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|| This is Toothless speaking. ||
|{ This is any other dragon speaking. }| (Hiccup can only hear Toothless.)
Anyways, I give you:
Truth and Reconciliation
Catching Lightning
Morning came easier for Toothless today. The sun was already up and the rain had finally quit its down pouring. The Night Fury peered underneath his wing and watched over his young friend. Hiccup was sleeping soundly; he was lying so peacefully against the dragon's black side. Slowly, Toothless retracted his wings and nudged his human with his snout.
Hiccup brought in a breath of air as he opened his eyes. He starred up at the protective Night Fury for a moment. Toothless couldn't help but to let his chest give a resounding purr. Hiccup started scratching around the black scales on the dragon's neck. Toothless started groaning and he leaned into the boys hand as he closed his eyes. Hiccup chuckled at the Night Fury and grinned. "We leave today?"
Toothless continued purring while Hiccup was scratching his back. || Yes. Today we can finally get off this wretched island and get back to the skies….it's been too long since I've stretched these wings. || Hiccup leaned against the Night Fury's side and thought back to everything that happened on this island. All the Outcast guards that Toothless had scared the crap out of. All the times when Alvin would bang on the cells with his hammer. All the Vikings that perished because of this pointless war. "It will be good to finally get away from this place…too many memories are going to be associated with this island."
Toothless stood slowly and stretched his legs. He moved to the outside of the cave and spread his wings to the fullest extent. Hiccup watched as the Night Fury flapped his wings as if he were flying already. He walked out to the excited dragon and climbed onto the saddle. "The last time we were flying, we were shot down."
|| That won't happen again. || The dragon looked up to his rider with a stern look on his face. Hiccup nodded gently and clipped his lines onto the saddle. "Ok buddy, I trust you."
Within seconds the dragon ran forward and leapt into the air. He beat his wings powerfully several times, enough that they were propelled several hundred feet into the air. The two soared over the Outcast Village and saw that they seemed to be hard at work recovering from both the storm and the Night Fury's wrath. Toothless gave a few more beats of his wings that raised them high into the clouds.
Hiccup reached out to feel the gentle mist that came from the white clouds. He loved the feeling of the fresh cool air in his lungs. The Night Fury gathered speed as he propelled them forward, producing the infamous whistle that comes from only one type of dragon. Hiccup looked down to the Night Fury and scratched his neck. "So where are we going bud?"
Toothless purred lowly as he flew along at a gentle speed. || Probably down into the ocean if you don't stop scratching underneath my neck. || Hiccup quickly retracted his hand and placed it back on his reigns. "Oh….Sorry, but where are we going?"
Toothless forced his wings into motion to get them to their destination quickly. || Well we haven't had a decent meal in days, and there's one place that has all the cod I could ever want. || Hiccup brought his hand to his face as he knew what the Night Fury was thinking about. "Were going all the way back to Hidra just so you can get some food?" Toothless let out a low rumble. || Unless you plan on finding a fishing stick and using it all day. || "It's called a fishing pole. Anyway, I guess it would be good to let them know about Berk and Outcast Island since they are fairly close to each other." || You can tell yourself whatever you need to, but I'm going for fish. || Hiccup shook his head at the persistent Night Fury. "Well don't eat everything they have or we'll never be allowed back on their island."
The two raced across the sky at magnificent speeds and approached the island quickly. The villagers of Hidra listened closely as they heard the familiar sound of the black reptile. Gunnar looked over to his father who was tending to his Nightmare. "Night Fury!" Gunnar was ecstatic to have the team return so quickly and he ran over to where they would always land next to the town hall. Several other villagers gathered around as Hiccup and Toothless came in for landing. Once the Night Fury came into view everyone started shouting in joy.
Hiccup grinned as they heard the villager's excitement. "Hear that bud? They really did like what we did here." Toothless fell into a speeding dive that enhanced the whistle that came from his wings. He opened his wings fully at the last possible moment, so that everyone was blasted with a wave of air as they landed. Hiccup was laughing quietly as he stepped off of Toothless and down to Gunnar. The chief's son ran up to Hiccup and gave him a tight hug. "You're back!...And so soon. What happened?" Hiccup brushed his hair from his face that had gotten messy from the landing. "Well it's kind of a long story actually."
|| Fish! || Toothless made his way through the crowd and over to the entrance to the town hall. Gunnar looked at Hiccup, baffled. "Does he want some food?" Hiccup brought his hand down his face in embarrassment. "Yes….We kind of haven't had any real food since we left here. He is just being rude and obnoxious!" Toothless turned his head toward Hiccup trying to look innocent as he waited patiently at the door. Hiccup had shouted the last few words so Toothless could clearly hear him. Vilhehn came walking up laughing. "Well let's get you two some grub. I can't have you guys starving while you're on my island." Hiccup blushed slightly and the three of them along with their dragons all made their way into the town hall.
Once inside, Toothless made it straight over to the awaiting barrels of Icelandic cod and buried his face in them. || Finally, something fresh and tasteful. || Hiccup retrieved some cooked fish and walked over to an open area in the room and sat down on the floor. Gunnar, along with Hellfire, sat down next to him leaving enough space so Toothless could circle around Hiccup once he was finished devouring the cod. "So Hiccup, what happened over the past week?"
Hiccup sighed as he thought about his eventful time away. "It wasn't exactly an easy tribe to deal with, that's for sure." Toothless finished his fill of fish and came to be with his human; circling his tail around the boy protectively. Hiccup looked over into the Night Fury's eyes and contemplated on telling Gunnar. "It was Outcast Island." His voice was filled with regret and sorrow.
The surrounding tables all went silent and turned to listen to what the boy had to say. Gunnar had an awestruck look on his face. "You mean the Outcast Island?" Hiccup turned his head over to Gunnar and gave a slight nod. "We were captured; they threatened to kill both of us, they almost did kill us." Gunnar shook his head in disbelief. "I thought I told you to stay out of trouble and to not bother with villages that won't be willing to adapt."Hiccup lowered his head as he thought of Alvin and his father. "We weren't there by choice. We were trapped within their prison for most of the past week."
Toothless let out a low rumble to the boy that was leaning on him. || You need to eat your food Hiccup. || The boy turned his attention back to the Night Fury. "I'm not really hungry anymore."
Gunnar noticed that something terrible must have happened on Outcast Island. "Hiccup, you need to eat. You look even skinnier than last time you were here. We don't need to talk about what happened over there if it hurts that much, but you need to eat." Gunnar stood and started to walk away. "Come on Hellfire, they need to be left alone to eat in peace." The Nightmare stood but looked to Toothless for an answer. The Night Fury just gave a nod and motioned for him to leave; the deep red dragon obliged.
|| It's ok Hiccup. You don't need to be thinking about that island right now. All you need to do is focus on getting back to good health; starting by feeding yourself. || Hiccup sighed and took another bite of his fish. He knew that trying to argue with a Night Fury would most likely not end well. He ate quietly until the plate was empty then he leaned back against the comforting dragon.
After about an hour, Gunnar walked back over to Hiccup and Toothless. The Night Fury had covered the boy with his wing so no one could see his human shedding tears. "Hey Toothless, how's he doing?" The Night Fury peered down his chest to see Hiccup wiping away some tears from his face. He looked back up to Gunnar and shook his head slowly. Gunnar sighed but didn't want Hiccup to feel embarrassed or self-conscious. "Ok….I'll see you later Toothless….I hope everything is ok with him."
"Wait!" Hiccups voice sounded from behind the obsidian wing. Toothless peered underneath his wing once more to see Hiccup motioning for him to remove the cover. || Are you sure Hiccup? || His human gave a gentle nod and wiped away one last tear. "It's ok." The Night Fury proceeded to fold his wing against his side then turn his head to Gunnar. Hiccup gave a small smile as he looked up to the chief's son from next to the slate covered dragon. "I'm sorry. It's just a little hard to think about what happened over there."
Gunnar shook his head as he walked over to sit down. "That's fine Hiccup, you don't need to tell us; especially if it's that hard on you." Hiccup stared down to the floor beneath him. "No. You need to know. You deserve to know."
Hiccup breathed in deeply as he prepared to reiterate his past. "It all started as we approached the island. One of the guards must have spotted us and they shot us down with a bola. We were held captive within the prison block for a few days until Alvin tried to get me to train his captured dragons." Gunnar spoke up at the mention of the Outcast chief. "You mean Alvin the Treacherous?" Hiccup nodded to the boy. "That's the one. He took me from the prison cell and into his arena. I managed to avoid training their Nadder, but I was knocked out in the process. When I woke up, Toothless had managed to frighten the guards enough to put me in his cell."
Gunnar looked up to the grinning Night Fury. "He does have the ability to scare the living crap out of you." Toothless gave a vicious sounding growl which frightened all of the surrounding villagers that weren't paying attention. Gunnar laughed at the Vikings giving them cold looks now. "Like I said, scares the crap out of you."
Hiccup chuckled then went back to his story. "Well anyway, Alvin had messaged my father about me and Toothless being captured, so he showed up to kill us both." Gunnar couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Your father came to kill you?"
Apparently Gunnar had spoken slightly too loud as Vilhehn and a few other villagers were now listening in. Hiccup nodded to Gunnar and sighed. "But before my father was going to do it, Alvin came to talk to us….He came alone and told us about how he became an Outcast." Vilhehn spoke up with distaste for the man. "So he told you about he killed his family and many of his tribe?" Hiccup shook his head. "No, not at all. He didn't kill his family." The villagers were all listening in closely now. "His son was killed by a Monstrous Nightmare, and his wife was killed by….." He turned his head up to the guilty dragon. "Toothless."
The Night Fury wrapped his tail around his human and pulled him close, keeping an eye out just in case some of the villagers were to become enraged. Hiccup scratched the dragon on his back to try and relax the tense reptile. "It's ok Toothless." The dragon exhaled slowly and produced a low rumble as the boy scratched behind his wing. Hiccup turned back to the awaiting crowd. "Alvin told me to leave. He said that we need to leave before my father got the chance to kill us." Gunnar couldn't understand why a father would do such a thing. "What was your father so upset about?"
Hiccup leaned against the reverberating dragon behind him as he felt the weight of the conversation bearing down. "He couldn't believe that dragons could be reasoned with…. He wouldn't." He looked up to Toothless with pleading eyes.
|| We can go. You don't need to tell them the whole story at once. It's ok. || Toothless raised himself up and motioned for Hiccup to get on his back. Gunnar had a puzzled look, but he realized what Toothless was doing. He understood that this must have been too hard on Hiccup so soon after the events. "You should get some rest Hiccup. Well catch up on this tomorrow once you're feeling a little better." Hiccup gave a thankful nod to Gunnar and slid on the back of the Night Fury. The two made their way out of the town hall and shot into the sky.
Hiccup clicked the tailfin into position as needed, but didn't have the strength to do much else. He may not have had a very eventful day or even a very long one, but he was ready to sleep. He needed to sleep.
The two soared along as the sun was setting; flying to the place they called their first home together. Toothless flew over the island to see if anything had changed over the past week and to check for any threats. Once he was satisfied he glided down to the old campfire that still stood.
Once they landed Hiccup slid off the dragons back and proceeded to unfasten the saddle. "I'm sorry we didn't take this off earlier, you must have been really aching with this on all week." Toothless crooned to his human in appreciation. || It didn't feel right complaining about something so trivial when you had just lost your last family member. || Hiccup removed the saddle and sighed as he noticed the rough marks on the midnight scale of the dragon. "We still should have taken it off. It might take a week for this to heal now." Toothless purred to the boy and placed his head under his hand. || I'll get over it. ||
Hiccup smiled to the Night Fury and rubbed behind his ear. "I'll go get some wood for the fire." Hiccup walked the edge of the tree line and grabbed whatever branches he could handle. There was a presence around him. He could have sworn someone was watching them from within the forest. He shrugged it off as being cool breeze coming past. Once he got back to the campfire he arranged the wood neatly and nodded for Toothless to light it.
Hiccup grinned as the warmth form the fire engulfed his body. He lay back against the obsidian dragon and looked up into his eyes. The Night Fury was scanning the forest as if he too had felt the presence. || Hiccup, I want you to get under my wing. || Hiccup grew slightly nervous and looked out into the dark forest. "What is it Toothless? What's wrong?"
Toothless unfurled his wing and used it to pull Hiccup close to his side. || There's a dragon watching us. I want you to stay concealed under my wing. || He scanned the forest and looked into the trees as far as he could see. || Come out Skrill! I know you're out there. || Hiccup curled up against the dragon's side and leaned into his chest.
|{ Still have the sharpest eyes of them all, don't you Night Fury. }|
|| You would never be able to sneak up on me. I know your tactics all too well. ||
Slowly the outline of a small Skrill came into view at the edge of the tree line. |{ It's no wonder why they always chose you to lead the raids. }|
Toothless narrowed his eyes at the approaching dragon. || That's far enough Skrill. You don't want this to end up like last time do you?" ||
|{ I remember you cheating last time by hiding out in the forest. }|
The Night Fury shook his head and glanced down at his human.
|{ I saw your human Night Fury. I saw you at the other island as well. That storm was too electrifying for me not to take part. }|
Toothless lifted his wing to reveal his human beneath. || If you lay one claw on him…. I will rip your heart out tear your lifeless body to shreds. ||
The Skrill bowed his head and chuckled slightly. |{ Relax Night Fury, or should I say Toothless? }|
The Night Fury growled slightly at the Skrill that was testing his patience. || You may not. ||
The Skrill lay down across form the pair and bowed his head. |{ I understand Night Fury. You don't need to worry about me hurting your precious little human. I'm just here to ask one question…..Why? }|
Toothless looked down to his baffled human. || I used to fly with this dragon. He is the heir of my guardian. || Hiccup tuned to the Skrill and looked over the dragon, its scales ranging from from a deep purple to sapphire. "So his guardian was your mother?" The Skrill nodded and rest his head on the ground.
|| He was born about five winters before me. By the time she passed, he had already gone out on his own. || Hiccup rested his head on the Night Fury's foreleg so he could finally get some sleep. "Well you're welcome to stay with us since you're basically Toothless' brother." The Night Fury purred to his human and wrapped his wing back around the boy. || Just get some rest Hiccup. Everyone is going to want to speak with you again tomorrow. || The boy nodded and closed his eyes. The soothing reverberations coming from the obsidian dragon relaxed the boy enough so he could fall asleep in moments.
|{ The boy is important to you I see. }|
The Night Fury watched over his human until he was sure the boy was asleep, He removed his gaze from Hiccup and sighed as he looked over to the Skrill. || He means more than anything to me. ||
The Skrill rested his head on his paws and shifted himself into a comfortable position to sleep for the night. |{ What made him so special? }|
Toothless thought back to the day he was caught. The day someone managed to down the mighty Night Fury. The day everything in this world changed for him. || He had the chance to kill me; he could have taken my life and become the idol of his tribe. His name would have been famous for what he did, but he didn't….He took his dagger and cut me loose. He threw away his family and his home to become friends with me. He even fixed the tail he destroyed. He was willing to give up his whole life so that he could be with me…..That caring, that love; it was like nothing I've ever felt... As soon as he placed his hand upon my snout, my heart was taken. ||
The Skrill sat in silence as he pondered about the Night Fury. |{ So, is this it? }|
Toothless cocked his head to the side as he questioned the violet dragon. || The destiny? || The Skrill nodded approvingly. Toothless looked down to his chest where Hiccup was sleeping soundly. || Every Night Fury has to do something extraordinary: three Night Furies way back when united the dragons to survive the ice age, two Night Furies back joined the land and sea dragons, the most recent Night Fury stopped the most deadly civil war dragons have ever seen. Now, I have to stop the war between one of the most powerful enemies we have ever faced. || Toothless turned to look back at the Skrill. || Ever since I bonded with Hiccup, I knew that this was my purpose. || He looked back down at his human and crooned softly. || I just wish that it wasn't such a danger for Hiccup. If he were to die, I wouldn't survive; it would be too much for me to lose. ||
The Skrill let out a long breath as he took in the Night Fury's attachment to the small boy. |{ I'll help you Night Fury. Like the boy said; you're like a brother to me. }| Toothless nodded graciously to the violet dragon and laid his head inside his wing to watch over his human.
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Toothless was the first to wake in the morning. He brought his head up and gazed over the open ocean. The sun was shining perfectly today; not a cloud in the sky. The Night Fury retracted his wing and nudged his human gently with his snout. || Hiccup, it's time to wake up. The village will be expecting you. || Hiccup groaned form the sudden light and rolled back into the Night Fury. "Just five more minutes." Toothless grinned and looked over to slowly awakening Skrill. The dragon slowly built up an electrical charge as he stretched then shot it to the forest. Toothless chuckled slightly at the voltage buzzing around the Skrill. || I remember making the mistake of waking mother as she did that. || The Skrill grinned and shook his head. |{ Skrills got to get rid of the electricity somehow. Can't have it build up too much, can we? }| Toothless had a small smile across his face as he looked back down to his human. The boy was still curled up against his chest as he tried to get a few more moments of rest.
Toothless narrowed his eyes mischievously towards the approaching Skrill. The Night Fury designated the Skrill towards Hiccup with his snout. The violet dragon closed his eyes and slowly let out a small bolt of lightning towards Hiccups body. The boy shifted slightly as he felt an annoyance on his side. He tried to swat it away as he struggled to sleep. The Skrill let a little more juice flow through the bolt causing Hiccup's hair to stand on end. "What is that buzzing?" The boy continued to wave his hand around the area of contact. Toothless nodded to the Skrill telling him to let a little more flow.
The Skrill added another wave of power to the bolt that was flowing. Hiccup sprang off of the Night Fury and rushed over to the grass as he felt the power surge through him. "What the heck was that!?" He glared over to the two dragons that were rolling on the ground in laughter. Toothless swatted his tail against the ground as he struggled to hold in the laughter. || Your hair! It's standing straight up! || Hiccup rolled his eyes and tried to massage his hair down. "Laugh it up guys; I'll get you back." The Skrill struggled to breathe as he rolled across the grass. |{ I'm real scared now. }|He continued to laugh as the boy came back over to the Night Fury. || Its ok Hiccup. It happens to everyone. Trust me. I lived with two of them. || Hiccup sighed as he sat down against the Night Fury once again. "I can tell already that having him around is going to be a walk in the park."
The Skrill finally settled down and rested across the campfire from Hiccup and Toothless. |{ So, what do we do now? }| Toothless looked back down to Hiccup. || You ready to go? || Hiccup nodded and stood to go find the saddle he had cast away. Toothless turned his head to the Skrill as he allowed Hiccup to reattach the linkage for his tail. || We are going back to Hidra. It's not too far from here and you will be able to meet their tribe. We have already made peace with them and now they are allies to the dragons. || The Skrill stood and walked over to where Toothless and Hiccup were gearing up. |{ Sounds good, but no one is riding me. I'm not as accustomed to humans as you and some of the other species are. }| Toothless nodded and lowered himself to allow Hiccup on his back.
Once the three were in the air they flew directly to Hidra. They had to fly at a slightly slower pace considering that the Skrill didn't have the capability that a Night Fury had. Once they were within sight Toothless gained some speed so that the whistle that came from his wings could be heard.
The villagers looked to the sky to see Hiccup and Toothless coming in to land. They were surprised when a Skrill came in to land next to them. Hiccup slid off the Night Fury's back and started to introduce the Skrill to the locals. "This is our friend. He is actually a half-brother to Toothless and he is tagging along with us." Gunnar walked up to Hiccup slightly confused. "I thought that you said Toothless didn't have any family." Hiccup nodded and scratched the Night Fury behind the ear. "He doesn't, technically. The Skrill's mother is the same dragon that raised Toothless from when he was born." The crowd nodded and looked over the violet and cobalt dragon before them. Gunnar stepped towards the Skrill and reached out his hand. "Is he friendly?" The Skrill stepped back slightly and flared his spikes. Gunnar slowed his movement and crept closer to the new dragon. "It's ok; I'm not going to hurt you. Just want to be friends." The Skrill narrowed his eyes and slowly approached Gunnar. He glanced over to Toothless who gave him an approving nod. The violet dragon let out a long breath and closed the gap between him the boys hand. Gunnar jolted slightly as he came into contact with the Skrill, but he stilled himself immediately. The crowd watched in awe as an electric pulse surrounded the two beings. Gunnar stared wide-eyed at the Skrill as it backed away. "Wow! That was not like a normal dragon."
A smaller girl came running up to the group that was stunned by the Skrill. She was slightly shorter than Hiccup, but about the age of thirteen. "That's incredible! What kind of dragon is he?" Hiccup looked over the girl and remembered that she had not been able to bond with any of the dragons the week prior. She tried harder than everyone to learn about the dragons, but none of them seemed to connect with her. "He's a Skrill. He is a part of the Sharp class and as you can see, is electrical."
The Skrill looked over to Toothless as he noticed the girl walk forward. |{ Who is that? }| Toothless looked away from Hiccup and over to the violet dragon. || I think the humans called her Emilie. She had trouble bonding with the dragons before. We never found a match for her. || The Skrill looked over the girl. There was something different about her. He felt like she stuck out more than any of the others. |{ She's mine. }|The Skrill slowly came up behind Hiccup as he was talking to the girl. He reached his head over to the girl so he could get the scent that came off of Emilie. He lowered his head and motioned for her to place her hand on his snout. Emilie was stunned by the Skrill acting so strange towards her. She swallowed her nervousness and reached out her hand so it was inches from the Skrill. The violet dragon closed his eyes and pushed his snout into her hand. He could feel her heart beating in perfect sync with his. He felt the emotion of curiosity and fear coming from the girl. He could tell that she was just as interested about him as he was about her.
Hiccup and Toothless watched as the Skrill and Emile were being surrounded by the active lightning. Hiccup was amazed how perfect they seemed together. Emilie sighed and tried to catch her breath as the Skrill pulled away. "He's perfect. This is the dragon I've been waiting for. Does he have a rider already?" Hiccup grinned and leaned back against Toothless. "He does now."
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