I've been trying to get in at least one chapter a day until I run out of chapters to post. As you can see, that hasn't been going well. However, it does give me time to write more chapters so I'll have more to post up. So I guess it's a "worth a while" wait. :3
Hiccup and Astrid were pacing around, wondering how to confront the situation they're in. They can't just simply walk up to the female Titan and tell her not to attack. And even if they could, she may not even listen or get the idea to attack when she hadn't thought of it. They scolded Snoutlout for his decision and let Toothless and Stormfly deal with him while they were thinking.
Eventually, Astrid gave in and punched a hole in a tree. "UGH! I can't believe it!"
Hiccup looked over at Astrid. "I can't either. Then again, I can. It's Snotlout."
"Even Ruffnut and Tuffnut wouldn't think of that! And they're practically mindless!"
Hookfang, which was confiscated from Snotlout as part of the punishment, poked Astrid with his claw.
"Not now, Hookfang." Astrid said.
Hookfang picked Astrid up by hooking her shirt onto his claw and holding her up high. There, she was able to see a Titan in the distance. It was much shorter than the male and female Titan they saw before but it was still pretty large. It wasn't evenly poportioned like the male and female Titan either, with a small head and an abnormally large body.
"Uh oh..." Astrid said.
"What's wrong?"
"I think Hookfang and I found one of the female Titan's troops."
Hiccup climbed up Hookfang and looked at the Titan. "It can't be. This-"
"OUTTA MY WAY!" Someone yelled.
Everyone turned their heads, only to see Snotlout riding another Monstrous Nightmare. He was heading straight towards them, making them scatter about to get out the way. Suprisingly, the landing was quite successful and Snotlout got off the Monstrous Nightmare pretty easy. "Like my new ride?"
Hookfang was shocked and narrowed his eyes at Snotlout. He turned his back towards him and pouted, blowing smoke from his nose.
"Snotlout! Go back to the village!" Astrid said.
"No way! I'm going to kill that thing once and for all! And Hookfang Jr. here is gonna help me!"
"You have Hookfang! You don't need another one!"
"If you guys would've never taken him from me, I would've never used one of his kids!"
"So what are you gonna do with Hookfang when we give him back to you?"
"Simple! I'll ride Hookfang one day and Hookfang Jr. another day!"
Hookfang turned around and roared at both Hookfang Jr. and Snotlout. He walked behind Astrid and Hiccup, as if he wanted to be with them instead of Snotlout due to his betrayal. He glared at them both angrily.
"Hookfang?"
Hookfang growled and stood on his hind legs. He tried to slap Snotlout across the fae with his wings to Astrid stopped him before he could. "It's not worth it Hookfang."
"Hmph! Fine! I don't need you anymore anyways! I may have built an incredible bond with you but leaving me just for a little switch? That's not loyalty, that's just plain selfish! C'mon, Hookfang Jr.! Let's knock out that thing already!" Snotlout mounted Hookfang Jr.
Hookfang Jr. looked at Hookfang before growling at him lowly. Hookfang roared back and even attempted to bite him. Hookfang Jr. moved out the way before he could get bitten and flew away, roaring at his own father before doing so.
Hiccup petted Hookfang, only to have Hookfang suffer an emotional breakdown, whimper, and fall over. He wanted to cry but didn't because he wanted to keep his manly posture. Eventually though, he did cry but he covered his eyes so no one would see.
"Aww, don't cry Hookfang." Astrid said.
"Yeah. You don't need Snotlout anyways. He doesn't deserve a great Monstrous Nightmare like you." Hiccup said.
Hookfang uncovered his eyes and looked at Hiccup with his pupils dilated. He tilted his head, giving the idea that he was trying to say "Do you really mean it?". He still had a few tears running down the side of his face.
"Yeah." Hiccup said, patting Hookfang on the head.
Hookfang wiggled his tail and stood up. He ignited himself but only for a few minutes before stopping.
"Good boy." Astrid said.
Soon, a giant wave struck the three(3), causing them to get thrown back. Hiccup and Astrid hit trees and Hookfang hit an abnormally large stone. Neither of them were knocked out but they were suffering from mild pain. When the pain went away, they looked up, only to see Hookfang Jr. and Snotlout coming by with smiles on their faces. The two landed in between Hiccup and Astrid.
"We just took out the beast." Snotlout said proudly with his chest out.
Hookfang Jr. nodded and stuck his tongue out at Hookfang. Hookfang responded with a growl.
"How?" Hiccup asked.
"I'm not telling-"
"TELL US OR YOUR HEAD'S MINE!" Astrid hollered as she held up her ax.
Snotlout jumped back. "I hit the back of it's neck!" He said with great fear.
Astrid put her ax down and glared at Snotlout.
"We could use this information..." Hiccup said.
Astrid and Hookfang looked over at Hiccup. "How so?"
"We may need to initiate a battle against the Titans."
"Titans?" Snotlout asked.
"That beast you slayed earlier. It's a Titan." Hiccup replied.
"Dumbass." Astrid mumbled while looking away from Snotlout.
Hookfang nodded in agreement to Astrid. Hiccup agreed with Astrid as well but showed no sign of it.
"Hey! I heard that!" Snotlout said.
Hookfang snorted in disgust and whipped his tail at Snotlout. Snotlout moved out the way before his tail could make contact with his face.
"Doesn't matter. Anyways, what should we do?" Astrid asked.
"We train. All of us. We don't know what those Titans will do, especially the female one." Hiccup replied.
Astrid nodded. She mounted Stormfly and signaled Hookfang to follow her. Hookfang nodded and once Stormfly took fly, so did he. Hiccup and Toothless soon followed and finally Hookfang Jr. and Snotlout.
-Many hours later...-
Night had fallen and all the vikings and their dragons in the village were still training for the potential fight they were going to have with the Titans. Hiccup, Astrid, their dragons, and Hookfang on the other hand stopped training not too long ago.
"I wonder what Titans eat." Astrid said.
"Well, based on what Snotlout said, dragons." Hiccup said.
"Snotlout's an idiot. For all we know, it could've been a tree or something that resembled a dragon."
"True. But we didn't see it so we can't say he was lying."
"I guess...but to hurt the female Titan over a dragon? I mean, I know dragons shouldn't be hurt like that but if that's what Titans eat then let them be! And it wasn't even anyone's dragon, there wasn't exactly a valid reason to freak out."
"I know."
"I think Snotlout should be Titan bait."
"But they only eat dragons."
"Dress him up as a dragon then! Or put him in the mouth of a Gronckle!"
"Bu-"
"Not Meatlug."
"Astrid, I think you're going a little-"
"I'm not going overboard! This is serious! We don't know what Titans are capable of, especially Tame and Beserk! For all we know, they can take out an island in seconds."
"Tame and...Beserk?"
"Yeah! The male and female Titans we saw earlier today!"
"So I'm assuming Beserk iiss..."
"The female Titan."
"And Tame is the male?"
"Yes."
"Ooookkaaayyy..."
"Shut up, the kid(s) will have better names."
"I hope so..." Hiccup mumbled, looking away from Astrid.
Hookfang titled his head and poked Hiccup on the back. Hiccup looked at him.
"Don't worry, Hookfang. You can stay with us until you find a new rider or at least a new home to sleep in." He said.
Hookfang wagged his tail and crawled under Hiccup's bed. His snout was sticking out as well as his tail but even still, he was happy. Hiccup chuckled and laid on his bed, only to have Hookfang slip his tail through the one of the openings on the sides of the bed and coil it around his waist.
"Oh boy..." Hiccup said, already started to feel uncomfortable.
Yeeaaahhh, a lot of stuff was changed from the original draft...I think this one is longer than the original though so that's the upside. I'll try to get in the next chapter later on today (10/4/14). For now, enjoy this one! :3