Reading Ledger:
"Normal Speak"
-Dragon Speak-
'Toothless&Hiccup Telepathy' [This telepathy has no limit distance-wise, but only Hiccup and Toothless can hear it.]
*All Dragon Telepathy* [This version of telepathy is not long distance, but can still be used if individuals are close enough even when they are not within each other's vision. Has around a 100-meter distance.]
Original Character Names:
Terrible Terror - Remi
Chapter 12 – La Calma Prima Della Tempesta
The rain continued to fall for 4 more days and Hiccup was almost emotionally stable enough by the 4th to go home. He had in no way forgiven the village for the death of the nightmare, but he had a more important mission that he couldn't let his emotions get in the way of. He'd gotten a pretty good idea of how he would free the dragons, he just needed to start planning it out in more detail now.
It was still cold and drizzling outside when Toothless was flying him back. Once they'd laded nearby Hiccup gave Toothless an innocent kiss on the side of the head, before starting the short walk back. He was almost at the village when an ax flew right past his head lodging itself in the tree behind him. Astrid came out of the brush beside him, "Oh God Hiccup." Her hands flew up to cover her mouth, "I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there… Where have you been anyways?"
"Exploring," was the quick reply.
"But it's been raining for days?" Astrid was thoroughly confused.
He simply shrugged in return, "I left before the rain started, luckily I was wearing heavy clothes that are basically waterproof. I originally planned on staying out overnight so I had furs with me. Then I just found a cave to lay low in and made a fire for warmth. I was waiting for the rain to stop, but it wasn't so I took a chance when the rain was lighter and started hiking back."
She clearly wasn't expecting such a detailed response from the boy, "Oh… well, as long as you got back safe, and didn't get yourself sick I guess it's okay."
He shook his head, "I'm okay, I was just going to head home and change in hopes of preventing that. These clothes are mostly waterproof but I'm still wet and cold."
(-Astrid-)
Astrid pulled the ax from the tree and then walked in stride back to the village with Hiccup. While they were walking Snotlout stepped in front of them, he was clearly about to pick a fight so Astrid stepped protectively in front of the teen beside her, "What do you want Snotlout?"
"Oh, I was just wanting to have a nice chat with and say 'Hi' to my cousin. Why do you ask?" Snotlout said well trying to be intimidating, which caused Astrid to scoff at him not even slightly scared by his pitiful act.
"Layoff him Snotlout. Go do something productive for a change, or is that too hard for someone with as small a brain as you?" She asked mockingly.
Snotlout looked at her obviously annoyed, but even he knew better than to piss off Astrid. That would be like asking to be killed and he wasn't exactly ready to die yet. So, he turned around and walked away. Astrid growled in annoyance, "Can't he just get eaten by a dragon or something already, he's so stupid and frustrating. Sometimes I almost think that he's worse than the damn twins."
Hiccup laughed, "Those are some hard shoes to fill even for him."
She sighed deciding to end the subject, "Let's get you home before you do end up getting sick."
(-Hiccup3Toothless-)
Astrid had been being weirdly nice and it was starting to creep Hiccup out, although stopping Snotlout from being an asshole had been awfully nice of her. She'd walked him home and walked inside with him. Once inside she looked around curiosity showing all over her face, "How come your house isn't soaked? Why is your roof not leaking like everyone else's?"
He looked up at the roof, "Oh, I fixed that problem a long time ago."
"How's your fix still working?" she asked innocently, "and why is it working so well?"
Hiccup explained it, "My fix was applied to the whole roof, and it wasn't just a small patch job like everyone else does. Also, it is quite fire resistant so it lasts even with all the raids."
Astrid gasped, "Why is this not on all the roofs if it works this amazing?"
"Because it was me who did it and no one cares about what I can do to help. All they care about is what I'm not." Hiccup said with a sigh.
Astrid frowned, "can I have the plans for it? I'll make sure they listen to me whether they want to or not. It's dumb to ignore such a genius fix for as large a problem as this."
Hiccup nodded and went upstairs to retrieve the papers with all the details explaining what is used and how to do it for her. He gave it to her and smiled at her, "Thanks Astrid."
"Don't thank me. I'm just doing what should have been done by your father years ago," she said with a determined smile before leaving papers in hand.
Hiccup could only watch as she left in complete shock. He was starting to think that maybe Astrid did care about him.
(-Hiccup3Toothless-)
Since the moment that Astrid had stood up for him, Snotlout had been a bit more insistent on trying to get him alone. Hiccup having noticed the other boy following him a number of times had been very careful with staying away from his vindictive cousin. He should have known that the boy wouldn't take being embarrassed by Astrid very well, and of course, he can't go after her so Hiccup was the next best target. He sighed knowing that this wasn't going to end well, but he couldn't do anything except avoid the annoying Viking.
He ducked into the forge seeing as it was the safest place. Gobber would never allow Snotlout to hurt him. Hiccup went over to him, "Hey, Gobber?"
"Oh, Hiccup, haven't seen you in a long time where have you been lately?" the blacksmith asked.
Hiccup smiled, "I was out exploring and had to camp in a cave because of the rain for a few days. I returned when the rain had let up for a little bit."
"Good to see you back," the older Viking smiled at the young boy.
"Need some help?" Hiccup asked after moving over beside Gobber.
Gobber laughed before smiling, "Sure, just don't get caught."
Hiccup grabbed a leather apron and proceeded to help with the pile of work. It took them a while to finish but Hiccup's pretty good with his hands, so at least it was taking less time then it would if Gobber had been fixing it all by himself.
(-Hiccup3Toothless-)
Once that had both finished working Hiccup snuck out of the forge and headed home. Right, when he's gotten out front of his house Snotlout and the twins walked out of what appeared to be hiding spots and tried to cut him off. Hiccup stopped walking and quickly turned taking off in the direction of the woods. He wasn't planning to just stand still and take the beating that they obviously planned on doling out. He knew he could kick their asses easily with his current strength, but that would be awfully suspicious. The only good option he could see before him was trying to lose them.
He looked around well he ran trying to plan out what he needed to do. With a plan in mind, he sped up attempting to put a little more space between them. Once he was far enough away he willed his hand to strengthen, which caused it to be covered in black scales and have claws protrude out of his hand. It was exactly what he needed, so he quickly jumped out of sight before launching his body up a tall nearby tree. He dug his claws in easily making his way up the tree. Not stopping until he was far enough into the tree that the teens wouldn't be able to spot him.
He watched them with the eyesight of a dragon, like a predator stalking its next kill. He smirked, 'I'm in a tree basically stalking the kids who have abused me my entire life. I just realized that I could traumatize them so easily right now for all they've ever done to me.'
He received a sarcastic response from Toothless, 'You have more then enough strength to break them if you so wish. It would be easy for you as my dragon bound mate.'
'If I did that now then everyone would-be put-on alert for a dragon in the woods attacking Vikings specifically. We don't need them paying any more attention than they already are,' Hiccup replied with a sigh.
Instead, Hiccup stated leaping from tree to tree until he neared the village. He scaled down the tree and landed on the ground near his house. He walked calmly to his house before going inside and up to his room. At least, he knew that none of the kids would have the guts to bully him inside his own home. The only one that would even come into the village chiefs house out of the kids was Astrid, and that's only because she isn't scared of his dad but instead highly respects him.
(-Hiccup3Toothless-)
The night before Hiccup had let the dragons know that today would finally be the day. It's been around a month since the old nightmare had died and Hiccup had done all the preparing that he could possibly think of. So, he would start the plan tonight once the sun had completely set. Toothless would be flying around hidden in the black sky to fire the shot meant to break the cage and to help in case something went wrong. Hiccup had already moved anything of importance to him over to the cove. All that was left was freeing the dragons and getting away safely.
AN: Not much to say. Took a while to get this chapter out but its finally here. God the trailers just keep making me want to cry.