A/N: I really want to ge through the first movie quickly, this chapter will actually go into a little more detail surrounding Hiccup's childhood in the wilds, I am excited to get into the TV series, pretty much my motivation for getting two chapters in a day, (It's a first for me actually.) although I am technically rewriting this because one of my siblings closed the first version while I was out of the room (It was at 4500 words too.) but, without further ado, enjoy the chapter.
Hiccup took a deep breath, his exhale echoed around his small helmet as he entered the arena, the white scratch over the otherwise black helmet glinted slightly as it caught the light, the boy glanced back at the entrance ramp, he gave Astrid a small reassuring smile, he had figured out she knew he was smiling even when the mask was on.
Hiccup picked a shield off the ground and pulled it onto his arm, clenching his fist and shifting it slightly as he locked eyes with Gobber and nodded, the one handed blacksmith pulled the leaver quickly, as the locking mechanism lifted slowly Hiccup took another deep breath, the sound echoed around his head as he focused, a single memory bounced on the edge of his memory.
Just because you show an animal respect, that doesn't mean it will show it in return, sometimes, no matter what you do, respect must be earned, there is a fine line between earning respect and being feared, being respected is always harder but it's not without its rewards.
The memory cut off as the cage slammed open, Hiccup locked his eyes with the golden eyes of the Nightmare, it growled and lit itself on fire as it approached him, Hiccup lifted his hand slowly as he watched it, the nightmare inched closer to him, sniffing at his fingertips slowly before it shook it's head a low growl echoing from the pit of its body as it rolled back on its feet before diving forward, attempting to snap it's jaws around Hiccup.
The armored boy jumped into the air, landing lightly atop the Nightmares name, it's eyes openly challenged him as it's body ignited, Hiccup jumped back flipping over and landing with a light thud, Hiccup drew his blade quickly, the steel glinted against the scarred helmet as he turned his body and dropped into a dead sprint 'If that's how it's going to be.' He thought flatly.
"Go on Hiccup! Give it to him!" The Vikings cheered from the stands, the boy spun quickly to avoid a blast of fire, Stoick leaned forward in his chair, something about how his son had started gave him a bad feeling.
Hiccup darted forward, bring the blade up he cut across the Nightmares side, the blade chinked off the Nightmares teeth as he dropped into a slide, he slammed his boot into the dragons leg, the beast toppled as it lost its balance Hiccup scrambled over and slammed his weapon back in its sheath and bolted over the dragons back, grabbing a hold of the Nightmares horns he forced it's head into the ground, a single gold eye peered up at him in surprise, he locked his gaze on the eye and the pupil of the dragon began to dilate.
"Stop the fight." Stoick ordered getting to his feet, the feeling only worsening every moment he watched the fight unfold.
"No, You need to see this more than anyone else." Hiccup shot at his father as he released the Nightmare, the beast took a few steps away from him and lifted its head, eyeing the boy calmly, it's head dropping towards the ground.
Stoick growled as he swung his hammer down into the side of the cage "I said stop the fight!" the ringing noise reverberated around the arena, Hiccup's eyes widened as the Nightmare's pupils narrowed on him, he dived out of the way of the beast as it charged him, he cursed under his breath as rolled over his shield, pulling the thing over his back as a fire blast slammed into it.
Astrid grabbed an axe of the wall and used it wedge the gate open enough to slide under, darting into the arena she grabbed a hammer and tossed it at the Nightmare, the weapon found home slamming into the side of the dragons head and knocking it down for a moment.
"Astrid!" Hiccup boomed, the girl realized the dragon was after her now.
Toothless ears perked up as it heard the sound of his humans voice, he could hear the urgency in it from this distance, Toothless clambered to his feet, glaring at the rock wall angrily before scaling the tree in the ground, using it as a platform to jump up the rocks, its claws raked the dirt as it pulled itself out of the cove and took off towards Hiccups voice.
Hiccup ran across the arena as Astrid ran towards him, she dropped into a slid as he jumped slamming his entire body weight and the shield into the side of the Nightmares head, effectively drawing it's attention back to him, Hiccup flipped his blade in his hand as he heard a familiar whistle, his eyes widened as he watched Toothless dive at the arena, blasting a hole in the side of the cage as he landed atop of the nightmare, the nightmare let out a hiss in surprise as the Nightfury locked around its neck, the nightmare threw the Nightfury off as attempted to bite down on him, Toothless caught the beasts head in his claws and kicked, the Nightmare was thrown backwards as Toothless rolled to his feet, putting himself in between the nightmare and the two teens, the Nightmare gave up after a couple of seconds of the Nightfury's growls.
Hiccup ran to in front of Toothless and pushed him "Alright bud you gotta get out of here."
Toothless made a noise and Hiccup practically begged him to leave, the Nightfury refused as a Viking jumped atop it's back, forcing it's head to the ground, Stoick walked over to the pair and gave his son a glare, Spitelout held and axe towards Stoick, he reached for it as he looked down at the dragon, still staring at Hiccup silently, not even resisting the Vikings atop of it.
Stoick pushed the weapon away "Put it with the others." He barked gruffly, turning to Hiccup angrily "You, Great Hall, now." He ordered flatly
Hiccup shot a glare at his father's back as he followed the large man. Astrid just watched in stunned silence as she looked around the wreck of an arena, other Vikings were leading the Nightmare back into its cage.
Hiccup staggered as his father pushed him into the hall, the boy whirled around but his father spoke first.
"So everything in the ring was a trick?" He demanded angrily
"I see it as knowledge, I learned more about dragons in the past three weeks by befriending one than any Viking has ever learned from killing them!" Hiccup shouted
"They have killed hundreds of us Hiccup!" Stoick shouted
"And we've killed thousands of them!" Hiccup argued "You have no idea what's on their island dad, it's a dragon like I've never seen!"
"Their island? So you've been to the nest?" Stoick's eyes glowed dangerously as he spoke.
Hiccup took a step back "No, dad you don't understand-"
"How did you find it?!" Stoick demanded
"I didn't, Toothless did, only a dragon can find the island." Hiccup answered
Stoick straightened as realization dawned on his face.
"Dad, no, please, you really will die, you don't have any idea what you're walking into!" Hiccup shouted worriedly.
Stoick turned around wordlessly and walked towards the door, pausing just before he left to speak again "If you would give that much to protect them, you're not a Viking…You're not my son."
Hiccup's protests died in his throat as his father left the room, Hiccup just stared at the closed door in silence.
Stoick staggered slightly and wavered as the weight of what he had just done landed on him heavily, squaring his shoulders he descended the steps "Ready the ships!" He ordered with a roar.
Astrid arrived in the square to see Hiccup run into the forest, she sprinted after him, both in confusion and curiosity.
Hiccup finally came to a huffing stop by the tree he had tied Toothless too when he had first started learning how to use the Nightfury's tail, he fell beside it heavily, tracing a set of runes he had carved into the tree trunk slowly.
"It's been a long time, Vonor," He opened, voice tight as he tried desperately not to cry.
Astrid arrived a few moments after him, she paused as she listened to the boy carefully.
"I think I really messed up this time," He continued as he watched the Vikings fleet pull out of the bay, Toothless on the front ship "I found my dad, well, he found me, just like you said he would, you could have told me you were my grandmother you know."
"I got his attention exactly how you said I should, although in hindsight I see how turning away the merchants on the shadier side was probably a joke, it got the job done." Hiccup got out slowly.
He choked out jokingly, a tear finally falling from his face "I shot down a Nightfury, the first Viking to ever to do it…" He bit back a sob as he spoke through gritted teeth "After that I befriended him, I even flew him!" He exclaimed excitedly as he finally broke down, shoulders shaking as he buried his face in his palms.
"I know you sent me away because you were sick, I don't even know where you died, I just carved your name here cause I needed something to remember you by," He got out with a sob "It looks like I lost my home again."
He felt someone's hand land on his shoulder and give it a reassuring squeeze, he turned to Astrid and gave her a weak smile.
"It wasn't all bad though," Hiccup said, finally starting to feel better, the gears in his head starting to formulate a plan as he spoke "I met the most beautiful girl," He explained, squeezing Astrid's hand lightly, the girl blushed scarlet but didn't speak, just smiled warmly as the boy continued to speak "You would like her, she hits me when I do stupid stuff as well."
A dry laugh escaped his throat as the wind pulled at his hair "You know, I know exactly what you would say right about now," Hiccup rose to his feet, resolute determination settling into his eyes "If I want a place in Berk I just have to make it right? Forge it with my own hands."
Hiccup stared at his palms for a moment before he spoke again "That's exactly what I'm going to do."
The boy grabbed Astrid's hand as he fell back into a dead sprint towards the arena "Hiccup, What's your plan?"
"It's definitely something stupid." He called back "I need you to gather everyone at the arena."
Astrid nodded her head and turned towards the square, the group arrived a few moments after Hiccup.
"If you're planning on being eaten, I'd definitely go with the Gronkle." Fishlegs voiced as he entered.
Hiccup laughed mirthlessly as he opened the Nightmares cage, Snotlout let out a fearful groan and reached for a broken spearhead at his feet, Astrid caught the movement and advised against it with a quick shake of the head.
Hiccup eyed the Nightmare flatly, giving it a firm reminder he would not be dealing with any Loki business at the this point, he was running on a clock.
He reached his hand out towards the dragon slowly, it sniffed at his hand as he placed it against its snout, it's pupils dilated as he began to lead it out of its cage, backing to beside Snotlout, Hiccup grabbed the larger boys hand, Snotlout only pulled back a single time in fear, Hiccup simply hummed in annoyance as he placed the boys hand against the dragons nose, it's eyes shifted from Hiccup to Snotlout and a contented purr-like sound erupted from the Nightmare.
Hiccup smirked at his work as he walked away.
"Whoa, wait! Where are you going?!" Snotlout exclaimed in worry.
Hiccup picked up a large length of rope "You're going to need something to help you hold on." Hiccup explained glancing at the other dragons as they approached the teens carefully, the other teens mimicked Hiccups example, slowly approaching the dragons and placing their hands on the snouts.
Hiccup cut the strips of rope accordingly as the group of teens moved around their dragons slowly "This is a really stupid plan." Astrid noted from the side of her Nadder, the dragon nudged her shoulder and Squawked in what seemed like agreement.
"Actually, I think it's more of a crazy plan." Hiccup replied calmly as he pulled the rope tight.
Stoick turned the large Viking ship one last time as it ran aground on the Dragons island, he moved to the front of the ship and vaulted it, stone crunched underfoot as he landed, the low buzzing that had been plaguing his ears since they entered the fog abruptly ceased, the other ships pull against the island after him, the Vikings unloaded and moved about, preparing a defensive line in front of the ships and setting up large catapults, Stoick drew out a quick battle plan splitting the army of Vikings into three groups, each to attack a few minutes after the last, effectively drawing the dragons out and boxing them in.
"When we crack this mountain open, all hel is going to break loose." Stoick noted as he watched the side of the mountain closely.
"And my undies, good thing I brought spares." Gobber joked with Spitelout, the man just groaned and moved to join his battalion.
Gobber rolled his eyes "Nobody appreciates good comedy these days." He said with a shrug, the blacksmith noticed the look on the chiefs face.
"Stoick, there's nothing you can do about it now," Gobber clasped his hand over the man's shoulder "Just get back safe and apologize."
"If Hiccup was right Gobber, none of us will be coming back." Stoick responded flatly
"Well," Gobber shrugged "There's a first time for everything isn't there?"
Stoick shook his head slightly as he moved to the front of his line, he lifted a hand and closed his fist, the catapults swung into action, battering the side of the mountain with large boulders, the hollow nest cracked and splintered before a large section of the wall fell away, Stoick walked towards the hole, peering inside the massive expanse of black, he gave another signal, a ball was lit on fire and launched down the hole, illuminating it, the walls were covered in greens, red, blues, and browns Stoick's eyes widened only a moment as a loud battle cry ripped from his lounge, it was chorused by the men and women behind him as the charged forward, the dragons took flight, completely ignoring the people below them as they moved into the clouds.
A shout of victory rang through the lines, Stoick frowned, he felt the ground beneath him shake and he turned back to the hole, realizing the ground beneath him was splitting apart.
"This isn't over, form your ranks and stay together!" He shouted as he was forced to dive out of the way, a massive dragon slamming through the wall, Gobber's jaw dropped at the sheer size of the monstrosity in front of him.
"Catapults!" Stoick roared as he ran beneath the monster of a dragon.
"Fire!" The men operating the catapults shouted, the rocks bounced off the massive Dragon as not even seeming it irritate the beast as it closed its massive jaw over one of the siege engines, reducing it to splinters in seconds.
"Get to the ships!" A Viking shouted fearfully
"No!" Stoick shouted, attempting to divert the dragons attention, it's maw opened and fire bellowed from it, igniting the entire fleet in a matter of second, it crushed another catapult underfoot.
"Lead the men to the far side of the island." Stoick ordered simply, taking a slow step towards the dragon.
"I think I'm gonna stick around, since you look set on doing something stupid." Gobber voiced as he moved beside the large man.
"I can by the men a couple of minutes if I give that thing something to hunt." Stoick explained clenching his fist
Gobber clasped his own fist with the other mans "Then I can double that time." The two shared a small smirk as Stoick moved away from the one armed blacksmith.
"HERE!" He bellowed
"Oh, no you don't, HERE!" Gobber bellowed louder, moving in the opposite direction.
Stoick flipped one of the large spears from the ground and loosed it at the beast, it clattered against the dragons skin just under its eye, the dragon locked onto him, moving a massive foot over the top of the chief.
"Come on then, Fight me!" Gobber roared, waving his arms about, the dragon's attention as drawn away and it's foot fell a little to the side of Stoick, showering him with small pebbles.
A loud explosion rocked the air around the dragon as a set of dragons flew passed it, Stoick's' eyes widened in surprise when he noticed that they were the dragons from the arena, each one being ridden by one of the teenagers from the village, save for the Nadder, he could recognize the black armor of Hiccup anywhere now, the boy was behind Astrid, looking amongst the ships, he pointed something out and the girl flew low.
"Fish, break it down!" Hiccup shouted over the screams.
"Heavily armored head and tail, used for bashing and crushing, small eyes, large nostrils relies on hearing and smell." He shouted quickly.
"Snot, Legs, hang in its blind spot, make some noise keep it confused, Ruff, Tuff, find out if it has a shot limit." Hiccup ordered quickly, the twins looked at him in confusion.
The boy sighed "Make it mad!" He clarified.
"Oh, That's my specialty," Ruff smirked "Since when, everyone knows I'm more annoying," Tuff argued, flipping himself upside down "See." He began making a slew of random sounds.
"Would you just go." Hiccup shouted, the twins complied.
Hiccup moved over the Nadder and dropped onto the boat, Toothless pulled against his restraints as the boy landed "Go help the others." Astrid nodded and sped off.
Hiccup drew his blade and cut the muzzle away from Toothless, the dragon let out a happy warble to see him.
"Yeah, I'm happy to see you two bud." He said as he yanked on the chain, Toothless turned his head and opened his mouth gas building in his mouth as a shadow fell over the top of them, the massive dragons foot descended, snapping the boat underfoot like it was a twig, Hiccup gritted his teeth and pulled at the chain angrily, something grabbed a hold of his back and yanked him from the water, he landed on a rock with a cough and sat up, looking at the person in confusion, seeing his dad dive back under the water.
Stoick eyed the dragon for a long moment before he broke the wooden restraint, the dragon growled at him and yanked him from the water, landing atop a rock with a quick gesture for Hiccup to get on, as it shook the last remaining droplet from its body.
Hiccup nodded his head with a smirk "You got it bud." He bolted upright and jumped onto the dragons back, only pausing when his father grabbed his hand.
Hiccup eyed the man in confusion, Stoick smiled warmly at him "Hiccup, I'm sorry."
Hiccup froze for a moment "It's okay, I figured trying to change three hundred years in an hour might have been a bit of an overstep even for me." The boy joked.
"I am proud to call you my son," Stoick continued as if Hiccup hadn't spoke, glancing over the boys head "You don't have to go up there."
Hiccup glanced at the fight in front of him "Yeah I do, I got them into this mess." He gestured to the other teens "It's only fair I get them out."
Toothless launched from the ground, Astrid was circling the battle slowly noticed the black dragon take to the sky "He's up!" She shouted, the teens quickly fell into the plan, Snotlout and Fishlegs hovered on either side of its head, banging their weapons against their shields, Ruffnut and Tuffnut flew passed the massive dragons head, an explosion shaking the beasts head and drawing its attention to them.
"Troll," Tuffnut called "Butt elf." Ruffnut followed, the dragon growled a stream of fire flew passed the teens as they banked right out of the way.
Snotlout failed to noticed the noise was effecting his own dragon, it lulled dangerously to the side before ht dragon brought its head around, knocking the boy off his dragons back and leaving him stranded atop its massive head, two more sets of eyes opened as Fishleg's Gronkle fell victim to the noise, the pair began to topple "I've lost power on the Gronkle, Snotlout do something!" The large Viking shouted tossing his mace to the black haired boy.
The Gronkle slid along the ground "I'm okay!" Fishlegs exclaimed throwing his hands in the air, the Gronkle's body rolled forward, planting the boy in the stones as it laid atop his back "Less okay." He amended from the ground.
Hiccup flattened his body to Toothless's back, dropping a powerful shot in the dragons side, Snotlout swatted at the things eyes with his mace, the dragons shot at Hiccup missed due to the distraction, Astrid flew passed the boy.
"Good job Snotlout!" She shouted over the dragons angry roar, in his moment of distraction Snotlout whacked another eye and the dragon bucked, sending the boy into the air he slipped off the edge of the dragon and Astrid circled around diving passed she caught the boys foot and flipped him upright, dropping him off a safe distance from the dragon. As she attempted to regain height the dragon behind her drew in a breath, Astrid lowered on the dragons back as it strained to get away from the vacuum, Hiccup glanced at the scene for a moment, his eyes narrowed as Toothless and himself dived, the fireball slammed into the beast mouth, it's snap narrowly missed the girl and her Nadder, although she was knocked loose, falling headfirst towards the ground, she let out a scream as Toothless flipped over quickly, and shot passed the still recovering dragon, catching Astrid's leg in a claw.
"Did you get her?" Hiccup asked curiously.
Toothless bent his head down, Astrid smiled up at the Nightfury, the jet-black dragon smiled it's gummy smile at her.
'Toothless.' She thought to herself as the dragon set her down.
Hiccup gave her a quick nod as he took off again, rolling his shoulders on the back of his dragon as he glanced at their opponent, he noticed something on it' back "That thing has wings," He thought aloud turning Toothless in to drop another shot into its back "Let's bring it in our territory bud." Hiccup patted Toothless neck encouragingly.
Toothless let out a growl of agreement as they shot passed the monsters field of vision, Hiccup and Toothless looped in the air, the Nightfury's mouth glowed a moment before another powerful blast slammed into the things back, it fell to the ground with a roar that shook the island, it's wings cracked and rocks fell from the as it slowly stretched them out.
Hiccup glanced behind them as the beast rose into the air "Hah! Well it can get off the ground." He shouted through his mask, lowering against Toothless the pair picked up speed again, rifling passed the gathered Vikings on the back of the Nightfury.
They let out cheers as he passed, before falling into silence when the massive monster chasing them slammed through the pillars of rock.
Hiccup's eyes darted around, trying to find advantages they could use, his eyes went to the sky and a smirk fell on his face "Time to end this bu." He practically whispered into Toothless's ear as they lifted into the air, breaking through cloud after dark cloud, thunder clapped around them as they continued to ascend.
Just as the massive dragons mouth was about to close on them, Hiccup turned them abruptly though the clouds, the beast's chomp came up empty in the sky as its head moved around wildly, looking for any sign of the Nightfury and it's human rider.
"This is our territory." Hiccup growled as they turned in towards it, Toothless let a blast slam into the beasts wing, spinning over the appendage as the again disappeared into the clouds.
Rotating around, Toothless and Hiccup struck the webbing of the large dragons wings repeatedly, before disappearing, Hiccup hovered above it a moment and quickly counted the holes they had made, the dived again, another one opening in the right wing as he disappeared, the beast loosed a thundering roar and exhaled fire in every direction, Hiccup felt his hair stand on end as a sudden heat him, his eyes widened in realization as he flipped over, he glanced at the tail to find the edge beginning to smolder.
He rolled his shoulders as he once again settled on Toothless back, the dived straight down, hitting the beast with another blast to the face for good measure, Both Rider and Dragon glared at the beast challengingly as they passed it, the monstrous dragon's eyes widened and its nose flared in anger as it descended after them.
Hiccup didn't pull back as the pair plummeted to the ground, only rotating enough so that he could see the maw of the beast behind him, it was practically glaring at them as they descended like a black bullet.
Toothless and Hiccup didn't need to make a sound as they waited, every fiber of their being tensed, the dragon's mouth opened and Hiccup could see and hear the telltale sound that warned of a fire blast.
"Toothless, end it!" Toothless spun, launching a quick blast into the massive dragons mouth, the gas in its throat erupted as Toothless spread his wings, Hiccup and the Nightfury snapped up passed the monsters eyes, it opened its wings, the holes in them began to rip wider as he slammed into the ground, fire erupting from it, Hiccup and Toothless dodged each explosion as the fire forced its way out of every pore of the dragons body, Hiccup's eyes widened at a sudden realization, the tail swung back into their path as the tail snapped off completely, the tail slammed him loose of Toothless's back, the boy reached for Toothless, gritting his teeth as he used every muscle in his body to try and close a few more inches, Toothless angled his body enough and forced himself down with power flaps, Hiccups hand caught the dragons claw, it drew him in and pulled its wings around him, not before the inferno caught his left leg, Hiccup bit down on his arm guard and loosed a roaring scream of pain as he felt the appendage practically incinerate, the pain caused him to pass out after moment, but not before many of the Vikings closest to the crash heard the sound.
As the dust settled Astrid and Stoick pushed their way to the front, the only thing that stopped Astrid from rushing out to find Hiccup was Stoick was already ahead of her, falling to his knee's as he neared the downed Nightfury.
The saddle was shredded, the connecting metal rods flayed and spiking out in random directions, Toothless eyes cracked open and it watched Stoick carefully.
"Oh, son." Stoick deflated, shaking his head despairingly as he spoke softly.
Astrid took a tentative step forward, hands clasped over her mouth as she moved towards the Nightfury, tears welled up in her eyes as she noticed the state of the saddle, on her arrival Toothless let out a pained groan, opening his wings slowly, Hiccup fell to the ground beside him, Stoick rushed forward picking his son up quickly, ripping off the boys helmet and pressing his ear to his chest, a labored but rhythmic thud beat against his ears, an ecstatic smile broke out on his face as he hugged his boy to his chest.
"He's alive," the man choked out happily, voice cracking with relief "You brought him back alive!"
The crowd cheered, Astrid shot forward, wrapping her arms around the boys neck tightly, tears falling against his chest piece, Stoick sat back slightly as Hiccup's arm came to rest tiredly on her back.
"A-Astrid, c-can't breathe." He murmured.
She loosened her hold on him and leaned back, before slamming her lips against his. Stoick turned to the Nightfury, a grateful smile on his face "Thank you, for saving my boy."
The dragon bowed it's head calmly, Gobber padded up beside the chief "Well, most of him." He corrected with a shrug, Astrid and Stoick's attention was drawn to the now missing left leg.
Astrid gasped and Stoick's face hardened.
"Heh, What was it you said, 'It's only fun if you get a scar out of it?'" Hiccup quipped, before falling back into unconsciousness.
"We should get him back to Gothi quickly, make sure it's not infected, I can build him a leg that'll be as good a new, don't you worry about that." Gobber both suggested and boasted.
Hiccup awoke again, this time, he noticed two things instantly, he wasn't being death hugged, even if the kiss afterwards was welcome, the second, was that he was inside, a warble emanated from his left and his eyes fell on Toothless.
"I'm in my house," He sighed in relief, his eyes drifting closed, before they widened again in surprise "Your in my house too?!"
Toothless bounced around excitedly, Hiccup pulled the blanket back and sat up, moving to get off the bed before he noticed something and paused, he looked at his left leg slowly, he grimaced as he couldn't feel anything passed the knee, he set it against the floorboards slowly, he took a deep breath and pushed himself to his feet he took a normal step and leaned a small amount of weight on the prosthetic, he buckled at the change and fell forward, flopping against Toothless's head heavily, he gave the dragon and light pat.
"Thanks bud." Using the dragon as a half crutch as he half hopped, half dragged himself to the front door, he opened it, a Nightmare snarled at him and he fell against the door.
"Toothless, stay here." He opened the door again, this time to see Snotlout on the back of said Nightmare, calling to Fishlegs and the twins who chased after him as he sped off.
Hiccup limped out the door, looking around the village, dragons were everywhere, he saw some of the oldest Vikings on the backs of Gronkle's, his eyes widened at a sudden realization.
"I knew it, I'm dead." He shrugged, eyebrows mimicking the movement.
A laugh caught his attention and his father placed a hand on his shoulder "Hah, no but you gave it your best shot." He nodded his head slowly.
"This is Berk now, turns out all we needed was a little bit of, well, this." Stoick explained slowly, gesturing to Hiccup.
"You just gestured to all of me." Hiccup slumped sarcastically.
"Well, most of you anyway, that bits mine," Gobber gestured to the prosthetic "With a little Hiccup flare through and in, think it'll do?"
Hiccup leaned on it lightly and shrugged "I might make a few tweaks." He shrugged
Gobber just chuckled, someone pointed at Hiccup and shouted, a crowd quickly gathered at the front of house "The Hero of Berk!" One man shouted
"Vanquisher of the Red Death!" Another chorused.
Hiccup glanced at his father in confusion "That massive Dragon, the Red Death seemed suitable."
"It had barely any red on it," Hiccup frowned "The Grey Death would have made more sense."
Stoick just shrugged in response, Astrid emerged from the crowd with a small smirk on her face, Hiccup didn't like the look as she approached him, a punch hit his arm that was by no means light or playful, even if the smirk on her face was.
"That's for scaring me." Astrid scolded
"I definitely deserved that one." Hiccup nodded scratching the back of his head, she grabbed his collar and pulled him into a quick kiss, this time she didn't run away from him, she just smiled warmly at him.
"I think I liked the second half of that better." Hiccup said sheepishly, a small grin settling on his face.
Astrid chuckled, Gobber placed a red tail fin modeled similarly to Toothless last one, the saddle had been modified, the pedal that controlled the fin altered to his prosthetic could use it, the second Toothless caught sight of the fin he dived over the crowd, knocking anyone who didn't get out of the way to the ground.
Hiccup gave the dragon a slow scratch on the nose "You wanna test this out bud?" He asked enthusiastically.
The dragon warbled excitedly and Hiccup smiled knowingly as he tied the saddle and fin on, he jumped onto Toothless back, a wind picked up and pulled at his hair as the dragon pushed itself into the air slowly he hovered for a moment, before Astrid swooped over the top of him quickly.
"Aren't you being a bit slow for the first dragon rider?" She taunted.
Hiccup let a lop-sided grin fall on his face as he leaned forward, Toothless taking off after the Nadder.
A/N: ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNND DONE! I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, finally moving into the series, if you guys anything you'd like to see, hit me with PM or a review and I'll see about including it, as I mentioned previously, a second Nightfury will be added to this fiction, that's slowly be explained as we move into the next chapters, I want to give a huge thanks to the people who have already followed, favorited, reviewed and even just read this story, you guys are awesome and I'm glad I can bring something people enjoy onto here!
One again, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, thanks for reading and I will see you guys in the next one! Peace!
P.S "Vonor" is a Norse for 'Warden' 'Watcher' or 'Caretaker' I thought it fit here.