HIGH SCHOOL IS MURDER! RAWR!
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Sigh, I own HTTYD about as much as I own the Internet.
For all you morons out there, that means I don't. Own it. The movie. You know what I'm talking about!
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Time passed, in it's usual subtle way. You never knew it was with you, until it disappears. Hiccup looked up at the sunset, the various colors drifting to purple, then black. Stars started their nightly routine of flickering their light throughout the light, as the moon slowly rose up from it's slumber. Then it ended, as daybreak took over, lighting the world with the sun's warm rays, as new colors strolled their way out into the new day.
Hiccup continued to stare at the slowly-brightening morning, sighing as he sat upright and started putting on his prosthetic. Another sleepless night. Toothless trotted over to his depressed friend and gave Hiccup a comforting nudge.
"Yeah bud, I'm all right. I'm just not used to people liking me, let alone looking forward to a chance to meet me." Hiccup explained yawning.
After he dropped off Elijah, Hiccup had continued on his journey, thinking about what Elijah had told him. Symbol of Freedom? Helping people?
Hiccup shook his head. He saved lots of people since Elijah. There was a man, named Charles, and he was stranded on a small island, and Hiccup returned him to his pregnant wife and two young daughters. And Lucy, the five year old girl kidnapped by pirates, Hiccup returned her to her aunt. That required a battle, and Hiccup had broken his prosthetic leg, but Lucy's aunt's friend was a blacksmith, and another one was made for him.
Soon after saving Lucy, he noticed that nearly every island had some sort of flag. The same flag. One day, Hiccup's curiosity brought him down to investigate.
It was a somewhat abstract painting of Hiccup riding on Toothless in the center of a moon. The next island had the same, the one after as well.
As he landed on the island of 'Storge', Hiccup went to the town to get some supplies.
"Hey, you're Hiccup aren't you?" a little boy asked, tugging on Hiccup's pant leg.
Hiccup glanced down at the boy and smiled. "Yes, that's me."
"Cool!" the kid yelled and ran around in a small circle. "You're amazing!"
Hiccup knelt down to the boy's level. "Between you and me..." Hiccup looked around, pretending to see if anyone was watching. "What you did right there, the running in a circle thing? I couldn't do that without falling."
"So I can do something you can't?" the little boy asked excitedly.
Hiccup nodded, and the boy jumped in the air. "Awesome!"
Hiccup smiled once again and waved at the boy.
"My name's Lucas." the boy stated, now following Hiccup.
"Nice to meet you, Lucas." Hiccup replied, continuing to the market.
"Do you like the flag?" Hiccup stopped.
"Yeah. Actually, I was kinda wondering about that." Hiccup pondered. "What is it exactly?"
"It's you and your Night Dragon!" the kid exclaimed happily. "It means you're welcome on this island, or someone's in need of help from you."
"I see." Hiccup said, resuming his journey.
"I need help." Lucas supplied. "Could ya help me?"
Hiccup sighed and turned around. "Sure." Hiccup said sarcastically. "Eating is overrated anyway."
"Great!" the kid took off, glancing behind to see if Hiccup was following.
Hiccup took off as fast as his prosthetic could take him as the boy led him towards a small shack. "Cat stuck in a tree?" Hiccup asked, slightly annoyed. "Toy broken?"
"No." Lucas answered. "Mommy's sick. She needs something called 'Orbs' or something like that."
"Herbs?" Hiccup asked.
"Yeah! But there are none on the island, and all the boats are on a trading trip or something." Lucas looked down on the ground. "She can't do much anymore." he finished sadly.
Hiccup's sympathy flew straight to the small boy. "How old are you, Lucas?"
"Seven."
Hiccup smiled. "Well, would you like to fly with me to find some herbs?"
Lucas smiled and nodded eagerly.
"Great! Let's ask your local healer what kind of herbs we'll need."
So they took off, and gathered the information they needed. Hiccup then led Lucas to Toothless, much to the boy's delight, and placed him gently on the saddle.
"Now, I want you to hang on to me at all times, okay?"
The boy nodded and started bouncing in anticipation, and anxiously waited for Hiccup to join him and place his legs in position.
And they were off.
Astrid glanced at an island just in the distance.
"Let's fly there, girl." she suggested to Stormfly.
The dragon gave a small nod and slightly adjusted her wings to turn her in the needed direction. Soon Astrid saw one of those flags she's been seeing for a while. What were with those things?
She landed her dragon and started walking towards the village. Once there, she saw a group of girls playing with make-shift dolls on the front steps of one of the houses.
"Hey, have you seen a scrawny Viking guy, with a pros...I mean fake leg?" Astrid asked the group.
"Hiccup? Hiccup the Dragon Tamer?" A little brunette's eyes lit up. "Yeah! He just left~"
Astrid was curious as how these kids knew about Hiccup and dragons, but was frustrated with the fact Hiccup had just left this island. She stormed off towards her dragon and took off, wondering which direction Hiccup might have gone in.
"...To get herbs for Lucas' mother. He'll be coming right back!" she tried shouting after her, but Astrid's ears only heard the sound of wind rushing past as she ascended.
"Was that Astrid?" a blonde asked.
"Who's Astrid?" the brunette asked.
"You didn't hear? She's this girl who keeps going from island to island looking for Hiccup! She never gives up!"
"Whoa..." the rest of the girls whispered in awe.
"And you know what else?" the blonde girl questioned.
The girls all gathered closely around their friend, eagerly waiting for the story.
"I heard that she's in love with him." she stated matter of factly. "She wants to kiss him."
"Ew!" the girls cried, and then continued playing with their dolls.
Hiccup landed back on Storge, and guided Lucas off of the dragon.
"That was amazing!" Lucas cried.
"I'll say. I can't believe the man let us have these for free." Hiccup responded.
"I meant the flying part!" Lucas said as he started petting Toothless, who purred in content. "And didn't you see that they had a flag on their front door?" Lucas pointed out. "They wanted to see you!"
"They didn't look like they needed any help..." Hiccup mused.
"They didn't! They just wanted to see you!" Lucas said. "You have to leave now, right?"
Hiccup slowly nodded. "Yeah, sorry bud."
Lucas frowned. "You'll come visit?"
Hiccup smiled. "Of course. See ya soon, Lucas!" Hiccup handed the bag of herbs to the young boy, who ran off towards the village waving behind him.
Hiccup smiled as he placed himself back on Toothless. "You know what, bud?" Hiccup asked his companion.
Toothless glanced up at his rider.
"I think I can get used to this Hiccup the Helper thing." Hiccup smiled as he guided Toothless to an ascent.
Poor Astrid. Sorry it took so long once again.
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The Red Dove