Author notes:
1)English is my second language. Forgive me for any mistake.
2)I don't own How to Train your dragon, obviously. I only own the plot for this story and the eventual OCs
3)Dragon language is going to be written "like this"
4)Thanks Takira S., Darkdagers, Comet Moon, akirisan and Genis Reigal – Element Star for your reviews. I hope you'll like this chapter as well.
5)Just remembering: This is a T rated story and it'll have blood and violence in some parts of it.
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Hiccup ran with all his strength. He didn't look behind. He didn't need to know that his father was right after him. Stoic was yelling his son's name and telling him to stop. But how could he?
The boy felt horrible thinking that his father blamed him for what had happened in the arena days ago. It hurt him like a dagger carved in his chest and he let the tears steam through his cheeks.
If Stoic wasn't cursing himself for his poor choice of words, he would be quite surprised seeing his son outrun him! "Hiccup, wait for a moment! It's not what you think!" he yelled once more to his son.
The boy paid no mind to his father's words. He was so deep in his own thoughts at that moment that he wasn't even paying attention to where he was going anymore. He didn't even notice he was out of his village and was in a vast meadow.
'It's not my fault. IT'S NOT!' he thought
'Who did the dragon tried to kill?' countered an unknown female voice in his mind
'Me…but it's…' Hiccup tried to reply in his mind closing his eyes tightly shut. He didn't know what that other voice was and this was scaring him.
'Not your fault? Than whose fault is it? You' father's? I doubt it. Even I have to admit he tries the impossible to make you happy and safe. You're the one who keep disappointing him being a walking target! You are the only one to blame. It's your weakness that makes you vulnerable. You need to get stronger, faster, smarter. I can grant it all to you.'
'W-who are you?' He said getting really freaked out by all this. First he started to understand what dragons said, then he had weird dreams and now he was hearing a voice in his mind.
'Me? I'm no one of importance. You should be glad, I'll open your eyes soon. Metaphorically talking. But, really, you should open your eyes now before…'
Than Hiccup opened his eyes and before he could react he slammed his body against a rock in the middle of the field. He then fell over his back and stared at the sky as he rubbed his nose.
'I Told you so. Oh, well. I hope I can chat with you soon, boy. But I would suggest you keep this little talk between ourselves. Your father would think you're going crazy if you tell him.'
The boy then heard his father calling his name, but before he could react, his father reached him. The man had a firm hold against his son. He didn't want him to run away like that again.
However, Hiccup didn't feel like he had the strength to do it anymore. He felt drained and didn't even feel like resisting his father's tight grip.
"Hiccup, please listen to me. I didn't mean to sound like that. What I meant is that someone is after…" but then Stoic stopped talking. How could he warn his son that someone was trying to kill him without scaring his son even more. "What I mean is…" he started again, but he honestly was lost in his own words.
But the boy said it to him: "Did someone do that on purpose, then? Is Someone really trying to kill me, daddy?"
Stoic gave a heavy sigh. It was pointless try hide the truth from him. But how could he explain the danger that he son was going through without scarring him to life? "Yes…That's why I want you to stay with Gobber from now on when you aren't with me. I'll see if I can pick you up every night and bring you home, but when I can't do this, I'll ask Gobber to do it for me. I want you to obey him. Do you understand, Hiccup?"
The boy only nodded in reply. He didn't know how to react exactly. True, he was already scared because of everything that have been happening to him lately and now he had to worry about someone trying to get him.
Stoic didn't like that silence and because of that he assure his son: "Don't worry about anything, son. Your father will always protect you. It's not your fault of what happened a week ago. I'm sorry if I sounded like that. What I meant was that…a mess was made because of that monster tried to do with you. I'm really sorry for putting you in such danger and for saying those things. Can you forgive me?"
Hiccup smiled weakly in reply to his father's worry. "Of course, daddy."
Stoic then smiled in return and said: "Let's return home. I bet Gobber is worried about us."
The man released his son and both walked back towards their village. Surprisingly, both had run a good distance from their home.
In the middle of their walk back home they found Gobber who had a relieved face because his best friend had found his son safe and sound. After they calmed Gobber down they went all to his workshop.
Hiccup felt bad for making his father's friend have to follow him like that too. 'I have no idea why this is all happening to me. But I somehow am getting stronger. I'll be stronger and this way I'll be able to protect myself and daddy won't have to worry about me anymore.' Hiccup thought.
Elsewhere, at night, cloaked figure was walking through the shadows of a nearby woods. Suddenly he stopped and looked around. The massive person sighed and said: "Why are you hiding like that. That's useless against me, you know."
Then a light blue terrible terror came from a tree in front of the man. It was hiding itself there. It didn't like having to work with that man. In fact no dragon did. It was like a punch on their ego.
"You're late!" it hissed to the man.
"Please, you know I can't just walk away and expect that no one wouldn't miss me. I'm doing everything I can here." The man said annoyed.
"Clearly you aren't trying hard enough! As far as I know, you're siding with the humans to lure us to a trap!" It said again ready to shoot a fireball at the man.
However, the cloaked person could read the dragon's movements and chucked at that. "Come on. Shoot! It'll be the last thing you'll ever do in your life!" but then he said in a threatening tone: "I wouldn't dare lie about this. I'm dead serious about helping the dragons to reclaim their land. I already told you that if you kill him everything will fall apart in that wretched village."
The little dragon yelped at that man's sudden change of voice. It suddenly turned voracious and it was draconic. "V-very well then…When we can strike the next time?"
The man was quite amused how submissive the dragon had become after he yelled at it. He smiled under his hood and said: "In a week, there'll be a no Moon night. When the sky is the darkest, you should strike. I'll even call my other comrade to aid you in the assault."
"I'll tell the others right away." The little dragon said before flying away.
The man scoffed as he carefully went back to the village, after all he didn't want to be seen. The manhunt against the person who weakened the metal bars was still on and he wouldn't risk being caught. Not that moment anyway.
He was sure that in a week, everything would be over. But he had to admit he was looking forward seeing that boy, who was going to fight a dragon all by himself, being eaten in front of everyone in three days, after all, he had been telling the dragon all about the boy's moves and his weaknesses so it would be easier for the dragon to kill the boy. Their low spirits would really help to make it easier for him to kill that person.
End of chapter 9
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