Thunder's origin

Why does it have to be so hard? It hasn't been a day since I last saw Spark, my brother. The others tried to convince me that he's fine, that wherever he is he's taking care of himself… even I've been trying to convince myself that it's true

But… I just… I just can't stop thinking about my little brother. Is he fine? Is he in danger? Will he return so we can talk things about and be brothers again?

All of this questions in my head make things just as sleeping really hard, it's the middle of the night and it doesn't matter what I do I can't sleep

I've tried everything, I've gone midnight snack, I've tried to lay on my back, side and belly but I can't get comfortable enough to sleep

Eventually, my body couldn't take it anymore, so I collapsed on the floor until I slowly began to fell asleep

At least I can finally rest… wait… who's that?... brother?... i-i-it's you… hold on… brother… don't go… brother… please…

"BROTHER!" I yelled as soon as I woke up, I must have had a nightmare, but why can't I remember it?

"Thunder, it's okay" a voice said, it was my rider who has woken up, he gently started to pet my head helping me to calm down "Don't worry, it was just a nightmare I understand"

I guess now I know how Blake must have felt every time I comforted him. It's kind of curious how have roles swapped, now I'm the one who had the nightmare while my rider comforts me

Like an hour later the sun rose, so Blake and I started our day. However, for the lack of sleep it was hard to stay awake

"Thunder? Thunder!" a voice called

"Huh? What?" I asked

"Were you listening?" the voice asked, it was Toothless with Crawler

"Oh, sorry, Toothless. I had a rough night" I apologized with a yawn

"I can see, that's why I asked you why do you like that, you look like you haven't closed your eyes for a month" Toothless said

"I wasn't at Blake's room last night, so please tell us, what's wrong big guy?" Crawler asked

"I couldn't sleep and when I finally did it, I had a nightmare" I explained "All I can remember is that my brother was in it"

"You're still worried about your him, aren't you?" Toothless asked

"I can't help it, Toothless, I know you told me that he's fine but… I'm his big brother and it's my job to protect him" I said

"What are you talking about?" Crawler asked

"Let's just say that I have a younger brother and… he's really mad at me" I said

"How about this? We go for our riders and then for a flight, that will cheer you up and help you to clear your mind" Toothless suggested

"I'm not in the mood, Toothless, maybe later" I said before walking away

"Are you sure, big guy?" Crawler asked "You're really worrying me"

"Don't worry, I'm fine" I said

I began to walk around the village going to nowhere in particular until I slammed into something or someone, it was Hookfang

"Hey! Can't you see where you're going?! Thunder?" he asked

"Hi, Hookfang" I said with a tired tone

"Uh… why do you look so tired? And, where are you going?" Hookfang asked. Ugh, I don't want to explain everything to everyone I encounter with

"I'm going to take a bath, nothing especial" I said sarcastically

"Who are you and what did you do to Thunder?" another voice asked, I turned around and saw Barf and Belch standing there. Great, that's exactly what I needed

"The real Thunder would never go to take a bath by his own will" Belch said

"I'm the real Thunder, Belch" I said

"Then prove it, shoot me a lightning blast" Hookfang said

"Hookfang, are you crazy? I'm not going to shoot you a lightning blast" I refused

"So, you're not the real Thunder, he would have already shot a lightning blast at Hookfang" Barf said

I groaned annoyed and shot a lightning blast at Hookfang but he dodged in time

"Okay, he's the real Thunder" Hookfang said

"Oh… so… why do you look so tired?" Belch asked

"Ask Toothless, he'll tell you guys everything" I said as I walked away

I continued to walk for at least five minutes until someone stopped me

"Thunder, what brings you here?" Stormfly asked, she's the one who stopped me along with Meatlug

"I'm just going for a walk to clear my mind" I said

"I thought you rather to go for a flight when you need to clear your mind" Stormfly said

"I'm not in the mood for one right now, Stormfly" I said

"You don't look so good, is something bothering you?" Meatlug asked

"Kinda… but… I… I don't really want to talk about it, so if you excuse me… I'll continue with my way" I said

Eventually, I arrived at the forest, so I went to the cove and laid down next to the lake

"I knew you'd be here" a voice said, so I looked where the voice came and saw Toothless and the others entering the cove

"Not now, I'm too tired" I yawned "I just… want to take a nap"

"We're sorry but, we want to know what happened between you and your brother" Toothless said

"Maybe… other day" I said as I began to close my eyes and fall asleep but Hookfang roared in my face waking me up

"Hey! What was that for?!" I asked

"Someone had to make sure you didn't fell asleep" Hookfang said

"If I tell you all what happened, will you let me sleep?" I asked

"Maybe" Toothless said

Well, it's better than a no I suppose, but why does it have to be now that I'm tired

"Thunder, are you there?" Stormfly asked

"Uh- y-yeah… just… give me a minute… what happened between me and my brother… is something I don't like to remember" I said fighting against the urge of closing me eyes and sleep "Wait, why do you even want to know?"

"You haven't been acting like yourself since Outcast Island" Toothless said

"We also noticed that something is bothering you, it wasn't hard to find out that whatever is brothering you is related with your brother" Meatlug said

"So… we thought that if you took everything out of your chest" Barf began

"You'll feel better, and maybe… explaining us the reason of why Spark looked furious when he saw you" Belch ended

"So, go ahead and tell us. If you don't do it, I'll keep roaring in your face not allowing you to sleep" Hookfang said

"We just want to help you feel better" Crawler said

"You guys know me so well that it's scary, but you win, I'll tell you" I sighed slightly annoyed, I know they're just worried but I can't help it "It's probably better if I start from zero"


I guess it all started with my parents, my father was a Skrill Dark blue scales and light blue markings with even lighter blue scales underbelly

He was calmed most of the time and rarely got angry. However, whenever me or my siblings misbehaved, a glare from him was able to make us regret whatever we did. He always listened to us whenever we needed to take something out of our chests as he gave us a hug full of fatherly love

My mother was a Skrill with dark grey scales with purple markings, basically her scales were just like my brother's

My mother was really caring of me and my siblings but she also was kind of strict, she didn't allow us to exit our cave during the night, my siblings found it annoying but I knew she was just trying to keep us safe. She really liked to watch me and my siblings play outside of the cave, she always did it with a smile

My parents met while they were hunting. At first, they didn't like each other but with time they grew closer and they decided to make a family

It was a surprise for both of them when my mother laid three eggs and not just one like it like it normally happens but they chose to keep all the eggs

Eventually me and my siblings hatched, as you already know I was first one to hatch making me the oldest just for a few seconds because according to my parents my sister hatched ten seconds later and my brother hatched another ten seconds after her

I really got along with my siblings, but… let's just say we liked to annoy each other a bit and we took advantage of our strengths

For example, physically I was the strongest of my siblings, so when we learned to fly, I liked to push my siblings to holes or something to scare them. I already knew that were going to be fine since we already knew how to fly

However, I was also the slowest. Thanks to that, my brother used to throw me pebbles to make me chase him around angrily. In fact, sometimes he was so fast that even our parents had trouble in catching him

My sister was the stealthiest, she could steal our fish without anyone knowing she was there. Whenever she stole my or my brother's fish, we always blamed each other until our sister confessed that she was the one who did it

You already know how do I look and how do I behave, so there's nothing much to say about the younger me

You also know how does my brother look. However, his attitude was completely different. He was really innocent and he got scared easily, even though most of the time he wanted to avoid trouble, he never hesitated when he wanted to annoy me or our sister

My sister had the same scale colors as our father, she was really adventurous and liked to explore our rocky island, every time she wanted to explore our mother forced me to go with her to keep her out of trouble, I still liked to go and explore with her though

I still remember how it all started, my siblings and I were five winters old. It was still morning, so I was sleeping until I felt something shaking me

"Brother… brother… brother wake up" someone whispered, so I started to wake up and saw my sister

"Sister? What's going on?" I asked as I got up but then I realized that my brother was by my side "Brother? Seriously? what's going on?"

"I'd like to know that too" my brother said as he looked at our sister "Why did you wake us up?"

"Sorry but… I woke up a bit earlier than I normally do and… let's just say I overheard our parents talking about something" my sister said

"Where are they?" I asked

"They went to get food a few minutes ago, it shouldn't take them long to get back" my sister said just before our parents returned to the cave

"Good morning, kids" my father said as he and my mother dropped some fish, so we began to eat

"Mom, dad… don't you want to tell me and my brothers something?" my sister asked taking our parents by surprise

"Well… there is something we'd like to talk about with you" my father said

"But… are you sure it's a good idea?" my mother asked looking at my father "I'm worried, maybe we should wait a little longer"

"Our children have already waited long enough. They are Skrills just like us, they can handle it" my father said

"Uh… did we do something wrong?" my brother asked "Are we in trouble?"

"No, of course not. It's just that-" my mother hesitated

"Your mother and I think it's time for you to learn how to charge yourselves with a lightning and use it" my father said

"Wait, really?" I asked excitedly

"Yes, but… keep in mind that this could be dangerous but it's something you've got to learn to do" my mother said

"So, are your three willing to learn how to use lightning?" my father asked

"YES!" me and my siblings yelled without hesitation, learning how to use lightning was something the three of us wanted to learn since we were two winters old, so I guess you can imagine how excited we were

"Alright, we'll go to search for a storm this afternoon" my father said

A few minutes later, my siblings and I were hanging out at the shore of our island. Well, my brother and I were at the shore, our sister was at the sea, surprisingly she liked water unlike my brother and I

"Brothers, you two should really join me once" my sister said

"I would like to stay at the shore where I'm nice and dry, thank you very much" I said

"Yeah… me too" my brother said, so our sister rolled her eyes annoyed

"So, how do you think it'll be like when we get charged by a lightning?" she asked

"I don't know, maybe we'll feel how does it go through our bodies" I suggested

"I think that we won't feel anything since us Skrills are made to be struck by lightnings" my brother said

"Good point, but I think it'll first hurt until we get used to it" my sister said as she got out of water

Then, my father landed near us

"Kids, in a few minutes we'll all go to look for a storm, so go back to the cave and wait there please" he said, so we nodded and started to walk away but my father blocked my path "Wait a second, son, I need to talk with you"

"What is it, dad?" I asked a bit nervously

"Today, when you and your siblings learn to control lighting, you'll all stop being hatchlings which means you'll also have to learn to hunt, look for shelter and most importantly, to survive on your own" my father said

"Survive on my own, but why? You, mom, and my siblings are here" I said not getting what my father wanted to say

"Son, your mother and I won't always be here to protect you. One day you and your siblings will grow up and eventually leave this island, there's also no guarantee that you and your siblings will stay together" my father said

"But I don't want to leave, I like it here, and my siblings… I… I don't think I'll be okay without them" I said "Why… why are you telling me this?"

"Because you're the oldest of your siblings, so if something happens, you'll have to take care of them" my father said as he hugged me with his wing

"So that means that I'll be the only one who knows how to hunt or look for shelter?" I asked

"No, the three of you will learn that, but I believe it's better if you already know this" my father said

"Okay, I won't disappoint you" I said as I hugged my father's leg "Wait, why would my siblings and I have to separate?"

"Well, maybe one day when you and your brother find a female to call your mate and your sister will find a male to call her mate" I father answered

"What's a mate?" I asked

"Uh… I'll tell you when you're older" my father said


"And before anyone says anything. Yes, I already know what a mate is. I saw the question coming, Hookfang" I said looking at him, so everyone did the same

"What? I was curious, don't judge me" Hookfang said

"Hookfang, you and I have the same age, why would you even want to ask me that?" I asked, but Hookfang didn't answer, he looks really embarrassed and I swear I saw the scales of his face a bit more… uh… red than usual

"Anyway, I'm going to sleep now" I said as I laid down and closed my eyes but this time Toothless roared on my face "Toothless! Why?!"

"Sorry, Thunder, but no sleeping for you until you finish the story" he said

"Aw, come on! I already told you a part of it! Let me sleep! Five minutes is all I ask" I complained

"Alright, but just five-" Toothless began but before he could end I fell asleep just to be woken up by Toothless sometime later

"Feeling better, big guy?" Crawler asked

"You've got your sleep, will you continue?" he asked

"Yes, thanks for letting me sleep for five minutes, I needed it" I said, even though I'm still tired, I feel with enough energy to continue


After the talk with my father, we went to our cave for my siblings and mother in order to look for a storm

We flew for a few minutes until we arrived at a maze of sea stacks, so we landed on one

"What are we doing here?" my brother asked

"There are no storms here" my sister said

"One will arrive soon, be patient" my mother said

"How do you know?" I asked

"It's a talent" my mother said

"Really?" my brother asked

"Don't question your mother, she knows what she's doing" my father said glaring at us

Time passed and nothing happened, I'm sure we waited for an hour and we were getting inpatient

"We've been here for so long" my sister complained

"The storm is almost here" my mother said

"Really because I think we're in the wrong place" I said just before we heard something behind us, so we turned around and saw some thunderclouds

"You were saying, son?" my mother asked as I heard my siblings' giggles behind me

"Laugh all you want, just please don't say anything" I said feeling completely embarrassed

"We should get going, that looks like a pretty good storm" my father said

We quickly flew into the storm, my sister and I were really excited but my brother looked a bit nervous

"Is something bothering you, little brother?" my sister asked

"It's just that… well… I… I don't think I'm ready for this" my brother said "I know we've wanted this since we were little but… I… I don't know"

"Come on, brother, we are Skrills, we were made for this. Don't worry, we've got your back, isn't that right, sister?" I asked

"Our big brother is right, don't worry, there's nothing the three of us can't do" my sister said

"Alright, kids, this is it" my mother said as we stopped in the air

"In order for us to start this, you've got to let yourself get struck by a lightning" my father said

My siblings and I nodded in excitement just before I got struck by a lightning. I won't lie, it was painful, the pain went through my body but it only lasted for a few seconds because then it got replaced with a warm feeling, so I opened my eyes and shook my head

"Whoa… w-what… what happened?" I asked a bit stunned

"Brother!" both of my siblings yelled worriedly as they flew towards me but our mother stopped them

"Wait, your brother needs to recover, give him a minute" she said

"How do you feel, son?" my father asked

"I… I feel good, I guess… I'm not sure… did I really got struck by a lightning?" I asked

"Yes, did you feel how did it go through your body?" my father asked

"I think I did" I said

"Alright, now, I want you to feel it moving through your body again, guide it" my father asked

I'm not sure what happened but I closed my eyes and when I opened them, I was shotting my first lightning blast

"Yeah! Just like that" my father cheered

"Brother, that was amazing" my brother said

"How did you do it, big brother?" my sister asked

"Don't worry, you'll learn to do it now" my mother said "Just do exactly like your brother"

My siblings were really excited, so each of them was struck by a lightning and seconds later they shot a lightning blast

"Wow, that was better than I expected it to be" my sister said

"You can say that as much as you want, sister" my brother said

"You three have done good, we're very proud" my mother said

"That's enough for today, just remember, from now on you'll have to look for a storm in order to charge yourselves up with more lightning. Oh, and whatever you do, don't try to use your lightning when you're in the water" my father said with a serious tone

"Why shouldn't we use it in water?" my sister asked

"You could really hurt yourselves if you do, I talk for experience and I don't want to see any of my children harmed" my father said

"Let's go back home" my mother said

We all started to fly back home, in that moment my siblings and I could be considered the happiest Skrills ever until…

"Ah!" my brother suddenly yelled, he was flying behind me and got trapped by a net, so he began to fell into the ocean

"Brother!" my sister and I yelled

"Son!" my parents yelled

Before any of us could do something, my brother landed at the ocean and got pulled up on a ship, a ship of dragon hunters, but there wasn't just one, there were five of them

"Leave my son alone!" my father roared as he charged at the ship. Then, he shot a lightning blast at the ship but unfortunately… he… he got shot with an arrow, so he lost control over his flight and crashed at one ship

"Kids, stay back, I'll help your father" my mother said as she flew towards the ship

"Brother, we've got to do something" my sister said

"Let's help our brother and then our parents" I said

My sister and I flew towards the ship that my father destroyed and helped my brother

"Thanks, guys" mi brother said as we flew away from the ship but we also saw our parents captured in nets, both of them had an arrow on their bodies

"Mom! Dad!" I yelled as my siblings and I flew towards the ship

We shot a lightning blast each. Of course, our blasts weren't as powerful as our parent's but them still managed to scare some of the men off

"Kids, you've got to go" my father said weakly

"No! we can't leave you!" my sister said just before she got hit her leg

"Sister!" my brother said as he helped her but I released my mother from the net

She got up and placed herself between us and all the men on the ship

"Kids, there's no other way, you've got to go" my mother said as she looked at my siblings and I but we didn't move

"Please, take care" my father said

"Now!" my mother roared

My siblings and I were really scared, that was the first time our mother roared at us, so we flew off as fast as we could

It only took a few seconds for a giant explosion to sound behind us, so we all knew what that meant… our parents… died… they… died and we weren't able to do something to avoid it

We returned home and things got worse, the arrows must have poison or something because… my sister… got really ill and… she… she also died, she died in front of my eyes


I… I can't contain myself any longer, so I began to cry with the memory, it didn't go unnoticed

"Uh… Thunder? do… do you need a minute?" Stormfly asked

"No… I… I'm fine" I said trying to not sob

"You don't have to tell us the rest if you don't want to" Meatlug said

"I… said I'd tell you all the whole story… and that's what I'm going to do" I said

"Okay, big guy, but don't hesitate to stop if you need to" Crawler said


After my sister died, my brother and I left our island, we couldn't stay there any longer

Luckily, we found a rocky island at the north where it was always cold, so some glaciers were seen everywhere

A week passed and my father's words were still in my head "you're the oldest of your siblings, so if something happens, you'll have to take care of them"

I knew I had to protect my little brother at all costs, I didn't care about what I would have to do, he was the only family I had left

However… even with all that happened to us… he still continued with that innocent attitude of his, so I knew that if something happened to me… he wouldn't survive on his own

I had to learn for myself how to control lightning so I could teach my brother how to do it… I also had to harder my heart, I had to be rough on my brother

I never hit him or something like that, I was cold and pretended to didn't care about what happened to him

One day while we were practicing, he hurt himself by accident but I told him to stop crying continued training

The idea of my behavior was to tough him up enough so he could take care of himself… and it worked too well…

My brother and I became distant… he even began to believe that everything that happened when we were hatchlings… was my fault

I don't blame him for believing that, I shouldn't have behaved that way… I… I should've done something while I still could

One day during winter when we were both 14, I was waiting for my brother that winter there were a lot of snow storms, that day wasn't an exception, so I was at our new cave but my brother wasn't returning

"Why do you do this, brother?" I asked myself slightly annoyed before going out in order to look for my brother, it wasn't hard to find him

"I knew you'd be here" I said as I landed behind him "Another snow storm is incoming; we have to go back"

"Just leave me alone, brother, I'm not in the mood to deal with you" my brother said

"I said we have to go back, I won't tell it again" I said

My brother growled and shot me a lightning blast but I ducked

"Brother, have you lost your mind?" I asked as the storm got worse, even I began to feel some cold

"I said I'm not in the mood to deal with you, that was a warning" my brother said

"Ugh, fine, do what you want, just don't come crying to me if something happens to you" I said as I turned around angrily

I was going to fly but the ground began to shake, I looked at one mountain and saw an avalanche, then I looked at my brother and realized that he didn't realize of what was coming his way

"Brother!" I yelled

"What do you want?" my brother asked before seeing the avalanche

We started to fly away as fast as we could but it was already too late, the avalanche was really close and the storm was pretty bad, in one second, I saw my brother and in other everything went dark

I woke up in a bunch of snow, so I got out and realized that I was at the shore of the island

"What happened?" I asked still disoriented "Brother!" I gasped

"Brother! Brother, where are you?" I said as I tried to look for him, I even began to dig in the snow

My brother was in front of me, so if I ended in the shore… he must've ended in the cold ocean, that must be the reason of why he was frozen when we found him, even with that I still hopped to find him safe and sound in the snow

"No… brother… please" I said almost crying after a couple of minutes of searching "No… No! no!" I roared

"Why… why did this have to happen?" I sobbed "Brother… Mom… Dad… Sister… please forgive me"


"Uh… Thunder?" Toothless asked

Before I could answer I realized that I was crying once again but this time I couldn't stop

"S-S-Sorry, guys… I-I I need to be alone… please… just leave" I sobbed

No one said anything and began to leave, except for Stormfly she stayed

"Thunder, I'm-" she began

"Stormfly… please… don't say that you're sorry… I… I don't want to hear it… and you don't have to be sorry… I'll be fine" I said looking away

Stormfly seemed to understand how I was feeling and flew away in silence

I continued to cry for a couple of minutes, maybe I cried for an hour until I was able to calm down. I began to close my eyes to finally get some sleep but a voice stopped me

"Thunder! where are you?!" the voice asked

It was a male human voice, so I easily recognized it, it was my rider's voice

I'm not sure of what should I do, should I tell him that I'm here at the cove? He sounds worried

Well, it doesn't matter because before I could do something, he entered the cove and saw me

"Thunder! You have been here all along?" Blake said as he walked towards me, he sounds really angry "I was worried sick"

"I'm sorry, Blake… I didn't want to worry you" I apologized

"I know you might've wanted a time for yourself but don't disappear like that, okay?" Blake said as he sat next to me

I nodded and placed my head on his lap "Could you… uh… please… pet me… I could use some comfort" I said a bit embarrassed but Blake seemed to get the message because he began to gently pet my head, so I let escape a small purr of pleasure

"Thank you" I said with a yawn

"You're really tired, aren't you? I don't blame you, you had a rough night with everything that happened yesterday" Blake said "Go ahead and sleep if you want, I'll stay by your side just the way you stood by my side"

"Blake, thank you so much" I yawned before falling in a deep and peaceful sleep

A/n: Hi, I hope you like this chapter, before ending I want to announce that the updates for this story are going to get slower, I reached the point that I wanted to reach and in order for me to progress with this story, I need to progress with Defenders of Berk, I hope you understand

See you in the next chapter