A/N: Welcome back to How To Raise Your Dragon! I am your host 'PD6'. Now, I really wanted to pull away from the whole 'Toothless is jealous and is a real jerk' thing and head this story back in the original path that I wanted it to be in. With that being said, lets enter into the 'fun' part of the story and add in some villains :D
P.S: This is a coffee shot update so expect a lot of action and words XD
On the island of Berk, there was rarely a cloudy or foggy day to ruin an otherwise boring day. When there was however, it was not looked upon with a simple turn of the head. No, foggy days in Berk were often bad ones. The thick, smoke like fog that would ripple off the seas made it almost impossible to see a rock in front of you...
Or even the bigger threats.
Ships could come ashore and easily blend in with the ones that were there before the fog could happen, or an enemy warrior could walk along the shores without so much as a second glance. Ironically enough, both of these would soon make their attempt on the little village during one of the worst fogs the island had seen that year. Unfortunately, no one else knew of it yet.
"Okay buddy, I think we should head in now. I can't see a thing." The dark haired teen, Hiccup, said in a near quiet voice as he tried to spot the ground below him, or rather the dragon below him. "Ugh! Hey, can you kindly slap me the next time I get a bad idea like this?"
The dragon below him huffed out his dark and scaly chest and barked loudly in response, a deep and roaring sound that was his way of laughing at his rider as his dragon eyes effortlessly cut through the fog and guided them back to the beach. Hiccup rolled his eyes and gently patted the dragon's large head before beginning to chuckle softly himself, finding himself very amused by the dragon's laugh.
"Hey, fog training didn't seem like a bad idea this morning." Hiccup said in his defense as the pair landed. "We have to be ready for anything, you know."
Toothless simply rolled his dark eyes and carried his rider on his back as he slowly began to scale the beach they now stood on, trying to carefully navigate themselves back to said rider's home where they would more than likely chart this 'training' exercise up in the book of dragons. This may be a while though, as the sand beneath his paws wasn't as thick as the fog, and they sunk about half way in as he walked. Huffing softly in annoyance, he would have burnt the soggy sand, but he thought against it and simply kept going. That was until he was stopped by a gentle, soap scented hand being placed off his muzzle.
"Did you hear that?" Hiccup's voice came in at a low whisper, and when he turned his head he found the boy's eyes focused on the location just to the right of them.
Granted, he had not heard a thing other than Hiccup's whisper. Something that was rather odd to him, as it was usually his keen dragon ears that picked up on close by noises first. Frowning, he turned his head the way Hiccup's was facing and the two listened silently for the sound. A short second passed before Hiccup gave him the gentle nudge that told him it was okay to go again. In the dense fog, they only made it about a yard before they froze again, for this time Toothless heard it too. The faint and barely audible sounds of voices.
What made them stand out though, was the tone and accent that hung off of them. Even muffled it was still detectable, and both males could honestly say that they had never heard those voices around Berk before. This made Hiccup a tad nervous, as he slowly turned back to his dragon and bent down low enough that he could whisper to him. So low in fact that his stomach was laid across the dragon's head. It looked a little funny, but he just wanted to be on the safe side.
"No one in Berk is crazy enough to be out here in this fog..." Hiccup mumbled so softly that Toothless could have missed it if he wasn't paying such close attention to it.
'No one, except whoever is out there and us.' Toothless sneered back in an equally soft voice as searched all directions for the sound of the voices as Hiccup did the same.
Hiccup went silent shortly after that, and carefully strained his eyes before giving up his search and looking down at Toothless. The voices had died down again, and whoever it was seemed to be invisible from view. Still, just to be on the safe side, they both silently agreed that a quick search of the shores would not hurt at all.
"If they aren't from around here, then they probably came by ships." The dark haired boy was speaking of the obvious things here. "Come on... We'll make a quick check of the shores, and then we'll head back."
A dark scaled head bobbed up and down as he carefully turned around and began to head back to where they had landed. During this time, he was careful not to make a sound so that they could both hear for anymore of those voices. They didn't, and they also didn't hear the sounds of crashing waves against the shore as they walked straight into the cold water. Hiccup sucked in a deep breath to keep himself from yelping from the cold as the water splashed up on him and his dragon companion. A terrible splash echoed off of the near empty beach around them. Thats when they heard another voice.
"Eh? Wha' the 'ell was that!?" A voice spat from a short distance away. "Though' I hear somethin'."
"Jus' the waves, Alvin. Ain't nothin' else." A second voice sounded, an equal distance away. "Can't see anythin' in this fog though. Can't be too sure."
Hiccup's blood nearly froze in his veins as he heard the booming voice of an all to familiar viking enemy. He felt a lump rising up into his throat as he held his breath and simply prayed to Thor that the fog was enough to keep their cover. From below him, Toothless simply stood silently and the conversation picked back up.
"Soons as they come back with the gerl, then we'll leave." Alvin's heavy accent cut through the air like a sharp dagger, bouncing off of the rocks like crazy.
"I don' get it, Alvin. What mace this lass so importan'?" The second voice asked, sounding more curious than he probably should have been.
"Tell meh Ivan, have ya eveh seen a dragon with blonde curls befoe?" He chuckled darkly as a gentle 'Slap' could be heard. "We're gettin' her cause shes-"
Hiccup gasped suddenly, so sharp and quick that the rest of Alvin's words fell deaf on the pairs' ears. Toothless froze, taking his turn to pray to Thor that no one heard it. Silence filled the space between the two groups, and the next few moments passed by in what felt to be an eternity. Finally, Alvin broke the silence once again with his loud voice.
"Dats why we're goin' aftah her." He finished up, apparently not having heard Hiccup's gasp. "Just hafta get that dragon rider outta the way."
"They're talking about Valka." Hiccup whispered frantically as he gently kicked Toothless's side to get him going. "Come on. We have to hur-"
His sentence died in his throat as his dark hair was suddenly seized painfully and he soon found himself yanked off of his dragon and tossed roughly on his side. A heavy pressure then fell on his chest and kept him pinned on the ground. From his side, he heard Toothless's growls at whoever it was holding him down.
"Ey look! We got'um Alvin!" The second voice from before shouted from above him, noticing Toothless's defensive pose before adding. "And if tha' dragon comes any close', we'll kill 'im, right?"
"Good work, Ivan." Soon, the large and burly figure of Alvin came into view, an ugly smirk stretched across his face. "This'll be easier than I thought."
Hiccup growled, but quickly had to stop as the heavy boot on his chest was brought up quickly and then back down just as fast, knocking all of the air clear out of his lungs and leaving him on the ground grunting and struggling to regain his breath. From close by, Toothless watched helplessly, remembering the threat they made earlier on about killing him. After a few moments of struggling, Hiccup finally regained his voice as he stared daggers up at Alvin and his lackey.
"W-what a-are you doing here, Alvin?" Hiccup gasped out, feeling the pressure on his chest steadily begin to increase.
"I'm sure ya heard meh when I said we came 'ere for the girl." The older viking smirked, taking yet another step closer. "Heard she was round these parts from a source."
"What do you want with her!?" Hiccup strained as he struggled against the pressure on his chest.
"You mean ya don't know? Well, thats too bad." He chuckled deeply from his throat, a sound that would overshadow Toothless's any day. "Guess ya'll never know then."
"Alvi-" Hiccup was cut off by an action so fast that he didn't even process it.
The boot on his chest was suddenly lifted, giving his lungs just enough time to refill themselves but not giving his mind enough time to realize that the boot was now pulling back and flying forward before colliding with his temple hard and everything went black after that. The two thugs smirked darkly at their handy work, turning sharply and leaving quickly, before the dragon in front of them could recover from his shock and tear his eyes away from the viking boy laying unconscious beside him. The pair was already hidden in a thick fog that had gotten so much darker during the time of the encounter.
Torn in two, Toothless now found himself worried about both Valka The Great and Hiccup the Viking. Though Valka and him did not have the best relationship, he knew that Hiccup cared for her and he knew what Alvin was capable of and he wouldn't wish an encounter with him onto anyone. Rushing over to the boy, he nudged him gently with his muzzle and was relieved when he felt a warm breath on the side of his cheek and heard a soft groan emit from him. Sighing in relief, he gently rolled the boy onto his muzzle and carefully lifted him onto his back. He would have to be careful if he wanted to carry the boy home and he would have to be quick if they wanted to get home to the baby.
Taking another breath, he rushed as fast as his four legs could carry him in the direction of the house. The dark fog caused him to stumble quite a bit, but he quickly recovered for the sake of Hiccup, feeling the extra action putting more strain on his legs than it usually did. He couldn't tell if they were getting any closer or any farther, but he kept going anyhow just hoping that he could get there in time to save Val.
Just ahead in the fog, he heard the sounds of shouting. From the noise he could pick out three sets of voices. From the noise, there was Stoick the Vast, Alvin the Treacherous, and then there was... Valka.
'Oh no...'
Picking up his pace, he tried hard to keep his human boy on his back, the task becoming more difficult the more he ran. His heart rate was racing by now, making spots appear in his vision as a sudden pain came to his nose as it connected stupidly with the wooden wall of the door. The voices became louder, followed by the sounds of crashes and cracking metal and wood. Laying Hiccup down, he rushed to the slightly ajar door and nudged it open with his nose and ran in, quickly taking in the dimly lit room and noting quickly the mess it was. Shaking this off, he rushed to the wooden stair case and climbed up it at his top speed, the ache in his legs suddenly numbing up. Once he hit the top, he again took in the state of things.
"Get the girl an leave!" Alvin screeched as his cronies continued to ravage the room.
From the corner, he recognized the form of Stoick. He was breathing from what he could see, but Valka could not be seen anywhere in the room. She must have been hiding, but he couldn't pick up her scent in the room. It was best she stayed hidden though, as anger and fear built up in Toothless as he took it in one last time and sucked in a deep breath, building up his fire for his attack.
"Find her!" Alvin continued, turning suddenly and spotting the dark scaled dragon and freezing. "Oi..."
With the threat of Hiccup being killed if he attacked being over, he quickly went back on the defense once more and let out such a loud roar that even Alvin paled at the sound. One warning shot was all it took to send the brutes rushing for the nearest exit. It did however take several more shots to get Toothless to calm down as he went after them down the stairs and he kept on going until they disappeared back into the fog.
'If you come back I won't hesitate to roasting you!' Toothless bellowed into the fog, turning quickly to where he had left Hiccup and taking the boy's collar into his mouth and tugging him into the house, deciding that the bear-skin rug would be a more comfortable place for the boy to rest and then taking up search for the baby. 'VALKA! Are you here?'
He looked around the room before hurrying back upstairs to search Hiccup's bedroom again. he was about to call to her again, when a sudden squeak caught his attention. Turning back to where Stoick still laid from before, he heard the squeak once more and hurried over. There, under the older viking's arm and safely tucked away, there lay a little blue dragon with bouncy blonde curls and scared little eyes.
