/Second chapter! I don't like waiting to release. I will make this chapter and all the ones after as long as I am willing to go. I am so happy about the last chapter. In only a matter of a few hours I received so much love. I hope /
He looked at the dragon, shocked and wide eyed. It just spoke! At least that what it had seemed like.
He suddenly felt a rush of power. It was just a brief moment but he felt powerful. He felt strength flow through him. It scared him, he never felt like this before. This wasn't like him, and when the gronckle seemed to speak perfectly to him, it shook him to the core.
While trapped in his thoughts, he didn't even realize that the gronckle was charging towards him until he felt himself get yanked away. He felt the heat of the gronckles molten fire ball as it past him.
"Hiccup! What do you think your doin'? Get your head in there!" Gobber shoved him. He stumbled forwards. He began to feel the pain in his back increase. It was almost unbearable. He clenched his teeth. "two shots left!" The gronckle turned its boulder like body in Snotlout's direction. Snotlout, being as stupid as he was, tried hitting it with his axe. He swung at it foolishly. "Look at this, it's too stupid to…" The gronckle blasted him. Snotlout was lucky it missed him and hit the shield that partially covered the front of him. Snotlout's shield shattered at the blow sending several pieces of wood everywhere.
"One shot left." The dragon started to get annoyed and went after Gobber. It fired its last shot which Gobber easily avoided. "Oh so you want some of me huh? Well, come at me you overgrown sausage." The Gronckle swung his tail and Gobber grabbed the dragon and threw it into its cage and shut the doors. "You'll get another chance, don't you worry." Right then the stabbing pain on Hiccup's back began to sting and burn. The area of where the pain was began to increase in size. Hiccup felt to his knees and let out a small yelp. All the rest of the teenagers stared at him with an amused expression.
"I bet this training is too much for Hiccup. He should back down," Snotlout mocked.
"I'm okay, I must have hit my back on something," Hiccup reassured but no one really cared anyways. Hiccup reached under his shirt to feel his back and froze. He felt smooth large bumps 'It's probably just a scab from last night. Something must have scratched or cut me, no big deal.'
They had spent a lot of time in the training arena, so long it was near sunset. Gobber began giving them lectures and advice. Then they went to the great hall for dinner.
"This is the dragon manual. It has everything you need to know about every dragon we know of." Thunder rumbled. "Get, some studying done. I'm going to rest."
"Wait, we read?" asked Tuffnut
"While we are still alive?" Ruffnut finished.
"Yes as a matter of fact I do expect you to read it." Gobber left without another word. Once he left the rest of the teens starting filling out.
"I'm out," said Tuff.
"So am I," Ruff said after Tuff.
"I don't need to read this. I can kill a dragon, with my face, let me at that Gronkle again and I will kill with my hands tied behind my back," Snotlout bragged and left as well.
"Hey guys, wait for me," Fishlegs said as he ran up to the group.
"So I guess you and me then." Astrid sighed.
"Do you really expect me to study with you?" she asked. She began to head toward the door when Snotlout poked his head through and flexed.
"Come on Astrid, you can't resist."
"You know on second thought." Astrid pushed Snotlout out the door and slammed it shut. "Alright, don't make me regret my decision Hiccup. Hiccup sighed and opened up the book.
"Strike class, Fear class, Mystery class." He began reading. "The deadly Nadder. This dragon is quick and light on its feet. It has sharp poisonous needles it can shoot that are lethal to vikings. Kill on sight."
"They are also said to have the hottest fire." Hiccup continued reading.
Wind started blowing through the crack of the door that was partially cracked open widening it. The torches began to flicker and go out. Hiccup reached the door and closed it but the torches went out.
"So much for reading," said Astrid. Hiccup then realized how well he could see in the dark, not to mention how so very clearly his eyes could see.
"I can still see."
"Hiccup, it's pitch black in here. How in Thor's name can you possibly see?" Things were now getting weird. Hiccup began walking back to the book but then he felt a sharp painful feeling at his shoulder blades. He felt the burning sensation once more, but this time, it was so much worse. Hiccup saw his shirt began to tear and underneath were shiny black scales.
Hiccup screamed in agony as the pain kept spreading. "Hiccup! What's going on. I can't see a thing." He could feel himself growing. Scales grew on him causing even more immense pain. The ground was getting a little farther away by the second. Pain flooded his entire body causing him to fall on his knees. He heard his bones make sickening cracking and snapping noises. Hiccups screams turned into roars. Collapsing in a boneless heap, he could hear someone coming to the door and light filled the room causing collective gasps.
He could feel an extra limbs growing. A tail and wings. The pain finally subsided and his bones seemed to have grown back but felt different. Someone was staring at him horrified. Astrid.
"Wait for me," Fishlegs called out. He ran out the door following the rest of the group.
"So I guess you and me…"
"Do you really think that I…" That's all Fishlegs could hear before the door shut.
"Is anyone hungry?" Fishlegs asked.
"Didn't we just eat, no I guess not because I am hungry too," said Tuffnut.
"Let's go get something to eat then, I am going to get Astrid," said Snotlout. Snotlout went back and was quickly shoved out the door and the door slammed shut. He came back up with a sour expression on his face. "She picked him of all the people."
"Oh wait I think I forgot something at the great hall," Fishlegs said.
"Yeah me too," Tuff lied. 'I am going to scare hiccup so bad he will cry like a baby. Babies always cry.' But then the two froze in their tracks as they heard a blood curdling scream. The scream turned into deafening roars that woke the entire village. Vikings came out with weapons and torches in their hands. They moved towards the great hall. The great doors opened and there was a series of gasps. Fishlegs pushed to the front. So did Tuff and Ruff. What they saw was truly shocking. Hiccups clothes were partially torn, he was a lot bigger than before. But the most shocking part was the black scales growing across his body. He turned towards us his eyes full of tears and fear. He mouthed to words that seemed to be "help me." Then he screamed again as wings and a tail began to grow from his body. His eyes turned from round pupils to dragon slits.
Hiccups body shape changed. He clothes tore and muscles grew. His size grew as well. His head started to change into a dragon shaped head. He could feel the eyes of vikings watching him with fear. The pain had finally ended. He saw his reflection in one of the vikings weapons. He shrieked in terror and ran. The last thing he saw was Astrid curled up in the corner. He busted the wall and began running. He tripped and stumbled over his own feet. He ran into the woods, frightened out of his mind. What would they do if they found him? He was a dragon!
Tears filled his eyes, his vision blurred. He couldn't see clearly and fell down the edge of a cliff. He screeched as he scraped himself on the steep rock slope going down until he hit with a thud on the ground. His vision darkened. Cold wet rain poured and thunder rumbled. He let out a groan of sadness and pain. His body ached from the transformation. All he wanted to do now was rest.
In a cove, a black night fury sat under rock that sheltered her from the rain. 'It has been, two years. Two years since the queen attacked The Isle of the Night Furys,' she thought. 'It has been two years since I've seen another Night Fury. What if I'm the last?' All the sudden she heard loud foot steps. She was about to call out but, 'What if it's a human?' The thumping came closer. Then she saw a black creature slide down the cliff of the cove. It screeched and flailed. When it hit the ground, it went limp. It was very dark and the rain only made it harder to see. The dragoness walked towards the now unconscious darkness.
'Is that?' her eyes widened at the sight of another one of her kind. 'He is going to freeze!' She ran out and grabbed the back of the dragon's neck with her teeth partially sheathed. She dragged him under the rock overhang. She could see the dragon shivering. He was covered in splinters of wood. Some went deep under his scales.
She wrapped herself around the shiver black mass trying to keep him warm. 'I hope he will be okay.' She lays her head down and tries to calm her joy and fear. She was happy she was not the last, but she feared she will be soon.
"Hey, are you okay? Oh gods, please tell me he is still alive." Hiccup stirred. The voice was female. Hiccup opened his eyes and looked up to see two ocean blue eyes staring at his forest green eyes. His pupils turned to slits when he realized that the two eyes belonged to a dragon.
"Aah! Oh my gods!" Hiccup stood up and backed up quickly only to land flat on his back again.
"Are you okay? I didn't mean to scare you," the dragoness said She helped Hiccup up. Hiccup's couldn't seem to grasp on what was happening. Then it all begins to come back to him. He transformed into a night fury with no knowledge how. He runs from Berk and ends up in cove. Then he wakes up staring into to beautiful blue eyes…
Beautiful!? What was he thinking, this is a dragon. Why was he thinking that about her…
"Hey!" Hiccup jumped at the loudness of the night fury.
"Sorry, I was a little dazed," Hiccup said trying not to get himself killed by being stupid.
"It's all right." The dragoness seemed a little nervous.
"I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Asterisk, what is yours?"
"My name is, Hiccup." The dragon in front of Hiccup burst out laughing. "Hiccup? Hah! That's the worst name I've ever heard of!" Hiccup stared dumbfounded. Was that dragon... laughing? Hiccup didn't know dragons had a sense of humor(besides killing).
"Well I can't go around calling you 'Hiccup'. How about we change that name of yours," she snickered.
"But I'm perfectly fine with my name thank you very much."
"Well I'm not so I am not changing my mind." Asterisk was in deep thought. "Mörknade, That is your name for now okay."
"I refuse to be called Mörknade." Hiccup/"Mörknade" realized he had been having a non-violent conversation with a Night Fury, could this day get any weirder.
/Thanks for reading
Asterisk means star.
Mörknade means darkened.
'bold,italic'=dragon thought
"bold"=dragon speak
'italic'=human thought.
"(no font style)"=human speech./