"If we don't finish them they'll finish up" Stoick said to the vast members of Vikings surrounding the great a hall in front of him was a map. "This is the only way we will be rid of them, We find the nest and destroy the dragons will leave, They'll find another nest" He said as he picked up the knife beside him and stabbed the area of the map that had drawings of dragons in the mist on it. Standing straighter he addressed the crowed. "One more search before the ice sets in preventing us from searching."
"Those ships never come back" One of the Viking said to him as much as the tribe wanted the dragons gone they valued their lives too. "Were Vikings, Risks are an occupational hazard now, who is with me," he asked the grand mass of Vikings. The hall was quiet except some mummers of 'Today's not a good day' or 'I don't know about this'. "Alright then, those who choose to stay will look after my daughter, Hiccup" he said at this almost all the hall raised their hands. It was sad actually facing dragons seemed less of a hassle then watching over hiccup. "Well that's more like it" he said looking around it bothered him a bit to use his daughter like that but he had a plan and he needed the help of the village to do it. Gobber took a swig of his drink before getting up "Right then I'll pack my undies".
"No Gobber I need you here to train some new recruits." Stoick said going to his oldest friend in the village. "Oh that's just dandy, and while I'm busy Hiccup will cover the stall, mold the steel and razor sharp blades. she'll have plenty of time for herself. What could possibly go wrong" he said going back to his drink. Stoic sighed and looked at his friend once more. "what am I going to do with her, Gobber" he asked he looked warn out like he had asking himself this questions a thousand times a day. "Let her train with the others" he said to him only to have stoic give him a look. "I'm serious here,"
"So am I" Gobber said as stoick looked away. "She'll be killed as soon as you let even one dragon out or even before that." he said returning to look at his friend.
"oh you don't know that"
"Oh I do know that"
"no you don't"
"no I do actually"
"No you don't!" Gobber said looking at stoick having to raise his voice a bit more to get through to his old friend. Stoick shook his head "Gobber you know what she's like, since the time she could crawl around she's been... different, she doesn't pay attention, and has the attention span of a sparrow." he said as he walked around a bit. "i take Her fishing and she goes hunting for trolls!" he said looking at his friend. "But trolls do exist! they steel your sock...but only the left ones kind of odd." he said as he drank more of his drink.
"when i was a boy-"
"oh here we go"
"My Father told me to bang my head on a rock, I thought it was crazy but I did it anyway. Never questioned him and you know what happened?" he asked his friend who seemed to be playing with his false tooth. "Go ahead tell me" he said trying to hold the sarcasm as he pounded the fake tooth back in with the cup prosthetic. "The rock split in too. Taught me what a Viking can do. He can level whole forest, crush mountains, tame the seas." he said with strong emotion as he then moved to sit by his friend once more. "even as a boy I what I had to become, what I was...But Hiccup...she's not like that"
"Stoick, you can't stop her you can only prepare her." Gobber said trying to reason with his friend. "It seems hopeless right now, the truth is you wont always be around to protect her or I her godfather will be around to protect her. She will get out there again, she probably is out there right now" Gobber said as stoick looked away in thought. after all that Gobber had said he was right, Hiccup had to start dragon training or he would eventually lose her like he did her mother.
Walking ravens point I looked around marking places off on in my note book of where i have already looked and where I haven't looked every time I got hopeful and looked I got no where. i was at the next stop on my chart. closing my eyes I prayed that I had found it but when I opened them nothing was there. Turning I put another bit X in my book before just scribbling over everything in my frustration before putting my pencil in my book and snapping it shut. "Someone up there must hate me. Some people lose their knife or shield, I happen to lose an entire dragon!" I yelled out as i walked down a path way seeing a branch in front of me I smacked it away only to have it snap back and smack me in the eye. "Gah..great now i have a bruise...how to cover that up" I said to myself before looking at the branch. the branch was part of a broken it I saw a path of destruction. This was it! this is where the night fury had gone down! carefully I made my way down the path that the dragons body had made. looking around I saw the damage it really made there were claw marks almost every where. Turning back around I continued claiming up this small mound only to duck down as soon as I reached the top my eyes shut in fear. 'Oh Thor there it is!' I thought before peaking over the top again seeing it lying there I quickly searched myself for the knife Dad had given me. Taking it out I made my way down the hill and hid behind the rock holding the knife close to me. 'Ok hiccup you can do this, show no fear.' I thought to my self as moved slowly from behind the rock.
"Oh..wow..I did it i actually did it! This changes everything! Yes, I have brought down the mighty dragon!" I said a bit to loudly as i put my foot on to the dragons side in turn making the night fury make a low groan like roar and moving me off of him. Startled I stumbled back with a startled cry. Holding my knife out I approached the dragon again my heart racing so fast I thought it was going to jump right out of my chest. Moving closer to the huge black beast I watched it breathe and saw how tied up he was his eyes closed only for a moment. When they opened they revealed green cat like eyes. His toxic green eyes watched me he didn't make any move to fight back or scare me off he just laid there. I look at his un protected side This was my chance I could kill him now if I wanted too. Did I want to? Turning back to the dragons face I looked at him he wasn't going to breath fire at me? He was going to just lay there? My heart beat with both nervousness and fear as a bit my lower lip lightly.
Taking deep breaths I turned to face the dragons side once more putting on a serious face. "I'm going to kill you dragon," I said still taking deep breaths to keep myself calm. "I'm ..I'm going to cut out your heart then...take it back to my village and prove to my father that I am a Viking." I said readying my knife to stab into the scaly black flesh of the night fury below me. "cause I am a Viking...do you hear me!" I yelled the knife still in one of my hands "I am a Viking!"
Getting ready again placing both my hands over the dagger I looked straight ahead not looking into his eyes though I could feel those toxic colored orbs stare at me deeply. My face serious once more as I prepared myself to plunge the dagger deep into that dragons heart ending his life once and for all. Taking a deep breath and closing my eyes I raised the dagger high above my head ready to plunge it deep into his chest. I opened my eyes one more time looking down at him his toxic green orbs remained the same though he looked...scared? No ..no that can't be right. shaking my head I closed my eyes and raised my hands again preparing myself once more.
I heard him make a groan of ...defeat. He was going to let me kill him and end his life. No! I couldn't stop now I couldn't! I raised my hands once more but...I just couldn't do it. falling to my knees I dropped the blade beside me as I felt tears fill my eyes and cascade down my cheeks leaving salty wet trails."I can't do it" I cried "I can't kill you" I said through my tears. I couldn't kill not after seeing his fear not after seeing him so defenseless and just giving up his life for my selfish wish! I couldn't do that to him I just couldn't. looking at the knife beside me I Picked it up wiping my eyes and face on my sleeve I moved closer to him. I was going to set him free. I was going to un do what I did to him.
Placing my knife on the ropes I started to cut them away as fast as I could. Glancing at him for a moment I noticed his eyes had opened I guess in shock. I would be shocked too if I was pinned down screamed at that I was going to be killed only to be set free. looking back at the ropes I continued to cut till they were loose and could slip off. Cutting the last one I freed him only to have him get up and pin me to a rock. My heart was once again beating rapidly in my chest in fear as the dragon above me pined me to the rock with his clawed paws. I looked up at the Night fury fear evident in my green eyes as I looked into his toxic green ones that seemed to be studying me. As if he was now decided wether to kill me or to let me go. I was scared that I will not lie about as now it was my turn to wait and see if I will die today by the very dragon I was going to kill but set free. What was probably only a few moments felt like an eternity till the dragon seemed to make up its mind as his eyes narrowed at me with those cat like slit pulps. His mouth full of sharp teeth opened with a rumbling growl which will probably end up with me burn to a crisp by his purple flames as he rose up above me.
Suddenly he came down paws landing on either side of me as he let out a loud screeching roar in my face as i closed my eyes in fear as I felt like my heart was going to stop and my ear drums shatter from the great sound. When he stopped roaring in my face he quickly turned and left trying to fly away. As I sat up I watched I'm try to fly only to crash into rock formations and trees and down father away. Taking quick breaths I reached for the knife again taking it into my shaking hand as my chest heaved with the quick breath I shakily got to my feet and watched it fly or glide down to where I knew a cove lay with high surrounding walls as he continued to roar taking deeper breaths I started to make my way back up the path. I only made it five steps before I dropped the knife and my shaky legs gave out under me and I passed out on the forest floor the last thing I heard was the roar of the Night fury
When I woke up again I noticed the sun was starting to go down. Standing up I quickly snatched up my knife and tucked it away into my belt before I took off for home. By the time I got back it was already dark out. I saw Aster and his friends and and quickly hurried before they could see me. I had enough trouble for one day I didn't need anymore. "Well if it isn't the little Hiccup" I heard Tuffnut say. oh great just what I needed stupidity. I didn't stop as I continued my way home only to be stopped by my cousin I quickly hid my eye with my bangs the best I could as he turned me around and lead me back the his friends. Odin I didn't need this right now. "We were just talking about you, and your 'great Night fury kill'" he said sarcasm dripping in his voice. that stung almost as bad as my eye and my really abused shoulder. after what happened earlier this morning then getting pinned by a Night fury it hurt like crazy.
"Look I just want to get home, can't you find another day to make my life miserable." I said as I continued to try to hide my eye. Aster looked at me and noticed this. "What happened to your eye." He asked me in that deep voice of his. Ok, this is no time to day dream about your crush Hiccup focused you have to get home! "Nothing I just want to get home." I said moving away from my cousin and turning to get him a hand around my wrist stop. I tried to pull out of it but it was strong and firm turning a bit I now saw it was Aster that had stopped me from leaving to my home.
I was to frozen in shock to stop him when he moved my amber bangs from my eye revealing what was probably a nice black eye forming. "what happened?" he asked in a demanding tone. "nothing" I said trying to pull away from him he only made his grip tighter. "what happened Hiccup." he demanded. Why did he care? He's never cared before why now. "why does it matter to you! So what if I have a black eye its none of your business!" I yelled out shocking him and the other four. In his stunned state I ripped my wrist out of his warm calloused ones and ran as fast as i could home. I felt like crying again but once today was enough for me.
as I finally made it home I took a deep breath and entered my house to see my dad poking the fire as I made my way to the stairs as quietly as I could so not to draw his attention. like the loud squeaking door wouldn't have done that. Just as i was making my way up to my room my father spoke my name making me freeze on the spot. "dad ...um we have to talk" I said my eye covered again so he wouldn't notice as I moved back down to a level closer to his.
"I need to speak to you too dear." he said to me his hands clasped together. at the same time we took a deep breath and spoke at the same time "I've decided I don't want to/I think its time you learned how to fight dragons, what?" we said our words to mixed together to really under stand what the other had said. "you go first" My father said to me as I moved down the stairs and to the floor. "no..no you go first" I said to him looking at my father. "Alright...Hiccup you get your wish. you start dragon training in the morning" He said, oh no that...that's not my wish not anymore it is. "oh boy...I probably should have gone first" I said rubbing the back of my head looking away from him for a moment before turning to face him " you see I was thinking we already have so many dragon slaying Viking what about bread making or small home repair Vikings what about them" I started till my dad handed me a very big and heavy looking ax. "You'll need this" he said dropping it into my open arms which nearly made me fall over with its weight. "But dad I don't want to kill Dragons" I spoke to him looking up at him. "oh come, yes you do you told me so " He said chuckling oh man did I have to say that so many times. "Ok let me rephrase that, I can't kill dragons." I told him carrying the heavy ax.
"Ah but you will kill dragons" He told me turning to face me before he continued to walk to the other part of the house. "No dad I'm pretty sure I cant" I told him oh this wasn't going well already. "Its time Hiccup"
"Can you not hear me?"
"This is serious," he said to me a serious expression on his face again as he took the axe from me holding it in the air "when you carry this axe you carry all of us with you. Which means you talk like us, you walk like us, you think like us. No more of...this" he said and just like Gobber did earlier this morning gestured to all of me after placing the ax back into my arms. "But...you just gestured to all of me" I told him in a rather annoyed voice as I looked at him. This is the second time I've head this today and its not exactly something that makes me happy.
"deal?" My father asked my as if he hadn't already heard me say I didn't want to do this. "This conversation is very one sided" I said to him which seem to make him get more serious. "Do we have a deal" he asked in a stronger voice. Sighing seeing no way to win with him I let the ax touch the ground and looked at him "Deal". I was going to hate this as my dad dawned his pack he was leaving I could tell most of village was from what I saw. "Good" he said to me it looked like this was hard for him to do. "train hard...I'll be back..probably" he said to me grabbing his helmet putting it on before heading to the door looking at me. I could tell he didn't want to leave me by myself and not cause he thought I was weak. He was scared he wasn't going to come back and I would be alone with out him since mom had died when I was small...smaller. "And I'll be here..." I said to him as he walked out the door. "maybe...love you dad...please be safe" I said hoping he heard the last part before the door closed.