Chapter 2
Snotlout had been up all night orchestrating the plan, he knew Hiccup trusted him enough to leave the village, but this quest could take a long time, time Snotlout wouldn't have if the boy attempted to leave.
"This looks deep enough to hold Hiccup." Beams Snotlout as Hookfang finishes digging a large hole into the ground "You remember the plan, Hookfang?"
Hookfang growls at his owner, of course he knew the plan! Snotlout laughs and begins heading towards the village "Wait right here for me."
The dragon growls once more and moves to lie down behind the trees, Snotlout smiles and heads for the chief's home. The boy began his rapid knocking on the door before hiding behind a nearby barrel.
Stoick the Vast groggily appeared in the doorway, it was obvious the man had just been awakened. Snotlout watched as the chief turned both directions in search of the knocker before quickly entering the Haddock's home.
Stoick; without even looking or paying any mind to the boy, headed back to his chair for more sleep.
Snotlout waited until he could hear the man's heavy snoring before heading up the stairs that lead to Hiccup's room. Upon arriving in said room he spotted the sleeping Night Fury on a large slab of stone, Hiccup still sound asleep in his bed.
Quietly, the boy lowered the exotic plant next to the dragon's nose, he'd researched and finally found a plant that would not be poisonous to the dragons, but keep them asleep for long periods of time.
Once Snotlout could tell the plant had affected the dragon, he quietly made his way over to the sleeping boy. Immobilizing Toothless was the easy part, but the plant didn't affect humans at all, which meant taking Hiccup was going to be tricky. Sure his cousin trusted him, but there was no telling how Hiccup would re-act to seeing his dragon or discovering the strange plant.
Before Snotlout could even breathe, Toothless made a deep growling sound in his sleep, in turn waking his cousin. The boy quickly blocked Hiccup's view of his dragon.
"Snotlout?" Questions Hiccup at the site of the boy in his room "What are you doing here?"
Snotlout smiled down at Hiccup. "I need your help, Hiccup."
Hiccup's eyebrows rise in disbelief "Uh, you do?"
Snotlout takes in a deep breath, before beginning his bogus story. "Hookfang set a few of the trees in the forest on fire" The elder could tell Hiccup was about to protest, when he decided to up the suspense a bit more "And then got trapped in one of our old traps."
Hiccup's eyes widen in shock, the forest was once again on fire? And a dragon was trapped? Quickly the boy grabbed his vest and moved to see Toothless.
"We gotta go bud" Toothless makes no moves, not a single sign of being awakened. Hiccup moves to stare at his dragon "Toothless?" The boy's attention is drawn to the strange plant beside his dragon "Where did this come from?"
"We don't have time for this Hiccup!" Yells Snotlout as he signals Hookfang to flame up, creating the allusion there was indeed a small fire. Hiccup turns his attention to the fires glow, forgetting the strange plant "We need the others."
"There's no time!" Declares Snotlout "We gotta save Hookfang now!"
Hiccup stares as his cousins eyes fill with "Dust" before finally agreeing.
"Let's go!"
Hiccup runs down the stairs, followed by Snotlout who quickly kicks the plant away and covers the sleeping dragon in a large net.
"Everything's going according to plan." He states proudly before heading off after his young cousin