A/N: Hey guys. The next chapter is finally here. I've made a few tweaks to the earlier chapters and a couple of rearrangements so you could read more and better. And for the first chapter, I'm making my point here that Hiccup wasn't proposing Astrid. I know it was obvious but I don't want to make anybody confused in future upcoming chapters.
Just so you know, this story is post sequel, so Hiccup's appearances is just like in the movie. Same goes for Astrid's character, she's no more cold and distant to Hiccup (but still finding the amusement in puncing him) and more intimate (and they are an official couple in the movie too- Oops, SPOILER). So does the other characters as well.
For those who are curious about Gobber's story in the previous chapter, it will be explained here (poor Gobber doesn't have a chance to tell it). So it's time for me to shut up and you guys to enjoy the story... Reviews are appreciated.
Bonus Disclaimer: I do not own any of the songs in the whole story nor quotes, but maybe I own some of the poems. And of course the plot and the story.
As the shining sun dismount at dusk
The crescent moon admonished its presence
A sight no soul ever view upon
The dazzling wind blew across the field
The legend arouse at its wake
Bringing a fettle to surcease
A demon ascended to the firmament
Sending fears through the hutment
As people's bodies turn rigid
The image became more vivid
The seas waft a gale
The empyrean colored itself scarlet
As fire painting the village red
And water taming the ignition
The chanting became clearer
As the creature came closer
'None shall surpass Thee'
'Wherefore Thou are the most powerful being'
'Shall Thou spare us'
'And we promise to worship Thee'
The night once again illicit
At the vanishing sight of the Shattering Thunderclap
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The ship was silent. No one moved. As Gobber finished his story everybody stared at him.
"Wow…" Tuffnut awed.
"Awesome…" Snotlout went along.
"Are you serious guys? Do you really believe that? No offense Gobber" I said unbelievably.
"None taken lad. I never believed it at first either" Gobber laughed.
"Is it… Real?" Asked Ruffnut.
"Well, duh… Of course it's real. If not, why would be even talking about it?" Tuffnut replied with annoyment.
"Have you ever seen it then?" Ruffnut getting irritated as well.
"Of course not, who do you think I am? Ragnar Lothbrok?" He answered while elbowing his twin sister.
"If you wanna fight let's wrestle" Ruffnut challenged.
"Bring it on…" Tuffnut accepted and went for the first move.
As the twins trying to beat each other senseless the others was still analyzing the information they've just obtained.
"Is it always like this?" Eret pointed to the twins who are reciprocating one another.
"No. It's usually worse" Gobber said.
"So Gobber. This, Shattering Thunderclap, thingy, is basically a dragon, right?" I asked, still intrigued by the tale.
"Aye lad. My father told me this story after that dragon raid. He said somethin' about seeing the dragon or whatnot"
"Soooo... Does anybody know what kind of dragon this is, or maybe its body structures, or anything?" I asked nervously, not wanting to sound doubting his story.
"I don' know lad. They just say it was some legendary dragon, even more than the Night Fury of yours, terrorizing the whole village and it suddenly disappeared"
"So nobody ever actually seen it?"
"Yep"
"Oookay then, i guess" I replied as Gobber went to the poop deck.
"Now everybody return to their positions. We have enough lollygagging for now"
Fishlegs went after Gobber to maneuver the boat. The twins separated and climbed the sails. Snotlout, well, he doesn't have a part from the start. And for Astrid and me, we've returned to our spot, accompanying each other.
"You seem a bit thoughtful" I broke the silence.
"Yeah. I'm thinking about Gobber's tale" Astrid replied while looking at the seemingly endless sea.
"Come on, you too? It's just a tale Astrid, an old legend. Why do you care about that?" I chuckled unnerved.
"I know, it's just, somehow that story is kind of familiar, I think I've heard it somewhere but forgotten it" Astrid rested her chin on her hand.
"Maybe your father told you about it once?" I became interested and curious.
"I don't know. Let's just forget about it. We have some time to make up for, you know" Astrid smiled mischievously.
"I get it. Come here you" I smiled back and grabbed her waist.
Her lips brushed with mine. It was so soft that always makes me never want to release her. But we broke the kiss at the end to breathe.
"Oo, that's unusual" Astrid smiled.
"What is?" I can never find that smile resistible.
"It's the second time you've made the first move" Astrid played with the braid she made on my hair.
"And it's the second time you let me do it" I kissed her nose.
"Of course I do, you're chief now" She giggled.
"Should I consider that a complement" I chuckled.
"Maybe. But let's just resume what we're doing" She grinned.
"After you milady"
We then continued in a passionate lip-lock.
Gobber's PoV
Those kids sure know how to pass time. I looked around as Eret was navigating the boat.
"Ehem..." I cleared my throat.
The two broke off and blushed crimson.
"Sorry Gobber. We were kinda carried off" He scratched his neck. Well, I guess some thing's never change.
"So... Where should we head to? Do you have a suggestion?" I looked at them again and found them still staring at each other. Really? After thirty minutes of make out session.
"Umm... How about we go explore the Itchy Armpit?" Hiccup asked.
"Itchy Armpit? What in Thor's name is that?" I gaped at him, wondering where that name came from.
"Well, when I was riding there with Toothless we discovered the islands and named it when I saw Toothless smelling his armpit. And it kinda got stuck" He laughed nervously.
Me and Astrid still staring at him. "Oooo-kay. So where is it?"
"It's at the far east of Berk, so I guess we should go right" He pinpointed the destination.
"It's settled then. Fishlegs, hard to starboard" I yelled.
The boat turned roughly and shook everybody on the boat.
"You don't need to be that hard you know" Hiccup complained sarcastically.
"I don't think that's from the boat" Fishlegs said frightened.
"What?" He replied.
"Up ahead" Eret shouted.
Hiccup's PoV
"It's a Scauldron" I told myself as the deck turned into chaos.
"Calm down everyone. Don't panic" Astrid calmed the others.
"Yeah. It's not like he's going to attack us" I sarcastically remarked. But i regretted that a moment later.
"Why do you even have to say that Hiccup" Astrid shouted while hiding behind the mast to dodge the Scauldron spit of boiling water.
"Well, sorry. You should have said that earlier" I retorted sardonically.
"It's no time to joke Hiccup. Lure 'em out of here" Gobber joined.
"Okay, okay" I lazily replied.
I quickly ran over to Toothless and secured myself on the saddle when Astrid suddenly climbed.
"What are you doing Astrid?" I asked surprised.
"I told you before to take me with you" She insisted and held onto me.
"Okay, but hold on tight" I smirked.
"Already doing it" She smirked back.
Subsequently, Toothless launched to the air like a rocket.
"Okay bud, how are we going to take down this thing?" I asked fervently.
"Wait! You're not going to just dissociate the dragon?" Astrid interfered.
"I guess I can't. With all the dragon attacks recently I'm beginning to doubt that he won't return, with friends" I said in hesitancy.
"Okay then, what's the plan?" Astrid asked softly between the winds.
Toothless gave a grunt and dived swiftly approaching the dragon.
Boom. As Toothless fired his plasma blast the Scauldron countered it. We repeated it a few times before changing plans, knowing the attack was futile.
"We'll never get him away from the boat this way" I protested.
"We need another dragon that could breathe fire long enough to burn and distract it" Astrid suggested.
"That might work. Let's call Snotlout" I maneuvered Toothless back to the boat.
"Snotlout. Get ready on your dragon" I yelled as I didn't saw him anywhere.
"Finally. I get to fight" Snotlout appeared out of nowhere pumped his fist.
"C'mon. We don't have time" I commanded as we ascend to the sky once again.
"Snotlout, you distract it while I'll blast him from the side" I ordered before we disappeared into the mist.
Snotlout's PoV
He's still the same as ever. I thought while riding Hookfang towards the aforementioned dragon.
"C'mon Hookfang. We have a dragon to take down" I yelled over excitedly and earned a grunt of agreement from my dragon.
We flew faster and faster as we approached the water dragon.
"Now Hookfang!" I yelled, commanding my dragon to attack, but it backfired as I startled the oh-so-obvious-not-innocent dragon below me. Hookfang sets himself on fire. How stupid is that? We're above seas that's covered with rocks everywhere and my dragon just decided to put himself on fire here?
"You idiot of a reptile" I yelled as I hopped off the dragon. I expected to feel cold water splashing me but instead I felt something scaly grabbed my arm.
"Toothless? HICCUP?" I overreacted because I was simply surprised.
"You know Snotlout, I don't think jumping from your dragon in the middle of the ocean is a pretty good idea" He said, sarcasm could be heard in the sentence.
"Haha, very funny Hiccup. Now let me back on my dragon" I ordered him, trying not to be at looked or sounded a bit thankful, which I did.
"Okay, if that's what you want then. Good thing Hookfang calmed fast" He flew over my dragon and dropped me.
"Now could you stick with the plan?" Hiccup said before disappearing again.
I always love to be in battles, but not like this. I feel like I'm a servant right now. "Got it. But once we take care of the dragon, you'll wish you never ordered me" I said tauntingly to the air.
"Tch- He must've left. That scaredy-cat. Okay Hookfang, Focus. We need to bring down that dragon. Or else we won't have place to sleep for the night" I said in a firm tone.
We rushed agaisnt the dragon and I let Hookfang release his fire breath. "Now Hookfang!" I said a little slowly remembering previous events.
He blew a sheet of fire to the Scauldron which was repelled. Fire and boiling water clashed. Both Hookfang and the Scauldron didn't want to lose. When suddenly, a familiar whistling sound came from the sky.
"NIGHT FURY!" I heard Gobber yelled. I still think that's pretty amusing since we've been in peace with dragon for over five years and yet he never could recognize Hiccup's dragon.
A sharp blow landed on the Scauldron's upper body. The black speck of the Night Fury soared to the sky again and returned in an incredible speed. Boom. It hit the Scauldron again. It happened for a few times before the dragon collapsed into the depths of the sea.
Hiccup's PoV
"We did it bud" I patted Toothless's head. And somebody behind me cleared her throat.
"Am I always going to be second from your dragon?" Astrid frowned, even though she feigned it rather nicely, I could tell.
"Awww, c'mon Astrid. It's just for a little while. We have the night for ourselves you know. I'm not going to ignore you then. I promise" I grinned mischievously.
"You better be, or I will punch you until you couldn't feel your shoulders anymore" She giggled while struggling to frown, which resulted in a failure.
"Now let's get back to the boat" I smiled at Astrid and yanked Toothless telling him to withdraw.
"That was quite a fight Hiccup" Gobber welcomed with a slightly amused face.
"Yeah, I guess the dragons becomes stronger as time goes"
"Oh well... What can we do about that. Now let's prepare to enter the islands of Itchy Armpit. It's going to be a bit tight" Gobber instructed.
"Why's that?" I asked curiously.
"There's a narrow opening for us to enter the archipelago lad. Maybe you didn't noticed when you flew over it" He explained before going to the back of the boat.
Why do I have a bad feeling about this passage? I thought while sweat was pouring all over me without me realizing.
"Is something bothering you Hiccup?" Astrid suddenly asked.
"No. Nothing. Why would anything bother me?" I chuckled nervously while rubbing the back of my neck sheepishly. Damn it's hard to get out of that habit.
She just stayed staring and glaring at me like that. Proving that she didn't believed me.
"Really Hiccup? I've been your girlfriend for over five years and you still think you could lie to me?" Astrid crossed her arms. I blushed at the word girlfriend. I never managed to not blush every time she say that word, even though we're dating for about, five years... And a half.
"No. Yes. Maybe" I sighed in defeat.
"I'll explain later, okay? I promise" I tried to smile genuinely but turned out to be a sad face.
"Okay. But you have to tell me if you feel unwell, okay? I don't want you to get sick" Astrid said with a face that says: I won't let anything happens to you and you know it.
"Yeah, alright" I finally be able to smile without faking it, seeing how she cares for me.
"But you're unusually affectionate and emotional today. Are you okay?" I teased.
And then a pretty expected sting of pain emerged from my shoulder.
"That's for complaining" She tried to frown again, which failed... Again. After that she moved closer and put her lips to mine.
"And that's, for noticing" She smiled.
"Living up the old days aren't we, huh?" I smiled back.
"Oh c'mon. Don't pretend like you don't miss it" She scowled playfully.
"Am not pretending" I grinned before claiming her lips with mine.
"And you're unusually possessive" She grinned.
"Maybe because of the sensual tension?" I laughed lightly.
"Oh shut up and kiss me" She said getting impatient.
And I gladly obeyed by putting a chaste kiss on her lips.
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The night grew darker
Silence enveloped the atmosphere
Howling for mercy returned
As the Shattering Thunderclap took back it's reign of power
"Fear is the accumulation of ignorance,
while superstition are effects of poverty
science" -Felix Y. Siauw
A/N: So... Whaddaya think guys? The chapter is good? Bad? Tell me in the reviews. Kind of interesting 'cause I left it mysterious isn't it? So basically the tale is about a legendary dragon which brings doom and disaster. Maybe the plot is kinda lame (well, not like the title of the story isn't crappy) but I ensure you it's not going to be like any fan fictions about legendary dragons (maybe a bit. Hey what's the matter with a little idea copying? Not stealing of course). And obviously with a lot of fluff (I couldn't make it very fluffy or it'll turn sappy) and their soon... You know the rest (I wont write it or it'll be spoiled).
And now's the time to appreciate the reviewers. Thanks to lorde, Vika, and Unbreakable warrior for the kind reviews. And SpecialK2010 with Girl Of Drama for following the story. Thanks very much guys... Keep on reading!