"This is my chance…"
Hiccup grips on the knife in his hand and bits his lower lip.
"Hiccup."
Hiccup starts at Toothless, who didn't turn around. His voice was holding something…odd…
"I…I heard Flightmare told you about my fangs…" His voice seems to hold sadness, unlike the happy personality he holds. "Now that you think I'm not much of a vampire…would you love me, fangs or not?"
Hiccup stays quiet for a moment, thinking in thought. He looks down at the ground and closes his eyes.
"Do fangs really matter?" He can sense Toothless shifting a bit but not turning around. "With or without them…you'll always be Toothless…"
"Even if I'm a beast?"
Beast…
That's when Hiccup remembers the book he read…
The beast will transfer to someone who would be worthy of its strength.
"Could this mean…?" He looks at Toothless, his heart thumping. Toothless chuckles sadly.
"I read about some beast, you see…I don't know if it's true but…it's possible…" He sighs softly and closes his eyes. "But I want to know…will you love me even if I'm a monster?"
Would he? Would Hiccup love a vampire that's a deadly beast?
He takes a look at Toothless's tense form. You can't see it but maybe, on the inside, Toothless is breaking inside…
No cruel monster would feel that way.
"Of course." Hiccup said, meaning what he said…He moves the knife, ready to kill the Vampire…
But just before Hiccup could even poke Toothless with the tip of the knife…
"Thank you, Hiccup…I love you…"
He froze, hearing those words made him remember the kindness he gotten from the vampires instead of his own people...
It was snowy, it was cold. Normally, whenever a day like this comes, Hiccup would have stayed in his home and tried to warm himself by the fire, knowing no one cared if he died from cold. But today, feeling a bit different, he decided to take a short walk around the garden in the snow-covered road of it.
"Hiccup!" Skrill called for him, making Hiccup turn around to see what she wants.
"What's wrong, Skrill?" Skrill wrapped a scarf around his neck, surprising the young boy.
"You shouldn't be out here dressed like this! You'll get a cold! I made you a scarf, dear boy. Didn't anyone in your home tell you that? Everyone will be worried sick if you went off missing without letting anyone know where you gone off to!" Skrill started scolding Hiccup for going out without anything warm to wear.
And for once, Hiccup didn't mind getting scolded…It was out of love after all…
The moon was high up, slightly covered by the dark clouds and Toothless can feel himself weakening. It was Hiccup's chance! Why is he stopping!? His hands are shaking and his heart feels like it's being squeezed painfully.
"Hey, Hiccup!" Hookfang called him, grinning somewhat mischievously. Feeling a bit worried, Hiccup walked towards him.
"Um…yeah?" Hookfang pointed to a book he's holding.
"I gotta show you something." He opened the book and showed a bunch of pictures, most of them being baby pictures. "This is the family album and we gotta tell ya, Toothless has the funniest of them all."
Hiccup stared at the different pictures of the three siblings. Then he saw one that caught his eyes.
"HOOKFANG!" Toothless roared at his brother, tackling him with Hiccup now holding the book. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SHOW HIM, YOU SHITHEAD OF A BROTHER?!" Hookfang smiled innocently at his brother's angry, embarrassed face.
"I only showed him out family photo-"
"THEN WHY SHOWED HIM MINES?! YOU KNOW I-"
"Hehe…"
The two males stared at the giggling Hiccup, Hookfang staring in awe while Toothless blushed with intense heat. From embarrassment or Hiccup's giggling being cute, no one knows.
"Toothless, you're really cute in this." He held the book in front of the two as Hiccup tapped the right side of the book.
The picture was definitely the cutest. With Toothless smiling a toothless smile in his bright blue baby PJs with cute rabbit patterns and his arms hugging a baby version of Kiri, being as small as a tiny ball, the picture could be radiating baby cuteness.
Hookfang started laughing his ass off, Toothless blushed harder in red.
"See! Hahaha! I told you he-Hahaha! Love that pic!" The brother started pounding on the floor with his fist, laughing like a mad man. Toothless snatched the book and growled at Hookfang.
"Idiot brother…" Hiccup looked at Toothless as if he looked like a child having their favorite toy taken away. When Toothless took a look of Hiccup's sad look, he cringed.
That's right. The prince cringed.
"Am I…not supposed to see that…?" The tone in his voice just made Toothless's heart broke…he sounded like a kicked puppy.
"U-Um…Well…uh…" Hookfang snickered at his brother's nervousness and put an arm around his brother's shoulder.
"He's just shy about showing his pictures to his mate. Besides, you're family. Of course you can see the family albums." The look on Hiccup's face shocked both brothers.
Tears have started to form in his eyes.
"I'm…I'm family…?" Toothless nodded. "Even…Even though I'm not a vampire and just a small little burden?" Hookfang glared at the question
"You are not a burden! You're part of our family now, Hiccup, small or not. We love you for who you are. Don't forget that!"
However, Hookfang started panicking when he saw tears falling onto Hiccup's cheeks.
"O-Oi! What are you crying about?!"
"H-Hiccup, love, what's the matter? What's wrong?!" Toothless growled at Hookfang. "Look at what you did!" He pulled Hiccup into a tight hug; the young boy sniffled a little.
"I did nothing!" Hiccup released a sob and rubbed the tears away from his eyes.
"N-No…It's just…no one has ever told me I'm part of a family…" He looked the two confused vampire and smiled with tears streaming down his face.
"So…Thank you…"
"What am I doing?! I have to get his head! If I do so, then…then dad will be proud of me. Everyone will see me as a werewolf! Everyone…Everyone will…" Before he can finish his thought, he remembered what everyone told him…
"We love you for who you are. Don't forget that!"
"Everyone will be worried sick if you went off missing without letting anyone know where you gone off to."
"You're perfect the way you are."
"Have you ever considered us, the vampires, as a family?"
He drops his knife down onto the grassy field, making Toothless turn around. Hiccup stands in horror...He was about to kill someone who has been kind to him...who has loved him for who he is...
Someone who loves him unconditionally…
"Hiccup...?"
"S-Stay away, Toothless..." Hiccup backs away, scared out of his wits. But Toothless only rebel him by walking closer.
"What's wrong?" Hiccup can feel his skin feeling furry.
"S-Stay back!" He was in near tears, not fear of being killed but fear of being hated by the one he loves most...
Loves most? Heh...such a late timing to discover his feelings for the vampire.
"Hiccup-"
"Please, Toothless...You...You need to go. I don't want you to see me like this..." Hiccup watches the moon slowly glow its illuminating light, one cloud blocking a quater part of the moon. Toothless shakes his head no, stepping forward.
"Hiccup, I am not leaving you. Tell me what's wrong with you and we'll fix it together." His voice held strength, determination yet with a caring tone. It's breaking Hiccup's heart to show him the truth...
"There is nothing to fix, Toothless...This is who I am..." He watches the cloud finally revealing the full moon. "Toothless...The truth is...I'm..."
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The sudden gasp from Hiccup made Toothless show a face of worry and shock. Hiccup wraps an arm around his waist, gasping and wheezing in pain. He suddenly cries out and the sounds of bones cracking were heard. His body starts to form. Two, brown pointed ears are coming out of his hair and a wolf-like tail slowly comes out from just behind him at the waist. His nails grew slightly longer, his teeth grow sharp, canine teeth and the pupils in his eyes turn to slits. He lets out a loud, roaring howl, a sound so fierce that birds within a 20 mile radius flew away from their trees. Hiccup stands on all fours and slowly, his body begins being covered in fur, his eyes glow an impressive green color. He looks at Toothless in his wolf form…
His true form…Light brown fur with green eyes and his pointed ears droop in a sad gesture. He whimpers softly and closes his eyes.
"Hi…Hiccup…" Toothless's voice sounds so quiet and barely a whisper, Hiccup can feel himself crying.
"I'm a werewolf, Toothless…" He groans and tries to turn into half, which he managed to succeed. He doesn't want to see Toothless in the face, knowing his reaction would make him break down… "My name is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third…The son of Stoick the Vast, the chief of the strongest wolf pack…But…But I'm a disgrace…No one thinks of me as part of the pack…so…so I tried to take your head but…but…" Hiccup sobs quietly and hugs his torso, the pain swelling up inside him. "But I can't…I know you're angry about me lying to you…but…but…but please…"
"Don't hate me…"
Toothless has been quiet for some time. Then, Hiccup hears his footsteps coming closer. He lets out a sigh, waiting for his blood to be drained away or have his body tear limb from limb…When the footsteps stop in front of him, Hiccup brace himself for anything…anything…
"I already know."
…Except for that.
"H-Huh?" Hiccup's eyes finally open and when he looks up, Toothless wraps his arms around Hiccup, pulling him into a comforting embrace. His grip is strong and firm but loving and comfortable.
"I already know, Hiccup…"
Hiccup has back down and Toothless told him he knew! He has known his plan all along! But the question is: Why didn't he kill Hiccup in the first place?
Kuro: Two chapters in one day? Must be a new record.
Me: Yeah, especially when the air-con is broken and the weather right now here is FUCKING THRITY-TWO CELSIUS! ==
Mii-kun: Wow. O_o Well…The country IS one of the hottest places in Asia…
Me: tell me about it… =3= Anyways, hope you enjoy these two chapters! Enjoy.