3 days ago...
Hiccup narrates
What happened, I still can't shake the feeling I have, I remember everything that happened, every word, every fight... every death... if I killed every person I passed along my path, a part of me I am very sorry for what I did, but on the other hand I enjoy it, I enjoy torturing and that somehow made me feel... free.
I still remember even moments when I have hardly been myself.
Flashback...
Hiccup arrives at his house, at night it was the last raid where he claimed to have shot down a night fury and no one believed him, but he is sure of his feat and decides to go look for it and finds it still alive, he tried to kill it but he couldn't. He let him go, the dragon got on top of him to kill him now but he forgave him so he walked away and then Hiccup fainted and he tried to enter his house without his father discovering him... but he was unsuccessful.
Stoick: Hiccup... wait, I have to talk to you.
Hiccup: Ahh Dad... you're here, that's good because I have to talk to you too... well
Hiccup/Stoick: I don't think I'll be able to kill dragons/I think you're ready for dragon training.
Hiccup/Stoick: What!- in unison.
Hiccup-nervous- Ahhh you first.
Stoick - sighs - Okay, you want to train, you start tomorrow.
Hiccup: ah, I would have started - the murmurs - Dad, on second thought, I think there are too many Vikings who fight dragons, but don't we have Viking bakers or Viking architects?
Stoick- hands him an ax- Take this.
Hiccup: ugh, dad I don't want to fight dragons.
Stoick: Haha but of course you want to.
Hiccup: No, I'll say it again... I can't kill dragons.
Stoick: But you're going to kill dragons.
Hiccup-irritated-I'm sure I won't do it!-He says it seriously, capturing the attention of his father.
Stoick- stops to look at him seriously- It's time Hiccup.
Hiccup: Are you even listening to me??!
Stoick: This is serious son - he takes the ax and hands it to him - when you carry this ax, you take us all with you, it means that you walk like us, talk like us, and think like us... this is over.
Hiccup: Did you just point out to me that his father doesn't accept him as he is, he always made Hiccup sad because his father showed her disappointment in silence in front of the entire village but telling him that was a low blow. which irritated him.
Stoick: Deal??
Hiccup: I have a feeling this conversation is going one way.
Stoick: Deal??!
Hiccup- to contain his anger Hiccup holds the gun tightly, trying to control himself he says- Deal... boss- he says the last thing dryly showing his disagreement with this.
Stoick ignores that last bit - Very good, train hard... I'll come back... maybe - and so he leaves the house.
Hiccup: And I'll be here... maybe- when he sees him leaving, he can't contain his anger anymore so he sees a shield on a wall and the ax sticks into it with enough force to break the shield, after He gasps and after a few minutes he sees what he did. When he saw it he didn't believe it and he got nervous so he decided to take the shield to look for a deal later.
...
It was raining and Hiccup was returning from the cove where Thootless was, that day was the first day of training and it was terrible for him but he also had many doubts that were not yet completely clarified. Now he was entering the great hall to eat something, there were Gobber and the boys from the ring.
Gobber: What did Astrid do wrong in the ring today?
Astrid: My marometa miscalculated. It was clumsy, it ruined my backturn.
Ruffnut says jokingly- Yes we noticed.
Snotlout: No no, it was good that was very "Astrid", don't worry, not everyone does it as well as me.
Hearing this, Hiccup ignored him but thought it was funny what Snotlout said when he believed that he was better than Astrid but he left it aside, he decided to take a plate of food and sit down to eat but his cousin noticed it and took his plate before followed by giving it to understand that he can't sit with them, that frustrated him, he didn't like cousin's behavior towards him, he tried to ignore it until Gobber blurted out the following:
Gobber: What did Hiccup do wrong?
Ruffnutt: Ammmm, what did it show up for??
Tuffnutt: Why didn't they eat it?
Astrid: Do you want to do everything his way??
The same mocking comments, Hiccup thought, normally he ignored them but Snotlout's.
Snotlout: More like he is useless and doesn't know that he is only in the way and that he will always be a disappointment. - The twins laughed at his comment as did he, the others just watched the scene in silence.
That broke Hiccup's patience and for the first time, he decided to return the comment.
Hiccup: Maybe... but let me remind you that this uselessness - it is pointed out - lasted longer facing the Gronckle, if you caught more attention in what matters than wasting time trying to flirt with Astrid you would make a lot of progress... and the twins How about they waste less time on nonsense and take something seriously rather than end up fighting over nonsense like who should e have such a shield.- What he said silenced those mentioned and the others watched in amazement as Hiccup defended himself, but that would not prevent the twins and Snotlout from wanting to get even, however, Gobber intervened.
Gobber: Amm yes, thank you, Astrid, you were right... and Hiccup is right, you three have to see that or you won't advance in the training, do you understand?
Snotlout and the twins nodded but then they would see how to humiliate Hiccup, meanwhile, Snotlout gave his cousin a look to tell him that she wasn't running away, but Hiccup noticed it and returned it with a face and a mocking smile unlike him.
...
An angry Hiccup walked straight to the cove, Gothi had selected him to kill the monstrous nightmare, if you seriously think he will do such a thing you are wrong, now he is walking with a basket with his things to get out of Berk.
Hiccup: A damn old woman... do you seriously think of selecting me and then finishing it all those who despised me now praise me as a hero?? There is no doubt that they have no remedy and there is only one alternative left... but first I'm not going to leave just like that...
Just like that, he headed to the ring, not caring about anything, just with the mission of freeing the dragons without anyone noticing and getting out of Berk without being seen, he just didn't expect his father to pass by the place and notice him along with a couple. of Vikings
What is wrong with me, I hope I find out but now I don't know what to do, let's see, for the moment I have to find a place for Toothless to rest.
Hiccup: Very well friend, let's find a place to rest, we are already far enough away, I don't think they will reach us.
Toothless: Grrr grrr- he responds as an affirmation.
It's quite curious how Toothless understands very well what I'm saying, although dragons are intelligent creatures, Toothless is very different from others, he is smarter and learns to adapt very well.
Author narrates.
After a quiet moment, Hiccup and Toothless found a safe island on which to rest and sleep, now Hiccup was preparing dinner, roasted fish for him and a lot of fish for Toothless, once ready he sat by the fire next to Toothless.
Hiccup: You know friend, now that we are free, I don't know where we can go, I mean, there is no place in the archipelago to hide, the war against the dragons is everywhere... what do you think??
Toothless, who continued eating until he felt he was talking to him, turned around and gave him a gurgle in response and Hiccup seemed to have understood what he said.
Hiccup: If you're right, it's very risky to stay here, I think the best thing would be to leave the archipelago... but despite everything there is something that still won't let me go - he gets serious - I think I can't afford to leave without first knowing why the dragons plunder the Vikings, with you I saw that the dragons are not what they are, but then why do they plunder the food?
Toothless knew the answer to that question, but he didn't know exactly how to tell the answer to that, however a pair of flapping wings caught his attention and so did Hiccup, so they turned to look to see a very familiar Deadly Nadder, but it wasn't. until 3 other dragons, a Monstrous Nightmare, a Gronckle, and a Zipperus, suddenly appeared, that's when Hiccup recognized them.
Hiccup: Hey, I remember you, I freed you from where you were locked up, but what are you doing here, shouldn't you be in your nest??
The dragons were scared by that, Hiccup noticed it, and after a while, it was when he understood it.
Hiccup approached the Nadder - They don't want to come back, right - he decided to pet the Nadder to cuddle him, who allowed it by bringing his head closer to him. Hiccup wondered, what was there in their nest that made them not want to return there? Could it be that the answers he was looking for would be there? Maybe if he took a look at it all his doubts would be clarified. "Okay, you can come with us." We'll leave the archipelago to find a place to live... and then Toothless will take me to his nest so I can see what's there.
After what he said Toothless moved from his place shocked by what he said, "it's crazy" he thought and did not hesitate to give his opinion on the matter, however, Hiccup was not going to give up.
Hiccup: Come on friend, we have to see what's there, if we solve the problem the raids will end and the dragons will be fine - Toothless was still not convinced of this - Oh come on, what could happen or that there was a great danger waiting there ...
Time skip...
Hiccup: I take back what I said, how the hell did I get into this? Hiccup was in Toothless trying to escape from a big dragon that had the intention of wanting to devour them... but how did they get into this situation?
It turned out that when he saw that he would not convince Toothless, he decided to leave the topic for the moment and decided to attend to the dragons that arrived for the rest of the day. The next day they began to head out to look for a new home, after a while they saw it, a great, very thick fog that marked the limits of the Archipelago, Hiccup knew what it meant, so together with the dragons he entered it, finding the exit was difficult, but when they all came out They were impressed by seeing all this new space of lands unexplored by them, Hiccup decided to name it "the afterlife", because the limits it showed said how much there was to explore and how much he could find in this new world for him. Continuing with their initial plan, they were looking for an island on which they could live. While doing so, they found new species of dragons that Hiccup had never seen and that he added to his notebook that he took with him; After much searching they managed to find a huge island with a volcano very spacious, enough for them and many more dragons.
During the rest of the day, Hiccup decided to settle on the island that he decided to call Dragon Edge, he was also planning what to build and what to cultivate so that the island could be habitable, but not only did he do that, he also touched on the topic again with Toothless. to take it to the nest, he refused, so Hiccup tried in every way to convince him, it was only when he told him that if he didn't take it, he would find another dragon to do it. Toothless, despite everything, knew that he was very capable of that, so he reluctantly agreed to take him.
Hiccup knew that the best way to find the nest was to follow the dragons from the raids, but he would never return to Berk and it was a risk to go to a tribe where if the chief of the tribe discovered him riding a dragon, word would surely spread. and his head would have a price that many would want to obtain. It took them some time to return to the archipelago, it was already night and there were still no signs, Hiccup saw how everything seemed to say that he would not find the nest, he began to tell himself that maybe there were things that should not be found, however, unexpectedly Toothless He began to fly in a strange way, almost automatically, they entered a mist that when he could see well, they were surrounded by dragons that had their prey captured and from one moment to the next they arrived at a rocky island with a large volcano, where they entered inside a mountain, once inside Hiccup realized that he was in the nest, he noticed how the dragons did not eat anything they stole from the raids, they only threw it into a hole, Toothless hid, knowing the danger that There was, Hiccup still didn't understand the problem until he saw it: A Gronckle arrived to throw away just a small fish that he had stolen, when out of nowhere a large dragon emerged from the depths devouring the little Gronckle, Hiccup was in shock, that dragon was immense, I remember reading almost about one similar to it in the book of dragons and there was only one way to call it: Red Death.
Hiccup saw that he was in a risky position and gave instructions to Toothless to leave, however, it was too late, and the Red Death noticed his presence...
Hiccup: We have to do something friend, if we don't stop it we'll be in serious trouble here.
Toothless understood that's when he saw that the Red Death was heading towards them, to stun it, he threw one of his most powerful plasmas that he had, which made the dragon angry but it gave Hiccup and Toothless enough time to leave for a crack, they descended outside to be able to recover from all the shock.
Hiccup: I see why you didn't even want to come here, Toothless forgive me.
Toothless: grrr grrr- he responded in response.
Hiccup: It's better to go, then we'll take care of... - suddenly the ground begins to shake and cracks begin to appear, and out of nowhere the dragon comes out of the mountain, showing its entire complexion, it was enormous, bigger than the village of Berk, Hiccup knew the danger that this dragon represents and if he had I would kill him so that no one else would suffer.
Hiccup quickly mounted Toothless so they could be at a safe distance, and see how to get rid of the Red Death.
Hiccup: We have to do something friend, I don't think another of your plasmas will help this time, but...- at that moment he remembered something
Hiccup was looking at the horizon along with Toothless, we were eating after that flight experience, the final test so that Toothless could fly worked and now they were serious about a bonfire-eating fish until the appearance of a group of Terrible Terrors.
Looking for something to eat, these little dragons began to look for Toothless's fish, which was suspicious. He tried to protect it, only one almost managed to take some but Toothless avoided him, the Terrible Terror, annoyed, challenged him, a calm Toothless was not intimidated and when the little dragon prepared a charge of the fire, Toothless sent a minimized plasma attack that entered the Terrible Terror's fauces, leaving him out of combat, Hiccup saw or all this surprised.
Hiccup: Wow, they're not fireproof on the inside, are they? - then he hands him his portion of fish so he can eat something - here you go.
The Terrible Terror accepted it with pleasure, always passing to Hiccup's side passing under his left arm.
Hiccup: Of course that is... Toothless I have an idea but I need you to help me, can I count on you??
Toothless gurgled in affirmation.
Hiccup took that as a yes and now set his sights on the Red Death - Very well, that thing has wings, let's see if it uses them - Using his great speed, Toothless headed towards his target, preparing another of his powerful plasmas, already close, firing, hitting A great impact, the Red Death, already fed up with all this, opened its wings and began to take flight to chase those vermin and decorate them once and for all.
Hiccup: Well, if you can, come on, friend, we can't give up.
The persecution began, if they continued like this they would achieve nothing.
Hiccup: Up Toothless make him follow us.
He made it follow them towards the clouds, disappearing into them, once in these, they began to attack the dragon and also prevent it from burning them alive because its attack is a great flame that if they are not careful they will die, the situation was more worrying when Toothless's prosthetic started to catch fire...
Hiccup: Looks like we're out of time, let's get this over with.
They called the dragon's attention to follow them back down, Toothless was fast but the Red Death was approaching at high speed and the prosthesis was being destroyed.
Hiccup: Hang on a little longer buddy, we're almost there.
They continued the course while Hiccup waited for the moment to act, he had to be precise because there was only one chance and he had bet everything on this attack, that was when he saw it, the Red Death prepared to attack them again, he was preparing to bring out a great flare, he knew it was now.
Hiccup: Very well shoot now Toothless.
Toothless did as he was told and shot exactly in the dragon's jaws which began to burst into flames, its body began to burn inside and was already being affected on the outside, just like that the dragon crashed on the shore of the island. causing an explosion from which Hiccup and Toothless tried to escape, but they could not get out because they collided with the tail, the prosthesis ended up breaking, Hiccup fell from Toothless into the void of the explosion and to save his friend Toothless went inside. empty to protect him between his wings... after that everything went black for Hiccup before he lost consciousness...
He will continue...
Hello everyone, I hope you have enjoyed the chapter, stay tuned for what follows because the following chapters will show more past events that will highlight the moment that the characters are now experiencing.
So without further ado, I say goodbye and see you in the next chapter.
Thank you.