HTTYD: Animal House
A/N:
On Berk the Vikings made peace with the dragons. They were finally living, and working together. It only took them three hundred years. There's one, slight problem...
They forgot to tell the animals.
"Yyyeaaaaahhh!" screamed Hiccup. He just loved the rush of adrenalin when riding Toothless. Especially at top speed when flying down a snowy mountain. He's never been more happy! This day was finally the day when he and Valerie could spend it together! Just them. Well, and Toothless. But that was okay. He'd very soon came to love the feeling that emerged whenever he was around her. He still didn't really know what it was, but, he didn't dislike it. He was perfectly fine!
Valerie let out a yell of joy and Hiccup laughed along. He felt like nothing could ruin his happiness! Toothless was also happy. They flew up and down as they followed low to the ground. Toothless let out a roar of joy and happiness and shot a fire ball in front of them. "Really bud? Again?" asked Hiccup. He didn't want to fly through one again. Plus, he didn't want Valerie to fly through one. Toothless just made a cooing noise. Oh, Hiccup really couldn't stay mad for very long that morning. He was just too happy!
The shot landed just ahead of them in the snow. As they flew over, the shockwave rocked them just a bit. They laughed though. Valerie hugged Hiccup closer which brought more warmth to him. Nothing could possibly ruin this moment! Nothing! He sighed very much relaxed, and very aware that both Toothless and Valerie could hear him. Valerie giggled. Hiccup smiled. "Relaxed are we?" she said. Hiccup chuckled. "Oh yeah! I've never been so calm or happy in my life! I love spending time with you and Toothless, it's just so ea-" he stopped when he heard rumbling. It was coming from behind them. He and Valerie dared to look back. He hoped to never see that in his life. "-sy..." he finished.
An avalanche! He looked forward and tried to steer them out of it's way. He couldn't budge the connector to the tail! "H-Hiccup..." said Valerie. She sounded scared. He never wanted to hear that again. He looked back. What he saw terrified him more than the avalanche. "His tail is frozen..." Valerie said. She said it so quietly that he almost didn't catch it. He felt fear rise up in him, but he knew he had to be strong. For Valerie. "I-it's okay. It's gonna be alright Valerie." he took a deep breath. "I'm gonna get that tail to work." he said seriously. "Switch spots with me."
"What?!" said Valerie. Hiccup started to move before she could stop him. He turned around and was facing her. "Hiccup-" he stopped her. "I'm going to fix it. Hang on tight. I don't want anything happening to you." he put his right hand on her shoulder. Her wild red hair flowed away from her face. Hiccup fell into a daze for a moment. One sweet moment. Everything went still. Hiccup gazed at her. He took in everything about her. Her red fiery flowing curls, her hazel/green eyes, with purple specks. Unique. Just like her personality. Sweet, kind, caring...gentle. Strong. He could never lose her. In that moment, she was the only thing that mattered to him. Strong and...beautiful. Beautiful...that was definitely an understatement. "W-wow..." he said under his breath. Although, he didn't actually notice. But he did notice her blush. He smiled. She looked cute when she did that.
From below them, Toothless smiled. Finally understanding is he? It only took a few days of interruptions and an avalanche. Speaking of which- "H-Hiccup...the tail." Valerie said calmly. He blinked a couple of times, then came out of his dazed state. "R-r-right, uh-" he cleared his throat from the dryness. He felt himself blushing. "O-okay. Y-you can do this. Ready Valerie?" he cleared his throat again. Ugh! It was so dry!
"Yes." she said faintly. Hiccup took a deep breath. "Okay. Okay. Here it goes. Never let go. Promise me that." he said. She nodded. He carefully stepped onto Toothless' wing. "Be careful." she said. Hiccup looked at her. He nodded. He held on to her, and stepped around her. Hiccup bent down and crawled to the tail. "Come, on...come on..." he said quietly. This just had to work! It had to!
"Come- on!" he nearly shouted. He had to save Valerie! Oh, and uh, Toothless too. The avalanche was coming closer! "Hiccup! There's a trench ahead!" cried Valerie. That wasn't good. They could get buried! "Come on!" Hiccup yelled. Panic was starting to settle in. That wasn't good either. Soon they fell through the trench. Hiccup called out to Valerie as they fell. He didn't get an answer! Everything became dark and he thought he had past out. But soon he realised that he didn't. How? The impact of the hard, hard ice ground. He felt the ground rumble as the snow fell from above. He braced himself for that impact. It never came.
"V-V-V- Val-er-ie..." it was so darn cold though. His whole body almost felt numb. That could have been from the impact. It was probably both. It was so dark. "V-Valerie?!" he said more loudly. He had to know! "H-H-Hiccup... over here!" he heard her say! She was alright! Cold, but alright! She was also...right beside him? She was right there the whole time! He reached out and touched what felt like her shoulder. He then reached around her and braced her in half a hug. "Valerie..." he sighed with relief. "I-I'm sorry..." he said quietly. He could feel her trying to look at him. It was so dark though. "For what? We're alive. That's what matters." she paused for a moment. "Come here..." she said. She pulled him into a cozier hug. She was so warm. Yet so cold.
"W-where's Toothless? Toothless?" he called. Suddenly Toothless shot a fireball upwards. "Toothless?" said Hiccup. He shot again. Then again. He kept shooting in the same spot. "I see daylight!" said Hiccup. The light crept in around them. Hiccup looked at Valerie now that he could see her. Even though her hair was now a huge mess, and her face was red from the cold, she still looked just as amazing as she had a few moments before. Valerie was looking around when she caught him staring. Hiccup felt himself blush and glanced away. "Hey. We're gonna get out of here. Toothless? Too...Toothless. You protected us!" said Hiccup. He finally looked around. They were in a two second made snow cave. Thanks to Toothless.
"Yeah he spread his wings so the snow wouldn't crush us." said Valerie. The two looked up at Toothless who smiled down at them.
Toothless made the hole a bit bigger so he could fit through with two people on him. He carefully got down on all fours. The fireballs had melted the snow and once he was finished, it froze again. "Okay." said Hiccup. He and Valerie climbed aboard Toothless. Once they were ready, they were off! Safe and sound! Hiccup once again felt as happy as he did before. "Hey, you think we should tell the others?" he asked. Valerie laughed. Hiccup felt himself blush again. "Of course! This was an experience that the other dragon trainers should know about. What if it happens to them?" she said. Hiccup smiled. She was always thinking of others. She reminded him a lot of his mother.
"Well. This wasn't exactly how I planned the day to start out." laughed Hiccup. Valerie laughed as well. "Oh? So how what did you have planned?" she asked. The blush on Hiccup's face grew. "U-um. Well...not a whole lot. Just that we spend time together. You know, finally." he said. Valerie hugged him close. "Sounds perfect." she said. As they flew, Hiccup felt more relaxed, but he was excited to tell the others what had happened.
"Guys! You have got to hear this!" said Hiccup. They were hanging out on a peak. "Yeah? What is it?" asked Astrid.
"Well, we were flying with Toothless down a mountain, and an avalanche started-" began Valerie. They were interrupted by a noise from Toothless. He was by the fire and was wacking the ice away from his frozen tail. The other teens gasped. "His tail was frozen! How did you escape?" asked Fishlegs.
"We'll get there. So, all three of us fell down this trench. Then- then, i-it was amazing! Toothless used his wings to stop the snow from crushing us!" said Hiccup. Fishlegs looked up in thought. "I've never heard of anything like that. Not even in the Book of Dragons!" he said excitedly.
"I know! I was incredible. It was as if his protective instincts, just- kicked in." said Valerie.
"And- if Toothless did it, who's to say that the other dragons won't! Who'd believe it! The dragons that we've fought for years, came to our rescue!" said Hiccup. He gave a thankful look at Toothless who gave a 'your welcome' look back. "Yeah, if it weren't for them, we would have frozen to death." said Valerie.
"You know what? You could have used your own bodies to keep each other warm." said Fishlegs. At that comment, Hiccup blushed so much, began to look like Hookfang. Valerie just giggled. "Hey Valerie, if you're still cold..." said Snotlout. He held out his arms. Astrid glanced at her and frowned. Then she bumped her elbow against a post which caused a huge pile of snow to fall on Snotlout. "Hey!" he said.
"Hey Hiccup!" he turned around to see the twins walking up. "Your dad's looking for you." said Tuffnut. Ruffnut put her hands on her hips. "He looked angry." she said. For some reason, they looked happy. Hiccup sighed. He stood up and walked over to Toothless. "He's looked angry since the day I was born. But I'm, sure, there's, no connection." he said. He hopped on Toothless and took off.
"There's a big storm coming." said Stoik. He, Hiccup, Toothless, and Gobber were at the Great Hall. "We might even be locked in! Our people won't be able to hunt or fish for months." said Stoik.
"But it's way too early for a storm. We're in the middle of winter. Devastating winter isn't due for another month." said Hiccup. He wasn't sure if he was joking or not. "Not according to Gothi." said Stoik. Hiccup walked up to him. "But what am I suppose to do? I can't control the weather." he said.
"No. But you can control dragons. If they don't stop scaring the animals, we wont have any provisions to live on." said Stoik. Their conversation was interrupted by the doors opening. Mulch and Bucket walked in. Stoik walked up to them. "Any luck?" he asked. He took the bucket from Mulch. "Not a drop. And this is after yanking on that poor yak for three hours." said Mulch. He'd clearly given up. As did Bucket. Stoik looked shocked, then all the adults looked at Hiccup. He looked taken aback, and glanced at Toothless. "But it's not like the dragons are trying to be scary. They don't even eat farm animals. They eat fish." he said.
"True. But they're huge, they breathe fire, and now that we've made peace with them, they're everywhere. The animals are terrified of them." said Gobber.
"Here's where you jump in and say, 'I'll fix this'." said Stoik.
"Okay. But, how long do I have before the storm hits?" asked Hiccup.
"About a week." said Mulch.
"No problem! More than enough time." said Hiccup. Suddenly Bucket whined and held his head. "Correction. Three days, six hours." said Mulch. Hiccup rubbed the back of his head. "Uh, okay, less time- might be more of a problem." he said.
The next day, the dark clouds hovered above Berk. Hiccup talked to the other teens about the storm, and the animals. Soon, the had all the animals and their dragons in the arena. "Okay, big boy you can do it." Hiccup said to a yak. He was trying to help them see that the dragons weren't scary. He was trying to get the yak to walk towards the dragons. "Okay," grunted Hiccup, "you'll really like them once you get to know them." The yak wouldn't budge. "The dragons look scary, but they're just big scaly reptiles." said Astrid.
"Just like Snotlout." said Tuffnut.
Snotlout grabbed him by his collar and made a fist. Then he paused. "You're the guy right?" he asked.
"No?" said Tuffnut in an unbelievable higher voice. Snotlout proceeded and punched him.
Hookfang and Stormfly snapped at each other. The movement frightened the yak and the animals all gathered at the opposite wall. "Okay. What if we looked at this from an animals perspective?" said Fishlegs. He got down on all fours and started sniffing like an animal. Hiccup glanced at Valerie unsure. "Oh hello mister dragon. I'm just a little sheep here. Walking, doing sheep things- baaaaaah! Baaaaaah!" he then looked at the others. "You know? He doesn't really seem so bi- aaaaah!" screamed Fishlegs. Hookfang had roared at him. Fishlegs crawled all the way to Meatlug. "Sorry, but I'm siding with the sheep on this one." he shakily said.
"But I've learned that once you have a positive experience with you're afraid of, it isn't so scary anymore. Okay! There you go boys, over here." said Hiccup. He guided the sheep to the dragons. "And that's what we'll have to do with these sheep. We gotta prove to them that they have nothing...to..." he turned around to see Hookfang blow flames at the sheep. Only one set on fire and it ran to Valerie. Hiccup also ran over to put out the flames. "Aarrrg! At this rate we'll never get any milk or eggs!" he sighed.
The next day, the sky was darker. "Aagh. Just as I feared." said Stoik. He ad Gobber were near the building where they stored food. "We haven't had time to stock the food storehouse." The two began to board up the doors. "If this storm is as bad as we think it is, we're never gonna survive."
"Not with this inventory." said Gobber.
"We're going to need everything we can get from those chickens and yaks." said Stoik.
"I'm not really comfortable putting my fate in the hands of a brainless bird, and a big wolly beast that sleeps in it's own dung!" stated Gobber.
"Well luckily our fate isn't in their hands. It's in my sons." said Stoik.
Meanwhile, back at the Academy, the animals were rampaging in fear. Hiccup nearly got ran over by them a few times. "Another way for the animals to overcome fear, is to show them that dragons are afraid of things too." said Hiccup.
"Remember Magnus the Merciless? He was scary guy." said Astrid. Fishlegs trembled. "I was afraid of him, until I learned that he, is afraid of the dark." Astrid finished.
"So during the day, Merciless." said Tuffnut.
"And during the night...Tuffnut." said Ruffnut. He punched her. "Hey! That's a real problem!" he said.
"I'm just saying, knowing he was afraid of something, made him less scary to me." said Astrid.
"Yes." said Hiccup. He picked up a couple of eels. "So, let's show the yaks, that dragons, are afraid of things too." He held up an eel to the dragons. They freaked. The yaks looked a bit shocked. "I think it's working!" said Valerie. He looked over at her and smiled.
Suddenly the eel in his right hand slipped out and slithered towards the dragons. Hookfang freaked out more, and turned. His tail accidentally whipped a sheep against a wall.
Hiccup groaned. Valerie walked up to him. "Don't worry." she said. Hiccup looked at her. "Worry? I-I-I'm not worried! Do I look worried?" he stammered. Suddenly her eyes caught his attention. He found himself calming down just a little. Astrid dealt with Hookfang. "Calm down! Get back over here!" she said. Hiccup picked up a couple of scared chickens. "You know what I'm learning from this?" he glanced down at the two he was holding. "Chickens are really well...chicken." he said. He put them down gently.
"What if we showed them how much they have in common with the dragons?" suggested Fishlegs. Hiccup and Astrid looked at him. "Everybody out! The storm is here!" said a voice suddenly behind them. They turned to see Gobber. He started getting the animals out of the Academy. "Uh, uh, wait! We haven't made any progress with the animals!" said Hiccup.
"Your father wants everyone in the Great Hall!" shouted Gobber.
"Take the others, I need to stay and work with the animals. They're still afraid." said Hiccup. He walked up to Gobber. "Ya can't get eggs from a frozen chicken! We've got to get the animals in the barn!" he said.
Once back in the village, they saw a lot of problems. "Well, so much for the barn." said Gobber. The barn was frozen shut. "There's no other place to hold them!" shouted Mulch. The storm had already gotten worse. "The Great Hall!" shouted Hiccup. Mulch looked at him. "So, we're gonna have the dragons and the animals under the same roof?" he asked. "We know that won't work."
"We have no choice! Let's go." said Hiccup. They started moving. Suddenly a lightening bolt struck a tree causing it to fall. The tree made Stormfly jump back and she accidentally whipped her tail at Hookfang. He freaked out and sent the animals running. The teens tried to stop them, only to get trampled. "And where are you going?" asked Gobber. Hiccup was about to mount onto Toothless. "I'm going after them!" he said.
"Forget it Hiccup! You'll never get them rounded up in this storm!" said Gobber. Upon hearing that, Valerie ran up to Hiccup. "With Toothless I can. I have to try! If I don't, we starve to death." he said. He mounted onto Toothless. Before he could stop her, Valerie also mounted. "What are you doing? Go with the others, you'll be safe." said Hiccup. Valerie gave him a stern look. Hiccup stared at her for a moment. Then sighed. "T-t-there's no stopping you. Is there?" he said. She smirked. He sighed again. "No your father would kill me if I let you out here Hiccup!" said Gobber. Hiccup got ready with Toothless. "I'm sorry Gobber." he said. They then flew off.
Hiccup squinted his eyes. It was so cold they could start watering at any moment. Flying in to the wind didn't help at all. Toothless shot a fireball into the air and lit up the area. It was also dark. That made the vision even worse. Hiccup then realised that the others had followed them. "You find as many as you can!" he shouted. He didn't even know if they could hear him. "We'll heard them back to the Great Hall!"
"Can we swing by my house? I'd like to get my heavy coat!" shouted Fishlegs. Good they could hear him. "Check this out!" shouted Tuffnut. He slapped himself. "I'm so cold I can't feel my face!" Then Ruffnut took a swing. "Didn't feel it!" said Tuffnut.
"That takes all the fun out of it!" scowled Ruffnut.
Valerie leaned in to talk to Hiccup. Her voice was so quiet that they might not be able to hear her. "Hiccup! I see them!" she said. Hiccup glanced at her, then squinted ahead. "Where?" he asked. She pointed. "There they are! Come on!" shouted Hiccup.
Snotlout tried to round up the chickens, only he nearly hit a tree...and he did hit Fishlegs. While Fishlegs tried to round up the sheep, at first it was working. Then Meatlug flew too low and they got stuck underneath a huge fallen tree.
Astrid gathered up the sheep and had Stormfly fire her sharp pegs around them as a fence. Then, Hookfang came roaring in and knocked down a bit of the fence. Releasing the sheep. "Snotlout! What are you doing!" screamed Astrid. Hookfang looked as though he was out of control. "You're all over the place!"
"You try chasing down chickens with a dragon that doesn't listen to you!" screamed Snotlout.
Then Astrid spotted some sheep that ran off from the heard. "Hiccup! Stray sheep!" she screamed. The weather was so bad! They could barely hear each other up there! Hiccup and Valerie flew towards the sheep entering a danger zone. Suddenly the little baby sheep slid off the side and down the hill! Towards the cliff! "Uh oh, Hiccup!" said Valerie. Hiccup gasped. "Uh, I see it. Toothless! Ah! Fly away sheep!" he shouted. Toothless saw the young sheep slide off of the cliff! He dove down as fast as he could. He managed to catch the sheep gently. Then they put the sheep in a safer place. "Good job Toothless!" said Hiccup.
The two adult sheep walked up to their young one and looked up at them. "Hiccup! This storm is getting worse, I can't see anything!" shouted Astrid.
"Okay bud, give us some light!" said Hiccup. Toothless shot in to the distance. "Stray yaks! Twelve o'clock!" shouted Hiccup.
"I see them! And they are huge!" shouted Tuffnut. The twins went down and picked them up. "I got the yaks!" he called.
"Put me down!" shouted a voice from below. That voice was very familiar. They looked down to see Stoik dangling from the Zippleback's claws. They dropped the two men near a yak. "Do I look like a yak to you?" shouted Gobber.
Toothless landed near them. Hiccup and Valerie got off and walked up to them. "You shouldn't be out here Hiccup!" said Stoik. Hiccup glanced down. "Dad...I-I'm sorry I let you down." he said quietly.
"It's not your fault son. I'm taking you back." Stoik said calmly. Hiccup still felt like he'd failed though. Valerie noticed this, and grabbed his hand. Hiccup looked at her. It was a strange feeling to feel warm when you're in the middle of a blizzard.
"Which way?" asked Gobber.
"Follow our tracks." said Stoik. They looked around. Snow was everywhere. They couldn't see a thing! "So much for that idea." said Gobber.
"Sir? What do we do now?" asked Fishlegs. They all began to shiver violently. Hiccup put his arm around Valerie and tried to warm her up. They then looked at Stoik. "Everyone. Come together." he said. They all huddled up in a small circle.
Outside the circle, Toothless watched them. He realised that this was the same situation that Hiccup and Valerie were in that morning. If they didn't have cover, they wouldn't survive the cold! Toothless shot up from laying down at that thought. He called for the other dragon's help. Together they slowly made their way over to the circle. They spread their wings and blocked out some of the wind. "What are they doing?" asked Stoik.
"They're protecting us." said Hiccup. He and Valerie looked at each other. "It's their natural instinct." she said. Hiccup smiled.
Then Toothless shot a fireball into the middle of the circle at the ground. Then all of the other dragons took one shot. After that, it lit up and warmed the circle.
"Oh. And um...we'll find you a dragon soon. I promise." Hiccup said to Valerie. They smiled at each other.
Toothless smiled down at the Hiccup and Valerie. Hiccup hadn't removed his arm from Valerie's shoulders. Aw! That's so- wait. Suddenly an animal sound caught his attention. He looked over his shoulder. The sheep! They were there! He bounded over to them. The two adults ran off scared, but the little one stayed. Toothless stood beside it and looked at it. It stared back. Toothless nudged it forwards toward the circle. The little sheep looked at him, then at the circle. Slowly, it made it's way over to it. It then called for it's parents to come.
Slowly, they made their way over. Along with the yaks and chickens. "Your dragons are really something son." said Stoik. Hiccup smiled up at him. His attention was soon turned to Valerie when she shivered. He pulled her closer to him and smiled. "Yeah. They are." he said. She smiled which made him smile. He wasn't quite clear on what that feeling actually was. But, he knew one thing for sure. He didn't want to lose it. Ever.
Toothless smiled and shot a fireball upwards.
Sooner than they thought, the storm had ended. They all gazed around them. The scenery was pretty. They began to head back. They arrived at the Great Hall safe and sound. As well as the animals and dragons.
"Ha ha! They're back! And they're alright!" said Mulch. The animals scurried into the building. "And- the animals are alright too!" said Bucket. Soon, everyone was inside nice and warm. "Uh oh, here come the dragons!" said Mulch. The two Vikings got ready for the chaos. Hookfang roared, and settled down to reveal sheep family on his back. They hopped off.
"Hey! Everyone!" shouted Astrid. They all turned and looked. They saw Stoik, Hiccup and Valerie walk in with the chickens. "The chickens are laying eggs again!" shouted Hiccup. The crowd cheered!
The Vikings made their peace with the dragons when they saw that they could trust them. Turned out that they actually had instincts to protect them! All of them. Life on Berk, just got a little warmer.
A/N: Chapter three! Yeah! Um, okay, you're probably annoyed with me. Yes, Hiccup didn't really quite figure it out yet. But don't worry my dear readers! Things will happen. Eventually. Ha-ha. Oh! And I had to rewrite the episode just a little bit. You know how in the original, after Fishlegs suggests that they find what they have in common, there's the egg thing? I had to cut that out because of the 'Gift of the Night Fury' thing. I'm making that apart of the series, so they haven't discovered the egg thing yet. Just so you know! **REVIEW PLEASE**
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