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"Spoken words" 'Thoughts in someones head'

Hiccup stirred as he slowly began to regain consciousness. His head was foggy and it was hard for him to open his eyes. As he came became more aware of his surroundings he noticed the whispered voices close to him.

Opening his eyes slowly as they did not wish to work right away the first thing that came to Hiccup's view was a beautiful woman and his close friend Toothless looking down at him with smiles. This, of course, confused Hiccup greatly.

Sitting up quickly Hiccup went to turn to Toothless when his whole world began to spin around him. Hiccup grabbed his head in pain as a massive headache overtook him. A soothing voice spoke next to him "Please don't get up yet, you need to let your headrest a bit longer."

Hiccup turned slightly to face the woman who seemed to be looking after him. She had long golden hair that almost looked like it was glowing. She smiled and almost blinded Hiccup with how white her teeth were and her emerald eyes looked like jewels upon her face.

Hiccup could not help but smile just from looking at the woman. She appeared to be a few years older than himself, though Hiccup could not tell exactly how much she was. As she laid her hand on Hiccup's head all he felt was relief spread throughout his whole body.

As Toothless watched his brother stare at the goddess he couldn't hold back his snort of disapproval. How could his brother fall from some goddesses wilds like this? Then he remembered that Hiccup was young and bound to fall for a pretty face quite easily. What he truly didn't like though was the look the goddesses gave to Hiccup.

North sat nearby by listening to tales of Hiccup as he grew into the young man he is today, but what truly worried him was these stories all seemed to come from Gobber and not Stoic. He remembered Stoic praying for a chance to be a better father but he was no realizing just how bad it was. As Gobber laughed overtimes Hiccup embarrassed himself and smiled overtimes he filled the old Viking with pride over his achievements North could see the disappointed look Stoic had for not knowing these stories himself.

"So Stoic, tell me what has kept you from young Hiccup's life so much," North spoke to Stoic keeping his voice steady and calm. He could see Stoic stiffen at the question as his face fell even further then it was before. "I would like to say that it was taking care of the village and our fellow Vikings. But the truth of the matter was that I was once embarrassed that Hiccup didn't take after me at all," he spoke regretting so many of his choices now.

Hiccup turned at the mention of his name and heard what his father had said. His eyes became downcast that his father was so ashamed of him that he had ignored him so. It was what he heard nest though that surprised him.

"I thought Hiccup needed to be as strong as we were, but he's proven to be so much stronger than any of us ever could be. He's done things I couldn't even hope to do as well as win the entire village over, he became a true Viking and I was too blind to see it." as Stoic spoke he looked over to his son.

That was when he noticed Hiccup awake and looking at him, eyes wide and a small smile touching his face. Stoic stood quickly and rushed to his son's bedside taking his hand into his own. "Hiccup, you're awake now. How do you feel, does anything hurt, do you need anything?" Stoic spoke very quickly and very loudly making Hiccup wince slightly at his voice.

Stoic's face softens as he looked down at the young Viking. "Sorry about that son, I didn't mean to raise my voice like that. How are you holding up?" he asked in a much lower volume. Hiccup slowly sat up in his bed as Toothless laid his head in his lap.

Hiccup smiled down to his friend as he scratched under his chin receiving a soft purr to the surprise of all present. He looked to his father still smiling as he spoke "I'm fine though my head hurts a little, though I can't remember much of what happened. How is everyone, did anyone get hurt by the Red Death?"

Stoic beamed at his son, his first concerns are for his fellow villagers and not of himself. He had become a true Viking right under Stoic's nose. "Everyone is safe and sound thanks to you and Toothless, you saved all our lives son," Stoic said taking his son into a tight hug.

Hiccup was surprised by the action but quickly returned the hug, until he suddenly realized that his dad knew Toothless' name. "Dad, how did you know Toothless' name, I'm pretty sure I never told anyone it before," he asked very curiously what he had missed.

A man even larger then his father stepped up behind Stoic, he was at least seven and a half feet tall and as broad at Stoic. He had a large gray beard that reached his stomach and his eyes seemed to dance in the light. As Hiccup looked into his wide eyes he could see merriment in them that he couldn't recognize. It was like all the wonder of the whole world was shown in his eyes.

North didn't miss the recognition he saw as Hiccup looked him in the eye. 'So the young man sees what others cannot,' North thought to himself. He smiled down at Hiccup and the young man couldn't help but smile back.

"I can answer that question Hiccup if that's all right with you" he waited for Hiccup to give a nod never looking away from North's eyes. "Toothless told us his name, or at least the name you gave him that he plans on keeping it seems," as he spoke Hiccup quickly turned to Toothless with wide eyes.

"You never told me you could talk, what's up with that?" as Hiccup asked he grabbed Toothless' head so the dragon would be looking right at him. The whole room tensed at this, afraid at what the dragon would do over such an action.

Once again surprising them the dragon just tilted his head at Hiccup and cooed softly. Hiccup watched him in some kind of silent understanding as he released his head and continues the scratching of his chin. "How was it that you were able to understand what he said if I may ask sir?" Hiccup spoke with as much respect as he could now recognizing this man was not a normal man.

North simple bellowed out a loud laugh at Hiccup's question and how he now seemed much more behaved with his words. "Please, there's no need to speak so formally like that Hiccup. All gods can understand the dragon tongue so it was simple to know what he said." North spoke as if it was the most simple thing ever.

Hiccup just nodded his head as he turned back to look at Toothless "Ah that does make sense..." Hiccup never finished his sentence as his eyes grew wide.

"Please forgive me speaking in such a way to a god my lord, I didn't know that you were one so great" as Hiccup lowered his head the best he could in his position and spoke both North and Rapunzel felt a sad pain pass through them. One as great as Hiccup who had done so much for them in his short life should never feel below them.

Both gods thought this at the same moment but it was North who was first to speak. "Raise your head young Hiccup, I never want you to bow in such a way before me or any other god. We are much too far in your debt to let you speak to us in any form but that of an equal," North spoke loud and his voice left no room for an argument.

Hiccup raised his head to look at North, then slowly turned to his father who was watching from the side. Stoic saw his son looking to him confused and he slowly smiled, a warm smile that told Hiccup that it would all be okay. Seeing his fathers smile Hiccup looked back to North and slowly rose his head though he was more confused then he had ever been in his life.

North smiled seeing Hiccup rise up, as did Rapunzel as she watched from behind him. "See, now that wasn't so hard now was it," North spoke cheerfully as he looked down at Hiccup. Rapunzel walked over to stand beside North smiling to Hiccup.

"I believe that we should introduce ourselves before we continue. I am Rapunzel, goddess of the sun and matron to healers. This great man is North, king of the gods and lord of the heavens, patron to kings and leaders." Rapunzel spoke slowly as to not further stir Hiccup, though learning that he was before two gods and one of them being the king of all gods had done that enough already.

"It's an honor to be before both of you, but I must ask what has brought you both here to our simple home," Hiccup asked feeling nervous to even speak before the gods. It was Rapunzel who answered before North had the chance. "We have come to see the great man that helped to sly the Red Death and to make sure you recovered as quickly as possible."

It was then that Hiccup remembered the battle with the mountain-sized dragon and how he and Toothless had fallen from the sky. Looking down at his body Hiccup instantly realized that he had no wounds, not even a scratch was on him. That was until his eyes wondered to his legs, or more accurately his one leg.

He could see were the blankets formed around his legs and how one leg was much shorter than the other. Reality hit him hard as he tries to move his foot or even feel anything from where it should be. His breathing became labored as he tried to fight the panic that was rising in him. Everyone saw when Hiccup looked to his feet and no one was sure how he would react to his new state.

Just as Hiccup was about to go into a panic, toothless cooed loudly drawing Hiccup's eyes to him. The dragon laid his head on what remained of the boy's leg and slowly brought his tail with half his fin missing and laid it in Hiccup's lap. Staring down at the tail he breathes became increasingly calmer as a few stray tears rolled down his face.

"So I guess we have one more thing in common now bud, how do you like that" he smiled as he looked the dragon in the eyes smiling. Toothless for his part seemed happy the hiccup wasn't panicking anymore as he launched himself to his face licking it frantically and covering the poor boy in dragon spit.

Everyone in the room watched in complete silence, no one moving as Hiccup fought the dragon back so not to get any more saliva on him or the bed. As Toothless finally stopped his licking fit it was North who reacted first by laughing so loud the house shook around him. Soon enough everyone in the house was laughing along, accept Hiccup as he was scowling at them while he cleaned himself up.

Once everyone had stopped laughing and calmed down Hiccup took a couple deep breathes and finally flung the blanket from his body. All eyes fell onto Hiccup's leg, or what was left of it. He had lost everything from the foot up to the base of his knee. Slowly swinging his legs to the side of the bed he tried to bring himself up only to fall forward as soon as he was upright.

Toothless was quick to catch the boy and help support his small frame, allowing hiccup to final stand before everyone. Stoic and Gobber stood proud beaming at the young Viking for not giving up and getting right back on his feet, or well foot in this case.

"I'll get started on a new leg for you as soon as we have some measurements," he spoke looking to the boy ."That way you can start moving around on your own again, I know how much you like to wander."

shaking his head and hobbling over to a chair Hiccup began removing the old bandages from what remained of his leg. He stopped just as he was about to remove the last of them and looked over to Rapunzel still standing by the bed.

"You may want to look away from my lady, this with most likely not be the most pleasant sight to see." Hearing this North knelled down so he was eye level with the boy before speaking. "There's nothing to fear Hiccup, though we could not give you a new leg we were able to heal the wound itself completely."

Nodding his head Hiccup finished removing the bandages and just as North had said the leg was healed over, nothing there but scar tissue. Gobber stepped forward and began taking the measurements he would need to create the new leg. Once he was done and stood to leave Hiccup called to him "Hey Gobber, do you think you could take Toothless' harness with you? I want to try and work the leg and harness together so we can still fly together."

Gobber simply smiled at him as he gave a quick nod and picked up the harness lying beside the door. Once he had left North turned to the two Vikings to speak "We shall return to the realm of the gods for now and allow you two some time to talk, but we and then the other gods shall be stopping by to check up on you soon."

Hiccup and Stoic thanked North and Rapunzel for all they had done and let them know that they were always welcome in their home. With that, the two gods left the mortal realm and returned home. As soon as they returned they were surrounded by what remained of the pantheon who all wished to hear how hiccup was doing.

After letting them all know of his good health and strong will in facing the loss of his leg the gods slowly left until only a small group remained. Waiting to hear what North wanted to do about Hiccup and the dragon Toothless, the goddesses all grouped around Rapunzel so they could hear all the details from her of what the young Viking was like.

North watching the young goddesses talk thought back to how Rapunzel reacted to the idea of wedding the young man. It would do them some good to have a new god among them, especially someone like Hiccup who seemed to do the impossible.

North then looked down sighing to himself, he wished that he could give Hiccup a new leg like one he deserved. He had no doubt that Gobber was a good smith but nothing could compare to something forged by a god. Though he couldn't do that now since they had lost the last goddess of the forge Bismuth some years back now.

Suddenly North had an amazing idea, a way that he could reward Hiccup for everything he had done for the gods. But his plan would have to wait for the time being, Hiccup was still young and he needed time to grow, as did the gods need to regroup and recover now that their longtime enemy was slain.

The coming years would be very interesting North thought to himself as he watches the goddesses talking across the room. His eyes twinkling with a wonder that only a few gods and now Hiccup had ever recognized.