Discovery
Hiccup' earthbending training went by fairly fast. He mastered the basics in a matter of days and within a year he was almost as good as Lin, almost. He learned how to metal bend and enrolled in the police academy. Lin was fairly hesitant at first, yes Hiccup's skill in bending was astounding and being a quick learner he was sure to go far, but at the same time it was her only son, adopted or not. At age 15 she had told Hiccup about her finding him, at first he was angry, it was expected since the vary thought of finding who did that to Hiccup made Lin want to immediately beat the hell out of them, but soon Hiccup became less mad and more curious about his home. But throughout it all Lin was his mother, blood or not.
A now 16 year old Hiccup stood in front of a mirror, his training had helped him develop some muscle, not so much that his figure had changed, but enough so that he could now hold his own in a unfair fistfight, "So bud, what do ya think?" he asked Toothless who stood by his side. When they where issued metal bending armor he was ecstatic but he did tweak his a bit so that he could make further adjustments. He had gotten rid of the helmet, he could take a boulder to the head, the skirt...part...thing had been removed and used the metal to put a extra layer under his chest plate.
He also got rid of the metal on the thighs since they slowed him down, plus he figured he could raise his knees in defense, he wore brown pants in the armor's place. The gauntlets where his personal favorite, they had leather on the inside so they wouldn't slip off or chafe, he also made them thinner, so his arms would be able to move faster.
( Think of Hiccup's 'armor' from the httyd2 trailer but replace the leather with metal. And THAT flying suit will appear later in the story so please bear with this for now. But if you want you can just picture him in you!)
Toothless himself was full grown and now was about the length of a satomobile from head to tail, he looked over his rider and gave a supportive nod. Months ago Hiccup had developed a artificial tail fin for him, along with a control pedal fitted for his foot so no one would take Toothless for a joy ride. If he didn't set them on fire.
To say Hiccup had been in his workshop of late would be a understatement.
As he admired his work a knock came from his door, "Hiccup? Are you done?" Lin asked from the hall, the modifications had been his little secret. "Come in!" Lin entered the room, after looking him over she couldn't help but smile, "Only you would think of comfort hon." she stated she gave the young man a hug, Hiccup graciously returned it, "Actually I was thinking lighter is faster, and the faster I am the less I can get hit." he said pulling away, "And even if I get hit, worse case I get a bad bruise." Lin smiled, "Always thinking of everything."
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Flying over the city was a feeling the Hiccup absolutely loved, it was also his idea of patrolling the city alongside the airships. When he first flew his mother nearly had a heart-attack but when he showed her all the safeguards she permitted him to fly in the city's airspace. As he was flying and doing a occasional trick or spin a bright light caught his eye, which was bright enough to see from the sky, A fire!
The pair immediately nosedived towards the blaze, as he neared the blaze he saw it was a apartment complex. The fire department would be there soon and it appeared that most of the residents had escaped the fire, but what caught Hiccup's eye was some people holding back a man and woman, Sprits there's someone still in there!
The two then glided across the ground, as they did, Hiccup used his earthbending to pick up a large amount of dirt, he then landed and launched the dirt at the doorway, temporally putting out the fire, "If I'm not out in five minutes come in after me." he ordered to Toothless, nodding in response, Hiccup then ran through the flames.
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Hiccup had gone through three floors of the complex and his time was up, as he reached the next floor he stomped down, sending vibrations through the floor. After a second he felt something come back. There! Hiccup then kicked the remainder of the door away. A kid no more than six cowered in the corner. She was knocked out so Hiccup picked her up, checking her pulse she was alive. As Hiccup was about to exit a wall of flames burst from the door, Hiccup swung his free arm up in protection, something unexpected happened. The water from a nearby fish-tank exploded out and shielded him from the fire. Looking at his hand he had only one thing on his mind. What the fuck!
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Exiting the building the mother and father tore away from the crowd and ran to their daughter, "She's unconscious but she'll live. When the medics get here have them look at her." he said as he handed her to them, after repeatedly thanking him, Hiccup hopped on Toothless, who was being observed by many people, and flew away.
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"I shouldn't have been able to do that Toothless." Hiccup said. The two had landed on the docks to get a moment to think, "No one can bend more than one element, except...no they already found the Avatar." Hiccup said pacing around, looking into the water, he had to be sure. He took a stance made a upward motion and sure enough the water went upward in a spout.
"What...how...?" he turned to Toothless, "We can't tell anyone, well not everyone, I'll talk to Uncle Tenzin, he'll know what to do. I hope."
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"Are you absolutely sure?" Tenzin asked for the umpteenth time, "No, uncle Ten I just made it all up." Hiccup said in a sarcastic tone, earning him a look from his mother, "Sorry, but I'm absolutely sure, I water bent, twice." Hiccup said with conviction in his voice. "There's no possible-" Tenzin began but Hiccup made a swiping motion with his and, sending a gust of wind in Tenzin's face, "SORRY! I'm so sorry." Hiccup apologized. "That proves it, but..." Lin said with conflict in her voice, "Look, as far as I'm concerned, there are currently two, count 'em, two Avatars. But whose to say their hasn't always been two this whole time! But right now, I say we keep this between us." Hiccup said.
"But, Hiccup-" Tenzin started, "Look, it's just... I don't think I'm Avatar material." Hiccup said, "Hiccup, you ran into a building on fire to save a little girl, with no backup. That's more than hero material." Lin said, Hiccup looked down in modesty, "But I say we keep this to ourselves, who knows how the public would react." Lin said, weighing their options. "I'm inclined to agree, we'll talk to the council on this but until then avoid using anything but earthbending." Tenzin said. Hiccup nodded in agreement.
Two weeks later Hiccup checked out some books from the library, all on bending.
AN: Yea, title wasn't a misspelling, my logic is that the avatar world only covers one side of the planet, so on the other side they have their own avatar. Like if it was today, we'd have one on all 7 continents. And I know the pairing is Hiccup/Korra I figured that the avatar spirit is like...the firebending spirt, or water bender , just because they share the same abilities doesn't mean their related. In exception of airbender a of course.