Proving Innocence

Pilot

Hey everyone. Lately I've been with some ideas in my head for a new fic, so here it is. This is just a pilot/prologue chapter to see if you like it or not. I can only say, have fun reading and I hope you like it.


We have been friends for a long time. I've known him for quite a while now. We live in a small town called Berk. I live together with my dad. I don't know where my mom is. She left when I was still a baby and no one wants to tell me why. My friend and go to the same school. I'm not that kind of guy who attends all the parties or has girls swooning around him. I'm actually pretty quiet. I'm sure most people didn't even know my name until that one day we met.

I had to go to the bathroom really bad so I was running around the corridor. While I was running through the corridor to make it before it'd be to late, I notice the air becomes smoky and I start to cough. At first I think someone is just secretly smoking or something, but when the smoke becomes thicker and breathing becomes harder, I know it has to be something else. I slow down my step and notice it is also becoming harder to see with every passing second. I keep walking in the direction I assume is the source of the smoke. Behind the glass in the door to the boiler, I can just see some small, orange flames raging fiercely. The boiler is the source of heath in the building and due to overuse it apparently has caught fire.

I immediately start to search for the fire alarm closest to where I stand. lucky for me there is one located right next to me. I smash the protection glass and push the button. I expect it to activate the sprinklers and be drenched in water in a couple of seconds, but nothing happens. The alarm can be heard very clear though. It takes a couple of seconds before some doors are opened to look what is happening, followed by the annoying screaming.

On my way to my own classroom to warn them in case they didn't notice, I could see all classes are already empty, but when I walk past the janitor's closet I hear some loud bumping. I walk back to see what it was, and then I heard it again.

"Hello? I someone in here?" I wait nervously. If it was just my imagination toying with my head I am wasting precious time.

"Hello! Thank God! Please get me out of here!" There is someone inside the closet! It sounds like it is a boy.

"Okay wait a minute. I'll figure something out!" Then it dawns to me that I maybe don't even have a minute left. I look around me but there is nothing that could be used to force the door open. I then suddenly remember my key-chain. I get it out of my pocket and look at what I could use. There is something that looks a lot like a pin. I figured that it would do the job. I get down on my knees so I would be on eye-level with the lock. I put the pin in the lock and start to twitch it around in order to force the lock to open.

"Hurry!" He starts to sound anxious.

"Do you want to do it yourself!" It is like I could already feel the still raging fire consuming me. Then there is the awaited "click." The lock clicks and the door flows open. The boy comes tumbling down and falls right on top of me. In reflex I close my eyes. When I still feel the pressure of the boy on my body I open my eyes to look at the boy and the boy is looking back at me. He has brown hair, not as brown as mine, but a lighter version. And his eyes are also a warm, brown color. I could have been lying here forever if it wouldn't be for the fire that is closing in rapidly, and due to fact that he is, well, a guy. But even though he is a guy, I can't ignore that weird feeling inside me. I cough once and it looks like he has gained back control.

"Oh, eh, sorry. And, eh, thanks for saving me" He puts both his hands on the ground behind my head and lifts himself up. He moves his body off of me and get up as well. I start to blush a bit and look away just in time to see the fire.

"You're welcome, but if we don't leave now, we'll end up like the food in the cafeteria." He actually laughs at it before he stood up. He has pearl-white teeth and a really cheerful smile. What is wrong with me? He reaches his hand out for me and pulls me up and I put my keys back in my pocket.

"What now?"

"I don't know, maybe walking?" Great way to be nice to someone. I started to run towards the direction I thought would be one of the exits. I hear how he follows me and I turn a corner. Abruptly I stop and turn around. He bumps into me and looks confused.

"Wrong direction!" He looks behind me and turns around. We turn another corner, again, without luck! We're surrounded by fire. There is nothing left for us to do.

"We're death!" I sigh.

"Not yet." He grabs my arm and pulls me inside one of the classes. There is no one, as expected. Only tables and chairs scattered around. The boy walks to the window and I can only follow. We both look outside and we can see students, teachers, firefighters, police, medics and a couple of curious citizens. The windows are already broken due to the heath. We both yell at the people outside to let them now we're still inside. We are spotted and the firefighters are getting in action. It is impossible for them to get us out with the truck so they prepared an air cushion in order for us to jump down.

"Who is going first?" The brown-haired boy asks a little anxious.

"You can go first." I must feel really helpful today. He nods and walks over to the broken window. He throws his backpack out of it first before he steps inside the window frame and jumps. I look down and see him coming down. The medics immediately walk over to him and help him to one of the ambulances to do a check up.

Now it's my turn. I also throw down my backpack first before I step in the window frame. I look down and notice it's higher than I thought. I feel the fear rushing through mu veins. I suddenly notice the flames have reached the classroom. I am about to jump as my foot slips and my left leg hits something sharp. I feel something penetrating my leg. The sharp pain shoots through my body as I tumble down the building. The whole is turning around me as I make my way down to the cushion. I hear people screaming in the distance and it seems like it is getting further away. Everything is fading before my eyes. My fall stops out of the blue and I hit something soft. I want to move but I can't. There is some vague sound somewhere but I can't seem to hear it. Then there are suddenly hands moving me around and there is a face in front of me. I can see he is shouting my name but my ears don't seem register. Slowly my view fades and I can feel myself slip away before everything is black.

I wake up in a white room. There is a beeping sound next to me. I turn my head slowly and see it's some kind of monitor making the annoying sound. I feel tired and lazy. I close my eyes again and try to sleep, but for some reason I can't. I open my eyes again and stare at the ceiling. When I get tired of looking around I try to get up a bit. I look around and see someone entering the room. It is the boy with brown hair and brown eyes from school. That weird feeling inside me returns and I try to ignore it.

"Hey." He says.

"Hey." I respond.

"How are you feeling?"

"Weird. You?"

"Better. I want to thank you again for getting me out of that closet. I would've been toast if you weren't there." He grabs a chair and puts it down beside the bed.

"You wouldn't have been toast, but beef, or pork." He look at me and laughs. I can't help but to chuckle a bit as well. When we both stop we are both silent for a while.

"I know this may sound stupid, but what's you're name? I totally forgot to ask the other day." Now he mentioned it I didn't know his name either.

"I'm Hiccup, Hiccup Haddock." He starts to snicker when I tell him my name.

"Is that really your name?" He managed to ask.

"No, it's actually Henry, but somehow everyone calls me Hiccup, and I guess I'm just used to it that everyone calls me like that. But what's your name?"

"Jackson, Jackson Overland, but you can call me Jack..."

That's how got to now Jackson Overland. Since then we have been really good friends. That day at school is also the day I lost my leg. When I jumped there apparently had been some glass in my leg which cut through my muscle so it had to be amputated. Now I have been walking around with a prosthetic for two years. I can barely notice it, and because of it I don't have to take PE lessons anymore. While we were moved to another building so lessons could continue the old building would be rebuild. The days of the fire would forever be known as "The Red Death."

Now it has been two years since "The Red Death" and since Jack and I met. It was the end of fall and today I turned seventeen. It had started to snow and freeze early this year so there was snow all around and all the water was frozen solid. Jack wanted to surprise me and asked me to do something that day as a late birthday gift so I was waiting in my room until Jack arrived.

It is weekend and I am lying on my bed, trying to draw something in my sketchbook. I like to draw in my spare time, especially creatures I make up my self so they can't be compared to others. My dog, Toothless in sleeping on the carpet at the other side of my room. Suddenly the bell rings and I can hear footsteps in the corridor. Probably my dad opening the door. My dad is a big man so it is almost impossible to not hear him walking around. The door is opened and there I can hear a familiar voice.

"Hello mister Haddock, is Hiccup home?"

"Good day to you too Jack. He is in his room. Come in, you know where it is." There were some footsteps and front door closes again. I can hear my dad walking back to the living room and a second pair of footsteps trying to walk as silent as possible on the stairs, but without success. When I hear the footsteps reach the final step they make their way towards my room. My door swings open and Jack runs in and jumps right on top of me, pushing the air out of my lungs making Toothless bark at him.

"Huff. Get you're but off of me you idiot. You're weighing a ton and you're crushing me." I can just manage to say and I can hear him grin.

"Hey Toothless." When Jack says Toothless' name he stops barking and goes back to sleep.

"You're supposed to help me Toothless, not to sleep while he attacks me."Toothless opens one eye to look at me and closes it again. "Gee, thanks a lot."

"Ooh, is someone being grumpy on his own birthday?" He says with a child-like voice while he poking my cheeks. Instead of moving away like I told him to he just gets himself comfortable on my back. If someone else would try that I probably wouldn't allow it. But since it's Jack I don't mind. It probably is because of the strange feeling he gives me every time he touches me I still can't seem to place.

"I wasn't, until you came barging in and used my back as trampoline."

"That's because you're back is still the best trampoline ever!" He says enthusiastically in my ear. "What are you drawing by the way." He moves a little but up so he could look over my head to see what I was drawing. I can feel how his chin rests on the top of my head.

"Just the usual. See this one this one is Toothless if he would be a dragon." Again Toothless opens an eye as response to his name but closes it after a second.

"That looks awesome Hic." He grabs my sketchbook and holds it up. To take a better look. "Especially those eyes look amassing. It looks like he really is looking at me from the paper." He keeps looking at the paper like it's the first thing he has seen in years.

"It's isn't that good, but thanks." He puts it down in front of me and makes himself comfortable again. "And what's the reason you're visiting today? Or do you just want to annoy me?"

"Don't you remember? I prepared a surprise for you for today. Don't tell me you forgot."

"Of course not. And this surprise, what is it?" I am starting to get really curious.

"You know, if I told you it wouldn't be a surprise anymore."

"Then show me."

"Just get yourself ready."

"I would love to but right now I'm a little bit busy with being crushed by you at the moment." I wiggle a bit to free myself but Jack keeps lying on top of me.

"Maybe you should try a little harder." He says mockingly

"Do I have to call Astrid?"

"Already gone." He gets off of me really fast. "Do want me to be death or something? Talking about Astrid, how are you two doing actually?" I sit up on the edge of my and look at him unamused.

"Serious Jack. You know we're just friends, leave it be."

"That's what you say. I can remember an event from a year ago when it was a little bit different." As to prove his point he turns around and makes kissing noises. I grab my pillow and throw it at his head. When it hits him he turns around he has a fake pout on his face.

"Grumpy and violent. I don't know if you're worth the surprise anymore."

"Ja~ck, come on. Just show me." I rise from my bed and walk over to him and push him towards my door. "I suggest you to start walking, or the way down the stair swill be rather unpleasant. Bye Toothless." I say as Jack starts to walk towards the stairs and we get ready to leave.

"Be sure to dress warm. It's cold today."

"Says the one with only sweater on." I'm glad he warned me though

"Hey, what can I say, I like it this way." From the beginning I have known he does like the cold more than I do.

"Okay, we can leave. Bye dad. I'll be back round dinner." I shout as I'm about to step outside to greet the snow covered world.

"Wait, Hiccup!" I turn around and see my dad walking towards me. "I won't be home tonight. I have a training with the other police officers."

"But, it's my birthday." I was dumbfounded.

"I know and I'm sorry. There is money on the table for you to order something. I'll make up to you someday, okay." I know it isn't his fault, but I still am disappointed.

"Okay. When will you be back?"

"Tomorrow afternoon. Behave yourself okay."

"I'll try." I'll look down at my shoes.

"Have fun." He pats my head and walks back into the living room. Turn around and walk outside, still feeling sad about what I just heard. I'm curious about how it would be if my mom would be here today. When I close the door behind me I'm greeted with a snowball in my face. As I shake the snow of my face and look around to see who threw it at me, I can feel the sadness leaving my body. Jack is laughing out loud with his arms wrapped around his stomach. I ran over to him and tackle him to the snow. I manage to pin him down and throw some snow in his face.

"Now we're even." I stand up and help him up as well. "Where to go now?"

"I'll lead you, but you have to wear this." He puts his hand in one of his pockets and grabs a cloth from it. "Put this in front of your eyes so you can't see a thing." I puts it in my hand. I close my eyes and place it in front of my face.

"Could you tie it together?" I ask as I turn my back to him. I can feel his hand touching the back of my hand as he ties it together. He turns me around and I assume I am facing him.

"Can you see anything."

"Other then the inside of my eyelids? No."

"Perfect."

"Are we going to walk to the place where you're surprise is?"

"No, I brought my motorcycle with me. Follow me." I could hear how he walks away from me, probably towards his motorcycle.

"Jack, you know I can't see which direction you're walking to right."

"Oh, right." I can hear he is coming back and he grabs my hand. He hand feels cold in mine but I still get that warm feeling back inside of me. I start to blush a bit and I hope doesn't notice. He starts to walk again and I follow his lead.

"Okay, now you have to raise you're left leg up and swing it over my motorcycle." I do as he says but hit the back of the motorcycle my foot. "little bit higher." I try it again, this time with more luck. I sit down and can feel how the motorcycle moves once more as Jack sits down. He moves back so he is comfortable and I can just his body touch mine.

"Hold on tight." I don't know where my arms are compared to him so I start to move awkwardly with my arms until I can feel how his hand grabs my arms and puts it around his stomach. Now I'm able to wrap other arm around him to and grab my other arms so it is wrapped around Jack like a lock.

"Ready?" I nod but when nothing happens figure he didn't notice.

"Ready." He starts the engine and we get in motion. In a couple of seconds we have reached a decent speed. I can feel the sheer cold wind blowing against my face and through my hair. I shiver and get close to Jack. I am sure he will say something about it, but he doesn't. I let the side of my face rest on his back. That warm feeling is rushing through my veins in overdrive, but I manage to not let Jack know.

After what seems like ten minuted we are reducing speed until we stop. I let go of Jack and he gets off first. He helps me to get off and locks his motorcycle.

"Can I take the blindfold off?" I already rise my hands to remove the cloth

"Not yet." He pushes my hands down but only releases one. "We have to walk a bit. I'll lead you." He again starts to walk and I can only follow. "Be sure to be cautious where you step."

"That will be really easy to do when I can't see." I say sarcastically

"Just follow and you'll be fine." While we're walking I suddenly can't hear any cars anymore. When I focus on my ears I notice it is really quiet around here. I don't say a thing and just follow Jack. I can feel how the temperature is decreasing quite fast and I shiver again. Suddenly Jack stops and releases my hand.

"Jack?" I start to freak out.

"Relax, I'm here." I can feel how he struggles with the knot. When the knot is gone he removes the cloth from my eyes. At first my eyes have to adjust to the sudden light. I blink a couple of times before I take everything in.

"Wow!" My mouth hangs open as I look around. It is a wide clearing in the woods. In the middle of it there is a lake, frozen solid. There is snow slowly coming down from the sky. I look up and can see how the full moon shines proud and bright above the endless trees. I looks just like one of the magical lakes in a story I once read when I was little. I take a step and each out my hand to catch one of the glittering snowflakes. I turn around and look at him.

"This is amassing Jack. How did you know this existed?"

"I found it last year when I was walking around in the woods with my mom and sister." He steps forward and walks towards the frozen lake. He looks behind him and beckons me to come. I walk over just as he steps on the ice. He skates a bit from side to side. You can see this isn't the first time he is skating.

"Are you coming?"

"I don't know how." I look down at my prosthetic leg. That would be complicated.

"I'll help you." I step on the ice and he skates towards me.

"Go ahead." He motions me forward and I move my foot. I almost fall but he grabs my arm just in time. "One leg in front of the other." I do as he says, and I'm actually moving forward. For the first time in life I'm ice-skating. I laugh at that thought and try to go a little bit faster. I'm getting a little to exited and I start to lose my balance. In a second Jack is at my side but it is too late, I slip and fall right on top of Jack. We hit the ice hard and I'm afraid it is going to break. Nothing happens and we are still laying there. We really lay on top of each other very often. I get a bit up and see our faces are seperated by just two inches. I look in his warm brown eyes and he looks back. I start to blush fiercely and I can see a light shade of red on his cheeks as well. I don't know if he is blushing or if it is just the cold.

"Happy birthday, Hic"


Okay, this was the pilot/prologue chapter. And, did you like it? It would be helpful to me to let me know if you liked it or not. If you spotted some mistakes, please say so. English isn't my first language and I may have overlooked one. Maybe till next time.

Write y'all later,

Kylono