The Dragon Boy - Part 24 - History Repeats Itself
Frostcup fanfic

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Hiccup snapped his eyes open. Oh gods, he needed their help!
"Toothless!" He shouted, running round the village in search of the dragon. Where was he when you needed him?

"Toothless?!" He screamed, louder. Luckily, this time he came bowling round the corner, so fast Hiccup smacked into him. The Viking got up and in the saddle as quickly as he could, he nudging Toothless into a take off.

Where was he? Where was Jack? He closed his eyes again, sudden panic and alarm flooded him. Jack was terrified- but of what? A glance down at an endless expanse of ocean answered his question. The net had trapped him, dragging him down towards his greatest fear- drowning. They had get to him, and fast. Hiccup urged Toothless forwards, in the direction he sensed Jack to be.

Time passed agonisingly slowly, Hiccup couldn't sense anything new, just Jack's fear and struggling. There was still no sign of them.

They must have been incredibly high up, Hiccup thought- and far away, he added, as they continued flying forwards.

Finally, the moment Hiccup had been dreading. He felt an impact, and a split second of indescribable pain blocked out everything, before, suddenly, the link faded.

Jack had hidden the trust bond to spare Hiccup the pain he felt. Now, he could sense nothing- he had no way to tell if he was still... No he'd make it through this, they just had to keep going. They continued heading for the last place he felt him, somewhere ahead and below them. If Jack was in the ocean, then they stood a better chance of spotting him in there. Hiccup urged Toothless down, taking a breath before they went under.

He grimaced, inwardly wincing, as the salt water aggravated a little cut he got from a splinter just yesterday. Pure horror flooded him as he remembered the quantity and size of Jack's wounds, the pain the salt water must be causing him, it must be excrutiating. Hiccup couldn't even begin to imagine what just how much agony he must have been in.

He pushed forwards against the saddle, urging Toothless to go even faster. Soon, shapes appeared in murk.

A large, still black shape, slowly sinking into the deep water. Long lines of black linked it to another figure, struggling violently against the net that pulled him down.
"Jack!" Hiccup thought, though he wasn't sure if he heard him. The dragon was tearing through the dark cords that entangling him. He shrank into his human form, the change in size allowing him to escape some more bonds. Hiccup's heart lifted a little, he was doing it, he was escaping all on his own.

He grew back into a dragon again, more lines snapped, but as Hiccup watched, the stuggles became weaker and slower, as he ran out of air and energy, and the pain began to overwhelm him.
"Come on!" Hiccup thought. "You're almost free!" His movements now took great effort, as though every part on him was being weighed down.

Hiccup and Toothless were almost there now, if they could just get a little closer he could help.

There was just one more, a single cord wrapped around his ankle. He turned into a boy, and striked out, feebly, for the surface. A final trickle of bubbles escaped his mouth, and then the link between them blinked out.

Hiccup panicked, he hadn't sensed anything for a while now, but the bond had still been there. Now, it's absence sent waves of fear coursing through him. He was just unconscious- he had to be!

Hiccup thrust himself off his dragon, and grabbed ahold of his motionless friend, pulling him upwards. It was no good, he was stuck! Thankfully Toothless saw the problem, and severed the final rope holding him down.

The Night Fury, powered upwards, taking both of the boys with him- now Hiccup's lungs were burning for air.

They broke the surface of the water, Hiccup taking great heaving breaths. Toothless also surfaced, holding Jack's upper body above the water. But the boy was still worryingly still. Fresh panic flashed through Hiccup- why wasn't he breathing?

He frantically paddled over. Low waves bouncing them up and down.
"Jack? Jack!" He shouted, no response. Ok, what was it he was supposed to do? Push on his chest, or something? That was it! He climbed onto Toothless, temporarily submerging the dragon's back, so that he floundered to keep Jack's body above water with his head.

Once he'd climbed on, he pulled the unconscious boy further onto the dragon.
"Ok, right, both hands." He began pushing against his friend's chest. Worry building, when it didn't have any effect. He paused for breath- how long was he supposed to do this for? Had he forgotten something? He felt certain there was something else he was supposed to do, but he just couldn't remember what.

He bent over to start the compressions again, but slipped on the wet back of his dragon. He landed heavily on Jack before falling into the icy water. A sudden blur of thoughts and sensations raced through him.

Where?-what?-water-drowning-panic-alive?-confused-Toothless? The viking resurfaced, quickly, to see Jack sitting up, coughing up the last remains of a spout of water. Taking rattling, gasping breaths of fresh air.

Dizzying relief swept through Hiccup only to have it vanish and his panic return a fraction of a second later, as Jack fell unconscious again. One thing reached Hiccup's mind in the split second before he did. Pain!

Hiccup's sense of urgency returned. Jack was breathing, but was he wasn't safe yet. The salt water, and struggling against the ropes, had only worsened the situation. Hiccup moved into the saddle.
"Come on, Toothless, we have to get back! Quick!" The faithful dragon did as he was told, and launched himself out of the water. Beating his wings as fast as possible to speed them back to Berk.

Hiccup kept ahold of Jack so he didn't fall off the dragon's back, forcibly reminded of the night they found him, injured and unconscious. He could only hope, he would manage to pull through a second time.