Eclipse
Oh gods, it's been over a MONTH! I'm so so sorry, but I don't have a good excuse... I guess that
1. I got lazy in the holidays
and 2. I needed time to work out how to write this chapter.
Chapter 10 - The Trouble Starts
Eclipse woke up in the extension on the side of Hiccup's house, as dawn broke on the horizon. Now that he was older he had been allowed to live with his father, as he was less clingy around his mother now. His eyes widened in excitement as he realised what day it was. It was his fifteenth Hatching-Day!
He got up and flew up to the skylight in Hiccup's bedroom, squeezing through it with some difficulty. Upon hearing Eclipse Hiccup just groaned and turned over in his sleep, but he wasn't who Eclipse was after anyway. He began to nudge Toothless to try and wake him up, and when that didn't work he started chewing on his ear flaps just like when he was younger, since that always woke his dad up. "Dad, get up! It's my birthday!"
Toothless groaned, opening his emerald eyes and staring at his son sleepily. "Eclipse, it's not even morning yet..."
"Dad, come on! I'm fifteen, for Thor's sake, you HAVE to get up!"
"No I don't. And you're not fifteen until it's a sensible hour to wake up..."
"No fair!" Eclipse exclaimed, and he heard a chuckle behind him. Stormfly had come and perched on the edge of the skylight, since she really was too big to get in. "Don't worry, your father's just lazy, that's all." His mother said teasingly. This made Toothless bolt up indignantly. "Hey, I'm not lazy!"
"Yeah you are. Like that time when Hookfang wanted to race us - Barf and Belch couldn't because he had back ache - and when you were asked to fill in for them, you didn't want to so you said you had FRONT ACHE!" Stormfly burst out laughing at the memory. "And that time when you accidentally drank that leftover mead and you-" Toothless shoved a paw on her snout to shut her up.
"Eclipse isn't old enough to hear that one!"
Still laughing, Stormfly flew down to the front door where she waited for Toothless and Eclipse to come out. Then, they went down the hill together, still laughing. But then, Indigo Wing flew over and said he needed to talk to them.
As Eclipse waited nearby, he noticed a faint gold streak flying towards him. On closer examination, it appeared to be a certain Goldclipper heading his way. As he landed, Eclipse rushed to meet him and embraced him. "Uncle Pirate!" he cried happily. Pirate laughed, patting him on the back with one wing. He wore a black cloth over his right eye to conceal an old wound, which was embroidered with a lightning bolt in blue thread. Eclipse had asked about it several times when he was younger, but Pirate always said Eclipse didn't want to know about such things and his parents always changed the subject.
Pirate took a small pouch from around his neck and handed it to Eclipse. He wasnt his actual uncle, but when Eclipse was two he gave him the nickname and it had stuck. Now he undid the bag with his claws, and what he brought out made him gasp. It was a moonstone, on a thick black cord. Moonstones were extremely rare in the Barbaric Archipelago, and he couldn't think how uncle Pirate could have gotten it. His face lit up, and Pirate could tell he was pleased. He gave Eclipse a small smile, some crooked fangs hanging out from his upper jaw.
"Wear it proudly, Eclipse.
For a day will some come upon us,
A long awaited day
A day when the alpha will call
And sleepers have their say
And a dragon as dark as night,
He will have a son
And then the time and tide reveal
The moonllit chosen one."
Eclipse stared at him for a second in awe. In the morning light, Pirate's scales shone like pure gold and he looked like a prophet from long ago. Then, he shook his head as he drifted back to reality. "Uncle, what does that even mean?"
Pirate chuckled. "You'll find out when you're ready, Eclipse."
Then, he looked worried as he finally noticed Indigo Wing talking to Toothless and Stormfly. He flew over to them, and Eclipse noticed that their voices raised considerably. He sneaked closer, hiding in a bush, and managed to hear some snippets of conversation.
"But on his BIRTHDAY?!"
"Just a little longer, PLEASE-"
"I'll give up another eye, a LIMB this time if need be, Indigo Wing!"
Those words echoed in Eclipse's head. He wondered what his uncle meant...