Over the ocean a black speck streaks across the sky as Toothless flies just above the water, splashing it up around him as Hiccup laid on his back, leaning the Night Fury back and forth between a pack of wild Thunderdrums before they flew up into the clouds.
"Yeah!" Hiccup exclaimed from under his riding helmet as they wove in and out of puffy white clouds before flipping upside down, the sun making Toothless's scales gleam as they fell back, Toothless looked happily at his back, where Hiccup was clutching his saddle happily before he flipped around again and began to do a corkscrew upwards, before letting gravity do its job as they fell between the clouds.
"Woo-hoo!" Toothless exclaimed as they flew towards a pack of Timberjacks, Hiccup spreading his arms out like they were wings before leaning back and patting Toothless's saddle.
"Hey, is a 135 pound kid too heavy for you?" He asked, even with his helmet on you could still tell he had a huge grin on his face.
"It wouldn't hurt to fly by myself." Toothless said with his own grin as Hiccup slid off his back, diving head first through the clouds, Toothless following in suit.
"Alright!" Hiccup exclaimed as Toothless stuck out his tongue as the ocean came into view from beneath the fluffy clouds and a pair of Wings sprung out of Hiccup's back as he and Toothless soared next to eachother.
"THIS IS AMAZING!" He exclaimed as Toothless shot a plasma blast in his direction, which exploded in mid air as Hiccup beat his wings and avoided the now multiple plasma blasted coming in his direction. He flipped over and started to fly backwards as Toothless rolled his eyes.
"You're gonna get hurt." He warned.
"I'll be fine." Hiccup said dismissively as a huge sea stack appeared out of some fog behind him
"HICCUP WATCH OUT!" Toothless screamed as he shot towards Hiccup and fired a plasma blast at the rocks before wrapping his wings around Hiccup, who had made his own wings go away as they barely made it through the stack and crashed onto the nearby island as Toothless groaned and opened up his wing, Hiccup crawling out as he turned a gear on his prosthetic and it switched from being very thin to a metal peg.
"Well that really came out of nowhere bud." Hiccup said as Toothless shot him a glare.
"You would've seen it if you were just flying right." He mumbled as Hiccup ignored his friend and looked at the now crumbling sea stack.
"We really need to work on your rescue maneuvers. That sea stack would've crushed me is you told me a second later." Hiccup said as he pulled off his helmet and smiled at the unfamiliar island as he walked to the edge of a cliff.
"It looks like we found another one bud." He said as Toothless shot him a glare and threw a pebble at his head.
"Oh, do you want an apology?" Hiccup said as Toothless turned away.
"Is that why your pouting big baby boo?" He cooed in an exaggerated manner.
"Baby boo is you." Toothless said, rolling his eyes as Hiccup threw his helmet aside and grabbed onto Toothless's neck.
"Oh are you feeling it yet? All those years of my heartfelt remorse?!" He exclaimed as Toothless stood up on his two feet and walked over to the edge of the cliff, hanging Hiccup over in fake peril.
"OKay! Okay! I apologize my superior reptilian brother." He exclaimed in fake terror as Toothless leaned back and pinned him down.
"He's down! And it's ugly!" Hiccup exclaimed as Toothless started poking him with his claw, Hiccup throwing back fake punches.
"Dragons and Vikings! Enemies again! Locked in combat to the bitter-" He was cut off by Toothless putting his head on his chest.
"Truly amazing." Toothless laughed before covering Hiccup with licks, making him groan in disgust before standing up, looking down at his now slimy chestplate.
"You know that doesn't wash out." He snapped as he tried to wipe off the smiley substance, Toothless laughing his head off as Hiccup flicked a bit of the spit onto Toothless's face, making him send Hiccup an annoyed glare as Hiccup had a triumphant look on his face before smiling and shaking his head grabbing a little folded up map from his chestplate before spreading it out to reveal a huge map with extra islands stuck all over the original paper. He then pulled a piece of paper out of a book and licked it with dragon spit before pressing it down next to another piece, the spit almost acting like glue as he started to draw a basic outline of the island.
"So, what should we name it?" Hiccup asked as he looked over at Toothless.
"Wait a sec, I have an itch." He said before scratching an itch on his armpit.
"Itchy armpit it is." He said as Toothless shook his head.
"Really?" He asked skeptically as Hiccup ignored him.
"So, you think we'll find some Timberjacks in those woods? The odd Whispering Death or two in the rocks?" Hiccup offered up as Toothless innocently looked at the map.
"Who knows? Maybe we'll finally track down another Night Fury. Wouldn't that be something." He sighed as Toothless gave him a confused look.
"But what about NightClaw?" He asked as Hiccup gave him an apologetic smile before shaking his head.
"She doesn't count. She chose to live with Hagan and the Draakan riders." He said as Toothless sighed.
"So, what do ya say? Just keep going?" Hiccup asked as he sighed and looked at the island covered in a light mist.
"What ever you want." He said as a screech was heard in the distance as Stormfly flew towards them, picking up a bit of dirt before landing.
"Hey guys!" She exclaimed happily as Astrid jumped off her back.
"Astrid!" Toothless exclaimed as he ran over to a Astrid, who giggled and scratched his head.
"Hello mi'lady. Where have you been?" Hiccup questioned playfully as she walked towards him.
"Stormfly!" Toothless greeted.
"Toothless! We just won another race!" Stormfly exclaimed as Toothless gave her a gummy smile.
"That's so great! Hiccup doesn't really like that stuff." Toothless said as he shook his head.
"Oh, winning races, what else? The real question is, where have you been?" Astrid asked as she plopped herself next to Hiccup, who was adding a bit of detail to the map.
"Avoiding my dad." He said as Astrid groaned.
"Oh no, what happened now?" She asked as Hiccup looked up and sat on his leg.
"Oh, you're gonna love this. I wake up, the sun is shining, Terrible Terrors singing on the rooftops. I saunter down to breakfast thinking all is right with the world and I get," Hiccup standing up and clears his voice before doing his Stoick impression and saying:
"Son, we need to talk-"
"Not now dad I got a whole day of goofing off to get started." Astrid interrupted, making her voice very nasally to impersonate Hiccup, making both of them laugh.
"Okay, first off, I-I don't sound like that, who- what is this character? And second, what's that thing you're doing with my shoulders?" He asked, shaking his shoulders like Astrid was as they both laughed again.
"Yeah, uh, really flattering impersonation, anyways, he goes: You're the pride of Berk son! And I couldn't be prouder." Hiccup said as Astrid interrupted again.
"Wow, thanks dad, I'm pretty impressed with myself too!" Astrid said as she shook her arms widely as Hiccup laughed.
"When have I ever, done that with my hands?!" He exclaimed, shaking his hands in the same way as Astrid laughed.
"You just did!" She pointed out as Hiccup groaned as walked over to her.
"Just, stay, still." He said as Astrid laughed as rolled her eyes as Hiccup stood up and cleared his throat again.
"You're all grown up, and since no chief could ask for a better successor, I've decided-"
"To make you chief!" Astrid exclaimed as popped up and Hiccup sighed.
"Oh my gods! Hiccup, that's amazing!" She exclaimed, giving Hiccup a rousing punch in his gut, making him accidentally spit out a bit of purple plasma.
"Ow! You're gonna make me run out of fire, my fuel lowers faster when I'm a human." He said as Astrid rolled her eyes as Toothless and Stormfly ran past, knocking them over.
"I bet you can't catch me!" Toothless exclaimed over his shoulder as Stormfly chased him.
Astrid rolled off of Hiccup and stood up, offering Hiccup her hand as she pulled him up.
"So yeah, this is what I'm dealing with." He sighed as he brushed himself off.
"What did you tell him?" She asked excitedly as Hiccup sighed.
"I didn't, by the time he turned around Toothless and I were already off the island." He said.
"Huh? Well that's a lot of responsibility. The map will have to wait for sure. And you and Toothless can't go flying around like you used to but..." She trailed off, getting Hiccup's hint as he looked at her sadly.
"Its not me Astrid. All those speeches and planning and running the village, that's his thing." He sighed as Astrid gave him a light smile.
"But I think you're missing the point. I mean chief! What an honor." She said.
"But Astrid, think about it. If I were actually killed by Toothless 5 years ago, then what? Snotlout would get my birthright. This wasn't a matter of being chosen. I'm the chief's son and by law, I have to become chief of Berk. But I've never really felt like I deserved that roll." He sighed before sitting back down, Astrid shaking her head.
"But you weren't killed by Toothless, or the Red Death, or your dad, or by anything. You are here now. And you deserve this. I'd pretty excited." She admitted as Hiccup sighed again.
"I not like you. You know who you are you always have, head of the Berk Guard, and it suits you perfectly. But I'm still lookin'. I know that I'm not my father. And I never met, my mother. So what does that make me?" He asked sadly as Astrid sat down next to him.
"Hiccup, what you're searching for isn't hidden in an unknown mountain or a foribben forest. It's in here." She said, gesturing to Hiccup's heart, who gave her a polite nod before looking back out at the horizon with a frustrated look.
"Maybe you just haven't found it yet." She said before laying a kiss on Hiccup's cheek before flinching back in disgust as she wiped some stray dragon spit off her lips as he looked up with a slightly shocked expression before letting out a growl of disapproval.
"Maybe, but there is something out there." He muttered, not breaking his eye contact from the horizon as Astrid sighed.
"Hiccup-" She was about to protect until he lifted her chin to reveal a thick dark grey pillar of smoke rising up from the distance, something wasn't right.
Hey guys! So? How did you like the second chapter? I know these are kinda resembling the movie a lot more than some of you migh've hoped but don't worry! They will start to differ more and more as the story goes on! And with that, I'll see you guys next time! Oh! I almost forgot, I'll explain that Astrid and Berk Guard thing when TAOHTS starts back up.