Anything Is Possible

Rated: M
Pairing: Hiccup & OC-Runa
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the HTTYD or Frozen characters. Everything belongs to its original creator. However, I do own all my characters.

Chapter 21.

=Hiccup's POV=
[November 7; Midday]
[Hunter Ship; Sea]

Another reason I didn't drink a lot or get drunk was that I hated the next morning after a long night. I've only had a hangover a couple of times, but having one reminds me why the number I've had is so low. How I feel right now will be added to the count. I know I wasn't extremely drunk last night, but perhaps the way I'm feeling could be attributed to the different kinds of alcohol I had last night. It wasn't just beer and ale. Other, more potent drinks that packed a punch were involved. I've been laying away in my bed for the past ten minutes, hiding my head under the pillow to block out light. My head was pounding, and my stomach couldn't decide if it was going to reject everything in it. I didn't even know what time it was, I see the sun is up, but what time of the morning was beyond me as I didn't want to look at the light. It was quiet in the room, so Viggo and Ryker must be out on the deck.

"Ugh…I need to get up…" I groaned. I didn't want to, but I knew I should. It wasn't like me to lie around in bed all day, not unless I was sick or overworked and overtired. Begrudgingly, I moved the pillow off my head and shifted to sit up while rubbing my eyes to adjust. I got the blanket off and got to my feet before moving tiredly to the bathroom. I took the time after using the restroom to wash up and try to make it look like I didn't just crash last night, even though that's precisely what I did. I shaved too, not that I needed to very often, but I disliked the feeling of hair on my face. One day I might not, but for now, it wasn't happening. I changed clothes and slid on my boots before taking a deep breath and opening the door to exit the room.

"Well, well. Look who is finally awake?" Teased Ryker with a light laugh from him and a few of the others as I walked onto the main deck.

Gods, I hope I'm not blushing right now. "Morning…" I greeted. "Sorry, didn't mean to oversleep…"

"Morning?" Viggo chuckled. "Hiccup, it's Midday," He informed with a smile.

My eyes widened a bit. It was noon?! I looked up and saw the sun high in the sky. "Oops,"

"Ah, don't worry about it, lad." Hauk laughed some. "We've all done it at least once," He added.

"It was a long night anyway," Ryker waved it off.

"How are you feeling?" Viggo wondered.

"Alright, I guess," I shrugged. "Which way we headed? Based on the sun, I assume Southwest?"

"Very good, Hiccup. Yes, we are. Hunter Isle sits past Hysteria, Bog-Burglar, and the Lava-Lout Islands," Viggo confirmed. "Our homeland sits past the Southern Markets, in the very Southwest corner of the Archipelago, right before the boundary to beyond it."

"Never ended up exploring that far. Explains why I wouldn't know what sits that way. I think we got as far as Scauldron Island, which is like, right next to Lava-Lout. A lot of our exploring was cut short when news of your guys up to something new popped up," I stated.

"We're pretty hidden behind a lot of fog, but still enjoy sun and warmth, if that makes sense?" Ryker mentioned.

I nodded. "Now, are you hungry since you missed breakfast? Lunch should be up in the next twenty to thirty minutes." Viggo asked.

"All good on eating right now. Maybe by the time lunch comes, that will change." I admitted before a growl made me look up and see Cinder flying above. "Well, hello to you too, Mr. Grouchy. Are you mad I wasn't up first thing this morning to go flying with you?" I smiled. Cinder gave a happy roar.

"You go flying in the mornings with him?" Ryker blinked.

"Mmhm, usually before you two are awake. I like watching the sunrise and sunset while flying. Toothless and I did it all the time, it's relaxing." I explained lightly. "I'll make it up to you, Cinder. How about we go now, and one later tonight?" Cinder roared in delight, nodding his head.

"Should we clear the deck for him to land?" Hauk questioned.

"Nah," I shook my head.

"How do you plan to get on him then?" Hauk wondered. I just smiled. "I don't know if I like that look on your face…" He mentioned uneasily.

"Cinder," I called as Cinder fell back a little. I moved to one side of the ship and then darted across to the other side; I gave myself a boost off the railing as Cinder whipped through under me, and I landed on his back in a crouch before Cinder turned a bit and curved upward while I held my balance. "Yeah!" I cheered. I did enjoy this, but it wasn't like flying with Toothless. Cinder just carried me, Toothless and I flew together. I probably couldn't pull the stunts I do with Cinder with Toothless as his rig needed me to keep it open for him to fly. Still, this was nice once in a while. I mostly used the flying to wake up more,

After a good ten or fifteen minutes, Cinder flew over the ship and turned himself upside down and glided a moment or two as I landed on the deck safely. Cinder turned around and shot off in the sky. I chuckled a little and saw everyone looking at me. "What?" I asked.

"No fear when it comes to dragons, do you?" Viggo stated rather than asked.

"If I feared dragons, I'd have a hard time being a trainer and rider, wouldn't I?" I smiled.

"Good point, but still! You jumped off a moving boat onto an even faster-moving dragon with no fear of missing and landing in the water!" Ryker exclaimed.

I arched a brow at him. "I can't tell if you're scolding me for taking the risk or beside yourself in shock that it worked. Getting mixed signals here," I admitted.

"I think it's a bit of both, my boy," Viggo patted my back. "Ready to eat? Lunch arrived and was set in our room while you were out,"

"I probably should eat something," I agreed. I'd likely regret it later if I held off. Eating might help with the hangover, flying did. "Yeah, I'll eat," I nodded.

"Excellent. We'll be off to our chamber then. Ryker, stop standing there with your mouth open and come along," Viggo sighed. I couldn't help but laugh a little. "While it's not something we've ever done or seen before today, I'm sure Hiccup has a lot of experience in the department of flying dragons…"

"That's one way of putting it," I said with a shrug. "I'd go with trial and error in training," We walked to our room and settled down at the table to eat. Once we all had our plates filled, they started eating while I sat there a moment in thought.

"Something wrong, Hiccup?" Ryker asked.

"Hm? Oh, no. Nothing is wrong, just thinking." I admitted.

"Anything we can help with, if you want to talk, of course?" Viggo offered gently.

"Not so much talk as ask because it's been bugging me," I mentioned.

"Well, ask away then," Viggo invited.

"Months ago now…I woke up on your ship, after being in the water…How did I end up with you guys? Before I knocked out, there wasn't a living soul in sight," I inquired.

"We were wondering when you might ask that question. We didn't want to say anything in case it set off a flashback or panic attack. Also, we figured you might need time to see that we didn't have you for any kind of revenge," Ryker explained.

"Oh, well…Yeah, it was probably better that way," I couldn't exactly argue it. I didn't trust them at all for a little while; I didn't even start to consider that it wasn't for some evil intention until the situation where they wanted to take me back to Berk, and I flipped out. I still feel bad that I did, but they weren't holding it against me. "So…How did I end up with you?"

"We found you in the water, Hiccup," Viggo answered calmly as I just listened. "The crew found you first, surrounded by a lot of broken wood, crates, and whatnot. They assumed it was some kind of shipwreck, maybe a dragon attack causing it. We came down to see if you were okay, and realized it was you, unconscious. However, you woke up and told us to let you die instantly," Viggo continued the story as I listened.

I glanced down into my lap; I was kind of able to recall this now. "And then you went unconscious again. I had told Viggo to give you what you wanted, and you were slipping off the slate we were on. You went under, but Viggo grabbed you before you went too far down out of sight and pulled you back up," Ryker went on as I looked up again at them, surprised. They…Saved me? Rather, Viggo did?

"It didn't make sense to me that you underwent such a shift in your very personality in only half a year; I wanted to know why you wanted to die, what happened to change you. So we brought you aboard the ship and set you in our room as Olga tended to you for three days, three times a day. And then you know what happened after you woke and discovered being on our ship," Viggo explained.

"Bottom line of the story; we saved you," Ryker stated.

I sat there quietly for a few moments; the more they revealed, the more I was able to bring forward from that night before I went out and woke up three days later. "I…Remember that now. I…Was about to go unconscious when I heard the ship pull up and people talking. I realized it was you two, and…Acted dead until you came down to check yourself. I…Heard Ryker suggest capturing and torturing me, and I didn't want to go through it again, so I told you to let me die. You asked why I told you I had nothing to live for and wanted the nightmare to end before passing out again."

"Yes, that's right. Sorry about the capturing and torturing thing…" Ryker rubbed the back of his head.

"I get it, and I'm not mad or anything. Me in your position, a chance to get back at the person who cost me everything; I probably would have suggested it too," I looked at them softly. "But…You saved me," I said, still shocked by it. "You saved the teenager who messed up so many of your operations, nearly killed you both…You saved me, your enemy…"

"Yes, we did," Ryker and Viggo nodded.

"But why?" I pushed.

"Hiccup, do you remember what we told you in the beginning about why you were here? When we said it was nothing to do with our past as enemies?" Viggo asked.

"You said you wanted to help me if I'd let you because what I went through was awful and something you two wouldn't do. You told me that you did care," I repeated from that day back in June, it also happened to be the one I begged them not to take me back to Berk in a breakdown, and then later got angry and refused to go back.

"Originally, that offer was to help you get through what you endured as prisoner…At least up until you begged us not to take you to Berk, and then angrily refused to return," Ryker shrugged. "After that day, lad, we wanted to help with anything we could. We knew you wouldn't believe us, so we decided that our past as enemies didn't matter, and we wanted to be friends. And we knew the only way to do that was to earn your trust."

"Also…" Viggo paused. "We saved you because it was the right thing to do, Hiccup. Enemy or not, we didn't believe you deserved to die. Call it an act of redemption that we were spared death during the battle if you want to."

"But…Why save me when…I didn't save you two?" I wondered.

"My falling into the volacano was my own doing, not yours. I used your love's-," Viggo began.

"Don't…Call her that. It's just Astrid…She's not my love anymore. She's nothing to me anymore other than a traitor, like the rest of her tribe." I know my anger came through on that one, but I caught it. I closed my eyes and relaxed before I looked at them again. "Sorry…"

"Wow, you really do catch it that fast…" Ryker blinked.

I rolled my eyes. "My apologies for bringing her up, but regardless," Viggo said. "You were only trying to save her, at the time. You didn't trust I'd take the Dragon Eye and leave her unharmed, so you had me release her another way. I was the one who went after the Eye and the edge gave away. I put myself in danger, not you. But my point in this is that I heard you call out to me, Hiccup." My eyes widened a little. "The spot I fell on was a small segment of rock just before the lava. It was against the inside wall of the volcano, but I heard you yell for me. I heard the concern in your voice and I knew you hadn't wanted anyone to die. I saw you look over the edge too, and I was slightly out of it and couldn't get your attention. I knew you would have come after me if I gave you any indication I was still alive." He informed.

"Of course I would have. I spared all my other enemies…Alvin, Dagur…" I stated. "Being enemies doesn't mean I hated you, or that I would have been heartless…If I knew you were alive down there, I would have grabbed Toothless and gotten you out in a heartbeat." I admitted softly. "And since we're friends, I'll let you in on secret that none of my former friends or tribe ever got to learn…It haunted me for a month,"

"What did?" Ryker inquired.

"Believing you were both dead. You drowning and Viggo burning; it haunted me for a month or so after it happened. Nightmares reliving it, trying to change something and failing no matter what I did. Just because we have different jobs regarding dragons didn't mean I wanted you to die," I said softly. "When I realized you two were alive that night I was in the water; I was oddly relieved. I was shocked and confused, but I was…So relieved and happy to learn you weren't dead. I was only scared of you capturing and torturing me out of revenge…Given what I had literally already dealt with a few hours before with Johann and his gaggle of idiots…"

"And that's what makes what I said even better, Hiccup. That it could be seen as an act of redemption for us saving you despite being enemies. You admitted that you didn't want us to die last November, a year ago now. That you would have saved us, regardless of being enemies," Viggo smiled.

"I would go as far as believing that maybe this was supposed to happen," Ryker offered with a shrug. "Obviously not with you losing everything, but that it gave the three of us a better understanding of one another. Allowed for us to work our way up to being friends as we are now. Seeing each other as regular people rather than what we do in our jobs," He explained.

"Put like that, I'm inclined to believe it is possible too." Viggo nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, me as well. We've learned a lot about each other over the past five months," I conceded. It was true; I was pretty good friends with people who were my enemies. "But in my defense, I kind of strive for this thing all the time," I added.

"Meaning?" Ryker wondered.

"All the people I come across and meet; I rather make friends than enemies. For me, it's not…Always about making people see that dragons don't have to be killed. I understand that not everyone appreciates a peaceful way of life with the dragons we were at war with for three-hundred or so years. It's a bonus if I get people to see that, but it's not my overall goal. A lot of people think that because when they meet me, I was with Toothless," I started.

"So you're saying that people just instantly assume that because you show up riding a Night Fury and telling them your best friend is a dragon; you're trying to change them?" Viggo questioned to clarify what I was saying.

I nodded to them, we had begin eating as well. There was no point in the food getting cold while we talked; I was eating slower, not wanting to risk upsetting my stomach. "Yeah, I love and accept dragons as part of my life. I want to learn everything I can about them. I want to protect them if I can…But my goal is just having friends, allies that I can count on. It usually turns into defending my claim on dragons because everyone wants to become my enemy over it." I rolled my eyes a little, but smiled too.

"And you've successfully converted them to dragon riders," Ryker laughed.

"Well…Dagur, yes and no. Alvin, entirely no. Dagur wanted to learn how to ride a dragon to find his sister faster than a boat. And Alvin never wanted to learn how to ride dragons, none of the outcasts did. It just became a mutual agreement that they don't want to, but accept that the Hooligans did. The fighting stopped, and we became allies. I don't expect every person I come across to change their entire way of life, I just want them to understand that I live a different way of life, but there's no reason we can't be friends and allies. You know?" I shrugged.

"Alvin and the Outcasts were enemies to Berk originally, but shortly after we found peace with dragons, Alvin caught wind of there being a, and it was not the titled I called myself, dragon conqueror. So they attacked Berk to find me. And I already told you the story with Dagur. But Alvin becoming an ally was part of Dagur's ally, turned enemy, then ally again tale." I chuckled a little. "I guess Alvin actually used to be a Hooligan, he and my dad were good friends until they disagreed how to handle a raid and Alvin's way caused a few…Casualties was the word used, and Alvin was eventually cast out after my dad became chief of the tribe. But guess they're cool ever since Alvin helped save me and my dad from Dagur."

Man, my life was just chaos. The more stories I tell, the more I wonder if I actually have gone insane. "But no. When I meet people; I just want to make friends and allies. I don't care if they don't accept dragons as long as they accept that I like dragons and we can get along. I know you guys still hunt dragons, but I'm not asking you to stop just because I know it doesn't have to be that way. I know you're taking care of your tribe, and most of our battling was because you, like others before, had a problem with people training and riding dragons. You fight us, we're gonna fight back…Basic instinct, know what I mean?" I continued.

"I suppose there was some fault on both sides," Viggo chuckled a bit. "But we do see your point. It does seem that we probably could have had peace between us right away as we get along fine,"

"I rather have strong allies and friends to stand on my side than stand alone against enemies, if that makes sense?" I said.

"Quite right," Viggo agreed. "Now, let's enjoy our meal," He suggested.

I was quiet for a few moments. "Thank you," I broke the silence as they looked at me again, and with some confusion. "For saving my life, and…Everything else you've done for me since then…" I owed them a lot, and to me, a thank you wasn't enough, but I couldn't just leave things quiet like that after learning what I did.

Viggo and Ryker smiled. "You're welcome, Hiccup." I smiled now as we all got back to eating. We were on our way to Hunter Isle, home of the Dragon Hunter Tribe. I was curious, nervous, but just the slightest bit of excited too.