Chapter 2: Where the hell am I.
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Here is chapter 2 I hope whoever is reading story enjoys this chapter. Disclaimer: I own nothing from RDR or HTTYD I just like both game and movie/series.
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Marston released a loud groan of pain as a wave of pain shot threw his body. Slowly he got up from where he lay; placing his left hand on his abdomen. Where the majority of the pain seemed to be coming from. "Ah, what the hell happened?" He asked himself as he opened his eyes; only to see that he was inside what appeared to be a large cabin. He could hardly see anything due to the darkness that was around him; which was barely illuminated by a rather small candle right next to him. "Hello?" He called out quietly as he felt around himself for his weapons. Quickly realizing that he was stripped of them and most of his clothing. He then heard footsteps coming from bellow him; which made him realize that this cabin was larger than he had originally though.
"Hello? Whoever lives' here; can you hear me?" John asked as he tried to sit up; only to hear a low growling sound come from his left. He quickly looked to his left; seeing only to see two yellow eyes looking back at him. "The hell?" John whispered under his breath wishing he had his Mauser pistol right now. Because he recognized the eyes as the type of a canine; which reminded him of all the bad experiences he had with the wolfs, and the coyotes back near his home.
"Toothless! Down girl!" A teenage voice which caused the dog to back down.
"Thank you." John said as he saw the dog turn towards where the voice had come from. He then looked towards where the voice had come from; only to see a teenage boy walking towards him. He almost reminded him of his son but with a different hair color, and body size. "Who are you?" He asked.
"Who are you?" The boy asked back.
"I'm afraid I asked you first partner." John replied earning himself another growl from the dog. "Will you please call off the dog." He continued.
The boy looked around with a confused look; he looked towards where the dog lay, but he did not tell it to stand down. "What is a dog?" The boy had asked; which caused John to look at him with an annoyed look.
"The one that is over there." John replied as he pointed towards the eyes. Which continued to stare at him; like a predator that was waiting to strike.
"You mean, Toothless. My dragon." The boy replied which caused John to laugh slightly. He had heard that name of the creature once; except it was in a book his son had read, and it was no ordinary book. It was a book of mythological creatures. "What's so funny?" The boy asked; clearly angered by Johns laughter.
"I believe you have read to many of those myth books." John laughed once more as he started to slowly get up. "Dragons a just myths. They are not real." He continued.
The both had a small smirk appear on his face; almost as if the man had said something not only wrong, but also stupid. "Oh, they are not real are they." The boy said before he looked back at the dog; only to swiftly move his head towards John. Causing the dog to get up and slowly walk towards John. "Then what do you call this." The boy said just before a grizzly sized black scaled creature stepped into the light.
John looked on in shock more than fear; there directly in front of him was the very creature of myth and legend. He was always told that the creature was simply that of myth; something used to frighten children into behaving, or to symbolize the strength and power of someone. But right there in front of him was a dragon. Its eyes a sickening yellow with black slits inside of them; showing its predatory nature. Its fangs were pure white similar to that of wild fever flew. While a low growl came from its mouth.
"Down, Toothless!" The boy commanded causing the dragon to back off and slowly walk back to the boys side. Purring slightly as it felt the boy gently rub the side of its head.
"That thing is your pet?" John said still shocked after what he had just witnessed.
"She is my friend." The boy replied almost as if John had just insulted him. "Now! Tell me your name!" The boy continued.
"John." John replied finally telling the boy his name. "John Marston." He continued.
"And what clan do you come from?" The boy continued.
"I do not come from a clan." John answered.
"So, are you a rouge warrior; fighting only for whoever pays you?" The boy asked.
"I do not work for anyone anymore." John growled out causing the dragon to growl loudly; which was instantly stopped by the boy.
"Then what island do you come from?" The boy asked.
"I come from America." John replied which caused a confused look to appear on the boys face.
"What is Ameri?"
"I am getting tired of answering your question!" John yelled as he got up from the bed. "Now it is my turn to get some answer. One, where am I! Two, Who are you! Three, Where the hell are my cloths and where the hell are my guns!" John yelled.
"To answer your first question, my name is Hiccup Hadderson." Hiccup answered which caused John to look at him with a confused look. "For your second question. You in Berk." He continued which caused the man to grow even more confused. " And for your third and fourth questions'. Your cloths are inside the chest right behind you and I am afraid to inform you that your weapons were used for trade. When trader Yohan stopped by." He finished.
John did not know is he should strangle the boy or try to get the dragon to eat him. The boy known as Hiccup had just told him that his weapons were used in trade; which meant he no longer has them, and that he may never have them again. "Let me see if my hearing is still good. My weapons were used in a trade with this Yohan man." He said receiving a nod from Hiccup. "Is this Yohan man still here?" He asked only to receiving a shaking head in response. "So that means my weapons are gone?" John growled out wishing he could pump the boy full of lead.
"Yes sir and I must say that they were the strangest weapons I had ever seen." Hiccup replied just before John had turned his hand into a fist.
"Do you want to know how much hell and how much I had to pay for those weapons." John said his voice filled with anger.
"Do you mean Hel and how much did you pay?" Hiccup asked out of curiosity.
"I was nearly killed getting most of those weapons and the ones I had payed for! I only had three dollars left over!" John shouted which caused the dragon to growl once more. "Shut up!" John yelled.
"Toothless, quiet!" Hiccup yelled silencing his dragon. He then looked back at John; even more confused than before. "What are dollars?" He asked.
"Listen, boy! I don't know if you think that I am stupid! But right now you are starting to. Piss. Me. Off." John growled out.
"Listen! I am not trying to make you mad. Nor am I trying to, as you say. Piss you off." Hiccup replied which did little to extinguish Johns anger. "But I am being honest. I do not know what America is. I do not know what dollars are. And I do not know what hell is, but I do know who Hel is." He continued.
John could always tell whenever a person was telling the truth or lying their ass off. Although he wanted to believe the boy was lying to him. But for some odd reason the boys words rung true in his ears; which caused him to calm down only a little, but not much. "Alright, I believe you." John said which caused Hiccup to release a small sigh, "But I still have more questions I need answered." He continued.
"I will answer your questions in time." Hiccup explained before he turned to walk back down the stairs. "Come outside when you get dressed. My father wishes to speak with you." He continued before he walked back down the stairs; his dragon following close behind him.
It did not take John long to get dressed; he was thankful the boy did not trade his cloths away, but he still wished the boy had not traded his weapons away. He slowly made his way down the stairs; impressed with how the cabin was made. It reminded him of the tanners cabin; except the cabin he was in was much larger, and it had a few added items inside of it. He also noticed some strange drawings on some of the items inside of the cabin. But due to the darkness of the cabin he could barely make out what they were. He then arrived at the door to the cabin. Slowly he had pushed the door open; being blinded by the suns harsh light for a few seconds. But after his eyes had adjusted to the light; he came face to face with a shocking sight. He saw that he was no longer anywhere near breechers hope. But yet in the middle of a large village.
"What in the world?" John said to himself just before Hiccup walked up to him. "Come on, my dad is at the docks. Follow me." He heard Hiccup say.
John followed Hiccup threw the village cautiously; he saw many of the villagers wearing clothing that he saw only in books. The questions that he had were starting to drive him as crazy as Seth. Which scared him more than a bear attack. He looked around; seeing buildings, drawings, and statues that he had seen only in books. Was he crazy? Was he finally turning into Seth? Or was he actually where he though he was? In a matter of minutes they had reached the docks; which is when he saw boats that he had also seen in books. Which had sealed his thoughts about where he was completely.
"Dad!" Hiccup shouted to a rather large man; he wore a fur cage and a helmet with horn on top of it. Once the man had turned around; he saw that he wore armor that was slightly different from what the others wore, and he seemed to have a beard as big as that mans at tanners ranch. "Son, good to see you again." He heard the man reply.
"It is good to see you too, dad." Hiccup replied before his father looked at Marston.
"Is this the man Ruffnut and Tuffnut found?" His father asked.
"Yes dad." Hiccup replied before he turned towards Marston. "This is John Marston, he comes from a island known as America." He explained which caused a confused look to appear on his fathers face.
"What is this island known as America? I have never."
"I am not going to answer questions. I have already answered!" John yelled; clearly angered by the battle he was having in his mind. "Tell me what year this is!" He yelled.
"I am chief of this village!" Stoick yelled at the man. "If you think that you can Tell me!"
"Just tell me what Goddamned year it is!" John yelled felling his eyes go wide in anger. Was it because he was truly going crazy? Or was it because these people were really starting to put the spurs to him.
"It is 834 A.D.! Why!?" Stoick shouted back. (I am taking a swing at the year. If someone can give me an actually year the story takes place. Please leave in review or PM. Will be appreciated.)
John felt the entire world around him go numb; the words the man just spoke. They rang inside of his head like church bells. Over and over he heard the words; which drove him to the edge of the insanity that Seth was in. He started to believe that he was still having the nightmare; which put his mind at slight ease, for at any moment he would wake up. He would be back in his bed right next to his beautiful wife; who would still be asleep right beside. So why wasn't he waking up.
"No." John whispered as reality started to settle in.
"John, are you okay?" Hiccup asked.
"No." John said again this time much louder; which worried Hiccup. "NO!" John shouted which shocked everyone around him. He then turned away from the people in front of him and started running for the woods he saw surrounding the village. He had to get out of there; he just had to get out of there, so that he would not become Seth.
"Get him! Don't let him get away!" Stoick shouted causing two of his warrior to draw their weapons; just before they chased after the strange warrior. He then saw Hiccup trying to run after the man. "No, son!" He shouted but if had fallen on deaf ears. Hiccup had to help them stop the man; something about the mans ways were strange to him. The cloths he wore were strange. The way he talked was strange, and the way his weapons were crafted were genius. They were made of metal like a sword and shield; but the roared and spat out fire like a dragon. He had to try and find common ground with John; before his dads warrior could do him any harm.
Marston came to a dead stop in the middle of a strange forest; a forest that would make tall trees look pleasant. He then heard a loud schling sound come from his left; when he quickly turned his head he saw a rather large ax embed inside a tree. He immediately turned around and saw the two warriors that had chased him. He immediately grabbed the ax that was inside the tree; which he had immediately pulled out. Which almost took him to the ground; just simply because he was not prepared to feel the weight of a rather large ax. He just simply assumed it would weigh the same as a tomahawk. But he was sadly mistaken. Just before either of the warriors or Marston could do each other harm, Hiccup had managed to get between them.
"Stop! Stop! Everybody stop!" Hiccup shouted with both of his hands raised up. "Everybody calm down!" He continued.
Everybody could be heard panting heavily as they stared each other down. John was panting out of complete fear and possibly craziness; while the other three were just out of breath. They had never meet another person who could run that fast; that speed could make a dragon loose its breath. If it decided to run and not fly, but even it chose to fly. The man would still make it run out of breath. Hiccup looked back and forth between the three; he did not want this to get bloody. Which would possibly end Marstons life.
"John?" Hiccup said calmly which got Johns attention. "You need to calm down." He continued.
"Calm down." John said calmly which seemed to calm Hiccup down. "Calm down!" John shouted which quickly caused Hiccup to put his hands up again. "How can I calm down; when I am clearly loosing my mind!" He continued which caused the warriors behind Hiccup to draw their broadswords.
"No! No, don't draw you weapons!" Hiccup shouted; which did little to calm everyone down.
"Hiccup, it is clear to us that this man is out of his mind. We need to knock him out so that we can."
"I would like to see you fuckers try!" John shouted in anger; which caused the three to look towards him. Just as he raised the ax up a little.
"We are not gonna attack you, John." Hiccup replied as he reached behind him; only to pull out one of Johns weapons.
"My Cattleman Revolver!" John said surprised to see that Hiccup still had one of his guns. "I though you told me you traded all of them?" He continued.
"I kept one of them for study." Hiccup answered; before he pointed the weapon at Marston. "Here you can have it."
"God damn it! Don't point my own gun at me!" John shouted as he ducked down; which slightly confused Hiccup.
"Whats the matter? I though you wanted your; as you call it gun back?" Hiccup replied clearly confused by Johns reaction.
"Then turn the damn gun around!" John shouted clearly worried that Hiccup may accidentally pull the trigger.
Hiccup did as he was told and turned the gun around; to where the open end was pointing towards him. While the handle was point towards Marston. Slowly, John walked towards Hiccup and grabbed the handle of his gun. Allowing him to be reunited with his very first revolver; which he quickly holstered just before he saw something rather large moving behind the three.
"Get down!" John shouted as he raised ax above his head.
"John, you need to calm."
"Get down!" John shouted causing all three of them to drop just as a huge Black bear; lunged at all three of them. Completely missing the three viking in front of it; causing it to go for Marston, who swung the ax hard. Causing the bear to stumble slightly dazed by the blow.
(Warning fight scene coming up; with moves that would be epic. If they could actually be used in Red Dead redemption.)
The bear roared loudly before it charged Marston again; only to have John roll to the left. Only to have it left fore paw knocked out from underneath it. By Johns ax causing it to roar loudly in pain; followed by it roaring in primal anger once again. The bear saw John standing in front of a tree; it quickly charged John once again, but this time John had ran up the tree and jumped mid-run. Ending up behind the bear; which allowed him to land another blow. Leaving a huge wound to the bears back hind leg; causing the bear to roar in pain again. The bear quickly turn and tried to slash John across his chest; only to end up missing. Giving John the opportunity to take the bears right front paw off; causing blood to splatter on him, and onto the ground and surrounding trees. The bear started to stumble slightly; it had taken a lot of damage, and it was starting to loos a lot of blood from its dismembered paw. John saw that the bear was trying to run; giving him the opportunity to land the final blow. He quickly gave chase after the animal; he quickly run up a tree to the left of the bear. He quickly jumped mid-run once again and jumped into the air above the bear; time had slowed for Marston, and his vision went blood red. Slowly he brought the ax down onto the bears head; causing blood to fly threw the air. As he flipped over the bear; only to land hard in front of the bear. Immediately he pulled his revolver and turned around; quickly pulling the trigger and sending a bullet into its skull.
Hiccup and the other two warriors looked on in shock; Marston, had just taken down a black bear on his own. Something that not even the strongest viking could do on his or her own. They were horrified by the sight of the bear; it had a double bladed ax embedded in its skull, and John had caused something small to enter the bears skull. Which possibly killed it before the ax had. "Any of you got a knife?" The heard John ask; which was responded by one of the two warriors throwing a dagger towards him. "Dagger. Better." John said as he picked up the dagger and started to skin the animal.
It took John only a few minutes to skin and gut the animal; allowing him to get the animals claws, fur, teeth, meat, and heart. Which he used back at home to get money and get food for his family. He then looked back at the three; the two who had drawn their weapons had sheathed their weapon. Which quickly calmed the conflict between them all.
"John?" Hiccup said calmly which got Johns attention. "You need to come back to the village; clearly you are a mighty hunter. Which we could use here; since most of our hunters are in training right now." He continued which slightly confused John. "Training? Training for what?" John asked.
"To be dragon riders." Hiccup answered.
"Dragon, what?" John asked.
"I'll explain when we get back to the village." Hiccup replied before he turned back and walked towards the village; with the other two right behind. "Come on. My father would want to hear about this." He continued.
John was debating against himself; one side was telling him to run like hell, for he was clearly loosing his mind. But the other side was telling him to follow them; because then knew more about this land, and if he wandered out further into the woods. He may come across something that was more stubborn than him and it may possibly kill him. "Hey, wait up!" John shouted as he quickly followed the three back to the village, "Seth, I am clearly just as crazy as you." He said to himself which also confirmed to him that he was going crazy.
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Here is chapter 2 sorry for the wait and enjoy the chapter.
