A/N- Hey guys so here's that new chapter. Sorry if it sucks. Anyway, off we go!
Chapter 2
When Hiccup woke from his troubling dreams, Icewing was standing over him, watching with worried eyes.
"Hiccup" she squawked "They took him." Icewing looked very scared and frightened. "They took Peak. He was flying with me and we got to close to this island. They shot him down and took him to the large place with chain covering it. Please Hiccup he was my best friend. Please save him" Icewing begged. Peak was a small Shaderunner dragon who was a darker grey color. He blended in really well in the shadows and on grey rock. He was also the fastest dragon below the Nightfury. Peak had long talons and like a Nadder had two hind legs and used talons on his wings as front feet. His teeth were sharp and jagged. He didn't breathe fire, but rather disoriented them with his shriek. Then he swooped and sliced them down with his talons or teeth. In all, Peak was Hiccup's best friend next to Toothless of course. He knew just where to find him and how to get to him.
"Nice of you to show up Hiccup" sneered Snotlout.
"What's with the armor? It's awesome!" said Tuffnut as he stopped punching his sister.
"No I want some first" cried Ruffnut as she launched herself on top of her brother once more, tackling him to the ground. Hiccup glanced around and noticed everyone, other than Tuffnut and Ruffnut who were still rolling in the dirt, was staring at him.
"I made it" said Hiccup. "It took a bit, but I did." Hiccup didn't want to have any more questions asked so he was thankful when Gobber appeared.
"All right. Welcome to dragon training! This is where you will learn how to fight and take down dragons." With that Gobber walked past each cage door and announced them each by their known name. All the while Fishlegs murmured the abilities of the different types. Gobber got to the second to last cage and paused. Everyone stared in through the bars as they got closer. Hiccup almost gasped as he saw what, or more likely, who was inside. It was Peak, muzzled and bound to the wall by heavy chains. He was a fairly small dragon, but could still put up a massive fight. When Peak's striking blue eyes met Hiccup's face he cooed sadly and Hiccup gave a look with his eyes that said that he would help him with the best of his abilities. With that Peak stared around at the rest of the humans with frightened and nervous, yet very determined eyes.
"Now this dragon is very special. It is not in the book of dragons and we have never met this kind of dragon or anything like it ever before. We don't know its attack or speed or even if it breathes fire. Much like the Nightfury in fact" said Gobber. Everyone looked in with cautiousness. "Moving along then."
There were six total cages. Each one held a different dragon type.
Everyone moved to the last cage which held a Gronkle. Hiccup lagged behind to promise sincerely to Peak that he would free him. Then Hiccup came to the last cage and was looking into big brown eyes that stared straight at him. It was Forest. Hiccup had actually taken care of Forest since he was a hatchling because he had fallen from a tree and had broken his very fragile wing. Hiccup had fed him and fixed his wing.
Actually, now that Hiccup realized this, he knew all of these dragons and they were all his friends. He had helped every single one get better. Whether it was a broken bone, or an infected scratch that needed an herbal treatment, Hiccup helped and nursed them back to health. There was a red and orange Monstrous Nightmare in the first cage they looked at that Hiccup had named Fiery because of his temper. The next cage held Icewing's brother who had made it out only to be caught two months later. His name was Regal because he was a golden color. The third cage housed a Terrible Terror named Angel because she had white and silver colored scales that glimmered and shone in the sunlight much like Regal's golden scales. The fourth cage held a sad looking Zippleback. The left head carried the name of Ivory while the right carried the name of Rosemary. They were a lighter green and purple color with a spot of pure blue on each of their heads. Rosemary's was more of a teal while Ivory's was a lighter baby blue. The fifth cage held Peak and the final cage held Forest.
Gobber had his hand on the handle that would release Forest from his confines.
"Wait aren't you going to teach us anything" cried Snotlout.
"I believe in learning on the job" said Gobber as he yanked down on the handle. Everyone scattered like sheep when a Nightmare swoops toward them. Hiccup went running toward the shields and grabbed one with the Berk crest on it. The challenge that Gobber presented the recruits with was not being hit.
The twins were the first ones out because they were bickering over a shield. Forest shot a flaming boulder at them after scooping them up in his mouth. They shield went flying back as did the twins. Fishlegs turned to answer Gobber's question by yelling six as the number of shot a Gronkle has. Forest took the opportunity and blasted him. Snotlout was to busy flirting, or trying to flirt, with Astrid to notice the shot that Astrid dodged that was coming straight at him. Hiccup and Astrid were the final ones. Forest looked angrily at Astrid then at Hiccup. His eyes lit up with recognition when he saw Hiccup and started toward him. Astrid rolled out of the way of the incoming Gronkle. Hiccup quietly told Forest to play along and he would help him when he could. Forest stared at him with understanding and growled back at Hiccup saying he would play along. With that Hiccup took his shield and with his hand hidden by it gestured to Forest to blast at, but miss, Astrid. He did which left one shot. Gobber now noticed as well as everyone else that the Gronkle was a little close to Hiccup.
"Hiccup" shouted Gobber as Hiccup signaled to Forest to chase and try to blast him. Hiccup started to run with the Gronkle close behind. Everyone was shouting his name to be careful, but he knew what he was doing. Forest built up the fire ball in his mouth and aimed, but not at Hiccup, but to where Hiccup was pointing. Just then, Hiccup ran and pretended to trip and fall only to hit the lever that opened the arena door. Forest zipped past Hiccup, growling gratefully at him, and flew straight out the door avoiding the village completely as he had promised Hiccup he would do. One down, five to go.
That night, people kept coming to the Haddock household complaining about Hiccup setting the Gronkle free. None of them had noticed that Forest had flown straight over without touching or damaging anything. They just noticed the large beast fly out of the arena and away from the village. Hiccup stayed in his room as Stoick had commanded until it was darker outside. Then he hopped out the window in his room and sprinted fast to the forest.
Hiccup came to the cove and in the cove sat Toothless and Forest chatting away about something. Hiccup called out to them and they turned toward him. As Hiccup made his way down into the cove Forest walked over to him.
"Thank you Hiccup. You saved my life and I am forever grateful. This is the second time I believe that you have saved me from my supposed fate. I must be going back to my friends now. Please help the others. They are my friends" said Forest to Hiccup. Then the large Gronkle flew off toward Dragon Island. Toothless looked at Hiccup who was deep in thought trying to figure out how to free the others.
The next day in dragon training, Gobber let Regal out. Regal flew around the maze and was hopping on top and in and out of the wooden walls that made up the maze. Like Forest recognition flashed in Regal's eyes as he saw Hiccup and he started toward him. Like before, Gobber saw this and took a step forward to help Hiccup as Regal bounded toward him. The wooden walls of the maze started to fall as Regal hopped across them toward Hiccup. Astrid was on top of them and fell onto Hiccup; her axe got stuck in his shield. regal continued to bound toward Hiccup when Astrid took her axe which was still lodged in Hiccup's shield and swung it at Regal. She hit her mark and made Regal collapse before stumbling back toward the cage he was kept in before. Once he was inside, Gobber shut the door and looked at Hiccup. Hiccup looked hurt to Gobber. Then, he ran off through the opening doors of the arena and into the woods near-by. Everyone looked on after him as he ran and then a frantic and sad squawking made them look at Regal who was flapping and squawking frantically behind the cage doors. He sounded sad and distressed and as soon as Hiccup was out of his sight line he fell silent and curled up in the corner. Astrid, Gobber and the rest of the group all looked confused at the sight yet Astrid seemed to be the only one to put it all together. She took off after Hiccup hoping to catch him.
Hiccup went running into the trees toward the cove. The branches were whipping his face as he ran. Hiccup continued to run when the ground disappeared beneath his feet. Hiccup fell into the cove.
Toothless ran over when he heard the pained cried of his friend and rider. Hiccup was lying on the ground with his ankle twisted strangely to the side. Hiccup was lying sprawled out and Toothless nudged him. He knew Hiccup was hurt and wanted to help, but didn't know what to do.
"Hey bud. I'm fine see" Hiccup said as he attempted to stand up, but ended up falling back down with a pain filled cry as he put weight on his ankle which was still twisted at an unnatural angle. Toothless wanted to help, but he could hear someone approaching and warned Hiccup, then he ran off to hide in the cave which housed Hiccup's gear.
Astrid followed the cry she had heard to a drop off. It was a cove. A very beautiful one at that. There was a shallow, yet very serene lake that pooled fresh water from the mountain stream. The scenery in the cove was amazing and had Astrid mesmerized for a while before another pained squeak broke the trance. She looked down the drop-off and saw Hiccup lying unconscious from the pain at the bottom. She noticed he was lying very still, but she could see that he was breathing. She glanced around the edges of the cove before climbing down the most sloped area she could spot. Hiccup had fallen down the highest and steepest side of the cove by his luck. Astrid was surprised he didn't hurt himself worse than he had. Once she reached the bottom she sprinted over to Hiccup and tried to wake him. When he wouldn't and only groaned in pain. Astrid looked around and found a hollowed out piece of tree that was lying on the ground. She scooped it up and filled it the best she could with the cold mountain water. Astrid ran back to Hiccup and threw it over him like a blanket. He sat up with a jolt and cried out as he moved his ankle. His head was swimming because of his pounding headache.
"Hey Astrid, what gives? Why am I wet and why do I hurt." asked Hiccup. His sight was fading in and out from black as he struggled to become aware. "Wait… Astrid?! Wha…What are you doing here" Hiccup stuttered.
Astrid explained her reason to follow him and how she found him as well as why he was wet. Hiccup tried to nod to prove he understood her, but his head swam with pain. He groaned and lay back down on the soft sand. Astrid saw this and grabbed his arm. With that, she yanked him up and Hiccup used her as a guide back to the village where he was not greeted, but merely shrugged off casually. Astrid brought him to his house and knocked. Stoick answered the door and saw Astrid basically carrying his son. He let her in and took Hiccup from her and brought him to his room.
From his hiding spot, Toothless saw Astrid douse his rider with cold water then after a few minutes help him up and pretty much carry him back through the forest. When he saw the clearing was empty he slunk out and planned his friend's escape from those nasty cages. Toothless knew Hiccup wouldn't be able to anytime soon. He decided to take matters into his own hands. Hiccup had made his prosthetic so that Toothless could fly without help from his rider or Hiccup, or Toothless himself, could flip a switch that would allow Hiccup to help him fly. Toothless preferred having Hiccup help him fly, but right now, he needed to scope out the area with a bird's eyes, or rather dragon's eyes, view.
The next day, Hiccup woke up to see his ankle splinted and wrapped. He was told by His father that it was only sprained and he would be back dragon training in no time. He groaned an closed his eyes again, trying not to show the disappointment to his father. Hiccup rolled onto his side and fell back asleep. There were no happy dreams coming for him.
About a week later, Hiccup was able to go back to dragon training again. Luckily for him, Astrid forgot how to get to the cove. Hiccup knew this wasn't true, but last time he went to find it, he was only able to by flying up into the air. Hiccup knew he didn't need the Nightfury like wings he had built into the armor he wore everyday because he could change into any dragon he wanted, but he still liked them there. Toothless had done good work hiding the cove that was there little secret. And he planned to take it with him to the grave.
During this dragon training session, Gobber let the Zippleback out. Ivory immediately let out a burst of the flammable gas that blocked the human's view of them. Ivory and rosemary had forgotten that Hiccup was also in the arena. They knew there was seven Vikings currently in the arena and six of them were smaller than the seventh. All six held buckets of water. Tuffnut and Snotlout threw there buckets of water mistakenly on Astrid and Ruffnut. Tuffnut was dragged in by Rosemary who then sent him away balling. Rosemary and Ivory knew there was only two left with water. A large bulky one and a very small scrawny one. Ivory went toward the larger one who threw his water on her. she let out some more of the gas and began to spray the boy with it. When she successfully drove him away, she got back with her sister and they towered over the small one. The foggy gas was still blocking their view of Hiccup, but they knew he smelled familiar for some reason. He tried to calm them by speaking to them and immediately they knew it was Hiccup.
"I am going to free you and Regal. All I need from you guys is some fog" Hiccup said to Ivory and Rosemary. They complied and made the arena a foggy mess. As it turns out everyone was huddled by Gobber except for Hiccup who was nowhere to be seen. There was movement from the gate as it opened to let the Vikings out. They all scrambled out, but didn't close the door. Suddenly, a screech could be heard and they all ran back toward the village except for Gobber who waited for Hiccup. Gobber called for him, but got no response. Suddenly two colorful streaks shot out through the open door. Gobber yelled at them and waved his hammer at them. He ran into the arena to find the Nadder cell was empty as well as the Zippleback. That wasn't what bothered Gobber though. He heard approaching footsteps of the five young Vikings. As the fog cleared, they saw no Nadder, no Zippleback and also no Hiccup.
"Where are Hiccup and the dragons" asked Fishlegs worried. In fact, all of them looked worried or scared for Hiccup. Even Snotlout, who so viciously hated Hiccup, was scared. He was nowhere to be found. They all knew that he was not the best at fighting at all and in fact was the worst out of any of them. They all looked at each other with the same look on their faces. They all knew, wherever Hiccup was, he stood no chance.
"This is awesome" screamed Hiccup into the wind. He was riding on top of Regal who chirped happily to be free as well and Ivory and Rosemary who looked at Hiccup with thanks. They let him down in the cove and then took off back toward their home. The other three dragons left in the cages he promised that he would free them as soon as he could, but not that moment for it would cause panic. Angel understood right away and went back to chasing her little tail. Peak looked at him with sad, but understanding eyes. However, Fiery took some persuading. He told them how he was going to get them out when it was their turn to train with the rest of the young Viking group. They all nodded, even Fiery.
The next day, Angel came out and looked at Hiccup, who had returned the night before by sneaking into his house through his window. It was her turn to be free. Hiccup had the task of closing the large gate which he did, sort of. He lodged a smaller boulder beneath it leaving enough space for the Terror to crawl out. Angel leaped up and attacked Tuff on the nose. Hiccup couldn't suppress a laugh that escaped his lips. Then Angel detached and scurried toward the door. No one saw her leave or kick the boulder away so the door was shut tightly because of the dust kicked up from Tuff's struggle with Angel.
That night Hiccup went to the cove just in time to be tackled and licked by Angel who thanked millions of times before excitedly flying off to her family. Each dragon specie had their own island. The only reason for that was thanks to Hiccup who had found a bunch of islands clustered into a string that expanded for miles. There was a Nightmare island, a Zippleback island, a Terrible Terror island, a Nadder island, a Shaderunner island, well you get the point. Hiccup even had a Nightfury island, though there was no one on it.
Hiccup got back just in time to see something shoot down from the sky and crash right in front of him. It was a large silver dragon. It's scales shone like stars in the moonlight. It was a long, very lithe dragon who, by the looks of the rope around its wings, was shot down by one of the village members. It looked at Hiccup with a mournful gaze. Its eyes were almost as black as the color of its scales right then. Hiccup noticed that the color of this dragon's scales changed colored as if on command. It was not a Changewing, no they stayed on their island that Hiccup showed them and they gratefully accepted. It was a Silent Death. They were very rare and no one who has met one had ever lived. It was not in the Book of Dragons, but Hiccup knew it was a Silent Death because his "mother" had given him all knowledge of every single dragon to ever exist. Also, this one was his friend. It was not a Whispering Death or a Screaming Death. It was a Silent Death. It got its name because it was completely silent and it has no roar. They are basically the ghosts of dragons. You only know they're there when they get you and their poison is paralyzing so you can't alert others. These are the deadliest dragons. It just happened to be Hiccups luck that his sister's friend. Her name was Diamondback. Hiccup had to help.
He rushed to Diamondback's side and began to cut the Bolas that held her captive. Hiccup heard voices and footsteps near him as he finished cutting the last string. Diamondback grabbed him in her massive jaws and flew above the tree silently and invisible like a Nightfury at night or a Changewing in general. She flipped Hiccup onto her back before soaring to the cove where she gently dropped him. Diamondback purred thanks to Hiccup before taking off to her island that housed her kind. Like I said before, Hiccup had an island for every dragon and they were all his friends. He walked over to Toothless who was coming out of his hidden nest that he had created and sat down in the sand.
"Come on Hiccup. Let's go watch the sunrise from the sky" cooed Toothless shaking himself. Hiccup agreed to the lovely idea and told Toothless to go ahead. With the command, Toothless hit the switch to allow him to fly alone and shot into the air not unlike an arrow.
Hiccup had decided that he was going to fly himself and let Toothless soar around without a rider to worry about. Hiccup decided on a Poison Darter. He just thought it looked and sounded cool and wanted to give it a go. So Hiccup took to the air and flew after Toothless. They landed on a cliff and watched the sunrise peacefully over the horizon. It was going to be a good day.
The next time dragon training was on, it was Fiery's turn to be free. Secretly, Hiccup had cut through a few chains in the roof. It wasn't noticeable, but it was the only way to get Fiery out. After a while of scaring the other riders, Hiccup looked up and softly growled something to the Nightmare as a signal to go. Fiery looked one last time eat him before setting himself on fire and shooting through the broken chain with ease. Everyone looked up at the broken chains, then back at Hiccup. They ended up staring at some dust settling and noticed Hiccup had gone. They were all suspicious after the Nadder and Zippleback incident, and then their suspicion continued to grow ever so more when the tiny Terrible Terror disappeared seemingly into thin air. Now the Monstrous Nightmare was gone. Astrid and the rest of the rag tag gang decided that enough was enough. They were going to follow Hiccup into the woods the next day and see where he goes.
That night, Gothi, the village elder, stopped by. She was drawing some symbols into the dirt as Hiccup walked down the stairs from his room. His father seemed to be puzzled over the meaning. Hiccup knew what the symbols meant. Gothi had chosen him to slay the unknown species of dragon. Hiccup was going to have to kill Peak.
Hiccup climbed out his window before running to the woods. Once there, he turned into the fastest dragon he could think of. It wasn't a Nightfury. It was the LighteningStriker. It was faster than Lightening itself and bared a close resemblance to the Skrill. It also used lightening as its weapon instead of regular fire power, but it did not need any food or water to survive. It had unlimited shots and was by far the coolest dragon he has ever heard of. There was no information about it. Technically, it doesn't exist. At least not to Vikings. It's not even a myth.
Hiccup took to the air in his dragon form and shot to the cove. Halfway there he stopped. He had an idea. He needed to break Peak out tonight, but he needed a distraction. No, he needed to get rid of the guard outside the arena. Hiccup shot to the arena in a minute even though on a Nightfury it would have taken five minutes. The guard was stationed at the entrance almost asleep. Quietly, Hiccup changed into his Silent Death form, but a very tiny one. Hiccup was able to control how lager he wanted his dragon form to be. It could be as small as a Terrible Terror or as large as or larger than the Red Death. Hiccup chose Terrible Terror size and was grateful that they didn't fix the hole in the chain roof of the arena. This was making Hiccup's job so much easier.
Hiccup crept up to the guard and paralyzed him. It was only temporary and the guy was already asleep. He won't remember anything. Then Hiccup crawled between the arena door's bars that were spaced wide enough to let a very small sized dragon through. Once in, Hiccup remained small, but turned into a Gronkle to melt the cage door that was holding Peak inside. Together they flew up through the hole in the arena roof and into the night sky after Hiccup had changed back to the LighteningStriker. They were home free.
That morning was the day when he was supposed to kill Peak. Since they discovered a Gronkle had melted the cage allowing the unknown species of dragon free, the fight was off until another dragon could be captured. And that might take a while considering there hasn't been a dragon attack in months thanks to Hiccup relocated every single dragon to their own islands and leaving the Red Death to die of the injuries that Hiccup and Toothless left her with. The truth, Hiccup made the Queen blow up. All of the dragons were grateful, but he could not tell the Vikings about his past or current relationship with every dragon that exists currently. Including the unknown ones.
Sadly for Hiccup, the villagers had captured yet another dragon. This time it was another unknown species to them, but not to Hiccup. It was Brook. Brook is a Raptortongue. She is able to grow as large as a lion, but is able to slide under doors because of her triple jointed ribcage. She can flatten herself like a pancake. She and Hiccup stared at each other for a long moment before he murmured something to her in her language. Raptortongue's have a different speech pattern than that of a normal dragon. Hiccup promised he wouldn't hurt her. She promised the same. They both looked on with sadness before they released her from the cage and she began a slow walk toward Hiccup who, to hide the secret about them knowing each other, back up as well. Hiccup dropped the shield and small dagger he picked up on the ground. Then he took off his helmet that was a gift from his father.
"We don't have to fight them. They are not what we think they are."
"Stop the fight" said Stoick. Hiccup then said "I'm not one of them" and looked at Brook who knew her cue. She walked two more steps till she reached Hiccups out stretched hand.
"STOPE THE FIGHT" screamed Stoick as he slammed his hammer down on the metal bars that surrounded the arena. This created a loud noise which freaked Brook out. She strated firing around until she found Hiccup who was lying on the ground, his left leg was burned badly from one of her blasts. She felt horrible. Brook grabbed Hiccup lightly in her talons and blew a very hot blast upwards to melt the chains. It worked and Brook flew off to the cove with and injured Hiccup clutched firmly in her talons.
Stoick watched that things fire blast hit Hiccup's leg and send him to the ground. Astrid screamed his named before trying to get into the arena. Her attempts proved futile thanks to the reinforced metal gates that had gone up to replace the old ones. Stoick reached Astrid and tried with effort to pry open the gate. It budged and then slid up to the point where they could slide under. Once they did they saw that beast that injured Hiccup standing over him, nudging him and trying to wake him up. When it couldn't it grabbed him in its talons and flew out the hole it had blasted in the roof. Stoick watched the dragon fly away. He had a feeling it wouldn't leave Berk though.
Toothless came scurrying to meet Brook as she landed. Toothless knew something was wrong and he found out soon enough. Lying at Brook's feet was none other than Hiccup. Only this Hiccup had a stump for a left leg. His leg just stopped at the knee. Toothless rushed away thankful that it was a very hot burn so that it cauterized the wound so it did not bleed. Toothless grabbed all of the herbs he would need as well as Hiccup's contraption that he made for an occasion just like this. He rubbed the chewed herbs onto Hiccup's wound and brought him into his secret cave that was cleverly hidden so no one could find it unless they knew where it was.
It was two weeks since Hiccup disappeared and Stoick was on the verge of a panic attack. He noticed that Astrid was as well. She didn't get much sleep anymore since she was scouring the forests constantly for any sign of him. She always came back empty handed.
Hiccup was healed enough that he could walk with the prosthetic he had made months ago for this kind of situation. Toothless and Brook both proved to be very helpful. Brook announced the day before she had to get back to her home and once more apologized to Hiccup who had forgiven her the first time. Toothless and Hiccup watched as Brook flew off into the sky. Hiccup had not left the cove in two weeks. He was starting to get a little homesick and a caged feeling.
After about two more weeks, Hiccup had fully healed thanks to Toothless, who kindly helped him around. When Hiccup left the cove for the first time in a month, he was glad. It was still awkward to walk with the prosthetic and he still had a limp, but he could walk. Luckily, as Hiccup found out after an earlier test, his leg is still there in any of his dragon forms, just not his human. Hiccup didn't mind. He walked to the edge of the woods where with one more step he would be in the village of Berk. He decided to wait until nightfall to sneak into his house through his bedroom window. He waited and then left. As soon as he was to the edge of the window he peered in and saw his strong Viking father, Stoick the Vast, who never shows any sign of emotion what so ever, actually sitting of his bed crying. It was a very small amount of tears, but it was still crying. Hiccup decided this was the perfect time to enter. As he hoisted himself into the room, he landed silently and sat on the window sill.
"Hey dad" was all Hiccup had to say to get a reaction. His father turned and right away grabbed Hiccup into a bear hug.
"Son. I thought you were dead. Heck, the whole village did. Astrid has been locking herself in her room and not eating anything for about three days now." Stoick released Hiccup and told him to go say hello to Astrid.
That was exactly what Hiccup did.
A/N- So yeh. Not the longest chapter in the world, but still 5k+ words for this chapter. That's my new record! Please Rate and Review! Love you all! *mounts dragon and flies comically into the sunset*