Previously In HTTYD: The Terrible Duo
"So... Believe me now?" I asked the Night Fury with a smug tone and a smirk.
"Truly. You're right, Swift. There's more to humans than meets the eye. Especially the scrawny one With Auburn hair."
"More than you could ever think... Toothless."
"Shut up!"
I fell on the ground laughing.
At the watch tower, You already know who's POV
"And with one twist, He took my hand and swallowed It whole!"
Tonight we were having dinner at one of the watch tower with Gobber and the other teens. Gobber decided to tell us the story on how he lost his arm and leg. Though to the other teens it was fascinating, Me and Hiccup wore a bored expression on our face. It was amazing(and disturbing) at first. But after hearing the story so many times, It just got boring.
Oh, and Astrid's still glaring at me. Typical.
"Isn't It weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon? Like if your mind was still in control of it? You could've killed the dragon from the inside by crushing It's heart or something." Fishlegs quipped.
I rolled my eyes. Though that didn't stop my mind from getting the image. And seeing as I live with a dragon... Yeah, That's gonna Haunt me for quite sometime. "Really, Fishlegs. Even the Chief would've found that disturbing." I replied.
"I swear I'm so angry right now! I'll avenge your beautiful hand and you're beautiful foot! I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight! With my face!" Snotlout Boasted.
"Really? I don't think so, Snotlout. Because I'll be disfiguring it so badly, Dragons would run away screaming before you could even touch them." I remarked. Snotlout gulped and shifted uncomfortably from his seat. I chuckled.
Gobber chuckled and took a bite out of his meal. "Nope. It's the wings and the tails that you really want. If it can't fly, It can't get away." He advised. Interesting... I leaned closer.
"A downed dragon... Is a dead dragon." Gobber said.
It took half of my willpower to not gasp at the spot. Hiccup glanced up and worry spread across his face.
Gobber yawned. "Alright, I'm off to bed. You should be too. Tomorrow we get to the big boys. Slowly, but surely, making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare. But who'll win the honor of killing it?" Gobber stated.
After that sentence, My mind automatically tuned out the others. I was too busy thinking about the Night Fury(Or rather, Toothless). His tail fin was damaged... He'll die...
I looked at Hiccup, only to find out that He already left. I left the watchtower and Astrid noticed me. She gave me a warning glare.
'Have to hand it to her. Girl holds a grudge like a dragon.'
I walked down the stairs and looked for Hiccup. 'I have a pretty good idea to where he is.'
At the Forge
I arrived at the Forge and found Hiccup working on some sort of prosthetic tail fin.
"Hey, Hiccup." I called out. Hiccup stopped what he was doing and looked at me.
"Hey, Marcus. Mind helping me out here?" Hiccup requested. I grinned and started helping him with the project.
(TIME SKIP)
Me and Hiccup stared at the new tail fin proudly. It took some time but we managed. Hiccup yawned and bid me Good night. I did as well and left, Readying for the next day
At the Cove
Who would've thought tricking Vikings to give us a basket of fish without arousing suspicion was easy? No really, They actually thought Hiccup was trying to "Bulk up". When we were sure no one could hear us, I laughed so hard my sides hurt. I also brought my own basket for swift, Knowing that He'll try and steal Toothless's breakfast.
Anyway, When we arrived, we found Toothless and Swift sleeping soundly. I grinned and ran towards Swift. I nudged him and his eyes fluttered open and stared at me.
"Hey, Toothless." Hiccup said in a sing-song voice. Said dragon woke up and purred at the sight of Hiccup.
"I brought Breakfast! I hope you're hungry!" Hiccup said before he emptied the fish to the ground. Toothless's eyes widened and purred excitedly.
Swift chirped and went for the fish. Toothless growled as if to say "Back off!". Swift glared at him and growled as well. I rolled my eyes and tossed swift a fish from my basket. Swift purred and swallowed the fish. I laughed and just emptied the basket in front of him, to which he happily dug in like a hungry wolf. 'I swear that dragon acts like a Viking when He's Hungry.' I thought.
"Okay... That's disgusting. We got some salmon, some nice Icelandic cod and a whole smoked eel." Hiccup said while tucking the prosthetic tail fin and slowly advancing towards Toothless's tail.
...Wait, Did he say eel?!
My eyes widened and as did Swift and Toothless. They backed off and growled at the eel. Hiccup picked it up and they both shrieked in terror. I quickly got up and swiped the eel from Hiccup and threw it into the water. "Okay... Yeah, I didn't like eel much either." Muttered Hiccup as both of the dragons went docile again and just dug in their meal.
I sighed in relief and just sat down and continued petting Swift. I suppose you're wondering to how I know dragons don't like eels? Well, It all started when I started to learn how to fish.
Flashback scene
I was 10 years old back then. Being alone in the house with no one but swift to keep me company, You tend to get independent. So... I went with Mulch and Bucket when they were going on one of their fishing trips. Needless to say, I was horrible at first try. But... At the end of the day, I managed to get a basket of fish and shared a meal with Swift.
But... Once Swift caught the scent and sight of an eel, He panicked and ran away in the forest. It took hours to find Swift and bring him back. After that, I made sure to get rid of any eels I managed to catch.
End of Flashback
Swift, after eating most of the fish I brought, stopped eating and watched Hiccup as he slowly got behind toothless. I did as well and thought 'This will not end well.'
Hiccup fidgeted behind toothless to attach the prosthetic. But toothless's tail, as if it had a mind of It's own, moved away from Hiccup. Hiccup got closer. The tail moved away. I suppressed a laugh(though the more it goes, the less control I'm having with my mouth). Hiccup, fed up with the tail's lack of cooperation, just sat on the tail and started attaching the prosthetic.
Finally attaching the tail fin, Hiccup stared at it proudly and muttered "Okay... Not so bad... It works.". Unknown to hiccup, Toothless noticed this, his face painted with an awestruck look, and his wings started to unfold. My eyes widened again. Swift merely had a glint amusement in his eyes.
"Oh Thor..." I muttered.
Then... Toothless took off to the sky... With Hiccup clinging on Toothless's tail for dear life and screaming.
Swift let out a noise that sounded like laughing. I glared at him. He just ignored me and finished his meal. It works on Vikings, but to dragons? Never.
I looked back at Hiccup and saw them dangerously close to the ground. I gasped and yelled "Open the tail fin!".
Hiccup did as I said and opened the fin. Toothless managed to regain altitude and flew out of the cove. I let out a sigh of relief and Swift was still staring with amusement.
"Oh my...! I-It's working!" Hiccup shouted with glee as he yanked on the fin and made toothless fly back to the cove. "Yes! I did it!" Hiccup yelled.
But then, Toothless thought he didn't need Hiccup anymore and shook him off. Hiccup yelped and crashed into the water. I shook my head as Toothless crashed into the water as well, while Swift was now laughing. Guess Toothless can't fly without Hiccup now.
"Yeah!" Hiccup shouted as He burst out of the water, fist pumped to the air triumphantly. He swam back to the ground.
"So... How was it?" I asked with a smirk. Hiccup, still filled with adrenaline, only yelled "Awesome!"
Toothless got out of the water as well and shook off the excess water like a wet dog. He ran up to Hiccup excitedly and nuzzled him. Dragon's way of saying thanks. I smirked and watched the two.
After a while, It was time for us to get back. Though Vikings usually don't pay any kind of attention to Hiccup, Gobber does. And if we missed dragon training, Gobber will get suspicious.
We both said our goodbyes to Toothless and Swift and left the cove. "We're gonna need to get some adjustments to the tail fin." Hiccup said.
I chuckled. "Yeah. Don't always wanna see you crashing into the pond." I teased. Hiccup's face flushed and he just told me to shut up. I laughed even harder.
At the Dragon Arena
We got in the arena just in time. We would've gotten sooner, if not for Hiccup stopping at the market to buy an eel. Although... It will be worth It to see how the dragon we'll be facing react to it. Seeing as even the Mighty Night Fury is scared of it.
Anyway, We entered the arena and Gobber noticed us. He told us to line up with the others so that He'll group us. Snotlout and Tuffnut were a team. Ruffnut was with Miss Perfection. I'm with Fishlegs and Hiccup.
"Today is about teamwork." Instructed Gobber as the cage burst open, Green gas covering half of the arena.
"Now, A wet dragon head can't light It's fire. The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky. One head breathes gas while the other head lights it. You're job is to know which is which." Finished Gobber. The gas swirled around us as we were separated from the others.
We all carried buckets of water to douse the head that lights the gas. Just as Gobber said, It will be tricky. Zipplebacks have a reputation to be Notoriously playful. Not that It was a good thing for us... It would usually toy around Vikings when It gets a chance.
Meanwhile, Fishlegs was Muttering "Razor-sharp serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion. Prefers ambush attack, crushing It's victims...".
Hiccup seemed to pale at every word. I then hissed at him "Will you please stop that?!". I really don't want to imagine any possible deaths.
"If that dragon shows either of It's faces, I'm gonna..." I heard Snotlout mutter. "There!" Snotlout shouted Then, We heard some yelps of surprise. Judging by the pitch, It was a girl. Me, Fishlegs and Hiccup looked at each other and searched through the smoke for any sign of the four.
We finally found them just as Ruffnut threw her bucket at her brother, knocking him down to the ground. Tuffnut was then pulled into a smoke as he yelped. Astrid told Ruffnut to wait. A tail came out of nowhere and tripped both of the girls. Tuffnut then came running away while screaming "Oh, I'm hurt! I am very much hurt!". I gulped nervously. I would've found that funny, if it were not for the silhouette of the dragon's two heads appearing in the mist. "Chances of survival are dwindling into single digits now." Muttered Fishlegs. Once again, Fishlegs is not helping.
One of the heads popped out of the mist and growled at us. For some reason, I knew this was not the right head. As I've said, Zipplebacks are notoriously playful. The head glared at Fishlegs. Fishlegs then doused it with water.
Turns out, I was right. The head he doused was the one that breathes gas. "Oh... Wrong head." Fishlegs said nervously, fear crawling into his heart.
The dragon, irritated at the huge teen, sprayed him with It's gas. Fishlegs dropped the bucket and ran away. Leaving me and Hiccup the only one with buckets.
Unnoticed by the both of us, The other head decided to show up and grabbed my bucket while I was distracted. I stared at the head as it threw away my bucket of water. Oh, great...
"Go, Hiccup!" Yelled Gobber.
Hiccup tossed all the water out towards the head. Only for it to fall to the ground, not even touching the dragon's head. "Oh, great..." I muttered.
The dragon then reared It's head and roared at us. Hiccup and I fell to the ground.
"Hiccup! Marcus!" Gobber yelled, ready to get us out.
I smirked as I saw Hiccup slightly open his vest, showing the eel he stored. The dragon caught sight of the eel and cringed. Hiccup held his hands out and commanded the dragon to go back in it's cage. The dragon screeched at Hiccup but could do nothing but obey. Once the dragon was back in It's cage, Hiccup tossed the eel inside the cage and we whispered a small "I'm sorry." to the dragon. The dragon looked at us confused while It backed up against the wall. We closed the gates of the door and looked back at the others.
The look on their face was priceless! I suppressed a loud laugh that formed in my mouth. The only thing that escaped my mouth was a small snort.
"Okay! So are we done? 'Cause Me and Marcus got some things we need to... Yep, Let's go Marcus!" Hiccup said before he grabbed my hand and made a hasty(and almost awkward) exit.
"And don't forget this! 'Cause you'll be definitely seeing more!" I chimed in before exiting the arena
At the Forest
By the moment we reached the forest and made sure no one was around, I laughed so hard, I fell on the ground. "D-Did you see the looks on their faces?! Oh Odin, that was priceless!" I said.
"I know! It was so Hilarious, I had to stop myself from laughing at the spot!" Hiccup laughed as well.
I laughed even harder. "Oh gods, Make it stop!" I said between laughs as tears started forming in my eyes.
After a good long laugh that me and Hiccup hadn't have in years, We reached the cove . Though Our eyes looked a little... wet from laughing so hard... Swift and Toothless stared at us in confusion. We both just chuckled and ran towards them. Hiccup petted toothless and the Night Fury purred in response. I did as well to swift who still stared at me in confusion. I chuckled and just sat down next to Swift as he chirped.
Swift's POV
When Hiccup and Marcus arrived at the cove, Their eyes were a little watery. As if they've been laughing. Me and Toothless stared at them in confusion. They ran towards us and petted us.
Toothless purred "Hmm... I'm starting to like you, human.".
Marcus did the same but I still stared at him. He chuckled and just sat down next to me. "Wonder what made both of you happy?" I asked, though to Marcus it probably sounded like a chirp. Whatever it is, I hope it will last long.
A/n: Hello, Everyone! Wow, this chapter has a lot of line breaks. If you find that wrong, Please forgive me. Oh, and Just to tell you before I forget, I do not own "How to train your dragons". All the characters belongs to their respective owners! Except for Marcus and Swift the speed stinger, they belong to me. Anyway, with that done, I would like to Thank all of the Readers, Reviewers and Followers again! Stay tuned for the next chapter of HTTYD: The Terrible Duo!