This is War
'A How To Train Your Dragon Fanfiction'
RATED – T – Contains violence, War themes, Blood and Gore,
GENRE - Dark themed – ? / Action
SUMMARY – Instead of Stoick, Hiccup was supposedly 'killed'. However, after Hiccup's death, Toothless mysteriously disappears, and soon after Drago and his army leave for supposedly no reason... Years later, things begin to change... Serious change. However, Drago turns out not to be the only one to return...
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Chapter 8: The Man in Red
Hiccup blinked multiple times, as the brightness briefly overwhelmed his vision. Regaining his sense of sight, he was surprised to find himself in a huge hall. Like the room, it had pristine, white walls, that practically glowed in white.
The sheer size of the hall alone shocked him nearly half to death; it looked nearly large enough to house a Red Death, although it would probably be a tight rough squeeze. The walls arched in at the roof, where multiple chandeliers hung with beautiful crystal pendants. The space was completely empty, aside from the multiple statues lining the walls in-between the doors. He could see about two dozen of the entrances, all to rooms similar to his own, he presumed.
What really caught his eye was the statues. With one in-between each door, he could see them in every blink he took.
They were pure gold, shining and gleaming as if they were brand new. Maybe they were; how could he know? Each one was identical, aside from the jewels in their eyes- each one was a dragon.
It was unlike any species he had ever seen, so maybe it wasn't actually depicting a species, and just the general idea of a dragon.
They were sat on their haunches, tail delicately wrapped around its front feet. Its huge wings were slightly fanned, covering distance between the doors. It had four legs, each with four claws and toes. They had long, muscular necks, that ended with a lifted, noble head; two horns protruded from the back of its head, and ear-like appendages were underneath covering the line between the end of the jawline and the horns. It had a long, almost delicate snout, ending with two nostrils.
Each one's eyes were different, though. They were all jewels, gleaming and sparkling. One would have emeralds, and another onyxes. The one to his left beside his door had rubies, another across from him with blueish gemstones he couldn't identify.
Caught up in staring at the jaw-dropping hall, he didn't even notice the man standing to his right beside one of the gold dragon statues. The man was finally noticed, when Hiccup heard his light chuckles.
He stepped forward, smirking. "Jaw-dropping, isn't it?"
Hiccup blinked, then realise that his jaw was hanging quite loose. With a bright red face, he closed it manually with his hands. The man laughed, and Hiccup took in his appearance.
Like him, he was dressed so richly Hiccup thought he could be a god, so he kept any remarks to himself... For now.
Over top a light black tunic, He wore a shiny, near-blood red chest plate, lined with gold where muscles were. His shoulders were covered by the same red armour, and down his arms, he wore gold gauntlets that were detailed with red lines and joints. His pants were also black; his thighs were covered with a sheet of red armour (for extra protection...?), and his knees were covered by a gold plate. Surprisingly, his boots nearly reached his knees; they were red, but gold on the sides, and the top- Hiccup found himself staring at the front, where the toes would be, which seemed to have red slits... Weird.
The man was tall, about half a head higher than him. His eyes were a pale green, but bright and full of life despite this. His skin had a nice tanning to it, and it looked similar to his own. On his neck near his jaw, there was some black ink marking, which some reason sent shudders down Hiccup's spine- a lot of strange things were happening today, that was for sure.
He had short, shiny, smooth black hair, that fell just above his eyes and ended just below his ears. Hiccup was shocked into silence by the fact, that the base of it was a blood red, and the tips over his eyes faded into the dark colour. He didn't appear to know, and if he did, he didn't mind it. Speaking of which, Hiccup could see that glints of red would appear in the reflection of his eyes... Hiccup noted that his back seemed strange, but Hiccup put it to rest shortly after. He looked a few years older than him-
"Helloooo? Wake up, Mr. Lala Land." Hiccup blinked, shaking his head feverishly. He blushed deeply when he saw the man grinning lopsidedly at him, shaking his head at the younger man's obsession with staring at interesting new things. "You know, Ellia doesn't really like being stared at, so be careful. She's a little devil, is that girl."
Hiccup frowned, not knowing this girl- then again, there was bound to be too many new faces to count soon... Yippee. Now he had to monitor his staring, unless he wanted to make embarrassment his new key emotion.
Seeing Hiccup was unfamiliar, the man nodded to himself, then cleared his throat.
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"I realise I have once again forgotten to introduce myself, so I shall now. I know who you are, but you do not know me in turn." His eyes glinted with a glimmer of blood red, once again mystifying Hiccup. "I am Shurtugal, Aloysius Fyrnhjarta, Rider of Skulblaka Crimseara Arucane, and Guardian of War."
Hiccup blinked. Now, that, was a mouthful.
Fyrnhjarta- or was it Shurtugal? Now that he thought about it... Hadn't the letter addressed him in more ways than one...? Wasn't this 'Shurtugal' one of those?
Nervous, and slightly embarrassed (for the billionth time this hour), Hiccup spoke up. "Err... Can I ask a question?" He didn't know why, but suddenly the man seemed to tower over him like he was Odin. At least he knew that fact wasn't true...
"Pshaw! What am I, a god? Go ahead, just don't delve into private territory, please. My girlfriend would be after your head for all eternity... And probably mine too... Jeez, would that be a conversation to behold." He rolled his eyes, grinning despite knowing that was actually a quite realistic outcome of such a situation. Even Hiccup couldn't resist a chuckle and a smile.
"What do I call you?" The man blinked. "I mean, you were saying so many new words in one moment... It was a tad bit hard to process, get what I mean? If you don't mind, could you explain what each of them means...? Maybe later?"
"Oh- oops, sorry 'bout that. It's just customary, routine, I guess. Forgot you don't know all this stuff. And sure, I'll explain it all later on the way to the Hall." He stopped, then cursed under his breath. "Sorry, back to the question. Well, I'd like it if you just call me Aloysius, Alois for short."
Hiccup nodded. The man- Aloysius- clapped his hands, some type of motion behind him, then looked to the side.
"Come, or else we'll be late. We're going to the right." Aloysius waited until Hiccup turned and began walking, before he followed, staying just far enough away for comfort.
For a while, they simply walked in silence. The hall was just that big- each step they took echoed, which at first set Hiccup's nerves up.
However, something about Aloysius radiated protection, despite the fact he had claimed he was the 'Guardian of War'. What did that even mean...? He was the ruler of war...? No, that made no sense... Oh Thor, was he confused...
"So," Aloysius began. "You are from Berk of the Barbaric Archipelago, am I wrong?"
Hiccup nodded, eyeing the ceiling- it was the first time he had really looked at the strange things hanging from the ceiling- what were they? They appeared to have crystal tear-drops at the end of gold poles, and the centre was a clear round sphere...
He then realised there weren't any windows in the hall, and the light of the sun was coming from the clear glass roof. He then realised it was about midday, perhaps nearing sunset... Did time work differently here? He nearly tripped when he realised he was probably in Valhalla... But this didn't look like Valhalla, at least from what he had been told for his entire life...
Little did Hiccup know, that this was just the beginning of his life...
His real Destiny.
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A/N:
I LIVEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Yeah, first comes first, I'm so sorry it's been so long. I assure you, I'm no where near losing interest! In fact, it's agonising for me to put school first right now... I assure you, everything at school 'schedule' is going great, but I think things are starting to smooth out, so finally, things will be normal for all of us!
And if any of you were thinking it, yeah, I'll admit I was a tad bit uncertain of how to continue this story- that was, until about two hours ago, when my light bulb exploded with imagination and common sense.
I had two simple things I could work with, and that's what you got here- The hall, and the man.
Now that that's over with...
What's going to happen now? What is this man talking about? This movement (I've dropped hints here beforehand...)? What about all these dragons? And just who... Who is this ' Skulblaka Crimseara Arucane'?
Last thing; Does anyone know what language multiple phrases in the story so far are from? If you do, let me know! In a sort, it kinda hints a crossover, but the story isn't, I'm afraid.
(NEXT TWO CHAPPIES SHOULDN'T BE FAR AWAY)
EXPLODINGPICKLESAREMYBAE...
(Yep... Never saying that again...)
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