So as I said in the last "chapter", this chapter will be what happened to Hiccup in the first nine years of his life and maybe some ways past that. I really have no idea where I will take this so if anyone has any suggestions to improve this story or how I should continue it, please write it in a review. You will be helping me out a lot! Also, the flashback writing will be in italics while the very first part, which will be in present time, will be normal. I am telling you this so you are not confused. Enjoy the story!
"So guys you want to know my story?"
"I think we are all wondering how this happened" Snotlout said gesturing to all of Hiccup.
"You just gestured to all of me" Hiccup said annoyed. "You really don't want to make an enemy of me you know Snotlout. It won't turn out for you" Hiccup said with a slight grin when he noticed Snotlout was uncomfortable. Toothless padded up next to Hiccup and told him something.
"You know this stocky one is going to be a little hard to control. You have to make all of them promise not to tell. I suggest making a Pact is in order?"
"Bud, a Pact has not been made in a while you know. They probably don't even know what it is" Hiccup said with some annoyance for human incompetence of dragons.
"Umm…hello? Humans over here" Snotlout said with a hint of annoyance in his voice. Hiccup glared at him and turned toward Toothless who had a small flame of fury in his eyes.
"He referred to you as non-human Hiccup. He cannot be trusted."
"You know he's half right Toothless. I am technically only half human."
"Just because you can change into a dragon species doesn't mean you are any less human then you were before you were able to" Toothless said with care in his eyes. Hiccup turned back to the staring eyes of the group.
"So you wanted my story? I will tell it to you, but only after you've made a Pact to not tell anyone."
"What in the name of Odin's beard do you mean by Pact?"
"It's like a promise to you guys, but for a dragon it means that you cannot break it."
"Whatever, let's make the stupid Pact." So after Hiccup made them all swear not to tell anyone what he was going to tell them, he told them his story. He started at the beginning.
"Come on honey. Wake up as all of your siblings have."
"But I don't wanna" Hiccup told his mother. He always wondered why he looked so different then his mother and siblings, but had never really asked. Hiccup was one at the time, but was very smart for his age. He had already learned how to walk and talk pretty well. Of course his brothers and sisters were able to fly a little. Hiccup could never play their games that they made up because he couldn't fly. He was left out a lot of the time. Hiccup hoped that tomorrow he would be able to play with them.
"Come on sweetie. You need to get out some more. You look pale." Hiccup wasn't feeling the best that day either. His throat was bothering him and he had a persistent cough. He was just really tired and needed some sleep. Tomorrow everything would be all better. Tomorrow was his birthday or at least that's what his mom said.
The next day when Hiccup awoke, his mother leaned down to give him a small lick. That was her way of telling him she loved him like a kiss would for a human. He sat up, stretched and watched his mom teach his brothers and sisters to fly. Icelavender and Snaggle were the only two siblings that paid any attention to him. The others just thought of him as a nuisance. Hiccup didn't care though, at least two of the 10 siblings liked him at least a little. He watched them fly around until the sun began to set. The sky became a gorgeous painting of pinks, reds and oranges. It was beautiful to see.
"Happy birthday sweetie" Hiccup's mother said. She always gave him as much, and maybe even a little more affection then her other children. To Hiccup, this meant the world.
The rest of the month was the same routine only Hiccup was still two and still forced to watch his siblings have fun without him. Hiccup always sat with his elbows resting on the edge of the nest, watching them soar around. A few of them didn't really understand the concept of flight. One day though was very sad. One of Hiccup's siblings, who paid no attention to him, had decided to jump of the edge of the nest and fly around early in the morning. Juniper was this siblings name and he couldn't fly very well. He always relied on his mother to help him. Juniper wanted to practice some more, but didn't want to wake his mother. Hiccup, who was a light sleeper, woke up at the rustling of the nest. The nest was perched high on a tree at the edge of a cliff. A ravine ran through the ground below making a large gap that reached far into the earth. However, this made the perfect spot for a Silent Beauty, which species relied on flight and learned to fly very young.
Juniper stood on the edge of the nest and spread his wings wide. Hiccup watched as he did so.
"Mom, mom wake up" Hiccup said, shaking his mother. She began to stir and was half awake when she caught sight of Juniper at the edge of the nest. He jumped over the edge and began to flap his little wings before the wind threw a branch at him. It smacked him in the head very hard and caused him to get knocked out. Hiccup could only watch as his brother plummeted. His mother just sat there, not wanting to wake the others. Hiccup and his mother were the only two who knew what happened to Juniper. The other siblings never even noticed he was gone.
Pretty soon Hiccup was three and then four came along. Once he was four his mom let him out of the nest finally to explore. He wandered throughout the woods until he hit the edge. Once he did, his mother told him to not go past the edge of the woods.
Hiccup was very smart and had lots of ideas flowing in his head. One of them he knew how to construct he would just need the materials. He continued to wander until it grew dark. By the time he got back to the tree that held his home, his idea was half constructed. His mother flew down to help him back into the nest. Hiccup did not sleep that night, but instead continued to build his idea. He was going to fly with his family.
The next morning, Hiccup had completed his project. He had made gliding wings. It was like a flying squirrel. He decided how to test it as well. He could only use them to glide, but still he could soar a little with his family. His mother told him that she would set him down on the ground in the morning when she awoke the night before. Hiccup couldn't wait. He decided that the best way to test his invention was to glide down from the nest. He climbed the edge of the nest and jumped down. He spread his arms open and glided to the floor. It worked perfectly. He gently landed and started off into the forest. That's when he remembered that today was his birthday. He was five.
He continued wandering until he saw some bushes that he hadn't seen before. Hiccup decided to explore what was behind them. He fell into a cove. Suddenly, a roar could be heard from behind him. A small baby Nightfury was trying to fly out, but couldn't.
"Hello little Nightfury. What's wrong" Hiccup asked with genuine concern for the small dragon. It looked no bigger than a hatchling and that's what was bothering Hiccup the most. The Nightfury turned toward Hiccup wand took a few cautious steps forward.
"I can't fly out of here. I don't know why" cried the young Nightfury in frustration. Hiccup glanced up and down the length of the Nightfury's small body and noticed that instead of two tail fins, this one only had one.
"I figured it out little Nightfury. You are missing a tail fin and that is why you can't fly, but I know how to help."
"You do! Oh thank you so much small human!" With that Hiccup patted the small Nightfury on the head and they became close friends ever since. That night when he got back, he grabbed some supplies from the nest and glided back down to the cove where Toothless was waiting. Hiccup had decided to call the small Nightfury that because he noticed that he didn't have any teeth, but then he popped them out of his gums to fish.
"Hey Toothless, I have everything I am going to need to fix your tail, but there is a catch. The only way to fix your tail so that you can fly again is by letting me ride you to control the prosthetic. But I am sure that with more time and materials I will allow you to fly on your own in no time" Hiccup told Toothless, who listened intently and nodded when appropriate.
For the next year, Hiccup and Toothless worked and trained every single day from before the sun rose to when it set. They worked on battle skills and flying in general. By the time Hiccup had turned seven, Toothless was going top speed with the help of Hiccup, who sat faithfully on his back. Hiccup had had to make a saddle to sit on because his behind hurt so much after each training session. Toothless enjoyed the saddle as much as Hiccup because it meant that Hiccup was more secure on his back and wouldn't immediately fly off while going top speeds.
Eventually, Hiccup had gotten an idea on how to allow Toothless to fly on his own or with the help of Hiccup. All with the simple flick of a small, light weight lever. The only problem was that Hiccup needed more materials and he knew how he was going to have to find those materials. He was going to have to go into the village.
That night, when Hiccup was sure everyone was asleep, he and Toothless crept into the village and to the blacksmith shop, where inside Hiccup grabbed as much metal and as many tools as he and Toothless could carry. It was actually quite a bit more than you would think. When they were just about to leave, one of the pieces of metal that Toothless was carrying fell to the floor with a loud clang. That aroused some of the Vikings from their sleep and caused Hiccup and Toothless to hurriedly take off into the sky. Luckily, they had grabbed enough supplies to make Toothless' new tail.
Hiccup immediately started working on it and forgot to go back home for three days and nights. He finally finished on the fourth day early in the morning. Toothless sniffed it curiously and waved his tail around so that Hiccup could attach it.
Once it was on, Toothless whipped it around and noticed that it unfolded when his other tail fin did. He hopped around the cove and shot a few plasma blasts into the air in joy. Hiccup watched as his best friend and only friend shot into the sky and flew off somewhere. Hiccup stayed in the cove for a few more days and nights waiting for Toothless to return, but with no luck. Hiccup got up out of the cove and wandered sadly back to the nest that he called home for so many years.
His mother greeted him with affection and that's when Hiccup noticed that only two siblings remained. Icelavender and Snaggle were the only two other Silent Beauty's that had remained in the nest. The others had flown off or had fallen to the same fate as Juniper had all of those years ago. Hiccup listened to his mother telling him of Heather, Lilly, and Farthing's fates. They fell just as Juniper had. Nissa and Mira had flown off together in search of a better life away from home, but Hiccup's mother had never gotten word from them since and Jagged as well and Rigid had flown off, but Hiccup's mother, Nada, had gotten word that they had been killed during a village raid.
Hiccup had only been gone for a little more than a week, but it seemed like everything had changed. The next day Icelavender announced her departure and then the day after Snaggle left and it was just Hiccup and Nada.
The next few years went by pretty quickly for Hiccup. Toothless had returned the day after Hiccup turned eight and told stories of his travels to Hiccup, who looked very entertained. The day finally came when Hiccup turned nine and Nada told her "son" that it was time for him to leave.
"You must go now. I have no more to teach you or help you with."
"But why do I have to leave you mom. I have been so happy here. I figured out when I was three that you were not my real mom Nada, but I went with it because you were the only mom I ever knew" Hiccup said with sadness gleaming in his eyes. Nada couldn't stand the helpless look in her "son's" eyes and decided to tell him of the day she grabbed him.
"It was dark out and the other dragons were already raiding the village. It was time to go and help them I told myself. But something was tugging me away from the fight. I followed the feeling and it led me to the largest house which belonged to the chief. Silently, I landed on top of the roof of the house and felt the pull become amazingly strong. There was something inside of this house that was telling me to take it. I waited for the perfect time to grab it. Then, my friend Neery, who was a dark green Shade Runner, told me that I could have all the time I need and just to give her a minute. Soon, almost every Viking was chasing the dragons off into the forest and only a few stayed behind to guard the village.
Stupid humans was the first thought that burst into my head. I climbed down from the roof and blew in a gust of wind before sliding to the side so that if and humans were inside they would not see me. The pull grew stronger as I drew closer. A female Viking stepped closer to the door and I could just make out that she had an axe before I slid in the open door. I walked inside the house and spread out my wings. They only expanded to about 40 feet because the house was too small. The woman stared at me with hatred so I flung my spines at her to pin her against the wall. She struggled and shouted at me, but I paid no attention to her because I felt the pull stronger than ever. I peered in the little roofless cage and saw you with a smile on your little face. I gently picked you up and set you on my back before deciding it would be safer to keep you in my jaws.
The reason that I took you was because when I felt the pull I knew someone was telling me something. Also that when I walked into the house I saw small ghostly figures of dragons killed in the past walking around the small roofless cage. When I drew close enough to see inside, they all jumped right in and latched onto the nearest living thing they could find. That happened to be you. You were filled with knowledge and powers unknown to you and the rest of the Vikings. I didn't realize this, but by these dragon spirits going into you, they filled you with every single speck of knowledge known to both dragon and Viking kind. You knew and know of every single species of dragon that has ever lived at any point in time. Even dragons unknown to other dragons. You were also given the ability to communicate with any dragon species that you come in contact with.
I will also tell you of one of the greater powers given to you by those spirits. You are able to change into any dragon species that has ever lived at any point in time and even species that are unknown to every single creature on this world. That is except you. You know everything about every dragon. Now for that one final power that was given to you by those spirits. They must have seen the great potential in you that day. You are able to heal any creature that needs it and wants it. You can only do this when in a dragon form though. You cannot in human form. You must also know this, if the creature does not want to be healed, it will not work. It will not do anything to harm them or heal them. It just won't work.
Now that I have told you this, you must go off and help people and dragons alike. You must make them stop this senseless war between them and help them realize that they can live alongside one another. I cannot teach you how to control your new powers or help you find your extensive knowledge. You must figure that out on your own. You cannot come back to me anymore once you leave for I have to go and help save my kind. They are going to be wiped out if I do not help. Good luck my son with your journey. Help unit dragon and Viking and make them fight as one side and not against each other." With that final sentence, Nada spread her vast wings and took off into the sky that was beginning to darken. Hiccup climbed out of the nest for one final time and, without looking back, headed off toward the cove.
He stayed there for days until he decided to help some of the dragons. He realized that he could not save all of them, but he could try. Nada had told stories of a large dragon's nest that was ruled over by a Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus, also known as the Red Death. Hiccup knew it was the one telling all of the dragons to raid the villages. If they didn't bring back enough food the Red Death would swallow them whole.
One day while Hiccup and Toothless were flying side by side, Hiccup was in a dragon form known as a Windwalker, he had spotted a cluster of islands that spread out along the ocean. Each was uninhabited and large enough to be a great home for many dragons. There were a quite a few of these islands, about one for each species of dragon.
Over the next two months, Hiccup migrated every single dragon to their own islands. Each island had their own assigned species to them such as Monstrous Nightmares had one island and Deadly Nadders had another. Hiccup had even designated a Nightfury Isle for Toothless and any other Nightfurys that wanted to live there, but Hiccup and Toothless had yet to meet another one in all of their lives. Toothless didn't even know if he had parents or not.
Hiccup had also found a way to get rid of the Red Death by driving it far away with the help of every single dragon. He returned home after driving the Red Death away to be tackled by a small Terrible Terror.
"Why hello Spitfire, how's the island?"
"The island is amazing, thank you Hiccup. Every single dragon in the Archipelago wants to thank you and I said that I would deliver the message for them" Spitfire said, excitedly. He was jumping up and down and shooting out little bursts of fire here and there. Hiccup thanked him for delivering the message and sent him back to his family.
The next day when Hiccup was walking through the forest he heard some rustling in the bushes near the edge of the forest. Hiccup quickly hopped up into the nearest tree, he was able to do so because by living with Nada he had learned to climb trees without any effort at all. Hiccup could hear voices and saw a girl with three braids emerge from the bushes and a boy who looked to be her twin come tumbling out right behind. Another girl emerged, but instead of three braids, she wore one short one down her back. Her skirt had spikes on it and so did her shoulder pads. She blew some strands of hair out of her face, before putting her hands on her hips. She watched with an annoyed look as a stocky boy came crashing through the bushes, bragging about how awesome he is. Then a chubby one came out after. He seemed to be the more timid one in the group, but have the most knowledge.
"I'm just saying Astrid, you and I would be perfect together" the stocky one told the girl with a single golden braid.
"Well Snotlout, you would be perfect if I wanted a stubborn, yak-headed, full of himself guy" Astrid spat back.
"Whoa. Hey Ruffnut check this out. What do you think it is" the boy twin asked his sister, Ruffnut.
"I don't know. How about you touch it and find out Tuffnut" Ruffnut told her brother. Neither of them were very smart. Tuffnut was just about to touch the plant when the chubby one spoke up.
"I wouldn't touch that if I were you. I think it's a Snapper Trap."
"Well Fishlegs, if I cared I would listen to you, but I really don't care" Tuffnut told the chubby boy before touching the plant. The Snapper Trap closed its sharp leaves around Tuffnut's finger and he cried out in pain.
"Oh oh, I am hurt, I am very much hurt" Tuffnut cried, prying his finger out of the evil plant. Hiccup continued to sit on the branch he was on and watch the scene unfold in front of him. He had to stifle a laugh.
"Wait, so that's your entire story" Snotlout said with disbelief. Hiccup nodded and stood up from his spot with a little help from Toothless. The rest of the group stood as well and every one of them were still pretty confused.
"Perhaps it would be best if I just showed you" Hiccup said to the group.
"Wait, show us what" Fishlegs asked. He was still pondering over how many more species of dragons there could be. Hiccup had said he had the knowledge and wisdom of and about every species. Fishlegs had many more questions for Hiccup.
"Show you what I was talking about" Hiccup told them. They all just stared at him as he mounted Toothless and they shot into the air. Hiccup and Toothless were just in their sight when Hiccup reached behind himself to Toothless' tail and flicked something. They only heard a small click. Then Hiccup stood up on Toothless' back and jumped. The teens watched from below, horrified.
"Hiccup! What in the name of Odin's beard are you doing" Astrid shouted. Hiccup continued to free fall and all Toothless did was fly back down to the cove and land. He watched Hiccup fall as well and was just as scared for his rider as the teens seemed to be.
As Hiccup fell, he started to change into his favorite form. A Silent Beauty, just as his mother was. Hiccup didn't want to be a small one either. So he became a Silent Beauty in the rarest of forms, Titan Wing. Hiccup spread his wings that stretched 112 feet across from tip to tip. His body length was40 times longer than a Monstrous Nightmares, but had the same shape as a Nightfuy's. A Silent Beauty only has two legs and uses the claws on its wings as its forelegs, similar to a Monstrous Nightmare. The Titan Wing form of a Silent Beauty was much more majestic and much larger and stronger. Hiccups hide could not be pierced by the sharpest of objects, nor could it be scratched or burnt.
When Hiccup landed, he towered over the small teens, who were in a tight huddle, staring up at him. Hiccup decided to ditch this amazing form and go with something more subtle. Hiccup decided to change into a Nightfury. Once in that form, the other teens approached him with caution, like he was actually a dragon and not one of their own kind. Only Astrid made it all the way to Hiccup. He looked her straight in the eyes and let her know that he would not harm her. She gently placed her hand on his snout and he leaned into her touch. Hiccup pulled away and changed back to his human form, which was also his true form.
"So there. I have showed you guys again how I can change into any dragon species that has ever lived at any point in time" Hiccup said to the shocked faces of the group.
"Umm…Hiccup; what was that first form you were in? Like you know, the really, really big one" Fishlegs asked. He really wanted to know more about every species of dragon, but decided just to figure out that enormous dark purple dragon with golden designs that Hiccup had first changed into.
"That was a Silent Beauty. Only that was a much larger version. That was actually a Titan Wing version, which is the most rare form for any dragon" Hiccup responded. "It was also what my adoptive mother looked like only she was the normal size" Hiccup said sadly. He missed Nada even though she wasn't his real mother, she had been his mother for his whole life and he missed her a lot. Astrid walked over to Hiccup, who was staring into the sky. Nada had been killed the year before by a Viking tribe. They saw her fly by one day and shot her down. They had found the one weakest point in her scales and pierced it with a poisoned arrow. She fell to the earth where they finished her off. Hiccup knew this because he was there. He had watched everything unfold as Nada was slain before him.
"Hiccup, are you okay" Astrid asked with concern in her voice. Everyone was watching him with curious eyes as he turned around while staring at his feet.
"I'm fine, it's just that Nada, my adoptive mother, was killed last year by a tribe of Vikings. I watched the whole thing too. I couldn't do anything though because I didn't need anyone knowing my secret, but here you are. You guys didn't realize this at the time, but that large dragon that you didn't know the species of that you killed last year, was my adoptive mother, no scratch that, my mother that you killed" Hiccup said with hatred and sadness showing in his eyes. "My own father, Stoick, struck the final blow. I just watched from a distance. I bet no one even noticed that I was gone for three weeks after that. I should know because when I came back I was pushed around as I had been for years before. The first nine years of my life were the best years of my life" Hiccup spat. The teen's just shank back as Hiccup changed back into a Silent Beauty, but not a Titan Wing. This Silent Beauty was crimson red with fiery eyes that shimmered orange in the sun. Its wings stretched 98 feet and its tail was full of spines. The curving talons that came from Hiccup's feet could rip one of the teens in half with no effort. Sharp, jagged teeth curled from the Silent Beauty's snout. Suddenly, Toothless shot a plasma blast at Hiccup which caused him to fall to the ground unconscious. Toothless turned and growled at the group. They all scurried away back to their village.
"Hiccup I am so sorry for hurting you. I couldn't let you hurt anyone though" Toothless said sadly to his friend. Hiccup had changed back slowly into his true form and just lay on the ground with Toothless curled up next to him. The sun began to sink down slowly as Toothless created a fire nearby to keep Hiccup warm. Toothless felt really bad that he had to hurt his best friend, who had saved his life many times before in the past, and then not try to help him in any way. Toothless just warbled and nudged Hiccup to try to wake him, but with no use. Toothless gave up as the sun's rays finally gave way to a starry night. The moon shown bright in the sky as Toothless fell into a slumber.
Hiccup still remained oblivious to the world when the sun finally climbed into the sky in the morning. Toothless got up and stretched before wandering over to the small lake and snatching a few fish to eat. That's when he remembered Hiccup. Toothless dropped the fish and bounded over to him. He warbled and grunted to try to wake his rider, but it was still no use. Toothless wandered sadly back to the dropped fish to eat. He didn't know if his friend would ever wake up.
Well that was a depressing ending. Sorry about that guys. Well there's not much for me to say here so yeah. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Also don't forget to review. I always love reviews. Even if they are hateful ones. I love critics because they let me know what I can fix for later chapters. So review, review, review! Love you guys! Peace out!
-AIC
