Chapter 6

Book of Dragons

A/N: I am very sorry for the last chapter ;_; I was out of it and I wanted to get it done so I could get to the other stuff that's stuck in my head and blah blah blah blah. XD just read the story! ^-^

~Gobbers POV~

Ever since he's stopped babysitting Hiccup, Hiccups been more distant with people. Sure the kid goes to his shop to study Blacksmithing, but whenever he gets the chance, he wonder's off. He's worried about little Hiccup. Sometimes his cousin Snotlout would hang out with him if he feels like it. But it usually seems like Hiccup prefers to be alone.

Gobber doesn't blame him. Especially that time when he wandered into the forest by himself and didn't get hurt. Everyone kept going around him and talking to him. Gobber also remembers that Hiccup said he saw a dragon. He smirked at that. He wonders if he should let the kid read the Book of Dragons. He'll give it to him if he sees the kid soon.

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Once Gobber was finishing polishing a sword, he put the cloth down. Then he grabbed the Book of Dragons and locked up his shop.

He trudged over to the chief's and his sons house. The house was bigger than the other villagers. There was even a wooden dragon head on the tip of the roof. He opened up the big wooden doors. When he walked in, there was a wooden table in the middle of the living room with a fireplace on the wall next to it. On the opposite end was a steep flight of stairs. Gobber never liked the stairs. He always felt like he was going to fall backwards. Hiccup would always crawl up on all fours.

Once he got to the top, he went through a door and saw a little boy curled in his wooden bed. The black furred blanket covered the boy completely. Almost anyone who slept seemed to look peaceful. For a minute, Gobber didn't want to wake the kid because he looked so cute and innocent. And probably because he was playing outside late. Then again, it was almost sun high.

He put his hand on the kids shoulder and shook him gently, "Hiccup, time to wake up!", he said softly. Hiccup groaned and put the black blanket over his head. Gobbers brow twitched. "WAKE UP!", he shouted in the kids ear. "Waaahh!", Hiccup shouted and fell out of bed. Gobber burst out laughing and gripped his stomach tightly. "Not funny!", squeaked the kid. Hiccups face was all scrunched up and his eyebrows were slanted downwards. His bottom lip was out like a pout. Gobber couldn't help but laugh at the sight. Hiccup pouted even more. "I'm sorry laddie, I couldn't help it!", he forced himself to stop laughing and took deep breaths.

Then, something was shoved in the kids face. His green eyes went wide in shock. A brown hard cover book with a dragon symbol was in front of him. "Uhh…", said Hiccup with his mouth opened. "I'm letting you look at the Book of Dragons. Make sure you give it to me soon!", instructed Goober as he threw the book onto the kids bed. Hiccup just stared at him as he walked out of his room.

~Hiccups POV~

After a few minutes of staring at his door, his green eyes stared down at the brown book. "Da Book Of Dwagons?", he mumbled to himself. It took him a couple seconds to realise what it actually was. He quickly jumped on his bed and picked up the book. He started to skim through the whole book. There's different types of classes for each different types of dragons! Each one is unique in its own way! There's the Monstrous Nightmare, Skuldrin, Terrible Terror, Gronckle, and so much more! Hiccup was mesmorized by the book. Then he had an idea about writing notes down. Because, when would be the last time he'll get to read the book?

He closed the book and jumped off his bed. There was a desk on the far end of his wall. There's nothing on it yet, since he didn't have much to do. On the left side drawer was a note book. He got it out and grabbed his wooden pencil. He spent the few hours in his room, copying the WHOLE book. When he got to the end, he noticed a page was empty. All the page said was: Night Fury. Hiccups eyes widened. He remembered that his mother said that his friend dragon was a Night Fury. "I wonder why it's empty?", he mumbled to himself."I'll ask Wobber later…", he said. He added a page for the Night Fury in his note book.

He got up and grabbed his note book and book and ran out of his room.

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"Wobber! Wobber!", shouted Hiccup as he entered the Smith Shop. The blond man with a viking helmet stopped hitting a sword with a hammer and turned around. "What is it kid?", Gobber asked a little annoyed. He was in "the zone" when he was working and he doesn't like to be interrupted at times. "How come dere's no Night Fuwy's?", the kid asked with his big green eyes. Gobber sighed. "Because Hiccup. No one has ever seen one and lived to tell the tale.", he said as he continued to hammer away. "Is dere even a Night Fuwy then?", Hiccup kept asking questions. "Yes there is but you can't see it! Why do you want to know?", he asked starting to get annoyed.

Hiccup seemed to hesitate at that question. "Well?", Gobber asked. "Well, dere isn't anything about it in da book.", he said while holding the book up to Gobber. Gobber put the sword and hammer down on the floor and grabbed the book from the boy. "Like I said.", he said as he put the book on one of his desk. "Why?", squeaked Hiccup as he tilted his head. "Because no one has ever seen one or lived to tell about it!", he repeated. "Why?". "Just because!", said Gobber already knowing that he wasn't getting anywhere with this kid. "Why do you so desperately want to know?", Gobber asked half dramatically and half seriously. The boy shrugged, "Just curious…", he mumbled. 'That kids curiosity is going to get himself in trouble one of these days...', Gobber thought as he rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"I'm gonna go play now Wobber! Thanks!", shouted Hiccup as he raced out the door. Gobber sighed. "That kid is such a handful!", he mumbled as he went back to work.

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"Mommy?", squeaked Hiccup. "Do you have a Book of Dwagons?", he asked as he looked up at his mother.

Once again, little Hiccup has managed to go through the village and into the forest without getting caught. Toothless was already in their spot waiting for him. Toothless also managed to remember the way back to that ice cavern.

"No I do not dear. I have all the information I need about the dragons in here.", she said as she pointed a pale finger at her head. Her red and blue uniform was taken off since she isn't going outside. Instead, she has a furred light brown coat with a big fluffy hoody behind her. "How?", asked Hiccup as he tilted his head. He and Toothless were laying on the grassy ground in one of the rooms. There were thousands of dragons flying in a circle around an ice pillar. Toothless layed on his stomach as he watched the baby dragons play on a rock near them to make sure that they don't come to him. Hiccup was leaning on one of his dragons sides while holding his note book like a book and looking up at his mother. Valka sat on a stone next to them. Cloudjumper was right next to her staring at the kids also, his expression unreadable.

"The dragons taught me everything I need to know.", she said as she glanced over at her dragon. Cloudjumper noticed this action and tilted his head toward her with his big amber eyes. "How?", Hiccup asked again. Valka giggled, "It was rather hard to understand at first since dragons can not speak. But I managed to tell by their actions and their movements.", she explained as she moved her hand in a circle and twirled her fingers a bit. Cloudjumper started to stare at the fingers and bobbed it's head as he copied the hand movement. Toothless was doing the same thing with his wide green eyes. "Can you teach me?", he asked his mother with his pleading eyes. Valka didn't take long for her answer, "I'll teach you everything I know.", she whispered to him. She leaned forward and placed a kiss on his forehead. Hiccup giggled. "Can I write it in my note book to study?!", he asked as he held up his book and kicked his feet a bit. Val giggled a bit, "Of course dear. Just make sure you don't show anyone else!", she warned with a warning look. Hiccup noticed the seriousness and nodded, "Ok!", he said.

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Hiccup layed in his bed just staring at his ceiling. His eyes wide awake.

His black blanket layed gently on top of him. He blinked and groaned. He told his mom that he was tired and went home early. But now that he's in bed, he can't sleep.

Valka has taught Hiccup a little bit about the dragons. So he put them in his note book. He promised himself that he was going to study to become the best 'Dragon Master' there was. Even better than his mother. He remembered her saying that it took her 5 years to learn about dragons, so far anyway. So Hiccup knew that it would take him years to accomplish that goal.

He remembered the Monstrous Nightmare and how he touched the dragon. Hiccup put his right hand in the air like he was touching the ceiling. The dragons red scales all smooth under his hand. Hiccup made that hand into a fist. If it wasn't for that dragon, then he wouldn't have ever met his mother. He moved the fisted hand to his chest like he was squeezing his heart. He sighed and closed his eyes. He's grateful to that dragon. He opened his eyes and rolled onto his side. Speaking of that dragon, he should give it a name the next time he see's it again.

Hiccup closed his eyes with a smile on his face. His brown bangs covering half of his face. His black blanket up to his chin as it covers the rest of him in a black cocoon. The room dark and silent.

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But just as he was falling asleep, a loud bang was heard on his house.

Hiccups eyes shot opened. He flew his blanket off of him and sat up. His head and eyes looking around wildly.

It was all quiet again. For a moment he thought that it might've only been thunder or just some viking making a ruckus.

Just as he was laying back down again, he heard the loud 'boom' again. He squeaked this time. A scream was heard outside. And then another 'boom'. Hiccup winced. Another 'boom' and a swooshing noise was heard. He was getting scared and jumped out of his bed.

There was a crash outside as he opened up his bedroom door. He sprinted down the steep steps. Not skipping over any. The fireplace in the living room was out, so that means his father wasn't home yet. Hiccup wished he was. But he wanted to know what was going on outside.

He opened the door and a gust of wind blew at him. The door slammed against the other wall. Hiccup moved his brown bangs out of his eyes. His eyes widened when he saw what was outside.

A/N: haha cliffy! Sorry guys, had too! If I didn't, I wouldn't have found a good place to stop this chapter! And just to warn you, since it's going to get more... whats the word... intense or whatever, my updates will be longer than usual, so be paitient!