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Viking or Night Fury
Hiccup still didn't accept this new name of his entirely. His name was Hiccup. Though the fear of making the female Night Fury named Asterisk angry He decided to keep it… for now. He was kind of used to being around a dragon now because he was with her for a full twenty-four hours because of the rain and hail storms.
***Asterisk and Hiccup 24 hours ago.
"Mörknade, different than other dragons around here,"
"For the last time, my name is Hiccup!"
"For the last time, it's a ridiculous name," Asterisk huffed. "I want to know why you're different."
"I wasn't always a dragon."
"What? How hard did you hit your head coming down?"
"Seriously, my name is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, son of Stoick the Vast."
"Yeah, just keep telling yourself that 'Hiccup'," Asterisk said and turned around to go fish from the small lake. Hiccup noticed a slice in her wing. He couldn't help but ask.
"Hey, Asterisk right? what happened to your…?"
"Huh?" she turned and saw he was looking at her wing. She turned around and hung her head, took a deep breath and let it out. "During a raid… I-I was flying above, shooting the towers like always. Then I saw this... kid, he had this thing. I am not sure what it did but I didn't bother finding out. I shot it but something launched off of and snagged my wing. Before I knew it I was falling out of the sky. It's a miracle that I am still alive right now. I haven't been able to get off the ground because of it." Hiccup felt a pang of guilt wash over him. 'I did this,' Hiccup thought.
'What are you thinking? Feeling sorry for a dragon!'
"It's kind of a big deal, you know the saying. 'A downed dragon is a dead dragon'." Hiccup could sense her fear.
'Does he care about me?' Asterisk asks herself. She turns around and looked to Hiccup "Why do you ask?" Hiccup's ears perked up.
"Doesn't it hurt?"
"No, not anymore." There was a long silence. "Why are you still here? I would have expected you to fly off with the other dragons. I would probably slow you down, so why do you stay?"
"First off I can't fly, second…"
"What! What happened to you, you look okay. Your wings are in perfect condition, your tail is also in perfect condition."
"Let me clarify, I don't know how to fly."
"You don't know how," she said flatly "Well that's an unusual excuse for a dragon, especially one your age."
"Really! I have no idea."
"You are hopeless," Asterisk said Irritated. "When it stops raining, I will teach you to fly. Right now, I am tired and cold." Asterisk laid down on the stone floor. Hiccup kept an eye on her as he laid down as well, he made sure he was very well away from the dragon.
Hiccup wakes up to a sun shining him and a mysterious warmth by his side. He turns his head to see Asterisk sleeping right next to him snuggling against him. Hiccup felt very awkward. He felt Asterisk stir from her sleep. She lifted up her head and saw the position she was in and looked up to Hiccup, who stared right back. "This is a little embarrassing," Asterisk said. "I haven't done that since I was a hatchling."
"Then why did you do it?"
"I didn't really choose to do it, I guess it something natural for young dragons to do."
"But you are not a young dragon." Asterisk looked at him as if he insulted her. That's when he realized why. "I didn't mean it like that, I meant you are not a hatchling."
"I know what you meant but still, that almost sounded kind of mean."
"Sorry," Hiccup flinched.
"It's okay, and why do you keep acting like I'm about hit you? Every time You do something wrong you look like someone is about to hit you. I'm not going to bite." Her blue eyes stared into his. Hiccup gave a small smile.
'Hiccup, what are you doing!?' one part of Hiccup's mind said.
'What am I supposed to do, we need to time to fix this,' another part said.
'It seems like you are turning soft and starting like her.'
'No I am not… okay so maybe as a friend, she's nice and supportive and friendly and…'
'You like her, admit it!'
'I love Astrid! Not the Night Fury.'
"Mörknade? What's wrong."
"Will you stop calling me that!"
"Well if have a better idea than Hiccup then I will gladly call you that," Asterisk said smoothly. Hiccup pondered for a moment. "So you do have something in mind." Asterisk smiled.
"How about Skygge Drage?(shee-ga dra-gaw meaning shadow dragon)"
"Shadow for short," Asterisk insisted. Hiccup/"Shadow", Shrugged and nodded. "Are you absolutely sure that this is the name you want, no switches."
"Positive, I think."
"You are impossible!" Asterisk groand. Suddenly her ears swiveled and her pupils turned to slits. Her head quickly turned to look up behind them. There, was a viking with blond hair a cyan… It's Astrid! She held an axe in her hand. Asterisk started growled.
"Astrid?" I said. Asterisk looked at me confused.
"Who's Astrid?"
"I told you I wasn't always dragon. That viking's name is Astrid." Asterisks eyes narrowed and turned back to the viking called Astrid.
'He's telling the lie! He's delusional.'
"Hiccup? Which one is you?" Asterisk flinched.
"Hey Astrid," an all too familiar voice said.
'That girl's name is Astrid, just like he said. He wasn't lying which means… I am the last, the last of my kind. I thought I had found someone. I had fallen for a viking. Just kill me now.'
"Oh no, not Snotlout!" Shadow thought when he heard the other voice.
Snotlout looked down into the cove. "Night Furies!" Snotlout quickly grabbed his weapon and threw it at Asterisk. A sudden jolt of anger shot through Shadow. Asterisk fired a ball of deadly plasma that exploded on impact with the hammer sending it back and breaking off one of the horns on Snotlout's helmet. Snotlout and Astrid looked at them in fear and ran.
OoOoO Hiccup/Mörknade/Skygge Drage/Shadow
Asterisk sent the two fleeing from the cove. She shot me a look of sadness, anger, and fear, but her voice only showed fear. "Y-you are really a viking! You really did try to shoot me down! Everything you said was true." I felt guilt wash over me. "I thought you were another Night Fury," she choked."I had so much hope that I was not the last but I am! Kill me! Just kill me for I cannot bear being last." Asterisk started to break down. I went closer, she seemed to freeze and hold still willing to let me kill her. This didn't feel right.
'Finish her off Hiccup!'
'No don't she helped you!'
'She's a dragon and she is vulnerable. Kill her!" my mind screamed.'
'She is a kind and helpful. Help her back.'
'So! She thought you were a dragon.'
'But she still helped us. If it wasn't for her we would have died from the rain and cold. Maybe she can help turn you back.'
"Asterisk I am not going to kill you."
"Why! You vikings are cold and heartless so why not!,"
"We're cold and heartless!? You are the ones that came destroying our homes and raiding us. We defend ourselves."
"We don't have no choice," Asterisk said, her voice cracked. Their was a long silence between us.
"Asterisk, what do you mean by you don't have a choice," I said finally breaking the silence.
"We work under the queen's will. The queen is a massive dragon able to crush mountains. She has a shot limit of 1000 that replenishes at an alarming rate, allowing her to spray massive waves a fire. She orders us to get her food from villages. Berk is one of them."
"Why don't you leave then, let her starve to death."
"If we don't bring food, we will be eaten. We can't leave the nest because she has power over us that controls us." There was another long eerie silence.
"Everything we know about dragons, is wrong." Asterisk's ears perked up.
"Do you…" Asterisk pawed at the ground and sighed. "...want to still be friends, Hiccup?" I looked at her.
'Hiccup, she is a dragon. A heartless cold dragon.'
'Heartless? No she was anything but heartless. Yeah I'm willing to put my trust into her, for now.'
'Once you start this, there is most likely no turning back!'
'But do I want to go back? Sure I like my dad and I have a crush on Astrid but, will I truly be accepted?'
'You got a point.'
'Maybe I could somehow convince vikings that dragons are good.'
'Good luck on that goal, but at least ask her why…' Shadow looked at Asterisk who was now starting to droop from exhaustion. How long was he thinking.
"Why do you want to still be a friend, even after you figured out what I'm?" Asterisk looked up into my eyes. Those eyes of hers were still a sight to see.
"You were a viking. Right now, you're pretty a much a dragon, more specifically, a Night Fury."
"What if I was still human?"
"Well then we would probably end up killing each other, or at least one killing the other."
"Well yeah, I would probably do the same," I said.
"Are you saying you could beat me in a fight?" Asterisk challenged.
"No no no, I was just… ack!" Asterisk attacked me. I thought I was going to die… but wait, she was… playing with me. I could see and hear her laughing and not a maniacal laugh like she is trying to kill but a true happy laugh that was kind and warm. I batted her with my paw as she did to me. We laughed as we started tumbling around the cove playing with each other covering each other in shallow scratches. I was very clumsy in my new body but while we played around, I did different things learning how to use my new body.
Asterisk did something unexpected and shot the cove wall and rocks came tumbling down. I jumped backwards. "Hey that's no fair!"
"What do you mean it's not fair, you're a night fury too!" She called back with a smile on her face
"I can't shoot plasma from my mouth!" I shouted after her.
"Well I can't really teach you, you have to figure it out on your own!" she laughed. She ran smoothly around the small lake.
We had finally became tired. Of chasing each other. "I haven't had that much fun since… ever!" I said.
"Really! Wow."
"The only thing that was relatively close was when I was little and my dad would chase me around the house." The memory brought a smile to my face. 'Dad. How will he react when he finds out?' I frowned. 'Will he kill me? It's in the vikings' blood to kill other dragons, But I am his son. Will he think otherwise?'
"Hiccup? Are you okay? What was your old life like?" I looked at Asterisk and smiled.
"You're calling me by that name? My name is Skygge Drage or as you prefer, Shadow. My old life? I was always teased for being scrawny and weak. I would always try to earn my place but I would end up aiding the dragons most of the time." Asterisk snickered. "Yeah I was failure. They give us these names to scare of trolls but the name turned from just a name to what they would use to insult me."
"You're not the only one with a rough childhood."
"What was yours like?"
"I was probably the smallest hatchling born. Some say I was born too early and I was weak, and they were right. I was a sorry excuse for a Night Fury."
"I'm sorry. That's terrible."
"I am not finished. Since everyone made fun of me I decided to change that. I would train and do all I could so they would stop. In the end, I beat everyone in a spar." Asterisk smiled ,but there was a glint of sadness.
"What's wrong?"
"What? Nothing I am fine see." She formed a toothless smile.
"What was that!? I have never seen a dragon do that before!" I laughed. She looked away in embarrassment. I went over to her. "I like that smile." She looked up at me and smiled a small but beautiful smile. 'Lover boy.' I pushed my thoughts away though they kept coming back. 'Lover boy'
/whoo, that is another chapter rewritten. I really liked this chapter when I typed it up. I hope you guys liked this one as well. I am fixing up other chapters before this one if you guys wanted to know why the next chapter might be delayed longer./