Hello! Sorry for not posting, I got busy with school and braces.
Those molds are weird.
Edit: My Thor, I've got to get my priorities straight. Really sorry I wasn't posting. I guess I made a longer chapter to apologize.
Keitaro-San does not own or claim to own How to Train Your Dragon or any of its characters. I only own any OC that appears.
Hiccup
So, why didn't you?
Stoick muttered underneath his breath, "That's what we'd all like to know." The vikings near him nodded. Hiccup looked at Toothless, who smiled at him.
Hiccup (cont.)
Well, this was stupid.
Hiccup (cont.)
Why don't you just... fly away?
Hiccup frowned. "Because he couldn't." Toothless whacked him for that.
Gobber (o.s.)
Alright. Where did Astrid go wrong in the ring today?
Astrid
I mistimed my summersault dive. It was sloppy. It threw off my reverse tumble.
The teens groaned. Astrid blushed in embarrassment while Stormfly looked at the girl sitting besides Toothless. She was pretty, like her! Deadly Nadders are known for their vanity, especially in their looks. The girl was noticeably the prettiest and most viking-like in her age group, yet she was the second to come forward and accept dragons! Very interesting, Stormfly noted to speak with the girl if an interlude were to show.
Ruffnut
[Sarcastically] Yeah, we noticed.
Snotlout
No, no, you were great. That was so "Astrid".
The teens snorted and chortled while Astrid gagged. The adults shook their heads. This generation today!
Gobber
She's right, you have to be tough on yourselves. Where did Hiccup go wrong?
Hiccup playfully glared at Gobber. Way to put him on the spotlight! "Really, Gobber?"
Ruffnut
Uh, he showed up?
"It wasn't my choice."
Tuffnut
He didn't get eaten.
Astrid blinked. "Isn't that the goal of dragon training...?"
Astrid
He's never where he should be.
Gobber
Thank you, Astrid. You need to live and breathe this stuff. The Dragon Manual. Everything we know about every dragon we know of.
Hiccup smiled. "I think I know a little more." Astrid and Toothless laughed. Toothless nuzzled Hiccup. "You probably do, Feather."
"Feather?"
"You're definitely light as one."
"Hey!"
"Dragons give nicknames to their hatchlings, especially one with a name that doesn't truly describe him." Only Toothless and Astrid knew what that meant. Hiccup was certainly no hiccup!
Gobber (cont.)
No attacks tonight. Study up.
Certain parents, or the twins and Snotlout's, looked at Gobber in disbelief. Did he really think they would study?
Tuffnut
Wait, you mean, read?
Ruffnut
While we're still alive?
While most dragons couldn't read, they knew that it was an essential skill, but it's hard to get your claws/hands on a book when you're a dragon, human form or not. Are vikings really that dimwitted?
Snotlout
Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?
The dragons blinked. Meatlug blushed. "Well... knowing your enemy is a great way to defeat them. Without knowing the weakness of one, how could you defeat them?"
"Repeatedly hitting them works."
Astrid face-palmed, Hiccup awkwardly chuckled and Erin giggled. The dragons shifted gazes with each other.
Fishlegs
Oh! I've read it like, seven times. There's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at your face.
Hookfang scoffed. "Taking the Scauldron so lighty? It's boiling water is enough to melt the skin off your bones, and enough to burn the scales off a Screaming Death."
And-And there's this other one that buries itself for like a week-
Barf and Belch laughed. "That's the Whispering Death. If you've read it 'like, seven times' you should know their names, right?" Fishlegs blushed. He had so much information about each dragon, except the Night Fury (and any other dragon that is not found), that he gets the information confused so he decides not to say their names, in case he says that Changewings uses magnesium fire.
Tuffnut
Yeah, that sounds great. See, there was a chance I was going to read that...
Yeah, right.
Ruffnut
...But, now...
Snotlout
You guys read, I'll go kill stuff.
Fishlegs
Oh, and there's this other one that has these spines that look like trees...
"Timberjack, young viking." Stormfly smiled at his enthusiasm, while the teens scoffed. Fishlegs was smart, but he can't even defend himself, right?
Hiccup
So I guess we'll share?
Astrid
Read it.
Hiccup
All mine then. Wow, okay. So, I'll see you, uh... [Door slams] tomorrow.
Astrid blushed. "S-Sorry..." Hiccup blushed before smiling and hugging Astrid. Toothless smiled, thinking of ways he could get them together. Sure, he gave them a flight, but there could be so much more to enhance young love! The other dragons smiled as well. Young love was always nice, and usually in humans and dragons, young love was eternal.
Hiccup
Dragon classifications. Strike Class, Fear Class, Mystery Class.
Hiccup (cont.)
Thunderdrum: This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools. When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight.
The other dragons were filling in on the missed information while Fishlegs excitedly started collecting them. "Thunders are nearly deaf, and while they do use sound as a weapon they also can shoot fireballs like any other dragon and they also can expel air from their body to swim."
"I've met a Thunderdrum once. While he talked in sign language, he was very nice, and took care of 3 little ones even though they weren't his."
Timberjack: This gigantic creature has razor sharp wings that can slice through full grown trees. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight.
"I've always wondered how they scratch their backs..." "That's gotta suck. Back rubs are always great!"
Scauldron: Sprays scalding water at its victim. Extremely dangerous.
"That's it? Don't they eat Blue Oleanders?"
"I've wondered how they taste like. It's poison to us!"
Changewing: Even newly hatched dragons can spray acid. Kill on sight.
"My Thor. Don't they ever observe?"
"They can blend with their surroundings and are very protective of their eggs. They will work as a team and will stop at nothing until they find all their stolen eggs."
"It's a common thing. The eggs are so pretty and glow-y, many vikings take it as a trinket."
Gronckle, Zippleback, The Skrill, Boneknapper, Whispering Death. Burns its victims, buries its victims, chokes its victims, turns its victims inside-out. Extremely dangerous, extremely dangerous, kill on sight, kill on sight, kill on sight...
The dragons stopped talking for a while, wondering why they were all 'kill on sight'. Hiccup sighed. "Maybe if you didn't kill them on sight, you'd have more information." He paused when he remembered that he was about to read the night fury page.
Hiccup (cont.)
Night Fury: Speed, unknown. Size, unknown. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance, hide and pray it does not find you.
The dragons were nodding, much to everyone's surprise. "That's quite accurate. Well, it's one of the most powerful and feared clans, up until it's massacre. Toothless does a fine job of carrying the legacy of his clan on his shoulders. Night furies are known to use echolocation, and uses black scales to hide in the night. They're a useful breed in nightly raids for the queen."
Stoick
I can almost smell them. They're close. Steady.
The dragons perked up, before all smelling themselves. They couldn't be that smelly...?
Hiccup laughed. "He's talking about the queen." Most dragons sighed in relief, while others giggled.
Stoick (cont.)
Take us in.
Viking
Hard to port... for Helheim's gate.
Hiccup
You know, I just happened to notice the book had nothing on Night Furies. Is there another book? Or a sequel? Maybe a little Night Fury pamphlet? WHOA!
Gobber scoffed. "Ya think if we had more on tha' dragon, it wouldn't be in tha' book?" Hiccup blushed.
Gobber
Focus, Hiccup! You're not even trying!
Gobber (cont.)
Today is all about ATTACK! Nadders are quick and light on their feet! Your job is to be quicker and lighter!
Fishlegs
AAAAAH! I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!
"Been doing that since I was a kid!"
"You just now begin questioning?
Gobber
Look for its blind spot. Every dragon has one. Find it, hide in it, and strike!
Stormfly blushed. Her blind spot was in front of her because her dragon form has a huge horn on her nose, so she uses her smell and hear senses more.
Ruffnut
Ugh! Do you ever bathe?
Tuffnut
If you don't like it, then just get your own blind spot!
Ruffnut
How about I give you one?!
She definitely was not deaf! She bet Thor could hear those two!
Gobber
Blind spot, yes. Deaf spot? Not so much. Heh, heh, heh.
Hiccup
Hey, so how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?
Gobber
No one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale. [Snapping] NOW, GET IN THERE!
Hiccup smirked playfully. "No one, eh?" Astrid lightly punched Hiccup's shoulder while Toothless chuckled. He almost didn't live the tale either, until he decided to spare the hatchling.
Hiccup
I know, I know, but hypothetically-
Astrid
[Whispering] Hiccup! Get down!
Snotlout
Watch out, babe. I'll take care of this.
Spitelout sighed. The girl wasn't even interested in his son.
Astrid
Hey!
Snotlout
The sun was in my eyes, Astrid! What do you want me to do, block out the sun? I could do that, but I don't have time right now!
Toothless scoffed. "Yeah, block out the thing that keeps us alive. Yeah, I can see some vikingness intelligence." The dragon and the two teens next to him laughed.
Hiccup
They probably take the daytime off. You know, like a cat. Has anyone ever seen one napping?
The dragons laughed. The boy was so interested in Toothless. It was sorta cute.
Gobber
Hiccup!
Astrid
HICCUP!
Tuffnut
Oooh! Love on the battlefield!
Ruffnut
She could do better.
While the teens talked among each other about Hiccup and Astrid, the two blushed and looked at each other.
Hiccup
Just... let me... why don't you...
Gobber
Well done, Astrid.
Astrid
Is this some kind of a joke to you?! Our parents' war is about to become ours! Figure out which side you're on.
Astrid laughed. "I'm sure I can figure out which side he- we're on." The vikings looked over.
[Toothless creeps out from behind rock. Sniffs at Hiccup and the fish, slowly approaches, then retreats upon seeing Hiccup's knife. Hiccup kicks knife into water. Toothless relaxes and slowly takes fish.]
Everyone watched the exchange. How Hiccup willingly unarmed himself and how the dragon calms down, just because the weapon is no longer accessible.
Hiccup
Huh. Toothless. I could've sworn you had... teeth.
Everyone jumped. Not even the dragons knew he has retractable teeth! Toothless smiled, perfect rows of white teeth, mostly sharp and some flat, disappeared into his gums. Hiccup laughed and Astrid stared, fascinated and giggly at the sight of the night fury acting so childishly.
Hiccup (cont.)
Uh, uh, no, no, no. I-I don't have any more.
Toothless, teeth back, scoffed. "I could live off a single fish for a week if I have to. I was just wondering if you ate, because you're so skinny." Hiccup blushed. "A single fish? But when I brought you all those fish, you ate them all?"
"I said if I have to. I wouldn't mine a couple of fish..."
[Toothless regurgitates half of the fish, and proceeds to direct Hiccup through biting and swallowing it.
Many vikings squirmed while all the dragons looked at Toothless. Regurgitating a fish is what a mother does to her youngings, did Toothless already see Hiccup as his own?
Toothless then tries to return Hiccup's smile. He then snarls and flies away when Hiccup reaches towards him.]
Guess not. But that toothless smile was something to die for! Many babies, toddlers and children cooed. "Funny dragon!"
[Hiccup draws Toothless in the sand, Toothless then use a branch to 'draw' Hiccup in the dirt.
While some vikings tried to see Hiccup in the swirls of dirt, many marveled at the intelligence of the dragon, who managed to interpret that Hiccup was drawing him in the sand and tried to imitate him.
Hiccup steps over the lines to finally reach Toothless. Hiccup offers his hand to Toothless while looking away, Toothless finally trusts Hiccup enough to touch his nose to Hiccup's hand. Toothless snorts and runs away.]
Everyone paused. The bond that was being built, the trust that was being placed and a friendship that was just about to start. A forbidden friendship.
Gobber
...And with one twist, he took my hand, and swallowed it whole. And I saw the look on his face: I was delicious. He must have passed the word, because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg.
The dragons shuddered. "Ew..." "Human flesh isn't exactly delicious..." "Must've been desperate dragons." "How hungry do you have to be to resort to flesh?"
The vikings overheard. Dragons... didn't like to eat them? Well, I guess their diet consisted of various fish, but still...
Fishlegs
Isn't it weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon? Like if your mind was still in control of it, you could have killed the dragon from the inside by... crushing his heart, or something.
The vikings stared. The dragons tilted their heads. "Very... interesting thought there, young viking..." Stormfly said, weird expressions on her face.
Snotlout
I swear, I'm so angry right now! I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight. With my face!
The dragons dropped down laughing while many vikings tried stifling their laughs.
Gobber
Un-unh. It's the wings and the tails you really want. If it can't fly, it can't get away. A downed dragon is a dead dragon.
Oh yeah... Toothless was a downed dragon, but how...? Toothless hid his tail under his leather wings, wanting to surprise the other dragons with Hiccup's brilliant invention.
Gobber (cont.)
Alright. I'm off to bed. You should be, too. Tomorrow we get to the big boys. Slowly but surely making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare. But who'll win the honor of killing it?
A terrible terror, couldn't have been any older than three, spoke up. "What's the honor of ending a life?" Many vikings looked down. They claim the dragons took lives. But weren't they the same?
Tuffnut
It's gonna be me. It's my destiny. See?
Tuffnut groaned while Ruffnut cackled. Their parents stared. Tuffnut got a tattoo?!
...
Well, they gotta admit it looks cool, but they know he's gonna regret it later on in his life.
Fishlegs
[Gasp] Your Mom let you get a tattoo?
Tuffnut
It's not a tattoo. It's a birthmark.
Ruffnut
Okay, I've been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before.
The dragons let out a breathy laugh.
Tuffnut
Yes, it was. You've just never seen me from the left side until now.
Ruffnut scoffed. She's seen every angle of Tuffnut, they were practically stuck with each other.
[After hearing what Gobber said about how a dragon is unable to fly without wings, Hiccup heads to the forge late at night, and makes a new tail-fin for Toothless to replace the one the Night Fury lost.]
"What's Hiccup about to do with my tools?"
"Help recover a life that I ripped from someone."
A downed dragon is a dead dragon.
Ta-da! Sorry for the extreme lateness... See you next update!