Chapter 2 – The Encounter
In the Great Hall, most of the population of berk gathered around a map of the archipelago...
"Either we finish them, or they'll finish us! It's the only way we'll be rid of them! If we find the nest and destroy it, the dragons will leave. They'll find another home! One more search. Before the ice sets in."said Stoick in his very chiefly voice. groans and protest and some very...lame excuses were heard from the crowd.
"Those ships never come back."Someone yelled many agreed with the man.
"We're Vikings! It's an occupational hazard! Now who's with me?" said Stoick trying to get the Vikings enthusiastic.
Unfortunately..."Today's not good for me. I've gotta do my axe returns." It didn't work..
With one more card up his sleeve he said "Alright. Those who stay will look after Hiccup." It was a bad move on his part, to take his son's misfortunes and turn it into something to use against people, even if he didn't realize his it did get the excuses to stop and quickly he managed to get the villagers on his side.
"To the ships!" one yelled "I'm with you, Stoick!" said another
"That's more like it." said Stoick clearly proud of his accomplishment.
As the crowd dispersed, Gobber emptied his tankard of mead (A/N :for those who don't know..It tastes like a stronger more...umm...bitter? version of Vodka) and fished out his fake tooth from the mug saying "Right, I'll pack my undies." Weird but he tried..
"No, I need you to stay and train some new recruits."Stoick said to his friend.
To which he got an appropriate response of "Oh, perfect. And while I'm busy, Hiccup can cover the stall. Molten steel, razor sharp blades, lots of time to himself... what could possibly go wrong?" Clearly the years spent with the boy rubbed off on him..
"What am I going to do with him, Gobber?" said Stoick with an exhausted sigh. "Put him in training with the others." was the casual reply.
"No, I'm serious." I don't think he was joking old man..
"So am I."Yep I was right..
"He'd be killed before you let the first dragon out of its cage." Now that's the perfect dad right there. He soooo much faith in his son.
"Oh, you don't know that." at least someone cares..
"I do know that, actually." yep, dad of the year..
"No, you don't."
"No, actually, I do." OH FOR THE LOVE OF THOR AGREE ON SOMETHING!...wait they can't hear me...never mind...
"No, you don't!"
"Listen, you know what he's like. From the time he could crawl he's been... different. He doesn't listen, he has the attention span of a sparrow... I take him fishing and he goes hunting for... for trolls!" Well...
"Trolls exist! They steal your socks. But only the left ones. What's with that?" what he said...
"When I was a boy..." and now he's going all monolingual...
"Oh, here we go." Man, I like this guy...
"My father told me to bang my head against a rock, and I did it. I thought it was crazy, but I didn't question him. And you know what happened?" Now I see where his skills came from...parenting skills i mean."You got a headache." Any normal person would..
"That rock split in two. It taught me what a Viking could do, Gobber. He could- He could crush mountains, level forests, tame seas! Even as a boy, I knew what I was, what I had to become. Hiccup is not that boy." I agree with you on that one..
"You can't stop him, Stoick. You can only prepare him. Look, I know it seems hopeless. But the truth is you won't always be around to protect him. He's going to get out there again. He's probably out there now." OH Gobber how right you are...
FURY
Hiccup's POV ( yay first POV )
"Oh, the gods hate me. Some people lose their knife or their mug. No, not me. I manage to lose an ENTIRE DRAGON?!" I yell to no one in particular...Well I don't really have anyone else to vent on...other than Gobber of course...
Mid-rant I shove a low hanging branch out of the way only to get smacked by it again. 'Great I really am useless..'
My train of though stops as i notice a large the branch again...Only it was just hanging off a broken tree? Wait...what?
I follow the destruction and I see a trail in the dirt...'It looks like something crashed here...But that can only mean...' Walking up the hill I see a large black shape tangled in rope, just laying there...'It can't be...I actually hit it!? YES!'
"Oh, wow. I did it. Oh, I did it! This fixes everything! Yes! I have brought down this mighty beast!" I say out loud. 'I can finally gain respect! , friends , a girlfriend ( maybe) I won't be such a disappointment anymore... I can finally prove myself to dad...'my eyes start to sting, tears threatening to break free at the last thought..
'NO! I need to be strong'
I place a foot on the beast's foreleg, but..
"Whoa!" I was pushed back as the creature shifted...and let out a pained moan? ' That can't be right...Dragons DO NOT FEEL...But...NO! They took away your mother for crying out loud!'
'I will avenge her..'
"'I'm going to kill you, dragon. I'm gonna cut out your heart and take it to my father." I told it looking it into it's...'beautiful acid green eyes...Wait! i did NOT just think what I think I just thought!' "I'm a Viking. I am a VIKING!" I yelled at it, once more looking straight into those hauntingly expressive eyes..they were smart and filled with curiosity, but they were also filled with sadness, fear and acceptance? 'That can't be right, Dragons DO NOT FEEL EMOTION! They can't possibly be able to...to...be human...then again, when have vikings ever had second thoughts about dragons? All we ever do is em' as we see em' '
The dragon let out another heart wrenching moan...
"I did this."...And for the first time, well not really, i did something crazy...
Taking a last look at the ropes and the dragon and began cutting the Night Fury's binds. As soon as he finished, he was thrown against the ground with a very, VERY angry looking dragon on top of him..
Raeyna's POV ( That's Toothless for you yes, she's a SHE. Deal with it.)
It was another raid for that Tyrant of a Queen...UGH! I just wanna kill that fat, lazy, good for nothing, sadistic, bastard of a Queen! Seven years I've been stuck in that smelly pit! Seven years since I last saw my family...Seven years since I ran goofed around with my friends...SEVEN YEARS! Ever since that storm... No! I...I can't remember that...not now...
"BRING ME FOOD MY PETS!" A dark voice rang out...That bitch...Medusa...Yea, the Greeks gave her that name...at least that's what the older dragons told me.
'Strong face Rae...Strong face...Show no weakness...' I cant afford the other's to see me like this.I'm their Wing Commander for Thor's sake!
' Well it's time...here goes...again'
"Alright flame brains you know what to do! Let's head out!" And with that we left the nest for the weekly raid..our target...'Berk'
Man, these guys are stubborn..For Seven generations...In human years at least..they've stood their ground..One of the most challenging tribes to attack..
an hour later..
We arrived..I could see the outline of the island on the horizon..It was getting bigger and bigger..
"Alright! stay low. Nadder's! Strafe the supply routes! Nightmare's! Block off any means off the Vikings reaching their weapon's cache. Try and get some sheep along the way! Gronckles! Stay behind and provide support for the Nadder's. Blow up as many stores as you can. We need to cut off their supplies. Zipplebacks! Search for and flush out the livestock! And most importantly don't screw up. and get caught..."I gave each one their respective order based on their species...Less casualties that way...
So far so good, each dragon doing with jobs well...Ah crap the catapults...
Banking right, I started my descent, folding my wings as close to my body as possible creating less drag. I immediately started building up a shot of plasma and fired as I neared the tower. I quickly spread out my wings and pulled out of the dive just in time to see a vibrant purple explosion and hearing the classic " Night Fury! get down". yep, that never gets old...
A few minutes passed and I managed to take out the 3 catapults in the northern part of the village and the 2 in the east...Now for the western one...
I climbed, increase my altitude with each beat of my wings and moments later repeated my usual pattern..bank, dive, fire, pull up. However, this time something felt off call it intuition but I felt something was about to happen..Just as I pulled out of the dive I felt something slam into me and wrap itself around myself and I fell till everything went black...
FURY
Everything hurt, but my tail was on fire...As far as I could tell I was still trapped, the ropes holding me still here around me...damn...but then i heard something or someone..
I felt a small pressure on my foreleg followed by a nasally voice saying something about bringing down a mighty beast...?wait...no...
I open my eyes and see a skinny human with his foot on me, I shove him off and let out a small warning growl...that just makes him grip his dagger tighter..great...
Guess I'm never gonna see my family again, never gonna hear the laughter of the children, never gonna be able to hear my parent's ' I love you's ' or anything...It saddened me to know that...But on the bright side, I didn't have to listen to that Imbecile again. Never gonna follow another order from here again!Ha take that bitch!
Well might as get this over with...i let out a moan which would've meant to tell him to kill me and that I surrender but humans...*sigh*. i lay me head down and wait for the darkness to come...and I wait...seconds pass and i'm still here...Seriously is this guy messing with me...but what I hear completely baffles me...The sound of ropes being cut, he was freeing me? Why? Maybe he's gonna bring me to his village and kill me in front of his people...yea..not gonna happen...
As the last rope is cut, I quickly jump and pin the boy onto a rock, underneath my paws.
He closed his eyes in surprise but when he opened them I saw emerald's staring back at me...reflecting what i felt just seconds ago...fear, pain, sadness, loneliness, desperation, disappointment...and acceptance...He really is willing to die...
Seconds passed and we stared into each other's eyes...I saw a boy, shunned by his people probably his family too...tht might explain his lack of...Vikingness...Although...NO!
I feel the adrenaline rush wear off and the pain in my tail return...It's his fault.I should end him right now but...I can'the spared me, it's not honorable to kill someone who spared you...The pain becomes worse...Ugh...A warning should suffice...
I rear my head back,take in a deep breath and let out an ear shattering roar..he's definitely gonna hear that in the mornin'... Good bye human...
Hiccup's POV
The dragon and I stared at each other for a while, don't get me wrong it was still angry...moments passed and I expected to be dead by now..Not that I cared, the village would probably celebrate my disappearance or death or whatever..Some life I have huh?
I closed my eyes, but it didn't last I felt the dragon shift, it's claws press into the rock and in turn my shoulders...Not a nice feeling mind you..I opened my eyes and saw the dragon take in a breath. Closing my eyes yet again I accepted my fate..
But nothing came, I opened my eyes again, turns out that wasn't such a great idea...As soon as I my eyes flew open I received one of the loudest roars I had ever heard...
As soon as it was over the Night Fury let go of me,turned and flew off, or at least it tried to. but, alas at this point I was too..how do I out this...mindblown to do much or even think about it..
Getting up, I turned around just as the world started spinning around...And I fell face first into the dirt..
2 hours later (Sponge-bob announcer LOL)
A/N: Just gonna skip to Hiccup reaching home. Too lazy to write more details..
Ninja skills don't fail me now..I had just arrived home after the umm 'Encounter' . Closing the door behind me, I noticed a large figure by the table...shit dad! Gotta be silent..I make my way silently up to stairs 'Almost there..-'
"Hiccup." Ah crap..here goes..Might as well tell him..
"Dad! Uh... I have to talk to you, Dad."
"I need to speak with you too, son." Could things get anymore awkward...
"I've decided I don't want..I think it's time you learn..to fight dragons"...Wow...I didn't get any of that..
"What?"We both say
"You go first." Nope might as well hear whatever he wants to tell me point in getting into another argument. "No, no, you go first."
Brace for it.."Alright. You get your wish. Dragon Training. You start in the morning." Huh that's not sooo ...WHAT!?
"Oh, man, I should've gone first! Uh, 'cause I was thinking, you know, we have a surplus of dragon-fighting Vikings, but do we have enough... bread-making Vikings, or small home repair Vikings-?" I was cut of mid-rant by dad giving me an axe...been a while since I was given anything by him..But I couldn't possibly do this, I just betrayed everything a Viking ever stood for..Don't want anything bad to happen..
"You'll need this." One more try to change his mind...Futile effort I know..
"I don't want to fight dragons."
"Come on. Yes, you do." Ha! he thinks he knows me..
"Rephrase: Dad, I can't kill dragons." Seriously, I was handed the chance on a silver platter..not really I just bumped into my hard-work lying there in a forest wrapped in rope..Better not say THAT out loud..
"But you will kill dragons." Yea...not gonna happen anytime soon.
"No, I'm really very extra sure that I won't."
"It's time, Hiccup." Great I didn't want to argue but Hel here we are!
"Can you not hear me?!" I sarcastically drawled out
"This is serious, son! When you carry this axe, you carry all of us with you. Which means you walk like us. You talk like us. You think like us. No more of... this." He just gestured to all of me..What is with everyone gesturing to all of me these days..
"You just gestured to all of me."
"Deal?" Gods...
"This conversation is feeling very one-sided." It's not feeling one sided..It IS one sided..
"DEAL?!" Harsh..
"Deal." Might as well go along with it...
"Good. Train hard. I'll be back. Probably."And with that he walked out, door slamming behind him...He's so INFURIATING sometimes.
"And I'll be here. Maybe." If I'm still alive!
the next day..
Retro's POV (Meh Y not?)
"Welcome to Dragon Training!" This is a kill ring?Makes sense...but where is the ring? All I see is a circular building-ditch-thing with chains on top...Ohh... I get it now...
"No turning back." no shit sherlock...
"I hope I get some serious burns!" Why would you want that?! It's painful! not to mention PERMANENT!
"I'm hoping for some mauling, like on my shoulder or lower back." Jeez what is with these people!
"Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it." Yea you'd say that! Honestly these folks are crazy..
A sarcastic agreement comes up from behind the teens.."Yeah, no kidding, right? Pain. Love it." At last someone with a little sense in them..
"Oh, great. Who let him in?" the with it..
"Let's get started! The recruit who does best will win the honor of killing his first dragon in front of the entire village." Some honor...
"Hiccup already killed a Night Fury, so, does that disqualify him or...?" Well for starters he didn't kill it he shot it...didn't die and you have a hole in your pants Snothead..
"Can I transfer to the class with the cool Vikings?" I'm not sure if there are any cool Vikings besides Hiccup here...Guess your already in it..dimwit..
"Don't worry. You're small and you're weak. That'll make you less of a target! They'll see you as sick or insane and go after the more Viking-like teens instead." Man sometimes Gobber is more of a father to the boy than his actual dad..i swear...But that was just rude...
"Behind these doors are just a few of the many species you will learn to fight! The Deadly Nadder!"
"Speed: eight; Armor: sixteen." hey look dragon nerd...( Don't worry im not a bully just stating the fact)
"The Hideous Zippleback!" Why is it hideous? Looks fine, if not cool...
"Plus eleven stealth times two." ...
"The Monstrous Nightmare!" now that's a nice name..
"Firepower: fifteen." getting annoying now...
"The Terrible Terror!" that's new...
"Attack: eight; Venom: twelve!" Shut up before I erase you from this book...
"CAN YOU STOP THAT?!" Thank you Gobber..."And... the Gronckle!"
"Jaw strength: eight." He whispered...Cheeky bastard...
Stopping at the final door he laid his meaty hand on the lever by it's side and..
"Whoa, whoa, wait! Aren't you gonna teach us first?!"Snotlout yelled in panic.
"I believe in learning on the job." I like this guy already...And with that he pulled down on the lever and a heavily armored dragon burst through..
"Today is about survival. If you get blasted... you're dead! Quick! What's the first thing you're going to need?" I don't know..I've never fought a dragon before..
"A doctor?!" that could work..
"Plus five speed?!" Uh..Sonic the Hedgehog?
"A shield!" Clash of Clans? That could work..
"Shields! Go! Your most important piece of equipment is your shield! If you must make a choice between a sword or a shield, take the shield!' Whoa video games are the right answer...Hear that kids!?
"Get your hands off my shield!" They were lying there you know...It's free for all...
"There's like a million shields!" She right... except on the count...
"Take that one, it has a flower on it. Girls like flowers."You did NOT just go there...
Ruffnut pulls the shield back and rams it into her brother thick head
"Oops, now this one has blood on it." I don't see anything on it...Never mind...
The Gronckle flies low and blasts the twins sending the shield flying and the twins dazed and confused...Eh, that's normal I guess..
"Tuffnut, Ruffnut, you're out!"
" What?" Like I said dazed and confused...
"Those shields are good for another thing: noise! Make lots of it to throw off a dragon's aim!" That's a really bad weakness to have...
The remaining teens bang their shields with their weapons save Hiccup...who decided not to be part of the action...cant blame him...
"All dragons have a limited number of shots. How many does a Gronckle have?" Well they are pretty fat...50?
"Five?" That can;t be right...
"No, six!" You can't be serious...
"Correct, six! That's one for each of you!" Wait whaaat? Guess nerdy-ness does come in handy..
Fishlegs in the middle of his victory dance gets hit by a shot from the dragon..Smarts don't count if you don't pay attention to your surroundings..
Noticing Hiccup trying to get out "Fishlegs, out. Hiccup, get in there!" Gobber sends him back into the fight after finally noticing the boy trying to sneak out.
meanwhile Snotlout tried flirting with Astrid but to no avail..
"So, anyway I'm moving into my parents' basement. You should come by sometime to work out. You look like you work out!" Still to busy talking he didn't notice the dragon shot at him till he was blown off his feet...idiot..
"Snotlout! You're done!"
"So, I guess it's just you and me, huh?
Pretty much all the teens except Hiccup and Astrid were left in the ring. Astrid doing all sorts of crazy evasive maneuvers whereas Hiccup...He well hid...in a way...
The dragon turned on the last two teens and shot.
"Nope, just you." Performing another somersault Astrid jumped out of the way. Whereas Hiccup, took the shot straight to the shield, knocking it away. He saw i rolling away ( Queue the Rick Roll song...)
"One shot left! Hiccup!" Gobber shouted in panic.
The dragon chased Hiccup and cornered him. Charging up it's last shot, Hiccup cringed and waited...Is this gonna be a frequent thing?...But at the last moment Gobber yanked the dragon away causing the shot to hit the wall right above Hiccup.
"And that's six! Go back to bed, ya overgrown sausage! You'll get another chance, don't you worry." He tossed the still flying dragon towards it';'s cage and sealed it shut. Turning towards his pupils he spoke "Remember: a dragon will always" Pausing he turned towards Hiccup who was still against the wall and continued"- always - go for the kill." Leaving a very confused Hiccup behind.
Well that's that...Originally planned on releasing this chapter yesterday but I didn't finish it in time due to work and me kinda being lazy so...yea...Sorry bout' that... Hope you enjoyed this chapter just a few left till the my plot takes over. Also, sorry Moon, I decided against using the name you , I will still use it in for one of the OC's or a new addition... :).Don't worry i'm still using Hiccup's...