Author's Note: Here's the next chapter. It was suppose to be out yesterday but it was finished.
I don't own How to Train Your Dragon, only Hicca (female Hiccup), Asher (male Astrid), Bones (Boneknapper), Serpentina (Grapple Grounder), Mist (Scauldron), Blazer (Monstrous Nightmare).
"..." Human p.o.v.
"..." Dragon p.o.v.
'...' Human thought.
'...' Dragon thought.
Now on with the chapter. Please be sure to review.
Chapter 13: When Lightning Strikes
'Living with dragons has its ups and it's downs.'
A Monstrous Nightmare lands on the roof of a house. At first, it seems fine, but the wooden supports creak beneath it, and give way.
'You need to stay calm, keep a clear head.'
Next door, having witnessed this, a Gronckle encounters a similar problem, its roof also collapsing beneath it.
'Not always easy with Vikings.'
Later, bouncing a design idea off Gobber, Hicca works on blueprints for dragon perches, which will support the weight of the dragons, and not collapse like the roofs of the Vikings' homes.
"More supports?" Hicca asks her mentor.
"Eh, well, they are dragons." Gobber says.
'In our own way, we're very reasonable.'
The Vikings quickly work together to build the perches, and when they are finished, Stormfly tests the strength of the supports.
"I don't know. I'm afraid I'll break and hurt myself." Stormfly says nervously but only Hicca understands her.
"It's okay, girl. Just take it easy." Asher says sensing his dragon was nervous.
Stormfly then gently lands on the perch and is surprised that it supports her and Asher gives her a pat on her side while she roars happily.
"Yes! It works!" Hicca cheers.
"Way to go!" Gobber says while Snotlout and Fishlegs cheer.
"So we built these things so stuff wouldn't break?" Tuffnut asks.
"I understand Hicca, but I don't understand the rest of you people." Ruffnut says.
"And they tricked us into helping them build them. I feel so used. And sweaty." Tuffnut says as he and his sister toss their hammers to the ground and walk away.
'But when a problem is caused by something Vikings don't understand, they lose all sense of reason. And that can become very dangerous.'
Once the day was over, Hicca, Stoick, Gobber, and Toothless were at the chief's house to celebrate.
"Perches for dragons. Some of your best work, everyone." Stoick says but when he looks in his mug he sighs in disgusted. "Although we may need to move the one over the well." He says setting his mug down.
"And the perches are just the beginning." Hicca says excitedly lifting her mug but Stoick stops her. "We can build landing areas for them. Maybe even stables in the caves underneath the village and-" She continues to say.
"Easy darling. Remember, Berk is still for people." Stoick reminds his daughter.
"Vikings before dragons." Gobber says looking at Toothless.
"Oh no you didn't." Toothless says glaring at the blacksmith.
"Yeah, I said it. Deal with it." Gobber says like he understood Toothless when suddenly thunder rumbles surprising Toothless as he runs up to Hicca's room.
The three Vikings check outside and discover an electrical storm causes lightning strikes on the dragon perches throughout the village.
"The lighting is hitting everywhere." Hicca says.
"It usually doesn't strike here in the village." Stoick says.
"Thor must be angry. The only other time I can remember lighting ever striking Berk…" Gobber begins to say.
"Barnstat." Stoick and Gobber say together.
"Barn who?" Hicca asks in confusion.
"Jurgen Barnstat. Drifter. Sailed into town. He was stealing from widows and old men." Stoick explains to his daughter.
"To punish him, Thor gave him a lightning bolt right to his helmet when he was fixing the mast on his ship to make his escape." Gobber continues to explain pointing to a burnt helmet hanging on the wall.
"By the time Thor was finished with him, our whole fleet was on fire." Stoick says.
"We shipped him off the island and Thor hasn't hit the village since." Gobber finishes explaining.
"Threw him off the island? Pretty harsh." Hicca says.
Suddenly the lightning bolts grew in strength, striking the perches and arcing to the nearby wooden buildings, setting homes on fire.
"Gobber." Stoick says as the two race outside while Hicca gathers her dragons.
A Terrible Terror panics in the middle of all the flames, but Asher swoops in on Stormfly and rescues it.
"Gobber, organize a bucket brigade. I'm going up to Great Hall." Stoick says.
Hicca's dragons gather around to protect her when suddenly a nearby strike spooks Toothless causing him to run off.
"Toothless!" Hicca says running after her spooked Night Fury but he was too fast.
As Stoick lends a hand on his way to the Great Hall, the dragon riders make bombing runs with carts of water while Ruffnut and Tuffnut watch the chaos.
"I gotta find Toothless." Hicca says to herself with the rest of her dragons following her.
"Yeah, now that's what I'm talking about." Tuffnut says.
"I've always liked Thor." Ruffnut says.
"Oh, I love these storms. When it rains, I cancel bath night and just stand outside with nothing but a sponge and a bar of soap." Snotlout says as she and Hookfang land behind the twins with Fishlegs and Meatlug by their side.
"We know. The village has had meetings about it." Fishlegs says in disgust.
"I need your help. I need to find Toothless." Hicca says after Asher and Stormfly land in front of her.
"I just saw him by the Great Hall." Asher says.
Hicca then climbs onto Mist and they take off to the Great Hall.
"Don't worry, men. You're gonna be alright." Stoick says setting two men down at the top of the stairs.
"It's striking throughout the entire village. It's like we're under siege." Mulch says.
"I've never seen Thor this angry." Bucket says.
Hicca, Mist, Bones, Serpentina, Asher, and Stormfly arrive and spot Toothless on top of a perch but when lightning strikes nearby he takes off.
"Toothless!" Hicca cries out to her Night Fury.
"Did you all see that?" Mildew says as everyone watches Toothless hop from perch to perch avoiding the lighting strikes.
"Look, the lightning is following him." Mulch says.
"Toothless." Hicca says hugging her main dragon as he coos.
"I'm scared." Toothless says as his siblings gather around.
"It's okay brother." Mist says.
"We're here for you." Serpentina says.
"That's right and we're not going anywhere." Bones says.
"Don't you all understand? Thor is mad at all of us. And I'll tell you why. Because of him!" Mildew says pointing his staff at Toothless. "As you all know, the Night Fury is the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. We've let him live among us and now we will all pay the price." He says.
"Well, it did seem as though the lighting struck right at the dragon." Mulch says getting Mildew's point.
"Yes, right at the dragon! And a lightning storm the likes of which we've never had. There is but one thing for us to do. Banish the Night Fury! It's the only way." Mildew says stirring up the villagers as they mutter in agreement. "Thor is angry at us because of the Night Fury. You all saw it." He says as the crowd mutters in agreement.
"What? No! This is ridiculous." Hicca says standing in front of Toothless while Bones, Serpentina, and Mist protect Toothless' sides.
"If we don't act now, well, need I remind you of…Barnstat?" Mildew asks causing the villagers to mutter in worry.
"You're right. All of you. Thor is angry, but I don't believe he's angry at Toothless." Stoick says.
"That's right. Have you all forgotten what Toothless has done for this village?" Hicca asks reminding everyone all the good Toothless has done.
"Well then, who do you suppose he's angry at?" Mildew asks the chief.
"I don't presume to know Thor's mind, Mildew. But we will find a way to soothe his anger." Stoick says.
The next day, the lightning is worse than before
"Another storm is coming." Hicca says petting a still shivering Toothless.
Hicca then has an idea and hugs Toothless confusing him for a second before she starts humming a beautiful song in his ear making the Night Fury purr at the sound.
"So beautiful." Toothless purrs from the music his rider was humming in his ear.
"Thor tore a hole in the Great Hall. Maybe he's hungry. I know I am." Tuffnut says.
"We need to make Thor happy. But what do you get the God of Thunder and Lightning?" Hicca asks.
"In the past, I know Thor's enjoyed a sacrifice or two." Fishlegs says.
"Let's sacrifice Tuffnut." Ruffnut says.
"Okay. What time should I be there? There better be fire involved." Tuffnut says.
"Nobody's gonna be sacrificed." Hicca says.
"Not yet, anyway." Snotlout says looking at Toothless making Hicca growl in anger.
"I had an aunt who was cursed by Odin once. She had to pay tribute to him by sailing to the end of the Earth." Asher explains.
"Did it work?" Fishlegs asks.
"I don't know. I guess she couldn't find it, because she kept showing up from the opposite direction." Asher says.
"The Gods have never been mad at anyone from our family." Fishlegs says and then starts doing something weird. "Knock on wood. Hop on one foot. Slap a Jorgenson." She says but stops and gently pokes Snotlout making her push Fishlegs to the ground.
"If I were Thor, I would want a giant statue…" Snotlout says getting on Hookfang's snout. "Of myself. Snotlout as Thor." She says doing a strength pose.
"You do know we're trying to make him happy?" Asher says to the girl.
"Exactly. Mwah. Mwah." Snotlout says kissing her arm muscles making Asher gag.
"Ugh. I think I just threw up in my mouth." Asher says swallowing his vomit.
"Actually that's not a bad idea." Hicca says.
"It's not an idea. It's a reflex." Asher tells his crush.
"N-What? No. I-I mean the statue." Hicca says making Asher gag again.
"There I go again." Asher says.
"No, not Snotlout." Hicca says.
"Mwah." Snotlout says one final time before she stops kissing her arms.
"Thor." Hicca corrects her crush.
"Hmm. Berk has never given Thor a statue." Fishlegs points out.
"Well, then it's high time we did." Hicca says.
Later the teens were working in the Smith with Snotlout having Hookfang breathe fire into the furnace. The twins were using Barf and Belch to craft the upper legs of the statue but then Ruffnut stops and bangs Tuffnut on the head with her hammer.
"Ouch!" Tuffnut yells.
"Ow!" Ruffnut shouts and then the two start banging at each other.
Asher, Stormfly, and Blazer were working on the cape with Blazer melting the two pieces together and Stormfly uses her spines to hold them in place. Snotlout and Hookfang were crafting the knees and lower legs but Snotlout accidentally has the knee bent in the opposite direction it's suppose to be in.
"Great job. Uh, one issue. Thor's knee bends the other way. You know, like a knee…on a person?" Hicca asks.
Snotlout scratches her head for a second before looking at her own knee for a reference.
"Told ya." Hookfang says snickering at his rider's mistake.
Finally Fishlegs and Meatlug were crafting the pants using Meatlug's lower jaw a model for the size.
"What are you doing?" Hicca asks.
"I'm making Thor's pants. I hope they're not too tight. I hate it when my pants are too tight. I feel so bloated." Fishlegs says as Hicca then walks away to look at the storm filled sky.
"Okay, guys, we better start welding these pieces together." Hicca says as she looks around. "Yeah. I really think Thor's gonna like this." She says.
Later the teens had gathered everyone for the unveiling of the statue which was covered by a large sheet.
"Attention. Attention everyone. Okay, so I know we're not exactly Thor's favorite people right now, but I am confident that this beautiful statue will go a long way toward getting us back in his good graces. So, without further ado…" Hicca says as she and her dragons pull the sheet down to reveal their completed statue of Thor.
"Well done! Thor will appreciate this tribute and will smile upon us once again." Stoick says admiring the handy work of his daughter and her friends.
"You really think this is enough to appease the mighty Thor while you allow a Night Fury in your midst? YOU'RE FOOLS! ALL OF YOU!" Mildew yells.
That night at Hicca's house, she, her father, and Gobber were watching the lightning continue to strike in the village.
"Unbelievable. Even more lightning than the last storm." Hicca says watching from the open door.
"I don't understand. We gave Thor a giant statue." Gobber says closing the door.
"It was a gallant effort, darling. But it looks as though this is not what Thor wanted." Stoick says to his daughter.
"Gobber, what are you doing?" Hicca asks seeing Gobber scoot away from her Night Fury.
"Uh, I love Toothless. I'm just erring on the side of caution." Gobber says.
"Oh I'm sure feeling the love." Toothless says sarcastically.
"Hey, don't worry, sweetie. I'm not gonna let anything happen to you…no matter what some people think." Hicca says glaring at Gobber making his sweat nervously.
Meanwhile at Fishlegs house, Meatlug enters her rider's room searching for her.
"Fishlegs? Fishlegs where are you?" Meatlug asks and then finds her underneath the bed. "There you are." She says.
"I know you're scared, girl. If you wanna hold me, that's what I'm here for." Fishlegs says trying to sound brave but when lightning strikes she quickly hugs her dragon in fear.
"There, there." Meatlug says.
At the same time, Ruffnut and Tuffnut sitting on the roof of a building, watching as the lightning starts fires and burns the buildings.
"Whoa. Look at all that damage and destruction." Ruffnut says banging a nut again Tuffnut's helmet.
"I know, it's so beautiful." Tuffnut says.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Ruffnut says in awe.
"Whoa. Nobody blows stuff up like Thor." Tuffnut says as they both eat nuts from bowl, cracking open the shells on each other's helmets.
Meanwhile the villagers gather at the statue of Thor and watch lightning strike it before it was redirected and sets fire to the houses in front of it.
"That's what Thor thinks of the statue. I told you what he wants, and we haven't given it to him. Until we rid this island of that Night Fury, Thor's fire will continue to rain down upon us." Mildew says stirring up the crowd of people gathered.
"You don't really think Thor is angry because of Toothless, do you?" Hicca asks her father.
"Of course I don't." Stoick says but then there was banging on the front door.
"Open up, Stoick. We've come for the Night Fury!" Mildew says from outside the front door.
"But I'm afraid they do. Get Toothless to a safe place. I'll try to reason with them." Stoick says.
"But-" Hicca says trying to argue.
"Just go." Stoick says placing a hand on his daughter's shoulder and she then heads for the back door.
"Safe travels, old friend." Gobber says petting Toothless' head.
"Thanks." Toothless says as he and Hicca head up to her room and out the window.
"Don't worry, sweetie. It's you and me." Hicca says but when she turns around the rest of her dragons were there waiting for them. "And you three, too." She says smiling at her dragons' loyalty to her and Toothless.
"Give up the dragon, Stoick! Look at your people. We've had enough." Mildew says after Stoick opens the door and comes out with Gobber.
"You're too late. He's gone." Stoick says referring to Toothless.
"Stoick's already sent him off the island." Gobber says but the lightning storm intensifies.
"Thor says otherwise. The dragon must still be on the island. Find the Night Fury! Go!" Mildew orders the angry mod.
A little ways away Hicca and her dragons meet up with Asher.
"We can hide Toothless in the cove for now." Asher suggests.
"They'll just find him. No. We have to leave." Hicca says.
"We?" Asher asks in confusion.
"He can't make it on his own. And I wouldn't want him to. I'm going with him, Asher." Hicca says.
"But you'll come back, right?" Asher asks.
"Yeah. Eventually. When they all realize this didn't happen because of Toothless." Hicca says but then hears the angry mod approaching.
"You better go." Asher says as Hicca mounts Toothless' saddle and takes off with Bones, Serpentina, and Mist following behind their brother.
"Where's the girl? And more importantly, where's the dragon?" Mildew asks.
"I don't know, Mildew. But you got your wish. Hicca and her dragons are gone." Asher says angrily glaring at the old man with his dragons behind him.
"Oh, bah! Find the Night Fury! All of you." Mildew orders as they all scatter.
Hicca and her dragons then land in the forest on top of a cliff where they see the angry mod searching for them. Hicca sighs and pets Toothless signaling him to take off, which he does along with his siblings.
The five once more vanish into the storm clouds. As the two fly, it's quiet…until lightning attempts to strike them. Toothless barely dodges each bolt, and eventually failing as it strikes his prosthetic tail-fin, destroying it and causing them to plummet out of the sky.
"TOOTHLESS!" Hicca screams as they fall out of the sky.
"Hang on!" Bones shouts diving after them.
"We're coming!" Serpentina and Mist yell together.
"Ah, there they are!" Mildew shouts spotting them falling from the sky.
As the ground gets closer, Bones grabs Toothless and gently sets him and Hicca down on the ground.
"Thank you, Bones." Hicca says hugging her Boneknapper.
"My pleasure." Bones says liking the attention.
"Hicca are you okay?" Serpentina asks clearly worried about her rider.
"I'm fine." Hicca says assuring her Grapple Grounder.
"How about you, Toothless?" Mist asks.
"Just fine. Luckily the lightning only struck my prosthetic tail-fin." Toothless says.
"Let me take a look." Hicca says bending down to examine the red metal that was once Toothless' prosthetic tail-fin. "Hmm. That's where the lightning hit alright." She says and pauses for a minute before hearing more lightning and looks to see it strike all the metal perches and the metal statue of Thor in the village making her realize something. "The metal. I wonder…" She says thinking but three bolas then flew through the air wrapping themselves around Bones, Serpentina, and Mist's legs while three more wrap around Toothless' whole body.
"Hey!" Serpentina and Mist yell.
"What's going on?" Bones and Toothless ask.
"Secure the dragon!" Mildew shouts as he and the mod surround Toothless.
"Toothless!" Hicca shout but then a Viking roughly grabs her arm pulling her away from her Night Fury. "No! Leave him alone!" She yells but can't break free from the grip until she was pushed in front of Mildew.
"Don't try and stop us, you'll only make it worse for your precious dragon." Mildew says as Hicca watches the scene.
"Let go on me!" Toothless yells struggling to get free.
"Toothless!" Hicca shouts attempting to help but two Vikings hold her back as she watch Toothless loaded onto a cart.
"Say your good-byes." Mildew says as the two Vikings let Hicca go.
"Toothless!" Hicca shouts running to her Night Fury.
"Hicca!" Toothless cries seeing her fall to the ground.
"Toothless…" Hicca says soft watching him be pulled away but she then gets up and runs to her remaining dragons and frees them from the bolas around their legs. "We need to move." She says climbing onto Mist's saddle.
"To go after Toothless?" Mist asks.
"No, take me to the forge." Hicca says to her Scauldron.
"The forge?" Mist questions.
"Why there?" Serpentina asks.
"It makes more sense to go after Toothless. We can save him." Bones says.
"There's something we need to show them. Let's go." Hicca says.
"All right." The three dragons say and take off into the air.
Moments later Toothless was brought to the docks where they are about to load Toothless onto a boat but Stoick and Gobber push their way through the crowd and stand in front of a chained Toothless.
"I know you're afraid. But this isn't how we do things on Berk. These dragons are not the beasts we once thought they were. They're part of us now." Stoick says trying to reason with the angry mod.
"Not this one!" Mildew yells pointing his staff at Toothless. "Not anymore." He says getting in Stoick's face.
"Release the dragon, Mildew." Stoick demands.
"Open your eyes, Stoick. It's the only solution and you know it. It worked with Barnstat and it'll work with Toothless." Mildew says.
At the forge, Mist lands in front of it and Hicca hops off and rushes inside and looks for something. She then spots a long metal spear and grabs it.
"Hicca, they've got Toothless. They're about to float him off to sea." Asher says as he and the teens run into the forge.
"I know. Why do you think I have this?" Hicca asks showing them the spear but they all look at her likes she's gone crazy.
"Ooh, tough one. How many guesses do we get? Five?" Tuffnut asks but Ruffnut punches him in the head.
"Okay…just follow me to the docks." Hicca says climbing back onto Mist's saddle as the teens get on their dragons.
Back at the docks Stoick and Gobber are still defending Toothless from the mod.
"If you want to get to that dragon, you're gonna have to go through us." Stoick says pulling out a sword and a second later Bucket and Mulch push their way through and stand beside Stoick and Gobber. "Thank you, lads." He says to his loyal men.
"If we're choosing sides, Mulch, uh, there's more over there. Lots more." Bucket says timidly.
"We stand with the chief, Bucket!" Mulch says ready to fight the oncoming crowd.
"Stop!" Hicca cries as Serpentina swoops in and pushes the Viking aside when they were drawing closer to her father and the others.
"Back off!" Serpentina says standing in front of Stoick, Gobber, Mulch, and Bucket while Bones lands behind Toothless and Mist lands in front of Serpentina.
"Stop! You could get rid of Toothless. You could throw him off the edge of the world, but it's not going to stop this lighting from destroying Berk." Hicca says. "It's the metal. The lightning is hitting the metal. Just think about it. We never had a lightning storm like this until we put up those perches. And that statue, right? And they're all made of metal." She explains to the
"Oh, bah! You ever heard of anything so insane?" Mildew says using his staff to push the spear in Hicca's hands down.
The crowd still wasn't convinced and Hicca then runs towards Toothless' prosthetic tail-fin.
"You see, this is where the lighting struck Toothless, on this connecting rod-this metal connecting rod." Hicca says but they still didn't seem convinced. "Well, if-if you don't believe me, I can prove it." She says as she climbs onto Serpentina's saddle. "Fly me up." She says.
"Okay." Serpentina says flying her rider up to the top of the boat's mast where she then jumps onto the mast beam.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Asher asks hover beside the boat on Blazer.
""Sure?" Uh…that's a strong word. It's really more of a hunch." Hicca says not convincing Asher who looks at with worry on his face. "I'll be fine. Go." She says.
"Good luck." Blazer says and flies away.
"Oh, boy, there she goes again." Gobber says.
"She doesn't make it easy. Hicca!" Stoick shouts to his daughter.
"You'll all see for yourselves. When I attach this metal rod to the top of this mast, the lighting will be drawn to-" Hicca says but suddenly a lightning bolt strike to spear in her hand electrocuting and her knocking her unconscious.
"HICCA!" Stoick screams seeing his daughter fall into the water..
"Darling…" Stoick says as everyone watches.
Toothless sees this and starts thrashing against his restraints but couldn't get loose.
"Mist! Get her! Hicca can't swim!" Toothless yells to his sister.
"I'm on it!" Mist yells and dives into the water after her rider.
"Bones! Serpentina! Get me out of this!" Toothless shouts as Bones using his spike ball like tail to remove the metal restrains and Serpentina slashes through the wooden brace.
"Hicca…" Stoick says seeing Mist gently set Hicca on the dock.
"Hicca!" Toothless, Bones, and Serpentina yell as they race towards their unconscious rider.
"Darling…" Stoick says holding his daughter in his arms.
The next morning Hicca wakes up in her bed.
"Toothless! What happened, sweetie?" Hicca asks seeing Toothless at her side.
"You got struck in the head by a lightning bolt is what." Toothless says shocking Hicca as she removes her covers and looks at her legs.
"At least I didn't lose another one." Hicca says.
"Don't ever scare me like that again." Toothless says rubbing his head against hers.
"My girl! You're alright." Stoick says lifting up his daughter hugging her. "You took a lightning bolt to the head." He says.
"Just like Barnstat, except we won't be throwing you off the island." Gobber says.
"So everyone knows Thor wasn't mad at Toothless?" Hicca asks.
"They do now." Stoick says.
"Until we figure out why Thor was angry at the metal, we're all walking on eggshells." Gobber says and then they hear metal clanking and walk outside to see two Vikings taking the statue down.
"Oh, we worked so hard on that statue. Kind of a shame we have to just scrap it for parts." Hicca says sadly.
"Well, maybe we don't have to. Why don't you take it to one of the high points on the island and leave it there?" Stoick says to his daughter.
"Good idea, chief. I would've thought of it myself, but I'm not the chief." Tuffnut says.
"Oh, we'll handle that for you." Snotlout says.
Later, the twins and Snotlout use Hookfang and Barf and Belch to lift the statue to the highest point on the island, with Hicca surveying them while riding on Toothless with his new black and red prosthetic tail-fin. Unsurprisingly, the highest point on the island, from the other teens' perspective, is located in the same spot as Mildew's house.
"You'll pay for this!" Mildew yells as the teens fly away after they left the statue in front of his house.
"I'm not sure that's what my daddy had in mind, guys." Hicca says but is complaining.
"Hey, that's the way I understood it." Snotlout says laughing.
There was a knock on Hicca's door as she opens it to reveal a family of Vikings with gifts for Toothless as an apology.
'No matter how much things change around here Vikings are still Vikings. They're not afraid to admit when they're wrong. And when they do, watch out! Cause you'll be up to your ears in pie and smoked fish.'
Author's Note: Hope you all liked this chapter. Next is What Flies Beneath with Toothless nemesis, the Whispering Death. Stay toned.