout hung with consisted of four others. There were the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, he didn't know their real names. Neither of them were really as sadistic as Snotlout, but they seemed to like getting into trouble and chaos in general, and following him got them that in spades.
There was Fredrick 'Fishlegs' Ingerman. Hiccup was pretty sure he was only in the group just to keep from getting picked on himself. He couldn't really blame the guy of course. He was pretty sure if he had the chance he'd happily go along with the group as well.
And last but certainly not least there was Astrid. She was the fiercest girl in school, and had been his childhood crush since first grade. Like Fishlegs, she never really picked on him, she just stood aside and ignored his presence. He wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing. At least if she was picking on him it meant she noticed him.
"Yeah, he should totally hang out with us, right sis?" Tuffnut said nudging his sister. Ruffnut spared him a glance before huffing and looking over her finger nails. Clearly she didn't feel like picking on him today for whatever reason.
Astrid, in a surprisingly moment of acknowledgement, spoke up. "Look, we have an hour to get some lunch and blade. Stop wasting our time picking on the runt and let's get going."
Hiccup decided to take advantage. "Yeah, I wouldn't want to hold you guys back. Besides, I don't even have a beyblade to battle with. So I guess I'll just get out of your hair and-"
"You don't?" Snotlout asked. "Because I could have sworn when I passed by Stoick this morning he told me that your mom sent you a little gift. A beyblade that he's never seen before."
That seemed to peak everyone's interest. "Whoa, a never before seen Beyblade? Can I take a look at it? If there's a new model out then I want to add it into the calculation for the upcoming-"
"NERD." Ruffnut cut off. She turned back towards Hiccup. "C'mon Haddock, if it really is a new blade then show us?"
Hiccup looked around at them. They all seemed to be looking at him expectantly. He knew there was no point in hiding it anymore. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the little black blade before holding it out in front of them. They all looked at it amazed. They really had never seen any blade like this before.
Snotlout immediately snatched it from him. "Let me see that!" He said before looking over it.
Hiccup stood up and reached for it. "Hey! C'mon Snotlout, give it back! It was a gift from my mother!" He said jumping up to get it. Snotlout held it too high.
"Relax, I'm not going to break it runt." He said eyeing the beyblade. He enjoyed bullying Hiccup, but he wouldn't stoop low enough to actually break a gift from his mother. Besides, if he broke it now, he wouldn't get to battle it later. "Weird. Fishlegs, break it down."
He tossed it to the hulking boy who just barely caught it in his hands. He gave Hiccup a look, as if asking for permission. Hiccup nodded and Fishlegs smiled. "Well let's see. Obviously an attack type, never seen this face bolt before. Rubber performance tip for exceptional speed and devastating attack, lightening fusion wheel, striker fusion wheel, and 085 spin track."
"Could you give us a translation for normal people please?" Astrid asked.
Fishlegs held up the beyblade. "This is one bad blade." He said smiling. "Hiccup, this thing is amazingly powerful. You're mother found you a ringer."
Hiccup looked at the blade surprised. He knew that it looked powerful, but he didn't think it was that strong. "Great, let's test this bad boy out." Snotlout said taking the blade and shoving it into Hiccup's arms. "C'mon, we can use the roof to battle."
Hiccup looked nervous. "Um, Snotlout, maybe we shouldn't do this. I mean we both know I suck as blading, even with this thing I'd barely be worth the effort."
Snotlout chuckled. "That's funny, you think I actually have to try to beat you." He said putting an arm around Hiccup's neck. He pulled him into a headlock and started dragging him along with him. "Don't worry, I'll hold back enough to see what that thing has in it. Then I'll take you down. Sounds fair right?"
"Amazingly fair." Hiccup said sarcastically.
The others followed behind the two, heading for the roof. Once they reached it Snotlout walked over to the other side and pulled out his own beyblade. Hiccup had recognized it from the countless times he'd seen it before. It was the Monstrous Nightmare. A crimson red beyblade that looked just as fierce and aggressive as its owner. It had a dragon's head with large horns on the face bolt.
"A crimson red energy ring, a Vulcan fusion wheel, UW145 spin track, and a semi defense performance tip." Fishlegs said to no one in particular. "A killer balance type."
Hiccup however took note. Any advantage he could get to keep his Fury from getting smashed into bits, he was going to use. "You ready to battle?" Snotlout asked.
"Not really, but do I have a choice?" It was a rhetorical question. If he had a chance to bail on this, he would take it in a heartbeat.
"Nope." Snotlout said smirking deviously. "Get ready! Three!"
"Two!" Fishlegs shouted.
"One!" The twins said smirking.
"Let it rip!"
Both Hiccup and Snotlout launched their beyblades. They landed a few feet from each other, neither making a move. "C'mon Hiccup, give me your best shot. I want to see what that thing it made of!" Snotlout said gesturing for him to attack.
Hiccup sighed pointed forward. Fury zipped forward with impressive speed and smashed right into Nightmare. It pushed it back a few inches, but then Nightmare stopped budging. "Is that all you got? Pathetic!" Snotlout said laughing. "Nightmare, send him packing!"
The red beyblade bucked forward knocking Fury back. It landed and bounced a few times before it quickly began moving again. "Okay, we've seen what it can do. Can I give up now?" Hiccup asked.
Snotlout glared at him. "No! You're barely even putting up a fight! I have to have at least a little bit of a work out! If you don't start trying, I'll just smash this thing to bits! Nightmare, destroy!" He ordered. The beyblade began rushing after Fury, but the ladder was quick, and managed to stay ahead of it. "Stop running and fight me like a man, you wimp!"
Hiccup was in no rush to try and take Snotlout head on. He'd seen how strong Nightmare's attacks were, and while he knew his was an attack type, he just wasn't sure if it could keep up with that sheer amount of power. Fury kept moving ahead of Nightmare, and Snotlout was beginning to get irritated. "Nightmare, take him down!"
Nightmare suddenly sped up and rushed towards Fury, knocking it into the air. Hiccup looked up as it tumbled sped towards the ground. On one hand, if it crashed down and spun out, the battle would be over. On the other hand, it might fall down and break. Hiccup let out a sigh of relief when it turn at the last second and managed to land right side up.
The moment of relief was short lived, because Nightmare was once again on it like white on rice. It continuously attacked Fury with a fierce onslaught. "Man, this isn't any different than the normal battles. It's just lasting longer." Ruffnut said bored.
"Yeah, just hurry up and finish him Snotlout!" Tuffnut called. Fishlegs looked worried. If this kept up Snotlout was going to break Fury apart, and he'd never get to collect any data on it. Astrid was barely even paying attention.
Snotlout gritted his teeth. It wasn't like he expected Hiccup to actually give him a challenge, but he wasn't even putting up a fight. "What a waste. Aunt Valka shouldn't even have bothered sending that piece of crap back to you." He spat. "Should be glad she can't see you now."
Hiccup grew wide eyed at that. His mother. What would she think of him right now? He wasn't good at beyblading, he wasn't good at a lot of things, but she had always encouraged him to do his best no matter what he did. If she saw him just rolling over and giving up right now, especially after she'd sent this beyblade back to him, she'd be so disappointed.
He sighed. "Thanks a lot, now I can't just roll over and give up. Fury, attack back!" He shouted. The beyblade quickly dodged Nightmare's next attack, and then rammed into it. It began pushing Nightmare back. The other all looked surprised, even Astrid seemed to be paying closer attention now.
"Whoa, he's actually pushing it back." Tuffnut said.
Snotlout smiled. "Now that's what I'm talking about! I can at least get warm up out of this!" He said as Nightmare suddenly began pushing back. The two blades were at a standstill, but eventually Nightmare slowly began pushing Fury back. Hiccup narrowed his eyes. He clearly wasn't going to win in a head to head battle. He needed a plan.
Fury suddenly backed off and circled around, attacking Nightmare from behind. "Trying to use speed make up for power huh? Nice try, but that ain't gonna work on me!" Nightmare quickly moved out of the way and then rushed towards Fury. The two locked up once again, but Nightmare still had the power advantage.
Hiccup tried to think. Snotlout was obviously much more experienced than he did. He was used to dealing with faster opponents, so just trying to outpace wasn't going to cut it. And he didn't have the power to keep up with him, so what was he supposed to do? A thought suddenly crossed his mind. "Fury, move!" He shouted.
Fury zipped back and began rushing all over the roof. The others backed up as he just rushed off in random directions, turning and curving on a dime. "What the heck are you doing?" Snotlout asked with a hint of amusement.
Hiccup ignored him. "Keep moving…" He muttered. Fury kept on zipping around until it had become pretty much a blur. The others could barely even keep up with it. "That's it, now!"
Fury suddenly vanished. "What the-?!" Snotlout looked around trying to find it. "Where the heck did it go?!" He asked looking towards Hiccup.
"It just vanished." Fishlegs said stunned.
Suddenly Fury reappeared. It smashed again Nightmare knocking it back before vanishing once more. "The heck was that?!" Snotlout asked in disbelief.
"It's moving." Astrid said. The others all turned towards her. "It's moving as a super high speed we just can't see. Normally a blade wouldn't be able to make turns or curves at that speed…"
Fishlegs gasped in realization. "The rubber performance tip! It's helping it move around at high speed without slowing down! Hiccup can just wail away at Nightmare without having to worry about being caught!" Fishlegs said.
"So wait, Hiccup could actually win?" Tuffnut asked.
Snotlout growled as Fury kept appearing, delivering an attack, and then vanishing once more. Nightmare kept trying to go after it, but it was much too quick. Hiccup was growing a small smirk on his face. This was actually… pretty fun. Watching Fury zip around delivering attacks and then vanishing was almost like watching lighting and death itself.
"Quite hiding you coward! Face me straight up like a man!" Snotlout shouted. Hiccup didn't answer him. He just kept on with his strategy. At this rate he might actually win for once. "Ah! I've had enough of this! If you want to keep playing these dumb little tricks, then I'm not going to hold back anymore! Nightmare, special attack!"
The other all looked shocked. Snotlout was really going to break out his special attack, here?! They all scrambled back as Nightmare suddenly began glowing. Hiccup looked at the sight confused. What was happening, why had the others treated. "Inferno Armor!" Snotlout yelled.
Nightmare began glowing even brighter, and suddenly fire began appearing around it. Fury stopped fight before it made contact. "What in the-?!"
"You're not safe yet!" Snotlout shouted. Nightmare suddenly shot out a wave of fire all around itself, and Hiccup jumped back to avoid being burned. He and everyone else covered their eyes as the dome of fire kept expanding. Eventually it dispersed, and everyone looked over to see Nightmare still spinning, and Fury on the ground motionless. "I win!" Snotlout said smirking.
Hiccup sat there, and kept staring in disbelief. Fire? The beyblade had shot out actual fire? What in the world had he just seen! "I… yeah…"
The twins were the first to emerge from behind their cover. "What the heck Snotlout! You know you're special move is dangerous as crap! Outside of a stadium you could end up burning the whole place down!" Ruffnut shouted. "On second thought, it might not be so bad if you burned the school down."
Astrid came out looking furious. "Not while we're in it!" She snapped.
Tuffnut chuckled. "Still, I can't believe you ended up using it again Hiccup of all people. You must have been pretty miffed to resort to that, or pretty desperate." He quipped.
Snotlout growled. "I was NOT desperate! I just underestimated the little twerp!" He said before turning to Hiccup. "And don't let the fact that you actually made me try go to your head! It was just that stupid bey that made you last so long! You're as weak as you ever were! C'mon guys!"
With that he turned and began walking off. The twins followed after him snickering, while Fishlegs went after him complaining about how he wanted to see more of what Fury could do. The only one who had stayed behind was Astrid. She walked over and then picked up Fury before walking over to him. She held it out to him.
Hiccup was surprised that she had bothered staying behind, and even more surprised by the suddenly act of kindness. "Thanks." He said taking it from her.
"You put up a good fight. It's rare that Snotlout gets ticked off enough to use his Inferno Armor." She said before offering her hand to him. He looked at her hesitantly before taking it. With one strong pulled, she yanked him up to his feet. "Why were you so nervous about battling with skills like that?"
Hiccup blushed slightly and rubbed the back of his head. "Skills? Me? No way, it was just because of Night Fury. I wouldn't even have lasted a minute if this thing wasn't so strong."
"A strong beyblade can't do anything unless it's in the hands of a skilled blader. None of us ever would have thought of moving around like that to sneak around Nightmare's power." Astrid said bluntly. "You're a clever strategist, and with a little more experience I'm sure you'd have managed to beat Snotlout."
Him? Defeating Snotlout? That didn't seem possible. "Yeah well… I've never really had the chance to battle with anyone besides Snotlout. And you know how he is, so…"
Astrid stared at him for a few second. "Practice with me." She said suddenly. "We can battle together and you can get some more experience. Then the next time you battle against Snotlout, you may actually have a shot at beating him."
"You want me to practice with you?"
She nodded. "I've been practicing with the others for a while now, it'd be nice to have a change of pace. And I could give you a few pointers that could help you get better. You're launching form could definitely use some work."
He tried to keep the red from his cheeks, but he was sure he was failing. This wasn't exactly a date, but it was the closest he'd ever gotten to one. "O-okay, sure. Yeah, that'd be cool."
Astrid pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled something down on it. She then handed it to him. "Meet me at this address tomorrow morning around seven." She ordered.
"Wha… like seven AM?" He asked.
"Yes, why? Is that a problem?" She asked raising her eyebrow.
"Nope, no. No problem at all. I'll be there." Hiccup said.
She turned and began walking off. "Good."
Hiccup watched as he walked off. He stared down at Fury. This little thing had not only given him a chance to tick off Snotlout, but had gotten him some alone time with the girl of his dreams. Maybe Beyblade wasn't so bad after all.
A/N: Aright! A beyblade and HTTYD crossover! I was kind of surprised I didn't see one before. I don't know why, but I just assumed that there would be at least one. Not sure why.
Anyway, there will be other crossovers eventually. Frozen, Tangled, Brave, BH6, Incredibles, Meet The Robinsons, Wreck-It Ralph, Kung Fu Panda, Rise of the guardians, and any others I can think off I'll try to fit in there. But for the first couple of chapters will focus on HTTYD characters, just to help develop the story a bit.
The beyblades for the HTTYD characters are based of their dragons. Hiccup has the Night Fury, Snotlout had the Monstrous Nightmare, etc.. When other characters start appearing, I'll get a bit more creative.
Also, just curious. Do you guys even care if I describe the beyblades or not? I mean I'm going to give a basic description of their appearance, but do you really need to know the parts of each one, or should I just leave that up to your imagination?
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