WARNING: TALKING, STATUE TOOTHLESS IN THIS CHAPTER, you have been warned.

Chapter Six: Hiccup and Iris

Hikari, Tuffnut, and Toothless saw Hiccup running from an Viking Gypsy girl.

"Look, he's got a friend with him!" Hikari said excitedly.

"Yeah, maybe the day wasn't a total loss after all." Toothless added as he got distracted by a white Night Fury following the girl.

"A sight of beauty." Tuffnut said.

"The one in the dress isn't bad either." Toothless said with a coy smile.

The three then hopped down in front of Hiccup.

"Way a go, Hiccup!" Toothless called out.

"Congrats." Tuffnut added.

"I knew you had it in you." Hikari said.

"Got the girls chasing you already!" Toothless said with a knowing smile.

"Actually, I-" Hiccup began.

"You can't run too fast, or she'll get away." Tuffnut advised.

"I know." Hiccup said. "That's what I-"

"Give her some slack; then reel her in." Toothless advised. "Then give her some slack,; then reel her in. Then give her some slack-"

"Knock it off Toothless!" Hikari said agitatedly. "She's a girl not a mackerel"

()()()()()

As his friends argued, Hiccup rushed off when Iris arrived at the top of the stairs.

"There you are." Iris gasped. "I was afraid I'd lost you."

"Yes." Hiccup said quickly. "Well I uh… I have chores to do. It was nice to see you again. Oh!"

Hiccup rushed off to the bells, embarrassed with himself.

"No wait!" Iris called out.

()()()()()

As Iris followed Hiccup, Twilight looked at a statue of a dragon with a broken tail fin when it made a kissy face. Twilight then blinked for several minutes and starred harder, but the statue was as unmoving as ever.

()()()()()

"I'm very sorry about this afternoon." Iris said as she climbed up after Hiccup. "I had no idea who you were. I would never in my life have pulled you…" Iris got lost in starring at the area Hiccup had come into. "Up on the . . . Stage."

"What is this place?" Iris asked.

"This is where I live." Hiccup said plainly.

"Did you make all these things yourself?" Iris said in awe.

"Most of them." Hiccup went on.

"It's beautiful." Iris said. "Believe me, if I could do this, you wouldn't see me dancing in the street for coins."

"But you're a wonderful dancer." Hiccup said as he came out from behind a beam holding up a stairway.

"Well, it puts bread on the table anyway." Iris sighed. She then looked down at a cloth with two bulges in it. "What's this?"

"No please!" Hiccup called out as he rushed forward. "They're not finished! I still have to paint them!"

Iris pulled the cloth off to see two wooden figures she knew quite well.

"It's the blacksmith." Iris said in awe. "And the baker!"

They were so detailed that even without paint, Iris could automatically tell who they were.

"You're a surprising person, Hiccup Haddock." Iris said calmly and happily. "Not to mention lucky. All this room to yourself?"

"Well it's not just me." Hiccup said modestly. "There's the gargoyles and of course the bells. Would you like to see them?" Hiccup asked.

"Yes." Iris said with a smile. She'd love to see the bells that woke her up in the morning since they were the only things that could wake her when she was really exhausted from outrunning the guards. "You wanna come too Twilight?"

Twilight nodded her head and flapped forward a little.

"Alright, I'll introduce you." Hiccup said.

"Never knew there were so many." Iris said as she looked at what had to be fifty bells at least.

"That's Little Sophia." Hiccup said as he pointed at one bell. "And that's Jean-Marie, Anne-Marie, and Louise-Marie. Triplets, you know."

"And who's this?" Iris asked as she looked at a bell large enough to house herself in.

"Big Marie." Hiccup said.

"Hello!" Iris said inside the bell, and it rang out several times over with her echo.

"She likes you." Hiccup commented. "Would you like to see more?"

"How about it, Twilight?" Iris asked.

Twilight shrugged her shoulders.

"We'd love to." Iris said with a smile.

"Good." Hiccup said. "I saved the best for last."

Hiccup then showed Iris to the roof where the sun was setting on the city of Paris, the entire city of Paris.

"My goodness." Iris gasped. "I bet the king himself doesn't have a view like this. I could stay up here forever."

"You could you know." Hiccup said.

"No." Iris said. "I couldn't."

"Oh yes you could." Hiccup insisted. "You have Sanctuary."

"But not freedom." Iris responded as she thought of Alvin's words. "Gypsies don't do well inside of stone walls."

"But you're not like other gypsies." Hiccup said. "They're… Evil."

"Who told you that?" Iris asked.

"My master, Alvin." Hiccup answered. "He raised me.

"How could such a cruel man have raised someone like you?" Iris asked in surprise.

"Cruel?" Hiccup asked. "Oh no. He saved my life. He took me in at a time when no one else would. I'm a monster, you know."

"He told you that?" Iris asked.

"Well look at me." Hiccup said plainly.

Iris decided to show Hiccup that he was no more a monster than anyone else inside that church.

"Give me your hand." Iris said. "Just let me see it."

Iris took Hiccup's hand and looked at it.

"Hmm… A long lifeline." Iris said. "Oh, and this one means you're shy. Hm… Well that's funny. I don't see any…"

"See any what?" Hiccup asked.

"Monster lines." Iris said. "Not a single one."

"Now look at me." Iris said as she held out her hand. "Do you think I'm evil?"

"No!" Hiccup said quickly as he held her hand. "No, you're good and kind and-"

"And a gypsy." Iris said calmly. "And maybe Alvin is wrong about both of us."

()()()()()

"What did she say?" Toothless asked as Hikari held a large horn to her ear to listen in.

"Alvin's nose is long, and he wears a truss." Hikari said.

"Ha!" Toothless called out. "I told ya! Pay up!"

"Oh man." Tuffnut said as he gave Toothless a gold coin.

()()()()()

Hiccup looked at Iris and smiled.

"You helped me." Hiccup said. "Now I'm gonna help you."

"But there's no way out." Iris said. "There are soldiers at every door."

"We won't need a door." Hiccup said as he looked down.

"You mean climb down?" Iris asked.

"Sure." Hiccup said. "Twilight can just fly down, and I'll carry you down."

"Okay." Iris said. "See you in a minute, Twilight."

"Ready?" Hiccup asked.

"Yes." Iris answered.

"Don't be afraid." Hiccup advised.

"I'm not afraid." Iris said as Hiccup held Iris and hopped onto the ledge. "Now I'm afraid."

"The trick is to not look down." Hiccup said.

"You've done this before?" Iris asked.

"No." Hiccup said plainly as he jumped from one ledge to the next, every time getting closer to the ground.

Eventually, they landed on the lower roof of Notre Dame.

"You're quite an acrobat." Iris said with a smile.

"Thank you-oo!" Hiccup called out as a piece of roof gave way and slid down, taking the two with it.

They then had a wild ride which ended when their sled slammed into a far off wall.

"Check the alley!" Bucket called out.

"This way!" Mulch replied.

Hiccup then hopped down, and they arrived at an easy jumping distance from the ground as Iris noticed a guard. They hid by pretending to be part of a statue of St. Peter until he passed by, and they relaxed.

"I hope I didn't scare you." Hiccup said.

"Not for an instant." Iris said with a smile as Twilight landed next to Iris and licked her cheek in affection.

"I'll never forget you, Iris." Hiccup said.

"Come with me." Iris said suddenly.

"What?" Hiccup asked.

"To the Court of Miracles." Iris explained. "Leave this place."

"No way." Hiccup said. "I'm never going back out there again. You saw what happened today. No. This is where I belong."

"Alright, then I'll come to see you." Iris said.

"Here?" Hiccup asked in alarm. "But the soldiers and the… Alvin!"

"I'll come after sunset." Iris said.

"But at sunset, I ring the evening mass!" Hiccup said. "And after that I clean the cloisters and then I ring the vespers, and-"

Iris kissed Hiccup on the cheek.

"Whatever's good for you." Hiccup said quickly.

"If you ever need sanctuary," Iris said as she pulled a pendant off of her neck. "This will show you the way."

"But how?" Hiccup asked.

"Just remember," Iris said calmly. "When you wear this woven band, you hold the city in your hand."

Twilight then growl quietly, and the two turned to see soldiers coming.

"Hurry." Hiccup said. "You must go."

Iris then swung down a hanging rope and rushed out of sight with Twilight. Hiccup smiled and climbed back up the roof. As he reached the top, he felt a hand grab his wrist as he turned to see Alvin's new captain of the guard, Drew.

"Hi there." Drew said. "I'm looking for the gypsy girl. Have you seen her?"

Hiccup then grunted angrily at Drew. He had to get him out of the church before he realized Iris was gone.

"Whoa, whoa." Drew said calmly. "Easy."

"No soldiers!" Hiccup called out as he grabbed a torch. "Sanctuary! Get out!"

"Wait, all I want is to-" Drew began, but Hiccup interrupted him.

"Go!" Hiccup called out as he waved the torch.

"I mean her no harm." Drew continued to say very calmly.

"GO!" Hiccup shouted as he thrust the torch at him, but Drew trapped it to the wall with his sword.

"Look," Drew said seriously. "You tell her for me that I didn't mean to trap her here, but it was the only way I could save her life."

Hiccup knew he was telling him the truth from the way he starred into Hiccup's eyes.

"Will you tell her that?" Drew asked. "Will you?"

"If you go now." Hiccup said regaining his calmness.

"I'll go." Drew said. "Now will you put me down, please? You're stronger than you look."

"Sorry." Hiccup said. "I don't know my own strength sometimes."

Hiccup then let Drew down gently as he walked off before turning back to Hiccup.

"Oh and one more thing. Tell Iris that she's very lucky."

"Why?" Hiccup asked.

"To have a friend like you." Drew said with a smile as he sheathed his sword.

Hiccup then blinked. That was the nicest thing a guard ever said to him.

Chaos dose not own The Hunchback of Notre Dame or HTTYD but she owns Iris and Twilight the Snow Fury, Hikari belongs to WingBladeWeaver1357, and Drew belongs to RedDiEnd.