HTTYD: The Terrible Twos
A/N: Chapter Four! Yay! Thanks guys for the lovely reviews! Makes me want to write more! :D
"Follow me!" said Hiccup. The teens were out riding as usual. It was a beautiful day in Berk. For a winter day that is. "Low level evasive manoeuvres! Come on bud!" said Hiccup.
When you're riding a dragon, communication, is key. You almost have to read each other's minds. Or else...
Hookfang veered to the left. "Hey! What are you doing?! Aaaaahh!" screamed Snotlout. Hookfang went lower than some branches...but not low enough. "Ow! Are you trying to kill me?!" shouted Snotlout. Hookfang just roared at him. "We gotta go back! I think we missed a branch." Snotlout said. Hookfang flew where he wanted. That much was obvious. Soon Hookfang flew upwards leaving Snotlout with branches on him. "Got it." he sighed.
And you have to have an open mind, because sometimes, your dragon knows better than you. Astrid and Stormfly came across some broken trees in their path. "Stormfly up!" said Astrid. Stormfly went down, but that sent Astrid upwards. She screamed until she landed on Stormfly on the other side. "You were right Stormfly. It was down." she said. "Phew. I almost died."
"Almost died?" said Snotlout. He was flying beside Astrid. "I would have died! Bleh..." he said. He took a twig out of his nose. "That's a good look for you." said Astrid. He looked at her, then put the twig back.
"Hey. Has anyone seen Fishlegs?" asked Hiccup.
"I saw him yesterday. Does that count?" asked Ruffnut. Hiccup sighed. "I'm sure he's somewhere Hiccup." said Valerie from behind him.
After the training, Hiccup went to look for Fishlegs. He saw the Gronkle stuck in a tree...as well as Fishlegs. "Whoa, there you are Fishlegs." said Hiccup. He landed Toothless. "Are you...okay?" asked Hiccup.
"I'm fine! Just hanging out...Not like I- crashed or anything." he paused. "Okay. I crashed, there I said it." Hiccup tried to get him down but uh... "Oops..." he sighed.
"And there goes my dignity." sighed Fishlegs.
Hiccup pulled on his boots but fell back since he wasn't budging. "Yeah, you're pretty stuck. I think I know how to get you down. But, you have to stay perfectly still." said Hiccup.
"Why?" asked Fishlegs. "What are you gonna do?"
"Careful bud...He's...not wearing any pants." said Hiccup.
"Huh? Wait a second! What does my lack of pants have to-"
Toothless shot a flame at the tree just below Fishlegs. He shot upwards and Toothless ran to catch him. "Thank you." he said quietly. He turned to Hiccup. "I- believe those are mine..." Hiccup threw him his pants.
"Now. What are we gonna do about Meat-" started Hiccup. Meatlug fell from the trees onto the ground with a crash. "Lug..." he finished.
Fishlegs walked over to the dragon. "Can you not tell the other's that Meatlug broke the trees?" he whispered the next part, "She's sensitive about her weight."
"How did this even happen?" asked Hiccup.
"Hey. I just realised something." said Fishlegs.
"What?" asked Hiccup. He hoped it was about his question and not off topic. "Valerie's not here. She usually flies with you. Um, I thought she was here. That was part of the reason I thought I lost my dignity- earlier. I mean. I still lost it. But...well." said Fishlegs. At the thought of her, Hiccup blushed. "Huh? Oh. She just wanted to take a break." he rubbed his left arm, "You know. From flying." he finished. Fishlegs gave him a look. Hiccup felt awkward for some reason, so he changed the subject. "Anyways-" he said quickly, "back to my question. What happened?"
"I don't know. I was just flying along, taking notes on the Flora and Fauna- typical guy stuff- then something weird jumped out of the bushes! It was like some kind of, like- like a flaming squirrel!" said Fishlegs. Hiccup and Toothless gave him a look. "Really? A flaming squirrel." said Hiccup.
"Or chipmunk." said Fishlegs. Hiccup just looked at him. "Or some other flammable rodent. I don't know Hiccup! It scared us." said Fishlegs. He hopped on Meatlug. "Isn't that enough for you?" The two of them then flew off.
Hiccup turned to Toothless and laughed. "Did you hear that? A flaming squirrel." he said. He hopped on Toothless and they were about to take off. "Everyone knows there's no such thing as a-" suddenly just before they took off, something- well, on fire shot out in front of them! "FLAMING SQUIRREL!" Hiccup shouted in surprise. He fell off of Toothless onto his back, but quickly flipped over. "Whoa!" he exclaimed.
"Wha...you saw that right?" Hiccup asked Toothless. He cooed in response. That thing was weird alright. He peered over the log that the thing had burnt slightly. In a small stone cave, he saw- a dragon? It was small. Hiccup crept forward so he didn't scare it. He bent down slowly. It wasn't a dragon he'd seen before. "Hey little guy. Who are you?" he asked it. The dragon hissed and hid in the cave. "Whoaaa! Settle down big fella!" said Hiccup. "I've never seen anything like him." Toothless came over to take a look.
He observed and sniffed, and didn't like what he saw. He stepped back and glared at the small dragon. "You're not helping." said Hiccup. "I think we may have discovered a new species."
Toothless walked behind Hiccup and pushed him away from the dragon. "Whoa, hey Toothless! What has gotten into you?" asked Hiccup. Toothless was defensive of strangers, but this was- strange. "Looks like he's hurt." Despite, Toothless' attitude, Hiccup walked back to the dragon. "Don't be afraid, I'm a friend." he said. He knelt down next to the dragon. "Here." said Hiccup. He reached into his vest and pulled something out. The dragon hissed. "It's okay. It's just a little dragon nip." he said.
Before they got close, Toothless hissed at them. "Hey-" the small dragon climbed up on Hiccup for protection. "Play nice." he said to Toothless. "Aaargh!" screamed Hiccup. That hurt. "Little dragon! Big claws!" he stood up. "Come on, let's go. We'll fix you right up." They flew to meet the others at the Academy.
"This is so exciting! It's a whole new species!" exclaimed Fishlegs.
"Doesn't look like a flaming squirrel to me." stated Tuffnut. Fishlegs looked over his shoulder. "We have no idea what it's capable of!" he said. "There's no telling what it might do.
Tuffnut bent down and came face to face with it. "Flame! Do it." he said. The dragon leapt onto him and bit his nose. "Aah! Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!" he shouted. He pulled the dragon off of him, the dragon looked at Ruffnut, then attacked her as well. "Hey, that is funny!" said Tuffnut.
The dragon hopped off of Ruffnut. "Come on you guys, this is serious. We have to figure out what to do with him. He's hurt." said Hiccup as the dragon hopped in his arms. Tuffnut rubbed his nose. "He's hurt?" he said.
"He's just really scared. He'll settle down." said Hiccup. Fishlegs walked up to him. "Um, new species? Remember? We actually don't know what he'll do." he said. Astrid sighed. "Well somebodies gotta take him home." she said. The others stepped back leaving only Hiccup. "Well big guy- here's your somebody." he said to the dragon.
"No! No! No!" said Stoik that evening. His son had surprised him with a new family member. "He's not staying here. I've got a one dragon limit!" he said. Toothless watched them with curiosity. Was he going to get rid of that pesky dragon? He didn't trust him. He seemed like a troublemaker. "Oh come on! He's not a very big dragon. Think of him more like- a flaming squirrel." said Hiccup. Toothless snorted, but no one heard. "Don't want one of those either." said Stoik. Toothless was beginning to have some hope after all. Stoik placed some logs in their fire pit in front of Toothless. "Toothless? What are ya waiting for?" said Stoik. Toothless cooed, and began to bring up a fireball.
But somebody beat him to it. They jumped back in surprise. Toothless stared at him. "Ah, looks like you got torched." said Stoik. Toothless glanced at him, but glared away as he 'hmphed'. Oh no. No way on Berk would Toothless get out torched! Not ever!
"That's his name by the way- Torch." said Stoik as he walked over to him. Hiccup looked at him. "S-so he can stay?" he asked. Toothless looked at them. Oh no. No way! He can't-
Stoik laughed. "Well, we can't throw him out now, we just named him!" he said. Toothless glared again. This wasn't happening. This wasn't happening. Aaarrg! This was happening!
Later that evening, it was dinner time. "Okay, the hundred for you," said Hiccup. He placed a barrel of fish in front of Toothless. "And the one for you." he said to Torch. He put it in the bowl. "There you go boys, your first dinner together." Toothless watched him go leave into the kitchen. He then licked his lips. Hm, dinner time! One of his favourite times of the day! He looked down.
It was empty.
He looked over at Torch. He was looking awfully happy. Arg! That dumb dragon! "Hey!" he roared at him. Torch scrambled away. "Bully!" he said.
"Whoa, Toothless," Toothless turned to see Hiccup pick up the barrel. "You were sure hungry tonight!" he said. Toothless turned to Torch. "I don't like you!" he said. Torch just laughed.
This was going to get difficult. Wasn't it?
"Okay Torch. This is where you're gonna sleep." said Hiccup. He gestured to a small stone platform next to Toothless' much larger one. Torch looked at his bed, then at Toothless'. Of course, he scampered over to Toothless' bed. Toothless hopped onto it next to him and glared. 'I'll get you...grrr!' he thought. He moved in close, and bit on to his tail, without teeth. Though, he didn't know why he bothered. He flung the dragon off of his bed and turned back to see...him right back in the same spot.
"Aaaw." said Hiccup. Ugh. Yeah right. The nuisance. "Look at that. He's made himself a home." Toothless just glared at the small dragon. "Toothless you don't mind, sharing your bed for the night, do ya?" It was then that he looked at Hiccup. Share. Share? Share! With that- thing! "Never in my life!" he shouted, although Hiccup couldn't understand him. Hopped up on top of a beam above the bed. Hiccup sighed and went to his own bed.
"I hope he sleeps through the night, he barely ate." he said.
Toothless looked at him, well, glared at him. "He ate my fish! I can't even eat that fast! You know that! Aarrrg!" he said.
"And you- go to sleep." said Hiccup. Toothless 'hmphed' again. He had to find a way to get rid of this pest. He took one more look at Hiccup, who was now asleep. He glared. 'Good luck with your friend there. My plans are postponed.' he looked at the little dragon on his bed. He snorted . First, he had to make a new plan. For someone else.
Soon though, he fell asleep. But it wasn't long before he was awakened by a noise from off in the distance. What was- Toothless looked down at Torch. He was sleeping peacefully. Toothless glanced at Hiccup to make sure he was in a deep sleep. He was. He dashed out the window in pursuit of what the heck that noise was. It sounded like a- dragon. A large dragon. He got himself on top of a small cliff and stared out in the direction of the noise. In the distance, he saw that some trees had been set on fire. He knew it! A dragon! That's the place where they found Torch! Ugh. Torch.
The next day, the teens met at the Academy to learn more about Torch. Much to Toothless' pleasure. "Alright Torch. Let's figure out what you are." said Hiccup. He set Torch down on the table they'd brought. "Oh this is so exciting! Documenting a whole new species!" said Fishlegs. "Learning all about it!"
"Wait. Learning?" said Tuffnut. Ruffnut crossed her arms. "No thanks!" she said. For once, Toothless agreed with them. "There's nothing in the Book of Dragons that looks anything like him." said Hiccup.
"We even get to determine what's called! Whoa! That-that is a really big responsibility. I don't know if I'm ready for that!" said Fishlegs. Snotlout ran up beside him. "I am! I'm gonna name the snot out of it!" he said proudly.
Valerie measured the wingspan of Torch. "Twenty inches for the wings." she said.
"That's a big wingspan." said Hiccup. Snotlout ran up to them. "Bigwing! Bigspan- Bigwinspan!" he shouted. Oh boy. "May I have the honour, of administrating the claw test." Fishlegs said calmly. He held out a sheet of paper for Torch. "Look at these talons! They're razor like-" said he said.
Snotlout ran in front of him. "Sharpclaw! Razorfeet! Razorsharpclawtalonfeet!" he shouted. Fishlegs sighed quietly. "Hold on. Is he serious?" asked Tuffnut. Fishlegs walked up to Hiccup. He was looking through the book for anything somewhat related to Torch. "You know what's next don't you?" he asked him. Hiccup looked at him. "No. Not really." he said.
"Only the single most important test to determine the dragon's reaction to eels." said Fishlegs. The look on Hiccup's face told him to continue. "The Eel Reaction Test!" he finished.
Fishlegs took out an eel from the barrel they brought. He held it up and all of their dragons scampered away. He held it up to Torch. He looked intrigued. He sniffed it, then...he ate it!
"He ate it! He ate the eel!" exclaimed Fishlegs.
"Cool. He's so different." said Valerie. Hiccup smiled. "Kinda like you." he said out loud. She gave him a look. He realised that he'd said it out loud and blushed."I uh- I-I-I mean...not that you're uh-ah!" he said. Snotlout had pushed both him and Fishlegs out of the way. "Eeleater! Come on, that's perfect!" he said. Hiccup sighed. "Um, a-anyway. Fishlegs, has there ever been a dragon who wasn't afraid of eels?" he asked him.
"Never in recorded history!" he said dramatically. "We are in uncharted waters my friend." Hiccup looked at him, then petted Torch. "You hear that Torch? You're one of a kind." he said. Torch made noises in return. "Now we need to get it to fly." Fishlegs said thoughtfully.
"Maybe if Torch saw Toothless fly." said Hiccup. "Toothless!" he called. Toothless was outside of the Academy on a near by cliff. "Let's take a ride bud!" said Hiccup. Toothless eyed them, and grumbled to himself, but didn't move. "Toothless!" shouted Hiccup. Snotlout laughed and walked up to Hookfang. "Hahahahaha. So much for the dragon trainer! We've got this!" he said. He jumped onto Hookfang. Torch made a kind of high pitched noise. "Watch and learn." said Snotlout. They took off. Fast. "Hooookfaaang! Ah!" screamed Snotlout. They flew wildly and Snotlout screamed for most of it. They even flew, or fell, past Toothless, who glared out in the distance. He didn't even flinch when they went past. After a minute, they came back. Snotlout seemed out of breath from screaming.
"Okay...your turn...but don't think you have to live up to that." he said. He got off of Hookfang and joined the others. Torch jumped down to the ground. They all gathered around. Torch started to walk awkwardly in circles. "What is he doing?" asked Ruffnut.
"I think something's wrong." said Valerie. Torch squeaked. "Oh man! We broke him!" sighed Tuffnut. Hiccup stared at it. "Maybe he can't fly." he said. He grew a little worried at that thought. But then...
Sparks came out of nowhere around it's mouth, and it flew faster. In a circle. The sparks became more intense, and soon, that's all you could see! Just a ball of sparks flying fast around the Academy! Torch stopped near the roof in the middle and spun down. Once he stopped, they all looked amazed. "You," said Hiccup, Torch jumped in his arms, "are one incredible little dragon!" he finished.
Near by, Toothless watched out of the corner of his eye. "Whoa. Look at that burn mark!" said Ruffnut. On the ground, there was a kind of spiral shaped burn mark. "Huh. And look at this burn mark." said Tuffnut. He held up his uh, smoking arm. "Did you see how it flew?! It spun like, like a typhoon!" said Fishlegs.
"And he came back just like a boomerang!" said Astrid.
"Hotspinner! Flamingcomebackerer!" Snotlout said loudly. Fishlegs shook his head. "No. Typhoomarang." he said dramatically. Snotlout gave him a look. "Typhoomarang? Nah I don't get it." he said. How many times did they have to say it? Oh boy.
That night, Toothless perched himself on top of the Haddock's home. He wasn't taking any chances. He knew something was out there. Most likely...searching for Torch. He just knew it. He growled stubbornly as he heard Hiccup's voice.
"Okay Torch, hold still." he said. Torch screeched. "I'm trying to draw you." Torch bumped his head against a post and shook it off. "You're getting your own chapter." Toothless huffed. It wasn't that important. He then rolled his eyes at Hiccup's 'roar's with Torch. Really? Gee. 'I'm sure Valerie would be soooooo impressed.' he thought. He had to deal with this little devil and fast. How could Hiccup trust creatures so easily? That wasn't one of Toothless' strong points. Amongst Hiccup and Torches roars, Toothless heard a much more threatening one. His ears shot up. Was that- he looked out towards the flaming trees. Yup. That was it alright. He was right! Man, he had to get Hiccup to check it out!
Toothless bounded through the window and up to Hiccup. He came in so quickly that he startled Hiccup and he fell backwards from his chair. He also dropped the charcoal he was using to draw. "Toothless! Look what you did." he said. Humph. "Ah you're the cluts. You've got to see this!" said Toothless. He sighed inwardly. He wished he could speak the human language. Just once! Ugh! "But I... come on... you have to believe me!" he said quietly.
"And now I've got to get more charcoal." sighed Hiccup. He made no indications to Toothless' sounds. "Toothless. You behave yourself while I'm gone." he said. He meant it. He meant it! Gah! This was so frustrating!
Torch started to follow him. Toothless growled. 'Stay. Away. From me!' he thought. Torch crawled up to Hiccup to get him to stay. "It's okay big guy. Be right back." said Hiccup. Torch looked at Toothless once he was gone. "Don't come near me you-" a huge roar interrupted Toothless. It was the dragon! Toothless ran to the window, and his tail accidentally smacked Torch. Torch screeched at him but he didn't hear. Then Torch bit Toothless' tail! "Ow! Oh no you didn't!" roared Toothless. He glared at the little guy. "It's on!"
Torch ran around, and Toothless chased him. Toothless then got on to his bed, and Torch blew a small flame at him. The bottom of his bed started burning.
Downstairs, Hiccup sniffed. Smoke? Oh no. He looked up to see fire coming from his room! "Toothless!" he yelled. Good thing his dad wasn't home yet. He saw his dragon on his bed and he when he moved he put out the flames. Torch jumped into Hiccup's arms. "What-what is going on here? Toothless, why did you do this? What is wrong with you?" he said. What?! Only for two seconds Toothless showed that those words hurt. Then he roared at him and ran out the window. "Toothless!" called Hiccup. What the heck was that about? "Wait!"
Not a chance. Toothless was going to find that dragon.
"I-it's okay big guy. He's starting to worry me too." said Hiccup. He had to get advice.
Toothless ran and ran. He didn't stop. He didn't stop until- he saw two other small dragons exactly like Torch! He knew it! He knew it! Man! When he got blamed for things he didn't do-
A squeal caught his attention. What was that now? A huge wild boar ran out of the bushes and towards the little dragons. The boar ran until he came to...the mother. Toothless' eyes went wide. That mother was huge. Scary even. Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no- he had to get out of there! In a hurry!
The dragon blew huge flames while spinning in a circle as Torch did in the Academy. The boar was trapped. Toothless had to get away.
The next morning, Hiccup and Valerie went to Gobber for advice about Toothless. "It's weird. It's like. Toothless is jealous. Which is great. So. My first girlfriend is a dragon." sighed Hiccup. Valerie smiled. "Huh. I would have thought your first girlfriend would be-" started Gobber.
"Yeah?" said Hiccup.
"Never mind. Another thing we have in common." said Gobber. Hiccup looked at him funny. He glanced at Valerie who shrugged. Hiccup looked down in thought. Then Torch came up to him and he started petting him. "Something must be going on under the surface." said Gobber. Hiccup looked at him. "Dragons are complex creatures Hiccup. They operate on many emotional levels. Me? I've only got the one." Hiccup thought on this. Dragons were complicated. Sometimes.
Suddenly Toothless came out of no where and hissed at them. "Whoa, okay Toothless!" said Hiccup. Toothless hissed again, and stomped in a circle, then hissed again. "Y-you see? This is what I'm talking about." said Hiccup.
Valerie put a hand on his shoulder. "Did...did you ever think that maybe...you trust too easily?" she asked him. Hiccup looked at her. Huh? "Trust...you mean, Toothless?" he asked. Valerie looked down for a moment. "No...Hiccup. Not him." she said calmly. Hiccup stared at her. Torch? But-
Toothless roared again. "Toothless settle down!" said Hiccup. Torch jumped from his arms and landed in front of Toothless. Toothless took this to his advantage. If not now, then when? He snatched Torch up in his mouth, and took off. He knew fully well that Hiccup and them would come after him.
"Toothless! Uh, Gobber! Grab him!" shouted Hiccup. Gobber ran in front of Toothless. "You want to dance big boy? 'Cause I've got my dancing shoe on!" he said. Torch struggled to get free. His back shot sparks at Toothless and he soon was free! He flew off and away from the dragon.
Gobber grabbed onto Toothless' tail, but all that did was get him dragged around. Finally Gobber got dropped off when he got rammed into some steps. He shook his head to clear the dizziness. Then something caught his eye...
"My pan pipes!" he said happily. He grabbed it and stood up. "Now I can get the band back together!"
Torch ran behind Hiccup and Toothless stopped in his tracks. "Toothless! Back. Down." Hiccup said. They both glared at each other. The situation was intense. Valerie wasn't sure what she should do. Try to calm Hiccup? Calm Toothless? Get Gobber to stop playing his pan pipes?
"Not. Helping." Hiccup said quietly. Gobber stopped. "Sorry." he said.
"I don't know what's gotten into you. But I don't like it." said Hiccup. Toothless glared, and stormed off. Gobber started playing again, but he caught Hiccup's eyes, and stopped.
A few moments later, Hiccup and Valerie were on Toothless. He was headed somewhere that's for sure. How could the tell? He was angry, going fast, and he was in control.
"Toothless! The cove, is this way!" shouted Hiccup. That's not where he wanted to go at all. "Where are you going?" This time Hiccup could feel Valerie suffocating him. "No! Ugh, we're going to the cove! You're-gah, you're scaring Valer-ie! Toothless!" Hiccup adjusted the tail and they headed back.
The instant they landed in the cove, Hiccup and Valerie jumped off. "Okay. You've gotta stay here." said Hiccup. Toothless gave him a sad look. He looked at Valerie who seemed to understand him. "I never thought that bringing Torch home would lead to this. I've got to separate you two until I can figure this out." said Hiccup. The two began to walk away. Toothless ran in front of them. "Toothless. This is serious. You've got to stay here." said Hiccup. He tried to step aside, but Toothless blocked him.
"Okay. A crazy out of control dragon blocking our way out." he said. Valerie gave him a look, but he pretended he didn't see it. He made a gesture to go one way, and Toothless followed. Then he tricked him, grabbed Valerie's hand and went the other. "Or not!" he said. He and Valerie carefully climbed up the rocks. Once safe knowing that Toothless couldn't get to them, Hiccup glanced back. He sighed, and they kept going.
"Hiccup." said Valerie. Hiccup didn't look at her. "Hm." he said. Valerie sighed. "Hiccup. Look at me." she said seriously. She grabbed his hand and he stopped walking. "Look at me." she said again. Hiccup tensed up. He slowly turned around and looked at her. He didn't like what he saw in her eyes. Disappointment. "Hiccup. He was trying to show us something. Hiccup I know you see people as an open book, but once you have it open- you've got to read a few pages too. I know you can do that. But something's stopping you. The truth can hurt sometimes, but it's good to know." she said. She took his other hand and held both. He stared at her.
"Hiccup?" she said.
Hiccup looked at the ground. "I-I-I..." was all he could say. He knew she was right. She's always right. That's Valerie. She'd helped him out many times before. Why should he doubt her? He didn't. He heard her sigh. He looked up as she brought him in for a hug. "I'm glad you're here..." he said very quietly. He'd never spoken that quiet since he was five. He closed his eyes and tried to clear his head.
Later that night, Hiccup layed awake in bed. He kept thinking about what Valerie had said. He looked at Toothless' bed at Torch. Torch. He seemed so innocent. That's what he wanted to believe. He wanted to see the good in dragons, and people. He sighed in defeat. She was right. He closed his eyes and tried to sleep.
"You did the right thing with Toothless." Astrid said the next day. They were all at the Academy, minus Toothless. "He'll snap out of it." she said. He stayed quiet. He didn't get much sleep after all. "Yeah but what if he doesn't? Then you won't have a dragon to ride. And if you don't have a dragon to ride- then you can't be the leader of the Dragon Academy! Ha!" said Snotlout.
"Then I take over." said Astrid. "Do ya really want that?"
She looked to see the twins come in with Barf and Belch. "You guys won't believe what we just saw!" said Tuffnut.
"Excuse me? We're having a power struggle." said Snotlout.
"We're not. Having- a power struggle." said Hiccup.
"The whole forest. Ultimate destruction!" said Tuffnut.
"It was beautiful!" said Ruffnut. Only she would find THAT beautiful. "The whole thing was torched!" Torched. Uh oh. "Torched..." said Hiccup. He glanced down at Torch, then at Valerie. Then looked back up. "Show me." he said. They flew off. Hiccup shared with Astrid as Valerie shared with Fishlegs. Once they landed, they saw a very familiar burn mark. Only ten times larger.
"Like we said. Ultimate destruction." said Ruffnut. She was right. "We've seen that burn mark before." said Hiccup.
"Not this big." said Astrid.
"You know what this means..." said Fishlegs. "Big burn mark-"
"Big Typhoomarang." finished Hiccup. Why didn't he see it coming? This was what Toothless had been trying to show him! Then they saw it. Or rather, her. It was huge. "He looks really mad." said Tuffnut.
"Uh, it's not a he. It's a she." said Hiccup. "That's Torch's mother."
"Torch is a baby!" exclaimed Astrid.
"That's what Toothless was trying to tell me." said Hiccup. He gave Valerie an apologetic look. She smiled. "Whoever gets in between that mother, and this baby...is gonna get fried!" cried Fishlegs. He handed Torch to Tuffnut, who handed him to Ruffnut. She passed him on to Snotlout. "Just leave it, and let's get out of here!" he said. He passed him on to Hiccup.
It had to be him. Of course it HAD to be him. The mother spotted her young. "Uh oh." said Hiccup. He set Torch down. "Go uh, go home to your mama." he said to him. "Run!" Torch's mother blew flames at them.
"You guys go that way! I'll go this way and lead her back into the forest!" said Hiccup. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him. "Hiccup!" shouted Valerie. She tried to go after him, but Astrid stopped her. "Come on," she said. They climbed aboard Stormfly, and flew off.
Hiccup glanced back at the mother. "Oh, please stop following me!" he said. Not to the mother, to Torch. Just his luck. He made it to the gorge!
"Toothless!" he screamed. He jumped. He landed safely on Toothless and they flew up. "Thanks bud! Oh gosh, I'm so sorry! I should have listened to you!" he said.
"Toothless? Evasive manoeuvres." said Hiccup. They flew for a few moments. "Oh why won't she stop?" said Hiccup. Then Torch made himself known. "Torch?! What are you doing? You need to be with your mother!"
"Toothless we have to try something else. We'll use your size against her." said Hiccup. Toothless caught on. "Toothless up!" they flew up to the sky. "Now, dive!" they dove as fast as they could. With the mother right on their tail.
Toothless flew fast into the forest safely. While the mother, crash landed due to her size. "I hope she's okay." said Hiccup. They landed beside her. Torch panicked and ran to her. He nudged her a bit. She opened her eyes and started to get up. Two more little ones hopped off of her back and joined their brother.
"Good job bud. Everybody's back where they belong." said Hiccup. They watched as the three young ones climbed onto their mother's wing. Hiccup waved to Torch. "Goodbye Torch." he said. He was so tiny compared to his mother. They watched as the mother flew off. "Let's go home Toothless." said Hiccup. He was suddenly very tired.
That night, Gobber and Valerie were at the Haddock's residence. Gobber was playing his pipes. "I wrote this, just for the occasion." he said. He started playing. "I should have known you were just trying to protect me. That's what you do." said Hiccup. "I guess I just have to learn to read the books as well as opening them." he looked at Valerie. She smiled at him.
Communication between dragon and rider goes both ways. Not only must the dragon follow the riders lead, but the rider must listen to the dragon as well. Sometimes what the dragon is trying to say, is what you really need to hear.
A/N: There it is guys! Wow. I can write a lot of stuff when I focus! I just have to...STAY focussed... anyways. Please, please, please!
I think you know what I'm pleasing about.