If I was a plant I would have grown roots next to Void, sleeping eternally, my flower watching over him carefully. I never wanted to see him go. He was mine.
As if those feeling were second nature I pressed our hands tighter around each other, his eyes watching me as I slept soundly next to him. I loved him? Was that the right termanology? The sun seemed to engulf my sight, when my eyes opened all the world seemed to be in shades of blue and green. Mostly blue.
"Hiccup?"
"Nn?" I asked warily, rubbing sleep from my eyes. I wanted to open them fully so that I would see his face clearly.
"We have to go."
"Where?"
"Since you've been taken your name needs to be given to you."
"T... taken?"
"Innocence removed."
"I see... okay..." I yawned, sitting upright, stretching out my arms to the heavens. When I took a look at my arms they were nearly fully engulfed in black scales. They were black and tough now, my eyes glistening green and glassy as I looked in a pool of water. My hair had taken a turn for the worst with the brown darkening with streaks of gold flowing slightly to my left. "What in the...?"
"You're becoming more and more like a dragon each day. Your mother was just like you."
"This is... so... unreal..." I stammered, stroking my hair that was uncomparibly softer now than it was before.
"It's all too real and so is the war for you."
"What?"
"Just because you can no longer offer Innocence does not mean that you are not useful."
"What good am I now?"
"You really don't want to know."
"Try me."
"I won't, it's too... painful..."
"For who?"
"Both of us."
"Tell me, Void."
"You're persistant aren't you?"
"It makes me unique, now tell me."
Void sighed to himself, swearing beneath his breath, finally peering into my soul with his eyes. "Your blood offers emence power and your flesh could give a dragon or demon immortality."
"W... w... wah... what are you...? R... n... no... that's not... no..."
"I told you... we have to name you and keep you safe before the war over you begins."
"I... I don't want to cause people pain anymore..."
"It's not your fault, that's just how it is. Prophecies are meant to be fulfilled."
"Why can't it be someone else?"
"Because... if it was anyone else I don't think I'd chosen to keep them alive. Now aren't I right?" He smirked, pressing his lips to mine. That fever spread over me again, smothering my mind with wrong thoughts and more wrong images... so... very... very wrong...
"Why is this all so important?" I asked, flushing a little with his words.
"Because, it's you that would be in danger. You're the cutest guy I've ever seen, Hiccup… and don't I know that right?" He grinned, kissing me softly on the cheek. He was so much like a gentleman… why was he so much more than perfect? That didn't come around as often as a blue moon. Probably because he…. He's gay…. Does that make me gay too? Does it? Hmm… I NEESH TO INVESHTIGATE DEES TINGS…
"*Sigh…* I'll take that the right way and you fly me over to the village… let's get this over with…"
"What's with the sob story attitude? Tired?"
"You can't imagine…" I yawned, rubbing sleep from my eyes as we jetted up into the air.
"I was on top you know! I did most of the work last night." He pouted, my face burning red.
"Do you enjoy doing this?"
"This? A lot of things can be considered this."
"Making me so nervous!"
"It's what makes you look the cutest… adorable even." He snickered, my foot letting his back wing off and doing a dead downward spiral. "What are you doing?"
"That's not really for you. Don't do that."
"That?"
"The whole psychology trip."
"Promise not to… just… put your freakin' good for Gods foot on the pedal!" He shouted, my foot slamming downward just so that we didn't crash into the ocean.
"Got your attention, didn't I?"
"You must be utterly MAD! But I think I like that about you…" He smirked, kissing my lips softly as he morphed out of his dragon form for just a few minutes.
"Ha, ha… come on… top or bottom, I'm exhausted…" I sighed, laying down on his cool back and riding through the chilled morning winds. It was a nice feeling and partially I was in a fair amount of pain.
((SHEX NEVAH HURT SHO BAD! IT WASHN'T SHUPPOSHED TO HURT!))((but i wash dah grl... I gesh...))
"Are you really that tired?"
"It feels like you beat the stuffing out of me... I'm so feverish... I think I'm getting sick..." I sighed, closing my eyes.
"I'm sorry... I won't do that next time..." He smiled, flying on the winds.
"Heheh... you really did me in... Void..." I flushed, passing out on his back, my foot still on the pedal.
"Hiccup?"
"Just... let me... sleep for a... little while..." I burned, wrapping my arms around the dragon's body, the burns spreading from my lips to my toes, fingertips and all. Everything was hot and sick. what was the matter with me? Was I affraid of my mother seeing my face? I was so ashamed of who had... t... "taken me"... but I couldn't deny it... I felt internally connected with him... somehow... deeper...
My ears were pressed to his back as I listened to his heartbeat, his song. It was so beautiful that I fell asleep to it. "Hey Void?" I flushed, snuggling the scales as they cooled my body.
"Yes?"
"Do you think I'm disgusting?'
"What?"
"I don't know... do you?"
"How could I ever feel that way about you? I love you!" He shouted above the wind, my face turning red, then relaxing. I felt at peace that I knew he loved me. That was good to know... reassuring... completing...
"I love you too..." I smiled warily, tired and hot.
The ride was smooth and cool as the air reached every inch of my body, consuming me. It felt good as I sat up, running my fingers through the clouds. Water ran down my arms and I pulled them from the clouds.
"Having fun?"
"Hmm? Yes..." I smiled, feeling very light, very airy in the sky. Why was that?
"You seem to be in a good mood."
" I don't know... I feel... light..." I giggled, Void landing on the ground.
"That feeling is death."
"What?"
"When you give your soul up as a contract of love you have this eternal feeling of weightlessness because you no longer have that human boundary." Void explained, turning back to his human form.
"I see..." I smiled bubbliy... I've never felt more alive. I've never felt better, but reality grabbed me again after I felt the sensation that I was forgetting something came over me. Oh yeah... my dad... ooh this would not go well... not at all... hmm...
"There you are!" Ocea smiled, a girl tagging along behind her. She looked just like... OH!
"Afternoon, Ocea. And... is this...?"
"Yes! This is Rinalii."
"I just... wanted to thank you..." She flushed, hesitating to shake my hand.
"You're welcome, and I'm just glad to see that you're okay. How are Tine and Exis."
"Back to the big gloating bafoons they always were." Rinalii giggled, running off as soon as Ocea dismissed her.
"She's just like she was three years ago... you work miracles, Hiccup." Ocea smiled warmly at her direction.
"Well, she deserves it." I smiled, Void coughing to get Ocea out of chatty mode.
"Oh, sorry. Okay, come here." She pulled me, Void staying behind. I longed for him to join me, but I knew he couldn't. something told me it was forbidden for an Exiled man to be out of things like this. "Okay, today you will choose your name, now I mean a spirit will choose a name for you. If your mother's soul is still lingering then she'll give you the name that she chose for you." Ocea explained, everyone seeming o school me lately.
"Okay... so... when is that?"
"Now." She sighed, pushing me into a hut where the only light that was available was coming from a pit of blue fire. Ocea stayed outside as I approached the pit, cold heat coming from the embers that snapped, popped, and burned.
"H-hello?" I whispered, a woman's voice echoing out to me.
"H... up... Hii... up... Hiccup..." It was my mother calling out.
"M... Ezmarie?" I stammered, approaching the fire. True enough, her face was smiling at me from within the embers. "Mother..." I gasped, reaching in the fire, only to be burned.
"Don't reach into these flames, darling. Flames of God punish a dragon's heart." She smiled warily, her body rising from the ashes and her body becoming whole as she sat on the now cold hearth.
"M-mom..." I flushed, ashes falling off her and her face not a day over twenty three.
"My darling, come here." She opened her arms to me, my hands wrapping around her. She was whole, but hollow and cold. I just wanted to hold her, dead or alive. "Oh my darling, it's been so long. Look how you've grown! I feel like I've missed it all... Tell me Hiccup, have I missed your life?"
"There hasn't been much to miss in the past... father's gotten cold and..."
"And recently?"
"I... I... I'm sorry... that I... I fell in love with a..." I began, her hands covering my mouth.
"I know, Void. He's an angel isn't he? He'll treat you well." She smiled, kissing my forehead. "I'd stay longer dearest, but Heaven's gates call me back now. Before I leave, your name. It is Hiroh." She waved, slipping back into the ashes and the flame reigniting itself in the clear day. She had come and gone, just as when she was with me. I missed her dearly, but no time for tears. I had other things to do.
I stepped from the hut and Ocea was waiting outside, at the ready with her pen. "So?" She asked eagerly, waiting to answer my questions.
"She said... my name was Hiroh..."
"Hiroh... ooh, good one."
"What does it mean?"
"Ashes Angel."
"I see... Is that all?"
"Yes, I just... need to give you this. It's been passed down from generation to generation on your mother's family. Now it is yours."
"Ecra Degrosis Yugari Tenma. What's that mean?"
"Equal Dragons Share the Earth to All. It's a healer's motto that they heal dragons, ghosts, humans, and gods. It's an equal healer's ground rule." She recited, closing her eyes for a second.
"I see."
"Now, you and Void have to get out of here before Agnis wakes. He'll chew you up and spit oyu out if you don't get out of here." She whispered, shooing me off. Rinallii, Tine, and Exis waved me off as I kicked Void into the air. I wanted to stay, but it wasn't safe for now.
"What's your name?"
"Hiroh..."
"Ashes Angel."
"Yes..." I sighed, turning on the wind and high up into the clouds. "I'm not a fan of the name though..."
"I can call you Hiccup, if you want?"
"Would you?"
"I will." He smiled, the clouds drenching us in water. I felt so heavy all of a sudden, but that was just pressure from the height.
I just wanted to go back to Void's Exile house. I just wanted to go home... to... to live with him... to have him as mine... to be his...
