(A/N) Lots of father son and basically, Hiccstrid and Toothless friendship later. What if Hiccup and Stoick had been protected by a dragon and Stoick remembered how his wife didn't like fighting dragons before Hiccup ever shot down Toothless? I'm planning on having Hiccup find Toothless don't worry, it's just gonna go down differently. Please review!
14 Year old Hiccup Haddock was walking in the forest when he saw his dad reading some notes alone. He was going to go back the way he came, since his dad told him not to be out late, when he noticed a large monsterous nightmare hiding in the shadows.
Before anything else, "Dad look out!" The boy shouted just as the beast charged. Stoick, unable to react to the stealthy attack, was slammed into a tree, getting caught in vines and a fallen log. The Monsterous nightmare could attack, but he noticed Hiccup, and decided to attack him first.
Stoick, despite being frustrated Hiccup was out at this late hour, had a worried expression on his face. "Hiccup, get out of there!" He shouted, as the Nightmare creeped up on his son.
Hiccup looked at his dad, before running to him wile holding his Dagur. "I'm not going to leave you here!" He shouted, trying to cut the extreemly thick vines tying his dad up. "You have to Hiccup! You'll get hurt out here. Listen to m-" "And you won't? Dad you can fight this thing easily, but not wile your tied up." Hiccup didn't listen to his father for the second time today.
Stoick looked surprised even though his son was always stubborn. Hiccup would get killed if he stayed here much longer! Didn't he know that? The Dragon walked up to them slowly, before letting out a loud roar. Hiccup turned around quickly in surprise, and dodged a fire blast just in time, rolling on the ground after jumping.
Stoick was frozen as he saw his son shivering wile holding his arm that he realized must have gotten burned a bit. The Monsterous Nightmare stalked forward, and for once in his life, Stoick was to Terrified to speak.
Hiccup looked up, holding his arm wile brushing dirt off of his face. He made eye contact with the Monsterious Nightmare, and saw an odd emotion presant. As he got closer, and Hiccup didn't move, it seemed curious as to why Hiccup wasn't fighting. Hiccup backed up, and reached for his dagur, before realizing he had dropped it.
Hiccups eyes widened, and the Monsterious Nightmare moved his head forward quickly. He flinched, awaiting a bite, but instead, felt a warm breath sniffing his arm and shoulders. "Wh-wh-what." Hiccups voice was beyond shocked, and seemed a little choked. He was frozen in both fear for his life, and confusion as to why the dragon didn't fight a vulnerable target.
Stoick recovered from his shock, and was about to call out to his son, before seeing the dragon lunge at his boy. "Hiccup!" He shouted, but was ignored. Rather than seeing the unthinkable though, all he saw was a shocked, scared, and confused Hiccup being...observed by a huge beast, rather than hurt.
"What the..." His voice trailed off, and he stayed silent for fear of upsetting the beast. It's snout trailed over Hiccups burned arm. Hiccup flinched at the touch, and his eyes widened in fear that he'd upset the Monsterious Nightmare. Instead though, the dragon pushed against his Stomach, causing a loud laugh to escape Hiccup. Aperantly he was ticklish.
"Why isn't it attacking him?" Stoick wondered outloud as Hiccup stopped laughing and pushed the Nightmare away, putting on a serious face wile mumbling something that sounded like "We're not supposed to have fun with dragons. Leave me alone." The Monsterious Nightmare just looked more curious and used his Tallons to pull slightly at Hiccups clothing.
A shining object caught Stoicks attention, and he realized Hiccup had dropped his only weapon. Stoick new that the Monsterious Nightmare liked a croud and attention. It showed off it's ferosity infront of people. Maybe it wasn't acting quickly because Hiccup had no weapon and there was no croud? But that didn't explain the observent behavior and carefull touch. All dragons were ferocious beasts in the end, it was there nature. Was it just Hiccup who was different? Of all the days Stoick didn't have his axe with him so he could just cut the vines himself.
As he kept his eyes on his son, A distant memory caught Stoicks attention. His wife. "Stop, you'll only make it worse!" She had shouted to so many people, and no one listened to her. She had died protecting Hiccup from a dragon, yet she always seemed to have a different alternative than fighting the dragons. Hiccup looked and acted like his mother. Maybe he had a part of that alternative thought process in him?
No that was impossible. All his life Hiccup tried to kill a dragon with his machines. He was trying to push the Nightmare away saying Vikings didn't interact with Dragons. He'd even made a threat or two witch Stoick wanted him to stop doing because his position under the dragons tallons over him, but the beast continued on with curiosity.
"Hey! Wh-what are you d-doing? If you don't want to hurt me then why in Thors name are you still here? And your terring my shirt." Hiccup said, trying to figure out what the dragon was wanting. He looked to his dad with wide confused eyes. His looked seemed to say 'What do I do?' and for once in his life, Stoick had absolutly no clue.
"Hiccup I..." Stoick kept a low voice, before the Monsterious Nightmare turned and walked towards him. It started sniffing him to, but Stoick pulled at the vines attempting to hit it's snout. This only angered the Nightmare. It started drawing in a breath to blow out fire, but before it could fire, Stoick heard a younge shout.
"No!" Hiccup shouted, grabbing the dragons horns. The Monsterious Nightmare pushed against him and Hiccup couldn't push against it. After he had hardly any strength left, Hiccup resorted to holding it's horns on the ground. The dragon, surprising him and Stoick, calmed down with it's tounge out, seeming to love the soft dirt and grass under his chin and face.
"Hiccup, you need to get out of here. More dragons will be here soon. It's almost midnight. You need to get help." Stoick told his son who was still holding the dazed dragon. "But dad if I do that, you'll be defensless and if you fight it wile tied up and no ones here to distract it..." Hiccup trailed off, not taking his eyes off the dragon below him.
"Besides, if he was going to hurt me, why hasn't he? I don't know what's going on but I know this. If I can stand between you and this dragon wile keeping both of us from being fried, i'm not leaving you. I know i'm not a good fighter, and I probably won't ever be as strong or brave or heroic as you are, but I can handle this. I know I can. Let me protect you for once." Hiccup refused to make eye contact, expecting his dad to be annoyed or disapointed in him for disobeying once again.
Stoicks expression wasn't harsh or irritated though. If only Hiccup would look up to see it. The cheif was surprised, seemingly sad at his sons completely none confident voice, and had a softer expression than he'd ever had hearing how much Hiccup wanted to protect his dad despite his differences and challenges as far as striength went.
"Very well, if you can keep this dragon calm, then maybe we can find a way out of this." Stoick himself was surprised by his response, but didn't regret it. Hiccup though, had a different expression. His head shot up as he held onto the Nightmare, and his eyes seemed to be filled with confusion. "What did you just say?" He asked sounding bewildered.
Stoick raised an eyebrow as he still tried to get out of his trap even though it was no use. "What? You can hold the dragon down, so we don't need someone else to chase it off." He said, sounding confused. "Well yeah b-but-I mean- aren't you, you know...afraid i'll mess it up and get us both killed? Who's to say he won't be mad after getting up? I can't stop a flaming reptile!" Hiccups voice became stubborn as he grabbed his arm with one hand as a guest of wind stung his burn.
Stoick did think about his sons words, and considered the fact they had no idea when the Nightmare was preparing to strike, but something about his sons lack of confidence in himself, and the fact he thought he'd get them killed seemed to stryke something in Stoicks mind. How will he ever be cheif if he feels like that? He has to learn to controle the village, not fall because opinions of the public. As he thought, a rair wave of guilt washed over Stoick as he realized he was one of those people constanty putting down his son.
Gods, how much being tied up next to A living furnace being held down by your thin none confident son made you think about stuff. Stoick didn't normally think about stuff like that. He was always, well, stoic. Now that he did think though, he remembered quiet a few things he regretted. He hadn't listened to his wife either, and after that night...it was always to late to apolagize, and now he'd never have the chance. Maybe he could listen to his son more to make up for it? Seeing Hiccup interact with this dragon reminded him of her, and Valka always had something about her that broke his walls and make him guilty or self concious about his decisions. Hiccup was a lot like her apparently.
"Hiccup your right, you need to be here because I can't defend myself tied up. I need your help, and i'm counting on you." Stoick needed to keep them both safe, and his son knew how. Hiccups eyes widened at this and he didn't know rather to smile or look confused, so he settled for keeping his eyes on the Nightmare. "B-but, I don't know how to help." His voice was quiet and steel.
Maybe Stoick could help. He hated dragons to no end, but he remembered his wife once grabbed a worriers axe to stop him from hurting a Monsterious Nightmare. Rather than fighting back, the dragon had flown away, not even snarling at her. Maybe this Nighmare was the same way? Maybe it was the same dragon.
Stoick sighed and looked to his son. "Hiccup...th-there's something I need to tell you." He paused as Hiccup looked up at him. The boy let go of the dragon at his fathers very different tone, and the Nightmare decided to get up. Hiccup flinched back, and Stoick grabbed the boy as Hiccup fell into his arms. Rather than attacking though, the Nightmare looked into the trees, seeming to hear something walking nearby.
The sound got loud enough for Hiccup to hear it. "D-Dad, I don't think we're alone." He said, peering into the forest. He tried to stand, but Stoick kept a grip on his shirt despite the pain in his hand because the tight vines around him. Hiccup couldn't be confused though as A Deadly Nadder jumped out of the tree's, spines ready to shoot.
The Nightmare flamed up, but not at Hiccup and Stoick. No, he snarled at the Deadly Nadder, opeaning his wings to block the sight of two vulnurable vikings behind him. All father and son could do, was watch.
(A/N) Hey guys! So I really have no idea why I decided to write this, but i'm good at making parody's to songs for my family so I thought maybe I'd be good at making something that sort of fit the events of Httyd 1 but had it's own plot. Your all amazing fellow dragon riders, please keep reading, and don't worry, i'm not abandoning Trust after night falls, fighter, or 100 fan shots, just not writing them as much, but 100 fan shots will be updated real soon I promiss.