Three Month Time Jump since last chapter.
"Pick up those legs, Hiccup."
Hiccup only tried harder. This training was too much and too hard. He felt he was going to collapse and die. His best pal and dragon just lazily watched Hiccup being yelled at by his trainer .
It had been three months since they had left Berk. They were now in a tribe South of Berk, a place called Summer Springs. A warm place Toothless loved. The island chief had accepted Hiccup and his dragon hesitantly but soon learned to trust them.
The villagers did the same, not suffering from dragon raids but just only had wild dragons peacefully roaming about the island. According to Hiccup, Summer Springs was larger than Berk allot. On the Northern part of the island was the village, holding more than 1000 people.
Even though it seemed like allot to Hiccup , it had plenty of space. To the west were the mountains and forest, and to the east were the farms and flatlands. And to the south was the beach and dragon pens which have been recently added for the dragons.
Now Hiccup was being yelled at by the best fighter in the village, Calder Lockheart. Why? Because Hiccup was learning how to fight. Everyone in the village agreed. Toothless even forced it more on Hiccup to learn how to fight.
Calder was a good man, yet when it came to training, he was different. Yet he wasn't Northen Viking stubborn that forced you to train till you die, he knew his limits and his pupil's limits. Only pushing them a little beyond their breaking point.
Today, they were working on endurance and stamina , something Hiccup lacked.
He made Hiccup run 5 miles, and climb a very steep hill with allot of uneven and rocky terrain. Toothless just had an amused look on his face watching his rider pant and sweat. But Hiccup never complained, something Calder and Toothless respected. Hiccup keep going. Now Hiccup was jumping over high wooden blocks, so he could develop a higher jump and leg strength.
To Hiccup, it was taunting and painful. His legs and torso were screaming pain to his brain. Oh Hiccup wanted to drop dead on the spot but he kept going and gave it his all best. Hiccup knew this would all pay off, or so he hoped it would.
The fighter and dragon just watched Hiccup. Toothless , growing bored nudged Calder and gave him a 'Can you let Hiccup go so we can get some food, I'm hungry and it's past lunch time' .
Calder glared at Toothless but understood , they had been training Hiccup past lunch time and they both were hungry, not to mention Hiccup.
Finally, after Hiccup jumping over the wooden block another 20 times, Calder called Hiccup to rest and eat.
The moment Hiccup heard that, he dropped dead to the ground, panting. He swore his legs could fall off. Toothless just rolled his eyes and walked over to his fallen rider.
Hovering over Hiccup with a look on his face, Toothless picked up Hiccup by his shirt and dragged the light boy over to Calder . "Hiccup, you did better today. You have been making progress . "
Hiccup had an internal victory cry at the statement.
"Thanks, Calder."
"Okay, take a two day rest. Remember to stretch your legs tomorrow so you'll feel much better. I'm off, go play in the forge or something. Bye"
With that, the fighter walked off to his home and left the duo there. Hiccup was just content to dangle from Toothless' teeth. Toothless, sensing the contentment, dropped Hiccup on the sandy ground, earning Hiccup a mouthful of sand.
With much spitting and face rubbing plus Viking curses, Hiccup dragged himself off the ground.
"Thank you for nothing, again , you useless reptile."
That earned Hiccup a tail smack and grumble from Toothless. "Let's go get some fish."
Toothless immediately perked up and followed his rider to the port. Toothless hoped for some nice cod, his favorite.
They were actually happy, no fighting, just peace.
Berk.
It had been 9 months since Hiccup vanished into thin air, nobody knew what had happened. It had been the day Hiccup was supposed to kill the Nightmare , his Dad had been so proud, so had the entire village of Berk .
That day, everything changed. They thought he would come, they patiently waiting at the kill ring for 2 hours for Hiccup but he never came.
His Dad , the Chief of Berk sent out a search party to find the young lad. They searched for 3 days without any luck.
The search party continued for 5 more days, searching the nearby islands, even asking their enemies , the Outcasts if they had seen him. The search would have gone on longer but then Astrid and Fishlegs found something. The Cove .
Astrid and Fishlegs were searching for Hiccup again in the forest for any clues on what might have happened. Fishlegs, being the keen eye and smarts found footprints and a piece of green fabric. They only could guess it belonged to Hiccup. Only he wore that shade of green.
They looked around for any clues , searching the area until they found a shattered tree.
They investigated the area, noting that something big did this, a possible dragon. Then Fishlegs spotted black scales and some torn pieces of rope. They called Gobber over and showed him the items they had found.
Gobber had a hard time believing it but it was a scale of a Night Fury. The rarest and deadliest of them all. Then Gobber remembered what Hiccup told them before, he did shoot one down. But nobody listened.
They searched the area more until Gobber found an imprint and footprints. Gobber used his special method of tracking and found the large imprint was a dragon, he also knew the ropes held the dragon in place.
He then found out that the footprints were indeed Hiccup's. Poor boy.
Gobber guessed the dragon broke free and killed Hiccup. Gobber was almost in tears. He loved the lad like a son, always witty and sarcastic yet could work magic in a forge.
Gobber was about to call it off and break the news to Stoick until Fishlegs found the entrance of a cove and more scales and footprints.
They found Hiccup's shield and dagger inside the beautiful cove. Also scorch marks and claw marks. They all guess this is where Hiccup made his last stand against the beast.
They all were heartbroken, well Fishlegs and Gobber were, nobody could tell about Astrid. She never showed emotion.
It was a sad day for everyone, especially for Stoick and Gobber. Gobber was also heartbroken that he would be the one to tell Stoick, his best friend that his son was dead.
Yet Gobber knew Hiccup died a death of a true Viking, he hoped Hiccup was in Valhalla now.
That night, the villagers heard the Chief cry for the first time. Sobs and cries were heard from the Chief's house, they also heard Gobber's voice reassuring him. They all felt guilty too, if they had listened. He they treated him better, they would never hear the Chief cry.
But now that was all in the past, they tried moving on. Stoick never was the same. He still did his job, yet he was never joyful again. His eyes lost the glow and his booming and encouraging voice died down.
The village understood.
The teens passed dragon training, Astrid had earned the title of killing the Nightmare and was respected as a warrior.
Snotlout was now in line for being Chief. The rest were the same.
Little did they know where Hiccup was and what he was doing.
Summer Springs, later that night.
Hiccup and Toothless were sitting on the cliffs edge , both enjoying each other's company and eating some bread and fish. Toothless of course taking all the fish.
"You know bud, I'm pretty sure Berk threw a party after we left. I wonder if my Dad joined in." Hiccup sadly looked to the skies , seeing the beautiful stars light up the sky.
Toothless looked up too and crooned comfortingly to Hiccup, as if to say 'Don't worry'.
"Yeah, you're right. Let's stay here until I finish training and then see what the world has to offer, shall we?"
Toothless nodded in agreement and looked out to the sea and stars. Admiring it.
"Hey bud, think we can accomplish almost anything together?"
Toothless grumbled with excitement and licked Hiccup on the face, earning a moan with words , "That doesn't wash out you useless reptile."
Toothless just gave a dragon laugh and gummy smile.
Together.
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