HEY! I would just like to thank LandofMidnightRain and HamsterJellyman for constantly giving me feedback! And I also am sorry for this next chapters lead off from the movie. I kinda skipped the montage scene because I left off on a bad ending with my last chapter that I didn't know how to go from. I would also like to apologize for the late updates, I'm working on 2 Fanficts at the same time and I'm trying to keep up on both of them as quickly as possible. Thanks again!
Disclaimer: I do not own HTTYD… although I wish I did, and I also do not own the quote "Missed it by that much" from Get Smart… just thought I'd put that in there.
Her wings furled in the wind and stretched to their furthest without grazing the trees of which she weaved through with great agility. She couldn't believe it, she was flying again! Eden looked up to where the sun shone through the canopy of the dense forest.
It sparkled off of the dragon's green scales and a smile lines her lips as the light reflected onto the rocks and trees she passed. Thoughts raced through Eden's head as fast as her own wings were carrying her. She was finally flying, actually flying. After three days of being in her weak human form, she had finally broken free.
Three days she thought. It was the longest time Eden had ever gone in her human form. She was surprised she hadn't changed earlier.
Eden sighed. She had lost Hiccup but the loss was minor compared to the wind that blew in her face. She thrust her wings in one swift movement, pushing her farther and faster into the breeze. The rush of air in her face was incredible.
Eden opened her eyes wide at the feeling. It was incredible. It had been so long since she had ever actually flown just to fly. For once, she wasn't flying to flee. She closed her eyes, letting the calming darkness envelop her and listened only to the wind in her ears.
She swerved her body twisting as she did around trees. Her back arched and she smiled again when she felt the leaves of the tree she had barely dodged brush her spine.
Her eyes flickered under the lids as shapes and colors of red and black filled her vision. Once again, Eden gave her large wings another flap and she was sent racing into the wind so fast it felt like water enveloping her entire body.
Her heart couldn't take it, she began flapping wildly. She knew she shouldn't in the dense trees, but the rush of the wind in her face and the bright colors peeking into her vision were too strong for her to resist. The rapid pulsing of Eden's wings matched that of her heart that beat fiercely for the open sky.
Suddenly, Eden's thoughts were cut off when she felt a piercing pain in her gut. Her eyes flew open as she slammed into the rock which sent her tumbling over the other side and finally rolling her over, bumping into jagged rocks and snapping tree branches, into a crater.
When the dazed dragon cleared her head, she sat up groggily, viewing her surroundings. The crater's ledge which she had so carelessly run into sat at least thirty feet up and, due to the debris of crushed rock and snapped limbs of tree branches, Eden was sure she should've endured more damage that a headache.
She heaved a sigh, discouraged at the stupidity she held in order to land here in the first place. Eden pushed herself up into a standing position and leapt back into the air for takeoff but faulted as her right wing collapsed and sent her back to the ground with a thump.
Eden looked down at her shoulder and tried again to fly. "Ugh!" She grunted as she fell again to her feet. She craned her neck to look at her wing and gasped in discouragement when she saw the sore limb bend downwards toward the ground when it should have been facing back to catch the wind.
Eden let out another sigh and tucked her wings together behind her back so that the left one sat atop the right and held it into place. Great. She thought. My first day back and I've already broken a wing.
There was an easy way out of the crater. A small opening between the crevices which met to form the crater gave enough room for a human to pass through easily. Taking note of the exit, Eden sat in the dirt and decided that she wasn't needed in her human form at the time and that she still was able to relax in her dragon body for a few more hours.
Slowly, Eden stood up, deciding that the best way to pass the time was to inspect her surroundings. Although, her shoulder pained her as the wing hung limply from its other half of heavy bone, the full view of the crater distracted her for brief moments at a time.
She would walk from one end to the other, wincing every once in a while as her right wing slipped from its position.
The sun peeked over the distant trees and stretched over the crater's edges to reach the small area, but it was warm and had a small spot of grass which lit up bright green in the rays. Over to one side was a pond that reached at most twelve feet deep in the center while the rest lay at shallow depths, shimmering in the light and rippling softly as fish swiveled and turned every which way underneath its surface.
Eden took in every attribute of the crater as heaven and she nestled down into the grass. It was beautiful, no wonder Hiccup always disappeared into the forest. A breeze picked up, and from where she sat, her head lowered in the tall grass and the trees hanging above her, the rustling was especially calming and the dragon was soon lulled to sleep by the pure beauty of her newfound safe haven.
"Come on bud, we've been flying for a while now, we should probably make our way back." Hiccup said, patting his friend on the side of the neck. Toothless crooned in reply and turned his head towards home.
His ears twitched as the gears turned by Hiccup's foot sprang to life and turned his new tailfin into the wind so that they soared over the sea and into the trees. He shook his head as leaves brushed his nose and flapped his ears at the human, reminding him to pull up.
"Yeah yeah, I've got it." Hiccup retorted, but nonetheless switched the gears after hesitating for a moment as the combination popped into his memories. After the cheat-sheet had blown away earlier that evening, Hiccup struggled to work the tailfin by memory.
"Oh, GAH!... missed it by that much." Hiccup grumbled. He had misjudged the combination of gears and sent both him and the dragon skimming the top of the crater and crashing through a nearby tree until they bounced to the ground, hitting each branch on the way.
Toothless seemed to have received the better half of the fall for he had had a softer landing… Hiccup. As the dragon leisurely climbed off of his friend, Hiccup gulped in a large breath and sprawled on his back in the setting sun. "Thanks for moving." He heaved sarcastically to his unaware companion.
Hiccup stood and unstrapped himself from the harness that clung him to Toothless before unhooking it from the dragon's saddle and slipping it from the Night Fury's thick skin. Toothless, glad to be out of the crazy contraption which strapped him to his human, bounded out of sight, rubbing his itching and chafing neck against the soft grass.
Hiccup rolled his eyes and continued cleaning up the gear and shoving it behind a large boulder and grabbing on his warm vest.
Suddenly, the boy was struck with a jolt of worry as a low growl escaped Toothless' throat. A growl that meant danger of which Hiccup had never heard before now.
"Toothless! Toothless what is-" He stopped mid-sentence and his eyes opened wide with recognition and horror. Running to stand behind Toothless, Hiccup was faced with something of which he feared more than anything else.
Hiccup placed his hand on Toothless' back, trying to subside the growling. Lying in the green grass, heaving in heavy breaths, was a dragon. Not A dragon. Hiccup thought.The dragon! And the more he thought about it, more frightened Hiccup became. Had it come for him? Why was it here? How did it find him?
Toothless, having felt Hiccup behind him began to worry. His human was shaking, his knees looked as if they were about to give way. The dragon's growl dwindled into a small questioning whining in the back of his throat as he turned to the boy.
Not receiving an answer, Toothless slightly nudged Hiccup in the side. "Huh? Oh." Hiccup mumbled having been partly pulled from his trance. Toothless, although knowing why this dragon was as outlier, he simply had no clue why the boy was so upset. It seemed to frighten him more than Toothless had ever seen him and therefore, held an even greater threat.
"Huh? Oh." Hiccup said as Toothless nudged him in the side. "It's okay bud." He whispered, feeling for the dragon's head to pat. Suddenly, the green creature began to stir. Hiccup stumbled back and Toothless resulted back to growling, his eyes shrinking into thin slits.
The dragon grunted and shifted onto its side so it faced Hiccup, the light shining off of its green scales. Hiccup's face fell into a confused state. It didn't look dangerous, just… comfortable, in fact, it was smiling in its sleep. Slowly, the creature, heaving a heavy yawn, blinked opened its eyes.
At first, it seemed to be dazed, just waking up to the two strangers in front of it didn't seem to be absorbed by the dragon yet. It blinked a few more times before processing what was happening. The dragon's eyes opened wide with fright. Hiccup was taken aback by how bright the eyes of the beast were and stumbled back again, this time, tripping over Toothless' artificially finned tail which swung wildly behind him.
Toothless' growl raged into a roar, his teeth springing from the gums. The green dragon leapt from its position, stumbling over its own feet trying to move out of the angry Toothless' sight.
It let out a shout of pain as its right wing slipped from its back. "Aah!" It shrieked, grimacing at the sound and hissing with the pain. Wait… pain? Hiccup got up and placed his hand on Toothless, trying to calm his friend.
Carefully, he clambered his way up to Toothless' head, staring at the green dragon which looked back with eyes that Hiccup for some reason recognized. Yes, Hiccup had certainly seen these eyes before.
Hey, thanks for reading! Please review!
Haha, I never realized how much Eden fell asleep in this story :P
