Oh Thor you'll be hating me so much when you finish this chapter. I am so sorry. Or maybe I'm not. HAHAHAHAH.
Well please read the author's notes in the end because somewhere in that pile of madness, trash and evil laughs there's an important info that will contribute to decrease (or increase) your fury upon me.
Well that's all I have to say. Oh and I'm sorry about the spelling errors. I re-read the chapter many times but there's always something that hides from my eyes and shows itself to yours. That and I'm really clumsy when writing at the computer. XD
This chapter is the biggest I've ever written (in part because of the important info down there, the other part because I wanted to end the chapter 'here' hehe)
Enjoy chapter 7! XD
"C'mon, c'mon… OH COME ON! Why in the name of Thor are you following us?" Hiccup groaned to no one in specific (he was sure the maniac dragon chasing him and Toothless wasn't going to answer).
For the past hours he'd been trying to outwit the two coloured dragon. He tried diving in the sea, hiding in the clouds and everything else there was for him to do. It just wasn't enough. It looked like the creature could even smell him. "Arghhhh!" Why does everything I ever do go wrong? Why can't anything be easy for once in my life? The gods must really hate me.
For hours and hours there was only sea and more sea. Oh and sky yeah. Suddenly Hiccup saw a rock formation far on the horizon. "What do you say bud? Let's check it- Whoa!" They swerved as the clandestine guest shot more of his dark blue spines. "-out…" Hiccup finished.
It was a miracle. The rock formation turned out to be an island. Hiccup could've celebrated the fact that the island was big enough to possess caverns wouldn't it be for the new spine shot the dragon offered them.
"Y'know what? I think I'll call you Grumpy the crazy dragon. What do ya think about it?!" Hiccup asked the owner of the spines who shot more in reply. "Yep I think it suits you well!"
By this time the island was right in front of them. Toothless circled around it with Grumpy hot on his tale. "There Toothless dive!" Hiccup pointed to a small cave in the side of a mountain. "That should do it."
Toothless barrel rolled entering the mouth of the cave with incredible agility which made Hiccup clutch his injured chest. Since Grumpy was bigger than the Night Fury it took him more time to actually fit in. That gave the duo time.
Grumpy continued flying inside the cave, disappearing in a dark tunnel. He was so desperate to catch Hiccup and Toothless that he actually missed them both hanging on the ceiling like bats. Toothless' black wings covering Hiccup in an attempt to camouflage in the darkness.
Soon they left the cave and blasted the entrance with Grumpy still inside. "I don't think that'll hold him much longer" Who knew, maybe there was an exit or something. Exit or not they weren't going to stay around and find out. "Let's go home bud." Toothless cooed in agreement as Hiccup petted his head.
The waves clashed against each other in their wake, as Toothless flew as fast as he could, faster than the sound. It was sunset, still they were far away from the Edge.
Hiccup clutched his chest feeling the not very deep wounds but deep enough to hurt. "Ok bud I'm just goin' to lay down for a bit, okay? Toothless cooed sadly, he was worried about Hiccup. His buddy'd been clutching his chest since Toothless saved him from Grumpy. "Oh Toothless I'm fine! It just hurts a little bit. I promise ok?" Hiccup checked the tailfin mode. Good thing he brought the long-trip one. The tailfin mode should handle until the Edge and he wasn't going to sleep that much either. "Wake me up if something happens Toothless."
Hiccup laid down hugging and resting his head on Toothless' neck. Soon and without noticing he was asleep.
Astrid opened her eyes and looked around, recognizing the Clubhouse almost immediately.
She moved to a sitting position and passed a finger on her head (where it hurt the most) just to feel some bandages.
"Astrid you're awake oh Thank Thor!" Fishlegs cheered rushing for a hug. Astrid understanding this stretched one of her arms and quickly asked something else, hoping that somehow her friend would forget the bone-crushing hug.
"Humm… yeah… What- what happened?" she asked looking at the darkness outside.
"Hiccup happened" said Snotlout "He pushed you so hard you ended up hitting your head on some rocks."
Astrid remembered the dragon they'd just freed coming straight towards her, Hiccup was running too. She knew what he was about to do and so she'd warned him not to. As usual he didn't listen to her and when the dragon was about to hit her he'd pushed her aside. She remembered the pain on her head and then a scream of pain. After that the only thing she knew was that they were all back at the Edge inside the Clubhouse.
"He saved me Snotlout!" Astrid replied, giving him a death glare. She looked around. The twins were playing Pirates vs Vikings in a corner. The game probably sucked since they were the only ones playing it but they seemed happy and diabolical as usual. Fishlegs and Snotlout were sitting near the fireplace, talking with her. There was only one person missing, the one she wanted to see the most.
"Where's Hiccup?" she asked worriedly.
"Well, after we took off the dragon kept following us and Hiccup and Toothless went to try and outwit the dragon.
Astrid gasped. The scream. It was Hiccup's. "What? Hiccup's hurt!" she cried. Her heart racing as she tried to hide the crack in her voice.
Fishlegs began to unfold the bandages in Astrid's head. "We know but it turns out the dragon wasn't following us. It was following them. Hiccup and Toothless." He took the bandages off and grabbed a wet cloth, cleaning Astrid's head and hair. "There it is. You're lucky Astrid. No concussion. Just a small wound and some headaches probably."
"Then why are you cleaning my head?" Astrid asked. Fishlegs stopped cleaning (there was nothing else to clean probably) and left the cloth in a table nearby. Is that blood? Something told Astrid it wasn't hers at all. That only made it worse. "Is- is it Hiccup's?" she asked, pure terror in her eyes.
No one answered her questions which, unfortunately, confirmed her assumptions.
"For how long was I out?" Astrid asked. Wow she was asking lots of questions lately.
"For about a day and a half… you slept the whole trip back here and a few more hours." Fishlegs informed. So they've been gone for a day. She started to desperate again. Calm down Astrid they're probably ok… probably.
"What are you doing?" she asked Fishlegs who was reading both Book of Dragons and Bork's papers. That's it just think about something else, Astrid. Hiccup's ok, Toothless is with him. Right?
"Geek-ing." Snotlout answered has if it were obvious.
"I'm actually investigating Snotlout. There's nothing in the Book of Dragons neither in Bork's papers about a dragon like the one we found. Although I think I might've heard about it."
"Just like I said. Geek-ing."Snotlout groaned. "Now can we go to sleep!"
"Only when we know Hiccup and Toothless are ok. I've told you this before."Fishlegs answered him, turning another page.
"And I keep questioning… problem? Besides it's Hiccup out there. Hiccup's always fine!" said Snotlout.
"Yeah like that time he lost his leg after the Red Death…"Fishlegs started.
"Or that time he took a lightning bolt to the head…" Astrid continued.
"Or that time Toothless ate an eel and Hiccup almost died either because of the eels or Toothless himself." Fishlegs added.
"Or when he was captured by the Outcasts…" Astrid continued.
"...or Dagur and the Dragon Hunters." Fishlegs finished.
On the second though I should probably worry… Astrid though although she didn't say a word about what she was thinking.
"Oh oh, don't forget that time…"Tuffnut started, while Ruffnut held a sword to his neck "…with the dragon poop! Gods that was a wonderful day…" he finished saying dreamily.
"Yeah, it was a wonderful day indeed brother…" Ruffnut agreed also dreamily "but hey that's NOT how a pirate talks!"
"Ahhh" Tuffnut released himself from his sister's grip and looked for cover, hiding under Barf and Belch which made no difference at all. They could see him just like before. Ruffnut chased him and when she raised her sword to defeat the Viking, her own brother, Barf and Belch grabbed them by the back of their shirts. They dropped their weapons and started slapping each other.
Snotlout who'd been watching all this just like the others turned around to face Astrid. "Back to the point. All I'm saying's that sooner or later they'll arrive and they'll be fine! Now can we go to sleep m'tired."
"No."Fishlegs said without adding anything else.
Everything quieted and for a moment they could only listen to the sound of the turning pages of the Book of Dragons. That's when they heard wings and a THUMP outside. Astrid got up ignoring her pounding head and broke through the doors of the Clubhouse.
"Hiccup!" she smiled "Hiccup?" Her smile faded. Astrid approached Toothless aware of the others right behind her, the twins still hanging on their dragon's mouth and trying to kill each other.
Hiccup was laying down, his arms around Toothless' neck. He was either asleep or unconscious. Astrid begged for the first one.
She shook his shoulder worriedly and he opened his eyes instantly and sat up automatically, not without falling from Toothless in the progress. "Ohh… that hurt…" he mumbled clutching his head and using Toothless as a support to get up. "Have we arrived bud?"
Toothless cooed in agreement. Hiccup looked around noticing for the first time all of the riders staring at him. "Oh I guess we have." That's when he saw Astrid in front of the others.
"Astrid oh thank Thor. Are you ok? Sorry for pushing you too hard it's all my fault. I- I didn't mean it. Astrid?" Hiccup looked at her. She didn't seem happy.
Astrid punched his shoulder.
"Ouch! Wha-Why would you do that?" he complained, shutting up when she rushed forward, holding him tightly in an embrace.
"Thank Thor you're alright!" She moved away when the back of her head started burning with the other riders' glare. They were only looking, no mean expressions on their faces but the Great Astrid Hofferson wasn't supposed to care like this. Well she did care for one person. "You're alright, right?" she asked him.
"Yeah. I'm fine." He answered her.
"But your chest…" she gasped. His leather armor was stained with blood.
Hiccup looked down. His chest… it wasn't hurting anymore. And it stopped bleading. "Yeah it's ok. The bleeding stopped see?" Ok this day is starting to get weird. I mean weird-er. He though.
"What happened to the dragon Hiccup?" Fishlegs asked.
"You mean Grumpy the crazy dragon?…" Hiccup started "He kept following us for hours. I didn't want to but Toothless and I caged him in a cave somewhere. He should be free by now…" He was starting to get tired of that small pain on his leg. He'd woken up with it so it probably started during his sleep. Really? A phantom pain? Now? Well one thing for sure he was not going to tell his friends. On one hand they didn't know he had this phantom pains, on the second he didn't like when people worried about him.
Tuffnut raised his hand.
"Yes Tuff?" Hiccup asked noticing the sword Ruffnut held to his brother's back.
"Does this mean we can go and touch it?" He asked.
Why didn't I see this coming? Maybe it's because of this stupid pain. I better get out of here before they notice. Especially Astrid.
"No. It doesn't mean that. Look guys I'm really tired can we talk about this in the morning?" Hiccup asked. Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes.
"Sure. Night guys!" Fishlegs said.
"Wait so now he gets to sleep-" Snotlout mumbled, chasing after Fishlegs. The twins went to their hut too, this time with Tuffnut and his Chicken chasing after Ruffnut.
Hiccup mounted Toothless and took off. Astrid and Stormfly soon joined them in the air.
"You're sure you're ok?" Astrid asked suspiciously.
"Yeaaaahh- yeahh of course." Hiccup told her.
"You know you're a terrible liar right?" She replied.
"Really Astrid. I'm just… tired. That's it. I wanted to see you being chased by a crazy, grumpy dragon for hours and flying back all day long…"
"..Hum... ok. Well good night Hiccup" Astrid said still worried about him. He was lying her and she knew it perfectly. Whatever he was hiding she was going to find out… tomorrow.
"Good night Astrid" Hiccup said, watching her dive to her hut. The pain on his leg was now impossible. He'd never had such a bad phantom pain.
Soon he reached his hut. It made sense since his and Astrid's were really close to each other.
He dismounted Toothless, stumbling constantly. When he wasn't stumbling he was limping. Toothless cooed sorrowfully, worried about his rider. Hiccup opened the door of his hut and stumbled inside. Toothless fired a plasma blast at the fireplace, igniting it, because with the door closed the only thing they could see was darkness.
Hiccup hissed through his teeth and moaned. His eyelids were closing involuntarily. He was in so much pain now that the only thing his body knew how to do was shutting down. He just had to reach his bed.
He was about to start to climb up the stairs when a new wave of pain hit him. That was it. It was too much. "Tooth-" Hiccup mumbled before rolling his eyes and falling towards the ground, unconscious.
Tatarã I'm dead. Right? But before you kill me I have one thing to say… FEELINGS GET DOWN!
Now seriously guys I really hope you liked chapter 7. Turns out that the story will have more than 10 chapters probably. 99.9% sure. But look out the other 0.1% might trick you.
*laughs like a dying seal* Hiccup Hiccup little Hiccup, watch out for your missing limb…. Mwahahaha. I'm so mean sometimes.
Also I don't know if tomorrow or the day after tomorrow but in one of this two days I can't write therefore I won't be posting. Dam. There's the weekend and now this bloody day.
That probably means I'll leave you hanging in that cliff you are right now for a day or two. It might happen so please don't be mad at me for not posting. Remember tomorrow or the day after.
I'll just leave you with a XD.
