Note: the dragon mentioned in the last chapter is not going to be toothless' character. Yes toothless will be in this and play and very important part he just does not show up until the fifth, six, or seventh chapter (or something like that I haven't written quite that far) same with Astrid. She and shipping play a role…just deeper into the story. Electricity is mentioned, it was invented and being installed in America, by 1910, the story is set a little ahead of that so let's just assume they have it.
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Or, if there were a sympathy in choice,
War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it
, Making it momentary as a sound,
Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,
Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,
And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!'
The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion
~A Midsummer's Night's Dream, William Shakespeare
Hiccup's legs give way beneath him and he sunk to the floor creating a puddle of rainwater and muck beneath him. He rubs his temple pounding slightly from the fall. He lifted up his leg water dripping off of it onto the tile floor. His father would yell at him for dragging water into the house. Oh well his father would be in city council meetings until late tonight. He'd have time to clean it up later. The dark parlor spreads out in front of him the dark furniture on lit by the occasional flash of lightning though the white light does look beautiful dancing across his great-great grandmother's china. The sitting room is down the hall with the radio that had been broken since last October the oak furniture was slightly more cheerful. Antiques from both sides of the family crowded the formal parlor, dark cherry like staircase.
Hiccup reached inside his vest pocket. The business card was dampened, some of the ink smeared but luckily still readable and not much worse for wear. His books and drawings were thoroughly soaked though. He'd have to leave them out to dry tonight and pray they were not completely destroyed. That wasn't likely. And the idea of telling his father that he would have to pay for new books at the end of the year was none to pleasing either. He glances back at the card, "Well today wasn't and utterly completely awful." Lightning hits again blindingly brighter. The darkness after brings haunting flashes of red scales and seven inch fangs. He shudders.
Hiccup shakes the thoughts from his head then sighs picking himself off the ground. He needed dry clothes. He hobbles over to the winding staircase opposite the parlor. The stairs freshly waxed by the maid. Hiccup peers up as lightning strikes again lighting the two floors that spiral above. He used to slide down this banister as a child. He climbs to the second floor. Hiccup's bedroom is the fourth at the end of the hall. He closes the door behind him and collapses in the center of the floor.
Hiccup shuts his eyes content to sleep for a moment and leave the water mess be. After a few minutes the chilled air of the house causes him to shiver. Dry clothes. He pushes himself off the ground and shuffles over to his closet and pulls out a t-shirt and a pair of plaid wool pants. He walks down the hall to the water closet to hang the wet garments over the tub to dry.
His hand twists on the slippery brass handle. Throwing his weight up against the door it budges open. The intricate stained glass window lets in nearly no light. Shadow drapes across all but a single strand of light that passes over the sink. Hiccup fiddles for the light switch next to the door frame. His finger flips it. Nothing. "Great the electricity is out." He takes a step into the room, and pulls some clothes pins out of a drawer. He fingers through the darkness for the shower curtain and pushes it to one side. He reaches up to clip the clothes to the shower curtain.
Lightning flashes. The room brightens for an instant. A red brown serpentine creature sits perched in the bathtub. Hiccup throws himself back against the mirror. His chest begins to heave and his hands grasp hard to the edge of the sink. The creature eyes him and crawls nimbly from the tub. It's more than twenty feet long with a snake like body, four legs and has two small wings protruding from its side. It stands up on its two back legs leveling its face with Hiccup's. Hiccup's breaths freeze in his lungs. The creature kinks its head eyeing him up and down, sniffing him intermittently. Hiccup's right hand searches for the glass toothbrush holder. Suddenly the creature dives. Hiccup ducks quickly letting it crash head first into the mirror shattering it, the contents of the medicine cabinet behind it roll onto the floor. Hiccup rushes out of the way behind the creature. The creature shakes the excess pieces of glass off its head and reels around. Hiccup hurls the toothbrush holder at it striking it square in the face. The creature staggers back hitting the wall next to the door crashing into a large picture frame which also collapses onto its head. The creature crashes to the floor. Hiccup's face lights up, for a moment the creature does not stir. Thunder crashes like a mountainous drum louder than anything Hiccup had ever heard before as though death itself were playing it. It rattles the windows and the floor boards. The creatures head pops up and throws off the painting. It's eyes slits.
Hiccup hasn't killed the beast. He's made it livid. Once again his chest begins to heave.
The creature pounces teeth bared. Hiccup once again ducks. It crashes into the bathtub knocking it over. It jumps from there onto the curtain rod above. Hiccup dives backward, smacking up against the wall between the sink and the cabinets. Frantically he looks around for something to arm himself with. But there's nothing. And it's too late. The beast hurls itself off the shower curtain across the room. The force strikes Hiccup forcing his head to bang against the wall. Its talons dig deeply into his shoulders and forearms. Hiccup can no longer breathe. Part of his mind screams he's hallucinating. Hallucinations don't throw you up against walls.
The creature stands back up on its back legs. A smile quivers across its lips. It isn't going to kill me it wants to play with me first. The horrific recognition spreads across Hiccup's face, eyes as wide as dinner plates. The beast pitches him across the room his body crashing into the wall right below the stain glass window. Hiccup wheezes finally breathing his ribs sting. His vision blurs. The creature skitters along the floor pressing its face directly into Hiccup's grinning evil as it stares him in the eye. Wanting his prey to fidget one last moment before its death. The dragon's weight bears down on his torso. Hiccup begins to choke finally heaves and coughs up blood all into the dragons face. The creature bounces back scraping off the disgusting liquid with its paws. Hiccup blinks attempting to stay awake. But once again it's no use. His head rolls to the side and his eyelids linger closed.
The dragon snorts, clearing the rest of the blood from its nose. It shakes its head back and forth in disgust. It looks back up at its prey. A smile forms on its lips revealing venomous teeth. A loud bang comes from the floor making the creature perk up. "HICCUP WHAT IS THIS MESS." The sounds of the pounding feet warn the dragon of the impending massive creature. Panic stricken it darts back and forth. It grips the side of the door frame with its claws peering around for a way out. But Stoick the Vast has already reached the top of the stairs. It dives back inside frantic as a kitten in the path of a tsunami for a place to hide. The increased tapping of rain against the window alerts it. In a single leap it dashes through the magnificent stain glass and out into the fury of the night and storm.
A few moments later a huge form crowds the door frame to the second story bathroom. "Oh my God," He breathes.
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GASPETH. If you thought that was amazing you better review D if you thought it was terrible will you please review and tell me why. I'm extremely excited about writing chapter 4 but sadly it must wait till Wednesday. We learn the details of Hiccup's mother's death and a bunch of other stuffs though so say tuned.
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