Black, starry sky. The once brilliantly shining sun had lapsed into the darkness, kissed lightly with stars. The ink like body relaxed on the grass, its immense wings curled into it. Beneath the wings, the body of Hiccup stirred as he groaned into consciousness. Toothless lifted his body slightly and nudged Hiccup with his front leg, eliciting a small childish giggle as he writhed against his friend's scaly touch. "Come on Toothless," he mumbled out, "just let me sleep in." However instead of the short rest he desired he was met with his vest becoming encompassed by Toothless' mouth as he lifted Hiccup and sprinted off. Hiccup jostled mercilessly as Toothless sped up, and began turning around the area.
His body flailed and his voice squeaked between grunts, "Okay. Okay! I'm up!" Toothless smiled slightly as he slow down into a relatively open area, nothing but grass and trees in front as their backs were towered over by the castle-like structure that leered at them. Hiccup let out a final grunt as Toothless dropped him to the ground, landing on his stomach, as the ground relieved him of the breath he hoped to hold on to.
As he slowly sat up and regained his breath he moaned in displeasure and looked at Toothless, but he was enraptured with the sky. Hiccup cocked his head as he thought to himself, but his pursed lips slowly morphed into a smile as he spoke softly, "You wanna go flying?" However instead of a nod or any gesture Toothless continued to look into the night. Hiccup's brows furrowed together as his head slowly shifted to look to the sky. However his eyes widened instantaneously as he saw the moon. Or rather moons. Before his disbelieving eyes were two moons that levitated in the sky, one a large blue as clear as a sunny day sky and the other, smaller in nature, but it was a red hue reminiscent of diluted blood. The moons shined together a beautiful contradiction that brought light to the otherwise raven-esque ethereal glow the sky held.
The wind blew through causing Hiccup to shiver slightly as the cold air pressed itself against him; however, the wind didn't cause him to shiver, rather it was a reflex to further process what his eyes saw. His head dropped as his knees came up to his chest, wrapping his arms around them and laying his head to rest he whispered to himself, "Where are we? What happened to us?" His voice became nothing but a ghost of itself as he held his legs close. Reaching out his left hand he grasped Toothless' harness and clutched the leather reins. Toothless looked to Hiccup and slowly lowered himself to lie down, wrapping his tail around Hiccup's shoulders. Hiccup smiled slightly at the gesture, surprised and comforted that Toothless tried a motion that was significant for humans. He placed his right hand on the tail's fin and his fingers danced across the scaly surface, creating a drawing of Toothless in Hiccup's mind.
They stayed like that for a while as Toothless began to drift off, but their peaceful silence was slashed as a small and quiet voice made it to their ears. "Um… excuse me?" Swiftly Toothless stood up and leaped in front of the girl and snarled, the screech within his mouth soared though the air as he prepared to protect Hiccup. Hiccup stood up quickly, yet apprehensively, and walked beside Toothless, but he was simply moved by back Toothless' tail. The owner of the voice stepped back in shock, and fear was easily discernable on the fair features that she held. The girl was clothed in an outfit comparable to a black dress protected by a solidly white apron while on her chest was, seemingly, a blue pendant clasped over an orange fabric. Her brown boot clad feet stumbled on the ground as she fell over and quickly curled up. "Please," her voice quivered, "I'm deeply sorry I didn't mean to startle you. Please forgive me." Despite her fearful position she attempted to bow for, what she saw as a mistake on her part, but Hiccup rectified the situation the best he could.
"Toothless stop, calm down," He pleaded with his friend as he inched his way over to the girl. The screech Toothless emanated slowly died down as Hiccup shuffled over to the downed girl. He relaxed slightly but kept a watchful on her as Hiccup stood in front of the girl with his arm and hand stretched towards her. He had a small, albeit sheepish, smile as he spoke, "Sorry about that, you just scared him."
She reached slowly to his hand as she looked behind him to see Toothless glaring at her. When her hand reached Hiccup's, his hand clutched hers and he pulled her up. "I scared him," her voice depicting feared confusion as Hiccup lifted his arm and began rubbing the top of his head.
Even though a dragon shouldn't be scared by her voice. She was so quiet. He thought wryly against his friend. "Maybe you surprised him," he offered a slightly cryptic suggestion; the girl was confused enough that a mighty beast such as the one that glared at her would be afraid of her. Though as Hiccup stepped back slightly his voice flowed to her, "I'm Hiccup, and the overgrown reptile," his hand dangled flaccidly in Toothless' direction, "is Toothless."
The name of the creature confused her greatly as she saw that in Toothless' mouth were undeniably a set of razor like teeth. Though when she looked back to Hiccup she was calmed, if only slightly, by his own, non-threatening, boyish face. Bowing slightly she said, "My name is Siesta. Are you the human master of the dragon familiar that Ms. Vallière summoned?" Her head was cocked slightly as an innocent smile adorned her face while her light blue eyes shared the gesture the best they could.
Hiccup however cocked his own head in confusion. "Summoned? What are you talking about? What's a familiar," his voice drifted in the wind, but it was crushed beneath the bellowing voice that brought pain to all of their ears.
"Familiar," the voice shouted, and as all of them turned their heads to see the girl that had not only given Hiccup his first kiss, but also caused him to pass out shortly after their "intimate," exchange. Before them was the angry and irritated body of Louise. She shook slightly in anger as she yelled once more, "Familiar come over here!"
Hiccup rubbed his ears; baffled at the name she called him. The same name that Siesta had used to describe Toothless. Siesta herself bowed towards Louise as she spoke, "Hello Ms. Vallière I will take my leave. Goodbye Mr. Hiccup." She shuffled quickly towards the large doors embedded in the stone wall of the building she disappeared in as Hiccup looked back towards Louise.
Toothless however was not as questioning as Hiccup was and opted for leaping towards her and jumping on to her petite body, restricting her movements and screams of protest beneath his long body. Hiccup, however, ran towards Toothless and began pushing against his large head, Louise's screams calling out and bringing forth three bodies from the stone building. One of them was a dark-skinned woman, her hair, red as the moon they stood beneath, and her eyes were shining a faded gold. She wore a uniform similar to Louise's, yet her boots, splashed in a gold hue, reached her skirt, and her blouse was stretched and open slightly to reveal the large bust that adorned her chest. Around her neck was a gold ring that clung to her throat. Shock was lying on her gorgeous face as she gasped.
Another of them was a boy, his hair a bright blonde that contrasted his black cape-like cloak, his eyes were a brighter blue than another of the moons above. His cloak lied gently on his white blouse, though it revealed a glimpse of his chest. His legs shook slightly in the violet pants he wore, and the rose he held in his hand dangled on the tips of his fingers; speechless he was at the sight. The last of them was yet another girl yet shorter than the first her uniform was the same as Louise's, sans her stockings. Her eyes were a slightly faded violet as her brown bangs hung over them. Unlike her companions her cloak was a lighter shade of brown than her hair, but like her companions her face was stiff in shock.
Toothless continued to snarl and roar intimidatingly in Louise's face. She was no longer angry, but rather fear had snared her. She wasn't startled, shocked, or scared, but she felt raw fear that fueled her drive to writhe in both pain and desperation. Hiccup continued to scream and push Toothless' head, but the little reserve of strength he had was quickly dwindling. "Come on Toothless! Stop! Get off of her," he shouted, yet it didn't have an effect on him, he simply continued. In his own desperation Hiccup ran to Toothless' side and jumped onto his harness. Everyone looked at him shocked as he latched himself and tried to control the artificial tail fin.
As he felt the familiar yet subtle movement of his tail he looked up at Hiccup, his eyes and voice both telling him, "Toothless, fly us out of here." Toothless looked back down at Louise and snarled one last time before he bounded off of her. He sprinted away from them, but once Hiccup shifted his feet and he thundered his wings down to the earth they took off into the sky. The other's behind them looked up in surprise as they soared away, blending into the sky due to the deep black Toothless' body was.
Hiccup kept them soaring through the sky as he spoke softly to Toothless, "Toothless, you can't just attack everyone. Yeah I got hurt but I'm fine now." His hands let go of the reins as he clenched his hands and his fists rested at his sides, "I'm a Viking. I'm tough." In response to Hiccup's pose Toothless shook his head and his ear slapped Hiccup's thigh. Hiccup simply looked at his friend and smiled.
Grabbing onto the reins once more he guided them through the black sky, until they heard a deafening roar behind them. Looking back they saw a large creature gaining on them. It was huge compared to Toothless, its body was a bright blue, and its wings stretched out as it soared towards them. The four legs that hung beneath it each held four toes topped with sharp black claws. Its body was split in half from its top to bottom in color shifting swiftly from its bright blue to white. Its head stretched with horns all around which all gravitated to the bright green eyes that stared at them.
Hiccup looked closer and saw on the creature's neck was a girl. From what he could see her stature was small and she seemed to be encased by a long black cloak, but it flew in the wind along with her. She wore the same blouse he had seen Louise had worn and her skirt but she also wore long stocking-like socks, pure white in color, tipped by small brown shoes. She held in her hands a large curved stick that looked taller than her. Her face was pale and her sky-blue hair blew back but stayed close to her jawline. Gracing her face were a pair of dark red glasses that emphasized her light blue eyes. Although she looked uninterested in them, she moved her stick forward and the creature she rode flew faster towards them.
Hiccup looked at them and questioned out loud, "Is that a dragon?" He looked at Toothless, who was equally confused, more so on how they could see him. Hiccup looked at himself and noticed that compared to Toothless he stuck out to the world below them. "Alright Toothless, buddy, let's go," as the last word left him Toothless flapped his wings with a greater ferocity, launching them across the sky at an incredible rate. After a few seconds Hiccup looked back to see that they weren't as close as they had been but they were still close to them. He stared forward in disbelief as he thought to himself, until he shifted his foot and they dove down. As they approached closer to the ground they swerved off to the right and continued to fly, soaring over the stone building with ease. Shooting them straight into the sky Hiccup looked back briefly to see that they were still being followed.
He looked at the dragon and instead of some sort of malicious intent he saw what he could pin as excitement. He looked back to Toothless and said, "Maybe they'll help us?" He wasn't confident but he could only hope for some sort of help. Toothless looked back to him and slowed down slightly as Hiccup shifted his feet. As the girl and the dragon came closer they slowed down until they were side by side. Compared to each other Toothless was smaller than the girl's dragon in most ways, but his wingspan seemed larger, if only slightly. The dragon looked happy the best it could while the girl still looked uninterested.
Hiccup looked around awkwardly for a moment before broaching a question, "Is that your dragon?" In response she simply nodded as she pointed her stick towards Toothless. "Yeah, this is Toothless," he answered her unvoiced question. He looked around in the sky awkwardly for a moment before looking towards her again, "I'm Hiccup."
The girl remained the way she had been as she muttered, "Tabitha."
I'm glad I got this out as quickly as I did. I want to say now that I own neither How to Train Your Dragon nor do I own The Familiar of Zero. That won't be stated again. I also want to say that I'm sorry that these chapters don't progress much of the storyline the anime had, but it's just the way I write. If you wish to voice complaints, criticism, want to compliment the story or worship the dark lord leave a review. Also for any that like Sekirei please read my other story Iced Over. Again I'm sorry it doesn't progress much and I'm sorry that it ended in a cliche way but it seemed to be the best place to stop. Also if you want make a prediction on who Hiccup will become romantically involved with, or state who you want it to be, although I already know who I want him with, feel free to. But I digress. See you later.