The Life of Hiccup the Dragon

by shad0w0lf

Female Hiccup. When Hiccup was a baby, her parents left her in the woods. A night Fury hears the howls of a young hatchling but finds baby Hiccup. He saves and raises her as his own.

4. Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Time Lapse

It was night time and the full moon was high in the air, bringing light to the night. A few clouds are covering the stars but it was no bother. Critters and creatures alike are waking up and started to hunt down the enemy. Crawling, climbing and hiding, waiting for the moment to strike. A Night Fury was hiding in the bushes when it pounced on the boar. The boar squealed like a pig and wants to run off but the Night Fury didn't let that happen, it released its teeth, bite at the neck and twists it, ending an life, quick and painless. It then unfolded its wings and went to the sky with the kill in its paws, flying to the mountain where its family is.

After a few minutes of flying the Night Fury landed silently on the ground with the kill and went to the cave. It pokes its head inside to see if anyone was there, looking around where the fireplace is burning bright orange and yellow to the chests, sleeping area and tunnels. It sucked in a breath and gave a happy yell in the cave saying 'Diner time!' Two black blurs came falling down the sealing and landed on the Night Fury. Surprised by this the Night Furies eyes turned into slits and started jumping around like a crazed bull and extinguished the fire on a rampage. The two blurs stayed on the backs Night Fury no matter how hard the jumpings went or how fast it went to the walls they stayed, 'till one of them went flying and landed on its butt. The other stayed a few more second until it to went flying and crashed on the wall of the cave. The Night Fury stopped jumping and was looking at the two who were just standing up, its slits turning into oval shaped eyes and an angry look on its face.

"How many times have I told NOT to do that!" Mother Night Fury said between breath. She then lit up the fire by firing a small plasma blast at the burned wood to reveal two hatchlings.

"Come on, Mom! It was fun. You should have seen your face!" Toothless went laughing and was holding his chest with his arms. Hiccup joined soon after.

"Sorry, Mom." Hiccup pulled herself together and removed a tear out of her eye. "It's just that we got bored and wanted to play a game."

"Oh, really, a game." Mother said with sarcasm. A trick she had learned from Hiccup after so many years of taking car of her.

"Yeah! It really cool! Check it!" Toothless got ready to fly and jumped to the sealing. He turned his body around and his claws dig into the sealing making him stuck to the it. "See."

"That is your game? Making yourselfs stuck onto a sealing? That doesn't make sense." Mother was confused by this. Hiccup was about to explain to Mother when she interrupted her by raising her paw.

"I don't wanna know. Toothless, get down, diner is waiting." Mother went outside along with Hiccup to prepare the boar for diner. Toothless didn't needed to be told twice and let himself fall like a cat.

They all eat from the boar and enjoyed the company of each other. Toothless and Hiccup tell Mother what they have found and played with some of there friends. Mother would ask a question every now and then to know how the others were. The hatchlings soon went to bed and drifted off to there dreams. Mother stayed up and kept an eye on them.

Hiccup and Toothless have grown bigger, Toothless double in size of Hiccups. Hiccup was wearing a green tunic with a brown fur vest, brown pants and fur booths. Her wings are big that they are almost the size of Toothless. She also has a red flower on her head that has three yellow stamen on it. Toothless has a few scars on his body and he still wears the red fabric on his left paw. They both are now 15 years of age.

She lets go of a heavy sigh and looks at the fire dancing itself like it nothing, with a big audience or non at all.

'It been so long. A lot off things have changed since then, but I still remember the time that you would always be there for me when I went to stop the raids. Especially that night.' Mother thought to herself and she recalled a memory of her past. It was night like any other but this one was different, a dragon raid was coming and rain was about to come. Mother was running to Aunty Gronckle's cave with two hatchlings on her back who were trying to hold on. They arrived and Mother was half calling, half screaming her name.

"Aunty! Aunty! Where are you?"

"I'm over here!" Aunty came running to the Night Fury. She was in the bushes getting some berries for tomorrow at the meeting.

"I need you to keep an eye on them." She puts the hatchlings down in front of Aunty.

"Your not seriously going are you?" said Aunty with shock in her expression and voice.

"A storm is coming. If you go out there, right now. It will be your death." Aunty may be getting old but she knows when a big storm is coming and this one was no exception.

"I have to try! The other dragons are closing in and raiding the village of there food. I most stop them somehow someway." Mother gave her hatchlings a kiss and flew off, leaving them at Aunty until her return. Aunty was going to have a word with her when she gets back and her actions to her hatchlings, waking them up at night, hurling them over to her and keep an eye on them until she came back. That was just to much for a dragon to digest. Hiccup and Toothless were looking at the sky when rain started to poor. Aunty didn't waist time and brings them into her cave were she starts a fire and heats up the soil to lay on, the hatchlings joined her with the warmth of the soil under there bodies.

It was raining harder by the minute and the wind was bending the trees left and right trying to get them from there soil or breaking them from there stem, it did happen to a few, crashing them with a loud thud on the ground. Toothless slept through it, it didn't scare him that much and it was like a lullaby of his own. Hiccup was having trouble sleeping in the storm, every time the tree bend she got anxious and Aunty notice this. She was looking at the storm, praying to the dragons in the sky that her friend and mother would come home save. A lighting came illuminating the sky for a second 'till the thunder came, Toothless woke up and hides his head under Aunty's body. Hiccup covert her ears and closed her eyes shut. Aunty gave a heavy sigh and called them to get close to her, they did and flinch when a new lightning flash came followed by thunder. The two were shaking not because they were cold but of fear.

"Don't worry." Aunty said with calmness in her voice as she tries to calm them.

"It's only a storm. Nothing bad will happen." another lighting came by along with thunder the two practically screamed from surprise and are trying to hide from the loud noise.

"Sigh. There is nothing to be afraid off. It's just part of natures life."

"But does it have to be this loud." Hiccup said close to tears. Aunty tried to calm them down using words. It always calmed them down and fall asleep when they were with her. When they were with Mother, she always sings a lullaby. Then an idea came into her mind, if words calmed them down, then perhaps a song can bring them to sleep. She thought about a song that her mother used to sing to her. Using the forest sounds as her guide, she lets the words come out of there own.

"Little child, be not afraid"

Hiccup and Toothless both opened there eyes slowly and looked at Aunty as she continues her song with her eyes closed.

"The rain pounds harsh against the glass"
"Like an unwanted stranger"
"There is no danger"
"I am here tonight"

The hatchlings slowly calmed down as the soft and sweet words continued on by Aunty.

"Little child"
"Be not afraid"
"Though thunder explodes"
"And lightning flash"
"Illuminates your tearstained face"
"I am here tonight"

She wipes the tears for there faces with her claw making sure not to leave a scar behind.

"And someday you'll know"
"That nature is so"
"This same rain that draws you near me"
"Falls on rivers and land"
"And forests and sand"
"Makes the beautiful world that you see"
"In the morning"

She remind the hatchlings that nature cries from time to time and that rain comes to the land and gives birth to plants and live.

"Little child"
"Be not afraid"
"The storm clouds mask your beloved moon"
"And its candlelight beams"
"Still keep pleasant dreams"
"I am here tonight"

Hiccup and Toothless always look at the moon and Mother would sing them a song and tell stories about dragons that became stars in the sky.

"Little child"
"Be not afraid"
"The wind makes creatures of our trees"
"And the branches to hands"
"They're not real, understand"
"And I am here tonight"

Even the wind that they are so used to when there up flying can be violent at times.

"And someday you'll know"
"That nature is so"
"This same rain that draws you near me"
"Falls on rivers and land"
"And forest and sand"
"Makes the beautiful world that you see"
"In the morning"

Toothless was sleeping, curled close to Aunty. Hiccup was slowly drifting to sleep, refusing to go just yet. Aunty's memories flash before her eyes about the many times her mother song her this song and how it is that she now uses to calm down two Night Furies. The most feared dragon species known throughout the world.

"For you know, once even I"
"Was a little child"
"And I was afraid"
"But a gentle someone always came"
"To dry all my tears"
"Trade sweet sleep the fears"
"And to give a kiss goodnight"

"Well, now I am grown"
"And these years have shown"
"Rain's a part of how life goes"
"But it's dark and it's late"
"So I'll hold you and wait"
"'til your frightened eyes do close"

She looks at them and puts a smile on her face.

"And I hope that you'll know"
"That nature is so"
"This same rain that draws you near me"
"Falls on rivers and land"
"And forests and sand"
"Makes the beautiful world that you see"
"In the morning"

Aunty got surprised when Hiccup started to sing with her in her sleepy state but got over it quickly and continued the song.

"Everything's fine in the morning"
"The rain will be gone in the morning"
"But I'll still be here in the morning"

Once the song was over Hiccup was off in wonderland together with her Brother, Toothless. Aunty smiled at the sleeping forms, but mostly about Hiccups singing voice. She had a natural talent that not even she knew off, sure she had the knowledge of humans and that some of them could sing, she wasn't aware that Hiccup could sing at all. She wonders if her friend knew about it, she'll ask her later, if she comes back at all.

The storm continued on and Aunty was asleep with the hatchlings. Slowly the storm calmed down until only rain was left behind. It kept raining all night and Mother came by to see her hatchlings asleep close to Aunty. She was exhausted, tired and wounded from her battle with the dragons. She didn't want to wake up her children and so walked to her cave, but before she could make a turn a soft voice, almost a whisper, caught her attention.

"I see your back." Mother turned around and made eye contact with Aunty.

"I thought you were asleep."

"I was asleep. 'till I heard you descending from the sky." Aunty didn't get up. She remained there unmoving from her spot and her jaw wasn't even moving much to disturb the sleeping hatchlings.

"I forgot that you have such great hearing. I didn't want to wake you up."

"Nonsense. Even though I have great hearing it can be a bit annoying sometimes." the last she said with a bit of anger in it.

"I will pick them up tomorrow, if that is okay with you" Mother changed the topic to her hatchlings. She didn't want to wake them up in the middle of the night and walk all the way back to there cave.

"It's okay." Aunty said with a smile on her face. "While your here can I ask you something?"

"Sure, ask away Aunty. Is this about Hiccup?" Mother accepted her request but she had a feeling that it was about Hiccup.

"Did you know that Hiccup could sing?" Mother's eyes most have gotten wide as dishes. She was surprised by that.

"No, I didn't know that. Why? Did she sing with you during the times she stayed here?" She never thought that Hiccup could sing let alone would.

"She song today, when a storm came by. The both of them were scared but once I sang the calmed down and near the end Hiccup sang with me. It was beautiful. She has such a wonderful voice, a voice filled with hopes and dreams." once Aunty told Mother her story she was so surprised that she didn't know what to say.

"Why don't you encourage her into singing more often. It will do her good." Aunty snapped her friend out of her thoughts.

"Your right. I will talk to her in the morning. Sweet dreams, my little ones." with that said she walked to her cave and fell asleep.

Back in the present, Mother was looking at Hiccup sleeping in the cave with her brother close to her. She remembered how surprised Hiccup and Toothless were when she said that Hiccup could sing. Toothless tried for a bit but he needed a bit of practice, a lot of practice but it worked out in the end. Every time they were alone or there was something to celebrate over Hiccup would sing. Toothless didn't sing with the other dragons only to Hiccup or his Mother. He once was caught singing at the river and the other hatchlings mocked him, he taught them a lesson of course and since then he refused to sing in front of others, only on special occasions.

Mother looks at the make shift forge that the humans called and remembered how Hiccup sneaked in the viking village without being noticed. She also remembers the conversation she had with Aunty about interacting with humans.

"NO! No, no, no. absolutely not! I refuse to do that to her, Aunty." Mother was outraged when Aunty told her about visiting a human village filled with vikings. Aunty explains to her why.

"Hiccup needs to know how humans look like and where her origins comes from. Its important for her development." Aunty tries to reason with her but al her attempts were hopeless.

"No, Aunty. I don't want her in that village. You know what they do to us dragons. They kill us for sports." Mother was spacing back and fort in front of Aunty, trying to keep Hiccup away from them.

"Sweetie, you know as well as I do that Hiccup is part human." Aunty reminded her friend about what she once was and still is.

"She needs to know and learn new things from the village and it can't be done here in the woods with the other dragons. I know that village has killed many dragons, but the truth is you can't always be here to protect her. Sooner or later she will discover that village on her own with or without Toothless." she spoke with concern in her voice. Mother stopped pacing and looked into Aunty's eyes to find a different way, but she couldn't find it. With a deep sigh she nodded her head, accepting her defeat.

"Alright. Ill talk to her when she gets back from collecting berries." and with that she flied to her cave.

Meanwhile Hiccup and Toothless were out berry hunting. It was an activity that they had gotten used to. They would always make a game out of it in who will spot the berry bush the fastest and keeping a score every time they played it.

"Found one!" Hiccup shouted behind a tree. Toothless came running to her and saw the berries, although these weren't ripe yet.

"There not ripe yet." Toothless pointed out.

"So, a berry bush is a berry bush. You can't deny that."

"True. What is the score?" Toothless asked.

"Let's see." Hiccup puts the bag of berries down and grabbed a sketchbook from her makeshift vest and opened it.

"The score is now Hiccup 20, Toothless..." she said cocky, but that changed when she saw Toothless's score.

"Sigh, 21." she said with a heavy sigh.

"Yes! I'm still the best"

"Don't get so overconfident about it. I can still beat you." Hiccup said as she puts her sketchbook away.

"Really? If I remember correctly I was the one who defeated you last time and the time before that and before that as well."

"Okay, okay. I get it! You oversized lizard, it's not like you won a battle of who gets the most fish." she said with sarcasm. Hiccup examined the bush and continued onwards. They went a bit deeper into the forest to find more berries. Hiccup was humming a tone and Toothless followed shortly.

After a few minutes of walking, climbing and searching they couldn't find a single berry bush. They could smell a different odor in the ground, trees, bushes and air. An odor they are not familiar with. They explore a bit and are getting closer to the source, an open area with strange wooden trees and creatures they have never seen before.

The creatures are walking on there hind legs, just like Hiccup, and they wear clothes, just like Hiccup, and they talk loud and aggressive to each other. Hiccup's curiosity got the best of her as she walks closer to inspect them, Toothless yanks her behind some bushes and trees.

"Are you insane!" he whisper and yells at her.

"You can't just walk in there like that. Those creature are dangerous." said with concern and warning at the same time.

"Toothless, look at them." she point to a random creature.

"These creature walk and dress like me." and them puts her hand, that she pointed at a creature, to her chest.

"So? Nothing about that." Toothless said as if not interested or caring.

"Toothless, please. This could be were I was born from. I have to ask." Hiccup got up but was pushed down by Toothless's paw and it stayed there.

"I'm not letting you go to that place. It's not safe, especially at day time." Toothless looks up to emphasise his point and Hiccup nods in agreement.

"Will come back at night and maybe explore it." Hiccup said with confident in her voice and expression. They both walked back into the forest before any of those creature could see them

"Maybe." Toothless whispers to himself as he looks back at the strange trees.

At the cave, Mother was resting from her flight, her mind occupied with explaining Hiccup about the village, the raids and her origin.

'What should I tell her?' she was distracted by movement in the bushes and out came her hatchlings.

"We're back, Mother!" they said in unison. Mother hugged them and went for lunch. After lunch Mother wanted to speak with Hiccup alone in the cave and sent Toothless to catch new fish for tonight.

"Mother, what is it you want to tell me about?" Hiccup said with a bit of fear in her voice. She knew her Mother well and when she wanted to speak with them separately that usually means that they were in trouble.

"You're not in trouble, Hiccup. Its something I want you to know before I tell Toothless about it." she walked to her spot in and sat down, Hiccup followed shortly.

"Do you remember the times that I told you that you were part human and part dragon?" she asked with a question.

"Why, yes. You told me that a few years ago. Why? Is there some new change I should be worrying about?"

"No, sweetie." Mother assured her.

"It's about time that I show you where you came from." she said with a heavy sigh in the middle of it.

"Where I came from? You mean those strange trees at the end of the forest?" Hiccup was confused and worried about the answer that she was about to get.

"Strange trees at the end of th-" Mother spoke to herself when realisation came rushing in like lightning.

"You mean you have spotted the village! When? How?" she nearly shouted her lungs out. Hiccup flinched from her spot and backed away a bit.

"I-I-I didn't mean to! Please don't be mad! I-I promise I won't do it again!" Hiccup was close to crying. Mother held her anger at bay and hugged her.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled."

"I'm sorry to." they both had there eyes closed during there embrace together. Mother was the first to break the hug.

"What do you mean your sorry? I was the one who yelled at you."

"I know, but I'm sorry for spotting the strange trees and creatures at the end of the forest." Hiccup said while looking at her Mother's eyes.

"Tell me. How long have you found that village."

"Those strange trees are a village? Me and and Toothless found them a few hours ago." Mother was rather surprised that they have found it. Aunty was right, sooner or later they would find that village. She could no longer hide it from her.

"Hiccup, tonight we go to that village and I will show you your next step." she said with confident.

"Next step?"

"To learn to become a human." Hiccup's eyes were grown wide and she hugged her Mother tight around her neck saying 'thank you' every time. She explained to Hiccup what those creature were and what they all do in the village. She kept the part out of that they kill dragons for sport. By the time they were done, Toothless came back with the catch for tonights diner, three baskets full of fish. Mother explained the same things she told to Hiccup to Toothless and that they would go visit it tonight. All three of them took a quick nap before nightfall arrived.

Night time arrived and the Night Fury family were flying in the air side by side, Mother at the centre, Hiccup on her left and Toothless on her right. All three landed silently and walked to the village without making a sound or move from the bushes. They soon arrived and most of the vikings were asleep. Hiccup was excited that she could explore something new and learn new things at the same time.

"Remember, Hiccup. Keep your distance from the vikings, don't let them see you and only grab what you think you can grab, understand?" Hiccup nodded her head wildly.

"Toothless, you and I stay here and keep an eye out." Toothless wasn't happy about it and wanted to go with Hiccup but then again if a viking spots a dragon in there village they would sound the alarm.

"Okay." he said with annoyance. Hiccup nearly sprinted to the nearest house and poked her head in the open doorframe. There was no one inside and she got exploring what she thought could be useful to her. One the main floor there was, a table, some chairs, a fire pit and some cabinets. She wasn't interested in any of them, so she went upstairs using the stairs, her wings bummed into a beam but not loud enough to cause an alarm. On the first floor she found a few rooms with beds, chests and cabinets. She went snooping in the chest and found a book with strange drawings on it, a thin wooden object with pointed splinters in a single line and a round shiny object with twine on the end of it tied in a knot. She puts it into her bag and moved to another room to find other object but found nothing, she walks out of the room and hears a creaking sound, she freezes on the spot and her ears are on full alert. She hears noise and back up slowly into the last room. The noise comes closer as it comes up the stairs, Hiccup sees the viking slowly entering the room that she found the object and waits till the viking is out of sight. She sneaks her way down stairs and goes out the way she came. She lets go of her breath that she had hold in and walks to a different house.

She went from house to house but found little to none of interest, a few new clothes here and there but that was just it, down was a stone circle with some wooden construction on it, she takes a peak and sees water.

'This most be where there store there water.' she thought to herself. Suddenly she hears a loud heavy noise, she looks and hears with her eyes and ears where it was coming from and found the source. It was a strange house with a bigger door and the windows were open. She got closer and could feel the heat coming out of it. Smoke was coming from a stone mountain like a volcano, she could see a shadow beating something and went inside to see a big viking using a tool that was a part of his arm on a piece of something, he grunting as if he was mad or angry. He also had a strange foot, it was made of wood and looked small compared to his other foot. Her curiosity got the better of her and she knocks a barrel over with the same strange items in it. It made a clatter and she hides behind a fabric that was hanging between the door. The big viking stopped what he was doing and looked around but found nothing. He walked to the barrel and spoke in a strange language that Hiccup had never heard of and puts the barrel back in it's place along with the items. He took one more look around and called it a day. Once the big viking was gone Hiccup waited a few more minutes before she went out and inspected the strange house. She saw objects hanging on the wall, tools she never saw before and a fire pit that was warmer than the others. She hugged the fire pit but it proved to be a little to hot for her and she let go of it. On the side of the fire pit was a strange object made of wood and some leather in a zigzag pattern. She touches it and it moved a bit and out of the fire pit came flakes of burning ashes. She saw it and played for a bit until they were gone. She pulled it a few times and more flakes came, once she was done playing she grabbed a bunch of items and puts them in her bag such as tools, leather, twine, needles and colorful objects. She walked back to the forest without being spotted and Toothless licked her in the face, covering her with his saliva.

"Toothless, stop. That tickles." she said between laughs.

"Don't ever stay in there so long. I was worried sick." Toothless responded.

"We were all worried that that viking would have caught you in his home as well as in that forge." Mother said with concern in her eyes.

"Is that what it's called, a forge." Hiccup said with enthusiasm in her eyes.

"Did you find something good?" Toothless sniffed the bag while wagging his tail with excitement.

"I found a lot of things, especially at the forge. Look." she opens the bag and pulls out a strange tool that the big viking was using moments ago.

"What is it. It smell like coals and something else." Toothless sniffed the item from top to bottom.

"Lets talk to Aunty in the morning and see what she has to say. Mmm." The hatchlings nodded in agreement, Hiccup puts the tool away and the three of them flew back home.

Back at the present, Mother was still looking at the forge with a smile on her face.

'You told her what the tools and items were used for. She got she excited that she wanted to build her own forge and started to create her own things. Like, how did you called it, fishing nets? Anyway, she continued every day with Toothless in building something new, it didn't take long before the other dragons came by to see what she was up to. It took a whole day of explaining to them but thanks to your help we were able to keep the peace.' she looks at the starts with halve open eyes.

'I remember that Hiccup made you that special gear so that you could fly again.' she laughs a little.

'Oh, that look on your face was priceless really, but it saddens us all that you lost your flight.'

A ten year old Hiccup was in her forge making something with metals, leather and fur. She was hammering away with the hot metal object before she quenched it in cold water. Toothless was sitting at his spot in the corner of the fire pit making sure that its fire came burning.

"Are you almost done with that, Hiccup?" Toothless said with a whine.

"Patience, Toothless. It's almost done." Hiccup inspected the object, puts it next to the rest of the gear and starts assembling it together.

After a few minutes of work the contraption was done. She put some leather around it and the both of them walked out of the forge together side by side.

When Aunty explained what the objects where being used for and how the process of making something called metal, she immediately started building her own forge next to there home. A few months ago there was an earthquake and a part of the mountain opened a new cave. In that new cave Hiccup builded her forge. With the help of Toothless it was done in a weeks time. Hiccup started reading the strange markings in the books she found, Aunty taught her the best she could but it turned out really good. One day Hiccup went to the village alone and she could translate what they were saying, she kept studying them until she mastered it. As of the forge it took her a lot of trail and error 'till she could make her first piece of metal. After that she wrote everything done in her sketchbook.

Mother grabbed two basket of fish from the deep part of the cave and brought them to the entrance of the cave. Hiccup and Toothless came walking shortly.

"Hey, Mother. We're back." Toothless said in a happy tone.

"I can see that. What do you have there, Hiccup. A new invention?" Mother responded with a happy tone of herself.

"It's a gift for Aunty." Hiccup said with a small hint of pride in her voice as she holds the invention in her arms.

"Can we go to Aunty's place, Mother. Please!" Toothless pleaded with his big eyes for extra effect.

"Of course we can go to Aunty's."

"Yes!" they both said in unison.

"After we have had lunch." there stomachs were growling and they all grabbed some fish from there baskets, a hand and paw full of berries, and enjoying the sun on there skins.

Aunty was out of her cave but she was rather tired today. Her color was losing its color and she didn't walk much lately, she didn't even had the strength to fly anymore. In short, she was getting old and all the dragons saw the signs that she wasn't going to live much longer. It never bothered Aunty much, sure she knew she was getting old, but she always put a smile on her face and continued on with her live as if it was nothing.

The Night Fury family landed a few wings from Aunty and walked to her. Hiccup was the first to respond with a big smile on her face.

"Hello, Aunty! How are you feeling today?" she was holding her invention behind her back to surprise Aunty.

"I feel good today, sweetie. How about you? Any nightmares lately? Or some new object you found?" Aunty's voice was getting weak. There were days that she hardly spoke at all, today was a good day.

"No, I didn't have any nightmares and I don't have any new object to show you, but I did made you something." she placed her invention on the ground and unrolled it to reveal a harness.

The harness was made from strong steel, Gronckle iron as Hiccup called. A few piece were bended into shape, a few of the bended piece had rings attached to it. There was reenforced leather all around with furs, the purpose of the harness was holding the dragon in place. On the rings were ropes attached that were 10 meters long and at the ends a series of knots.

Aunty examined the harness closely and found it a bit strange that she would make something like this. It wasn't to put a dragon on the ground, it wasn't meant to hurt them, it even wasn't something to cause pain. She was stumped.

"Hiccup, what is this contraption?" Aunty said it without showing a hint of fear. She was curious about it but she also was a bit feared about the answer.

"This is a flying harness, Aunty. I made it for you." Hiccup placed a hand on the harness.

"A flying harness?" she was even more confused than before.

"Mhmm. I made it from Gronckle iron to give it strength but also to make it light. The leather is reenforced together and I put furs on it to give it some softness to it. The rope is for the dragons that will lift you up so that you can fly with us in the sky." she showed it with enthusiasm and hand signs to Aunty. The other dragons got curious and liked the idea so far.

"She put a lot of effort into making it for you." said Mother next to Hiccup. The dragons roared for Aunty to try it on and to fly with them. Aunty gave a small sigh and allowed it.

Within minutes everyone was in the sky, circling the clearing for a bit. Aunty was being carried by a few Gronckle, some of them were her own hatchlings but they left the nest long ago. Now they only came to visit her every now and then. Aunty's wings flapped like the other dragons but more slowly, she felt the wind in her face and the sound of other dragons around her. She didn't felt old or weak, in the air she felt strong and alive, like a dragon. Hiccup came flying next to her and they talked a little bit about the harness and how she felt.

"Hiccup, this is the most beautiful gift a dragon could ever have. Thank you." Aunty let a tear drop from her face, she was so happy to be in the sky and to forget that she was old. They all stayed in the sky 'till sundown and landed Aunty gently down, she didn't bother of unstrapping the harness and Hiccup didn't mind at all. Aunty thanked Hiccup ones more before they left for home, she went to her cave and recalled her memories, from the time she was a hatchling to finding her mate, having hatchlings of her own, being caught and locked away for training purposes, learning everything she could about vikings and there way of life. The moment she saw an opening and escaped her prison, going back to her home, meeting the Night Fury and her mate to teaching Hiccup new things. She closed her eyes as the memories kept coming to her, one after another. In her thought she thanked every dragon she had met and wished them a good and happy life.

The next morning everything was quite, not a bird was singing there lovely tune or the wind brisling the leafs of the trees. The atmosphere was different for everyone, it felt cold and heavy. The dragons from yesterday were gathering at Aunty's cave, her hatchlings holded there heads low, for there mother was gone. The Night Fury family came to and everyone place Aunty's favourite flowers, the Spring Starflower.

It was a light blue flower that had tree petals overlapping another tree petals on top. It's stem was a dark green.

Once every dragon laid there flower near Aunty, they all stayed close to each other and bowed there head in respect of her knowledge and wisdom, but mostly her kind and caring spirit. They were about to leave when Hiccup began to sing.

"Is it a kind of dream"
"Floating out on the tide,"
"Following the river of death downstream,"
"Oh, is it a dream?"

Toothless song the next verse and they were rather surprised to hear him sing in front of the other dragons.

"There's a fog along the horizon,"
"A strange glow in the sky,"
"And nobody seems to know where you go,"
"And what does it mean?"
"Oh, is it a dream?"

The Night Fury family then began singing the chorus together and slowly everyone joined in.

"Bright eyes,"
"Burning like fire."
"Bright eyes,"
"How can you close and fail?"
"How can the light that burned so brightly"
"Suddenly burn so pale?"
"Bright eyes."

They closed there eyes and let the sound of the forest make its music for them. Everyone remembered Aunty when they first met her, some in awkward situations. Then Mother began to sing.

"Is it a kind of shadow,"
"Reaching into the night,"
"Wandering over the hills unseen,"
"Or is it a dream?"

The next dragon that song the next verse was Red, but he had trouble holding his tear back.

"There's a high wind in the trees,"
"A cold sound in the air,"
"And nobody ever knows when you go,"
"And where do you start,"
"Oh, into the dark? "

Everyone began singing the chorus in unison, they all let there tears flow from theres eyes but kept on singing for Aunty.

"Bright eyes,"
"Burning like fire."
"Bright eyes,"
"How can you close and fail?"
"How can the light that burned so brightly"
"Suddenly burn so pale?"
"Bright eyes. "

Hiccup saw the last part of the chorus.

"Bright eyes,"
"Burning like fire."
"Bright eyes,"
"How can you close and fail?"
"How can the light that burned so brightly"
"Suddenly burn so pale?"
"Bright eyes."

Hiccup landed on her knees and let her tears fall of her face and land on the ground. Soon everyone left Aunty's cave and spent the rest of there day with each other. Holding on her memories. When night came everyone was asleep except Mother, she was out of her cave and looked at the starry sky. She then heard a voice in her head, it was Aunty, she was thanking her for the song. With a smile on her face she went into her cave and sleep took over.

'That was the saddest day of our lives, Aunty.' Mother looked at the sky. The stars rarely change but she knew that Aunty was with the other dragons, she could feel it in her heart.

'Your departure, was expected, but it didn't bother you much, hmm.' she walked from her spot to a nearby lake and drank some of it. The moon and stars were shinning on the lake and the wrinkles from the lake created waves over the moon making strange shapes as it bounced of the edge and back. She then walked back to her cave to take some sleep when she saw a basket of red flowers.

'Hehe, oh, how could I forget the time you two went in searching for this flower.' she grabbed one with her paw and brought it close to her nose, inhaling its sweet scent.

The sky was clear and the winds were calm, the birds and critters were making there music. In the sky there were two black dots flying high, no, they were falling from the sky.

"Woooooooooho, yeah." Hiccup spread her wings on time before she hit the water. She flew back up and landed on an stone pillar.

"See if you can beat that, Toothless!" Hiccup shouted at her brother who was going fast. He spread his wings and the water spread creating a v-shape. He flew fast towards Hiccup and rocketed skywards, splashing some of the seawater on her. He slowed his flight and landed next to Hiccup with a big smile on his face.

"Show off." Hiccup responded.

"Well, I don't know about you but aren't we suppose to be collecting fish?" this got Hiccup's attention as she searches for the baskets that they had left behind before they went on a dare flight.

"Oh no, we left them at the fishing spot! Come on Toothless. We can still make it if we hurry." They both jumped in the air and flew to the island of Berk.

The hatchlings were now 13 years of age and both had a growth spurt but it was obvious that Toothless was bigger than Hiccup.

Once they were in the forest, Hiccup smelled a sweet odor in the air and stopped mid-flight. Toothless knocked in on her and the went crashing down in the bushes. Toothless walked out of the bushes first with an angry look on his face.

"Why did you stop mid flight, sis!" Hiccup showed up after him. "We could have landed with severe wounds and don't get me started on explaining to Mother." Toothless stopped pacing back and fort and look at Hiccup for an answer.

"I'm sorry, Toothless. I got distracted." she apologised while rubbing her arm. They both had a few cuts and bruises but nothing severe.

"Distracted by what? There is nothing out there which can distract us on our flight."

"Didn't you smell it?"

"Smell what? A dead bird. Nothing new about that." Toothless said sarcastic to Hiccups question.

"Not that you overgrown lizard! It was a sweet smell coming from that direction." she pointed west, from where they were coming it was south.

"It's properly nothing. Come on, Mother is not going to be happy if we're late." Toothless didn't bother where the smell was coming from or how it smelled like. He just wanted to go to the fishing spot and go home for lunch. Was that to much to ask?

"I'm going to look for it. You wanna come with me?" Hiccup was slowly spreading her wings to take off with our without him.

"Sigh, fine." and with that they both flew towards the sweet smell.

Hiccup leads the way since she was the one who noticed it first and Toothless was flying next to her but he couldn't smell the sweet sent at all. It had taken a good hour before Toothless decided to quite and had toward home.

"Sorry, Hiccup but this is stupid." he stopped mid flight.

"We've been looking for over an hour now and we haven't found a single damn thing. I'm going." he turned and went straight to home. Hiccup continued on without Toothless and was beginning to doubt herself and this sweet smell. She shortly landed on a cliff with green grass that was overlooked the sea.

"Why did I follow something stupid that would lead me to nowhere?" she questioned herself.

"Toothless was right. Maybe it was just something that I smelled and past on without leaving a trace." she kept talking to herself for a little while until the odor returned and it was stronger, as if she was close. She looked around and found a small red flower with three yellow stamens in it. She got closer and the odor hit her in the nose like a tornado, it smelled so sweet.

"I found it" she whispered before she shouted to the world in triumph. "Yes, I found it!" Then all the red flowers were starting to open up, all leaving the same sweet odor to her. She rolled around the flower, purring along the way. She let some petals stick on to her hair and vest. She plucked a flower and puts it into her hair. Then she walked to the edge of the cliff and sat down, overlooking the sea as the sun shined upon the ocean.

Mother and Toothless were looking for Hiccup and she wasn't happy how Toothless few off on his own and came back with baskets of fish. She hit him on the head with her tail and asked where his sister went. He told her that she went looking for this sweet smell in the west and that is what they were doing, following Hiccup's scent to the west. It didn't take long before they had find her at the edge of a cliff.

"Hiccup!" Mother shouted to her and Hiccup looked up from her position with a smile on her face.

"Hi, Mother!" she waved at her and they both landed. "Toothless." she said in a monotone voice.

"Hiccup." Toothless responded in the same monotone voice before Mother went her way.

"Why did you go by yourself, Hiccup! You know that I want you both save and sound back at home. If something happens to ether of you who knows what I will do." Mother was having a small panic attack as she was pacing back and fort mumbling about the possible things that could have happened. Hiccup snapped her out of her panic by hugging her and she calmed down a little.

"I'm sorry, Mother. It wont happen again, I promise." she stayed there for a moment when Mother smelled the flowers on her. She loved it, her muscles relaxed and she closed her eyes to sniff them again.

"Mother, what are you doing?" Toothless walked closer to Mother to see why she was sniffing Hiccup all of a sudden.

"I don't know? Something smells sweet and it relaxes me."

"Oh, does are the flowers that I smelled awhile ago. See, Toothless." she showed them the flower field and Toothless could now smell it to. It was haven to his nostrils, he just wanted to keep sniffing it and roll in it, he purred just by the thought alone.

"So this is what you smelled back then. It's heavenly, Hiccup. What is it?" Toothless asked Hiccup.

"I don't know." she looked at Mother. "Mother, do you know what these flowers are?"

"Oh yes, Hiccup. I do know these flowers. I had forgotten them when we came here for the first time." Mother opened her eyes and looked at the field. The flowers were waving with the wind, letting there odor fly into the world.

"These flowers are known as dragon flowers. They have this sweet aroma in them that makes any sore dragon feel relaxed." Hiccup most have put up the biggest grin on her face as Mother told what these flowers were.

"Lets bring some to our place. That way, we always have them close by." Hiccup plucked a few random flowers and puts them into her bag.

"I'm afraid that won't do, Hiccup. You see these flowers grow only ones every two years. Plucking them now and planting them somewhere else is not possible. They need this place for it is the best place for them to grow on." Mother knew Hiccup wanted to bring back as many as possible but it couldn't be done.

"Tell you what. You and Toothless can come back here anytime you want, as long as you give me a heads up. Deal?"

"DEAL!" they both said in unison as they hugged Mother. Hiccup only took those she had in her bag and the whole family flew back to there cave for a long waited lunch.

Mother opened her eyes and puts the flower done in the basket. She walked to her spot, sat down and closed her eyes as she drifted into slumber. Unbeknown to them, a dragon spirit walked by the Night Fury family and looked at them with a smile on her face. Aunty kept a watch for them as she saw they were all into a peaceful dream.

'Thank you for everything, my dear. For if it wasn't for you, this child would have never seen life at all. I only helped you so far. Now it is time that she most find her place in life, but it can wait for a little while.' she turned around and walked to the lake as she slowly vanishes into nothing.

'After all, she wasn't alone when she saw your eyes. Hehe' a star blinked at the sky as the Night Fury family continued to sleep. Aunty who now keeps an eye an them will always guide them in the right direction.