Chapter 4 Everything changed

Just so you know, school starts again this week and summer for me is over. So I can't write as often as usually do. But I will try writing when I have time.

New chapter yay! This chapter contains Hiccstrid. Hope you enjoy and please review :)

Hours can feel like years. Years can feel like centuries. Nightclaw felt he was out for years but he was only out for hours.

Hours passed after Nightclaw fell and passed out. But slowly he opened his eyes. Everything was…different somehow. And even weirder, he felt different. Nightclaw's vision started to clear. He was in a forest.

He wanted to get up on his feet. But when he got on all four, well he collapsed. `What the?´ He thought. He didn't feel strong at all. He sat down and looked at himself. Skin, two legs, hair, no wings, no claws and no tail. The former dragon felt terrified of what he saw, but he needed a better proof. Nightclaw carefully crawled towards a puddle to see his reflection. On the inside, he was scared to see the reflection. He was never usually afraid of his own reflection, but now…

When he finally got courage to look in the water, the former night fury saw the reflection of a human, or a Viking. Nightclaw froze where he stood. He tried to call for other dragons, but somehow he couldn't.

That scared him the most, he couldn't speak dragon language anymore, and he didn't know human speech. Nightclaw felt helpless now.

He was helpless, lost and terrified of what happened. Nightclaw looked at himself once more. Before, he was a powerful Night fury that ruled the sky, and now "this".

Nightclaw leaned himself to a rock, looking on the ground, sad.

Meanwhile, not far away

A blonde Viking was there and threw her axe it the trees. "Take that dragon!" she yelled when the axe hit the tree. She got her axe again, and threw it in another tree. But when she threw the axe third time, it flew longer then she expected. "Where did it go?" she asked to herself.

Suddenly she heard a sound in the distance. It was the sound of her axe that hit a tree. She quickly ran towards it and grabbed it, but then she suddenly stood face to face with a boy she never had seen before. Nobody said a word. The boy looked terrified of her, like if she was going to hurt him. How long had he been here? And who is he? She had never seen him before. She carefully walked towards him. "Hey, relax I'm not going to hurt you" she said.

Nightclaw didn't know her, but he tried to calm down. Then he realized, he could understand her. He actually understood what she said. She sounds nice to him, so maybe he should give her a chance. "What's your name?" the girl asked.

What was he going to say? He couldn't say his name to her. He didn't even know how to speak human language.

The girl in front of him went closer to him. "Hey, don't be afraid. I'm not going to hurt you, my name is Astrid" she said. So her name was Astrid, she actually was beautiful. "You don't have to say your name right now, but how long have you been here?" asked Astrid.

How was he supposed to answer her? "Can you even say something?" she asked.

Nightclaw slowly shook his head. That surprised Astrid a little. "So you can't speak Norse?" The former Night fury nodded. "Well this can be a bit of a problem" Astrid said lowly. "Maybe I should take you to the village, there our healer will maybe figure out how to make you speak again" said Astrid.

Nightclaw panicked. "Village? A Viking village? They are going to kill me!" he thought. "Hey relax. We don't kill other Vikings, we only kill dragons" said Astrid. That made Nightclaw a bit scared. If they knew the truth, they would…

Nightclaw got out of his thoughts when Astrid stretched her hand towards him. "Let me help you up" she said.

Nightclaw was a bit unsure what to do, but the best choice he had was to go with her. If he stayed in this forest, he couldn't do anything. This "Astrid" girl seemed to trust him, that was something he never believed would happen. So he decided to go with her.

He stretched his arm and grabbed her hand. Astrid then dragged him up on his legs.

That was Nightclaw's first time on two legs. `This feels so weird´ he thought. He tried to take one step it time. But on the first step he lost his balance and was about to fall. But then something unexpected happened. Astrid grabbed his arm before he hit the ground.

"Got you!" she said. Nightclaw couldn't believe it. A Viking saved him from being hurt. Maybe it was more with them than he thought. After getting back on his feet, Astrid let him hold her so he didn't fall. "Are you injured or something?" she asked. Nightclaw didn't say anything in response. "Oh right, you can't talk right now"

`What did she mean by "Right now"? Are they seriously going to help me?´ thought Nightclaw. "You know, I have to call you something. I can't call you boy or person all the time, so I have to give you a name" said Astrid.

`But I already have a name´ thought Nightclaw. They continued walking towards the village. Suddenly Nightclaw felt something come up. It then came a weird sound out of his mouth. It was hiccups. `What was that?´ he thought. Astrid saw his confused look on his face. She then started to laugh.

"It's just hiccups" she said. It was then she realized it. "Now I know! I can call you Hiccup!" she said. Nightclaw was a bit irritated by that name, but realized soon that he couldn't say his real name either. "I hope you are okay with it. By the way, we are here!"

This looked like a whole new world for Nightclaw. Weird buildings of tree, other Vikings and he saw no dragons there. "Come on, we will get you to the healer but first I will go get Gobber" said Astrid and she ran towards one of the bigger buildings. `Gobber? Who is Gobber?´ thought the former dragon.

Astrid ran towards the forge. "Gobber! Gobber!" she shouted. Gobber was there, sharping a sword. "Aye, Astrid what can I do for ye? Shall I sharp yer axe again?" he asked. She sighted. "No, not this time. I need you to come with me to Gothi" said Astrid. "Why? Are ye sick?" he asked. "No, not me. It's someone else"

Gobber followed Astrid outside the forge. "It's him" she said and pointed at the boy.

The boy seemed a bit afraid and confused at once.

"I was just going into the woods to train with my axe, and then I found him sitting there. It looked like he was afraid of me to begin with. Then I asked what his name was, but he didn't answer, then I asked how long he had been there but he didn't answer. I soon figured out that he can't speak Norse. I figured out that I had to call him something, but then he got some hiccups. So I started calling him Hiccup. So I took him to the village and go to Gothi" said Astrid.

"So this boy can't speak Norse you say?" asked Gobber. Astrid nodded. "Okay, let's see what she can do" Gobber said.

Nightclaw saw this big, strong Viking coming towards him. He had only one hand and one leg. It looked like he was about to hurt him with the hook on his missing hand. `Oh no, what is he going to do with me?´ He thought.

Astrid saw the terrified look on his face. "Gobber wait!" she shouted. The big Viking turned to her. "What?"

They then heard a sound of something hit the ground. They both turned around and saw that the boy had fainted. "Oh no…I think we have to be more careful" said Astrid. Gobber then picked the boy up and carried him to Gothi's house.

They soon came to the healer's house

Astrid and Gobber came to Gothi's house. "Gothi! This is an emergency" said Astrid. An old woman with a staff came out of the hut. She didn't say anything, she instead drew markings in the sand with her staff that only some people understand. Gobber was one of them.

Gothi then saw the boy Gobber carried on his shoulder. "Can you please help him? He can't speak Norse. If we know what he is saying, maybe we can get to know him better" said Astrid. The old woman nodded and wrote in the sand. "She says she can help, place him on that bed" said Gobber.

Gobber placed the boy on the bed. "She also says that she is going to make a healing medicine to give him"

"That's good" said Astrid. Gothi went inside the hut again. Astrid and Gobber waited outside. They looked at the boy who laid in front of them. "What did you say you called him?" asked Gobber. "Well, I called him Hiccup" said Astrid. "Okay…where did you say you found him?" asked Gobber. "In the forest. It's kind of weird, I mean I've never seen him before" said Astrid. "Huh, weird" said Gobber.

Ten minutes later, Gothi came out of her hut with a bowl in her hands. She placed the bowl on a table and began writing in the sand again. "She says that this medicine will cure him"

"What will it do?" asked Astrid. "According to Gothi it will regain his ability to speak Norse" said Gobber.

Nightclaw slowly opened his eyes. But before his vision managed to clear, he felt something come in his mouth. It tasted horrible. His vision cleared, and saw the girl he met earlier, the Viking with one hand and one leg and an old woman with a staff. Suddenly he got strong headache. But it only lasted in some seconds.

"Owww, what was the meaning of that!?" he asked a bit irritated. Wait? Did he just speak to them?! Did they actually understand him?!

None of the Vikings in front of him said something. "Wait, what?!" he asked to himself.

Astrid was the first one to react. "Finally! Hiccup! Your awake! And we understand you now!" she said and gave him a hug. "Uhh..can't…breathe" Nightclaw choked. "Oh, sorry" said Astrid and let him go. `Really? I've never been hugged so hard before. And they all seems happy about me´ Nightclaw thought.

"How did you…" he was cut off by Astrid. "As I said to you before. I would take you to the healer and cure you, and now you are…well cured" said Astrid.

"Does she really care about me? I never met someone who cared for me that much after my parents passed" thought Nightclaw.

"Wait! Now that I understand you correctly, what's your name?" asked Astrid. Nightclaw froze when she asked him that. Should he say his real name or not? If he said his real name, they would understand that it is a dragon name, wait? How much do they know about dragons? He couldn't take any chances. "I..I don't have one" he said lowly.

"You don't have a name? Can I call you Hiccup then?" asked Astrid. "Sure" Nightclaw said. `It must be a Viking name´ he thought. "What now then?" he asked.

"Maybe I can interduce you to the rest of the village" said Astrid. "We can begin right here, This is Gobber our blacksmith and Gothi our healer" said Astrid.

"Nice to meet ya Hiccup" said Gobber and stretched out his one good hand. "Uhh, what's the meaning of that?" he asked. That question made Astrid face palm. "It's something you do when you meet someone. Just stretch out your hand and put it in his, and shake it carefully" said Astrid.

The former dragon did what Astrid told him to. "Okay, this was new.." he said lowly.

"Maybe you should see the rest of the village, Hiccup. Astrid, why don't you show him?" said Gobber. "Of course I will" said Astrid. "Come on Hiccup" she said.

Nightclaw was still a bit unstable when it came to walking, so Astrid let him hold her. "Come, I have someone you have to meet" Astrid said as they walked away from Gothi's hut. Nightclaw was still unsure about how this was going. `Everything is different now. It's never going to be the same again´ thought Nightclaw before they entered the village.

Longest chapter for now. I hope you enjoyed it. And please review, I love reading those :D

Have a great day everyone!

Chapter 5 will be out soon.