What I Believe

A HttyD Fanfiction

Rating:

T [for blood & gore and some violence in later chapters. Also, death.]

Genre:

Mystery / General

Summary:

When rumours of a deadly, vicious and undocumented species of dragon attacking villages and taking lives, reaches the ears of Hiccup and Toothless, the regular visit to Outcast Island suddenly turns into something else. And that something else isn't that good. In fact, it might just be the cause of their deaths.

CONTENT WARNING:

Aspects like violence, blood and gore, and death, will be present in later chapters. Also... Fluffiness and Cuteness warning for other chapters. Be prepared. This one is freaking adorable. FEEL THE FLUFF!

DISLAIMER:

I DO NOT OWN HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.

Previously...

"Land in the plaza, Bud." Hiccup instructed. "I'm not ready to face him yet... I need to clear my head a bit." Walking into the Great Hall, the heir stared. Most of the village was in here, all gathered around the table looking worried.

Gobber's voice rose from the thick mass of vikings-"Oh, thank Thor..." Later on, "Apparently," Stoick started, "There's an undocumented dragon roaming around the Archipelago as of late. It's been raiding and attacking villages." Hiccup's eyes widened.

"You're probably exhausted." His father said."Good night, Dad." His father tucked him into his bed. "Good night, Son..." He whispered, planting a kiss on his child's forehead. "I love you."

CHAPTER TWO: Mornings with Dragons

Hiccup woke to the familiar feeling of a wet, slobbery tongue dragging over the right side of his face, and as usual, he moaned.

Pushing away Toothless' snout, he settled back in. However, he was met with a rather violent push to the back. Groaning, he rolled onto his back (with considerable effort) and opened his eyes to glare at his dragon. Toothless merely snorted, nudging his arm again, and bounding off somewhere.

Yawning, he pushed himself up on the bed, turning over as the sheets fell to his waist.

He shivered, his chest bare, watching as his dragon grabbed something off the desk across the room. The heir turned his head on side, trying to see what the overgrown lizard was doing, but his size blocked the rider's view.

"Bud?" As the words came out his mouth, Toothless looked over his shoulder at him, giving him a coo before diving his head back in.

A moment later, he turned back around, bounding happily back to him, holding a piece of paper in his mouth by the top.

Hiccup frowned, as Toothless dropped it in his lap with a proud look. He picked it up, completely cool with the slobber at the top. It was just a thing about living with dragons, and he couldn't care less; he loved Toothless, and found that being mad at the dragon was near impossible.

At the end of his bed, Sharpshot lay, one eye creaked open to watch them. Hiccup read the note, and groaned, dragging one hand over his face.

"Ugh," he said. "How could I forget?" Sharpshot yawned, standing up lazily, and stumbling over to his trainer, crawling into the rider's lap to look at the piece of paper. He chirped up at Hiccup, standing on his hind legs to lick the man's chin. Hiccup chuckled, wrapping one arm around him and scratching his back affectionately.

He lowered his head to look at Sharpshot. "Every year," He explained, "Me and Toothless go to Outcast Island, and spend a week there of celebration."

"It's to honour our peace treaty, the dragons, and what we've done for them over the years." He turned to his faithful Night Fury, rubbing the dragon behind his ear appendages. Toothless purred. "Thanks for reminding me, Bud. I would have forgotten otherwise." He looked down at Sharpshot scratching the little dragon under his chin. "Say, do you want to come with us?"

Sharpshot yapped like a little dog, nuzzling Hiccup's chest in pleasure. The young man laughed, wrapping an arm around the dragon and stroking his neck.

Toothless cooed, nuzzling Sharpshot happily. The more, the merrier!

"Ok then... Could you go get some fish for Toothless on the way? Just a few salmon will do." The Terrible Terror nodded, spreading his wings and flying out the window.

Hiccup stretched, standing up and opening his closet. He threw a random shirt on, and got into his flight suit. Grabbing his dragon's saddle off the hook on the wall, he strided over to his dragon, strapping it on. He grabbed out his three saddlebags, clipping them on, and proceeded to strap on the travel blanket to the back of Toothless' saddle.

By the time they were both geared up, Sharpshot had returned, carrying a bucket of fish. He gave two to Toothless, and one to the Terror, packing the other three in one saddlebag. Sharpshot dropped a canteen in his hands, and Hiccup smiled gratefully. Clever little Terror, the adolescent thought as he scratched the dragon's head lovingly. He packed the canteen away, and went over to grab some spare clothes and his map.

When he got back, he nearly laughed. Sharpshot was sitting in one of the saddlebags, wagging his tail in the air and panting cutely. Toothless chortled heartily at the sight, and Hiccup laughed before taking him out in his arms.

"Your so silly- wait here." He rubbed the dragon's head playfully, and gently set him down on top of the saddle.

He grabbed out a scarf, and in a hilariously adorable moment, wrapped it around Sharpshot's neck. The dragon looked at it, not quite sure what to do, as both rider and Night Fury burst into laughter. Sharpshot didn't seem to get the message, shrugging and sitting back down patiently.

After a few more minutes, they were ready to go. Hiccup checked off each item on a list (his father had drilled it into him as a safety precaution, despite his complaints) that he had made up a few weeks ago, and Toothless almost managed to sneak a extra fish. "No, Bud." Hiccup had said, much to his disappointment. "We'll break for breakfast along the way."

Hiccup swung himself into the saddle, clicking his leg into place. Sharpshot crawled onto his lap, trailing the oversized scarf.

Before they set off, Hiccup pulled something out a saddlebag, clipping one end onto some a small ring, one of two, on the saddle's front. He gently picked up his Terrible Terror, seating the little dragon above it. Grabbing the strip of leather connected to the saddle, he pulled it across, using one hand to lift up Sharpshot's torso, pulling the strip behind the dragon and connecting it. Sharpshot sat back down again, growling in confusion.

"It's a safety belt... You know... Because Toothless can get pretty fast." The Night Fury rolled his eyes, spreading his wings and leaping out the window, as Sharpshot started begging for more attention.

He could not believe that his rider suggested bringing a chatty Terrible Terror along.

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It had been only a hour and a half since they left Berk, and already, Toothless was regretting allowing that pesky Terrible Terror come along.

TOOTHLESS. WAS. JEALOUS.

On normal occasion, he wouldn't admit such feelings, but right now, even he couldn't deny it. Being right in front of Hiccup, and not concentrating on flying, Sharpshot was able to get all the cuddles and scratches he wanted, all the jokes, everything. Hiccup had told him a few as well, but he was so freaking jealous he couldn't bring himself to laugh!

He grumbled in his throat, trying to ignore his rider's uncontrollable chuckles.

Ugh. He thought, looking at the ocean beneath him as if he could take all his rage out on it without anyone caring. As soon as we land, I've got to find a reason to get this tiny lizard off my back. The Night Fury even considered throwing the Terror in a river and leaving him to drown, but...

That was way too far.

Never mind, it was downright murder, and even worse, Hiccup would be heart broken, and would hate him until the day he died.

Pounding his wings stronger, he focused all his thoughts on flying.

Maybe he'd forget Sharpshot was even there...

"Bud?" His rider suddenly asked. Ecstatic he was getting his rider's attention, he immediately cooed, raising his neck to look at him. "You don't think we'll encounter that... Dragon... That Dad warned us about last night, do you?"

Oh.

He hadn't thought of that.

Toothless pondered on a response for a minute, before he shook his black head, deciding that it would be odd for a nocturnal dragon to attack another night dragon, a Night Fury none the less, during broad daylight- unless, of course, this dragon didn't give any actual craps about either factors...

Knowing the other times they'd encountered situations such as these, it was usually the latter, as everything with them had to be worst case scenario...

Hey.

Toothless was trying to be positive here!

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A/N:

I am literally going to copy and paste what I said in my other recently updated fanfiction.

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'THIS IS WAR' Part One Finale, Hiatus:

For those who read my leading fanfiction, 'This Is War' Chapter 26 is up, and it is the finale of the first part of the story, 'A New Beginning'.

To allow other stories, such as this one, to stand out and shine a bit more, I have decided to take a break from TIW, just for two, or three weeks or so, before Part Two, 'Over The Years', AKA Chapter 26, goes up- before the Hiatus starts, a Epilogue containing bits and pieces from some chapters of Part Two will go up. Thank you for your time.

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ShoutOuts:

midnightsky0612-

Thanks! I'm simply amazed by how you check out pretty much all my fanfics! I have nothing to give you but hugs and props, buddy. Thanks for the review! ;)

TheWindwalker-

Wowzas, your words hit my heart hard. Thanks so much! It's great to see an overall review and opinion on a chapter for once- (not complaining, I love every single review) on both plot and writing. Sorry if this chapter was a bit bland, but later on... Ooh boy. Gonna get dark! And Odin's ghost, the seriousness... Rated T for a reason, ya know. :D Thanks for the review!

Brenne-

Well, I hope this wasn't too boring of a chapter. Don't worry, this is merely the calm before the storm- AKA, the drama will be like, BAM, in your face, THAT JUST HAPPENED OUT OF NO WHERE. XD Thx for the review!

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