Hi everyone I'm back and sorry for the wait. School projects are keeping me busy, I'm getting my voice back from a cold, and etc. Anyway, I'm gonna cram three chapters into one, since I promised myself I'd submit this thing before Easter. So enjoy.
Something Old, Something New, and Something Blue
Though Autumn was still in Berk, there were signs that Winter was creeping up. The scent of flowers with fresh dew drops were fading, many animals that would scatter the island were in the beginning stages of hibernation, and a chill started to fill the air.
The teens were about finish their training for today.
"Finally," Snotlout blurted out as he stretched his arms. "I thought we would never be done."
"You said it." Ruffnut agreed as she cracked her back.
"I still think we need to work on our reflexes." Fishlegs said as he continued writing down notes.
"What do we need more work for, we're awesome?" Tuffnut questioned annoyed.
"Actually, I'm awesome, you're lame." Ruffnut laughed.
This earning a punch on the arm from Tuffnut, and the twins started to fight. Astrid rolled her eyes at the twins' antics, but noticed Toothless and Hiccup in the distance. Astrid walked towards them quietly, not to disturb their train of thoughts.
Toothless was hovering above Hiccup, not that the teen minded. Both were looking down at the silver cape pin and how the light reflected on it.
"What'cha got there Hiccup?" Astrid asked.
Hiccup jumped at question as Toothless gave a low chuckle.
"Oh, Astrid, hi Astrid." Hiccup greeted awkwardly.
Astrid grinned at his response, his adorkable nature was one of the many things about Hiccup that charmed her.
"Oh, this?" Hiccup said holding the pin, "This is just -"
Before, Hiccup could finish explaining to Astrid, someone snatched the pin.
"Oh, cool an earring! Never took you for the jewelry type, Hiccup." Ruffnut said as she held the pin to her ear.
"Give it back, Ruffnut!" Hiccup said trying to grab the pin.
"Ruff, over here!" Tuffnut shouted waving his arms in the air.
Ruff threw the pin above Hiccup's head and Tuff caught.
"HA! Keep aw-AHH!" Tuffnut screamed as Astrid tackled him to the ground.
The pin flew high in the air until it landed on Fishlegs's notes.
Fishlegs gasped at the sight of the pin.
"Guys this is the triquetra symbol!" Fishlegs said as he began his nerd-speak. "It's also known as the 'trinity knot', and used in many different religions, representing the three stages of life, elements, and domains-"
"Oh, shut up already!" Snotlout said snatching the pin.
"This stupid thing isn't worth all this commotion!" Snotlout shouted as he held the pin up.
Snotlout felt a warm huff run down his back and turn around to see a furious Nightfury. Snotlout gave a yelp and dropped the pin.
"Thanks,bud." Hiccup thanked Toothless as he picked up the pin. "Like I was saying; Toothless found this cape pin in the cove."
"How did it get there?" Astrid wondered as she admired it.
"Obviously, someone trashed it." Snotlout interrupted. "And for a good reason too, that is one horrible belt buckle."
"Because it's a cape pin." Hiccup corrected his cousin.
"Whatever." Snotlout said.
"Trader Johann's here! Trader Johann's here!" Everyone turned to see Gustav riding on Fanghook.
"Whoa, calm down Gustav." Hiccup said trying to calm down the over excited child.
"Trader Gustav's here with a new order of LOOPY SPHERES!" Gustav shouted.
This alerted Snotlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut, before anyone could say anything the trio jumped on their dragons and flew off.
"Well, better check this out." Astrid said as she got on Stormfly.
The rest followed after her to the docks.
Berk's Docks
The docks were normally busy with the villagers depart to capture fish, beginning long voyages, and returning home. But, today it was busy for another reason, Trader Johann! Trader Johann was Berk's favorite trader always bringing new treasures from unknown places like clothing, food, and weapons. The last time he visited Berk the newest items from the unknown places were sushi, a painting of Anansi the spider god, and a grass skirt that was said that was owned by the goddess Pele.
At this very moment Johann was trading many of his newfound items.
"Ah, Master Hiccup good to see you again." Johann greeted the future chief.
"Hello, Trader Johann." Hiccup greeted back.
"Have Snotlout and the twins already come here?" Astrid asked looking around for Berk's three troublemakers.
"They did." Johann answered dryly as he pointed over to the three on another dock.
The three were already stuffing their faces loopy spheres as the juices dripped down their mouths. The three were soon under the spell of a sugar rush from the sweet candy, as they started running around in circles and speaking in tongues.
Everyone was in disbelief at how uh- (What's the word; foolish, insane, crazy)- whatever word you would use for the way the three were acting. Many parents shielded their childrens' eyes from the sight , others ran away from the teens, and a few were frozen in terror.
"How did we miss that?" Toothless questioned in disgust as he looked at the three.
"I don't know, and I wish we hadn't noticed it." Stormfly answered.
"That's gonna take years to forget that." Meatlug added.
"So is there anything you would like to trade today?" Johann asked the three teens.
"OH,OH,OH,ME,ME,ME!" Fishlegs answered, jumping up and down like a first grade student who knew the teacher's question.
"Do you happen to have a new book on symbols ?" Fishlegs asked.
Trader Johann stroked his beard and pondered. "What kind of symbols, lad?"
"Symbols like the triquetra. Hiccup's cape pin has the design on it, and I want to brush up on my Celtic symbols." Fishlegs answered.
"FISHLEGS!" Hiccup hissed in embarrassment making the large boy jumped.
"Really?" This sparked Trader Johann's curiosity as he turned towards Hiccup. "May I see?"
Hiccup pulled the cape pin out of his pocket to show Trader Johann.
"Oh my-" Trader Johann gasped. "This is amazing this is -"
"A piece of junk." Everyone turned to see Snotlout standing tall with no sugar hangover.
"Weren't you just on a sugar high?" Astrid questioned annoyed with her hands on her hips.
"A true man doesn't weaken at the hand of hangovers, sugar rushes, or-or" Before he could finish what he was saying, Snotlout covered his mouth and ran to the edge of the docks.
"DON'T YOU DARE PUKE NEAR MY SHIP!" Trader Johann shouted at the teen.
"What a waste of perfectly good loopy spheres." Hiccup said sarcastically.
"Espically, since the loopy berries won't be in full bloom again till Spring." Fishlegs added sadly.
"Anyway, I do believe I have the book you are looking for Fishlegs, follow me." Johann said as the group followed him on his boat.
The young dragon trainers were now standing behind Trader Johann as he was scanning through his large bookcase full of books and scrolls.
'This is gonna take a while.' Toothless thought as he sat down bored out of his mind.
Suddenly, a new scent caught his attention.
'What is that smell?' Toothless thought as he started to sniff around.
Toothless stopped in front of a large unlocked trunk. Curiosity got the better of the Nightfury and used his muzzle to open it to see many different fabrics inside. There must of been a hundred different fabrics inside that large trunk in different materials, colors, patterns, and sizes, Toothless pulled one out to find that it was white and sheer. There was no way it would be used to wear, due to it being so light and silky, maybe a delicate net of some sort to catch flies and mosquitoes .
"Toothless, put that down!" Hiccup shouted as Toothless dropped it.
"OH NO! Not the silk !" Johann panicked.
"Very sorry, Trader Johann." Hiccup said as he handed the veil to Johann. "If it's ripped or something I can pay for it."
Trader Johann examined the veil for any rips or tears.
" It's quite alright, Master Hiccup." Johann reassured Hiccup. " It needed to be washed anyway, before I deliver it."
"What's it for anyway?" Astrid said as she grabbed an edge that wasn't in Johann's hand.
"This silk is going to be used to make many wedding veils for the other islands I have to travel to." Johann answered.
"Wedding veils?" Astrid said with a light blush as she dropped the edge.
"Yes, many young brides plan to marry as soon as Spring comes." Johann answered as he neatly folded the silk.
Astrid blushed at the thought of marriage. Before, the dragons and Vikings living together marriage was the last thing on her mind. She wanted to be the best Viking in all of Berk not the wife of a great Viking. She was lucky to be born on Berk where the whole marriage thing was loose, instead of islands where parents would arrange marriages before their children were born. Still, the thought of settling down with a nice man (*COUGH* HICCUP *COUGH*) and having future Vikings carrying around miniature axes with their own baby dragons didn't seem so bad.
"Toothless, put that down bud!" Hiccup said catching Astrid's attention.
Toothless was playfully tugging on black fabric as Hiccup tried to tug it out of his best friend's mouth.
"Your dragon has excellent taste is fashion, Master Hiccup." Johann said.
"If only his taste wasn't in his mouth right now." Hiccup said as he pulled harder. "Now let go, Toothless."
Toothless unclamped the fabric sending Hiccup landing on his butt and the fabric draping down on top of him.
"Ouch." Hiccup said dryly.
Toothless purred as he helped his friend up.
"You know that's not a bad look on you Hiccup." Astrid said.
"What is this anyway?" Hiccup asked as he pulled the fabric off his head.
"This fabric is pure cotton, dyed black, water proof, snow proof, and one of my best top sellers in the Winter." Johann answered. "It's usually used for sweaters, boots, and cloaks."
"Hey, you can use this to make a cloak for your cloak pin." Fishlegs added.
"AH, what did I do with it anyway?" Hiccup panicked as he dug into his pockets searching for his pin.
"Oh, I still have it." Johann pulled it out of his pockets, pulled out a small magnifying glass to examine it.
"This pin is made of pure silver which is very expensive , has stains due to age, the little holes were used to hold something like a very small gem, and the triquetra is highly crafted definitely not made by an amateur ."
The riders and dragons were engrossed by how Johann was describing the pin. Johann handed the pin over to Hiccup.
"Where did you find this, Master Hiccup?" Johann questioned.
"It was at the bottom of the lake, in the cove." Hiccup answered.
"Unbelievable!" Johann shouted his hands in the air. " What fool would throw away something so priceless, so elegant, so unique!?"
Both Toothless and Hiccup looked at each other in worry for the trader as the others looked in shock.
"Are you alright, Trader Johann?" Hiccup asked to make sure the trader was- still with them.
"Oh, I'm quite alright, Master Hiccup." Trader Johann answered regaining his thoughts. "So would you like your cape package or wear as is?"
"What?" Hiccup asked confused. Hiccup then he remembered the fabric was still covering him head to toe, he felt totally embarrassed for not taking it off earlier.
Before, anyone knew what was going on Trader Johann had pulled out clothing/fashion ruler, a pair of scissors, and some sewing pins.
"Oh no, I don't really need a cloak." Hiccup said waving his hands in front of him.
"Sure you do, you always complain about how cold it gets and you get sick the first day of Winter." Asrid said as she and Stormfly were eyeing a feather collection.
"Astrid!" Hiccup hissed.
Fishlegs pinched the loose fabric that was on Hiccup's shoulder.
"Also, black is great a color for trapping heat and-" Before Fishlegs could finish Hiccup smacked his hand.
"Don't touch me."
"Oh come on, Hiccup. Expanding your wardrobe won't kill you." Astrid said with her hands on her hip.
"Guys, I said 'no'." Hiccup said firmly crossing his arms.
Toothless gave a low cooing sound and rubbed his head gently on Hiccup. Hiccup looked down to see Toothless giving him the puppy-dog-eyes.
"You too, bud?" Hiccup sighed. "Fine, you all win I'll get a stupid cloak!"
"And done!" Trader Johann said as he fastened the pin on the cloak and he was done.
"WOW! It looks great on you!" Astrid exclaims.
Fishlegs, Toothless, Meatlug,and Stormfly nodded in agreement.
"Really?" Hiccup asked.
"Yes, just see for yourself." Johann said as he pulled out a large mirror.
Hiccup looked at himself in the mirror to see how he looked and he couldn't believe his eyes. Hiccup had to admit he looked... good? He was never really one for appearance; sure he wash his face, brush his teeth, and brush his hair. But, gazing in the mirror for hours admiring his (invisible) muscles or whatever other vanity thing just wasn't in his character. The black cloak was full length circle and hooded, the pin was in the center of his collar bone, the cape wasn't to long that it would leave a trail on the ground that it would get dirty or tangled when he would run, it was the perfect size for him.
Toothless walked behind Hiccup to see his brother's reflection, and in that moment the two looked like twins (Except one was human, and smaller, and blah, blah, BLAH).
"Hee, you guys almost look like twins." Astrid giggled (What did I tell ya).
"Oh wait, I have nothing to trade for this." Hiccup realized as he took the cloak off.
"No problem at all, Master Hiccup, it's yours." Trader Johann said.
"What, are you sure?" Hiccup asked.
"Of course, after the many times you and your dragon have saved me it's the least I can do." Trader Johann answered as he wrapped the cloak up in a package and handed it to Hiccup.
"Cool, freebie!" Fishleg's exclaimed.
Outside
"Well, I'm glad you all stopped by." Trader Johann said as the group was leaving.
"Well, thanks again Trader Johann, we'll check up on you before you leave." Hiccup said as the group was leaving.
"Hiccup," Hiccup turned to see Gobber holding a huge (new) mallet in his left hand. "There ya are lad!"
"Hi Gobber, do you need me for something?" Hiccup asked.
"Yep, apparently the twins and your cousin need new dragon saddles." Gobber answered.
"What? Why, what's wrong with them that they need new ones?" Hiccup answered.
Gobber just pointed towards the twins and something large Johann was carrying.
The twins were still eating loopy spheres out of one of the six barrels behind them, and when Hiccup looked closely Johann was carrying dragon saddles.
It didn't take Hiccup long to realize what had happen.
"You gotta be kidding me." Hiccup groaned.
"I wish I wasn't, I'm gonna need ya in the shop." Gobber said.
"Come on bud, time to get to work." Hiccup sighed as they both walked towards forge.
Gobber's Forge
Hiccup's Workshop
Hiccup was drawing the plans for Snotlout and the twin's dragon saddles while Gobber was still gather new equipment from Trader Johann. Toothless laid in the corner as he watched his friend sketch away.
"And done!" Toothless shot up and walked toward the desk. "What do you think Toothless?"
'It's basically the same as the old designs.' Toothless thought as he stuck out his tongue.
"Ah, what do you know." Hiccup said as he put on his dirty brown apron.
'So many things, my friend.' Toothless thought.
"Guess we'll have to wait til' Gobber comes back." Hiccup said as he petted Toothless's head.
Hiccup's eyes went towards the package on the other side of the desk and picked it up. He stared at it intensely as it the package would talk to him or something, and started to open the package. There it was: the cloak pin on top of the neatly folded cloak, Hiccup started to run his fingers over the interesting shaped pin feeling a certain warmth by its touch. Toothless started to nudge Hiccup's side tying to snap him back to reality.
"I'm fine, Toothless." Hiccup reassured his friend as he held the pin. "Who would ever throw something like this away?"
'Beats me.' Toothless thought.
Hiccup sat up with the cape in his hands, without hesitation wrap the black around his body, and fasten the pin tight.
Before the two could say anything Gobber burst through the door.
"Hiccup I'm-AAAHHHHH!" Gobber screamed.
"AAHH!" Hiccup screamed and Toothless roared.
"A TROLL COMED TO STEAL MY LEFT SOCKS!" Gobber shouted as he pulled his mallet. "Not today ye don't."
Toothless sprung into action and pounced on Gobber.
"Gobber it's me,-" Hiccup removed his hood. "Hiccup."
"Hiccup? Nice cape by the way." Gobber said. "Ya mind calling Toothless down."
"Get off Gobber, bud." Hiccup said as he wrapped his arms around Toothless's neck and pulled him away.
"And will you please knock on the door, I could've been naked!" Hiccup said annoyed.
"First: this is my shop and I'll burst into any room I please. Second: when the heck are you ever naked?" Gobber questioned. "Every time me or your father ever tried to give you a bath you'd put on another shirt and put on an extra pair of socks before we could ever put ya in the tub."
"GOBBER!" Hiccup hissed.
Toothless laughed at the idea.
'Yep, that's Hiccup alright.' Toothless thought.
"Ready to get the saddles started?" Gobber asked as he dusted himself off.
"Born ready." Hiccup said sarcastically.
"But, ya may want to take your cloak off." Gobber said as he placed his apron on.
"Right." Hiccup said as he changed from his cloak to his apron.
Gobber and Hiccup were finishing up the saddles when Gobber questioned.
"So what's with the new fashion statement? "
"Wha- oh the cape!" Hiccup mental slapped himself for forgetting the cloak so easily. "Toothless found this old cloak pin and it was Astrid and fishlegs's" idea to get a cloak for it.
"Smart idea, you always get sick the first few days of Winter." Gobber said.
"GOBBER!" Hiccup hissed.
Haddock Household
Valka and Stoick were currently setting the table for dinner and waiting for Hiccup and Toothless to come in. It wasn't odd for the two to be late for dinner, but that never stopped the two from worrying.
"We're home!" Hiccup announced as he, Toothless, and Gobber walked through the front door.
"Where have you been, you had your father and me worried." Valka said as she brushed a few strains of hair from Hiccup's face.
"Gobber needed my help to make some more saddles." Hiccup answered.
"It's true: what's for dinner?" Gobber said.
Dinnertime
The family (plus Gobber) were enjoying a meal of chicken, lamb, cabbages, and carrots; while outside, Toothless, Cloudjumper, Skullcrusher, and Grump were enjoying a meal of cod and salmon.
"So who were the saddles for?" Stoick asked.
"The twins and Snotlout." Hiccup answered. " They traded Trader Johann their saddles for barrels of loopy spheres."
"I see." Stoick said. "Those three would sell their souls for loopy spheres if they could."
"Wouldn't be the first time they tried to do that." Hiccup said truthfully.
"Really?" Valka questioned, not that she didn't believe Berk's would actually try to sell their souls.
"At, it's true." Gobber said as he chewed on some lamb. "And Hiccup got a fancy new cloak."
"Gobber!" Hiccup hissed.
"You got a cloak?" Valka questioned with glee. "You must put it on, I want to see how you look!"
"No, you don't." Hiccup said. "I don't even know why I got it."
"Because you get ill during the Winter." Stoick answered bluntly.
"Oh come on, I don't get sick that easily." Hiccup said. *COUGH . LIAR .COUGH*
"Just put the gosh darn cloak on-" Gobber said. "Your parents are just as stubborn as you are."
Hiccup just growled and went to his room to change. A minute or two later he was down in his cloak.
"Ta-da, Hiccup in a cloak!" Hiccup said throwing his arms in the air.
"Oh, you look so mysterious in your cloak." Valka said as she hugged her son. "And so adorable."
"MOM!" Hiccup's face flushed.
Stoick took noticed of the pin on Hiccups cloak.
"Did Trader Johann give you that pin to go with the cloak?" Stoick asked.
"No, Tootless found it in the cove." Hiccup answered.
"So that's what that thing was, a cloak pin!" Valka exclaimed as she looked at it closely. "Why in the world was it doing there?"
"I don't know, I doubt someone would get rid of it on purpose." Hiccup answered.
Hiccup's Bedroom
Hiccup and Toothless were asleep in there beds, resting up for the next day. Hiccup's new cloak was folded neatly on his desk, with the pin on top.
The pin started to glow and seafoam green fog filled the room, undetected by the two.
Dream
It was a cloudy and dreary day on Berk. The skies were grey, the ground was moist, and the wind lightly blew; a truly depressing sight.
This side of Berk was full of cliffs, hills, and waves; if one was not careful he or she might slip and fall to their death.
"Who's idea was it to come here on such a dreary day?" Hiccup questioned.
'Yours as always.'Toothless grunted.
Hiccup patted Toothless's head, who purred.
Hiccup was currently wearing his cloak, it trapped his body heat keeping him warm from the harsh wind blowing.
"Maybe it wasn't a bad idea to get this cloak." Hiccup said as Toothless chuckled.
*CRUNCH*
A loud noise caught their attention.
'What was that?' Toothless thought.
There were no lose twigs or branches in the area to make that sound. No dragons or humans, nothing exc- Wait, there was someone! They were probably a good distance away from the two friends, the person was walking up one
"Excuse me." Hiccup shouted catching the person's attention.
The person obviously heard him as they turned, then took off running.
"Hey, stop!" Hiccup shouted. " Come on bud!"
The two chased the person until they were on the top of the cliff.
"Look sorry we frightened-" Hiccup began to explain himself until the person turned around.
Hiccup didn't recognized man had his long black hair in a braid, scrawny (not as scrawny as Hiccup, but still), he looked like he was at least 19-25, bags were under his eyes, clothes battered, and a few bruises on his body.
"Are you okay?" Hiccup asked the man did not respond. "We can take you to our the village healers, they can help you."
The man did not respond, he only slowly walked backwards, and raised his arms out.
"Don't follow in my footsteps." Was all he said in a weakened voice, before falling backwards.
Both were shocked at what they had witnessed, and on instinct jumped after the man to save him.
Toothless dived down so he was below the man and in an instance Hiccup was about to catch the man in his arms.
* POOF *
As soon as the man's body came in contact with Hiccup's arms he disappeared into thin air.
Before, the two could react they were frozen in midair.
"WHA-WHAT'S HAPPENING?" Hiccup questioned.
Hiccup's pin started to glow as seafoam green fog surrounded the two.
''Look down." A mysterious voice said.
A bright blue light shined below them, the light slowly dimmed as it came into view. It was soon revealed to be a very small pebble; despite its size it was shining as bright as the sun.
Suddenly, the pin detected itself from the cloak and the sapphire merged into one of the tiny holes it had.
'Find the gems to know the truth' The voice said again.
End Dream
"WHA-!" Hiccup jolted up from his slumber and started panting.
* COO? *
Translation: Hiccup?
Hiccup turned to see Toothless with a worried expression on his face, Hiccup rested his forehead on Toothless's.
"What is with these dreams?"
DAWN
Hiccup and Toothless got up early that day to go to the location that was in their the dream the skies were grey, the ground was moist, and the wind lightly blew; a truly depressing sight. The two were now on the edge of the cliff the man committed suicide on.
The two were now at the bottom of the cliff which was a beach filled with grey and black sand and large walks with sharp edges. The thought that someone could fall purposely or not to their death frightened them.
The wind started to blow harder bringing a chill down Hiccup's spine. Hiccup wrapped his cloak tighter around himself, glad that he brought the thing.
Toothless watched as Hiccup bundled himself.
'Poor guy, these dreams are really messing with him.' Toothless thought.
Suddenly, a strange smell filled his nostrils. It smelled of salt water from the sea, fire, and stone. Toothless followed the scent.
"Toothless!" Hiccup shouted as he chased after his friend.
Toothless was getting close, the scent was getting stronger by the second, until he stopped. Toothless looked down at his paws to see that the black and grey sand now was covered with tiny sea glass.
"Is this what you were looking for, sea glass?" Hiccup asked as he dug his hands into the sand letting it fall back to the ground to find red, orange, and white sea glass.
'That's what I smelled, a bunch of sea glass?' Toothless thought until he noticed something.
It was a very tiny piece of blue sea glass, it would've gone undetected with it was for its color.
Hiccup picked it up having a strange case of deja vu.
"Whoa!" Hiccup gasped. "Strong sense of deja vu going on."
Hiccup unfastened the cape pin and placed the small blue sea glass in one of the holes, and it fit right in.
Suddenly, Hiccup felt a rush throughout his body making him dizzy. Hiccup clutched his head as he fell to the ground. Toothless let out a roar before catching his friend before he landed to the ground. The rush soon let Hiccup's body as quickly as it came.
"Sorry about that, bud" Hiccup apologized as he rested on his friend's head. "Guess skipping breakfast was a terrible."
Toothless didn't really accept that as the reason Hiccup almost fainted, but he was just glad his friend was okay. And with that the two flew home for a well deserved breakfast. Unaware, of a mysterious shadow was watching as they left.
"One down, two to go."
Well what did y'all think? Sorry for the late update, I will try to update more, but I can't promise when they'll be up.
Anyway, yes the title is based off the old wedding saying; something old, something new, and something blue.
But can you guys guess what the something old, new, and blue are and will the saying be important for future chapters?
