Meant To Be
Rating; M
Author; Nightstar Fury
Pairing; Hiccup & Signy[OC]
Disclaimer; I do not own the HTTYD movies or series. I also don't own any of the songs that I might use.
Twenty-One: No More Secrets
Two months into being a couple and they loved how it felt to be in a relationship with one another. Hiccup and Signy spent time together when Hiccup wasn't dealing with a dragon attack and no housework needed to be done. Signy wished she could help Drake with the raids, but he was very adamant about refusing her request because of how dangerous it was for just him never mind throwing in an inexperienced dragon rider into the mess. Of course, Hiccup hadn't said it to be mean, but he had enough trouble keeping himself from being attacked and captured and his primary focus needed to be the raid, not his girlfriend who he felt a lot better about staying at home where no one knew where she was. Signy agreed to stay behind and wait for him to return although she worried when he was away because she never knew if he was okay or not.
Hiccup, however, assured her that in the event he gets captured by the guy leading raids or any of the Vikings, she will receive a message from Sharpshot within three days. Since it takes Hiccup a day to reach his location, then another to fly back but also there were times they would stop half way to rest for an hour or two. So if after three full days total that Hiccup doesn't return then he's been captured and to lock down the house. Hiccup invented a new lock for the entrance that Signy could use since the main needed Inferno to open, Hiccup built a weapon for Signy that not only acted as a way to open the house, but also lock it down in the event of enemies figuring out where they lived.
Just like Inferno, there were a few things that Signy's weapon could do. The first was extend a full sword made from the metal of a Razorwhip spine melted down and mixed with Gronckle Iron. The second defense it had was release Changewing acid, someone corrosive enough to eat through wood, rocks, and dragon proof made objects such as chains or cages. The handle was longer than Inferno's since it had to hold an entire sword plus the chamber for the Changewing acid and back up container of it and Signy could carry it on her back as it appeared to be just a sword in a sheath. Also, the acid was flammable too so she could use it like Hiccup used the Zippleback gas in Inferno. Signy decided to call it Bladeburn given the sharpness and the fact the acid or fire will burn someone.
Hiccup and Signy made love twice a week, sometimes less depending on the raids which were getting harder to manage. At this point, Hiccup and Signy had been living together nine months, dating for two of them and living on Dragon's Edge. The month was August, still warm for the Archipelago islands and some just outside of it. Signy and Hiccup were dating on a like not love basis; they were seeing how things went between them first. True to Hiccup's words, he never went to the tavern without Signy and stopped sleeping with the other girls. If they got drunk at the bar together, they would stay there the night after making love then leave first thing in the morning before anyone recovered from their hangovers.
Tonight was a celebration, Hiccup snuck into Drago's base and freed fifty dragons from the alpha's control when it was sleeping and led them away safely out of the Bewilderbeast's limit. It didn't seem like a lot of dragons when Drago had access to hundreds or thousands but if Hiccup could keep it up, he can better his chances of taking away their only means of raiding. Hiccup brought the dragons to Dragon's Edge, they were out of range there, and Drago didn't know where Drake's base was. It was a win-win for Hiccup so he was taking Signy to the tavern so they could rejoice at the small victory.
"Drake, I am so proud of you!" Signy wrapped her arms around his waist tightly and giggled.
"Don't get crazy; it was only fifty dragons, Sig. Still, a lot more to rescue and I'm sure that madman is going to figure out that his dragon number size is decreasing eventually," Hiccup sighed, he was happy about what he did too, but Drago would notice it eventually and retaliate in anger.
"But you're a step ahead of him for once, babe. That's something to be thankful for," Signy rubbed his shoulders as slipped between the ships level and silently to drop Toothless off in the cave and leave him with some fish and water before Hiccup removed his mask and moved with Signy onto the dock behind some ship crew members who were unloading things then mingled in with the crowd heading into the tavern. No one ever suspected a thing since Hiccup would remove his armor and weapons. The worst fight anyone got into was a fist one, and that wasn't a challenge for Hiccup to take part in. The only weapon both Signy and Hiccup kept on them were their daggers, but everyone else did too, so that didn't seem out of the ordinary.
Entering the tavern, the man behind the bar smiled wide. "There's my favorite customer! How the heck have ya been lad?"
Hiccup laughed a little and shook the man's hand, "I've been great, how about you, Halvor?" Hiccup replied.
"Business is booming! Haven't seen you in a while. Rare that it's been about two months since you last came in, out on a longer sail this time?" Hagen asked.
"Yeah, had some business in the Archipelago but I'm back for a while so how about you hook me up with two mugs of your best summer mead?" Hiccup smiled.
"For you my friend, anything. Comin' right up!" Hagen beamed as he got two mugs and filled them up before handing them to Hiccup with a salute. "Couple of your regulars are here too, settling in upstairs, so I feel you're gonna be a busy man," he added.
"Not tonight, I didn't come alone," Hiccup motioned to Signy sitting at the table against the wall.
"Oh? Is she the one that been keeping you busy in the Archipelago?" Hagen pressed while lifting his brows a few times with a grin on his face.
Hiccup shrugged, "She's my fiance," as Hagen's eyes widened.
"I must meet the woman who got you to settle down!" Hagen demanded. Hiccup rolled his eyes as he motioned for Signy to come over to him, she smiled and got up walking over.
"Hagen, this is my intended, Dagny Solberg. Babe, this is the man who has the best alcohol around, Hagen," Hiccup introduced. Signy arched a brow at Drake's introduction of her being his intended and he gave her eyes that said go with it. Signy shook the bartender's hand gently.
"You're a lucky lass; he's gonna have a lot of broken hearts when the girls see him with you. Congratulation to ya both," Hagen told Signy with a broad smile.
"Thank you, Hagen and I know I'm lucky to have him," Signy replied before Hiccup led her back to their table. "Intended? Didn't think we were quite there yet," she giggled as Hiccup handed her the mug of mead.
"Oh shush, we're married for all intensive purposes. Come on, we live and sleep together, all we need is rings, and you're my wife as far as anyone would know," Hiccup sighed as he took a drink from his mug.
"Suppose that's true. So what did Hagen mean by you'll have a lot of broken hearts when people see me with you?" Signy asked curiously then took a long sip.
"Hagen told me that a few of my regular girls are here tonight and upstairs settling into their rooms which means they'll be back down soon and notice me, make a play to get drunk and get laid but I'm with you, so they'll be upset that I'm engaged to you and not sleeping with them," Hiccup informed.
"Oh, I get it now. And the different name was so no one figures out who I really am?" Signy asked, and Hiccup nodded to her. "You came up with all that on the fly, didn't you?" Another nod from Hiccup as the two began drinking and talking.
(Two Hours Later)
Two more mugs in along with some dancing and the two young lovers were having a fantastic night together celebrating that Drake saved fifty dragons from the man behind the raids. Of course, as it got later, males and females were wandering around looking for anyone willing to go upstairs. One girl hurried over to Hiccup, she had caramel brown hair, and blue eyes and Hiccup was standing by himself since Signy went to use the restroom. Though, Signy was just coming back over when she heard this girl call to get Drake's attention.
"Hiccup! Hey, Hiccup! I didn't think I'd see you tonight," the girl smiled happily. Signy blinked a few times. Hiccup? Why would she call him that, his name was Drake, wasn't it?
"Uh, hey, Alva. How are you?" Hiccup asked her.
"I'm great now that you're here. It's...kind of loud down here, want to go upstairs to my room to catch up? It's been so long," Alva replied questioningly.
I know but I can't. Sorry, I'm not going to be here much longer. I'm waiting for someone, and then we're leaving," Hiccup told her.
"Come on, just half an hour? We can be quick," Alva tried while putting her hands on Hiccup's chest, then wrapping them around his waist and drawing him toward her. "You look tense, let me help you out, Hiccup," she added gently and Hiccup sighed as he removed Alva's arms from around him and stepped back. Signy took this as her chance to return to his side.
"Alva. I can't sleep with you, okay? Things have changed since we last hooked up," Hiccup said firmly as Alva's eyes widened a bit seeing Signy now, Hiccup noticed her as well, "Hey beautiful, there you are. I was getting worried,"
"Sorry babe, a bit of a struggle to get through everyone. Who is this?" Signy asked locking her arm around Drake's.
"She's, um, just a friend I run into sometimes. Dagny, this is Alva. Alva, this is my fiance, Dagny," Hiccup introduced.
"You're engaged, Hiccup? Well, no wonder you're rejecting me," Alva said lowering her head some. "I'm...sorry I bothered you. Hope you're happy," then she rushed off into the crowd.
"Ready to go?" Hiccup asked looking at Signy now who was deep in thought about why Alva had been calling Drake another name that seemed all too familiar. Hiccup was the name of the son that the Berk chieftain, Stoick had lost due to dragons. Hiccup knew most everyone on all islands and Stoick's son was the only one with the name Hiccup. Drake...couldn't be him, could he? Drake rode a Night Fury, the same dragon that attacked and carried Hiccup off three years ago, four in November since Hiccup was taken four months before his eighteenth birthday from what Signy remembered about Soren telling her.
"Hm, yeah. While we're flying home, maybe you can tell me why haven't told me that you're real name is Hiccup and you're Stoick the Vast's supposed dead son," Signy replied. Hiccup froze, Signy must have figured it out when Alva kept using the name Hiccup instead of Drake. Fuck.
"I'll...tell you when we get home," Hiccup sighed as he led her out and they snuck down to the cave to get their things and Toothless, then took off moments later.
(Dragon's Edge)
Once they had landed after a silent flight back, Toothless went to relax by the fire as Signy and Hiccup sat down on the couch in the main room, and she waited for him to start. "I'm waiting, Hiccup,"
"Okay look. Yes, I'm Stoick's son who everyone believes is dead. My real name is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. Drake Riddari is just a cover name, so the Vikings don't know who I am and outside the Archipelago, no one knows me anyway so I'm safe at the taverns or trade towns in ports that sit out of the boundary. I shot Toothless down when I was seventeen and befriended him, at the same time, my father wanted me in dragon training which I did great in because I knew how to subdue the dragons, control them to an extent. I was named training champion and given the honor to kill my first dragon in the ring. Also, my father announced that I would be taking over as chief of Berk after getting married to a girl he arranged for me to wed. I knew the source of the raids too and all that being thrown on me, I didn't want the life. I wanted to keep Toothless safe too, so I faked my death and ran away," Hiccup explained as easily as he could.
"Okay, put like that I'm not as mad as I was before. Seeing all this truth that you've shown me, I suppose I would have done the same thing in your boots. But still, why didn't you just tell me who you were?" Signy asked.
"I was afraid you might tell your brother because it's huge news that I'm alive. My helpers, they know I'm trying to help them, but they don't know I'm Hiccup. It's far less confusing for them to think I'm Drake rather than the supposedly dead son to the chief of Berk. There is only one person aside from you who knows the whole truth, and that is Gobber, Berk's blacksmith. He was my mentor, and he figured things out on his own based on facts about my death and Drake's appearance a year later on the same dragon that took me," Hiccup told her.
"So, Gobber knows everything? That you don't lead the raids, he knows the guy behind it all, everything?" Signy asked as Hiccup nodded to her. "I want to know too, Hiccup," Signy put her hand on his knee.
"All right, I'll tell you," Hiccup sighed and began explaining about Red Death being the original source, then how it changed to Drago taking over with his Bewilderbeast. Hiccup told her everything since leaving Berk to current. "That's all of it," he finished after an hour as Signy blinked a few times and took a breath.
"Okay, that is a lot but nothing I can't handle. First off, I'll forgive you for keeping it a secret; I know you have a lot riding on this. Secondly, I still want to be with you so don't worry that I'm going to leave. Lastly, we are a couple, Hiccup. You can't hide things from me. I give you my full trust, and I expect you to do the same, no more secrets, okay? Promise me?" Signy looked in his eyes.
"Thank you for not leaving me, and I promise, Signy, no more secrets," Hiccup smiled at her, Signy returned it as they kissed deeply. Honestly, Hiccup felt a lot better with her knowing everything now, and he wouldn't keep anything else from her. Hiccup wouldn't say it out loud just yet, but he was falling in love with Signy, and he wouldn't risk losing her over secrets so there would be no more after tonight. Hiccup and Signy had sex for an hour in Hiccup's room and then turned in for the night to sleep.