Chapter 4 - Suspicions
"Sorry 4 the long update, went 2 Myrtle Beach ^-^, anyway, enjoy. . ." :)
(Hiccup's POV)
When I was walking back to my house, I felt like someone was following me. I turned to see if someone was following me, and I didn't see anyone or anything.
"Huh. . .That's. . .weird." I said to myself.
I shrugged it off, and walked out of the forest minutes later. I slowly opened the back door, squeezed inside, and shut it quietly. But, my dad was sitting at the fire pit, and he noticed me walk in. I froze like a statue when I heard,
"Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III! Where in Odin's name were you?"
I turned and weakly smiled at my upset father.
"Well dad, this is what happened. . ." I started.
And everything I said after that I made up into the most believable story ever. I'm always a terrible liar, but this time, thank Odin that I made it believable.
"I was walking," I continued, "And I fell into a large cove. I was knocked unconscious for Odin knows how long, and I woke up a few hours ago. I had a very hard time getting out of the cove, but once I was out, I came running back here, and that is what happened."
Stoick combed his beard meaning that he was deep in thought.
"So, is that what happened?"
I nodded, and he replied,
"Well, alright then! I don't want you in that forest again! Do you hear me son?"
I nodded and said,
"Yeah, I hear you."
He paused and said,
"Well, go on and get to bed, It's late."
"Alright dad." I replied.
I walked upstairs and got ready for bed, when I decided to open my bedroom window. I opened it, and gazed out to the sky, which was full of illustrate stars and shimmering lights. The moon was full, and was glowing intensely. I smiled, and walked towards my bed, picking up my sleeping clothes from my dresser.
I got into bed once I was ready, and glanced at my window, and smiled as I once again saw the night sky. I was almost asleep when I heard a noise on the side of my bed, and I heard a sound that sounded like. . . .
. . .Toothless.
(Toothless' POV)
I followed Hiccup all the way back to this strange building he lives in. It's made of wood, but it is hollow. I've never seen anything like it. Do all humans live in these structures? But, that's beside the point, I was standing at the side of Hiccup's bed, wondering what he does for a living. And honestly, my trust in this boy has skyrocketed since an hour ago. I really can't explain it, but I just. . . .trust him.
Anyway, I nudged his side, which made him fidget a little, but I was persistent, and he looked over at me and said,
"Toothless! What are you doing here? If my dad catches you we're BOTH dead!"
I just cocked my head, giving him a confused look, which caused him to get out of bed, and walk to his window.
"Toothless, you have to go. Now! I don't want my dad to catch you." he said in a slight demanding voice.
I just looked at him, and sat down, as if saying,
"No!"
He just looked at me, and rolled his neck back, dropped his shoulders and sighed. Then he said,
"Fine! You can stay, but just PLEASE make sure my dad doesn't catch you."
I smiled at him, and curled up next to his bed, as he was getting into it.
He got in, and patted me on the head saying,
"Good night, Toothless."
I smiled slightly, and closed my eyes, falling into a deep sleep.
I woke up the next day, and looked around me. Hiccup was still sound asleep, nothing was moved, and the sunlight was pouring into the room. I stood up stretching and yawning before focusing on Hiccup. He was sound asleep, but I wanted him up.
I nudged him a little, which cause him to fidget a little, but I was persistent. I nudged his head, and he sat up, rubbing his eyes. He looked down at me and said,
"Hey Toothless."
I smiled up at him as he patted my head, which made him smile too. He got up and got ready while I was investigating a hole in the wall when I heard,
"Hiccup! Where is my hammer?"
I turned and saw a large, tall, beefy man standing there facing Hiccup. I was about to attack, but Hiccup said,
"Hey dad, I don't know where your hammer is. Did you check your raid boat?"
The man, obviously being Hiccup's father, stood there thinking.
"You know what? I think I didn't. . .Thanks Hiccup."
And at that, the man left, leaving me and Hiccup alone in his room. But, Hiccup looked as pale as a ghost, and he looked at me saying,
"Toothless, you need to go back to your cove, I don't want him to catch you."
I looked at him, and sat where I was like I did last night, entitling, 'I'm not going anywhere'.
"Please Toothless! I will come to your cove after I'm finished with the things that I have to do." he pleaded.
I looked at him, and finally gave in, and flew back to my cove.
(Hiccup's POV)
I was relieved but yet upset that Toothless left. I was upset, because he was my only TRUE friend, and on the other hand, I was relieved because now, nobody would catch him. . .
. . or so I thought. . .
I walked downstairs, and left my house through the front door. I was headed down to the Forge to see if Gobber needed anything done, and I was annoyed that Snotlout was calling me 'Hiccup the Useless' all the way there. I swear, sometimes I want to punch him in the face. . .
Anyway, once I got to the Forge, I found Gobber sitting on his chair.
"Hey Gobber, you got any work for me?"
He looked at me and said,
"Sorry me lad, don't have any work for ya'."
I looked at him and replied,
"Alright, then I'll come back tomorrow."
He smiled and waved me off, as he continued to work on his prosthetic arm.
I began to walk back to my house when Snotlout jumped out in front of me.
"Hey Useless? What are you doing?" he teased.
I rolled my eyes, and attempted to go around him, only to be grabbed by the back of neck, and thrown back to where I just was.
"I said, 'What are you doing?" he yelled.
I sighed and replied,
"Nothing! Now move you fat oaf!"
I think he almost blew his head off with that one, and he attempted to grab me, but failed since I'm more agile and smaller than he is.
I walked back-wards with me facing him, and bolted when he turned and ran towards me. I knew that there was no place to hide except. . . .
"No! I can't go there! He'll be found out!" My brain shouted.
"But if you don't, Snotlout will kill you!" The other part of brain said.
I thought long and hard while running from Snotlout, and figured out there was just no other option. So with that, I ran towards the forest. Once inside, I knew exactly where to go, and I ran for the ledge with Snotlout in hot pursuit.
"I'm gonna crush you wimp!" he screamed.
I smirked at him mentally and thought,
"We'll see Snotlout. We'll see. . ."
I jumped down the ledge, barely avoiding the fast-approaching rock, and bolted for the cove entrance. Once there, I ran for a rock to the left instead of the right, and I used it to jump straight into the small pond. I hit the water, swam to the top, and headed for the bank, and once I was on the bank, I saw Snotlout only 15 feet from me, and I bolted across the cove. But, he was dirty, and he threw a rock at me, which made me fall, and he came over and picked me up by my front collar.
"Wimp! I will crush you!" he yelled.
I smirked at him, and he said,
"What's so funny?" he replied angrily.
"You'll soon find out." I replied.
He huffed at me, and lifted his fist to punch me, and I flinched.
He then brought his fist across my left cheek, and I was sent flying about 10 feet to my right. I rolled over to see if he was walking over, but I saw him frozen in place with a 2,500 pound Night Fury (about 20 feet from him) crouched, and staring at him with pure rage as if he was about to kill him.
I leaned up and looked at Snotlout, who was looking at me.
"You better run." I said.
He gladly did so, and bolted for the cove entrance, only to smack head-long into the rocky wall. He quickly snapped out of it, and climbed the cove wall, and once on top, he ran back to Berk screaming like a little girl. I chuckled at him screaming like a girl. You would think he wouldn't do so, but. . . .
Anyway, after Snotlout left, Toothless walked over to me, and put his head on my back, helping me get off of the ground. Once standing, I looked at him and said,
"Thanks bud."
He smiled at me, then looked at the cove entrance and growled a little. I looked, and no one was there, but I got the memo.
"Yeah. That's Snotlout. He's a big jerk. He's always calling me (in his best impersonation) 'Hiccup the Useless', 'Oh look, he's got a huge head', 'Hiccup is so weak' and blah, blah, blah." I replied.
I sighed, and sat down, picking up a stick and fiddling with it. Toothless lay next to me, and he nudged me. I looked at him, and he had worry in his eyes.
"Don't worry bud. I'm fine." I reassured him.
He let out a croon, and sat his head down on his forearms. I smiled at him, but then froze. I felt my blood run cold, and my skin freeze when I heard,
"Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III! Get your butt over here NOW!" Stoick shouted.
I jumped up and told Toothless,
"Toothless, bud. I'll be right back, I have to go. I'll come back though. . ."
Toothless just laid there, and looked at me with slight worry, but also strong trust.
I smiled at him, and climbed out of the cove, which was slightly harder since Snotlout's large frame broke some of the climbing rocks I use. But, once I was out, I ran towards home. I ran, and dodged logs, rocks, plants. . .basically everything until I was out of the forest. Once I ran out, my dad was standing there with Snotlout. I stopped in front of him, and he had on his serious face.
"Son. Snotlout tells me that he was attacked by a Night Fury, and that that Night Fury was about to kill you."
Snotlout merged in and said,
"Yeah Stoick! That's exactly what happened! I managed to pluck Hiccup away from him, and almost got sliced open by that Fury."
Stoick gave Snotlout a 'Shut up, I'm not talking to you' look. He then focused on me and raised an eyebrow, meaning he was waiting for an answer.
"Umm, well Snotlout's right. That's exactly how it happened."
My dad looked at me, then Snotlout, and said to me,
"Go in the house son."
I looked at him confused and asked,
"Why?"
He looked at me and answered sternly and agitated,
"I said, get in the house."
I didn't say another word, and I walked into my house, and sat in front of the fire-pit. A train of thoughts was racing through my head.
"What if they find him?"
"What if they KILL him?"
"What if he KILLS them?"
All these thoughts raced through my head as I sat staring into the fire, hoping that nothing will become of my only TRUE friend. . .
An hour or so had past, and my dad burst through the front doors along with cheering in the background.
"Son. You're going into dragon training. Deal?"
I looked at him and said,
"But I don't want to."
He looked back at me with the scariest face I've ever seen on him, and he said,
"DEAL?"
I sighed, looked into the fire for a moment, and replied,
"Deal."
"Great! You start in two days, since we need to remodel the fighting arena." He replied with a much happier tone.
I sighed, and tried to shake off a horrible feeling inside me, but I couldn't. I wasn't feeling this pain, some one else was, but it was like I was connected with this person so much, that that person felt my pain, and I felt theirs. But after concentrating, I made it go away.
I walked out the door, and sat on one of my front steps, focusing my attention on the cheering crowd in the village square. They were chanting something, but I couldn't tell what they were saying, since I was too far away.
My dad walked out a few moments later and saw me sitting on the steps.
"You can't wait to get revenge huh?"
I looked at him with a confused face and asked,
"What?"
He looked down at me and smiled, saying,
"Ohh, don't play that game with me. I know that you know. Anyway, I'll be at Gobber's Forge. I need to talk to him about something."
He walked off towards Gobber's Forge and I just walked back inside. It was getting late, so I decided to go to bed. I walked upstairs, got ready, and hit the hay.
The next day passed quickly, and it wasn't an important day, except for Toothless not being at the cove. That was a bit strange, but I shrugged it off. The rest of the day that day is not important, so I'm not going into it. The following day after that, I had to start Dragon Training. I did not want to, but my dad forced me to for some reason. . .And what was with him saying 'Get revenge'? I think that he was just messing with me, but anyways, I started Dragon Training today.
I got out of bed, got ready for the day, ran downstairs, and out the door, rushing to not be late for the first day of Dragon Training. And luckily for me, I was actually early.
Gobber was standing there, and he was obviously happy that I was early.
"Hiccup me lad! Early, just as usual." He said with his cheerful tone.
I smiled at him and said,
"Yeah, well, I thought that I was late."
He laughed a bit, and patted me on the back saying,
"Well, you made it. The others should be here in a moment."
I looked up at him, then focused my attention on the teen vikings walking across the bridge to the ring. Once there, Snotlout gave me a look, and I did NOT like it one bit. . .
Gobber smiled at everyone, then proceeded to the ring entrance, opened the door and said,
"Welcome. .to the new Dragon Training."
All the teens walked in (including myself), and I heard Tuffnut say,
"I hope I get burned again."
"I hope I get mauled, like, on my shoulder, or lower back. Or, maybe my neck. . ." Ruffnut added.
"Yeah. I know. It's only fun when you get a scar out of it." Astrid replied.
I sighed, and walked in. . . We all got lined up in the middle of the ring with Gobber walking in front of us. He started to go to each dragon cage door, telling us which dragon was behind it.
Then he got to a brand new door and said,
"The dragon behind this door is the dragon that the winner will kill. It's so secret, I can't tell you what dragon is behind it."
Everyone looked at him, and sighed, but they quickly got over it as Gobber was proceeding to the Terror's cage. He smiled, and opened the cage while saying,
"Today's test is speed. Can you evade this Terror's Terribleness?"
Everyone ran in different directions, and I sighed a little. . .
. .Dragon Training had officially begun. . .
"Okay! End of Chapter 4! What will happen next? Find out in the next chapter!"