Chapter 5

revilation

The echo shooting out from the barrel of Hiccups gun bounced from wall to wall and out of the cove causing birds to flee from every tree over a mile in every direction. Off in the distance Hiccups keen hearing picked up screams and yells coming from Berk getting ready for a battle.

Hiccup took his sight from the tree tops back to the rock he shot at.

Nothing. Nothing was there, until moments later it started raining little bits of rock and dust. The sound of splashing water quietly echoed off the walls.

Hiccup smiled, running his hand through his hair to get rid of the rocks and dust that rained down upon him.

"Good, I think that's enough practice, shooting off another round would probably give Berk a heart attack. Hahaha." Hiccup said. Hiccups gun still in his hand began to disappear into his skin or what it seemed like it was. The gun was stored in Hiccups soul, meaning when Hiccup needs it he always has it, and he is the only one who can fire it. If he loses it in a fight and falls somewhere out of sight, it can transport right into Hiccups hand at any point he wishes.

Hiccup looked at his hand and saw nothing but his hand. Again Hiccup smiled, stretching out his arm in a quick swift movement the gun seemed to form from his wrist and form in his hand. Just as fast as it came, it disappeared into his wrist again.

Hiccup turned to face where Berk was and started to walk. In an instant he jumped 40ft up in the air like nothing landing on the cliff edge without a sound. He began his track back to Berk, in no hurry he took his time.

On his walk back memories came back of when he was still living in Berk, how him and Astrid used to walk down this path after he became the dragon the gods had made him. He though back to when he was walking with her and asked her if she wanted to become like him, an immortal dragon.

*MEMORY LANE*

Hiccup was nervous, he battled with himself on how he should ask her. 'Hay Astrid, do you want to be like me?!' 'No, I sound too eager.' Over and over Hiccup thought of ways he could ask her that didn't sound like he was pushing this choice over her and not letting her chose on her own. While he thought, Hiccup hadn't noticed he was staring at Astrid making her feel slightly uncomfortable.

"Uhh Hiccup?" Astrid said waving her hand in front of Hiccups face. "Are you ok?"

"Huh?" Hiccup snapped back into reality. "Uh yeah, yeah I'm fine! I was just thinking."

"Oh what were you thinking about?" Astrid raised an eyebrow.

"I was. . . I was thinking of how to ask you something?" Hiccup scratched his head.

Astrid stopped grabbing Hiccups sleeve making him stop and face her. "What did you want to ask me?" She looked into Hiccups eyes with all seriousness.

Hiccup took a breath in and out slowly, "I'm going to ask you . . . to um. . . if you want. . . to. . ." Hiccup stuttered.

Astrid became impatient quickly, "Come on spit it out!"

"If you want to be like me!" Hiccup nearly yelled but was able to keep himself quiet.

"Oh." Astrid went wide eyed and quiet.

"You . . . you don't have to if you don't want to, or have to choose now." Hiccup lowered his head and feeling ashamed for asking, he didn't know why.

A few minutes of silence went by, Hiccup still didn't raise his head.

"Yes."

"Uhh, What!?" Hiccup raised his head in complete surprise. "You will?"

Astrid smiled "Yes I will."

Hiccup smiled and hugged Astrid tightly, then stopped hugging to face her. "But remember this, it will be the most painful thing you will ever have to endure. You . . . you might not make it through the changes." Hiccup lowered his head trying not to show his sadness of that thought.

Astrid placed her hand under Hiccups chin to lift his head up. "I will be fine, I'll be just fine, I'm Astrid, remember?"

"Heh yeah, you'll be fine." Hiccup embraced Astrid in another hug. The smile on Hiccups face faded away. 'I sure hope so.'

*Hiccup*

Hiccup found himself walking out of the forest by the arena. The sun had gone down on his walk from the cove back to Berk. The walkway around the arena was lighten up every other 20ft, but left the arena itself pitch black.

Hiccup walked over the holding cages for the dragons, he heard them talking of freedom, the queen, and how the humans should die for what they have done to them.

Hiccup recognized the voices from the dragons, he heard Nightmare, the Monstrous nightmare, Aesir the Deadly Nadder talking with the Gronkle. Hiccup smiled hiding his presents of power to not scare the other dragons, he looked around himself to check to see if anyone was by him, he didn't see anyone. Without a moment's thought Hiccup jumped over the ledge falling 20ft to the arena floor. The talking from the cages stopped.

'Today is your lucky day, Aesir and Nighmare." Hiccup said walking over to the leaver to open the cages.

"You know of us?" Nightmare asked out. "You do not sound or feel of that of a dragon?"

"I'm am but am not a dragon." Hiccup said pushing down the first leaver to open Nightmare's door.

"Then what are you?" Nightmare said through the slowly opening door.

"I'm a friend." Hiccup stood in front of the door with a smile on his face.

Nightmare was unsure on how to go about the human who was able to talk to him, understand him, open his cage, and not have the aurora of that of a normal human or dragon. He slowly came out of his cage. "What is the meaning of this?"

"I'm setting you and the other free." Hiccup gestured to the door.

"Why?" Nightmare asked confused.

"Because I can, and want you to be free." Hiccup responded.

"Wont your people kill you for such an act? And they will just capture more of our kind so as long as the queen lives." The Nightmare stated.

"Don't worry, the people here won't know and the 'queen' won't be a problem soon." Hiccup reassured him.

"Why do you do this and how will the queen not be a problem 'soon'?" The Nightmare asked.

"Just trust me." Hiccup gave a reassuring smile, "and because in other time we are friends, and you don't deserve to live in a cage." Hiccup said walking up to Nightmare and putting a hand on his nose. "Tell the others, you are all free tonight, but don't go back to the nest, go where ever you please but there . . . for now anyway." The Nightmare nodded his head.

After a few minutes of explanation to the other dragons, Hiccup opened their doors. The other dragons slowly made their way into the arena unsure of their supposed newfound freedom.

Aesir stopped barely a foot outside her door looking quite angry. "I appreciate your efforts, but I'm not going anywhere, I have unfinished business to take care of." Aesir began to turn back to face her cage.

"Killing Stoick won't avenge your family, it'll just get yourself killed before you lay a claw on him." Hiccup said closing the door to Nightmares cage.

Aesir stopped mid-step. "What?!" She turned to face Hiccup. "How do you know that? How do you know about my reason?!" The tone in her voice was clearly anger and confusion.

Hiccup walked over to face Aesir, her pupils were thin little slits. Hiccup showed no fear towards her anger or size difference, it scared Aesir a little bit, but also made her angrier. "It's a long story." Hiccup gave a soft smile. Reaching out his hand slowly to not alert the nadder, he placed his hand in front of her nose. "This will explain things."

"What?!" Aesir tried to back away but Hiccup moved in placing his hands on her nose. Her eyes went wide, body relaxed.

Aesir found herself standing in a grass plane surrounded by taller grass. She looked around and saw a big black dragon covered in jagged horns and spikes, but made no feeling of harm. She walked closer to this mysterious black dragon. The unknown dragon was covered in scars and missing scales, his age showed, he'd seen hundreds of thousands of battles. But his soul was still kind.

The dragon looked up making Aesir flinch.

"Humans. . ." The dragon spoke. "Humans are a strong but stupid race. Only a few can see beyond the wall that divides us."

Aesir stopped just a few feet away from the dragon.

"The many that can't see beyond that wall have no capability for the ability for compassion without a major happening in their life to show them the errors of their ways." The dragon moved its head to the left, from the tall grass walked three vikings, the ones that killed her family. "What do you do with the ones that have wronged you?"

Aesir looked angrily at the vikings, knowing they weren't real still made her mad. "You kill them, and it teaches the rest of them a lesson." Aesir looked back at the dragon.

"No. They learn a lesson, but not the one you think. They learn fear, for all dragons, they kill what they fear. If you kill them more will come and nothing will be better."

Aesir looked back towards the vikings, the ones she wants to claim revenge on disappeared and in their place 5 more vikings and behind them more came.

"You, need to learn." The dragon spoke, causing the nadder to look back at him with confusion and sadness.

"What?" Aesir cocker head to the side. "What do I need to learn?"

"To forgive." The dragons old red faded eyes met the nadders bright greenish blue eyes. "To forgive the humans for the idiocies they cause, for the damage they don't know they cause." The dragons eyes once again looked back to vikings with Aesirs fallowing. "To face them, not attack them, and apologize and forgive them for what they have done." The three original vikings faded back into sight in front of the other vikings, she watch as slowly the vikings behind them disappeared. One by one, until one viking remained, Stoick.

Aesir looked back at the dragon, who nudged his head for her to look back at Stoick. Aesir walked until she could see the whites of his eyes. She was angry, sad, and breathing heavily. She took a deep breath in, lowered her head and spoke, "I forgive you, and for all that you have done."

Raising her head the expression on the humans was a smile, he nodded, and as with the other vikings he faded away as well. Aesir looked back to the old dragon who looked happy.

"Once you learn forgiveness, others you show will learn as well. The lessons will spread slowly but will leave a bigger mark than fear would."

Aesir felt at peace, something she had not felt in some time. "Thank you." She nodded her head, the black dragon nodded as well.

Around her the grass plane and the old dragon faded away into nothingness.

Aesir awoke as Hiccup removed his hand from atop her nose. She was still in the arena with the other dragons, it seemed that hardly even a second had gone by.

Below her Hiccup smiled, Aesir let out a purr and rubbed up against him, "Thank you."

Hiccup smiled and hugged her back. "You're welcome."