A/N: ...Hi. Long time, no see, huh? Sorry about the overwhelmingly large amount of time it's been since I've last posted. If you'd like to know what's been happening, please read the top of my profile description. Those who read it will understand why I'm close to bouncing off the walls with excitement at having been able to post this. Anyway, please enjoy! Let me know what you think, please. I've rewritten this multiple times and (unfortunately) this wasn't my favorite of the drafts, but since I lost the one I enjoyed it'll have to do as the next best thing.
OH! And, as always, please beware of SPOILERS! One of the few upsides to the posting problem I've been having (again, check my profile for an explanation) is that Season 4 is out now! Expect references galore, considering it was one of my favorites so far. (It also gives me more content for the gang to watch, if I end up doing more following the end of this movie. I may not do all the episodes, and I may do RttE before RoB/DoB, but I'm still pretty undecided.)
Hiccup
So, why didn't you?
"You just hunted him down again?!" OAstrid scowled, baffled by such a dangerous yet daring move.
"Maybe this time T'll actually shoot him!" Tuffnut perked up, rubbing his hands together malevolently. He then cackled wildly, causing everyone to inch away from him in concern. "Shall this be the end, of our dragon-sympathizing heir?!"
Hiccup sighed, rolling his eyes in mild annoyance. "Oh yeah, you got me Tuff. I've been dead this entire time."
"And the truth comes out!" Ruffnut gasped. The twins then continued discussing their conspiracy in whispers, glancing at the two Hiccups every now and then with a look of distrust in their eyes.
Hiccup (cont.)
Well, this was stupid.
"Very. You could get hurt!" Valka reprimanded, Stoick nodding solemnly.
"...or even...killed?!"
"Drop it, Tuffnut!" OHiccup warned, before turning to a snickering Snotlout in confusion.
"Okay, but to be fair what do you do that isn't stupid…?" The Jorgenson asked, earning a glare.
"He's got a point."
"Ah, what?! You too, Astrid?"
Hiccup (cont.)
Why don't you just... fly away?
Toothless grumbled at his rider grouchily, the boy's mother chuckling at the display.
"He's missing a tail fin, duh." Fishlegs blushed as the heir shot him a look, forgetting that the group had yet to be taught much by Gobber.
Gobber (o.s.)
Alright. Where did Astrid go wrong in the ring today?
"Hiccup, you're soaking wet...you should really be careful about staying out in the rain." Stoick chided, concern evident as his eyes appraised the boy on screen.
"O-okay...thanks." Stoick almost missed it, and from the absent looks on everyone else's faces he was sure he was the only one to catch the soft words. His son shot him a smile of gratitude, before turning back to the movie.
Astrid
I mistimed my somersault dive. It was sloppy. It threw off my reverse tumble.
"Rookie mistake...I've really gotta work on that." OAstrid huffed, cheeks pink as OHiccup let out a small laugh.
"If it's any consolation, I need to work on like...everything." Her boyfriend reminded her.
Ruffnut
[Sarcastically] Yeah, we noticed.
Both Hiccups fought to keep back snickers. If there was one thing they loved as much as using sarcasm, it was hearing it.
Snotlout
No, no, you were great. That was so "Astrid".
"...but still, nothing beats the Snot-man!"
Gobber
She's right, you have to be tough on yourselves. Where did Hiccup go wrong?
"Why do I like Gobber again?"
Ruffnut
Uh, he showed up?
Tuffnut
He didn't get eaten.
Fishlegs stiffened comically as the boy's parents caught him snickering despite himself; he knew the twins' comments weren't the nicest, but he had to admit that they could be pretty funny. Even Toothless let out a little dragonesque laugh at his rider's expense.
Astrid
He's never where he should be.
"I'd love to argue, but that's actually a pretty solid point." OHiccup mused, a slight smirk on his face.
Gobber
Thank you, Astrid. You need to live and breathe this stuff. The Dragon Manual. Everything we know about every dragon we know of.
"Probably the most unimpressive book I've ever read…" Hiccup groaned as he recalled the mostly-useless manual. "How did we even make it past three generations on Berk?"
"That's what you get for reading." Snotlout scoffed, the twins nodding.
Gobber (cont.)
No attacks tonight. Study up.
Tuffnut
Wait, you mean, read?
Ruffnut
While we're still alive?
"Oh, no, by all accounts feel free to wait until you're in Valhalla…" Stoick deadpanned, his wife fighting to hold back a fit of laughter at his words.
"Oh my gods, we are related." Hiccup muttered, both him and his older counterpart gawking with wide eyes at their father as though seeing him for the first time.
Snotlout
Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?
"Always the paragon of eloquence, eh Snotlout?" Fishlegs teased, face smug as both Snotlout and the twins blinked at him in confusion.
"The what of what?" Snotlout squinted, as though trying to decipher the meaning of his friend's words gave him a headache, before deciding to simply sock the other teen in the arm and be done with it.
Fishlegs
Oh! I've read it like, seven times. There's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at your face. And-And there's this other one that buries itself for like a week-
Tuffnut
Yeah, that sounds great. See, there was a chance I was going to read that…
Ruffnut
...But, now…
Snotlout
You guys read, I'll go kill stuff.
"Remind me why we brought those three with us to the Edge…?" OAstrid asked her boyfriend with a groan. Toothless huffed as well; if most Vikings were as uninterested in learning as they were, then it was no wonder it took over 300 years for the war to end.
"Because then they'd be as far away from everyone else as possible?" The man suggested in amusement.
"Good point. Maybe when we get back we should send them back on some sort of wild goose chase."
"Hey!" The three teens turned toward their friends' older counterparts with offended expressions. While they had no clue what "the Edge" was, they could tell that OHiccup and OAstrid were simply trying to get rid of them.
"Okay, how about this: we'll send you on a vacation?" OHiccup tried instead, grinning as the teens immediately jumped on board with his plan. He then turned back to his girlfriend, who shot him an appreciative thumbs-up.
Fishlegs
Oh, and there's this other one that has these spines that look like trees...
Hiccup
So I guess we'll share?
"Wow, you're relentless." Astrid snickered at the teen's attempt, her laughter only increasing as she caught the pink faces of both his older and younger self.
"Why is it that dropping you in a tree worked better…?" Hiccup grumbled, though not without humor in his voice at the memory.
"You dropped her in a what?!" The room chorused in surprise, mouths gaping as they waited for an explanation. Toothless grinned, eying the blonde mischievously as he too recalled the moment.
"Don't worry, you'll see." Deiya's reassurance calmed the group, however both Astrids and Hiccups froze.
"Wait, wait, wait– you're going to show them our first date?!" Astrid nearly screeched, pushing her bangs back with one hand in disbelief. Both Hiccups stared at her incredulously, though not without a small grin.
"You consider that a date? Like he just said, I dropped you in a tree!" OHiccup laughed outright, only getting louder as his family and friends stared confusedly between both the Hiccups and Astrids.
"Hush, I don't want to risk you telling any more spoilers!" Deiya teased, before either Astrid had a chance to explain herself. Ruffnut, however, had a question of her own.
"Wait, so exactly how long have you two been dating, then? And why didn't any of us know?!" She shot the four accusatory glares, arms crossed indicating she would not be ignored.
"Um, we didn't make anything 'official' until we were about nineteen…" OHiccup started, rubbing the back of his neck at the intense stares he was suddenly receiving from all in the room.
"But we've technically been dating since we were fifteen," OAstrid added, quickly counting the time on her fingers. "So that would be about five years."
"Wow." Stoick mouthed to Valka, face pale, before turning to speak to his son. "I had no clue you were even into girls yet."
"I know, I did that on purpose." Hiccup mumbled, secretly proud that he'd managed to keep his father in the dark for so long. "Although, I am surprised Gobber didn't let anything slip. He's known for years, and Odin knows he's as open as can be once he's had too much meade."
"Oh my gods, that explains a lot." Astrid recalled her many trips to the forge, reaching the sudden epiphany of why Gobber would always leave her alone with Hiccup.
Astrid
Read it.
"Yikes." The teens laughed at Hiccup's expense, though not without cringing slightly in sympathy.
"Honestly, can't blame you for not sticking around." Hiccup commented, as Astrid turned red, stumbling over her words as she tried to form an apology or excuse of some nature. "Like I said, it's the worst thing I've ever read, it'd be torture to have to sit through it again."
Hiccup
All mine then. Wow, okay. So, I'll see you, uh... [Door slams] tomorrow.
Although both Hiccups seemed unbothered by the rejection, Toothless was much less pleased at his rider being cast aside so harshly. The Night Fury shot the blonde a small glare, letting off a growl in warning.
Hiccup
Dragon classifications. Strike Class, Fear Class, Mystery Class.
Hiccup (cont.)
Thunderdrum: This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools. When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight. Timberjack: This gigantic creature has razor sharp wings that can slice through full grow trees. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight. Scauldron: Sprays scalding water at its victim. Extremely dangerous. Changewing: Even newly hatched dragons can spray acid. Kill on sight. Gronckle, Zippleback, The Skrill, Boneknapper, Whispering Death. Burns its victims, buries its victims, chokes its victims, turns its victims inside-out. Extremely dangerous, extremely dangerous, kill on sight, kill on sight, kill on sight…
"I'm afraid I never was rather good at following instructions, no matter how simple." Valka commented lightly. Stoick chuckled, a cheeky grin poking out beneath his fiery beard.
"That would explain your inability to follow recipes, I guess." He teased his wife, who scoffed lightheartedly at the comment.
Hiccup (cont.)
Night Fury: Speed, unknown. Size, unknown. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance, hide and pray it does not find you.
Toothless snorted at the description, very thankful that Hiccup had ignored the manual.
Stoick
I can almost smell them. They're close. Steady.
"You're gonna get yourself killed!" Hiccup's face paled suddenly, evidently concerned for his chief's– as well as father's– well-being.
"It's an occu–"
"Occupational hazard or not, I don't know what I would've done if you hadn't come back from those searches!" Hiccup snapped, cutting off his dad's excuse. "You were all I had, did you ever think about that?"
The others tensed at the outburst, surprised he'd be so openly distraught, before turning back to the screen. Stoick took a moment longer to tear his eyes away, unable to find the words to comfort his evidently-distressed son. It was only after Toothless had worked his head into the heir's lap, purring contentedly as his rider found comfort in his company, that the chief was able to return to the movie.
Stoick (cont.)
Take us in.
Viking
Hard to port... for Helheim's gate.
The Vikings flinched in sympathy for those on screen, glad that the group had managed to return home safely and thankful that the days of worrying about their well-being on the searches was over. The teens in particular seemed disturbed by the sight, however, having never taken part in the scouting missions.
Hiccup
You know, I just happened to notice the book had nothing on Night Furies. Is there another book? Or a sequel? Maybe a little Night Fury pamphlet? WHOA!
"Ooh, I hope he gets blasted!" Tuffnut cackled, his grin increasing as his friend was nearly hit.
"It's a miracle you lived long enough to train a dragon…" Fishlegs added with a sigh, earning a resigned sigh from the heir and his older counterpart.
"I'm just surprised Stormfly missed, if I'm being honest." Astrid noted with a scowl.
Gobber
Focus, Hiccup! You're not even trying!
"I mean, he's not wrong." Hiccup's parents noted, exasperated by how distracted he could be at times.
"To be fair, it's not exactly like I was interested in killing dragons by this point." OHiccup countered, earning an high-five from his younger self, who was appreciative at not having to be further reminded of his short attention span.
Gobber (cont.)
Today is all about ATTACK! Nadders are quick and light on their feet! Your job is to be quicker and lighter!
"I've been known to trip over air, so I can't imagine having to do this…" Deiya commented, face red at the snickers she earned.
Fishlegs
AAAAAH! I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!
"I'm not sure this even counts as a method." Fishlegs grumbled, embarrassed as their continuous blunders were re-lived on-screen. The other teens were quick to agree.
"Even our madness has more of a method to it than this lunatic!" The twins declared, similarly frustrated by Gobber's teachings.
Gobber
Look for its blind spot. Every dragon has one. Find it, hide in it, and strike!
"Ah, yes, let me get closer to the angry dragon in order to maybe find where it's blind spot is…" Hiccup rolled his eyes, the corner of his mouth turning up slightly as he noticed Astrid holding back a fit of laughter.
"You have to be close if you want to strike, though." Snotlout noted with a self-satisfied grin.
"Not necessarily," Snotlout's ego visibly deflated as Fishlegs corrected him, scowling at the bookworm as he awaited the teen's reasoning. "There's always arrows. Plus, Astrid is pretty good at throwing her axe."
"Exactly!" OHiccup smiled, thankful for the support. "I'm much better with long-distance fighting. My aim isn't half bad."
"Oh really?" Ruffnut challenged, smirking at the idea.
"Were you not here when he shot down a Night Fury?!" Astrid asked, her voice sharp and accusatory.
"Or, I don't know, when he had perfect aim at Stoick's funeral?!" OAstrid's glare was deadly, not satisfied until Ruff looked away in embarrassment.
Ruffnut
Ugh! Do you ever bathe?
Tuffnut
If you don't like it, then just get your own blind spot!
Ruffnut
How about I give you one?!
"Oh sweet Thor…" OHiccup pinched the bridge of his nose between his fingers tiredly.
Gobber
Blind spot, yes. Deaf spot? Not so much. Heh, heh, heh.
"Well that would've been nice to know before hand!" The chief groaned at their outburst, silently wishing he'd had a block of ice for his forming headache.
"Is it too much to ask that you two stop arguing for a moment?" Fishlegs' comment earned him offended looks from the two, as though they'd be helpless without their dysfunctional dynamic.
Hiccup
Hey, so how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?
"How would one sneak up on a Night Fury?" Valka asked, surprised that she'd never thought of it.
"Uh, I'm not entirely sure. I'm not exactly a master of stealth with this thing," Hiccup gestured to his prosthetic with a sour look on his face, "plus Toothless never really leaves my side long enough for me to test it."
"It'd be worth learning, though," OHiccup commented, eyes glazed over as he was lost in thought. "Should we ever encounter another Night Fury, I'd rather not have to wound it to get close…"
"Are you suggesting the element of surprise?" OAstrid mocked, grinning proudly as her boyfriend was rendered speechless.
"You know me too well…" He stated, after finally finding the words.
Gobber
No one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale. [Snapping] NOW, GET IN THERE!
"Rude and inaccurate." The teens noted jokingly.
Hiccup
I know, I know, but hypothetically-
Astrid
[Whispering] Hiccup! Get down!
The twins once more went to dance, only to be restrained by an irritated Astrid and Fishlegs.
Snotlout
Watch out, babe. I'll take care of this.
"Ugh, as if." Astrid gagged, pushing the teen away roughly. "You know, if you put as much effort into training as you did in flirting, you'd be a decent warrior."
"Same applies with Ruffnut." The girl's older self sighed, thinking over the many dragon races she'd almost lost simply because Ruffnut's suitors had wanted to impress her.
Astrid
Hey!
Snotlout
The sun was in my eyes, Astrid! What do you want me to do, block out the sun? I could do that, but I don't have time right now!
"Even the dragon is laughing…" Stoick winced in sympathy.
"You weren't exactly any better. I remember you once caught your beard on fire, burning it all off, because you were distracted by me while fighting a Nightmare." Stoick's face heated at his wife's guying, though even he would admit he'd been a sucker for her back in the day.
"You mean to tell me he has a face under all of that?" OHiccup gestured to his father's beard, snickering as Stoick's goofy embarrassment quickly shifted into playful annoyance.
Hiccup
They probably take the daytime off. You know, like a cat. Has anyone ever seen one napping?
"Okay, to be fair, I was close. You are a lot like a cat." Toothless smacked Hiccup, his pride wounded at the comparison. "I've always liked cats, though, so I guess it makes sense." Hiccup's amendment earned him a lick, which he quickly washed off in disgust.
Gobber
Hiccup!
Astrid
HICCUP!
"That happens to us too often." OAstrid hummed, pointedly ignoring the wolf-whistles they received.
"It's almost like you two were specifically written to be one another's love interest." Deiya mumbled under her breath.
"What was that?"
"Nothing!"
Tuffnut
Oooh! Love on the battlefield!
"Called it." Tuffnut cackled, fist raised in the air in triumph.
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"No one actually cares, you realize that, right?" Snotlout interrupted, still bummed that Hiccup won Astrid in the end.
Ruffnut
She could do better.
"Oh, I doubt it." OAstrid nuzzled OHiccup's nose with her own lovingly, causing the man to crumple to the floor instantly. He laid back, arm covering his eyes dramatically as his face turned a bright red.
"You'll be the death of me, milady." The young chief whimpered, his crooked smile seemingly brightening the room.
Hiccup
Just... let me... why don't you…
Gobber
Well done, Astrid.
Astrid
Is this some kind of a joke to you?! Our parents' war is about to become ours! Figure out which side you're on.
"Obviously not the left."
"I will smack you." Astrid threatened, hand raised toward Hiccup in warning.
"Seriously, though, did you ever pick a side?" Fishlegs asked meekly, not quite sure he wanted to hear the answer.
"Um, best case scenario was never having to choose."
"That doesn't answer the question…" Snotlout noticed, eyebrows drawn together as he stared down his cousin.
"I- uh, chose the dragons." Hiccup added, eyes downcast as the others let out cries of outrage and betrayal. Valka placed a hand on his shoulder in comfort, the only to understand how difficult the decision was. Eventually, a thought seemed to pass through the young teens head as he straightened out once more. "Actually, I didn't end up having to choose, really. Thanks to Astrid, I didn't run–"
"No spoilers!" Deiya reminded the heir, slapping a hand over his mouth.
[Toothless creeps out from behind rock. Sniffs at Hiccup and the fish, slowly approaches, then retreats upon seeing Hiccup's knife. Hiccup kicks knife into water. Toothless relaxes and slowly takes fish.]
Hiccup
Huh. Toothless. I could've sworn you had... teeth.
"I'm actually furious that you named him that, now that I know the story." Snotlout snarled at Hiccup, simultaneously exasperated and amused.
"What can I say? It stuck!" OHiccup laughed uncontrollably from his place on the floor as Toothless attacked him with a barrage of grateful licks.
"Whatever you say, Legless." Tuffnut snickered, before elaborating as though the others wouldn't understand his "complicated" humor. "Get it? Because you're missing a leg!"
"Wow, you know, now that you explain it that's hilarious!" Fishlegs deadpanned, not amused by the twin's idea of comedy in the slightest.
Hiccup (cont.)
Uh, uh, no, no, no. I-I don't have any more.
"Hiccup, have you ever known a dragon to eat only one fish? You should've brought extra." Stoick wondered aloud, surprised at his son's apparent lack of foresight.
"True, but have you ever known Hiccup to actually think his actions through?" OAstrid teased, giggling at the glares she earned.
[Toothless regurgitates half of the fish, and proceeds to direct Hiccup through biting and swallowing it. Toothless then tries to return Hiccup's smile. He then snarls and flies away when Hiccup reaches towards him.]
"Grossgrossgrossgrossgrossgross…" Snotlout complained, face a light shade of green at the disgusting display.
"And yet you won't drink Yaknog. What does that tell you, Astrid?" Ruffnut ducked as OAstrid's fist swung in her direction, only to land right in the trajectory of the woman's younger self's punch. "Fair enough." She grumbled, rubbing her sore arm.
"Say what you will, I think it's sweet." Valka remarked, practically cooing at the bonding she was witnessing on-screen.
"It sure didn't taste sweet." Hiccup gagged at the memory, his father laughing in loud bursts at his son's complaining.
"The way he mimics your behavior is fascinating!" Fishlegs' eyes lit up at the observation. "I always assumed that was a development that would occur after you bonded."
"I guess I've never really thought about it, but he does seem to copy me a lot." OHiccup scratched the Night Fury's head in adoration, lost in thought.
"...And you act like him, too," Astrid chimed in. "Almost scarily so, if we're being honest."
[Hiccup draws Toothless in the sand, Toothless then use a branch to 'draw' Hiccup in the dirt. Hiccup steps over the lines to finally reach Toothless. Hiccup offers his hand to Toothless while looking away, Toothless finally trusts Hiccup enough to touch his nose to Hiccup's hand. Toothless snorts and runs away.]
"Fishlegs, please stop crying." Hiccup pleaded, only to sigh in defeat as the other around him were similarly moved to tears. Only Stoick and the two Astrids managed to maintain their composure during the touching moment.
Gobber
...And with one twist, he took my hand, and swallowed it whole. And I saw the look on his face: I was delicious. He must have passed the word, because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg.
Toothless stared down his rider's missing leg, cooing sadly. Noticing his dragon's distress, Hiccup quickly offered the Night Fury a reassuring grin. He'd long adapted to the prosthetic, and held no malice towards Toothless for having it– if it meant he was alive, then it seemed a pretty fair trade-off.
Fishlegs
Isn't it weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon? Like if your mind was still in control of it, you could have killed the dragon from the inside by... crushing his heart, or something.
"Woah! Hiccup, you should try that!" Tuffnut beamed, Ruffnut nodding frantically from beside him.
"Um...no?"
Snotlout
I swear, I'm so angry right now! I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight. With my face!
"What? I could totally do that if I wanted!" Snotlout sulked, pouting as he sank further into his chair.
"I, for one, believe him." Ruffnut commented, before turning to Tuff to start a betting pool on whether Snotlout would actually ever be able to fight something with his face alone.
Gobber
Un-unh. It's the wings and the tails you really want. If it can't fly, it can't get away. A downed dragon is a dead dragon.
"This man can guilt trip me like no other…" OHiccup nearly whined at the words, OAstrid placing a hand over his in sympathy.
"At least you spared his life, son."
Gobber (cont.)
Alright. I'm off to bed. You should be, too. Tomorrow we get to the big boys. Slowly but surely making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare. But who'll win the honor of killing it?
"'Honor.'" Astrid mocked, rolling her eyes at the idea of dragon killing being anything but foul in their eyes. They'd come so far, it seemed.
Tuffnut
It's gonna be me. It's my destiny. See?
Fishlegs
[Gasp] Your Mom let you get a tattoo?
"To answer your question: no." OHiccup bit his lip as he recalled the memory of when the teen's mother had discovered the ink on her son. "From what I remember, she was so furious that she made you sleep with Belch for a month."
"I think it may have been bumped up to two months, after she found out he'd convinced Ruff to get a matching tattoo afterwards." OAstrid corrected him.
"I get a tattoo? Cool!" Ruff missed the point entirely, grin as wide as can be as she imagined herself with a tattoo.
Tuffnut
It's not a tattoo. It's a birthmark.
Ruffnut
Okay, I've been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before.
Tuffnut
Yes, it was. You've just never seen me from the left side until now.
"Sound logic…" Fishlegs snickered.
[After hearing what Gobber said about how a dragon is unable to fly without wings, Hiccup heads to the forge late at night, and makes a new tail-fin for Toothless to replace the one the Night Fury lost.]
The Vikings covered their ears as Deiya and Fishlegs simultaneously screeched in excitement, ecstatic to see such a pivotal scene.
Hiccup
Hey, Toothless. I brought breakfast. I hope you're hungry. Okay, that's disgusting. Uh... we've got some salmon, some nice Icelandic cod, and a whole smoked eel.
"Uh oh!" Snotlout trilled excitedly, anticipating the upcoming freak out and silently hoping Hiccup would have his eyebrows singed off for making such a mistake.
[Toothless roars in fear at the sight of the eel.]
Hiccup (cont.)
No, no, no, no! It's okay. Yeah, I don't really like eel much either.
"Really? I used to love it before I learned it made the dragons nervous." Fishlegs gawked, as though not liking eel was unheard of.
"Yeah! Eel can be really good!" Ruff agreed. "Especially the electric ones. Adds a little zest, y'know?"
"I concur, dear sister! And with a little pinch of salt–!"
"No!" OHiccup and OAstrid cut the twin off, shuddering at the memory of Tuffnut's overly-salted fish during their adventures on the Edge.
[Toothless starts to eat the fish.]
Hiccup (cont.)
Okay. That's it. That's it, just stick with good stuff. And don't you mind me. I'll just be back here... minding my own business.
"Subtle, Haddock." Astrid elbowed her friend playfully, laughing at his blush.
"I suppose I could've been a bit more...discreet.
[Hiccup tries to attach the new tail-fin.]
Hiccup (cont.)
It's okay. Okay... okay... There. That's not too bad. It works.
"I don't like the look of this…" Stoick groaned, dreading what was about to happen.
"Yeah, what he said!" Snotlout frowned. "I can't imagine this going well at all."
"That's fair." Hiccup shrugged; it wasn't exactly like he'd planned on Toothless taking off, after all.
[Toothless takes off with Hiccup literally on his tail.]
Hiccup (cont.)
Whoa! No! No! No!
Hiccup (cont.)
OH, MY- IT'S WORKING! YES! YES, I DID IT!
[Toothless realizes Hiccup is on his tail and throws him off, then crashes into the lake.]
Hiccup
AAAAAGGGGHHHHH! Yeah!
"If Toothless had never taken off, would you have ever considered flying Toothless?" Fishlegs questioned, overwhelmingly curious.
"Probably not. I'd only ever intended on letting him fly off, but instead of sending him on his merry way we accidentally bonded." OHiccup explained. "It was a happy accident that any of this happened, really."
A/N: Thanks for reading! Please make sure to leave constructive feedback if you can. I'm also still open to suggestions, whether it be for this or another story. Ideas are always welcome in my book, even if just for inspiration. Until next time!