THIRD PERSON POV
"She had meant everything to me..." Cloudjumper's voice was reduced to just a whisper, despair filling his body, "she became deathly ill and died in my paws a year ago."
That sentence struck Draco like a dagger.
It struck Hiccup like a missile.
No sooner has Cloudjumper said that sentence had tears started to stream down Hiccup's face.
Sobs filled the cave as the little boy shook and trembled.
Cloudjumper gently placed him back into the safety of Draco's paw.
"Please, take him away from here. Make sure he is never alone. I... need time to think for a little while. Hiccup, I'm so sorry little one."
Draco nodded and held Hiccup against his chest as he buried his face into his scales and cried.
Draco began flapping his wings as he took off from Cloudjumper's throne, to find a secluded location to sleep with his little Hiccup.
TOOTHLESS POV
I landed in a small cavern where no one could see or hear us. I didn't want anyone to hear Hiccup crying and get curious...
Why did this happen to him?!
Why did his family have to be taken away from him?
I growled as I thought of his "father"... bastard... he was no family to him. I looked down at him in my paw and cooed. I laid down on my side and wrapped both paws, my tail, and wings around him to make him feel protected.
I looked at him through the darkness, tears starting to stream out of my own eyes as Hiccup went through pain that even the strongest, biggest dragons wouldn't be able to withstand, "Oh Hiccup, I'm so sorry,"
Hiccup's voice came out small and broken, "Why did she have to be taken away from me? Why don't the gods want me to have a mommy and daddy? Wh... Why didn't daddy love me? Why... why... why doesn't anyone love me..."
My heart dropped after he said this, sadness that I have never experienced before entered my body, and i held Hiccup tighter, "Shhhh... that is not true Hiccup. My family loves you, Cloudjumper loves you... I love you."
Hiccup looked at me through the darkness of my wings, "You-you do?"
I didn't hesitate. "I do," i nuzzled him, "and I always will for the rest of eternity."
I looked at him, tears still streaming down his face, but he gave a slight smile, and hugged one of my claws.
I purred, my whole body vibrating as I kept holding him protectively. No one was going to take him from me.
Ever.
I pondered as to what would have happened had I not found Hiccup. My life would be incomplete without him.
He is my child.
And I am his father.
A father is someone who teaches their son, someone who takes care of their son, comforts them when they're sad, heals them when they're injured.
So that's what I'll be.
"I... I love you too, Daddy."
I shuddered. Did he...
Did he just call me Daddy?
Does he actually feel the same way i do to him?
Through the darkness, i see him covered, hugging a claw, smiling. Tears still stained his eyes, but he was finally asleep.
I watched him sleep for quite some time. He was so peaceful and cute when he slept.
I really did feel like a father.
I let out a large yawn and laid my head next to him, and soon I was in the dream realm with my newfound son.
Sorry this chapter was so short. I haven't written in a long time and I'm suffering from writer's block. But it's summer break, so expect several updates!