omg its been ages, me and nametheuser101 got serious righter block while wrighting this so DX if its bad idk they say the best work comes out of wrighter block...hope thats true...
Chapter 1
It was way past his bedtime. Hiccup knew that, but still here he was, chasing the small Night Fury he had befriended a few days ago and who he had named Toothless. Of course his dad would be mad, and his mum would be worried, every mum would be mad and worried about their 10 year old son being out in the forest late at night chasing a dragon, better yet a Night Fury. But at this moment, Hiccup didn't really care. He was too busy having fun, chasing his friend all throughout the forest. Feeling the grass beneath his feet and the stars watching him from above, there was more than enough light for him to be able to see his friend and where he was going. Toothless ran over to Hiccup and ran in a circle around him. The dragon was just half the size of Hiccup, lots of people and dragons would have thought the little thing would be flying in the sky away from humans. But no, a few days ago Hiccup was working on an invention and accidently hit the poor black dragon. Hiccup had felt so bad he helped the thing get back to health and thus create a bond with the dragon. He didn't mean to of course, he meant to help him and not become best friends with him. A normal viking would have killed it. Lucky he wasn't normal, for Toothless was the best thing that ever happened to him. There was nothing to worry about, no rules or war, and out in the forest when they were together, anything was possible.
"Slow down, bud!" Hiccup shouted out before the ground below him shattered and he fell down a hole screaming;
"Toothless!"
From above the ground, Toothless screeched and ran to the edge of where the hole in the ground was. Looking down he couldn't find his best friend. He wondered if he should go down there, but he couldn't fly. How would they get out then? He thought of going to the village to get Gobber, hopefully he would be nice enough to listen and follow him to Hiccup. No vikings would kill him on sight. Toothless looked around then back to the hole before jumping in and following his friend. The things he wouldn't do for Hiccup.
A little bit further down, Hiccup was sitting on the ground surrounded by people in black robes. Each person had a dragon crest on their chest, some were necklaces others were part of the robe, and some were belts. Hiccup could make out some of the dragon crest such as the Gronckle, Deadly Nadder, and a few others. Hiccup stared wide eyed at the people that were surrounding him. One was about to speak but, as he took a step forward to get closer to Hiccup, Toothless came falling down the hole and landed on his head before screeching and jumping over to Hiccup making a protective hiss even though he was tiny and couldn't do that much to help.
There came a quiet murmuring from the group, and finally the front person started to speak.
"Who are you, boy? How did you find this place?" The man snapped. Hiccup shuffled backwards pulling his knees to his chest giving the impression he was too scared to speak.
However Hiccup wasn't specifically scared, he was just curious about this place and these people.
He could have sworn a few of them looked familiar from around the village, but he couldn't tell in the candle light.
"Hiccup… Son of Stoick the Vast," he answered eventually.
There were a few gasps among the crowd.
"I was playing in the forest when I fell," he finished in a small voice.
The man in front of him looked frustrated as to what to do with him.
"He has a Night Fury," a woman in the background whispered
"How did you get this dragon?" The man asked starting to take more interest in the boy.
"I… umm…" Hiccup started not knowing how to answer.
"He asked you a question, boy!" A man behind him shouted receiving a few displeasing glances at the remark.
"I accidentally shot him down wounding him, and when I found him a week ago I helped him recover," Hiccup said more confidence in his voice.
"Stand, boy," the man said. Hiccup did as he was told, trying to pull him away from the people.
"Usually, when a person tresspasses on thus place they get executed," he started making Hiccup gulp and take another step back.
"But, a child is a different matter. By finding this place, you are now a member of this cult, and there is no way out." Hiccup was growing more frightened. What if this was a cult where they sail around islands raiding and murdering people? Hiccup thought.
"And since you managed to train a dragon, let alone a strike class dragon, you deserve to be included here," he said smiling.
"Wait what?" But they didn't listen, instead two of them hoisted him up on his feet and shoved him down the tunnels they were in.
"A person bonded with a Night Fury. This will be brilliant!" The person who had spoken about him joining the cult said as he waved his arms around.
"Ahh," but again they didn't listen. All Hiccup and Toothless could do was follow them as they had two of them behind them preventing them from escaping. And all Hiccup could think was, what are they going to do to us?
Hiccup's thoughts were interrupted as they entered a giant underground cave. Dragons where flying every where, grass was growing and trees and plants were sprouting. What really stole Hiccup's breath was the fact that they weren't just underground they were under the sea. As he looked up half the ceiling was earth and the other half was ice, keeping the sea water out.
"This place is amazing!" Hiccup said as he and Toothless came to a stop in the middle of another room.
"Give me your hand," the man said reaching forward, but Hiccup stepped away.
"Do what he says, honey," a female voice called out. Hiccup turned to see his mother, Valka standing in the doorway.
"Mum? What are you doing here?" Hiccup noticed she was wearing the same robe as the others with a strange dragon necklace around her neck, he ran towards her, Toothless following and hid behind her like any frightened child would do.
Valka pulled Hiccup from behind her and held onto his shoulders looking him in the eyes.
"Oh son, if I had known I would of one this early"
He still withheld his hands and moved away when the man stomped closer.
"Now!" he yelled and Hiccup winced. There is only one thing to do, he thought. He took hold of Toothless' head and pulled him away with him, running off through the only clear doorway he could find.
"Get him!" He could hear shouting behind them and as he ran through the tunnel of crystal-clear ice watching the schools of fish swim by, he didn't notice the two men sprinting up behind them that then tackled them down.
"No, let us go!" Hiccup shouted as he saw the glint of a knife in the hands of the man. Tears started streaming down his face.
The man bent down taking Hiccup's wrist, cutting it open gaining a piercing scream from the boy.
He held a goblet under the wound letting the blood flow in while he was still pinned down.
Toothless too struggled against the larger human pinning him to the floor. He too was cut at his hind leg, the knife struggling to penetrate the scaly armour.
"Mom!" Hiccup exclaimed, but the woman made no movements towards her son. Hurt at this, Hiccup looked away again and then to Toothless who was staring at him with hopeful eyes.
He felt movement beside him again and saw the man was bandaging his wrist.
"It will leave a scar. Now, get up," he commanded as the men got off the dragon and the boy. They stood and kept backing away.
"Take this and drink," he said handing Hiccup the blood-goblet.
"What? No, get away from me!" Hiccup exclaimed refusing to take the goblet that had both his and Toothless' blood in it.
"Alright then, your beloved dragon won't have to see you ever again," the man threatened. At this Hiccup took the goblet placing it to his lips before tilting it, taking in a gulp of the thick, warm blood.
"Good. Your dragon has to drink it too," he said taking it from Hiccup and forced the rest down the Night Fury's throat.
"Congratulations Mr Haddock, you are now officially part of the Dragon Cult!" he shouted.
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