"Stormfly, mind I ask where are we going?" Hiccup asks worriedly, wondering if he's being led to a trap. Stormfly, however, put a finger to her lips.
"You'll see soon enough." It was all she said before she stops in front of the very door where Hiccup knows it's the throne room.
"Close your eyes." Hiccup blinks.
"Um…wha-"
"Just do it." Hiccup rolls his eyes before closing them. "No peeking!" She warns and Hiccup feels a pair of hands pushing his back. "Now open them!" A little scared, Hiccup slowly opens his eyes before widening them.
"SURPRISE!" Every vampire shouted with a smile on their faces. Barf and Belch blow on the party horn, Stormfly grinning with Hookfang, who is holding a red present, Kiri, wearing a cute pink party hat, jumps onto Hiccup's head in glee while Skrill is smiling, holding a cake that says 'Happy Birthday'.
Wait…what?
"B-Birth…day?" Hiccup asks in shock, looking at the icing on the cake before at all of his friends. "How…How did you-" Flightmare walks up to him, still holding the black book in his arms.
"I told you, Hiccup. I know every little thing in the castle." Hiccup feels his whole blood drained in fear. Flightmare smirks a bit.
"Yeah! We didn't know you were born on 15th of August!" Speedy asks, pouting. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"Yes. Why didn't you?" Hiccup turns around sharply to find Toothless standing there, smirking with his arms crossed.
"Hey, Toothless! I thought your meeting won't finish for another hour." Toothless chuckles at Stormfly's statement and puts on a mischievous smile.
"I'm not sure. The meeting seems to cut quite shortly after a sudden 'wind' blew away the papers the elders made." Hookfang and Stormfly stare at their brother suspiciously, thinking that he might have asked someone to be the wind before dismissing it. "Anyways, Hiccup, why did you tell us your birthday is today?" Hiccup suddenly feels all the gazes on him and rubs his neck, a bit nervous.
"Um…" Hiccup goes silent for a moment before his eyes move to the floor. "My birthday…isn't that important."
"Huh!? Not important?! But what about your dad?! I'm sure he celebrated, right?" Hiccup stares at Speedy silently. "Right…?" He shakes his head and sighs.
"No one celebrated my birthday. No one cared. The last time I celebrated my birthday was…was…" He trails off and looks away from the eyes of others. Flightmare notices this and grabs Hiccup's right wrist.
"Hiccup, come with me." Hiccup grows pale but before he can protest, he gets dragged away from the group and off to a mysterious room. Flightmare mutters something before a clanking noise is heard. After it's done, he opens the door to reveal a lab-like room, almost like a mix of science and magic room, you could say. "Sit." Hiccup yelps when he feels a chair push him from behind and under him, causing him to sit on it. A floating chair, what a surprise.
"What are you-"
"Tell me." Hiccup freezes at the demanding voice from Flightmare, who is sitting comfortably on his seat. Hiccup bits his lower lip.
"I don't…I don't have anything to say…"
"No. There is something to say." Flightmare takes out a dark blue-rimmed glasses, rubbing the lens with a cloth he took out from his pocket and put it on, opening his book. "Hiccup, I understand it hurts you…But all of us need to know what's wrong with celebrating your birthday…" he looks at Hiccup in the eyes. "Does it have to do with being an outcast in your pack?" Hiccup shakes his head. "…Then your village hating you?" A shake again. "…Doesn't your mom celebrate it?" Hiccup visibly wince and the mention of his dead parent. His panting starts to quicken.
"It's going to be okay, Hiccup. You're safe. You'll get out safely. I promise."
"...It started a long time ago…on my birthday" Flightmare notices Hiccup clenches his hands into fists.
~15 years ago~
The forest was burning. Everywhere was covered in flames and smokes. Everyone managed to get out of the fire…All but two.
A child's wail was heard inside it, being cradled by a woman with long brown hair. She held her baby close, running through the trees. Suddenly, a burning tree fell in front of them, the woman letting out a gasp, being lucky to evade it in time. The little boy in her arms, no more than 3, clutched on her shirt.
"M-Mama…I'm scared…" The mother stared down at her son and kissed his forehead.
"It's going to be okay, Hiccup. You're safe. You'll get out safely. I promise." She said with a smile before she ran around to the side, trying to find another way to get to the village. She stopped as she tried to find at least a path leading the village. When she found one, Hiccup let out a cried when he looked up and saw a branch breaking.
"Mama, look out!" He pointed up at the branch above them. It started to fall but his mom, looked down at her son. She kissed her son's forehead and whispered softly.
"I love you, Hiccup."
"Valka!" A booming voice was heard not far from them. Grateful that Stoick is nearby, she quickly threw Hiccup to a damp spot where it isn't burnt.
SLAM!
"MAMAAA!" Hiccup let out a cried and ran toward his mother, watching in horror.
A burning branch was on his mother's back, possibly breaking her spine. Hiccup sobbed and tears flowed down his cheeks.
"Mama…" He grabbed his mom's limp hand. "Mama, get up…please…You said we can get out of here. You promised!" That's when his head hit with what his mother had told him…
"It's going to be okay, Hiccup. You're safe. You'll get out safely. I promise."
Hiccup's eyes widen in shock. Valka didn't say 'we'…she said 'you'…
She knew she couldn't get out of this forest alive…
Hiccup breathing started to have his breath quicken and his eyes slowly closed. The last thing he saw and heard was his father going through the burning trees, calling out his name…
~Present~
"…That's what happened…are you happy with it?" Hiccup asks, his voice holding no emotion. But his eyes held deep regret and sadness in them. "Ever since then, everyone thought it was my fault my mom's dead. They said I'm a pathetic excuse of a werewolf and that I should have died in that incident instead of my mom." His eyes finally rise, looking at Flightmare's eyes. "So you know why I need to get the Vampire Prince's head…"
Flightmare looks at Hiccup with a meaningful look before closing his book, sighing softly. He removes his glasses and put it at his pocket. "I won't allow you to kill Toothless and take his head…but I can't stop you, knowing Toothless would kill me if I do so and possibly hate me for the afterlife…" His eyes glow bright blue a little. "However…I won't tell anyone that you're a werewolf…At least take that as a birthday and welcome present to the vampire family…" Hiccup looks shock at Flightmare's generosity. No vampire is supposed to be merciful, especially a feared creature such as Flightmare.
"W-What…do you mean?" Flightmare closes his eyes and sighs softly like an adult giving up a decision.
"What I mean is…I'm letting you live…" He opens his eyes, this time their glowing a vibrant neon blue color. "But let me ask you one thing…" Flightmare stands up and looks at Hiccup's eyes, his glowing neon dark blue.
"Have you ever considered us, the vampires, as a family?"
Hiccup didn't answer his question…As if on time, Toothless opens the door.
"Hey, Hiccup, I know you don't feel like partying but we got a piñata up and, being the birthday boy, you're supposed to go first!" Toothless smiles widely and Hiccup looks at Flightmare before he turns back to Toothless, smiling a bit.
"Now who says I want to be a party pooper?" He got up and runs towards Toothless, getting out of the door. Flightmare chuckles softly and smiles gently but somewhat sadly at the open door.
"…If only he knew the truth…"
~Later~
"I'm a Barbie girl! In a Barbie-Hic!" Hookfang sang in a drunken voice, letting out a hiccup before passing out on the floor, snoring. Toothless chuckles while holding a camera in his hands.
"This is so going on Youtube." He turns to Hiccup, who is laughing along him.
"I didn't even know Hookfang knows the song." Toothless snickers a bit.
"That's what he gets for dating a Barbie fan." Hiccup blinks at the strange statement, to which Toothless explains that his brother once dated this girl who's obsessed with Barbie. The poor boy got traumatized for a few weeks, not being able to get the song out of his head! Toothless looks at the clock on the wall. 11:30pm. "Hey, Hiccup, remember what I said this morning?" Hiccup blinks and nods a little.
"Yeah. You said about being alone together-Hey!" Hiccup suddenly got a blindfold on his face and feels like he's being dragged for the third time today, running out the throne room. "T-Toothless, where-"
"You'll see!" A glance of Toothless's smile was all Hiccup need to shut up and watch.
The path seems long and twisting but when Toothless finally stop, Hiccup can his hand being squeezed quite lovingly.
"Okay, I'm gonna remove the blindfold. Get ready to be blown away!"
Hiccup feels the blindfold being removed and when he opens them…he was in awe.
The whole land is a whole field of beautiful white flowers, the grass a beautiful color of health, the stars sparkling the dark night with the moon slightly covered by dark clouds. The place is so beautiful, lovely and also as pure as there are angels in the heavens…
"Toothless…it's…it's beautiful…"
"Wait till the clouds go away. The scenery looks best with the moonlight of the full moon gleaming on them." Toothless sighs happily, standing in front of Hiccup with his back facing him.
…Full moon…
"Wait…" Hiccup's eyes widen and he looks at Toothless's back…defenseless…vulnerable…in an isolated place…
This is his chance!
"Then…once the full moon is unveiled, my chance will be here!" Rummaging through his pouch that he was wearing the whole time, he took out a knife and stares at Toothless's back, who seems to be humming.
"This is my chance!"
The day has finally come for Hiccup. A chance to take Toothless's head! Now nothing can stop him! Nothing at all…right?
