Dragon Friend (sequel to the dragon boy) Chapter 8 - The Alpha
frostcup fanfic

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They looked off the drop- a dragon was there. He'd say it was huge, or giant, or whatever, but none of those words seemed to cut it.

It was more of a scaly mountain, than a dragon- it was that big.

But, for such a big creature, it didn't seem dangerous. It exerted an air of supreme power, only a creature that size could create, but it also had an air of serene calm, and majesty, about him. The words "gentle giant" almost sprung to mind- except that it was still a hugely powerful, heavily armed ginormous dragon.

He was an Alpha. The leader of the dragons in that area.

Both Hiccup and Jack stared, awestruck, at this mighty beast. The great dragon seemed to sense their presence, and turned his head towards them.

Valka bowed, showing respect to the great leader. The Alpha's eyes briefly accepted this, before he turned his attention to the new arrivals. Toothless couldn't meet the alpha's gaze, and bent his head in typical respect, and submission, to the alpha- he knew his superior when he saw him. Again, the dragon accepted this with a simple blink. Then turned to the hidden dragon in their midst.

Jack felt he should probably bow too- dragon or no, the Alpha deserved respect. But some rebellious part of him thought that he wasn't entirely dragon, so he shouldn't entirely bow, as a dragon would- plus, he had stubbornness issues when it came to bowing down to others. So he bowed his head, rather than his back, meeting the eyes that were only a few shades different from his own.

He felt a great and powerful mind of unimaginable size, and wisdom, envelope his own. The Alpha's mind was so vast, so strong, Jack could only marvel at the expanse of it, and try not to lose himself amongst it's thoughts.

As he looked into the Alpha's mind, he could the strength of it. If he so wished, he knew, this dragon could impose his will on any, or all, of the dragons under his command... but he didn't. He respected the freedom of all the individual dragons, and set himself up as their protector, rather than their controller. He had that power, but chose not to use it- and for that reason, Jack found himself respecting the mighty dragon even more.

Jack spoke to him in his mind, in the same way he would with Hiccup, but Hiccup's mind paled in comparison to this.
'It's an honour to be here.' Jack said. Normally, he wasn't one for speaking of nobility, or honour, and he definately never normally spoke with such deference to anyone- even Stoick. But the Alpha was definitely deserving of his respect. He heard the giant, white dragon's voice reverberate through his mind, strong and deep.
'You are most welcome, Sky Dragon." He said- no doubt hearing the human name of his kind, which he prefered, in his background thoughts. Yours is a great burden you carry... But, maybe... it is not so heavy as you think.' He told him.

Jack couldn't help but wonder if those large, intelligent eyes could see more than just what was in front of him, it felt like he could see straight into his being. But, what did he mean by that?

The heavy burden had to be his loneliness, as the last of his kind... so... did that mean...

Jack didn't finish the thought, but rather let the hope grow within him. The great Alpha bowed his head back, returning the respect, to the last of the Sky Dragons.

He felt his presence retreating, as he switching his eyes away from him.
'What did he say?' He heard Hiccup asking, and realised he mustn't have heard any of it- the Alpha had kept it between them. Before Jack could answer, the Alpha turned its all knowing gaze onto Hiccup.

Jack blinked, as though coming back from another world- which wasn't that far from what happened. He noticed Valka's attention seemed to be torn between him, and Hiccup. Curiosity, to see what the Alpha would make of her child; and shock, that the Alpha- who bowed to no other creature- had done so, to a child.

The Alpha appeared to be satisfied with the young Viking, and blew a fine mist of icy spray at the boy. With that, Valka turned her full attention to her son, and laughed, softly.
"He likes ya." She informed him.

Jack chuckled with silent amusement, as he saw Hiccup's hair stuck up at odd angles, and covered in white ice.
'Stop stealing my hair.' He chuckled. Hiccup rubbed the snow out of his hair, and smiled at Jack's comment.

The Sky Dragon heard the Alpha's booming voice in his mind again, but without his penetrating gaze, the voice was no more overwhelming than Hiccup's. He also appeared to be chuckling- mild amusement floating through his mind.
'Tell your bonded to relax. He thinks of too much for his age.' The dragon said. Jack happily relayed the message to his, still in awe, companion. Hiccup looked at him, confused.
"Alpha's words, not mine." He promised. Hiccup shook his head, looking at his mother who had gone to help a blind, rescued Hobblegrunt, that had come to seek her aid. This- all of this... it was just so much to take in.

"You know what? He's right." Jack thought to him. Hiccup looked at his friend, suspiciously, as he noticed a hidden idea being formed in Jack's head. "You need some playtime." He finished, and ran off. Following the embankment round the great white dragon (that wasn't himself) and jumped off a ledge. He vanished from sight, but Hiccup saw a white dragon- much smaller than the Alpha- fly off in his place. What was he up to, he wondered.

For a while, he just watched the sanctuary- there was no shortage of interesting activities to look at. Before long, he heard his mother speaking to him.
"Where's your friend gone?" She asked, having finished sorting out the Hobblegrunt, and noticed the absence of her son's friend.
"Oh, ah... he's probably... just gone, wandering off." He told her, awkwardly. He didn't want to lie to her- but what could he say, that would be believable. Then it hit him, he'd use the same story Jack used, when he arrived on Berk, all that time ago.

"He travels a lot, likes to wander round- he's probably just gone to look at the dragons. He knows quite a lot about them, actually- you know he learnt about them, when he was living in the wilderness- when he was travelling- he still often goes wandering a lot, so he's probably okay. I mean there's not that many scrapes he can get into in a few minutes, right- besides, he knows how to deal dragons, you know, from when he... wandering." He concluded, lamely. Perhaps it was ridiculously over worded, but he couldnt help it- he was nervous. Even though he wasnt lying, it still felt untruthful.

Luckily, his mother didnt seem to think it odd- then again, she hadn't lived with him to know when he was hiding something, Astrid would be right onto him by now.

'Sheesh, why don't you go ahead, and tell her my whole life story?' Jack commented, sarcastically, in the privacy of their minds.
'Shut up.' Hiccup complained, reproachfully. 'Get yourself over here, before she gets even more suspicious!' He semi-commanded his friend.
'You didn't listen to a word the alpha said, did you?' He teased, Hiccup made to reply, but he broke in again. 'Alright, I'm coming.' He reassured him. 'And you say I worry over you too much." He muttered.
'I heard that.' Hiccup pointed out.
'You were meant to.' Came the singsong response. Hiccup inwardly groaned, but surely enough, the white haired boy soon came into view. (actually, he more popped up from the middle of nowhere, right behind Toothless- spooking the black dragon, so that he jumped like a terrified cat).

"Ah, Jack! There you are! We were just wondering where you were!" Hiccup overemphasised, Jack looked at him.
'Overdoing it. Just a little bit." He commented in his head. Outwardly, though, he said.
"Cool, cos I got something I wanna show you." He announced. Valka looked intrigued, as Jack led the way across the sanctuary.

Hiccup tried to marvel the valley, and keep up at the same time- but found it was almost impossible.
"Hey, slow down! I want a good look." He complained. His mother- who had long since overtaken him- came up to him ,and grabbed his hand, pulling him along.
"Come on." She urged, impatiently. "I haven't had a surprise for years!" She told him, looking thoroughly excited at the prospect. Hiccup grinned.
"Yes mom." He said, savouring the words, as he picked up his pace.

But, apparently it still wasn't fast enough for Toothless, who slammed them with his large, flat head. They landed on his back, getting an unexpected lift.

Hiccup lay, dazed and grinning, on his back. His mother laughing beside him. He couldn't help but stare a little- how long had he been dreaming of a sight like that? Valka met his gaze, and he found himself laughing along with her- until their ride stopped.

They pitched forwards onto the ground, but it wasn't as hard as he was expecting. It was somewhat soft, cold and... white?

He looked up, hearing his mother whisper
"Wow." in amazement.

"Wow" was right, because there, in front of there eyes, Jack had created their own, personal, winter wonderland.

Right in the middle of spring.