x Hiccup x

Hiccup was slowly became aware of a very sharp pain in his head. He tried to move but regretted it instantly. Pain shot through his head. It hurt a lot, but it was strange. For some reason he couldn't remember why his head hurt so bad. He didn't remember falling or tripping on anything. He tried thinking back but he couldn't seem to remember. It was all very fuzzy.

He lay there for a few minutes. Hiccup couldn't move too much; the pain in his head made sure of that. So he opened his eyes to look around. The sky was overcast, and he was able to make out a bright spot in the sky straight ahead. Hiccup assumed it must be about midday. How long have I been out? He wondered, since he still couldn't remember how or when he got here.

Even though it hurt he turned his head to the left. He wanted to get a better look at his surroundings. It seemed he was on a small patch of ground that was considerably bare. There were a few patches of grass here and there, but the ground was mostly packed dirt. A forest was about three feet away from his current position.

He turned his head to the right. There was a small patch of burnt ground near by. Hiccup wondered what could have made that. He pushed the thought from his mind for now. From what he could see the ground dropped off not far from here. He must been on a cliff or hill.

After just laying there for a few minutes, Hiccup decided he should probably get up. He couldn't lay here all day. It didn't look like there was anyone nearby so it might take forever, if ever, for help to reach him. Hiccup painfully pushed himself up into a sitting position. The pain in his head wasn't too bad at the moment, so he stood up. Once he stood up, he became aware of a consistent throbbing pain in his right leg.

He looked down to see how bad the damage was. As he looked down, Hiccup had the weirdest sensation. It was like he knew to expect it, but he it still surprised him to see the prosthetic leg. Why he had a prosthetic leg in the first place he had no clue, but he was starting to find it very odd that he couldn't seem to remember anything about himself.

Thankfully, his other leg wasn't so bad off. His boot was gone and his leg had some pretty nasty scratches. He put some pressure on it to make sure it wasn't broken or sprained. The leg throbbed painfully, but that was about it. He looked around and saw his boot about a foot away. He limped slightly over to it and slipped it on.

Then Hiccup headed for the forest. He decided he should look for a trail of some sort to follow. About the time he reached the forest he became aware of a faint whooshing sound coming from behind him.

As he turned around he gasped. A dragon was just flying up from behind the cliff. It was black as night and it eyes darted back and forth like it was searching for something. He couldn't believe it. If there was one thing Hiccup could remember it was that dragons were creatures you avoided at all cost, especially if you're Hiccup.

The dragon landed in the middle of the clearing and dropped something from his mouth onto the ground. Hiccup looked closer and saw that it was a pile of fish. The dragon was looking around trying to find something. Then his eyes landed on Hiccup. He almost seemed to smile, but to Hiccup it looked as if he had just found dinner.

He looked at the dragon one last time. Something didn't feel right. There seemed to be something different about this dragon. He wished he had more time to think about it, but the dragon started bounding over toward him. It took Hiccup's brain a second to kick into gear. Once it did, he took off into the trees behind him as fast as he could.

He had to get as far away from the dragon as he could. Hiccup could hear the dragon crashing through the forest behind him. The dragon seemed to be getting closer and closer. Hiccup wondered if the dragon would catch him. He hoped not. That dragon would probably tear him limb from limb if he got the chance.

It felt like Hiccup had been running from the dragon for ages, even though it had only been a minute or two. Hiccup noticed the trees were starting to get denser as he kept going. He could now hear the dragon struggling to keep up. Finally it got to where Hiccup could just barely run in between the trees. He couldn't hardly hear the dragon anymore.

Cautiously, he slowed down. He stayed tensed, waiting for an attack that didn't come. Slowly, he turned around to see what happened to the dragon. Hiccup started in surprise when he realized the dragon wasn't that far behind him. The dragon was just beyond a thick pack of trees pacing. It roared in what he assumed was frustration then shot a fireball into the sky. The trees were lit with a bright blue light for a second.

Hiccup was glad the trees were very hard to maneuver through from here to there, and that dragon was too large to get through successfully. Hiccup, who was leaned against a tree to catch his breath, sighed in relief. He was glad that was over for the moment. He looked back over to the dragon.

It had went from pacing to just sitting there, staring at Hiccup with a look of curiosity and a hint of sadness, almost like he couldn't believe he had just run from him. The look unnerved Hiccup. It gave him a sense of deja vu. For a second he felt like he had been in a similar situation before. But that couldn't be. Why would I be near dragons?! Hiccup thought to himself. It was starting to drive him nuts, not being able to remember anything. "Aaagghhh! I'm so confused!" He exclaimed out loud.

He sat down and leaned against the tree. He was so frustrated and confused now. He had no idea where he was or why he was here. It was starting to get to him. He couldn't think straight anymore.

He sat there against the tree for a few minutes. There was a cool breeze blowing through, and it helped calm him down. Once he had calmed down he got up.

He knew he needed to get out of this forest and away from that dragon which was still sitting there staring at him. He set off purposefully through the forest. He looked behind himself every few minutes, but the dragon didn't seem to move from the spot at all. Hiccup guessed he decided to give up the chase. At least he hoped.

After hours of walking, Hiccup finally reached a dirt road that looked as if it was used often. He would have shouted in relief if he hadn't been so exhausted. It was about dusk by now and starting to get dark. Hiccup didn't want to be out in strange lands at night it he could help it. So, even though he was dead tired he started down the road.

About half an hour passed and he still hadn't found a village or house to spend the night. He decided to just spend the night in the forest. He traveled a little ways into the forest. After a few minutes he heard a babbling brook in the distance, and he headed toward it. Hiccup found a nice tree to sleep under, and gathered some nice soft grass for bedding. He spread it across the ground. Then he curled up and fell into a fitful sleep.