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P.S Just to clarify, Hiccup's dark thoughts are bold italics and hiccup's good conscious are italics
Come on Hiccup, find some secret hiding place where no one can find you and stay there until you can figure out a way to get out of here without anyone noticing that you're leaving, Hiccup kept telling himself, as he using his arms to remove some thick branches and bushes that were beginning to get in his way. He should have a head start since he left the safety of the cave when the sun didn't begin to rise so this is an advantage. However, that was when it dawned on him so fast that he mentally slapped himself for not thinking about this sooner.
Wait...Toothless and Skullcrusher can easily track me down just by sniffing out my scent! He groaned as he hit his head against a nearby tree out of frustration. Oh gods what am I going to do? Not a single plan was forming in his brain until his nose suddenly was smelling some kind of sweet aroma. The smell seemed to be coming from a small bush behind the tree so with his curiosity controlling him, Hiccup went behind the tree only to find the bush full of-
"Lavender." He whispered, bending down as an idea was forming in his mind.
"WHERE COULD HE HAVE GONE!?" Dagur yelled for the millionth time as he and Heather followed Stoick as Skullcrusher and Toothless were sniffing out for Hiccup's scent in hopes of finding him. They were thankful that Skullcrusher recovered faster then any of them have expected from his early injuries. "He could be anywhere for all we know! Are you sure your dragon can track him down?"
"Yes, Skullcrusher can find him from many miles away," Stoick reassured Dagur, even though he was silently praying to the gods for his dragon to find Hiccup. "He just needs Hiccup's scent trail so everything will be-" Before he could finish his statement, said dragon suddenly stopped on his trail as did Toothless whose eyes widened in shock then roared with frustration as he was staring to sniff around various spots!
"Were they supposed stop like that?" Dagur asked very nervously, not liking the way the two dragons were panicking.
Heather's eyes widened, recognizing that same action she seen Windshear make whenever the dragon couldn't find the scent of sea slugs or anything she couldn't sniff out. "They must of lost his trail!" Dagur turned around, his mouth opened as he was about to say something until Skullcrusher trudged back to Stoick, making a sad grunt to confirm that Heather's theory was correct. Stoick's eyes widened as he soon was looking around the area to find something to help them find Hiccup, at least a clue that could explain this as Dagur shouted with confusion:
"But how!? He wasn't carrying some kind of perfume, some kind of stink bag, or anything to block his scent!" Dagur then approached and knelt down beside Toothless, who glared at him for a moment but was back to sniffing as the young chief was questioning the nightfury, "You can find him right!? I-I-I mean you can smell Hiccup from a billion miles away, like all those times he was either kidnapped or nearly kidnapped! Come on nightfury! You have to know where he is!" Toothless turned away from Dagur, then bowing his head in shame as he looked back at him with a sorrowful face and a sad coo. Dagur made a fist, but before he could throw a fit, Stoick's voice came from behind a tree.
"Hold on Dagur, I think I found something! Take a look at this!"
The two siblings first exchanged glances then went over with the dragons to where Stoick looked up at them while his hand was pointing at a bush full of purple flowers as the chief began to show his little discovery, "Look at this bush, what do you see?"
"I see flowers in that small bush and a berkian chief who is slowly losing his sanity more than me," Dagur answered lamely, earning an annoyed sigh from said chief who pressed on with the questioning while he tried to ignore the last part that statement, "But they're not just flowers Dagur, what kind are they?"
"They're...They're..." Dagur tried to think, his mind struggling to remember but was only recalling so little information about fighting. "I don't know...I don't study flowers and stuff!"
"They're lavender, you can tell by their smell and color" Heather answered for him, as he gave her a surprised look at her intelligence. "But what does a small bush of lavender have anything to do with Hiccup disappearing out of nowhere and finding him?"
Stoick plucked a piece of lavender out of the bush, explaining as simply as he could, "Look at the bush, usually this bush would be full of lavender but it's not, there's only a few."
"And that concerns us how exactly? For all we know anything could have happened to that bush"
"Think about it Dagur, if Hiccup's trail stopped here and there's oddly a bush with a bunch of lavender missing, then something indeed happened," Stoick could tell that the two were starting to get the picture. "Hiccup must have found this bush full of lavender, remembering that Skullcrusher and Toothless can track him down so he grabbed as much lavender as he can to hide his scent to throw our dragons off. Once he did that, he went on to Thor knows where in hopes that we don't find him anytime soon," He allowed the sweet flower to plummet from his hands as small memories entered his mind, "But he seemed to forget that I had some experience as his father those many times he would try run from me as a child; always using those same tricks."
"You mean like the time when he tried to make sure you don't find him troll hunting in that fishing trip you told us about," Heather concluded as Stoick nodded as he got up. "So we just need to have Skullcrusher sniff out for the scent of lavender and then we'll find him right?"
"Not exactly lass," Stoick shook his head, "He may have covered his scent up but he isn't a fool to make sure this plan goes exactly how he needs to go. If he wanted to cover his scent then he would have used just a handful of these flowers but it seems he used a lot so he must have set up decoys."
Now Dagur understood everything the moment that was stated. "I get it, so if we only use one dragon its useless since Hiccup left plenty of lavender trails so the only way to find him is to split up, one dragon for each viking so if one of us finds him the dragon will send a fire signal for the others." For once in his life, Dagur was correct since Stoick gave him a firm nod.
"Exactly." As much as Stoick hates to split up especially when it comes down to letting Dagur be with Toothless but they had to if they are going to find Hiccup soon before the teen could do anything he'll regret. "We'll have to split up, that way we can cover more ground and Dagur, I'm only saying this because Hiccup really cares about his dragon; don't do anything deranged with Toothless." Dagur did not protest to the comment, knowing fully well that he did have a history of trying to harm the dragon but now this is his brother's dragon they are talking about now. The last thing he would ever want to do now is hurt his brother's first bestest friends, even if that friend is the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself.
"I swear I won't even pull a scale off of Toothless," Dagur promised and with that the three dragons were sniffing the air, finding several trails alright since they all now roared, pointing to the directions where the strongest smells came from, all three separate. The trio only exchanged eye contact that clearly made it clear to each other that there won't be any funny business and that their trust will be hanging so with that they were off in three different directions.
"This isn't huge but at least I can hide here until I can at least clear my mind, " Hiccup mumbled to himself as he made himself curl up into a smaller ball and more inside a huge ledge that did a pretty great job hiding him with all the grass and bushes, along with a lot of trees that can hide the huge lake in this cove like ledge! The spot was so invisible that one can easily go pass him without even realizing his hiding place was there, despite the scent.
Of course he was a little worried about the dragons trying to find him by tracking his smell but thankfully he used that lavender bush to coat himself with the flower's sweet aroma to throw them off. However he had a feeling that it wouldn't be enough so he made at least ten bundles of lavender, putting them in ten spots away from his hiding place so no one was definitely going to find them. "Maybe if I'm lucky the dragon migration will pass by here so I can find a lone dragon to fly off of this island with the commotion those migrations make," Hiccup sighed, his mind debating with itself again.
You see Hiccup, that wasn't so bad now was it? You managed to escape and get as far away from them. Exactly what good would that do if you know that running away is never the answer! It never was, look it's not too late to turn back and try to set things right. Sure why don't you just go back and cause another big mess again, like you always do. You never fail to let everyone down. Hey quit it, Hiccup look you were only a baby, you were completely powerless to what happened and you never failed anyone- You have failed everyone, you even failed yourself.
"Just shut up," Hiccup sighed, finding no use in trying to struggle through this fight since he knew that those dark thoughts are right.
You want me to shut up Hiccup? But I'm only telling you the truth Hiccup, you are nothing but a nuisance that no one wants and you cause trouble wherever you go. In fact the only people who ever wanted you was your brother and twin sister, they love you but you know that if you stay with them, you'll only cause their pain. That's not true! Don't listen to him Hiccup, you know that your siblings, Stoick, Toothless, they all love you! THEY HATE YOU! THEY LOVE YOU! THEY HATE YOU! THEY LOVE YOU! THEY LIED TO YOU FOR ALL THOSE YEARS EVEN NOW! THEY WERE DOING WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS RIGHT! HATE! LOVE! HATE! LOVE!
"I don't know what I'm doing anymore!" With frustration, he tossed a pebble into the lake as he buried his face in his knees. "I just want to know who to trust again and know what to do." Mostly, I just want to know where I can go home to...
"Hiccup has shown to be pretty smart girl," Heather sighed as she climbed down another tree that Windshear led them to as she held out a bunch of tied lavender. "This must be the sixth decoy we've found so far." Windshear cooed sadly, rubbing her head against Heather as if trying to tell her friend that she's sorry for messing up again for them. The teen turned around as she gently rubbed her dragon's chin. "Hey, don't worry girl it's okay I'm not mad. Hiccup is just playing too hard to find and too stubborn for his own good."
She held the lavender up so Windshear can smell it again. "Let's try again Windshear, this time I'm sure we'll find Hiccup." Took Windshear a moment to find a matching scent trail but she found one and then they were racing down another trail again.
"Another one?" Stoick gasped, pulling out the same tied bunch of lavender from a cave that Skullcrusher led them to. "Ah that boy is too stubborn and smart for his own good." Although the father couldn't help but smile a little to see how resourceful and smart Hiccup was even though this was third decoy he and Skullcrusher found! Despite each one being farther than the other!
Now at that point the father couldn't help but worry, he needed to find Hiccup before anything bad happens and if the teen did hear everything that night, he will need to explain everything. "Come on Skullcrusher, we gotta find another trail." Said dragon didn't protest since he knew how important the boy was to his rider so he was sniffing the air until he roared indicating that he found something alright. With that they were running through the woods down south, unaware that just up north another rider and dragon pair were going that same direction.
End of chapter, so who will find Hiccup? Find out next time ;)
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