I 'm sorry, but I am not in the mood right now. I am getting a cold, and I had a headache the entire time I wrote this.
Though, this past week hasn't been the worst in the world. Today is my birthday. I'm seventeen today. Also, my older cousin got this cute little puppy. No, it was not a birthday gift, and the reason behind him is kind of long, but he got a puppy that's half-pug, half-boxer, and he loves people. So, this week hasn't been the worst.
I don't own HTTYD.
Call of the Dragons
Chapter 25
Written by NightShade248
Co-written by thecoreofjustice
There was loud, constant chattering behind Hiccup as he and about one-fourth of the village (they were leaving in groups) flew across the water. Dragons grumbled, murmured, and whatnot to each other. The sound of wind filled Hiccup's ears, along with the rapid beating of wings.
All of this Hiccup paid no attention to, far to lost in his own thoughts to pay attention to whatever conversation was going on next to him.
Time just seemed to pass Hiccup by as he stayed completely quiet, staring straight ahead. All he could focus on was Berk, and what Asger had said.
'... From what little I've seen of your father, he does seems to regret what he did to you. I think he does miss you.'
'Is that really true?' Hiccup wondered. 'Does Dad really miss me?'
The idea that Stoick would ever miss Hiccup didn't really seem like something Stoick was capable of. Every time Stoick came back from one of his many quests to find the Nest, he never did say anything to Hiccup. No, 'I'm back son,' or, 'How have you been?' much less a 'I missed you.' Sure, Hiccup did miss Stoick (to some extent), but it was never the other way around.
Hiccup readjusted the helmet he was wearing and looked over at Valka and Asger. Asger road on Hailstorm, Ash flying next to them. Close together, Hiccup could see Asger and Valka talking and laughing about something. It kind of reminded Hiccup of how Valka and Stoick used to act, at least from what he heard from Gobber. Stoick never told him anything about his mother.
It was stuff like that that made Hiccup wonder if his parents would have been better off if he was never born. If he had never been found by Cloudjumper when he was a baby.
Hiccup shook the thought out of his mind.
'...I normally wouldn't condone it, but I do believe your reasons were justified,' Hiccup remembered what Asger had said about running away.
'Yeah,' Hiccup thought. 'I had very good reasons for leaving home.'
Hiccup wondered how Berk was doing now. For all he knew, Snotlout was in charge now. And probably running the whole darn village into the ground. That was one of only two things he greeted about leaving Berk; Abandoning Gobber, and leaving the tribe in the hands of Snotlout. That boy did not have one ounce of leadership in his body.
And then there was Astrid. The girl Hiccup had a crush on. Keyword; Had. Now Hiccup had no strong feelings for Astrid. He didn't love, or hate her. In fact, for the last couple of years, Hiccup almost forgot that she even existed.
As the riders approached Berk, it got very quiet. No talking, no growling, no nothing but the soft beating of wings. They hid within the clouds. The sky was dark, no moon, no stars.
'So far, so good,' Hiccup thought. 'No way will Berk be able to see us. Everyone except for the night patrols should be asleep, and the patrols shouldn't notice us. We might be able to-'
"RRRAAAGG!" Toothless let out a loud roar, and Hiccup suddenly felt them being pulled down. Large, greenish chains curled around Toothless's legs, pulling him from out of the sky.
"A-HA! We got it!" Someone on the ground gloated.
"A Nightfury!" Yelled another familiar voice.
"Toothless!" Hiccup yelled. Toothless struggled against the restraints.
"Hiccup!" Dagur shouted.
"Dagur! Help me!" Hiccup pleaded.
"Boys!" Valka flew over to help, before Cloudjumper got caught, too.
"Valka!" Asger called.
Hellfire started blasting at the chains, but nothing happened.
"Darn fire-proof chains!" Valka shouted as Asger tried to assist her.
"I have an idea!" Dagur shouted. "Take us down, boy!"
"Are you deranged?!" Asger yelled.
"Yep!" Dagur yelled back.
Dagur pulled out something small from the inside of his shirt, and put them in his ears.
"Hellfire, roar!"
"RRRROOOOOOAAAAR!"
The people who caught them, and whoever else might have been around, all plugged their ears, letting go of the chain crank. Dagur acted fast, blasting at it, causing the crank to fall apart. The chains were still intact, but Toothless and Cloudjumper are able to get high enough so that the chains were out of reach.
The Vikings were not happy. "Why you-?!" One of them took a bow and arrow that he had with him and attempted to shoot at Dagur. Fortunately for Dagur, Hellfire dodged out of the way.
Unfortunately, the arrow flew higher. At Hiccup.
Hiccup felt immense pain flare up in his right arm immediately. Startled, he jerked to the left, falling off of Toothless.
It was a good three-story drop. Hiccup surely would have died, or at least shattered his spine, if it wasn't for one of the Vikings.
Though, it was clear that this Viking had no intentions on helping Hiccup. He quickly pulled out a knife, and held it to Hiccup's throat. Hiccup was trapped in a headlock. As much as he tried to fight, he would never be strong enough to overpower that man. Especially not with only one arm.
"Surrender now, or tha' runt dies!" The man yelled.
Once again, the voice sounded oddly familiar to Hiccup. Very familiar.
To the best of his ability, he looked up. Red hair, stormy eyes.
Stoick the Vast.
"Why do the Gods hate me?" Hiccup wondered out loud.
"Shut it!" Stoick yelled.
Stoick had looked better. Bags decorated his eyes, his hair was everywhere. Usually Stoick would tie the hair on his head back, and kept his beard in check (How, Hiccup had no idea). Now, it looked like he had been sleeping out in the woods for weeks. The look in his eyes showed pain and anger.
"Put my brother down!" Dagur yelled, darting down at Stoick.
"Brother?" Stoick asked.
"Dagur! No!" Asger had to have Hailstorm bite at Hellfire's tail and hold it in her mouth just to keep the two in check.
"Dagur?" Stoick asked.
Dagur, like Hiccup, was wearing a helmet, which covered the majority of his face. In an attempt to distract Stoick from Hiccup, Dagur pulled his mask off.
Stoick looked absolutely livid (though not surprised). "D-Dagur! Wha' are ya doin'?! Hangin' 'round Dragon Riders?!"
"Why are you even asking?!" Dagur asked. "Dagur the Deranged here, people!"
"Dagur!" Hiccup choked out. He wasn't feeling too good. He could feel his blood dripping from his shoulder, and Stoick was gripping Hiccup pretty tight. Hiccup didn't want to loose any more body parts.
"I think a better question is, where are you going to let go of my brother?!" Dagur asked.
"Dagur, please!" Valka said.
"Brother?!" Stoick yelled back. "Dagur, ya don' have a-"
Stoick stopped in mid-sentence. Hiccup knew immediately what he was thinking;
Flashback...
Where is he?!" Dagur yelled. "What have you done with my bother?!" Dagur pinned Snotlout to the ground, demanding to know what he had done with Hiccup. He hadn't seen the runt all day. Dagur wanted Hiccup.
"Have you lost what's left of your mind?!" Snotlout yelled, trying to kick Dagur in the groin, but to no avail. "Knock it off! You're chocking me!"
They were causing so much ruckus that Osvald and Stoick immediately came running.
"What in tha' name a' Thor's Hammer is goin' on 'ere?!" Osvald shouted. "Dagur! Ya let tha' lad go right now!"
"What have you done with him?!" Dagur asked again. "Where is Hiccup?!"
Hiccup could remember the anger in Dagur's eyes as he told him the story. Dagur must have been so upset...
"Well, Stoick?!" Dagur said, his green eyes fixed on Stoick, burning into his stormy grey eyes. Eyes that were clouded over and filled with guilt.
"I'll ask again," Dagur said. "What have you done with my brother?"
Stoick didn't say anything.
"If you so much as harm a hair on his head-"
"Odin, Stoick! Humor the boy!" Osvald yelled. "Jus' tell 'im where tha' boy is, so he'll leave the kid alone!"
"That's jus' it," Stoick said quietly, head down in shame. "'A don' know where he is."
End of Flashback...
"Brother..." Stoick muttered under his breath, before looking down at Hiccup. Hiccup's face was completely covered by his helmet, there was no way Stoick could have known who he was. Now, however...
Surprisingly gently for his he was acting just five seconds ago (Stoick was very close to choking Hiccup with his arm, and the arrow was still logged in Hiccup' shoulder), Stoick reached down and pulled Hiccup's helmet from his head.
"Hiccup..." That was the last thing Hiccup remembered before he passed out.