(Chapter One)
(The Edge) (Three days later)
The Edge was clam this morning. The twins weren't pranking or annoying anyone, Snotlout wasn't being the egocentric idiot he usually is, Astrid is grooming her dragon Stormfly and Cami is hanging out with Hiccup at the main clubhouse "What do you think we should do today?" Cami asked playing with her boyfriend's hair "Maybe go down to the beach?" Hiccup suggested sitting back in a chair while looking at one of the lens that was for the dragon's eye "Did someone say beach?"
Snotlout walked into the club room with Hookfang following close behind him "Yes, we thought we it would be fun to get everyone and head down to the beach and enjoy ourselves" Snotlout looked at him with a confused expression "What?" Hiccup asked confused "Did you really say something about having fun, you and the word fun don't go together"
"He's right you know" Hiccup turns to Cami which was trying to hold back on laughing "Oh come on, I can be fun" that did it for Cami. She started laughing so hard she fell to her knees but Hiccup wasn't amused "It's not that funny" he could he Toothless give off his own version of a laugh. The twins, Fishlegs and Astrid were now entering the club room "What is everyone laughing about?" Astrid asked taking a seat in front of Hiccup.
"They're laughing because I had the word fun used in my sentence" Astrid's eyes went wide "Seriously? Yu
"You're like the most anti-fun person here" Everyone now was laughing "Ok, ok I get it that I don't know how to have fun but that doesn't mean I can't think of fun ideas" everyone went silent for a couple of seconds then started up laughing again. Hiccup let out a sigh of annoyance "Sorry babe but your definition of fun is different from ours" Cami hugged her boyfriend. Their laughter started to die down "Ok, so what was this about to bring up fun"
"Cami and I thought it would be nice for us all to head down to the beach and enjoy ourselves but I guess since I'm not fun we could do some tr…" he didn't get to finish his sentence when everyone took off running to their huts "That's what I thought" Hiccup smiled getting a kiss to the cheek "I guess I'll get changed to" Cami left for her hut leaving Hiccup in the clubhouse by himself 'I guess I should go get changed too' he thought making his way to his own hut.
(Time Skip)
Everyone was now sitting around at the beach in their swim wear, the guys wore their trunks while the girls wore two pieces "Ok, now let's have fun and enjoy ourselves" Everyone cheered in excitement then ran into the water, the dragons even joined in on the fun. Hiccup and Cami were the only ones to not go into the water since Hiccup didn't want to get his fake leg wet and Cami didn't want to leave her boyfriend all alone "Why don't you go have fun with the rest?" he asked.
"I don't want you to be alone" she simply answered laying her head on his shoulders "Thanks but I don't want to keep you from having fun" Cami smiles "I'm having fun just being here with you" she looked up at him to see that he was giving her that goofy grin she loves so much. They slowly closed the gap between them but had to stop when they heard Fishlegs yell out something. The two turned to see that the twins have tackled him into the water causing everyone to laugh including them.
Fishlegs could throw them off into the water "Don't hurt the big guy to much" Hiccup called out to the twins "We won't, much" he just shook his head turning his attention back to Cami "Now, where were we" he smiled leaning forward, Cami following his lead. They both closed their eyes, the gap in between them getting smaller by every second but it was ruined again by someone else yelling "Hey look?" Tuff pointed up to the sky.
Everyone looked up to see a terror flying right for them "It looks like it has something around its leg" Ruff stated the obvious. The little dragon flew over towards Hiccup landing next to him "Hey buddy, what do you have there?" he took the paper from its leg, opened it to see it's from his dad "Oh this can't be good" he said aloud reading it over.
After Hiccup was finished reading the paper he stood up and made his way back to his hut "Babe, what's happening?" Cami asked standing up to follow him "My dad said there's been a dragon attacking local tribes and it'll be heading towards Berk" he continued his way to his hut with Toothless close on his tail.
"Hiccup, what's going on?" Toothless growled "A dragon's attacking villages and dad wants us to come to Berk to see if we could do anything to stop it" Toothless seemed confuse by his response but kept following "One of our scout ships caught glimpse of it attacking a village and sent a terror to Berk to warn my dad that it could possibly be heading his way" Hiccup continued.
Deep down Toothless had a bad feeling about this but he didn't understand why so he pushed it off to the side for another time.
(Time Skip)
Hiccup and Toothless were both ready to head out for Berk but were delayed when he saw Cami followed by her changwing Scarlet "What are you doing? I thought you were down at the beach?" she placed a hand on her hip "I wasn't going to stay at the beach while my boyfriend went back home to face a dragon by himself" he let out a sigh "Cami, I need you to stay here and watch over everyone to make sure they don't do anything stupid"
"Astrid can do that and besides you don't know what kind of dragon you'll be going up against"
"That's why I want you to stay here with everyone, I want you to be safe" she sends him a glare "I'm not staying and that's final" she stated climbing onto Scarlet. Hiccup lets out a defeated sigh "Fine but if I feel like it's too dangerous I want you to get as far away from it" she smiles at her victory. The four of them took off into the sky, cutting through the clouds and now they were on their way to Berk hoping that the dragon hasn't reached it before them.
(Couple of days later) (Berk)
The four descended from the clouds to still see Berk intact and not burning to the ground 'Thank thor' Hiccup thought with a smile. He could see his dad and some of the Berk residents standing in the center plaza waiting for him. They landed in front of his dad with a thud "Hey dad, what's this about a dragon attacking villages?"
"Straight to the point, well, like I wrote on the paper, a dragon is attacking local tribes and even the outcast and berserkers, those who have survived its attack has given somewhat a description on what this dragon looks like" he turns to look at butch which whom is holding a canvas "Show 'im Bucket" Bucket nodded turning the canvas to Hiccup which went wide eyed. The creature was dark in color, torn and ridged black wings, human like body but covered in scales from top to bottom, sharp spine like talons all up his arms and legs ending at the joints like the knee and elbow, hands replaced with claws along with the feet, it's hair was jet black followed by blood red eyes, it wore what looked like clothing but they were torn and covered in whole showing some visible scars.
"What in Thor's name is that?" he asked looking over the picture hoping to hear them say that it's a joke "We don't know son, we were hoping you did but from what the reports say, that thing is attacking villages for no reason" Hiccup just shook his head "That's no dragon I've seen" Cami looked at the picture letting out a gasp.
"What is that?" she asked and even Toothless looked surprised "It can't be" he let out a small wine. Hiccup looked at his best friend with worried eyes "Toothless, what's wrong bud? Have you seen this creature before?" Toothless nodded "I have, but it's something I do not want to face, especially that one"
"If it's scaring Toothless then I sure do not want to face that thing" a random viking stated gesturing to the picture. There were nods of agreement but no one got a word out before the horns started to go off "It's here!" someone from the watch tower yelled "Everyone! to battle stations!" everyone quickly scattered grabbing every weapon they can and every child sent to the Great Hall "Son, I need you to slow that thing down while we get things ready" Hiccup nodded climbing onto Toothless and Cami climbing onto Scarlet "Let's go bud" the four of them took off in the direction of this 'dragon' to try to slow it down.
They stayed high above Berk just to make sure it sees them first but not out of range of the of the bolas that were getting ready. Hiccup looked over at Cami and Scarlet "Remember, if it gets bad I want you two to get away from it"
"I'm not leaving you no matter if it's a dragon or a demon" she gave him a reassuring smile. Hiccup knew he wasn't going to win against her "Fine but please stay out of the way for a little bit, at least enough so I could try to reason with it" she seemed hesitant but nodded. They turned their attention back in the direction of the creature and saw that it was quickly closing in on them 'Whatever this thing is, it's dangerous' he thought watching it as it gets closer and closer by the second.
It didn't take long before it stopped just a couple of feet away from them. It was now hovering staring them down like it was studying them. It looked just like the picture but he couldn't tell if it was tall or small but now he can see it and he noticed that it just an inch taller than him "Toothless, can you talk to it?" he asked in a hush tone. The dragon nodded.
"Ok, repeat what I say" he looked away from the creature and it never looked away from him "Why are you here?" he asked the creature "Why have you come here?" Toothless repeated. The creature seemed to be intrigued with the two "I've bo wah kuz nahkriin fah dii mahlaan fron, druv los vos daar mun zor hi med rez?" both Hiccup and Toothless were taken back "I am no one's pet! I let him ride me because I want to and it's because he's my friend!" Toothless barked "What did he say bud?"
"He said he came here to take revenge on his kin" Hiccup looked at the creature somewhat understanding the situation "I know you're probably mad at the people who hurt your kin but these people don't deserve that, we don't harm dragons anymore and we didn't have anything to do with…" but he was cut off by the creature's voice "Dreh ni hi nok wah zey mun! enook mun los beyraal aax dii fron!" his voice startled the two and it was so loud that it shook the ground below "What did he say bud" Toothless didn't answer but only glared at the creature "These humans had nothing to do with the extinction of your kin so don't take your anger out on them!" Toothless barked which seemed to have anger the creature more. He was about to attack but a blast to his back caught his attention. Everyone turned to see Snotlout and Hookfang followed by the other riders come flying out of the clouds "Take that you demon!" he yelled at the creature "Snotlout no! we were getting it to calm down!"
"Well, from what we saw it looked like it was about to attack you" Hiccup's attention turned back to the creature which has already moved and was now chasing after his attacker "Snotlout! Watch out!" Snotlout turned around to see the creature was now chasing him "Oh crap! Hookfang, fly faster!" but he wasn't fast enough, the creature grabbed Hookfang's tail then spun him around until he let go, throwing them towards the ground. Snotlout let out a girly scream before hitting the ground with a loud thud.
"Cami! Try cutting it off, we need to scare him off and away from Berk" She nodded taking off towards the creature "Ok bud, let's do the same but stay out of its reach" the dragon nodded. Hiccup looked at the remaining riders which were Fishlegs 'surprisingly' Astrid, and Cami "Ok, those who are still here try surrounding it!" he ordered and everyone followed. The riders that were still in the air began to surround the creature, slowly closing in on it but what happened next wasn't something they were expecting to ever happen in their lifetime.
The creature shot up into the sky making distance between them, then took a deep breath before shouting something that shook the sky and ground "STUN BAH QO!" the clouds began to swirl and grew dark, rain started pouring down followed by thunder and lightning. The lightning was rapid and hitting everything down below, some even almost hit the riders "Everyone move out of the way!" Hiccup shouted trying not to get hit by lightning.
Hiccup looked down at Berk to see there were fires spreading all throughout the village "Come on bud, we need to stop those fires!" Toothless nodded diving down towards the village but stopped when the creature flew right in front of him blocking their path. The creature took this opportunity of shock and flew right for Hiccup grabbing him by the neck and yanking him off his saddle. After Hiccup was yanked off his dragon, Toothless began to plummet towards the earth with a screech.
The creature held Hiccup by his neck slowly putting more pressure on it, suffocating him "P-Please, s-stop" he begged trying to push him off but he didn't have any strength to do so. Hiccup's vison started to blur 'Is this it for me' he thought as he was about to lose consciousness but the pressure went away when he saw an explosion hit the creatures back which caused it to loosen its grip on his neck. He took this opportunity and kick him in the chest which made the creature release him. Now he was falling towards the earth but was caught seconds before hitting the ground by Scarlet and Cami.
He looked up at his girlfriend with a smile "Thank you milady" she just shook her head. He turned to look back at the creature and saw that he has just got hit by a bola and now was plummeting towards the ground, crashing into the middle of the plaza. The sky began to clear and the rain and lightning has ceased "Cami, lower me down!" she did as he said and lowered him down before letting go of him.
The vikings that were on the ground were now surrounding the creature with weapons in hand but Hiccup had to stop them "Stop! Everyone lower your weapons!" he ordered pushing his way through "Are you crazy?! That thing was trying to kill us" there were murmurs of agreement followed by yells of protest "I know he tried to kill us but it's because he is mad at the humans who wiped out his kin" Hiccup was now standing in between of the creature and his village.
His dad made his way into the middle of everyone and now standing over his son "Son, it may be mad but, it tried to kill you and you still want to protect it?" he questioned his son. Hiccup only nodded "Yes, I was able to calm him down before Snotlout attacked it" he looked over to said man which was limping "Stiildus zey tum! hi dreh nid nuz gespein dii nahkriin!" everyone was startled by the creature's outburst even though nobody understood what it said.
Hiccup looked at it confused "C-can you understand us?" he asked the creature. It only rolled I's eyes before speaking again "Do rahlo Zu'u vis, hin tinvok los vahk wah mindoraan med zok vorey tinvok nuz Zu'u los ni eldraag tol hi dreh ni mindoraan zey" the other dragon riders have already landed and were now standing in front of the creature staring at him in disbelief "What is that thing?" Fishlegs asked with a quiver "It looks so cool" the twins spoke in unison. Astrid was the only one to stare at the creature with nothing to say.
"Um… w-we don't know what you're sayin" the creature huffed in annoyance "I said of course I can understand. Your race is just too stupid to understand mine" this comment made everyone's eyes go wide "Did that thing just speak Norse?" someone asked shocked. The creature tried sitting himself up but the bolas restraining him were making it difficult.
"Norse is one of the easiest language to learn" no one knew what to say, still shocked at the fact that this creature can learn different languages and is talking to them. The only person to be able to bring themselves to speak was Hiccup "O-Ok I wasn't really expecting that but I-I guess it helps" The creature continued to stare daggers at Hiccup.
Hiccup cleared his throat before speaking "Now, from what I understand from Toothless is that you're wanting to get revenge for the extinction of your kin but y-you can't take it out on everyone you see, we had nothing to do with- "
"You understand nothing! And your people did have something to do with it, every human had something to do with my races extinction!" The creature cut Hiccup off by yelling "Each and every human turned and hunted my kind because of our rare skins and prices of our hide, our hide was turned into armor since it resists to fire and the cold" everyone continued to stare at the creature in bewilderment. It was true, they didn't understand… they didn't understand what it's like to have your whole race killed to near extinction.
The creature looks at Toothless with disgust "You should know how that feels…" Hiccup turned to look at toothless "Bud?" the dragon didn't move his eyes away from the creature but his expression soften "You're just like me, the only one left of his kind but here you are being friends with the creatures that made us the only ones left"
Hiccup didn't think about it till now but it's right, humans are the reason why the night furies are close to extinction as well as this creature. Hiccup didn't really know what else to say but he had to do something to calm this creature down. Something popped into his head and he was about to speak to the creature, but he heard a loud thud. His father just hit the creature in the back of its head knocking it out cold. He looked his dad in horror.
"Why did you do that!?" he asked looking at his farther in disbelief "Sorry son but we can't let this conversation continue right now, we need to get this thing into one of the dragon pens in the arena, then you can try to reason with it even though I still don't like the idea of letting you near that thing" Stoick looked over to two of his fellow men that stood a couple of feet behind him and motioned to them to take it away.
"For now, we need to get these repairs done then we can decide on what to do with it" Hiccup sighed in disbelief. Stoick followed the two men that were dragging the creature to the dragon pens. Cami walked up beside Hiccup placing a hand on his shoulder "It'll be ok, we'll get another chance but for now let's go help with the repairs" Hiccup knew she was right. He'll get another chance at talking with the creature.
