Even though Astrid had talked about telling them everything once they got to Berk, they were impatient. Whatever had happened on Berk was serious, but she didn't want to mention much of it with Gustav around, even though she had been informed he knew about Hiccup.
The flight to Berk had to be one of the most awkward times of Hiccup life, no one really talked to each other. Astrid was lost in thought, Fishlegs was still looking at the notes trying to decode them still, Snotlout was leaning back on Hookfang worried about his family, and the twins were not there to ease (actually raise) troubles.
" Your quiet Hiccup, look I'm sure everyone is ok. " a new voice spoke up as Hiccup's soul threatened to jump out of his body. He looked down to see Toothless giving him the side eye.
O yea, dragon speech, one of the new things the curse gave him. It was very odd to hear Toothless speak, he had a human like voice but growls and grumbles could be heard as well. Though honestly he couldn't help but be excited about that, he could finally understand his best friend.
Leaning forward he held onto the saddle, " I know but I can't help but worry, the suspense is killing me. "
" Me too, but you have to not let it get to you. You have to think of other things. " Toothless added as he looked off, " Like how you need to clip your nails, fix your hair, and talk to Gustav about keeping his trap shut. "
Hiccup sighed as he stole a glance at Gustav, he had forgotten he was flying with them. Gustav was quiet, he just looked off into the distance as they flew. If Gustav told anyone else who knows what would happen, probably a good ole fashioned viking exorcism. They always end with a death or two.
" Better hurry up and think because I'm flying you over there. " Toothless told him as he suddenly parted from his fight pathway immediately flying beside Gustav.
" Toothless, seriously ? " Hiccup growled at Toothless who just huffed at his growl. Eventually he looked up to see himself right behind a startled Gustav. The two of them stare at each other as Hiccup awkwardly coughed into his hand, " So um.. I know this might be hard to ask but can you keep quiet about what exactly happened at Dragon's Edge ? "
Gustav looked at him with an eyebrow raised in disbelief, " Yea like anyone would believe me if I told them you turned into a dragon and tried to eat me. " His voice still held distrust for the future chief.
Hiccup hands tighten around the holds of the saddle, " I really am sorry that you had to face that. "
" No it's ok I mean, like the others said you had no control. " Gustav spoke up as he looked back at him, " Though I'm still curious on how this happened. "
" I'll tell you later I promise but for now we got to help Berk face this. '' Hiccup hummed as he looked back at Berk over the edge, he could see the torches that marked its location. He sighed as he flew up higher in the air. Patting Toothless side he motioned for them to land at the food hall instead of the docks. Astrid, Fishlegs, Snotlout, and Gustav followed in tow.
As they got there the Meeting hall was less crowded, unlike how it was before. Only the twins, Stoick, Gobber, Spitelout, and Heather; Hiccup paused once he mentally counted the heads.
" HEATHER ?! " Snotlout shouted as he looked over to her, " What is she doing here !? "
" She is here to help us ! " Astrid stepped up to defend her, " Look she is on our side. "
" Now how do we know that ? " Snotlout argued back as he threw his hand in her direction, " How do we know this isn't another one of her tricks to try and stab us in the back ?! "
" Because she has always been on our side. " Astrid sighed as she glanced at Heather who nodded, showing she could continue " She was playing double agent, she only worked with Dagur. I know because the first time we fought her she told me. "
Hiccup, Fishlegs, and Snotlout paused in shock hearing that. Snotlout just scoffed as he really didn't believe any of that, Astrid must have some brain damage. Fishlegs didn't know how to really feel about it, glancing around things were just very tense among them. Hiccup stood there feeling insulted and confused, after the things she had done to them all, was all an act ? Astrid knew it was an act and didn't even tell him ? Before Hiccup could speak and put his thoughts out there his father stepped up.
" You five can argue about this later, we need to find Dagur before nightfall comes and he becomes that dragon beast. ", Stoick announced.
Everyone's attention fell back to Stoick, Hiccup glanced back at Astrid and Heather but turned back to his father. Gobber and Spitelout continued to sit as they all talked about their plans for capturing Dagur so he couldn't affect anyone else.
Spitelout sat at the table watching the teens as they talked, he noticed that Hiccup, Fishlegs, and his son were unusually calm about this whole thing. They didn't even react in shock to hearing the news, no it was something different. Fishlegs and his son just looked at Hiccup as he stared into the fire guilt ridden. The boy always had a problem with feeling responsible for things, but why did he look so guilty for this.
Did he know what Dagur was ?
Did
Did he cause it ?
Spitelout shook off the thought, what would the boy have a hand in something like that ? He continues to watch and listen in, piping in to add ideas. Though something caught his attention, looking over he noticed Gustav standing against the wall. What was the boy doing here ? He would confront him later.
The meeting soon ended, they decided to go search for Dagur while the sun was up. Heather suggested that his camp was in the cove but he probably moved. They would make sure Dagur hadn't already fled. Once the night was coming they would all return back to guard the village and get ready to trap him if he returned.
Everyone got ready to leave as Spitelout stood up.
" Dad, Gobber, I need to talk to you about something private. " Hiccup spoke up as he took a book from Fishlegs grasp. The book was old with odd runes on it. It looks like it had claws marks in it. Apparently they noticed he was staring at the book as both father and son turned to him.
" Spitelout please can you walk out for a minute ? I need to talk with my son. " Stoick told him more like a demand, " You too Gustav. "
Spitelout didn't even realize Gustav was still in there. Spitelout nodded as he walked out, he looked back to see Gustav walk out last. Gustav watched Hiccup as he closed the door, the boy sighed and turned walking back to his house.
Spitelout watched Gustav walk away, his suspicion growling even more. Apparently Snotlout could tell as he stepped in front of his father blocking the way.
" Hey dad, you wanna patrol with me instead of Tuffnut ? I know you definitely do. I mean come on they suck. " Snotlout held his fists out, he watched his father making sure he didn't look back at Gustav. His son was now hiding stuff from him, everyone was hiding some dirty secret about this whole thing he didn't want to be left in the dark anymore.
" I'll join you later, son. I wanna check on the house. " Spitelout said as he walked off in the direction of his house.
" O alright, I'll be waiting for you at the town east exit. " Even after saying that Snotlout watched him walk off, making sure his father didn't change direction to Gustav location. Once he decided it was safe he turned around and walked to Hookfang flying off.
Spitelout let out a sigh as he glanced back to see his son finally flying off. He turned to walk to the Larson resident. Eventually he got to the house, he knocked as Gustav opened the door.
" What the.. what are you doing her- " Gustav spoke up as Spitelout interrupted him, " I want to talk to you privately about Dagur. "
Gustav face fell as he sighed, he stepped out closing the door behind him, " Look Mr. Jorgenson I was told to not say anything. I can't tell you anything. Even if I could, I don't even know how to explain everything without sounding crazy. "
" Look kid, whatever is being hidden from the village is bad. I need to know exactly what it is so tell me ! " Spitelout argued back as Gustav shrunk in on himself.
Gustav suddenly raised his hands guarding his face, " Ok ok I will, though I can't tell you everything. " Spitelout just simply nodded, understanding that he couldn't tell much. Gustav sighed and continued, " Whatever happened to Dagur is connected to Hiccup. You need to watch Hiccup. Be careful around them too. "
That was some odd message, but he couldn't ask any questions as the boy retreated back into the house to hide. Spitelout let out a sigh as he just turned around walking off to meet his son at the east exit.
Hiccup sighed as he walked to the east exit, the meeting with his father heavy on his mind. They were worried so was he, whatever voice came with this curse was manipulative. As he got there he saw multiple people standing to join them with the guarding. Spitelout and his father stood talking among each other as their dragons laid down. Multiple other villagers armed with weapons and their own dragons. Heather talked with Astrid and Fishlegs.
Hiccup let out a cough to try and get everyone's attention. No one noticed, Toothless walked up " I've got this " raising his head up he let out a huge blast making everyone flinch and look over.
" Thank you bud. ", Hiccup mumbled to Toothless who just nodded his head. " Ok this is how we will do this, there will be different groups of five exploring the forest. Ones with dragons and not will be together to make sure none of you get captured or hurt. If you see Dagur, try to come and get me. If you can't try and trap him but be careful. "
They all nodded and walked to make groups, Hiccup walked over to Fishlegs, Heather, and Astrid. Heather glanced away as he walked over. Hiccup noticed but didn't say anything as he handed the book over to Fishlegs, " If you want you can go home. See your parents and work on the book. "
" You sure ? I know you guys might need the help. " Fishlegs asked as he held the book.
" I'm sure you're helping by decoding the book. " Hiccup smiled as Fishlegs nodded. Patting Meatlug's head he flew off to home.
As Fishlegs flew off Heather spoke up, " Is it alright if I join you guys on hunting ? "
Hiccup turned to Heather, he frowned then sighed, " Yea but you are not allowed to go anywhere alone. In fact you will join us while we search. "
Heather nodded as she accepted the terms. He looked back at the group, " I'm guessing we let Spitelout and Snotlout join us. "
" I don't know Hiccup, Spitelout seems like he is planning something. " Astrid hummed as she glanced over to the father and son duo.
Hiccup nodded as he frowned, " I.. I know but it might be better than two other villagers. I'll watch out for him as well. "
Astrid nodded as they walked to Spitelout and Snotlout. They took off on the dragon and went to find Dagur and his buddies. The flight was long and awkward, everyone was silent as they flew around. Soon enough they landed in the cove, a camp site was abandoned and mostly destroyed.
" Well they really wanted to hide the proof they were here. " Hiccup hummed as he lifted up the destroyed tent looking at the box of stuff they left, " Though they did a horrible job trying. "
Heather walked over by Hiccup looking through the tent, she glanced back behind her to make sure they were alone. " What is going on, with you and Dagur turning into dragon monsters ? "
Hiccup paused as he looked up at her, " I got cursed on some island and I must have given the curse to Dagur by biting him. "
Heather just accepted the answer even though she wanted to know more, she needed to know what exactly this was.
" What about you, why did you decide working with Dagur as a double agent was a good idea ? " Hiccup looked up at her, " You did some messed up things to work with him, you lied to me and the others. How am I even sure this isn't another trick ? "
" I promise Hiccup this isn't. " She spoke in a desperate voice.
Hiccup sighed as he turned away, " Alright, I'll trust you for now. " He looked back at her, his eyes narrowed " Don't make me regret it."
Heather just nodded as she walked off.
" It's getting late, Hiccup, we should go back. " Astrid spoke up as the others looked up at the sky that was dulling in color.
Hiccup sighed and nodded moving he let go of the tent, he looked around making sure he didn't miss anything as he jumped on Toothless.
" Where can the ugly toad even hide on this island ? " Toothless mumbled as he took off in the air.
" Apparently a lot of places. " A newer voice spoke up as Hiccup glanced over to Stormfly and Astrid.
" Yea there are a lot of places he can hide but we can find him " Hiccup spoke up as Stormfly paused, glancing at him out of the corner of her eye.
" Did.. did he just answer me ? " Stormfly mumbled as Hookfang chipped in, " Yep the fishbone can talk to dragons now, which means we can't talk about them behind their backs. "
Hiccup just glanced over to Hookfang, rolling his eyes, the dragons were really like the riders. He dreads actually hearing Barf and Belch talk, all that horrified him. Eventually they landed back at the village.
Hiccup spoke up, " Since it's almost night we will get any one who is able to stay up and guard. Spitelout are you sure you wanna stay up again ? I know you must be tired. "
" I will be fine, boy. " Spitelout told him as he got off his own dragon.
Hiccup nodded as he started to walk with Astrid. Heather was led by Snotlout to the Meet hall to see if Stoick approved of letting Heather help guard. Spitelout wandered off watching Astrid and Hiccup.
Hiccup sighed as he walked the direction home, " I wish I could help instead of staying home. "
" I know but we can handle it. ", Astrid told him as she took his shoulder.
" I know you guys can handle it. ", Hiccup spoke up as he ran a hand through his hair, " I just, this whole thing is my fault if I hadn't decided to land on this island Dagur wouldn't be going around hurting everyone. " Toothless cooed as he quickly rubbed against Hiccup using his head to comfort him. Hiccup pets the dragon calming down, " All the things I've been doing has led to this, the island to the curse. The voice that almost made me kill my friends an- "
A slap on his head interrupted him from his rant as Astrid grabbed both of his shoulders and shook him, " Hey snap out of it. Look none of this was your fault ! You were curious, yes but we all wanted to land. If you keep beating yourself over this then we won't be able to fix it. " She took his face holding him, " We will solve this and fix this whole mess. "
" Thank you. ", Hiccup smiled softly as he reached up, taking her wrists, they stayed there for a few good minutes. " Can you let go of my face though ? "
" Yea sorry " Astrid mumbled as she let go of his face and he let go of her wrists. The two of them looked away from each other face red as they continued walking to Hiccup home. As they disappeared around the corner, Spitelout stepped out of his hiding spot watching.
He would definitely find out the mystery.
The sun was slowly going down as the village was piled around the village like a wall. Stoick glanced around as he hummed, " Spitelout must have gone to bed. "
Gobber just laughed as he stepped up beside Stoick, " Definitely not. He is as hard headed like you. He is probably on the other side of the village with his son. "
Stoick nodded as he heard heavy breathing and running, looking over he saw Fishlegs who was followed by Meatlug. Fishlegs moved standing beside the Chief as he held his knees catching his breath, " I have searched for you and the others everywhere chief. "
" Just breathe boy, is it Dagur ?! " Stoick asked, ready to run and chop up the male.
Fishlegs nodded no as he eventually stood back up straight. " No it's the curse, I found a few ways we can cure it and cure the sick villagers. "
" What is it ? " Stoick asked as he continued to watch, he made sure no other villagers looked over and listened in.
" Well the first way is killing Hiccup but well I didn't like that plan so looked some more. Then I saw talk of Sky's Arch. It's a mountain that reaches high into the sky, they say it has the Yggdrasill tree. " Fishlegs smiled as Gobber's head immediately turned hearing Yggdrasill.
" The tree of life ?! " Gobber asked, eyes widening.
" Yes, the tree of life. They say if you go there and climb it you can grab a fruit and cure the curse. " Fishlegs smiled as he looked at Stoick.
Stoick nodded as he thought about it more, that was the best plan. They would have to think about it more and talk to everyone.
He watched as the moon was in the sky. They would have to wait all night.
Hiccup stared up at the roof of his bedroom, leaning against Toothless he waited for things to go black. Hiccup looked back at Toothless, " Hey bud how weird is it, the turning. "
" It's very weird, you suddenly grow scales and wings. " Toothless admitted as he sat up his head, " You also act like a hatching. "
Hiccup laughed softly as he relaxed letting things slowly disappear, " Can you watch over me ? Don't be scared to hit me if I do something stupid. "
" I will. I'll make sure nothing happens. " Toothless hummed as Hiccup when limp. He looked off as he did not like watching the process.
Eventually Hiccup sat off of him as he looked over. Toothless was greeted by the dragon like green eyes. Toothless watched as Hiccup sat up and looked around the room. Toothless laid his head down making sure Hiccup didn't destroy anything important.
Things stayed peaceful for only a couple of minutes before it hit the fan. Toothless and Hiccup paused hearing noises downstairs. Toothless stood up as he heard the person walking upstairs. He growled at Hiccup telling him to hide as he watched the doorway. Eventually the door that Astrid locked from the outside with a chair (Hiccup's request. In case he does know how to open doors. ) Slowly opened to reveal Spitelout.
Spitelout paused, confused, " Why are you just here dragon ? "
Toothless just responded with anger, the dragon growled walking over to the doorway. Spitelout stepped back as Toothless relaxed seeing him step away. The dragon didn't want him in the room. He realizes he must step in there. Stepping forward, Toothless growled louder warning him if he got closer he would attack. He did as the dragon jumped at him.
Spitelout eyes widened as he held up the shield and jumped sideways. The shield made contact with Toothless' head as he let out a yelp. He glided out of the room and hit against the wall behind Spitelout. Toothless shook his head dazed.
As Spitelout turned to Toothless to make sure he didn't hurt the dragon he heard angry growls behind him. Spitelout looked forward in Hiccup's room only to be knocked to the floor. As he opened his eyes he saw something that truly shocked him.
Above him was Hiccup but a beast like Dagur. Hiccup growled at him clearly not happy by him hurting Toothless. As he growled Toothless ran forward grabbing the back of his shirt jerking him off of Spitelout. Holding his shirt, Spitelout slowly stood up staring at the growling lycan. But before anyone could do anything a scream ringed out in the village. A blood curdling scream of a child.
Hearing this the Lycan escaped from Toothless grasp and flew downstairs to the exit. Toothless quickly chased after Hiccup roaring as he tried to get the boy back. Spitelout followed behind dread pooling in his gut; they now had two beasts out in the village.
The scream tore through the village. Stoick froze as he turned around. The scream came from inside of the village house, not from the woods where they were expecting it.
Multiple people ran to the direction, on top of a roof was Dagur with a small boy. The boy tried to jerk away from him as he just held him out by his arm. Dagur smirked fangs showing as he looked out at everyone. His wings spread out showing off but his tail was destroyed. Making him unable to poison anyone else.
A few vikings got to the location as they gasped seeing the boy being held up by him.
" If you step closer I'll drop the boy. " He spoke, his voice broken and made of hisses. Stoick stepped up as he glared at Dagur, " COME DOWN COWARD AND FIGHT ! "
Dagur looked back at Stoick, " You should really be careful who you call a coward. I have a child in my gra- " before he could even finish the boy punched him in the gut. He dropped the boy as he held his gut, " Nevermind. "
The kid let out a shout as he fell, only for a black silhouette to catch the boy. The boy opened his eyes to see Toothless smiling holding him in his wings. He let go of the boy as he ran off.
Stoick paused as his eyes widen, if Toothless was here then where was Hiccup. The question was answered when another winged creature came behind him. The person tackled Dagur down as the both of them fell off the roof.
Shouts of shock resonate through the crowd seeing not one but two human dragon monsters. One of them being Hiccup, the heir of the village. They only watched the fight.
Hiccup growled as he slashed at Dagur. Reaching forward he clawed at male face and neck creating small cuts since he wasn't close enough. Dagur grabbed his wrist, digging his claws into it. Hiccup only reached forward, biting into Dagur arm tearing at it.
Dagur let out a yell of pain, he responded to the bite by using his free hand to claw into Hiccup deep, throwing him against the wall of a nearby. Hiccup fell back, chest and wrist bleeding as he slowly stood back up. Before Hiccup could get back to fighting, a shield hit Dagur right in the head. Spitelout stood above Dagur as he looked back at Hiccup who only fell back in the wall getting dizzy.
One by one more villagers ran forward, throwing a net over Dagur trapping him so they could move him into a cage. Stoick moved, picking up Hiccup, the villagers watched. He knew they would demand answers, which was something he didn't want to deal with while his son was bleeding out.
" We will talk about this in the morning. I want you all to put Dagur up and go to bed. " He shouted at the group as they started to walk off. Before Spitelout could follow, Toothless moved in front of him blocking the way.
" Spitelout, you and I will talk tonight. ",Stoick announced his eyes narrowed at the male suspecting he had something to do with this. " Though first we need to get him treated. " Gobber told them as he motioned for them to follow.
They walked to the Haddock house. Walking in Stoick put Hiccup down as Hiccup watched Spitelout in distrust. Stoick worked on patching up Hiccup as Spitelout watched.
" I'm sorry. ", Spitelout spoke up, making the three others look up at him. " I let Hiccup out, I was curious about what you all were hiding from me and I was going to try to see if I could get Hiccup to tell me. I wasn't expecting this. "
Gobber sighed as he stepped forward, " Just remember curiosity killed the cat, Spitelout, kills the cat dead. Just we didn't want everyone to know because this whole village would go crazy. Now we gotta deal with them. "
" Sorry again. " Spitelout sighed, feeling absolutely embarrassed.
" Just don't do anything like this again Spitelout, everyone is alive so it's ok. " Stoick sighed as he got done patching his son up. He slowly picked him back up, taking him upstairs as Toothless followed glaring at Spitelout.
Gobber hummed, " Just remember you won't have to just face Stoick if you do it. Stoick, a dragon, and Astrid, O does that girl scare me sometime. "
Spitelout nodded his head, he agreed. Astrid was a scary girl. But what was scarier was what the morning brings.
The next day would be something Hiccup should stay in bed for.
O boy did I die, I had nose surgery guys and took a small break. You can blame my birthday present for all three movies of HTTYD for the next chapter.I hope this doesn't happen again in the future but if it does I deeply apologize.