"This is amazing!" Merida screamed, the wind flowing through her already messy hair. Hiccup simply smiled. Looking around Merida saw how beautiful Berk truly was. She'd never thought a vikings home could look so, put together. As the minutes turned to hours Toothless' wings were getting tired. He landed on a cliff looking over the beautiful ocean. Hiccup thankfully remembered to bring along some fish, Toothless enjoyed his dinner as the teens talked.
"So where's your dad?" Hiccup asked, a pang hitting his gut. Merida looked out to the ocean.
"Taking care of me mum. She's having another baby." Hiccup nodded taking a bite out of the raw fish he'd brought for Toothless. Merida shivered. "How can you eat that? It's nasty..." Hiccup smirked.
"Eh Toothless and I sort of bonded this way. It's an acquired taste." Hiccup chuckled patting Toothless who burped out a fish carcass. Merida chuckled too. She missed Angus terribly. She took a good look at Hiccup. The weak name certainly didn't match the masculine appearance he possessed. Not exactly her taste though, he was too much of a dork. She did wonder if there was a girl in his life.
"So who's the lucky gal?" Merida teased as if they'd been friends their whole life. Hiccup started choking on his fish. Merida hit his back until he coughed it up. Toothless looked at him concerned.
"She's uhh..." Hiccup felt tears starting to form, and to cry in front of anyone who wasn't Gobber was something he didn't feel appropriate for a chief. He got up and walked away, hopping on Toothless. "It's getting dark we should probably get back to the village. I have to do night rounds." Merida felt Hiccup becoming distant, she simply hopped on Toothless and didn't press the issue further.
The night air was freezing and crisp. A splash of water from the frigid ocean was enough to burn the skin of any it grasped. Hiccup could feel Merida shivering behind him. He grabbed the blanket out of the satchel attached to Toothless' side and threw it back to her. He heard a splash and turned around. She still sat there shivering but the blanket was floating in the water.
"Why didn't you catch it?" Hiccup yelled.
"How was I supposed to know you were gonna throw it?" Merida yelled. Hiccup rolled his eyes.
"Astrid would have known." He mumbled.
"Who's Astrid?" She screamed. Hiccup shook his head.
"My girlfriend." He didn't feel like explaining the story, since he wasn't facing her he could let the tears fall at will.
"Well I'm sorry I'm not as good as your little girlfriend. Now give me your shirt." Hiccup whirled his head around.
"Excuse me?"
"Give me your shirt! I'm freezing and you're used to these temperatures."
"I'm not giving you my shirt!" Hiccup yelled. Toothless was becoming amused. It reminded him of the fights Astrid used to have with Hiccup. It gave him comfort.
"You're nothin' but a big baby!" Merida huffed. Hiccup rolled his eyes and made Toothless pick of speed.
"Hey!" Merida yelled, clutching Hiccup for dear life. Hiccup chuckled as they landed in the center of Berk. Merida jumped off Toothless and attempted to tame her wild hair.
"How is that any way to treat a princess?" Merida thought she might as well use her status to her benefit. Hiccup raised his eyebrows.
"Since when does a princess wear pants and an oversized shirt?" Merida rolled her eyes.
"Did somebody say princess?" Snotlout appeared almost out of thin air. Merida eyed him cautiously and directed her attention towards Hiccup. Hiccup mentally facepalmed. He should have locked Snotlout up when he had the chance.
"Snotlout this is Merida, princess of DunBroch. Merida... this is uh Snotlout." He bowed and smirked at Hiccup.
"Moved on so soon Hiccup? What would Astrid think?" Hiccup's temper flared. All he saw was red. He nailed Snotlout to the closest house and seethed,
"Don't you dare to presume that I would do that to Astrid. You don't have the right. Don't forget your place Snotlout. I am the new chief. You follow me not the other way around. Have a little respect." Snotlout shook his head.
"I'm not so sure father Stoick would be so proud of you if he could see you. Half the village is going to go hungry this season and my rich family has to sacrifice everything to keep this village running. All because of your stupid judgement and you got Stoick killed." That was it. Hiccup slammed his fist into Snotlout's jaw and didn't let up. He continued to beat Snotlout to a pulp (not that he didn't deserve it) until Gobber pulled him back.
"Are ye mad?!" He boomed. The small second Snotlout had in the middle of the fight he had rammed his fist into Hiccup's eye, so hard some of the metal from his uniform had ripped the soft tissue under Hiccup's eye. It was bleeding profusely.
"He's crazy!" Snotlout got up barely phased. Although Hiccup had grown in strength, he was still no match for Snotlout.
"You watch yur mouth! He's our chief and you show him respect. I don't care what you have to give up. Ye better start making the sacrifices necessary, this was gonna be done whether Hiccup or Stoick were chief. It would bid you well to know it wasn't Hiccup's idea to go flying during that storm it was Astrid's." Hiccup reeled around.
"Are you actually going to blame her?" Hiccup bellowed. Gobber sighed.
"No Hiccup, I'm just stating the facts. I'm trying to help ye." Hiccup shook his head.
"I don't need anyone's help! I am the chief now and you all need to stop treating me like I'm some sad sack weakling. We all need to make sacrifices this winter. If you don't like it, go find another village to live in see if I care." Merida couldn't stand by and watch everything fall to chaos. She ran over to Hiccup and pulled him away from the forming crowd.
"Hiccup I know yer mad. I would be too. But you have to keep yer head. You are the chief. You have to maintain order. I know you miss yer Dad. I'm assuming you're girlfriend too. But you're sacrifice is to let it go and keep everyone calm." Hiccup got his breathing under control. He felt the blood drip down his face onto his hand. He sighed and looked around.
"I'm sorry everyone. This is a hard transition for everyone. I know this is a terrible change we're going through but I need everyone's support. Is that too much to ask?" Hiccup glared at Snotlout who huffed and walked away. Everyone else mumbled that it wasn't.
"Glad to hear it." Hiccup walked over to Merida and put a hand on her shoulder. "Thank you. It's been a rough few days. What do you say we teach you how to ride a dragon?" He smiled. She smirked.
"It's completely dark out, how am I supposed to ride a dragon in this?" She gestured to the darkness. He chuckled.
"Well the first thing you need to learn about riding a dragon is riding the right dragon. I'm going to give you the book of dragons to look over for the evening, I've marked the pages of the dragons we currently have that need training and a rider. Which ever one speaks to you, let me know. We'll start training tomorrow." Hiccup reached into Toothess' saddle and grabbed the book, he handed it to Merida. She opened it and it fell on one dragon.
Water Dragon
Somewhere far south in a warmer place
"Mother I'm telling you I really did see a dragon!" Gothel rolled here eyes.
"Rapunzel please. Stop with this nonsense already. Now sing to me." Rapunzel huffed and began to sing as her hair began to glow. Gothel's wrinkles began to fade as her young appearance began to show up. Rapunzel's eyes widened as she saw frost begin to form on her window. As she finished the song Gothel got up and went to her room.
"I'll see you later Rapunzel. Be good, don't leave the tower you know." She waved her hands nonchalantly as Rapunzel ran to her window. She opened it and let the freezing air in as a boy flew inside, dragging some snow along with him.
"Hey Punzel! You wanna have a snowball fight?" He asked perching himself on her bedpost. She grabbed her hair nervously.
"Not today." He huffed.
"Come on you never want to leave the tower!" She sighed.
"Mother won't let me. It's for my own good. It's bad out there." He didn't want to have this argument with her again. She looked even more miserable then usual.
"Is something wrong?" He asked quizzically creating an ice slide to reach her. She played with her hair.
"Jack... are there such things as dragons?" He laughed.
"Of course there are." Her eyes widened excitedly.
"Oh really where? Please tell me!" She was like a small child. He adored her, she had been like the little sister he only saw once in a memory.
"This place called Berk, way up north." She huffed.
"Are there any here?" He laughed again.
"It's too warm for dragons here Punzel." He rolled his eyes.
"Rapunzel! Rapunzel I need you!" Gothel yelled. Jack and Rapunzel heard Gothel's door open and they looked at each other frightened.
"See ya later Punzel! And stop singing to her will you?" Jack flew out of the tower as fast as he could. He went to visit an old friend. One he hadn't seen in a long time. Merida.
Guys I'm sooooo sorry this took so long. Also I'm SO disappointed in this chapter, it's short and filler and I'm sorry :( I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless. Leave a review subscribe if you want to be updated when I add a new chapter!