The Dragon Boy - Part 2 - The Aftermath
Frostcup fanfic

Authors Note: Back with the next chapter ^^ sorry the last one was so short but it was more of a prologue/introduction really. Anyways theres quite a bit more wit this one- hope you like it and pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaasse leave a review they really do make my day ^^ okay that's it for today enjoy the chapter (next update tomorrow as always^^)

It was another beautiful morning in Berk; the snow covering the mountainside; the wind and clouds giving way to a bleak, calm morning; the houses partially collapsed by storm.
"Oww! What?Again?!" For the second time that morning, Hiccup woke up when his head was introduced to the floorboards.

Toothless immediately turned and checked on him, nudging him to make sure he was ok.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Toothless, I'm fine." he reassured him. Satisfied his scaly friend let him use his head to get up
"Do you have to be such a restless sleeper?" he moaned, making a mental note never to sleep on a moving pillow. Rubbing the back of his head, he stared out the window
"What time is it?" he wondered out loud, before he registered the suns position.
"Aw no! We're gonna be late! Snotlout is never gonna let me live this down. Come on Toothless, lets go, quick!" he said in a panic, grabbing his coat and tugging his boots on. Toothless stayed put growling indignantly.
"What?" Hiccup asked. Toothless gave him a look he'd know anywhere.
"Ok ,right, here's your breakfast... now come on, let's go!" Hiccup said throwing a few cod into the mouth which had given his friend his name.

Licking his lips appreciatively ,Toothless finally deemed himself ready for take off. Leaving Hiccup no time for his own breakfast. Hiccup attempted to eat in the saddle but, when he misjudged his first bite and nearly took off a finger, he decided breakfast could wait. Luckily Toothless was the fastest dragon on Berk, so he made it to the Academy without making them too late.

The snow from last night had filled the old dragon fighting arena, jamming the doors shut. Four dragons and their five riders gathered outside the arena instead. Surprise, surprise- Snotlout was the first to comment on the two's late arrival.

"Hah! You're late! You've got the fastest dragon on Berk and you're still late!" he smirked.
"I thought you said Hookfang was the fastest dragon on Berk?" Hiccup retorted. Before Snotlout's limited brain could process what was being said and come up with a response, Astrid jumped in.
"So what kept you?" she asked as she stroked Stormfly on the snout. The Nadder's eyes half-closed in bliss.
"Err... slept in." Hiccup admitted. Before Snotlout could take the chance to mock him, he carried on.
"Toothless was spooked by the storm last night and kept me up half the night." Again stopping Snotlout from responding, Astrid spoke up.
"Yeah, it scared Stormfly too." she told them, heading towards Hiccup to find out if he had any answers. Stormfly nudged her in rebuke as the scratching stopped.
"Meatlug too." added Fishlegs, "Not even her favourite song would put her back to sleep" he finished, hugging her sadly.
"All your dragons are wimps" Snotlout cut in, glad to finally be able to speak, "Hookfang isn't scared of anything." The others stared at him sceptically.
"What?" he asked. More stares.
"Ok maybe he was spooked by something last night," he admitted, "I don't see the twins confessing about how scared their dragon was!" Ruffnut and Tuffnut, each sitting on their respective dragon heads, joined the conversation.
"Oh yeah, our dragon trashed our house. The place is destroyed." Ruffnut explained excitably.
"It was beautiful." Tuffnut said, fondly remembering the morning's discovery.
"Wait- Barf and Belch didn't wake you two up?" he asked, confused.
"No, we hit each other pretty hard last night." Ruffnut told them.
"He had the hammer, I had the mace." Tuffnut informed, a dazed smile on her face. Hiccup shook his head, he never would understand those two.
"So, did you guys hear anything unusual in the storm last night?" he asked.
"No." was the bored reply from Snotlout.
"I heard the hammer!" Tuffnut told them.
"I heard the mace!" Ruffnut added.
"Why? What were supposed to hear?" Astrid asked looking curious and annoyed by the vague hints.
"You mean you didn't hear it?!" Fishlegs asked, mysteriously. Astrid just stared at him, silently telling him to get to the point or say hello to her fist. He hastily continued.
"The dragon." he announced, dramatically.
"Dragons." Hiccup corrected.
"There was more than one!" he said, terrified.
"I only heard two." Hiccup amended, "But we better go take a look. We"ll have to reschedule this morning. If there are some rogue dragons on Berk, my dad needs to know." He climbed back into Toothless' saddle.
"We need to scout the island. Ruff, Tuff and Fishlegs, you go take a look round the north side of the island. Astrid and I will take the south."
"...Wait! What about me?" Snotlout asked, realising after about ten seconds he'd been left out.
"I need you and Hookfang to stay here and clear the snow from the academy."
"Why me?" Snotlout complained, indignantly.
"Hookfang can set himself on fire, right?" Hiccup pointed out. Snotlout glared at his dragon, who was watching two distant sea birds with a blissful expression on his face.
"I hate you." He told the cheerfully unaware dragon. Hiccup nudged Toothless into a take off and flew with Astrid towards the south of the island, leaving Fishlegs to the mercy of the twins.
"You know we could have thawed the arena in seconds if we'd have all done it together." Astrid called to him over the wind. Hiccup just shrugged and gave her a look. She grinned, understanding him perfectly. After around ten minutes of flying Astrid shouted over
"So, what exactly are we looking for?"
"Errr..." Hiccup thought, suddenly unsure. "Just look for any traces of a dragon." he suggested.
"The island is full of dragons" she pointed out.
"I know," he replied sheepishly "Just... look for anything out of the ordinary." They flew in silence for a few minutes.
"Like that?" she asked, pointing to a spot a just within eyesight of the two Vikings. Hiccup followed her gaze and saw what looked like a large chunk of ice protruding from the snowy forest
"What..." Hiccup trailed off as they rounded a corner. Many more bursts of ice protruded from the forest and mountainside.
"What happened?" Hiccup thought, gazing at the supernatural phenomenon.
"Hiccup!" Astrid caught his attention and pointed to something on the forest floor. It looked like a regular burst of ice, but looking closer he could see that it was black at one end, the darkness slowly dispersing until about halfway across it faded into regular ice. Unlike the other ice blasts, it seemed to have fallen and landed into the forest. As though the ice and the black had met in midair and fallen to the ground. Perplexed, Hiccup stared at it until it faded from view ,at which point something else caught his attention.
"Astrid!" It was his turn to alert Astrid an unusual finding. A large trench cut into the forest, many trees had been crashed into and bowled over, creating an artificial clearing in the forest. Similar, Hiccup remembered, to what Toothless caused when he crash landed after Hiccup shot him down around a year ago. Not only that, the trench stopped at the base of a mountain.