Hi again! thanks for reading this story, I hope you're enjoying yourselves on this adventure! Anyway here it is
The pale moon sat proudly, illuminating the night's sky that allowed the two night furys to blend in perfectly with the sombre tone.
Hiccup, sat on his dragon and closest friend Toothless, while Eric was positioned on Shimmer, a female night fury in which he had quickly befriended on their first mission. "Are you ready bud?" Hiccup asked underneath the black leather mask he had designed, covering his freckled 16 year old face, Toothless grumbled unsure about his rider's most recent idea. "Toothless it'll be fine!" The boy ensured, placing his hands through the loops on his dusky armour that was sewn together by the lifeless night fury scales Hiccup had collected over the years.
"Ok this is by far the craziest break through you've had!" Eric laughed guiding Shimmer gracefully around the duo, he was draped in the usual dragon rider uniform, a simple black coat that kept their identities hidden.
"Hey this might just be crazy enough to work!" Hiccup told his friend, Eric didn't bother to argue, in the 11 years they had known each other not once had he been able to talk Hiccup out of his bizzare ideas.
"Your Mom is not gonna like this!" Eric reminded as they flew over Dragon rider island, a thriving city covered in huts and stables.
"My Mom isn't going find out!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
And with that Hiccup jumped from Toothless's saddle, extending his arms, revealing a fully functional flight suit, that the wind easily picked up allowing his nimble body to glide gently.
Toothless stuck close to his rider, ready to grab him if needed, Eric also flew Shimmer underneath his best friend, just in case this 'genius' plan failed miserabaly. "Hiccup if you keep insisting on trying out these dangerous ideas you're going lose your other eye!" Eric warned, reminding Hiccup of the fact he only had one.
The empty socket had been covered over with a pirate-like eye patch, in which the teenagers had began to grow fond of. "Pssh you worry to much!" Hiccup called out enjoying the gentle breeze as it entered his mask, making his good eye water in an enjoyable way.
"Ok you've had your fun, we have to get back to the city, dinner's starting soon!" The less daring boy sighed, running a hand through his unkept blonde hair.
"Fine" Hiccup mumbled whistling a low key sound that informed Toothless it was time to grab him. The dragon happily swooped under, allowing the boy to land swiftly on his neck. Toothless crooned delighted that this nightmare of a plan was over, "Oh come on you big baby it wasn't that bad" he teased to his companion as they turned around, Toothless growled slapping Hiccup across the face with his ear.
"Hey!" Hiccup laughed playfully pushing the dragon's head, Toothless, getting over his tantrum laughed along reaching up to lick his beloved rider. The two boys landed outside the dining hall, leaving the dragons in the feeding pens for them to have their own dinner, "I wonder what mission we have assigned?" Eric asked eagerly as they pushed the large wooden doors, entering the building that contained each rider, already seated and staring at Stian, the leader of the legion, who had begun the mission assignments.
"Ahh nice of you boys to show up" Stian called from his place at the front, "U-uh sorry Stian!" Eric stuttered nervously before pulling Hiccup, who was stiffling a laugh, towards their seats.
The two friends sat down at a table, consisting of Hiccup's mother, Ingrid, Nia and Karl, the group that held some of Hiccup and Eric's closest allies. Valka sent a disaproving look Hiccup's way, "where on earth have you been?" She whispered, Hiccup chuckled "relax Mom we just took the dragons for a perfectly safe flight around the island" he lied placing his feet effortlessly on the large table.
"Safe? Hiccup with you and Eric nothing is ever safe!" Ingrid interfered flicking her shoulder length chestnust hair behind her, "well tonight was different? Right Eric?" He asked looking to his friend for support. Eric rolled his eyes, trying to stay focused on the announcements, Ingrid gave Hiccup a smug look, as they both engaged into an intense stare off. "Hiccup and Eric, your mission is a simple search and observation task" Stian began, causing the two teenagers to break their glare off, as Hiccup turned his head, beaming excitedly. "Your job will be to track down a nest that has been rumoured to contain a vicious queen, once found you will observe it, learning as much as you can, before reporting back here so we can plan to free the dragons from her control" the bulky man stated, stroking his black beard that had been pulled into a messy Viking braid.
Hiccup and Eric both looked at each other, grinning slightly as they waited for the rest of the details, "The island that the nest is close to is very dangerous for dragons, the Vikings aren't very fond of them, that's why I'm sending you two, you should able to get in swiftly without being captured. So on that note your island is called Berk." As soon as the word slippped out of the man's mouth Hiccup felt his head spin, the world began to fall a apart in front of his very eyes. As the colour from his face, he felt himself come in contact with the floor, the sound of concerned Vikings rushing around him was the last thing he heard before he allowed the darkness to take him.
"where is she!" The vicious voice yelled, as the Viking held his only son down with one heavy foot, pointing a large steel axe towards the boy's head. "I said where is she!" He continued to threaten, his colossal red beard, now greying slightly, blew in the breeze that had formed behind them. Hiccup shook his head violently, he wouldn't give in, he couldn't give in, Stoick, the man Hiccup had once looked up to, pulled away from the boy, ordering other Vikings to restrain him. The teenager began to struggle and scream when his father approached his beloved night fury, that was tightly by a net, half-concious. "Please no!" Hiccup cried out, tears streaming down his bloody face. Stoick ignored the child, raising his axe above his head, bringing it down with such force that it took Toothless's head clean off. Hiccup felt a pain begin to brew in his heart, as if it had snapped them and there, "No! Toothless.." He sobbed dropping to his knees, pulling the lifeless body into an embrace. To distracted by the death of his best friend to notice the figure that stood behind him, ready to strike. "Nighty, Night" the man laughed in a raspy, demonic voice before slashing his only son to shreds.
"Hiccup!" A voice screamed dragging him out of his hellish nightmare and back into reality, the boy shot up from his sleep and stared around the room, he was in the hut he shared with Eric. He looked around desperately, before spotting Toothless planted at his side nudging him affectionately, he pulled the dragon into a long hug, burying his face into it's skin just as he had done when he was young.
"You were screaming" Eric's gentle voice shook a little as he placed a supportive hand on Hiccup's sweating back, "I can't go back.." Hiccup mumble pulling away from the dragon to look at his friend. Eric nodded, he was the only one that knew of Hiccup and Valka's past, "I understand, but Stian wont let you stay, he said as soon as you wake up we're heading out" the boy choked rubbing small circles across the green tunic covering Hiccup, "what if he's angry?" He asked Eric sincerely, "we wont speak to him, that's not our job, we just need to fly over the island withoiy being seen."
Hiccup nodded
"How's my Mom handling this?"
"Not well, she's currently yelling at Stian"
Hiccup sighed, "we'd better leave soon then"
Eric turned his head shocked "are you sure?"
"As sure as I'll ever be"
And with that, the boys jumped on their night furys and took off, mysterious as always. They flew the dragons towards the horizen, unsure of what adventures awaited them beyond it.
