Two Months After Hiccup Disappeared
Many noticed that after the disappearance of Hiccup, that the dragon's stopped raiding the village. Sure a few do every now and then, but they were either alone or with a pack of no more than five, not a big group like they used to. They didn't know how it connected to Hiccup, but everyone was sure it did. Well almost everyone.
"He just got scared and ran off because he knew he would be killed in the arena, whereas I wouldn't have if I were chosen."
"Shut it Snotlout." Astrid said angrily. The group of teens were in the woods searching for anything about where Hiccup could have gone or where he was.
Astrid remembers when she saw him in this neck of the woods. Not many venture out here so she knew she was onto something.
"Hey over here!" Called Ruffnut.
Astrid rushed over, seeing a tree ripped in half with what looked like a mud slide next to it.
The teens climbed down and over the dirt, coming to a small clearing with a cut bola.
Astrid picked up one of the boulders as Fishlegs picked up a black scale.
"I've never seen one of these scales before. Must be a dragon that we haven't been able to—" Fishlegs looked at as Astrid as she looked up at him, both surprised.
"Didn't Hiccup say that he caught a Night Fury during the last major dragon raid?" Fishlegs nodded at Astrid, confirming it.
"What?" Questioned Tuffnut, "What does a Night Fury have to do with Hiccup?"
"Oh come on, if Hiccup really caught a Night Fury, don't you think he would have killed it and brought it to his father, instead of being the laughing stalk of the village?" Snotlout snickered.
Fishlegs felt the cut ends of the bola rope. "Unless he couldn't."
The others looked confused and Astrid came to the same realization.
"He couldn't kill the Night Fury. So–"
"–He wouldn't be able to kill–"
"–the Monstrous Nightmare–"
"–so he ran away!"
The others still stared as Astrid and Fishlegs went back and forth.
"But how come the Night Fury didn't kill him?"
"He was too puny obviously." Ruffnut deadpanned.
Fishlegs and Astrid ignored her. "Maybe there's answers in his room."
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The kids quietly tiptoed into the Haddock's house, halfway through the stairs when a voice boomed from a room in the house.
"He doesn't keep his stuff here, check his workshop. But you still ain't gonna find anything there. It's a lost cause."
The viking teens stopped in their tracks, slightly disheartens by the chief's saddened demeanor. They looked at each other before starting to walk out. Before Astrid was out the door, she was stopped by Stoick.
He looked at her with heartbreak, the same heartbreak her mother had when her older brother died during a dragon raid last spring.
"Find my son."
She nodded. This was an order from the chief. And she would fulfill it.
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The teens rummage through his workshop for any clues.
"What exactly would Useless have in here anyway?" Snotlout snickered.
"Just keep looking." Astrid responded, annoyed.
"Oh I found something!" Both the twins said at the same time. Tuffnut brought out a drawing of a dragon fin as Ruffnut brought out a drawing of an unknown dragon that was in one of Hiccup's journals.
Fishlegs looked at the one in the book, noting "Wow. This must be a Night Fury."
"But why would Hiccup just draw a fin?" Snotlout asked.
"It's not a real dragon fin." Astrid noticed, pointing to the edge of the fin. "See, this is cloth on metal rods. You can tell from how the webbing in between don't meet to the end of the rods like a dragon fin does."
"But why would he draw a fake fin? That seems kinda stupid." Tuffnut said.
"To replace the real one." Fishlegs said, pointing at the journal where there was a black smudge around the back fin.
"He must have injured it when he caught it!" Astrid said excitedly. They were onto something finally.
"Okay but how will knowing this help us find Hiccup?"
Sorta. Snotlout had a point.
"Do we tell people Hiccup fixed a Night Fury? You know, a dragon that tried to kill all of us?"
"Yeah that'll cheer up Stoick, Ruffnut! 'Hey not only did your son run away, but he's been helping the enemy that terrorized us for hundreds of years!' That'll blow over real nicely." Snotlout snorted.
"Fine then, we'll keep it a secret, but we still need to find Hiccup." Astrid reasoned.
"But there hasn't been a dragon raid in weeks, we don't know where the Night Fury might be!" Fishlegs said with defeat in his voice.
"We'll figure out something, I promise." Astrid put her hand on Fishleg's shoulder, smiling to comfort him. Sure the other's were there looking because they were either bored or just liked to follow Astrid around, but she and Fishlegs really wanted Hiccup back. Sure Astrid didn't like the fact that Hiccup got ahead of her in training, but she held respect for him.
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One Month Ago
Hiccup used an old catapult from the wrecked ship not far from the Dragon's Nest, using it to open up the mountain, waking the giant dragon inside.
It burst out of the rocks, roaring in rage as they were disturbed.
"We can do this Toothless." Hiccup hopped on the saddle, fully aware this was a crazy plan, but this was the only way to stop the war. If he could kill this giant dragon, the other dragon's wouldn't have to raid his—their—village for food, making it where vikings wouldn't have to kill dragons, and dragons wouldn't have to kill vikings.
As they soared around the giant dragon, Hiccup noticed it had wings.
"That thing has wings! Okay, let's see if it can use them!" Hiccup pulls Toothless into a turn. They plummet, gaining tremendous speed. The wind buffets them as they target the giant dragon.
Toothless unloads a fireball against the giant dragon's head. It goes down with a rumble. Hiccup and Toothless climb back into the sky as the giant dragon spreads its wings.
"Do you think that did it?"
Suddenly the giant dragon flaps into the sky, breathing fire.
"Well, he can fly." Hiccup and Toothless go higher into the sky, the giant dragon snapping at them.
"Okay Toothless, time to disappear!" Hiccup said as they neared the dark clouds. "Come on bud!"
The giant dragon follows, closing in fast.
Hiccup hears the gas in the back of the giant dragon. "Here it comes!"
They narrowly dodge a column of flame and smoke. They reach the low-hanging clouds and pierce them. The monster follows, immediately losing them in the hampered visibility. It roars irritably.
They dive at the giant dragon, blasting and puncturing a hole in its wing. Toothless and Hiccup are gone again before the giant dragon can get a shot at them. They dive in again and again, using the clouds to hide and surprise as they puncture the giant dragon's sings.
It bellows in frustration and whirls around, unleashing fire blindly, in all directions.
Hiccup sees the glow of fire cutting towards them.
"Watch out!" The blast clips Toothless' tail. It's heavily damaged.
"Okay, time's up. Let's see if this works." He pulls Toothless into a turn. They fly directly into the giant dragon's face, taunting it.
"Come on! Is that the best you can do!?" Toothless utters an insult too in clicks, and they jackknife into a steep dive. The giant dragon pursues. Toothless pumps his wings, racing faster than he's ever gone before. Hiccup and Toothless stay just ahead of the giant dragon. Hiccup glances back to check the tail and notices it's disintegrating.
"Stay with me buddy. We're good. Just a little bit longer."
The giant dragon closes the gap. Hiccup tucks in and holds Toothless steady, allowing the giant dragon to set its sights on them. It narrowed its eyes in anger.
"Hold, Toothless." Hiccup whispered in fear.
The giant dragon opens his mouth, the familiar gas hiss emanates from his throat - ignition is coming.
"Now!" Hiccup yelled, hitting the pedals hard as Toothless extends one wing, and they pivot in place, hurtling directly into the giant dragon's mouth. Toothless fires point blank down the giant dragon's throat, its amassing gas is ignited, backfiring into the giant dragon, erupting in a chain of blasts throughout its body.
Hiccup and Toothless burst from the clouds, the giant dragon hot on their tail, exploding from within. It glances forward and sees the ground rushing up. It throws up its wings in attempt to stop but the punctured, damaged wings can't stop its momentum.
The giant dragon chokes on the expanding fireball as Toothless pulls out of the dive, streaking up, past its head.
The giant dragon hits the ground, exploding on impact. Hiccup and Toothless weave through the giant dragon's massive back plates, wings, and flailing legs. The exploding fireball races toward them, about to shallow them. They manage to get clear and Hiccup glances back. They're outrunning the fireball!
He looks forward just in time to see the giant dragon's massive club tail careening toward them. As he tries to shift their direction, the last shreds of Toothless' tail tear away, the pedals going dead.
"No. No." Unable to maneuver, they're dead in the air, the giant club tail clips Toothless, tearing Hiccup from the harness and sending him tumbling into the fire.
Toothless struggles with all his might to reach Hiccup as the fireball swallows them whole.
AN: And that's the second chapter! Hope ya'll liked it. Also find me tumblr!: bothwaystrustgoes (personal), acehiccup (HTTYD)
