"There's no way I'm eating that." Hiccup said, pushing the half-digested fish head away from himself. The dragon rolled its eyes and nudged the gooey thing closer, picking it up in its jaws and shoving it into the boys chest. "Stop!" Hiccup protested, grabbing the fish and tossing it away, far from the dragons cave and into the bush. The dragons ear flaps pressed flat to its head, then it was off. Hiccup sighed as he watched it dive into the bush haphazardly. That creature was going to literally drive him insane. While it was busy looking for Hiccup's 'lunch', he busied himself with wrapping his leg again. It was kind of hard covered in dragon slobber, though.
It was late afternoon, and surprisingly sunny. It was warm on the rocks outside the dragons home, and for a bit Hiccup had been left alone. He had ripped the bottom part of his pant leg to create some makeshift bandages. Now that the nosy dragon was gone, he could safely spread out his injured leg. His nose wrinkled at the sight. Oh boy. This is just getting better. Just below his knee all he could see were bruises. It was like his skin turned blue, yellow, and purple like some Nadder's hide overnight. Carefully he touched the fragile skin, hissing only a little. He could barely feel his own fingers pressing into the battered flesh. Gritting his teeth, he pinched the skin worriedly. His eyes widened when he could just barely feel it.
Ok, stay calm. There's no use to freak out. Besides the fact that there is most definitely something very wrong with his leg, and he was in the middle of know where, cooped up by a crazy dragon!
He tried to take a deep breath, but it was only then when he noticed how uneven his breathing was. The only time he had freaked out this badly was when he got lost in the forest when he was little, hunting for trolls. A deep croon almost scared him out of skin, until he saw the dark hide of the overgrown Terror. The dragon nudged its large head under his arm, licking at his face and making more questioning rumbles. Hiccup pushed away his head, hands tangling up into his hair.
"Look at this! Oh gods, I'll never be able to walk again..." He breathed, covering his eyes. The dragon mumbled, then a sick squelch filled Hiccups ears, and a familiar gooeyness sunk into his clothes. "Seriously? You are not helping!" Hiccup yelled, tossing away the fish head carelessly. The dragon growled, and Hiccup glared right back. "Why don't you just eat me? What kind of situation even is this- I'm stuck on an island, with a weird dragon, who won't stop throwing up on me. That sounds like the set up to a joke!" Hiccup ranted on, sounding quite frenzied at this point. The dragons previously bared teeth slid into his gums, and it stared at him as Hiccup rambled on, tilting his head as the human worked himself up more and more.
The dragon tried a few times to interrupt the human, before chuffing, put up with the humans constant babbling. So, he chomped down on the humans fluttering arm (with his teeth sheathed, of course). The human stopped (finally) and stared at the dragon, sniffling a little.
"What are you- where'd your teeth go?" He asked with a watery, thin voice. The dragon crooned and let go of his arm, bopping the kid with his nose. Hiccup slowly reached for his face, then lifted one of his scaly lips. The dragon rumbled, just glad the human wasn't freaking out. The little thing seemed quite prone to that. He gently pulled out of the humans grip, putting his gums on display as he proudly unsheathed his sharp teeth. "Oh, interesting. I've never seen that before..." He pondered, then smirked, albeit weakly. "For a second there I thought you were toothless. Hm..." The human eyed the dragon with a playful look.
The dragon just got up and ambled off to its pile of fish, picking up a smaller one, then plopping it near the human. While he liked to play, the human needed to eat. Hopefully he wouldn't toss the food aside like a bratty hatchling again. Hiccup huffed and picked up the fish by its tail.
"At least it hasn't been in your stomach...Toothless." He smiled. "I'm going to wrap my leg then start a fire to cook this thing, just wait." He blabbered on. The dragon made an inquiring noise. "Yes, I just named you. I named a dragon of all things. You like Toothless as a name?" He asked. Toothless just snorted, puffing a breath to mess up the humans hair. At its shriek of defiance, he chuckled (at least, the dragon equivalent) then went to devour the rest of his catch before it attracted annoying little Terrors.
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"Astrid, we have to take a break." Fishlegs pointed out. The blonde looked around, noticing the raggedness of everyone. The twins shared a glance then nodded, siding with Fishlegs. Snotlout turned and looked at them, disgust clear on his broad features.
"Are you giving up already?" He hissed, getting in Fishlegs face. Ruffnut tugged him back, surprised.
"Snot, we've been looking for hours. We've upturned every rock and bush!" Ruffnut defended, shoving him away. She looked to Astrid for help, but the expression on her face was a little scary. Snotlout had the gall to look disappointed in them.
"So! We'll just upturn more!" He protested. Fishlegs only offered a sigh, not wanting to escalate things further. The twins, however...
"Why are you so uppity all of the sudden? Until twenty four hours ago you couldn't stop telling us how pathetic he was!" Tuffnut blurted, ever tactful. Of course his sister barked in agreement. Snotlout glanced at Fishlegs, who looked hesitantly agreeable.
"Why would you care at this point and no other? Now you'll probably get to be the chief." Ruffnut spat. She seemed to regret the words as soon as she said them, though she stubbornly stood her ground as Snotlout stomped towards her and her brother. Instead of using his words, Snotlout just yelled angrily and tackled her to the ground. Tuffnut joined, while Fishlegs rushed forward to pull the frustrated Jorgenson off of the twins.
"Shut up! Shut up!" Snotlout screamed, as he kicked and bucked in Fishlegs hold. His eyes were watery and his face dirty. Ruffnut wiped blood from her nose, glaring dirtily at her friend. Tuffnut rolled up his sleeves and went in to punch Snotlout, but before he could even swing,
"Stop it, all of you!" Astrid growled, slamming her ax into the ground. All the teens went quiet. The sounds of the forest, once drowned out by their yelling, drifted among them as they all caught their breaths. "We won't get anything done by acting like...like children!" She hissed, throwing a pointed glare at Snotlout and the twins. They shrunk under her ice cold gaze, while Snotlout just looked away. "We're going to find him. But first we'll break for food. If Hiccup needs our help, we'll be no use to him run ragged." Her voice was softer now, and she set a hand on Snotlout's shoulder firmly.
Fishlegs released him. He took a deep breath, then muttered something about traps, and left through the bushes. Astrid watched him go, brows furrowed in concern. She just hoped his impulsiveness would fade. Shaking her head, she turned to the rest. Tuffnut was offering his sister a piece of cloth to help stop the blood, while Fishlegs was nervously chewing on his lip.
"Try and start the fire. It's not going to rain for awhile, so we shouldn't get too cold. We'll start moving again near dusk." She ordered, half-heartedly. Luckily they were feeling agreeable, and walked to gather wood for a fire. Astrid plopped down on a rock. How did things get so messed up so fast?
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"Toothless!" Hiccup called, pleased when the dragon responded and walked over. He pointed at the small stack of dry wood he had accumulated, after a few embarrassing hours of hopping around on one foot through the forest. "Can you start it?" He asked. Toothless tilted his head, a gesture he now knew was his dragon-y way of asking 'what?'
"Shoot. Fire. Boom. You know?" Hiccup tried to demonstrate, blowing at the sticks as if he was a fire breathing lizard. Toothless just seemed amused by his acting skills. "C'mon, please?" He sighed, slowly sitting down on the cave floor. Toothless made another one of his confused noises. Hiccup frowned, ignoring the rumbling of his stomach.
"You're smarter than this, lizard. Just give me some sparks, at least." Hiccup egged on. Toothless opened his mouth in question, slowly catching on. "Yes! Just right there." Hiccup pointed wildly at the firewood. A shiver raced up his spine as a hauntingly familiar whistling sound filled the cave loudly, and fire built up in the back of Toothless's throat. With a controlled puff, the dragon set the wood on fire, the flames going from a concentrated blue to red. Hiccup watched with wide eyes. He then squinted at the proud looking dragon.
"That sounds awfully like a..." He began, but found himself trailing off. Even if Toothless was...that, what difference would it make. He really didn't feel like freaking out again, so he collected himself. "Thank you." He said, patting the dragon after a moments hesitation. Toothless rumbled happily, then curled up around the human and its little fire. Hiccup leaned back into the creatures warmth, before sticking his fish onto a stick and hanging it over the fire. This wasn't too bad. At least, it could be worse. Choosing to ignore the pain at his kneecap, he focused on throughly roasting his lunch. He could deal with this, for now.
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Ah, yes, I'm back! Took a long break due to some family problems and a broken laptop. Hopefully some are still with me, if not, hopefully others will like this story still. Sorry if the writing style difference is a little jarring? Idk if there even is a difference, oh well. Thank you for reading, and have a nice day/night!
Also I'd like to thank the reviewer SonadowStories, for inspiring me to continue this. Review anything you'd like too see, mistakes, or theories of what you thinks going to happen. It's going to get a little wild, stay tuned!
