Chapter 10: Home At Last
When Hiccup and Toothless final traveled back to the village, being welcome back greatly of the northern inhabitants, all wondering of where the lad had been for the passing months, leaving the boy, as much of little to choice to fable of a story of a small clan of beast roaming the deep ends of the forest.
Threatening all who dared treaded on their marked land, until the dwells of a path made for them, ambling to cross too much safer land, the chances of them coming back only in the harsher winters to live.
These shadows of unknown form spook that they meant no harm, for there is little of them left. In a way of saying they were just as them, trying to get by.
The dragon whisperer kept on this tale, able to fool them enough and stray them away from going near an area made of nothing of ice. Fooling that in his great mind, reasoning with them, was all nothing but false. But, it wasn't that he was going to tell them that.
It was enough for the northern islanders to heed the warning, giving Hiccup the chance to return back to his homeland, though a bit, with an heavy heart, for he wasn't able to bring his new found friend with him.
Yet, that linger feel of how a sprite of any kind, is able to hold to promises. Seeing the Keeper of Snow, was most likely coming so see Hiccup soon. Just: sadly not as quick as he hoped, at first.
With the season of spring area warming all the lands of Vikings home, made the trip to his home, Berk, less of a threat than when he left.
"What a trip it has been, huh, Toothless?" Hiccup asked his dragon, getting a gurgling grunt back, when he soon reply with. "Bet not something we would both be having. But, I guess you getting overflown of pampering made the missing of me, hurt less, hmm?"
A set of chuckling deep grunts was given as a happy reply; Hiccup only rolled his eyes to it.
"I am not surprise, seeing as that guy was just like you. So, it was like you were the whole time."
Hiccup laugh when one of Toothless's ears whacked him against the arm, a sign, that no one could ever be like him. And how Hiccup knew that was very much true.
"I hope he's okay though."
A chary groan came from Toothless, side glancing to look at his rider.
"What, he's just like you and me, best to keep us odd ones close is all. Don't give me that look, if you didn't like him, you would have roared him away or something. I know you Toothless." Hiccup told his dragon, giving the lizard a pointed look as they headed home.
A puffing of air left Toothless's mouth.
"Don't act like you don't know what I am talking about, you overgrown scaly feline."
Toothless ended up doing a dive down, making Hiccup drop it.
"Okay, I get it, stop it!" Hiccup explains before they almost hit the water, but he still added in a grumble tone, but it was more to keep from snickering. "You just upset that you didn't get a chance to race him. Really . . . Toothless, when have you'd become so childish?"
Another whip from the ears soon came, but the ride back to Berk was peaceful just any of their rides before. Dim lit of lamps, guided them closer to home.
Meanwhile, in the mist of the skies, through; the light tide of the wind's current, whipping through earth's bumps and scares. Rippling gently as what rains does when wetting the lands, or how the waves of the ocean clash with the sands and stones, and closely to that of how the sun warms and moon cools equally and quietly.
Jack took every chance not collided with the world's ingredients, eyeing warily as the wind kept pushing him, to who knows where. Yet, he chooses not say anything, less of running into a cliff side, treetop, or that of a flying animal.
"Sorry little bird!" Jack shouted to the small fowl, flinching back when hearing the faint cries of displeasure as they distanced farther and farther away. When able to miss out of any other matters of life, Jack voiced out to the winds. "Really, Wind: that could have ended badly!"
In return, Wind stopped for moment, having Jack fall a bit, but when coming close to the treetops below. But when Jack gave a scream, barely only have his nose brushing with the pine needles of the tallest trees, being his awaken to be quiet as Wind took them back at routine.
With having a pouting Jack, forming that he was sitting in the air, upside down, arms cross, along having his legs too, as only a small child could do. As the two went on their short travels.
When; feeling a gentle breeze against his cheek, only to turn away, but he chooses not going to fall for the nice play.
"Nope, if I keep playing nice with like this, you'll just end up killing me. So go on ahead, I'm not going to . . ."
A great howl came, stopping his maybe, and could have been long rant, choose to listen.
"I'm only going by how things are that's it. With how much the winds, and to you as well, Wind, change, you just do it too much. That's all."
Another rumble of gust came, with the sneaky dexterity of it, Jack took it as a coming to rapports, but don't think carelessly of it.
"If you say so, but I doubt that's far from the case . . . mountain!"
Jack gave a shout when seeing the said object, barely missing it, but soon coming near a bare land. Covered; in snow over the lands of northern pole, high within the mountain ranges, sun casting a twilight glow through the land.
"Wait, what would he want with me?" Jack asked, as they neared closer where indented in the mountain's side, a large kingdom was largely placed.
As they flew closer to the large kingdom, just soon over it, the wind stopped enough to lower Jack down. Through he would have said grumble a little too fast, but it made no matter, when nearing an opening of the keeper's window of what looked to a study.
"North's study, huh, small for a big guy like him." Jack said, mostly to the wind and himself, as he slowly took a step in.
"Eat as much cookies as I do, Jack Frost, and this room will seem small to you, no?"
Jack jumped to see near the front door of study, that should had been wisely closed before, now open to seeing the gift giver of wonder himself, Santa Clause, or as Jack called him, North.
"Umm . . . before you say anything . . . I didn't break out. The dome was coming down and then Wind told me I had to come here . . . and . . . p-please, don't send . . ."
North deep belly laughter cut Jack's pleading, as the lad only looked at the other in shock, of how calmly he was taking it. Even from the last time, when Jack asked why before, the answer was far different.
"Now, come Jack Frost, who do you think set you free in the first place?"
"Well I know it couldn't have been that rabbit . . ."
"Bunny has come to mind that is best, but won't dare to say it out loud. And Tooth and Sandman were happy to hear of this."
Jack only became more confused from then on.
"I and the others have come to new terms to you. Seeing; that you had overcome the slight problems before, and come out as a new keeper of winter." North stated, but still eyed the boy, making the lad eyes look somewhere else. But he still went on. "Wind and Man in Moon told us, of how things have change, for the better, yes, and we come to thinking, that whatever has made you become a better sprite, as granted you from going back to dome."
"Really, h-how could that be?" Jack asked, turning back to face North, having wonder clear in his eyes.
"Spirits have a way of knowing, Jack Frost, but not the point. You have been given this chance. Use it."
"I will. Thank you . . ."
"Hold the thanks, Frost, there are new rules. Follow them well, yes?"
Jack gave a nod, waiting for what the new rules were.
"Rule one; is that when you are training be only where it is cold. Mountains like my home, but cannot be here. For I have my reasons and need eye-catching problems, yes?"
"No problems will be coming your way."
"Rule two; if your center becomes too much, you must go where no one can unduly be harm. If you think you can't get away, shout to the winds, and we'll come to help."
Jack gave another nod.
"Rule three goes with number one; there will be no lacking in training or fooling with other seasons, when winter comes and go . . . so you do you."
"Yeah, training, I can do that. Said and done, twice."
"And last rule . . . Jack, you must have believers in you. For they'll help with you center. Understand where I going with this, yes?"
"I-I think so . . ."
"Good, now that is quickly taken care of, it's best to head where Wind has chosen for where you'll be staying while you train. No complying when getting there. One of us will be seeing you when the next passing winter, so see how things have gone, yes?"
"Y-yes, thank you so much, North, thank you!"
Jack could have said more, but his words ended jumbled for what was able to come out. Leaping to the windowsill once more, as when he came in, waved one last time to North, having the winds take to his new home. His laughter echoed as he went on, happy to have this chance, and a chance he wouldn't dare waste.
"Wind, where are we heading?"
Though; he got no reply, the sight of where his new-found home, was nothing less of a grand surprise.