Thanks to all of you for the great reviews. You guys are the best! Okay, now for Chapter 3 of Remember, Hiccup (sorry it took so long to post).Hope you like it! I do not own How To Train Your Dragon or any of its characters.
Toothless looked at Hiccup with wide, confused eyes, taken aback from his outburst. What did he mean by his terrified scream of 'Why is there a dragon in my room'? Toothless had always slept in Hiccup's room, why was this such a shock to him? Toothless then crooned comfortingly to Hiccup, trying to get him to calm down, but when he took just one step toward the boy he erupted into more screams and cries for help.
"SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, PLEASE HELP ME! THERE'S A DRAGON IN MY ROOM!"Hiccup screamed at the top of his lungs, eyes wild with fear. His screams were so loud he could probably be heard from half way across the village. Then, as if to prove that point, the door flew open as Stoick, having heard the commotion, raced into the house and shot up the stairs to Hiccup's room yelling, "Son!"
"Dad!" Hiccup cried as he saw the chief coming to his rescue. "Oh, thank the gods! The dra…" Hiccup couldn't finish his sentence because Stoick had already braced him in a bone-crushing hug while crying, "Son! You're awake! You're awake!" This, of course, was not what Hiccup had expected his father to do. He'd thought his father, chief of the tribe, greatest dragon fighter in the village, would have rushed in and taken down the Night Fury before him with one, single blow, not hug him at such a dire moment.
"Dad! Behind you, the dragon! How can you not see it?!" Hiccup yelled at his father in terror, gasping for air from the hug. Was his father blind? How could he not see the dragon, the Night Fury, the dragon everyone was after, standing only five feet away from them!?
"Oh, son! I'm so happy you're awake!" Stoick continued on, so overjoyed that his son was awake that he didn't even notice Hiccup pointing at Toothless with a shaky, fearful finger. "You don't even know how worried your friends, myself, Gobber, and…"
"THE DRAGON!" Hiccup then shrieked, pointing to Toothless, who was now at the foot of the bed, confused as ever.
"Yes, Toothless has been worried sick about you. He wouldn't eat or sleep until you woke up. You should be proud to have a loyal companion like him." Stoick replied calmly and then, to Hiccup's dismay, patted Toothless on the head.
"Dad, what are you doing!? That's a dragon, a monster! Now do something before it kills us!" Hiccup shrieked.
Toothless felt his jaw drop in shock and a piece of his heart shatter. Monster? Since when did Hiccup ever call him a monster? And kill? Toothless would never hurt Hiccup or someone he loved.
Stoick was just as shocked as Toothless and replied, "What are you talking about son? Toothless is no monster he's…"
At that moment, the Viking teens came flooding into the house, making their entrance known as they yelled things like, "Hiccup! You're awake!" and "We were so worried about you!"
Hiccup, startled and confused by their loud entrance, just looked at the group of noisy teens now before him with wide eyes before he grew tired of all their chattering and yelled, "Hold up! What are you guys doing here?"
The teens then just looked at each other, puzzled that Hiccup didn't remember what had happened, before Snotlout said mockingly, "What do you think we're here for, your birthday?" This got him a punch in the stomach from Astrid, which made Snotlout groan and clutch it wheezing, "We heard that you were up."
"Yeah! We could hear you all the way from our house!" Ruffnut pitched in, imitating Hiccup's scream to prove her point, though it sounded more like a strangled crow.
"No, No it was more like this!" Tuffnut interjected as he did his own rendition of Hiccup's screams, which actually sounded more like a scream. The two twins then burst out laughing before receiving a glare from Astrid.
"Would you two grow up!?" Astrid scolded them, fed up with the way they had been acting lately, before turning her gaze toward Hiccup. Softening her voice and gaze she then told Hiccup, "Hiccup, we're so happy you're awake!"
"Yeah, now we can finally get back to our training, when you're feeling better, of course." Fishlegs said slightly jumping up and down in excitement. During their trust exercises, he had taught Meatlug a new trick and he couldn't wait to show Hiccup, who he hoped approved.
Hiccup then raised a confused eyebrow before saying, "Training? The only training I know of is the kind I have with Gobber. I don't remember doing any training with you guys."
Astrid looked at Hiccup with disbelief before stammering, "But…but you must remember. After all, you're head of the Dragon Training Academy." She then wondered, how could Hiccup forget something as big as that?
Then, without warning, Hiccup burst out laughing, which left the teens, Stoick, and Toothless with baffled looks. What was so funny? He was the head of the dragon training academy. Hiccup went on laughing, for about a minute, until finally he caught his breath. As he wiped a tear that had rolled out of his eye, he said, "Ah, that's funny, me head of something? Pfft, come on, I'd never be chosen to be head of anything. And since when do we train dragons on Berk? Even if we did, how could I train one, I'm terrified of them." He then glanced at Toothless with wary and fear before saying, "And can someone please explain why a Night Fury is in my room and I'm the only one who appears to be freaking out."
Snotlout then laughed obnoxiously before saying, "Nice try at a joke Hiccup, and I love all the effort you put into it like all your screams and stuff, but we all know you know Toothless. You would never forget about him." He then kept on laughing even though Hiccup just looked at him and blinked, not knowing what had just happened.
Suddenly, Astrid, seeing Hiccup's confused face, realizing it was not a joke, got a nagging feeling. "Hold on, Hiccup" Astrid carefully inquired him. "Do you remember us?" she asked pointing to herself and the other teens.
"Yes," Hiccup answered which made the group sigh in relief, at least his memory hadn't been completely wiped out. "You guys are the ones who put out the fires the dragons start around the village and…" Hiccup nervously fiddled his fingers and averted his eyes before saying, "Bully me, which is why I'm so confused about why you're treating me like I've been your best friend for years now."
"Wait, so you don't remember that we're your friends and that Astrid's your girlfriend?" Tuffnut asked incredulously, which got him a glare from Astrid and a rather shocked look from Hiccup.
After that, an awkward silence hung in the room, which seemed to last for five minutes before Stoick finally broke it.
Clearing his throat and putting a gentle hand on his son's shoulder, he told him quietly, "Hiccup, it appears your memory is a bit fuzzy but don't worry, we're going to do everything we can to help you remember."
"Yeah, like Astrid's your girlfriend!" Tuffnut yelled, trying to be helpful, though it just got him a crushed foot from Astrid's boot, which made him cry, "Ouch!"
"Yes, well," Hiccup began carefully "Before we try and restore my memories, can you just tell him to move. I've been shaking in fear this whole time because of him." Hiccup then pointed a finger at Toothless, whose heart had shattered even more. How could Hiccup be afraid of him? His best friend?
"But son, Toothless is…" Stoick replied, shocked, trying to persuade his son that Toothless was harmless and wouldn't hurt anyone, but was cut off by a quivering Hiccup.
"Please, I would feel much more comfortable without a dragon in the room" Hiccup told his father with pleading eyes. He really was terrified of Toothless.
Stoick then sighed, defeated, before telling Toothless glumly and pointing toward the staircase, "Go on boy, wait downstairs for us."
Toothless then crooned sadly, but obeyed, if this is what it would take to get Hiccup's memories back then so be it. He would do anything right now to get his friend's memories back.
"Wait!" Hiccup's voice rang out which made Toothless spin around in hope. Maybe, Hiccup remembered him after all. But he dropped his head in despair when he heard Hiccup say, "Can he go outside, please?" Toothless then, obeying Hiccup, slowly made his way to the door, head lowered, ears dropped, and as he left the house closed the door with his tail behind him. Of course, he stayed close to the house and perked up his ears to hear what the group was saying.
"Son you don't understand, Toothless is your best friend" he heard Stoick say.
"Best friend?! It's a dragon! And besides, I don't have any friends. And what kind of name is 'Toothless' for something with a mouthful of razor-sharp teeth!?" Hiccup said, which made Toothless shake his head in remorse. Hiccup had friends, the Viking teens and himself. All Toothless wanted Hiccup to do was to remember them.
"Well you were the one who gave him that dumb name" Snotlout said and it was quickly followed by a groan of pain, probably Astrid's doing.
The conversation then continued on for a few minutes, not getting any better, before Stoick finally announced "Alright everyone, maybe Hiccup will remember some things if we just give him time to rest."
Toothless heard the teens murmur their agreement before reluctantly coming down the stairs and as the door opened, the whole group, including Stoick, was outside and had conjured a circle which they allowed Toothless to join.
"Sorry we had to leave you out of that boy, but I'm afraid to say that Hiccup did seem a little less tense after you left" Stoick told him with a sad face. Toothless crooned a soft agreement, his friend really was afraid of him.
"Ok," Stoick told the group, "I'm going to need all your help in trying to get Hiccup's memories back. I'm open to suggestions." After the words had already come out of his mouth, Stoick then thought I can't believe I just asked a bunch of immature teens for help on something as serious as this. But then, desperate times, called for desperate measures.
"Ooh, ooh I have an idea!" Tuffnut exclaimed waving his hand enthusiastically in the air, nearly hitting his sister who growled at him.
"Yes, Tuffnut?" the chief asked warily. This was not the person he'd expected to come up with the plan.
"Maybe if we hit Hiccup on the head again, all his memories will come back" Tuffnut said matter-of-factly before smiling at his idea. In his eyes, no one could top his brilliant idea.
But then Astrid, stealing Stoick's words, yelled, "Are you serious!? We just might make him worse with that. He might not even remember who he is!" She then watched as Tuffnut, mouth moving but nothing coming out, tried to come up with a comeback, but closed his mouth when he couldn't think of anything. "That's right, now who has another idea?" she asked, awaiting answers.
After that, the teens all pitched in their ideas of recovering Hiccup's memories, some of which might help, others which might make the situation worse. Finally, Stoick decided, with Toothless' judgment as well, which ones he liked and which ones he didn't.
"Ok, I approve of all your ideas, except the ones that involve Hiccup crashing into a wall our getting hit in the head with a rock" he said as he glared menacingly at the twins and Snotlout, who just did weak, mischievous smiles. "You will put these ideas into action at dawn tomorrow, but before you do any of yours I would like you to try mine." The teens and Toothless then all leaned in, eager to hear the chief's idea.
"Take him to the Dragon Training Academy."
Chapter 3 of Remember, Hiccup is done! Phew! Okay you know the drill, review, no flames. Hopefully, it won't take me long to post Chapter 4. See you next time, Bye!