This is my fourth chapter in this series! Oh gods I'm so excited!!!!!! I have too many ideas, FYI I'm going to be working on plot connections and development here. We maybe even learn a thing or two about our masked man. "Ooooooo" ... don't worry that's my schizophrenia talking!
Apart from that I hope you guys enjoy me slaving over my laptop, IPad and IPhone just to bring you this... jk enjoy!!!!
Hiccup lay there, motionless, he was too scared to even move! The dragon thought he was already dead with how inactive the 15 year old boy was. The scaly beast pushed it's head forward sniffing the boy, Hiccup was creeped out by this sudden move, "ughh... personal space much?" Hiccup remarked edging backwards, the dragon immediately snarled giving hiccup a reason to stand up and back off. "Ok, dragon please don't do this, I'm not worth eating!" Hiccup eagerly protested to the dragon's current attitude, "please?..." the scared boy pleaded, the dragon hesitated but then backed down still snarling but without the teeth, every little helps Hiccup thought before edging forwards an inch or two "wait... can you, understand me?" Hiccup questioned with still a slight plea to his voice. At this the dragon fully backed down, then looked at him and softly purred, "wow, really... awesome!" Hiccup chirped with a smile.
After five minutes of standing around Hiccup tried approaching the dragon, to its discontent, Hiccup backed off as the dragon scoffed and snarled at him "woah, ok, it's ok... hey there do you want anything to eat?" Hiccup lowered his hand into the satchel lying on the floor, the black beast (not trying to be racist, I just don't want to keep repeating "the dragon" over and over again!) didn't know how to react 'he could pull out a knife and threaten me or it could actually be FOOD!' He thought as the boy pulled out a small loaf of bread and offered it to him. The dragon sat the there his eyes wider than the sun while he softly purred, Hiccup crouched forward leaning in and throwed the loaf of bread on the floor about half way in between them both. Hiccup stayed shaking there as the majestic dragon in front of him moved cautiously towards the loaf sniffing and examining it, he looked up at hiccup and placed both paws on the loaf and quite accurately broke it in half for a dragon with massive front feet, and nudged it towards him with his nose. Hiccup was surprised by this offer but he took the bread anyway. As Hiccup was picking up the bread he noticed the dragon had no teeth while eating the soft bread. "Huh, no teeth, toothless... hey that's a good name toothless, it sounds nice!" The dragon looked confused but he was happy that the boy was eating the loaf.
They stood there after both of them eating their own individual meal... Hiccup wanted to touch the dragon see how his scales felt, the dragon's complexed design vexed Hiccup, he reached at his hand, a caution to his movement Toothles's head shot round and began to snarl sending the boy jumping back onto a rock. Without a moments notice the dragon took off, leaving a smokescreen of dust and mud in the air around hiccup face. The flight didn't last long due to the absence of a tail wing, that hiccup must have damaged during the dragon raid, sending the massive beast crashing to the ground! "WOAH!" Hiccup shouted eyeing up the injured dragon at the other side of the cove before running as fast as his scrawny legs could carry him. He was by the dragon's side in seconds examining his lost tail wing. He placed a hand on the dragon's tail and took off his fur coat, exposing himself to the elements, and wrapped it around the big bleeding scar on Toothles's tail. The dragon grumbled in pain' "don't worry, don't worry it's just a slight scratch." Hiccup pathetically said trying to keep the situation calm. "Hey Toothless, look at me, look at me." Toothless turned his head slightly gazing towards the boys green eyes, Hiccup looking back "your going to be alright, don't worry I didn't kill you then in the woods and I won't let you die now... you can trust me." Hiccup said holding his hand towards his snout, toothless was hesitant but he knew the boy was his only chance of survival. The big dragon pushed his scaly nose into his hand and then brought his head back to the ground .
Hiccup turned his head back to the broken tail wing and tended to the dragon's wound before he moved to his head, slowly putting his arms round the dragon's neck and giving him a light hug as he purred back in happiness. " I'm sorry." hiccup whispered still holding onto the dragon as it fell asleep.
It was about 30 minutes before Toothless got up from resting and properly analysed what the boy had done to his tail, he was grateful, without him he would have died about now. He looked around for the boy nearby but he was nowhere. Has he just left me? Toothless frantically thought before expanding his sight to the other side of the cove where the boy was sat on a rock, drawing something with a stick into the ground.
Toothless pounced round the side of the cove approaching hiccup, he barely had time to move before the dragon knocked him off his rock and began to lick his face. "Ew, ew... EWWW, PLEASE STOP! Hahahhahahh" hiccup laughed while the dragon covered him in slobber. " ewwww get of me!" Hiccup pleaded with the dragon and it happily obliged. The dragon sat up staring at the boy his ears twitching watching him wipe the slobber of his face, his eyes caught the edge of Hiccups drawing and he turned his head towards the sketch. It was a drawing of him, the night fury in all it's glory, toothless steped forwards admiring the young boy's drawing of him.
Hiccup stepped closer to his scaly friend removing the last of the dragon slobber from his face, "you like it then?" Hiccup asked intriguingly, toothless pushed his head into Hiccups chest and softly grumbled. Hiccup placed his hand on his head and stroked down his spikes slowly.
'Wow this is an actual dragon, a night fury as well! This can't be real... my only friend is a dragon??... hey don't bash it, at least I've got a friend! But still this is a dragon' it took a while for the thought to circle round his mind but he finally got the point, 'everything we know about dragons... is wrong, you don't kill for fun or out of boredom. And you don't eat vikings as snacks!' The two friends stayed close to each other taking in what this meant for both Vikings and dragons. The night began to slowly draw in and shadows were become more visible in the sunset. " hey bud?" Hiccup asked the dragon, toothless looked up, "do you know a way out?" Toothless turned and looked at the other side of the cove and nudged Hiccup to come with him. They got to a small gap in the rocks too big for a dragon but just right for hiccup, he was about to slide through the opening before toothless stepped in front of him blocking his exit. "C'mon, bud you know I need to go." The boy stated towards the dragon, toothless let out a slight cry before holding his tail up to him that still had his coat on. "Oh cheers, i nearly left without this thanks bud!" he exclaimed untying his coat from the dragon's tail and sliding it back on. It was nice and warm from toothles's body heat, " well cya later, bud." Hiccup said stroking the dragon as he purred back before slipping through the gap and into the darkness, out the sight of toothless!
Hiccup was on his way back home walking through branches and bushes treading cautiously, he was frequently looking over his shoulder for the masked man who warned him to stay away from 'it'... Hiccup froze on the spot, Wait could he have been talking about toothless when he meant 'it'? Hiccup was pondering on the fact that this masked man knew about the dragon and that he shot it down! And that he also knew about Chaz. Hiccup put on a slight jog at the sudden assumption of the facts, that turned into a full sprint to race back to his house before he actually found out what the masked man was going to do to him! Hiccup had never ran so fast! Apart from when he was in the thawfest games competing with snotlout for first position. The village was coming into sight and the light of the torches could be seen reflecting of the wooden houses with a slight flicker to them "aohhh home sweet, ho-.." Hiccup couldn't finish his sentence before a arm stretched out from the trees grabbing his neck and throwing him to the ground! The masked man quickly stood over hiccup pinning him to the forest floor, "owww, that hurt!" Hiccup said with a slight disorientation to his voice. Hiccup opened his eyes to see the cold emotionless mask staring down at him, he could just about see the colour of the eyes behind the mask... they were sky blue! "GET OFF ME!" Hiccup screamed hoping to get the attention of any nearby folk in earshot of them to no luck of the boy!
He was interrupted by the man holding him to the ground pulling out a long knife, just bigger than a dagger and sharper than any sword hiccup had ever made! "Shhhhhh, you don't want to wake up the whole town... do you now?" The hooded figure remarked lowering the knife down to his neck. Hiccup gulped missing the blade by millimetres.
Hiccup sat there clueless what to do. "What do you want with me!?, use me as a bribe to get money?, or do you just want to kill me?!" Hiccup powerlessly asked.
The hooded man lowered the knife further to his neck "I've already told you what I want! I distinctly remember saying 'stay away from it!', I'll translate that for you... STAY AWAY FROM THAT DRAGON!" The masked man scoffed tightening his grip on the scrawny boys arms. Hiccup squirmed and struggled seeing if he could break free. "Oooo.. your a squirmy one aren't you?" The man laughed
"Well why do you want that dragon... are you going to kill and take the fame for the first Viking to kill a night fury or is it the hide you want??, if so... YOU WILL HAVE TO KILL ME FIRST!" The powerless boy demanded.
Hiccup couldn't see his facial expressions which made it even more frightening to be at his mercy but he could tell that the hooded man was rather confused. "Why would 'I' want to kill it.. YOU shot it down and YOU nearly executed it but you let it go for what!!! SPORT, HUNTING?!!? A SICK SENCE OF HUMOUR I GUESS!!" At this the razor sharp blade was pressed against Hiccup's throat, cutting a bit of his skin. "I do this to protect him and to serve justice!" The man pulled the blade up past his head which made a sharp noise through the air.
"No please... don't..." the scared boy begged! Slamming his eyes shut and tensing his body.
The next seconds were petrifying, waiting for the blade to be trusted into his chest and for the boy to arrive at the gates of Valhalla. Hiccup heard a slight sigh through the muffed mask and the blade was slammed into the ground inches from his face. "IF YOU TELL ANYONE..., ANYONE OF ME OR THAT DRAGON AND I WILL SKIN YOU LIKE A YAK TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!!! UNDERSTAND?!!" The hooded man ferociously screemed at the terrified boy!
Hiccup did a slight nod and pathetically replied "yes..." in the quietest manner he could.
The masked man pushed hiccup to the ground, putting himself up and grabbed his knife, then shrouded him self in the dark, protruding cloak and ran off through the dense trees and shrubbery.
Hiccup got up shaking from the neck down, which had a small cut that was bleeding a small amount of blood. He stood there staring off into the dark forest the moonlight illuminating the tops of the trees. Hiccup slowly stepped backwards not breaking eye contact with the tree line making it to the town square where he sat and looked up at his warm, cosy house. He did a quick check on his surroundings before running to his front door where he quickly slipped through the fresh hold entering the living room, his father was in bed on the other side of the room snoring away. The still shaky boy sneaked upstairs and into bed and he lay on his wooden mattress thinking of the man and who he could be and going over everything he said! He has completely mistaken what I'm trying to do with toothless, I'm not HUNTING him AT ALL! He's my first ever friend, my only friend... he told me to stay away from him, should I?' Hiccup's thoughts were racing whether or not he should visit the dragon again, he was weighing up the pros and cons before he gave himself a mental slap in the face. Of course I'm going to see that dragon again! If I can convince that strange man I mean him no harm to Toothless he could just let me visit him.
Hiccup's mind came to a slow rest while he fell asleep getting ready for the combat training session tomorrow, maybe he could learn some defence moves to use against the hostile man if he doesn't want to co-operate with him and he is forced to use a rough method of motivation because nobody was going to stop him from seeing that dragon. His mind became idle as he fell into a deep sleep, apparently he really needed it!
Hiccup woke the next day to the sound of his father stomping up the stairs to his room. "Ah son your up, Astrid is at the door waiting for you." His dad remarked, giving a slight chuckle to the boy's sudden facial expression.
Hiccup's face dropped as he got up from bed and raced around his room picking his clothes and sliding them on faster than lighting "so I've seen miss Astrid hofferson has taken an interest into my young boy!" Stoick happily cheered to his son slapping him on the back.
The young Viking blushed, "uhhhhh, no..." Hiccup protested his dad staring down at him before raising his eyebrows in a 'yeah right' expression and smirking "no really dad... I have no chance with someone like 'her'!" Hiccup's arms gestured towards towards the closed door.
Stoick laughed at his boy's protests, "Well son, here's a tip for your 'I have no chance' attitude... you better make a move before the other Viking boys do!" Stoick slamming an axe twice the size onto Hiccup's chest and pushing him towards the stairs "anyway she wouldn't be a bad choice to have your 'first time' with!" Hiccup froze at his dad's comment and turned around disgust and some particular wild thoughts entering his mind.
"DAD!, REALLY... STOP EW, NO!!!!" Hiccup shouted disgust in his mind and his face explaining a whole story by itself.
"Oh give it up, we both know your at the age to start thinking... these things!" His father delicately said due to the topic of discussion they were on. Hiccup still standing there his face still telling the exact same story as before!
Stoick looked at the door, "Time you be off, yep catch you later son!" Stoick shouted before dragging Hiccup over to the door shoving him out and slamming the door shut. "By Odin's beard...teenagers!" Stoick remarked to himself before heading over to the table and picking up his dishes. On the other hand hiccup was thinking the exact same but about fathers, the boy stood there looking forward towards the Viking girl stood in front of him who fluttered her eyelashes at him, "Morning, Hiccup!"
Hiccup yawned "Morning." He replied.
"Looks like you had a rough night!" Astrid questioned with a light mood almost laughing.
"You don't know the half of it." Hiccup trying not to blurt out about the masked man because of the consequences he would face, he looked down towards the village centre specifically Astrid's house. "Shall we m'lady?" Hiccup gesturing with his axe down to her house.
"Of course... we don't want to keep Chaz waiting!" Astrid replied with a chirp.
Oh yeah... forgot about him, please tell me wolves attacked him again! Hiccup mind began to wonder, "So I was thinking..." Hiccup opened getting Astrid's attention "mmh" Astrid continued.
"That we could learn some hand to hand combat... ya know amongst them lines or what not?" Hiccup said trying to Conseil the real reason he wanted to learn about hand to hand combat.
Astrid looked at him and smirked "sure I don't see why not! You could learn some defence moves anyway!" She happily said before opening the door to her house where chaz could be seen sitting at the table tapping on the wooden frame of his chair. "Oh it's you two, its about time, I thought you got lost!" Chaz laughed a banterous tune to his voice.
"Sorry my dad kept me busy!" Hiccup apologised.
Chaz sat there a smirk to his face " I guess I wouldn't want to know what it's like to be the chief's son then!" He commented still smirking.
"Trust me... you don't!" Hiccup replied
"I'll take your word for it mate!" He replied before heading out back his sword dangling on his back by a rope, Astrid and hiccup following not so far behind.
"Let's get started then!" Astrid screemed swinging her axe round just missing hiccup's face' "Defend yourself Viking boy!" Astrid chuckled to herself!
Hiccup and chaz both looked at each other and back at the blond, "GAME ON!" They both said in symphony.
Hope you enjoy chapter 4, I'm going to try and get you chapter 5 ASAP. Apart from that consider a review and liking it.
Until next time!
P.S I was going to make chapter 4 and 5 into one chapter but I would have been too long to do so I just split it in half!YB