Chapter 10

Talking to him

A/N: Bleh, crappy title huh? Well I couldn't think of any other one so this'll have to do! And I'm sorry that it took me this long to put this in. I had a hard time figuring out what to do. I'm still trying my best at the description n I'm going to try a little better at it the more chapters I do n also give me some reviews about how I'm doing so I know if I'm doing ok or not pwease!

Darkness swarm around the sky as the stars blinked down below. The moon glows like a torch that can not be put out. Wind danced around the leaves and pine needles on the pine trees. Fog engulfed the grass as dew rested at the tips of them. Owls hooted as crickets chirped their song.

All the kids in the forest eyes were as wide as an owls. There eyes glowed in the moonlight after their friend just said the Dragon Riders name in shock.

Snotlout just stared at the boys green eyes to double check to make sure that it was really him. His cousin that he saw burn to death in his own house when he was only 5. And now after 10 years, he's this mysterious Dragon Rider that's been saving dragons and hasn't even bothered to come home.

"H-Hiccup?", Snotlout asked again to check.

The boys green eyes blinked in the moon light. He tilted his head just a bit to decide whether or not he should bother to answer the question or just leave.

Astrids blue eyes narrowed at the boy as she got annoyed with all this silence. She put her hand on her hip against her red spiked skirt. As she put her ax on her side while she waited as patiently as she can. Fishlegs stayed behind the boulder with his head poked out from behind it. His brown eyes stared at them in shock. The twins just gaped at all of them. "This is so intense. It's too much to handle!", shouted Tuffnut as he slammed his hands on his helmet. His sister just stood there with her hands near her chest and jumping place.

After a few more minutes of silence, the boy finally smiled. His tiny freckles moved up near to his eyes as his lips curved into a smile. His green eyes sparkled a bit with the stars until he closed his eyes and nodded. "Yup! The one and only!", he said as he put his fist up against his chest.

"But how!?", Snotlout asked.

Hiccup closed his eyes and slowly looked down. After a few short moments, he finally opened them again.

~.~.~

A great ball of fiery sun flared it's majestic rays illuminating the whole village in it's warmth. White fluffy clouds glide across the the vast baby blue sky. Birds tweeted as they fluttered in the horizon.

"Oi! Stoick!", shouted a man with a blond skinny beard. He wobbled over as his peg leg clanked on the floor. He waved his peg arm that has a wooden hammer on it. The chief of Berk turned around from looking at some wooden barrels on their side in a crate. He brightened up a bit as he looked at his best friend. "Have you seen them kids? I can't find them anywhere!", he said as he scratched his head underneath his helmet.

"I confined them to their homes. They aren't allowed to leave without my command.", Stoick said as he put his hands on his hips and lifted up his chin a bit. Gobber shook his head. "This is about this Dragon Rider right?", he asked. Stoicked nodded sadly, "I don't need their foolishness to get them killed!", he said as he narrowed his eyes. "Their vikings! You know their gonna get back out there and try to get them! You can't keep them locked up forever Stoick.", Gobber said with a friendly smile. Stoick nodded as his beard swayed a little as he took a deep breath, "I know Gobber. I just don't need anyone else getting burned…", he mumbled. Gobber tilted his head, "Did Snotlout say something to you?", he asked with his blue concerned eyes. "How do you know it's Snotlout?", Stoick asked as he raised a brown eyebrow. Gobber shrugged, "I have my ways.", he said with a cheeky grin.

Stoick sighed as he sat down on a boulder next to the barrels. "I just don't know how to deal with these kids. I'm only trying to keep them safe.", he says while looking down. Gobber nods in understanding, "I get it. But their kids Stoick. Their gonna get back out there again ya know! I know two other stubborn vikings that would always try and find a way to get out from everything.", he said as he pointed at Stoick with his wooden hammer.

"Two?", Stoick asked. He already knew that one of them used to be him. But who might the other person be?

Gobber smiled at him and raised his eyebrows almost to his helmet. "Hiccup.", he said without hesitating. Stoicks eyes widened at the name of his son. "Hiccup?", he asked. "Mhm! He would always wander off whenever he would get the chance! Every time I took my eyes off of him, he would be gone! Usually he would be wandering around the village. No one really knew what that boy did.", Gobber said as he shrugged at the end. Stoick couldn't help but make a small smile.

Stoick looked up at the sun for a few minutes, lost in thought.

"Well. I better go check on those kids! I'll check on Snotlout and Astrid. Can you look at the other three?", Stoick asked Gobber. "Sure!".

Stoick went left and Gobber went right.

It didn't take long for Gobber to trudge over to the twins house. He was surprised that they were able to keep themselves inside this long without making any destruction. This got him worried and motivated him to move faster.

Once he got to their door. He was faced with a brown wooden door and a silver door knob. There were a few tiny splinters poking out. He gripped on the knob and turned it. It made a squeaky sound as he opened the door all the way. Gobbers shoulders dropped while his blue eyes looked annoyed. The twins were busy tugging on a white striped blanket. "No! This ones mine!", shouted Ruffnut. Tuffnut pulled back as she tugged, "Have that one!", he said as he tilted his head to another white blanket with black flowers, "That one has flowers on it!". They both growled at each other as they continued to pull. Gobber sighed in annoyance as he closed the door and headed over to Fishlegs.

He got to the door and opened it. He found the big boy sitting on the floor with a few candles glowing next to him. A leathered book was in his hands and flipped a page as the candles flickered. His brown eyes glued to the book as he didn't even bother to look up. "Humph." said Gobber as he started to close the door.

On the other side of the village, Stoick was walking to a wooden house. As he got there, he saw a Natterhead head on the corner of the top of the house. Then he opened the door. He found a blonde girl sitting on a wooden chair by a fireplace. Her ax rested on her arm as her other hand was occupied by a small rock. She glided the rock on the blade of the ax, making a screeching sound. She looked up with her icy blue eyes. She flicked her head to make her bangs move away from her eyes. Stoick nodded to her as he closed the door when he backed up.

He left the house and made his way to the one next to his. His brothers house was just about as big as his, but not quite. He opened the door. He found his nephew sitting by the fireplace, crouched down. A metal rod in his grip. He kept poking the coal in the glowing fire. His black eyes a little dull as he was lost in thought. Stoick raised his brown eyebrow and looked at him with his green eyes. "Snotlout?", he asked as he walked up him. Snotlout blinked and stopped poking the fire. "You ok Snotlout?", he asked as he put his hand on his shoulder. "Nothing. Just bored.", he said. It was obvious that there was something bothering him. But Stoick didn't want to prompt him if he didn't want to talk. He nodded and walked back to the door. He grabbed the door handle. "Hey, Stoick?", he heard Snotlout call his name as he started to open the door. "Um.. I'm sorry about what I said…. You know… From last night….", he mumbled. Good thing Stoick had good hearing because or else he wouldn't have been able to hear him. "It's ok. It was meant to be said eventually.", said Stoick. He walked out the door.

Snotlout watched his uncle go. He made a crack of a smile as he continued to poke the fire with the rod.

But then he frowned when he remembered about when the kids and him snuck into the forest.

~flashback~ (A/N: gotta have one of those in a story right?)

After what seemed forever, Hiccup finally opened his eyes again. The others, even the twins, were waiting as patiently as they could. "So is he gonna talk or something?", asked Ruffnut as she yawned. Her brother collapsed on her shoulder and fell asleep. Eventually Ruffnut closed her eyes and the twins were both snoring on their feet.

Astrid sighed in annoyance, "If your not gonna talk, then I'm gonna make you!". She said as she gripped her ax tightly and trudged over to the boy. Hiccup made a disappointed look. But it quickly changed when there was a growl in the tree as leaves started to rustle. The boys eyes widened as he started to shove Astrid away from him. A big black creature jumped down in between the two kids. It's massive wings spread out and flapped a couple times. It's green eyes glared at the girl as it bared it's fangs and snarled. "Toothless no!", shouted the boy as he ran in front of the creature. The creature made a couple roaring noises until the boy started to pet it's muzzle. The creature finally calmed down a bit as it tucked in it's wings and closed his mouth. But he still glared at the girl. "It's ok bud. They won't hurt me…", he mumbled to the black scaly creature.

Fishlegs brown eyes widened when he saw the creature. "I-I-I-I-It's t-t-the NIGHT FURY!", he stammered loudly. Everyone, except the boy, gasped. "How is that-", Astrid asked as she pointed her ax at it, "a Night Fury?!", the Night Fury snarled at her. "Their supposed to be extinct!", she said as she looked at the dragon and then at the boy and back at the dragon. The boy and the dragon glared at her as if she said something offensive.

The boy sighed, "Remember how I would always wonder off when I was little?", he asked as he continued explaining. The boys nodded. The twins fell on the floor as they were still sleeping. Astrid just glared at them. The boy kept looking at his dragon as he continued. "I met Toothless in the forest the first time I went in. After that, I kept going into the forest to meet him. We became best friends after that.", he said with a smile as he pet the dragons head. But then it turned into a frown, "And then there was the dragon raid…", he mumbled. He seemed to hesitate as he remembered the past. The dragon made a purring noise as he made the boy snap out of it. Astrid tilted her head in curiousity as to his new action. Snotlout narrowed his eyes at him. Fishlegs looked at him questioningly. "I was asleep in the house until I kept hearing loud bangs. When I went to see what was going on. I saw all those dragons attacking Berk. I tried to run back into my room as a dragon breathed fire in the living room. I went to my room to hide but the fire kept coming.", he said as his green eyes widened. An orange fire illuminated his emerald eyes as he saw the flashback. "The fire kept getting closer. But then, Toothless did the plasma blast and rescued me.", he said as he smiled and put his hands underneath the dragons chin and it go eye to eye with it. "He rescued me. But I was burnt on my arms and had smoke in my throat. Toothless couldn't risk being seen so he took me away.". He took a few deep breaths to clear his mind. Then he turned around to face the kids.

"S-So then it is you, Hiccup?", Snotlout asked. His eyes were narrowed, but there were still concern in his black eyes. Hiccup nodded. The dragon rubbed against his side for comfort.

"Wait… Did you just call the dragon, Toothless?", Fishlegs asked. His fear slowly going away as curiosity took over. Hiccup nodded, "Yup. I named him when I first met him. He has retractable teeth. The first time I met him, he had no teeth. So I named him Toothless.", he said with a smile as his green eyes brightened up more.

"If your all fine now, why didn't you come back to Berk?", Astrid asked. It was more of a sneer then anything. Her icy blue eyes still glaring at Hiccup and the dragon. Hiccups eyes widened a bit and slowly looked down. Snotlout looked at Astrid and back at his cousin and crossed his arms. The boy swallowed. Then he started to giggle a bit. Astrid raised an eyebrow as Snotlout just narrowed his eyes in confusion. Fishlegs was mesmerized by the dragon and didn't pay attention.

"I guess I was just scared to go back. Scared to have people thought I was dead. Scared that people think I came back from the dead. Scared to show Toothless.", he mumbled with a sad smile. "Scared to go back to dad…", he whispered as sadness swam in his green eyes. He started to look down as his brown bangs covered up his eyes so the others wont see his face.

Fishlegs gasped as realisation hit him. "Um… Guys. I really hate to break up this little reunion. But we should probably get going in case Stoick catches us missing.", he said. Snotlouts and Astrids eyes widened as they remembered. "Wait!", said Snotlout loudly. He looked at his cousin. Hiccup looked at him. Black eyes stared at green. "Can we meet again?", he asked quietly. Hiccup made a small smile. "Tonight.", he nodded.

A/N: idk bout you guys, but I think that was a pretty cheesy ending XP oh well. I couldn't think of any other way.