Hey! Sorry for the long wait kind of lost my touch sorry, and stuff came up, but I'm back! How have you been? Okay so this one-shot was a request by AdamantiumDragoness, and I hope you enjoy this see you at the bottom!
Disclaimer: I don't own HTTYD
"What is that?" Hiccup asked in astonishment as he looked up at the sky and watched white little… things, the best word he could think to call them, drift down from the sky.
It was a colder then usual and the villagers of Berk had been excepting hailstorms to roll by anytime soon, but this, this was some mystery indeed, little piece of clouds possibly? Hiccup put his hand out and watched as the cloud melt in his hand. 'Rain maybe?' Hiccup thought, 'but it's still winter.'
The villagers all around them were stopping and looking up at the sky, whispering among themselves, was it Ragnarok? People stood frozen in fear until the chief called there attention and told them to head to the Great Hall.
All the villagers began to do as just that, quickly heading towards the hall, and as for Hiccup, well he had other plans. Slowly heading up a hill, Hiccup slipped away from the village, and into the forest, if there was someone who knew about the stuff drifting from the sky, it was definitely Vulcan. In addition, who is Vulcan you might ask? Well he was a very old Monstrous Nightmare, old enough to remember in his youth the first time he saw ships land on Berk many years ago.
No one saw, nor even seemed to care, as the 10 year-old disappeared into the forest.
Hiccup ran deep into the forget making what seemed to be random twist and turns heading farther, and up into higher ground before he reached a small mountain. There was a cave within the mountain and Hiccup began to climb before finally reaching the small cave where he knew his friend would be.
Approaching quickly Hiccup head inside only to be taken by surprise to find Vulcan wasn't there. He was surprised because Vulcan usually slept the winter away, he would wake up on occasion to have a quick hunt or get something to drink, and maybe he was just doing that.
"Vulcan?" Hiccup called out as he started to back climb down only to stop at the sound of a purr like growl that made him look up, and right above him, he saw a huge Monstrous Nightmare, his scales were a scarlet red and he was looking down at Hiccup with soft, kind eyes.
Hiccup smiled up at him and quickly began to climb up only to stop when Vulcan rapped his tail around Hiccup's waist bringing him up and placed the small boy near him.
He ruffled Hiccup's hair with a warm gust of breathe before settling back down and gazed up at the falling clouds. Hiccup stood there for a moment switching his gaze from the falling clouds to Vulcan before finally asking, "Um Vulcan do you know what that stuff is?"
Vulcan seemed surprised at first before nodding his head and encircling Hiccup to keep him warm giving him a place to sit as well instead of the cold ground.
"It's called snow." Vulcan said in growls and purrs that Hiccup understood, "It use to fall all the time when I was still young, I use to love watching it fall from the sky, in was cooling, and even though it is quite hard to light myself when it snows it is still quite a beautiful sight."
Vulcan stared curiously at Hiccup, "Has it really been that long? That your people would not tell you what snow it."
"No, not even my dad knows what it is." Hiccup said, "The Elder didn't look as scared as everyone else though, maybe she already knows."
"Yes, that will be likely, 100 winters and this is the first time in a long time since it has fallen."
"100 winters? Wow." Hiccup said his eyes lighting up and looking back at the snow.
"Snow…" Hiccup said testing out the word putting out his hand to catch the snow again in his hand only for it to turn into rain once again.
"Why does it turn into rain then?" Hiccup said with a slight pout on his face.
Vulcan chuckled in a way only a dragon could, "It melts when it comes into contacted with anything warm, but when there is enough of it, it can become quite a fun substance to play with." Vulcan said as he pushed his snout into the snow on the ground and making a little pile.
"I use to watch the human hatchlings play with snow when I was a young, it was like a version of a game I use to play with my brethren when I was still learning how to control my inner fire."
"You can play with snow?" Hiccup asked, his curiosity finally coming to, after he knew this snow was nothing dangerous.
"Yes I believe the term was 'Snowball fight' a very fun game to play, well watch on my side." Vulcan said, "You can build things as well, you just have to have a little imagination, and I am quite positive you already have something in mind."
Hiccup only nodded his head as he looked at the small pile of snow before getting to his feet and crouching down.
He stuck his hands in the pile, pulling back with a handful, and packing it tight to make a snowball.
"That's the spirit." Vulcan said with a nod and then received a snowball to the face.
Hiccup laughed aloud and before either knew how, they began a small snowball fight.
Hiccup ran down the small mountain throwing another snowball at Vulcan, who didn't bother moving out of the way as it nailed him in the eyes. He simply shook it off and made sure to keep chasing Hiccup getting him where he wanted him to go before thumping the trunk of a tree causing the snow on the branches to fall over Hiccup burying him under the snow. Vulcan let out a growl like laugh as he helped Hiccup out of the snow, and encircled him once again when he saw the boy shivering.
"That's enough young one, you may be able to run around till sundown, but these old bones need rest." Vulcan said nuzzling Hiccup's checks and breathing out warm breaths, even blowing out smalls steams of fire on the ground, causing the snow to melt, and turn into steam, helping to stop the boys shivering.
"Now wouldn't it be best you go back to your nest? I am quite certain the other humans will begin to notice you are missing and as much as I enjoy your company I do not want cause alarm."
"Yeah I guess, but I don't think anyone's noticed," Hiccup said, "I don't think they even know I'm not there."
"Now Hiccup, I am sure Gobber would probably be looking for you, and your father, both of them will be looking, and then you can tell them that there's nothing to worry about."
"I guess…" Hiccup said, still not really wanting to return just yet, "But can I come back again? Or will you be sleeping?"
"Come back anytime little one, if I am asleep or not I will enjoy your company." Vulcan said giving Hiccup a small lick and letting him go one his way, receiving a quick hug from Hiccup before the hatchling headed back to the village.
Vulcan watched on as Hiccup disappeared out of his sight before returning to his cave and began to drift off, with the sight of snow falling over everything.
'And to think,' Vulcan thought as he drifted to sleep, 'that I thought I would never see the snow again.'
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Hiccup was out of breath as he walked back to the village, it seemed that most of the villagers were still in the Great Hall, but he saw a group of kids outside still looking up at the snow, and he happened to know this particular group of kids.
He saw the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, poking the snow with sticks, while Fishlegs was looking over the village as best as he could, the snow being such a new discovery.
Asrtid and Snotlout still seemed a bit cautions with the snow, and that's when an idea formed in Hiccup's head.
A small mischievous smile, came over his face as the idea lit up. Crouching down Hiccup picked up some snow, packing it tight.
He thought on which one to hit, definitely not Snotlout or Astrid, and not Fishlegs so that left…
Tuffnut didn't have time to react as a ball of the white stuff nailed his sister in the face, but naturally he laughed at her as she tumbled back in surprise, his laughter echoed with another as the others looked up and saw none other then the runt of the litter.
Hiccup only waved down at them as Tuffnut continued to laugh only to meet the same fate as his sister.
"Snowball fight!" Hiccup yelled out, before grabbing what they guess was snow off the ground and throwing it at the others. Astrid stood back in surprise as the others didn't hesitate to throw the snow back at Hiccup and each other and she was about to just walk away when a ball of snow nailed her on the back of the head.
She slowly turned around, everyone else had frozen, minus Snotlout who onlg looked scared out of his wits as he pointed a finger at Hiccup.
She slowly knelt down gathering the snow and while her eyes stayed on Hiccup, at the last second she threw her snow ball at Snotlout nailing him.
She couldn't help, but laugh and the snowball fight continued.
When the other villagers finally came out of the hall they found the kids no longer looking at the sky in fear, but playing what they had finally been told was snow.
Snow that had not fallen in 100 winters.
So what did you think? I had fun writing this, but towards the end the spark kind of left, but I'm satisfied! Thanks again for the idea AdamantiumDragoness. Any other words or sentences people would like to suggest I'm up for the request and hopefully I'll have others up soon!
Reviews are much loved!