Ok I'm just letting you all know that updates will be irregular because I am a college kid and finals are coming up soon. This means lots of last minute assignment the professors are squeezing in as well as studying for finals. None of these are very fun but they are necessary. In a month my updates should become more regular depending on my work schedule. Anyway here is the story! From now on there will be a lot more Hiccup POV.

*Hiccup POV*

"Wake up useless!" a voice yelled as ice cold water drenched me and the pillow I was lying on. I jerk up sputtering and wildly looking around. Yes I am blind but if I am in a bright room I can see shadowy figures most times. It's not clear enough for me to tell if the object is a person or not and the shadows don't really have a figure to them. Luckily the sun seems to have already risen this morning because I could see a darker shadow right in front of me which I assume is my cousin, Dagur.

I groan and drop my head back on the cold soaked pillow with a small plopping sound after I hear my door shut behind Dagur. This wasn't an unusual way to be woken up and it was better than the one time he decided to drag me off my bed and spin me around. If that wasn't disorienting enough he also hid my cane that time so I wasn't sure where I was in my room. I had stumbled around for five minutes before I found my cane lying under my desk.

I was tired and nervous to get up for the day. I wasn't worried about Dagur at all I was more worried about my father. I was told two days ago that I was going to be moving back home and I'm not sure how I feel about that. The last time I was in that house was before I went blind. Before my mom died. I can't really remember her anymore and I hate that. I feel like I have betrayed her by letting her memory die along with my sight. I do have dreams and nightmares with her in them but I only get a glimpse of her face before I wake up to my dark world once again.

I sigh as I lift myself up and make my way across the familiar room to my dresser where my aunt had left an outfit for me. She had packed everything else for me and stacked my boxes and suitcase neatly beside the desk. I quickly undress and put my dirty clothes in a bag before picking up the top shirt and feeling for either a tag or a v shaped neckline. This one was a v neck today. My aunt told me that all my v necks were just plain colored and the ones with tags were designed with patterns or pictures. I trusted that none of them were embarrassing since I haven't heard anyone laugh at me when I went out. I quickly finish dressing and grab my cane to head to breakfast. I typically know my way around the house but I'm not as confident that a certain someone didn't sabotage my path.

I sit down and feel the table in front of me before dragging my plate closer to me. I slowly pick at my meal as my stomach attempts to tie itself into knots. I was just swallowing a bite of eggs when a loud knock came from the front door. I jumped in my seat and almost chocked on my food as I swing my head towards the direction of the door.

"Ah! Stoick good to see you again! Hiccup is just finishing breakfast so I will go ahead and help take his stuff to the car and explain how to organize them at the house." I hear my aunt say cheerfully as I hear loud unfamiliar steps following her. I quickly get up and set my plate on the counter then just stood there dumbly as I waited for them to tell me what to do next. I fiddle with the end of my cane as I hear them talking upstairs. Once they had all my things out in the car I hear them walking toward the kitchen and swallowed nervously. Here goes nothing.

"Hi D-dad! How have you been?" I greet as I hear the door open. I hear him clear his throat quickly.

"Good. Bit busy you know? Work and all." He replies quickly in an equally awkward tone. "Ok so… ready to go son?" I quickly nod and walk towards the door following his footsteps to the front door. I stop at the bottom of the stairs uncertain about where to go next. Surly he wasn't parked where his uncle and aunt parks and I wasn't even sure what kind of vehicle he drove. Was it small or big?

"Umm Dad? Where are you parked?" I ask uncertainly.

"Wha- OH! Oh yeah. Uh right over here son." He quickly realizes and grabs my shoulder to guide me to his car. I stumble a little on the uneven ground as I walk beside him and when we stop I reach my hand out and feel warm metal under my hand. I glide my hand over the metal till I feel the handle then pull the door open. I turn back towards where the house should be and wave bye when I hear my aunt call for me to be good and careful. Then I climb in the car and buckle up as I feel the car shift from the weight of my dad getting in. After a moment the engine starts and I feel us moving.

Well here goes nothing. I'm heading into the unknown and unfamiliar and there is no turning back. I stare blankly out the window not able to see what we were passing but feeling more comfortable with a direction to look. After what felt like hours I hear dad clear his throat.

"I um redid your room. I painted the walls plain white and I got you a bigger bed with green covers." He explained. What color had they been before? I think I remember it was bright and it was upstairs.

"Dad? What did it used to look like?" I question softly. For a moment I didn't think I asked loud enough but then I heard a long low sigh like he was bracing himself.

"It was bright blue. Brighter than the sky and you had drew dragons on the wall with permanent markers. Your mother had to hide every marker in the house from you after that."

"Oh." I lamely reply as I hear the emotion in his voice as he talks about his lost wife. I can almost imagine it but not quite. The shapes and colors don't make much sense to me anymore. My mind has no reason to know how all these colors look but I can almost hear a feminine voice scolding a little boy and I feel a small smile pull at my lips. This was the closest I have ever gotten to remember my mom. I let my eyes fall closed as I keep trying to make the voice more real. I must have fallen asleep during this time because the next thing I remember is a large hand gently shaking my shoulder. I groggily open my eyes and stretch in my seat.

"Hmmm. Where are we?" I ask sleepily.

"We're home now. I've already taken your stuff to your room and unpacked while you were sleeping." Dad replied and I set up straighter as I feel the unfamiliar couch underneath me rather than the car seat. I guess he carried me in I thought. The thought worried me a bit since I'm normally a pretty light sleeper.

"Here's your cane. Let me show you where I put everything in your room then I can show you around the house." Dad told me as he handed me the cane. He guided me upstairs and told me where everything was before guiding me around telling me what was his room, where the bathroom was, and where the kitchen was. It was slightly disorienting and I knew I would be stumbling for weeks if not months. Later that night after I managed to shower and find my way back to my room, I sat down heavily on my new bed before picking up a random book from the bookshelf by the bed. I lay back in bed and open the book before running my fingers over the pages.

I smiled as I felt the tiny bumps underneath my sensitive fingertips and the story came alive in my mind. This was one of my favorite stories of all time. It was an urban legend of dragons in medieval times. It was times like these that I was grateful for those who created braille for blind to be able to read. It allowed me to escape my blind world for a while as the words became shapes in my mind. I finally dropped off to sleep and began having a good dream of dragons rather than nightmares of crunching metal and screams.

The next few weeks may hold unknown challenges and confusion but for now I wasn't just the poor blind boy whose mother died and father was never around. No now I was nameless and brave in the land of dreams and endless possibilities. Too bad I would have to wake up tomorrow.

Ok so I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter. Let me know what you think! The plot may be slow to build up but I do have plans for this story. I am just trying to build up the characters for now.