Hey guys, you know how I said this would officially start in December! well.. uhh. About that. I kinda thought Flashed Back would be done by now. But it's uhh.. Not. However, due to a guests recent review I remembered that I should at least tell you I haven't given up on this story, it's just not got much going for it until Flashed Back is done. Which will probably take a few more months, (knowing me, years) But regardless, I sat down and forced myself to write another chapter of this, Sorry flashed back fans... I sacrificed that story time for this... Anyway. Thanks. Oh and, from now on, to reduce my immensely over sized Authors notes. I'm responding Via PM's now. But guests who review. I still thank you all. And your no less important to me.

Anyway. The second chapter is here. And probably terrible, But hey, I am trying to add a crap ton of plot in this chapter... So..

A Dark Secret

Hiccup walks into school for what feels like the billionth time in forever. Gods he hates School. Why couldn't it just disappear. One might say anarchy and stupid people. But hey! He could… begrudgingly accept that. Or just yell some shit about indoctrination in the system telling people they need school. (All he needs then is a tin-foil hat). Anyway, He forces himself to stumble into the courtyard and towards his homeroom. Because, come on, what genius decided that they needed homeroom anyway. Couldn't they just head to their first class straight up?

Stupid education system.

His homeroom is completely devoid of friends. And has been for all his other years. Probably because he only has five friends. He avoids the death glares he gets from everyone and pays attention to the teacher. Nicknamed "Hoark"

"Alright any notices any notices… Anyone here in netball? No… I should know this by now… umm. Badminton no… Uh, okay, Basketball players there's a meeting at lunch next Wednesday, Be there."

He says like they're actually going to remember a week from now. There's a few grunts of acknowledgment from nearby, or what is presumed as such. Wait... It's Wednesday? Then why does it feel as hated as a Monday? Then again every school day is hated... Hiccup doesn't get to ponder this anymore as the bell that sounds like a dying cat being taught music lessons in a garbage bin goes off. The tinny sounding siren drags him from his chair and to his first class. Wood Tech.

He kind of likes wood tech, kind of reminds him of engineering. And he was bored and building things is just his way of creating so why not learn how to be competent with making things. There aren't many people that do woodwork, however, he did get a friend in this one. Fishlegs. Which made this class more normal and bearable.

Hiccup likes to think he is normal. For their town anyway. Not very popular but not a complete loner either. Despite how much it feels like it sometimes. He hates school like most of the school populace. And dreams of home, However, you see. He used to go out exploring once he got home. Despite his father's strict protests. But the truth with Hiccup is. He wasn't just exploring, he was always searching for something. He knows that Berk is definitely not all that it seems. Because Hiccup, Since his mother went missing the the area. (I mean, it's a small island, where could anyone possibly hide? or go missing?) Hiccup had been searching for any clues of this. But that's not all. When he was merely five. He found something that has plagued him ever since. He thinks he's found the answer. And in the twelve years he's been having nightmares about it. He still doesn't have the guts to go back and find out for sure.

Hiccup was five, adventurous, and confident he would find his mother out in those woods. She's probably been stuck for the last four years… In… A cave or something, and he's going, rope and all, to go help her. However, standing in the way of Hiccup and his heroic feats was none other than his father.

'Hiccup, where are you going?'

His father begins from the kitchen table as Hiccup opens the front door. He's been opening doors for about two years now, he's so clever! His father brushed it off like it was normal. But he's a grown up, he doesn't understand. He realizes he should speak because his dad talked to him.

'uhh. Outside, to play.'

He lied, To bad for him he's a terrible liar, His dad could see the rope. And Hiccup was figuratively running out of... Rope.

'Hiccup. That's not the back door. Don't tell me you were thinking of going into the woods.'

Hiccup simply nodded, but spoke in his defense.

'Mummy is out there. And I'm going to find her! And then we can be happy again!'

He says putting his hands on his hips akin to that of a superhero. His father sighs with a resigned smile. But it quickly fades as he tries to comfort his son.

'Hiccup, It's been four years. I… I know what it's like to miss her. But running out there to find her in the forest, alone. Is dangerous work. She went missing a while ago… If she was coming back… She would be back by now.'

Stoic tried, but he and his son never really spoke well to each other with words. Hiccup was stubborn as ever.

'You don't know that, she could be stuck! And I brought a rope. And you could come with me to make sure it's safe!'

He said trying to convince his father. His father sighed again, now holding back tears.

'Hiccup. The entire police department went looking for her. And they didn't find her. And I have a lot of paperwork so I can't possibly go with you. Hiccup. I'm sorry but it's just you and me now. Please underst-'

Hiccup, the five year old that he was, didn't get his fathers complete lack of trust in him, and he took it personally.

'You don't think I could find her… And… And you've given up... '

Hiccup accused. Stoic gave a sad laugh while continuing.

'A small part of me hopes that she'll return, but you have to get your head out of the clouds. Chances are… She's not here anymore, and the sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll stop trying to put yourself in danger by going out there.'

Hiccup sniffed his tears up, not believing a word of it. Went to the door again but his father literally stood in his way this time and with a more stern voice repeated.

'Hiccup, you are not going out the front.'

He began and Hiccup sighed in defeat. He could never win an argument with a grown up, it was so unfair. He changed tactics, he then sighed in defeat and said.

'Can I go out the back then?'

Stoic raised a brow at this change of attitude but complied none the less. They made their way to the backyard and once Hiccup was out the back Stoick checked that the side gates were padlocked so he couldn't sneak out to the front and then went back inside. Hiccup wouldn't be able to break those padlocks unless he had a key.

Hiccup, in all his cleverness and brilliance... Didn't... have the key. However, he had his brain. Even now he knew it was above the others who wanted to do nothing more then play with train sets and toys. Don't get him wrong, train sets and toys were awesome. But there was something missing when he talked to them… He didn't know what it was. But now wasn't the time to ponder his complete superiority to his cousin specifically, so he put his smart brain to use and devised a perfect plan inspired form Dora the explorer. What? It was on… and he was bored. Don't tell Snotlout.

He looked at the towering fence with a tree pouring over the top of it… Okay, average sized fence but to a five year old it was massive. And he sung the little chant in his head.

'I can't go under it I can't go over it I'll have to go through it!'

Okay, he couldn't go through it, and he highly doubted he'd be able to dig under it in time. But it he could find a ladder… Aha! In the shed. Which was… Locked by a key. He deflated. And turned to go back inside because his plan was thwarted and there, to his surprise, leaning up against the wall was the ladder. His father was doing work on the veranda yesterday and forgot to put it away! Just his luck.

He put the ladder near the fence with a bit of difficulty due to it's size and his strength. And then climbed it as carefully as he could. Once he was up the fence he realized there was a problem. How was he going to get down the other side? Oh. Duh. There was a tree. He can climb trees. He stepped onto the twig of a branch and watched as it just bent to his weight, he retracted and then looked for a bigger branch. He found one, but he'd have to jump.

Hiccup took a big breath, calmed his nerves. And leaped for the bigger branch. Success! he grabbed onto a higher branch to steady his landing. And then guided himself to the trunk, and made it down to a safe distance to jump out. He nearly stacked the landing but otherwise was unscathed. And now he could go into the woods. He forgot the rope but he would just run home and tell his father, who would believe him if he did. Because Hiccup doesn't lie... about stuff like that. Not that he's a good liar anyway. And then they'd save her and there wouldn't be this void between himself and his father.

He looked everywhere, okay, not everywhere, the woods covered a good half of the island. the other half was a city. or part of. The city covered multiple islands. He would of been lost had it not been for the very tall mountain as a landmark. All he had to do was navigate around it, or head towards it and he'd find civilisation.

However, it was getting late and he had checked everywhere his brain could muster. Was it hopeless? Was his father right? Apparently, something disagreed with him because his next step lead him to trip over a not so soft underbrush. He scrambled on the ground for a few seconds before he returned to his feet. It was… A trapdoor? Made of wood. he quickly bent down and rubbed off the moss leaves and dirt that covered it.

Hiccup may of only been five, but he could read. However, the markings on this door were completely unlike anything he'd ever seen, he recognized what looked like a few letters from his language... or something, but the rest just looked like… Dancing trees. He couldn't read it so he looked at the picture, and there was a picture of a dragon… faded but visible. It was curling around mid-flight and looked to be missing a fin at the back… Maybe the paint of that came off. When he tried to lift the old wood door up the weakened door came right off. Well, a plank of it did. This was a really old trapdoor. He removed the rest to the best of his ability and looked into the hole. There was a ladder leading into darkness.

He sucked in, and dispelled his fears with the hopes his mother was down here. And he went in... The place was dark... But not unseeable. There were cracks and holes in the ceiling everywhere. Spilling in light from the outside world. But the whole place was… Empty. old, abandoned. This mustn't be where his mum is, But it was worth the exploration.

He looked around the walls. There were pictures everywhere. along with the strange writing, it looked like a battle of some kind. He'd seen some kids movies and they had fights. But this one was much bigger. There was a picture of the same dragon on the trapdoor there. Next to it was a man whom Hiccup saw wore a mask and a suit of some kind. Was he a superhero? He looked around and in the middle of this ancient room was a book on a pedestal. He walked up to the book and opened it. He saw the same language. Maybe it was a spell book, could he make dragons appear or something with it? The book was filled with pages of different dragons. He would get a better look at that later…

Because Hiccup saw a door. This one looked a lot bigger and a lot heavier. However when Hiccup pushed on the door it came right open. And he was met with a giant cave. a very rocky cave. There was a small waterfall from the surface somewhere spilling onto a lake near the back of a cave. With a few rays of light from the surface making it possible to see. in the middle, curled around one of the rocks. Was a breathing black mass.

Hiccup resisted the urge to scream. There, in the middle of this rocky cave… Was a dragon. He was scared to his wits end. But then he realized… Maybe this dragon was just stuck in this cave, Unable to escape. His mother would want him to let it go… Right? He walked up to the black dragon slowly and carefully. It had it's eyes closed and was clutching a stone of some sort. However he tripped and kicked a small pebble that bounced off of another rock filling the cave with and echo until it plopped into the lake with a splash… And then the steady breathing of the cave stopped. Hiccup turned back around to the dragon only to have two green eyes staring back at him.

Hiccup froze. The dragon may of been stuck, but it did not look old. Or weak, If anything, It looked… Hungry. He backed up a bit, but the dragon followed him, He was going to be eaten by a dragon!... But the dragon didn't attack, it just looked at him with round eyes that Hiccup would have to admit looked pretty cute. It looked rather… expectant… But he didn't know what it wanted. He spoke with his shaky voice.

'Nice… Dragon.'

The dragon seemed to recognize something, be it his voice, his stature… Just his hiccup-y self. The dragon roared. Not at him, at the cave. And then looked back at him as if he should be proud. But Hiccup was scared by the loud noise. and all of a sudden wanted to be home again. That's when he noticed. Some of the rocks… They were… Glowing?

But then he realized they weren't rocks at all. They were eggs. Dragon, eggs. He backed up to the door but the black dragon followed him. And soon all of the eggs were glowing. he backed up to the entrance just in time for them to start hatching, wait, exploding.

With explosion after explosion going off. Hiccup realized all too suddenly that he didn't want to do this. He wanted his normal life back. This cave was too scary for a kid like him. He wasn't a brave adventurer. More like a lost kid searching for his mother. But by the time he had realized this. There was a small army of baby dragons looking at him.

Hiccup gulped as the black dragon barked happily. Hiccup took two steps backwards, Ready to get out of there. The black dragon took a look at his face, and it's happy expression fell. Hiccup soon dashed out the doors.

The black dragon was quick and it followed him. The rest of the dragons did the same. He managed to close the door only after a few ran by. Without them knowing how to fly yet, Hiccup had the advantage, but he hadn't known that because he was crying and screaming, The big black dragon looked perplexed and was calming the younger ones down while looking at Hiccup as if he was the one out of place.

Hiccup climbed the ladder faster than anything he ever knew and tried to put the planks back on, but the black dragon jumped through them with ease. Hiccup was sure he'd be eaten now. And just ran towards home, Still crying. The black dragon contemplated going after him, but when he heard the cries of baby dragons. Those that couldn't fly. Knew he wasn't chasing any Hiccups today.

And that's when Hiccup had known that not everything can be explained. It had been twelve years. Why didn't the dragon come after him? He had laid awake that first night terrified, his father was concerned but at the same time thought it was a blessing that his son barely wanted to step outside let alone go into the woods. Hiccup had eventually passed it off as a dream but deep down he knew he was only fooling himself. He had eventually got the courage to go back into the woods, but it's not something he likes doing.

So when his wood tech class decided they would be testing their newly made catapults in the woods. (Their teacher thought his joke about testing their woodwork int he woods was hilarious) Hiccup couldn't help but cringe.

Whats with me and intricate story-lines? I mean... This one is huge, I got two pages of notes on it. Flashed back was kind of me making it up as it goes along with a few basic things that would happen. This... This one is very planned. So. Lets see how it goes. (This story has my all time favorite first chapter. I mean that intro was gold amiright?)

And this is probably my least favorite second chapter IMO...

And before anyone points it out. Yes, I'm aware Gobber is also missing a leg. Thats coming into it soon, it was on purpose XD

And yes, That is Toothless. Who, for the sake of the plot lives for thousands upon thousands of years...

No more spoilers. so shh.

And yes, shameless into the woods reference there.

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Cya :P