The Dragon Boy - Part 4 - Saving a Life
Frostcup fanfic

Authors note: Hey guys next chapter^^Same as usual PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASE review the next chapter is up tomorrow and please enjoy. oh and also I forgot I could do this so I'm going to reply to all guest review at the end of the chapter^^ That's all though ENJOY!

Waiting for the others to arrive seemed to take forever, and Hiccup was all too aware that the magnificent dragon's bright, sapphire eyes were slowly glazing over. He carried on stroking it, patting it now and then when it seemed to be heading towards unconsciousness, in an attempt to keep it awake.

From where he was sitting he could see the full extent of the dragon's injuries: a great number of cuts crisscrossed it's hide, leaking red, sticky blood onto the snow. But most worrying of all was a deep, long gash in the dragon's side. The attack that caused it was probably the same one that knocked it to the ground, with enough force to carve a scar in the ground where it landed.

The day wore on and the sun's warmth slowly lessoned. Hiccup was close to shivering. He was used to the semi-arctic weather of Berk, but the cold emanated from the dragon's hide (although it was somewhat weaker now) chilled him to the bone. But he stubbornly refused to create a fire, knowing it would only make the dragon's condition worse. Once, the azure eyes caught him shivering, and turned their now-fragile gaze to him "... leave me," they seemed to say "... I am a lost cause now, leave me and save yourself."
"I'm not going anywhere." Hiccup murmured. The dragons gaze seemed to soften a little and it blinked, a long slow blink, at him. Hiccup recognised it as a sign of gratitude and appreciation- Toothless often did it when he scratched an itch in one of those hard to reach places. Hiccup smiled and placed a hand on it's snout- it was unlike any other dragon he'd ever met, it seemed almost human.

His thoughts were interrupted by the irregular drumroll of four descending dragons. Astrid was the first to dismount and Hiccup went to meet her, so that the dragon wasn't spooked by her coming too close.
"It's okay, help's here. Just stay awake, I'll be right back." he reassured it, before he runing off to Astrid.
"Sorry we took so long- Snotlout decided to go on a search party of his own, so we spent half the time tracking him down." she informed clearly annoyed at Snotlout, and she wasn't the only one. Hiccup scowled at the said dragon rider, who was still lazing on his dragon's neck, looking bored.
"Is that what you brought us to see?! A dead dragon?! I wanna go and look at those cool... black... ice... thingies" he moaned lamely.
"Wait... that's a dragon?!" Tuffnut asked, who- not being the brightest of the group- had assumed the dragon was nothing more than a giant lump of snow.
"Awesome..." Ruffnut said.
"Yes, guys, it's a dragon- but the thing is its not actually-"Hiccup attempted to tell them the useful knowledge that the dragon was still alive, but as usual the others weren't listening to him.
"I wanna touch it!" Ruffnut said.
"No wait- I wanna touch it!" Tuffnut argued. The twins picked up a loose branch and started moving towards the, apparently harmless, dragon.
"Ahh, guys, that's really not a good idea!" Hiccup warned, but too late. The twins were poking it in the snout.
"Ohhhh great." Hiccup inwardly complained.
"Aww, it's broken." Tuffnut complained. Not a moment after he finished speaking, ice blue eyes snapped open.

It blew a blast of ice shards towards them, pinning them to a tree.
"Sweet- I want one!" Snotlout cried.
"Hey, no way! I saw it first!" Tuffnut argued.
"Why should you get it?!" Ruffnut moaned.
"No-one is getting this dragon!" Hiccup broke in, earning him irritated glares from his peers. Sighing, he turned to Fishlegs, who was examining it critically, with a look of awe on his face, spouting comments about it
"... Strike Class- maybe even Mystery Class" he speculated, "Wait... large built wings, slim but muscular frame- Hiccup! Do you this could be a-"
"Sky Dragon? Yeah." Hiccup finished.
"But that's not important." he continued, "Right now we need to focus on getting those trees, and that rock, off it's wings."

So they set about removing the debris trapping the dragon on the ground. With Hiccup's reassurance, the dragon let the others get close enough to reach them. The trees didn't prove to be too much of a problem- each dragon seized a tree and removed, it didn't take them too long too be cleared.

As the dragons worked, Fishlegs pulled Hiccup to one side. He looked nervous.
"Erm... Hiccup?... Are you sure that dragon's... normal?" he asked.
"What are you talking about?" Hiccup replied, confused.
"Well... it's blood... it's red... like ours." That was it, Hiccup realised, something had been annoying him ever since he saw the dragon, and now he realised what- dragon blood was green. It wasn't hard to see why Fishlegs was so scared, stories of dragon changelings were common scary stories amongst Berk folk. But they were just make believe... weren't they? Fishlegs was still looking at him for reassurance. Hiccup, pushing those thoughts aside, smiled at him.
"Don't worry, Fishlegs- it's probably just some special quality of the Sky Dragon's. You'll need to get that down in the Book of Dragons, huh!" Hiccup suggested, there was a slight awkward tone to his voice, those closer to him would know this meant he didn't totally believe what he was saying. Thankfully, Fishlegs wasn't one of those people, and at the mention of his precious book, he scampered off to fill it in. Astrid, who had recognised the difference in Hiccup's voice, raised an eyebrow at him, but said nothing.

Once the trees were gone, they just had to remove the boulder. The boulder, however, posed a bigger problem. It took both the Hookfang and Barf 'n' Belch (the strongest two dragons), with Toothless and Stormfly supporting, to remove it completely.

With it's wings free, the dragon rolled onto his (for Fishlegs confirmed it was a he) stomach and attempted to stand. Hiccup rushed forwards, about to stop it, lest it strain itself, when it froze- literally. He had dug his claws in the earth and stopped moving-a look of intense concentration on it's face- when ice started spreading all over it's body, completely covering and sealing it's wounds. The watching dragons and riders all watched in stunned amazement as the open, gaping wounds became glittering, frozen patches.

Satisfied, the dragon reared up on it's hind legs, spreading it's wings and stretching out it's neck. Raising it's head to the heavens, it roared defiantly at the gods that had tried to bring him down. Those that had saved him could only stare as the true beauty and majesty of the creature was revealed. It's glittering, frost-edged, white scales were shown off beautifully by the icy landscape around it. The ice patches and and sparkling horns and spikes only added to the effect. Its mighty wings were also white, but were semitransparent; that and thin layer of frost crystals covering them made them appear to be silver. They were twice the length of it's body, casting an impressive shadow over the awestruck riders.

The dragon turned to the one who had saved it- the one who had sat with it the whole time, enduring the spiteful cold that he might survive- and bowed it's head in gratitude and recognition of what he'd done. Hiccup managed to smile around his gaping mouth, which must have looked absolutely ridiculous because the dragon laughed. That same unusual, coughing laugh toothless often did, with a twinkle of amusement in his eyes. It's lip curled slightly and if Hiccup didn't know any better he'd say it was smirking at him!

Then, without a backwards glance, it launched itself into the sky, climbing far quicker than any of the other dragons could have done. Hiccup could hear it bellowing in joy, spinning through the air with astonishing skill and ease. As it reached the top of its climb, it let loose with another ice shattering roar of pure happiness, and Hiccup found himself laughing- sharing the creature's enjoyment. His laughter turned into a gasp of amazement as a light snow began to fall- had the dragon done that?

Seeking it out again, he spotted it already nearing horizon, flipping and looping through the air with a youthful-like joy. Straining his ears, he was able to hear it's exultant cry one last time before it disappeared into the clouds.

Hiccup found himself wishing he could see it again, but he knew it was unlikely. Sky Dragons, as their name suggests, spent the majority of their time up in the clouds. Add that to the vast amount of distance they can travel in a day and that makes it a lightning-strike-twice chance that you'll see even one, let alone seeing the same one twice. Hiccup knew this and was sad that he may never see it again.

Luckily, fate ,it seemed, had other ideas.

Guest (chapter 1): I'm surprised you got that^^ yeah that where I got the inspiration but I made sure this had a lot of differences... I dunno if I should ask the person who did the original if theyre ok with it but I lost the story and cant find it to ask anyway thanks for the review and I hope you're enjoying it^^

Guest (chapter 3): yep haha (well done figuring that out)^^