This is It for Me Here

Chapter Four

I Own Nothing

Stoick never thought he would have to plan his son's funeral, never in a million years he thought this awful day would come. Hiccup was supposed to bury him, not the other way around, this had to be a parents worst nightmare, he could barely sleep, let alone think of what had happen that dreadful morning. That morning he was never going to forget. The memory just kept replaying in his head over and over, not just his son's abduction but his wife's as well. The night when Hiccup was just a small baby, as that demon carried his wife away, leaving their son motherless.

He had been awake almost all night, thinking and wondering. Wondering if his precious son had been tortured before being killed by the beast. He kept asking himself if could have done something better or could have protected him better from this world. But it didn't seem to matter to him anymore, he had failed to keep what he loved alive, he was nothing but an empty shell of a man, while darkness consumed his heart and mind.

Stoick literally had to pull himself out of bed, forcing himself to take each and every step. Throwing the same clothes on he wore yesterday, not giving a damn what he looked like, all he wanted to do was craw into a deep dark hole and never come out. He didn't bother to eat anything neither, he just wanted to get this show on the road and try to put this behind him, but he knew that was impossible.

The red headed man opened the front door, some of the villager had stopped to look at the grieving father. Some had stopped him for there condolences, to tell him that they were sorry for his loss, but he would just push them away, even Gobber. The closet friend he had, the one that was trying his best to help him, he just pushed him away, telling Gobber to drop the whole thing and to just move on. He walked over to the forge to see his old friend, he could tell Gobber he hadn't gotten much sleep either, dark circles and bags under his eyes, his face was a bit flushed too.

They both stared at each other for a few seconds before the blacksmith cleared his throat."Every thing is ready for...you know." He turned his head away, not wanting to say funeral because it was still hard to believe that Hiccup was really gone and never coming back. Gobber had always been their for Hiccup when Stoick couldn't be, always listen to what he had to say or answer silly question he had, hell Gobber was the practically the boys adoptive father.

That made Stoick feel even worse, he barely had the time to watch his son grow up, one moment he was just a little baby the next he was a teenager getting into trouble. Instead of sitting down and talking to him, he just yelled and scolded him. Never paying attention to him at all, just being a total strange living with him for the last fifteen years and rarely talking to each other. They were never the perfect father and son, not the one he had imagined. Stoick shook his head and left the forge, people started to follow behind him, grabbing things to put on his son's ship.

An hour later the ship was being loaded with goods and old trinkets of Hiccup, thing that had good memories, ones that his father would never forget. Even though they didn't have his body, they still put up and arch for him funeral. Tears had left the chiefs face as he was the last one to put something on his son's ship, it was a little toy dragon his mother had made him when he was a baby, he sat it in the middle of the other things before stepping away as four vikings pushed the ship away out to sea. His brother Spitelout and his nephew Snotlout looked just as devastated, they might not have been as close, but they still cared.

Stoick looked out as he held his bow and arrow, it was lit at the tip as he fired away, sending the ship in flames. His hands were shaking the entire time as he watched what was left of his son go up in flames and smoke, the very last of what was left of his little boy. He thought it was just a bad dream and he was going to wake up soon, but when he opened his eyes again, it all came back.

"Today we had lost a warrior, a friend, a son." Gobber trailed off a bit trying to hold back the tears."May the gods guide him through the depths and to Valhalla." The blonde headed man kept going on, but Stoick couldn't help but keep looking on at the ship consumed in flames, trying to keep him memory alive, he kept wishing that it was him and not his son, he would give up his very own soul just to get Hiccup back in his arms. He watched that ship for hours until it was gone, until it was nothing but ashes.

The he felt a hand on his shoulder, it was Gobber looking a him with tear soaked eyes.

"Stoick...come on you've been here for hours."

I pushed his shoulder away, I didn't want to hear any of it.

"He's not coming back, he's...he's gone." He turned his head and looked at the ground.

I stay silence until I turned back to my village, walking up from the shores to the docks, everyone else had gotten back to work but he could tell they weren't putting much effort to it. many of the villagers may have not liked Hiccup, but that didn't they wish death upon him or any misery on Stoick.

The chief went back to his chieftain duties or at least tried too, but it was all to overwhelming for him.

Sooner or later it would be his time to go too.

Hiccup's P.O.V

The sun had already rises up from the peaks, the air had grown colder, winter is coming and it's coming fast. The longer were out here the faster I could get sick, but I really wasn't too worried about that for now, after I take out this Red death the sooner all of the troubles for dragons can be over.

Toothless seemed pretty ready, he knew what this queen had been doing to the dragons, making them look like monsters and turning them into the enemy, but they weren't they are gentle kind creatures that can bring people together, they can help us become strong as one. I just wish I could show people that, but what is the point? no one is going to bother listening to me, I was a walking fish bone.

I gather up our stuff and jumped on his saddle."You ready Toothless?" I asked as he gave me a quick glance, telling me he was ready for the up coming battle. I was so scared, I mean who wouldn't be? being a fifteen year old and going up against a monster that could kill you in one swoop would scare the shit out of anybody, mostly me since I'm the size of a ten year old. Very funny I know.

I shook my head, now not the time to mess things up and be an idiot, one screw up and all of this can go down hill, then I'll really be dead. That would be pretty bad, faking you're own kidnapping the next you really got your self killed by a dragon, oh the bloody irony. Then what? what would happen to Toothless? he would probably get killed with me, now that would be bad.

We were guiding ourselves back to that pit of darkness, the pit where the red queen was at. It must have been feeding time again, I could see some dragons bringing in fresh kills in, good, that was a good sign to draw her out. We just have to get her riled up, make her come out of her dark den of horrors. But I knew how to get her out, the scent of blood is what usually wakes her up from her comatose.

I reached into my pocket, pulling out my knife, taking it to my palm and cutting it open, releasing my crimson liquid. Toothless snorted as he could smell my scent. We were almost their, just a little further. Soon enough we made it in with no problem, except for my heart race a million times over the limit.

The queen had already started her feast, filling her self up with the glutton of the animals that were brought in. Toothless let out a low growl at her, I quickly hushed him as I pressed the blade harder to my palm, as more of my blood dripped onto the ground. I let out a light wince as I waited for her to figure out I was here already, and I' guessing it shouldn't take too long.

Her nose must of caught a whiff of it, because the next thing I know her dark black eyes locked onto mine, sending shivers as I told Toothless to get us out of here. The red queen let out a furious roar, shaking the entire cave up as dragons circled around us, trying to leave and make it out alive and not in her grasp, Toothless roared out, telling me to get us the hell out of here. But I kept circling the cave waiting for her to get up and show me the rest of her.

Then I felt the entire place shake even more, rocks were falling and hitting us from each side, this place was about to cave in."TOOTHLESS GO!" I screamed as we shot out of the cave, leaving what was left of behind us.

I dared myself to look back and I did.

She was right behind us, roaring and screaming out, she was completely hell bent on killing us now, I guess it's really doesn't take a lot to piss her off.

"She has wings huh?" I said as she kept chasing us, telling Toothless to pick up on speed."Well let's see if she can use them." I charged, disappearing into the dark clouds with Toothless, waiting for her to get flustered so she couldn't see us anymore. I told Toothless to fire away, sending plasma blast all over, hitting her in every spot her could hit her at. The red death grew more frustrated and began to roar.

It worked, once she couldn't see us, she started setting the entire sky up in flames. trying to hit us, but we were already two step ahead of her already, she was aiming in all of the wrong direction. we were too high up for her to see us, now is our chance to attack her from behind.

We charged right at her at top speed, she had no idea what was coming her way. Toothless strike her in the back of the head, blowing a chunk of flesh off, causing her to cry out in pain as she turned to glare up at us, we turned the other way, waiting for her to come after us. And of course she did, she flapped her wings and opened that mouth of sharp teeth getting ready to ignite it in fire to burn us to a crisp .

"Hold Toothless." I told him calmly as the monster was getting ready to light us up."NOW!" I screamed as he turned his entire body around and shot out a plasma blast into her large mouth, casing her entire body to up in flames, spreading all around. I turned by head to make sure she was gone, and she was. The queen was no more, nothing but ash and smoke now.

I turned back my head and saw what was left of her tail coming down out way, I was getting ready to turn but it was too late."No." I trailed off as we both got his."NO!" With me hit I was out as my head hit against my saddle, sending me to black out as I remember Toothless crying out to me. I was free falling into the ground as the fire and flames engulfed us both.

This was how it was going to end was it?

Him and his best friend were going to die together? This was really happening.

Toothless picked up speed as he reached out with his paws to grab his friend, and he managed to in a quick sweep of time, just barely too. He wrapped his wings around the small boy as they hit to the ground hard, sending them both out of consciousness. It seemed like forever since they were out cold, Toothless would wake up every now and then but would fall, not having the strength to get up.

But after a few hours a strange figure had found them, someone very tall and thin. Toothless was already starting to come too, opening his green eyes as he saw this stranger coming towards them, he growled at this person. But this person wasn't alone at all, their was another dragon next to this person, one with four wings and a giant head, almost looking like an owl.

"Easy now." The soft voice said."It's alright, I'm just a friend, I'm not going to hurt you."

Then without warning, Toothless opened up his wings, revealing the injured cut up boy with in them. A gasp was heard as Toothless looked up to this this figure that was coming closer towards him and his rider.

It was a woman, long brown hair, very slim figure. she looked a lot like his rider, even smell like him too. But her eyes is what were similar too, the same forest green eyes, those were his riders eyes. She looked at the small boy wrapped up in his paws, looking at what had happened to him, she then looked at the night fury and then back to the boy, not believe what was going to come out of her mouth next.

"Hiccup?" Toothless ears perked up, how did this strange human know about his rider? Who was she?

She got on her knees and scooped the small boy up in her arms and looked down at Toothless, not believing what was seeing. She then turned back to her dragon and called out.

"Come on CloudJumper." She held the child up in her arms."Were bringing these two home with us."