So there's not much to say right now. Oh yeah, I'm sorry if the last chapter went kind of off of the story line a bit or changed a few things, so I'm sorry if you don't like the way I put it. Also, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
It's been a week since Toothless shot Hiccup to save Astrid and the rest of the teens. Hiccup still hadn't woken up and Toothless had stayed nearby in case he did. At the end of that week, Astrid and Fishlegs came back to the cove where Toothless and Hiccup called home.
"Hey Toothless, how's Hiccup" Astrid asked to the Night Fury. Toothless turned toward her and stepped to the side to allow Astrid to see him. Hiccup was still lying on the ground like he was sleeping. Astrid took a few steps closer, but she ended up getting too close and Toothless growled at her.
"Interesting. It seems like Toothless and Hiccup have a very strong bond" Fishlegs said with wonder. He was still confused by the idea that Hiccup could turn into any dragon species. That and Hiccup had knowledge of every single dragon species as well as apparently being able to speak to them.
Toothless watched as Astrid and Fishlegs backed away to the far side of the cove to talk.
"When should we tell Toothless? I mean he might want to take Hiccup away to somewhere else" Fishlegs told Astrid while wringing his hands.
"I think we need to wait until he's asleep and then we can" Astrid replied with her hands on her hips. The group of five teens had made a plan to grab Hiccup and bring him back to Stoick. Hiccup had been gone for a while and no one had really noticed he had been gone. It was just like Hiccup had said that night when he told them his story. He said that no one would notice if he left or disappeared. Hiccup was right.
That night, Toothless decided that Hiccup would be okay if he slept in a tree like a bat. He preferred to sleep this way, but every night that Hiccup had been unconscious he had slept right at his side. Toothless nudged Hiccup one last time before wandering over to a tree and climbed into it. Soon he was fast asleep.
Astrid and the rest of the gang made their way down the edge of the cove. They wandered over to Hiccup and grabbed him. They were sure he wouldn't wake up so they didn't gag him or anything. Well, when they were carrying Hiccup through the forest, he started to stir. Hiccup groaned and opened his eyes. He noticed that he was being carried and thought he was being captured so he began to change into a dragon form. Only instead of one full dragon, he got parts of different dragons mixed together. He had the snout of a LighteningStriker, the body of a Night Fury, the wings of a Timberjack and the tail and legs of a Deadly Nadder. He also glowed like a Frightmare and was able to paralyze people the same way as a Frightmare.
The teens dropped Hiccup and backed away as Hiccup changed into something they had never seen. He roared at the teens before flying up and back to the cove. Hiccup's wings cut through the tops of trees as he flew away.
"What was that" Astrid asked Fishlegs who looked just as frightened and confused as she was. In fact, everyone in the group looked frightened, even Ruffnut and Tuffnut, who usually would have been saying cool and awesome. They just stood with wide eyes at where Hiccup had disappeared.
"Fishlegs, what the heck was that thing" Astrid nearly screamed at Fishlegs. He looked at her and replied.
"I have no idea, but it seemed like a combination of multiple dragons. The tail and the legs were definitely a Deadly Nadder's while the wings I am almost positive that they are Timberjack wings given the way the sliced through the trees. Hiccup's body seemed to be that of a Night Fury, but the head and snout is not of a dragon that I have ever seen. Actually, remember when we accidently caught Hiccup that first time. He was in that dragons shape, but that was the full dragon. This was only the head. It also seemed that Hiccup had a glow similar to a Frightmare" Fishlegs said as he broke down the dragon that Hiccup had changed into. Astrid, Snotlout, Ruff and Tuff all stared at him.
"So you mean to tell us that Hiccup turned into a mix of multiple dragons" Snotlout said with a look of disbelief plastered to his face. Everyone just looked at Fishlegs, who just nodded. They all stared up at the sky in the direction Hiccup flew off in.
Once Hiccup got back to the cove, he was greeted by an amazed stare from Toothless. Hiccup landed and changed back before falling to the ground, exhausted.
"Hiccup what was that dragon? I have never seen anything like it nor have I heard about anything like it" Toothless exclaimed. Hiccup just looked at Toothless with frightened eyes.
"They were trying to kidnap me bud. My supposed friends trying to kidnap me. This is just great, real great" Hiccup said to no one in particular. He fell back and just watched the sky turn pink and orange with the first light of the next day.
"I have no idea what they were doing Hiccup. You can't be so sure that they were kidnapping you"
"Really, what's your other explanation then? I would love to hear it."
"Well, you lost your mother, both of them, your father, your tribe, your friends and probably their trust as well. They might have been trying to bring you back to… never mind that's kidnapping" Toothless finished while examining his feet very closely.
"Thank you for summing that up. I have lost everything. Why did Nada have to leave? She was the only family I ever knew and same with the others like Icelavender and Snaggle. I miss them too. At least I still have you bud" Hiccup said sadly to his friend. Like he told the other teens, all that's happened to him in the years he stayed with them was torture, but he just hid it well. It really stung being called Hiccup the Useless. He always tried his best to help, but ended up screwing it up in the end. No one cared that he was gone and they probably wouldn't care if he left and never came back. The only one that Hiccup could call a friend and call family was Toothless. Even Toothless though had secrets that Hiccup couldn't pry from him.
Hiccup just sighed and lay back down in the dirt. He had no one except Toothless. At least, that's what it felt like. To Hiccup, every minute he spends in the village is just another painful step to take in his life, but when he's flying with Toothless he can be free and not feel like a caged dragon being poked and stabbed with a thousand daggers. It was fun to fly and soar around the island and he had even flown with his mother a few times before last year. Hiccup's eyes watered at the memory. He just closed his forest green eyes and hoped a new day would bring something new.
When Astrid and the rest of the gang returned back to the village, they were swarmed with people asking questions.
"Is it true?"
"Is he gone?"
"Did you see him leave?"
"I have to tell Stoick!"
"Everyone quiet down" Stoick shouted at the mass. "Let the children speak. Now, where is my son?"
"Well chief, you see-"Fishlegs began.
"He's gone. He ran off with that stupid Night Fury of his, Toothless I think it was" Tuffnut said, interrupting Fishlegs. The rest of the group just froze up and so did Tuffnut when he realized what he had just said. "Okay, chief forget I said anything. Hiccup did not ride off with his Night Fury, Toothless."
"A Night Fury. My son left with a Night Fury" Stoick screamed at the teens. "Take me to where you last saw Hiccup. NOW!" Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs and Ruffnut just stared at Tuffnut with small bits of fury in their eyes. Stoick looked ready to throw them all into a boat and send them off the edge of the world. They decided that it was their best intentions to show Stoick the cove. Astrid silently hoped that Hiccup and Toothless were gone, but she doubted it. The sun began to shine down through the trees as they made their way through the forest. They all walked in silence as they approached the cove.
Hiccup awoke to the sound of breaking branches and leaves rustling, but that's not what worried him. Mixed in with those sounds were multiple footfalls and there was one in particular that Hiccup could pick out. It was a heavier tread footstep that Hiccup would know anywhere. His dad was coming and it seemed that Astrid and the others were leading him straight here.
"Toothless, bud, wake up. My dad is coming so this cannot be good" Hiccup shouted at Toothless who was hanging like a bat from a very strong tree branch. Toothless nearly fell out of the tree before flicking the switch that would allow him to fly on his own. Hiccup had cleared space for Toothless in the small, secret cove that only they knew of. Not even Astrid knew of it. Even if someone tried to find it they wouldn't be able to unless they knew exactly where it was. Toothless bounded over to Hiccup, who patted him on the snout and told him to stay hidden. Toothless obeyed his friend and watched as he changed into a Deadly Nadder. All that was left was to wait for the group to show up.
Astrid really didn't want to show Stoick the cove for fear that Hiccup and Toothless were still there. If they weren't, they still might some back and Stoick may be waiting for them. As Astrid cleared the bushes away, she announced that she was going to go down first. They let her and she peered into the cove. There was no one there so she breathed a sigh of relief. She yelled back up to the others that it was good before jumping the last two feet to the ground. That's when she saw the large, Titan Wing Deadly Nadder staring with forest green eyes at her.
"Hiccup is that you" Astrid asked the dragon. It just stared at her with fire in its eyes. It was a crimson color with gold as its second color. It stepped into the shadows to wait for the rest of the group to make it down.
Hiccup watched from his hiding place as the rest of the group made their way down the side of the cove. He growled slightly, but not loud enough for them to hear. This had to end right now. He was going to show his father that there was no need to fear dragons. Hopefully, he will understand and not just kill him on sight. If he did, that wouldn't matter. The thing is, if Hiccup gets killed in a dragon form, he can't change back into that particular form and he just changes into another dragon form or back into his true form. However, if he is killed in his true form, then he can change into another dragon form and lose his true form forever, or he can just die as any other Viking or dragon would. He has sort of an extra few lives if that's how you would put it. Right now, Hiccup just wanted his father to see that he wasn't a screw-up or that he wasn't useless. He wanted to show his father that dragons were not bad and can be tamed and trained so that they don't fight them any more if they don't fight. To show Stoick that the dragons are only fighting back to protect themselves. Hiccup wanted the hatred between dragon and Viking to end. That was going to happen today. Hiccup shook himself and stepped out of the shadows and into the sight of the group.
Astrid and the rest of the group watched as the dragon, thought to be Hiccup, emerged from the shadows of a tree. The Deadly Nadder walked toward the group with its tail spikes flattened. Hiccup's eyes still held fury in them, but he wasn't going to hurt them. Astrid knew and apparently so did the other teens. Stoick was more of a loose cannon though.
"Everyone, get back behind that rock" Stoick shouted at the teens who just stood there watching the Nadder draw closer. "Now!" Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Ruff and Tuff all listened to Stoick's orders, but watched from over the rock. Astrid saw Stoick put a hand on his axe before taking a few steps closer to Hiccup. Stoick took one more step before hurling his axe straight at Hiccup. Hiccup just watched as the axe sailed straight towards him. He didn't make any movement as the axe sailed closer. Astrid and the other teens just watched as Stoick threw an axe at his only son without knowing that it was his son.
Hiccup cried out when the axe buried itself in the scales of his chest. Crimson blood dripped onto his scales and the ground below him. It was the same color as his scales and that is why he chose this coloring for the Nadder form. He knew his father would kill him, or at least try to. Hiccup didn't want the others to see him bleed out so he made his scales the same color as his blood, a crimson red.
Astrid watched as Hiccup collapsed into an unmoving lump. The axe was still buried in his chest. She felt her eyes fill with tears before they spilled like a broken dam. In fact, all of the teens seemed sad, even Snotlout who seemed to hate Hiccup's guts. Ruffnut and Tuffnut were holding each other, Fishlegs was curled in a ball and Snotlout just stood there, looking at the unmoving Nadder. Snotlout turned and saw Astrid crying so he extended his arms to her and she ran into him and hugged him before sobbing.
Stoick just watched the sight with a strange look, before walking over to the dead beast to retrieve his axe from its chest. Only, when Stoick started toward the Nadder, it began to move and breathe like it was never dead in the first place. A loud clang could be heard as Stoick's axe fell from the dragon's chest. Then, it started changing. Its wings and body tripled in size, wait, no, it grew larger than that even. Its snout flattened out and lengthened a little before teeth sprouted from its jaw. The legs became taller and stronger and became like those of a Monstrous Nightmare. However, what Stoick noticed the most was how there was no wound any more, not even a scratch where the axe had burrowed in. The new and much larger dragon hovered in the air above Stoick while carefully watching him with narrowed eyes.
The first one to notice the change in the group of teens wasn't actually any of them. Toothless had watched father kill son without the father really knowing that it was the son. He didn't so much as flinch though because Hiccup had briefed him on his plan beforehand. Well, while the chief was distracted and the teens were all crying their eyes out, Toothless snuck over to the group and wacked each one over the head with his tail. They all stared at him and when they didn't follow his line of sight, he wacked them again and then pointed with his tail toward Hiccup and Stoick. When they still didn't quite get it, he growled a bit and flicked his tail a few times to get them to notice. Finally, they did and nearly started crying all over again, but this time out of joy.
Hiccup watched his dad through narrowed eyes and saw him reach for his axe again. So Hiccup blasted near it and sent it sailing to the other side of the small lake. He landed on a patch of sand right in front of his father before scratching some symbols in the dirt.
Hey dad
So you're probably
Wondering why in the name
Of Odin's beard am I a dragon
And boy do I have a story to tell you
Stoick read and then reread the scrawled note in the sand.
"You can't be my son. You can't be Hiccup" Stoick exclaimed and the group of teens walked toward him and Hiccup.
"Hiccup, thank the gods your alive! We all thought you were dead for a moment there" Astrid exclaimed to Hiccup. She still had a few tears in her eyes, but she wiped them away. "You know, you should just show him Hiccup. He probably won't kill you." Hiccup nodded at Astrid's words and started to change back into his true form. Once in his human form, Stoick just stared at him in disbelief. Then, Stoick's expression grew into a mixture of emotions that Hiccup didn't even try to figure out. Stoick's face suddenly hardened into an expression that Hiccup knew too well.
"Hiccup, why didn't you tell me? This didn't have to be your secret for all these years. I am very disappointed" Stoick said with that all too familiar scowl on his face. Those last four words that he said shouldn't have stung so much, but for Hiccup they stung like a thousand wasps stinging him at once. He flinched at those words. Stoick saw this, but didn't say anything. He didn't even move. Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Ruffnut and Tuffnut all flinched as well at those hurtful words. Even though Hiccup hears them almost every single day of his life, these happened to pierce his heart like a dagger. Hiccup just turned away and walked toward the shadows he was hiding in earlier. Toothless had watched the whole thin unfold from where he was perched in a tree. When Hiccup was swallowed by the shadows they heard some rustling and out flew a Night fury with Hiccup on its back.
"I told you my biggest secret and all you say is "I am very disappointed". You might as well have said you are not a Viking, you are not my son. Those four words stung. I trusted you enough to tell you and I tried to get the war between humans and Vikings to stop, but I am too big of a disappointment to do so apparently" Hiccup shouted down at his father who still held on to his scowl and the hardened features in his face. Hiccup had to stop because he was afraid he would choke on the tears that were flowing freely down his cheek. "This is it. I am done with Berk. I am done with Vikings. As it turns out, the best family I ever had and the only family I ever had was during the first nine years of my life. As well as the only friends I have are not Vikings. They are dragons. Call me a half-breed if you want. Don't call me your son. Just don't. I am saying this one final time because the next time you see me, I guarantee that it will probably be your last" Hiccup finished before turning Toothless away and flying at top speed from Berk. He was never going to look back again. Only ahead to the future. If Stoick wanted to wage a war between dragons and Vikings, then it's a war he'll get. Hiccup was trying to be strong, but Toothless knew that he was disintegrating into tears. Luckily, Toothless was able to fly on his own because Hiccup was out of it. They were heading to the only home they have left, Night Fury Isle.
Astrid watched as Hiccup and Toothless flew away for probably the final time. Once they were out of sight, Stoick fell to his knees and did something that Astrid had not expected. He started to cry. Just a few tears were shed, but it still showed that it was really hard for him to take in. It showed he had a heart and not one of stone, but Hiccup was gone and had all but waged war on Berk and who knows how many friends he has beyond Berk. They may have started a war that they have no hope of winning.
Hiccup and Toothless still hadn't shown up three months later. There hadn't even been a dragon spotted anywhere near Berk or any of the other islands, but it turns out that there were no dragons even in the training rings. They had all vanished. Astrid was a little worried for what might happen in the future.
Hiccup had chosen a leader for each dragon species when he first showed them to the islands. To be leader they must be loyal, brave, have a kind heart, and be able to compromise. Hiccup had found the perfect dragon for each, but he had also decided that there should be a single dragon that the leaders go to if they need help themselves. He had gathered all of the dragons on a single island big enough for every one of them to be on and roam without it being too small. He called this island Dragon Island. Many dragons have been staying there if they need to get away from their own island or if they want to talk with other dragons of different species. This is where Hiccup was now. He was standing next to Toothless on a cliff that overlooked the spot where every single dragon had gathered. The sick and injured ones had gathered to, but they were being cared for by multiple Nurser dragons. If a dragon got injured or sick, they used to come to Hiccup for help, but Hiccup couldn't always help them so he went on a journey to Nurser Island to find a few who could come back with him. Many of them wanted to, but Hiccup had decided to bring ten of the hundreds there were.
Well, Hiccup was asking every dragon gathered who should be the one dragon that the leaders come to for help and advice. The dragons conversed with their leaders in small groups of their own species before each leader flew up and conversed themselves. Hiccup watched the leaders as they made their decision. Toothless looked at Hiccup and made a small warble to tell Hiccup that the dragons made their decision.
"Hiccup for our leader, our choice was made unanimously" said the Monstrous Nightmare's leader, Tanio. "If it is alright with you, we dragons have chosen you as our leader. You seem the wisest and know all about everyone of us. You have given us new homes and new hope for the future. You have helped us through difficult times. So we dragons have chosen you, Hiccup, as our leader to come to for help and advice when I and the other leaders are in need of some" Tanio finished with his head bowed slightly. Hiccup was taken aback by this. He had never expected that every single dragon looked up to him. All he could do was nod and then look at all of his friends gathered at the base of the cliff. By then, the leaders had flown back down to their separate groups that they led. Suddenly, all of the dragons raised their heads and let out a roar that seemed to be carried by the wind. It echoed all around the island. Hiccup watched as Toothless flew down to the base of the cliff and joined in as well.
There was one thing that Hiccup never told the others about his mother. She was the last of the Silent Beauty's in the Archipelago so there was no Silent Beauty's in the clearing. Hiccup knew what he had to do. He changed into the most magnificent Silent Beauty any dragon had ever seen and let out a bellow that nearly drowned out the sound of thousands or roars. The chorus of dragon voices could be heard for miles in every direction and was heard until the sun began to sink slowly in the sky like a ship filling with water. Hiccup let out a single burst of flame which was followed by the leaders doing the same and then every single dragon on the island shot one small burst of flame into the orange and pink sky. Night began to fall as the moon rose. The dragons had finished their ceremony and began to head back toward their own separate islands. Only Hiccup and the leaders remained, and that included Toothless because he was named the Night Fury leader considering he was the only one Hiccup knew about. The leaders congratulated Hiccup and Hiccup thanked them quite a bit before the leaders all flew off to their separate islands except for Toothless. Hiccup changed back to his human for and sat at the edge of the cliff, looking out over the ocean. It was like a second sky because the stars reflected off of the rippling water perfectly.
"Hey bud. This surely was an eventful day" Hiccup said to Toothless, who was sitting next to him. "Were you in on this?"
"I was, but I was told to keep it down. All of the dragons knew that you were perfect for the job as soon as you announced that there would be a leader of leaders. None of them wanted anyone else for the job' Toothless told Hiccup. They just sat in silence until Hiccup went over to a small cave and fell asleep. Toothless curled up in front of the entrance, guarding his friend and now leader, from any harm.
Astrid went to sleep, worried like she had been ever since Hiccup left with Toothless. Stoick had been reinforcing the dragon defenses and having night patrols just in case Hiccup decided to attack. Stoick never spoke of Hiccup and never told anyone why he was reinforcing the defenses or making them do night patrols around the village and docks. Only Astrid, Fishlegs, Snotlout Ruffnut and Tuffnut knew why. Stoick made sure they didn't tell anyone. They readily agreed and swore to keep the secret at all costs. Hiccup's name wasn't even to be spoken and quite frankly, Astrid realized that no one even realized he was missing except for Gobber who seemed to actually miss Hiccup around the shop. Other than Gobber, no one had mentioned Hiccup at all.
Astrid and the rest of the group made a plan that after dragon training each day, they would meet at the cove to see if Hiccup or Toothless had been back. One day though, Astrid went there in the morning before the sun was up just to see if Hiccup came before the sun was up. When she arrived at the cove, she peered in the bushes to see something that almost made her shout. She saw Hiccup and Toothless sitting near the lake buried deep in conversation. Hiccup had not grown at all, but he had amazing armor on. His armor was leather, but it was covered in jet black Night Fury scales. Hiccup stood up and spread out his arms which showed wing like pieces of fabric on each arm. They looked exactly like Night Fury wings. That's when Astrid was shot back to when Hiccup was flung off of Toothless and almost was killed from a fall when he flew back up to the cliff side using these wings. Astrid watched as Hiccup seemed to disappear into the cliff face of the cove. There was no door or even entrance into where ever Hiccup went.
Astrid was curious about this so she climbed a little ways down to a jut out. She lay flat against the cool rock so that they had less of a chance of seeing her. That's when Hiccup emerged from the wall with a blanket that was tied at the top. There was a lot of stuff inside of it and Astrid caught a sight of what it was when a beautifully crafted sword fell out of the blanket through a hole it created. It shimmered with different shades of blues and greens. The handle was intricately carved with beautiful designs that Astrid couldn't quite make out from her hiding place. The blade glimmered and shone in the rising sun. Astrid knew that the blanket must have been pretty heavy, but Hiccup toted it like it was nothing. She watched as he set it on the ground and took out some thread and a bone needle and carefully stitched the gap on the blanket shut. Once Toothless approved Hiccup's work, he retied the blanket without the sword. Instead he put it on his belt with a small knife that looked almost exactly like the sword only the blade was a shimmery red and orange instead of blue and green. Hiccup slung the blanket over his shoulder before mounting Toothless and flying off towards the rising sun. Astrid crept down into the cove in case Hiccup and Toothless were to come back. She made her way over to the spot that she saw Hiccup disappear and then later emerge from. It looked like a solid stone wall, but when she pushed on it; her hand met what felt like wood. She pushed a little harder and was met by a squeak. A door swung open to reveal a hollowed out area. Astrid gawked at what she saw. There was an anvil and a fire area with a bucket of water nearby for cooling down the steaming metal. To the side of that she saw a small bed with a stone slab next to it probably for Toothless. Astrid looked around the larger sized cave until her eyes met the far wall. Her mouth fell open. The wall was covered with swords, hammers and axes of different sizes, colors and some even different shapes.
As Astrid stared at the wall of weapons, she didn't hear Toothless and Hiccup return.
"Do you like them Astrid" Hiccup said as he walked in the open door. He didn't even see her, but just figured it was her because when it came to figuring stuff out, this was her strong suit. Astrid whipped around to see Hiccup standing there in the doorway. She just stood there, speechless as Hiccup came towards her.
"I was just curious and I saw you come out of the rocks and I wanted to know what was in here so I ended up finding this room and I had just seen the weapons when you walked in with Toothless" Astrid spat out. Her words all melded together into one long stream that Hiccup only got a few words here and there from. Hiccup walked over to an empty spot on the wall and pressed something that made a slight creak like the hidden door.
"I had some extra time the past few months and well the past few years and I was going to give them to you guys, but then you found out my secret and then the rest of the group found out and then my dad out of all of the people on Berk found out so I was never able to give them to you" Hiccup told Astrid while staring into the small room. Astrid looked in and saw what Hiccup was talking about. There was a beautiful new two headed axe on the wall with Astrid's name carved in the handle. Astrid noticed that there was a weapon on that same wall for everyone else in the group. There was a hammer with Fishlegs name carved into the handle the same way as Astrid's axe. Snotlout was getting a mace with the handle the same as Fishleg's and Astrid's handles only his said Snotlout. The twin's weapons were the same way, but they got double headed spears. When Astrid looked closer at the handles though she saw something she didn't expect. She saw a different dragon carved into each handle and it was a beautiful carving. Astrid had a Deadly Nadder, Fishlegs had a Gronkle, Snotlout got a Monstrous Nightmare and Ruffnut and Tuffnut each got a head and half of the body of a Hideous Zippleback so that when you put the handles next to each other it makes the whole dragon.
"They're beautiful Hiccup. I love my axe, it gorgeous, but do you mind if I ask a question?"
"No, not at all. Ask away" Hiccup replied with his signature lopsided grin.
"What's with the dragons carved into the handles" Astrid asked as Hiccup's grin faded.
"The dragon that is carved into the handle. Those are the dragon species that I think you best resemble. The twins get a Hideous Zippleback because well of the two heads. Fishlegs and the Gronkle make a perfect match or nearly perfect match because they are both kind hearted and gentle souls and between you and me, a little large and bulky in size." That made Astrid laugh. "Snotlout gets the Monstrous Nightmare because, well, it's a perfect match really. I mean stubborn, monstrous and nightmare describes both a Monstrous Nightmare and Snotlout." Astrid just laughed a little harder that time and nodded her head." And you get the Deadly Nadder because a Nadder is a natural born leader who is very deadly and fierce, but also very beautiful, smart, cunning, graceful and fast" Hiccup finished. They were both blushing, but Hiccup a little more than Astrid.
"Astrid, promise me you will bring the group down here after your training like you do every day. I want to give the group there gifts."
"I promise I will. We come down here every day."
"I know, I've seen you and the rest of them" Hiccup replied. "I was with Toothless in the trees."
"That's why we never see you. You've been in the trees" Astrid said with a look of understanding. Hiccup gathered up all of the weapons, except for Astrid's. He let her keep it to use in training. The rest of the weapons he laid out on a rock near the small lake. When Astrid exited the room, she made sure to shut the door behind her so that no one else would find it.
"Hiccup, thank you for coming back" Astrid said to Hiccup as she reached the top of the cove.
"You're welcome Astrid, but I can't stay. My friends look up to me as their leader. The leaders that I assigned for each species chose me to be their leader that they can go to for advice and help if they need it. I can't stay" Hiccup finished. Astrid looked very sad as she turned and started back towards the village.
"Toothless, I want to stay with the dragons and be their leader, but I also want to stay with Astrid and the rest of the gang. I don't know what I'm going to do bud; I really don't know what I am going to do."
"Well that is quite a choice you have to make my friend. I would go with your heart."
"Well I don't know what my heart is telling me to do. I want to stay with them and be a normal Viking, but I can never be a normal Viking. I also want to help my friends and I made a Pact to them that I would be their leader, so I can't let them down. I will decide by sundown tonight, I have to" Hiccup told Toothless. He slumped down against the cold rock and waited for the comfort of sleep to take him away from his troubles.
Longest chapter yet! I am so dang happy I could cry! But I won't. So this chapter ended on sort of a cliffhanger. Hiccup has to choose to stay with the Viking teens or stay with his dragon friends. I don't even know myself yet! All I know is that the next chapter will be filled with a little more action. And I am sad to say that the next chapter may also be the last of this story. Though if enough of you lovely reviewers, well review and comment that you want me to keep it going or even if you want me to do a sequel of this story, then maybe I will. But until next time, peace out you wonderful people!
-AIC