Destiny With A Dragon - Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Introductions-Hiccup-"Hard
to Port!" Boomed a heavy voice that belonged to a Viking named Geger,
he was leading the small brown and blue ship through the smog of the
sea.With all the muscles Hiccup could strain he pulled and leaned
causing the big ruder to move the ship. The sorry excuse for a
watercraft lurched to the left, the ship leaned and smashed at the waves
below, each time pushing it back into the air for another blow. Once
the ship had reached a full left turn Hiccup pushed the large lever to
the middle position returning the vessel to its original direction."Very good son." The booming voice of Stoick the Vast vibrated the floor of the ship.Hiccup
was told many stories about his father, some being about Stoick being
as big as a bear, and even bigger. Some stories even said that Stoick
was insulted every time someone compared him to a bear. Many times,
especially during the new year, stories were told that Stoick was
blessed by the gods with the strength of ten men, with one hand he could
lift a fully grown Gronckle. Hiccup never started any of these stories,
but at the same time, he don't doubt any of them. Many newcomers
questioned him about not believing in these tall tales, Hiccup only
replies saying that many have placed him by Stoick in comparison, and to
their surprise Hiccup was the exact opposite. He would then say that he
truly did not care, Hiccup had an advantage that many others don't. The
great big elephant of a Viking was his father, around this time the new
comers where gasping for air. Hiccup would only laughed as they wished
for his luck.Hiccup often thought about how lucky he truly was,
to have a father who would care. One who would allow him to have a
dragon, one who would understand. Hiccup had a bond with his father
deeper than the normal type. At some times, Hiccup would feel like they
where one in mind, and could actually understand each other. This moment
would pass after Hiccups father would go out to drink.Hiccup
snapped his head to the sky as a small dark figure rushed through a
cloud high above the boat. With a smile as big as he could stretch from
ear to ear Hiccup called for his beloved friend. His voice was small and
wimpy but to a Night Furry the slightest sound could be heard. With
intense eyes to the sky he watched as his dragon friend took a nose dive
toward the boat. The dragons love for the world around him illuminated
of his scaly skin, Hiccup watched as the dragons great bulk started to
expand as it came into full view. Its leather like wings basked in the
wind that sleeked past its whole body.Ears back and wings curved
he kept diving closer to the boat. When he was about ten yards above the
boat he jerked its wings open and caught the air, slowing his whole
body. With delicate precautions the large Night Furry placed his claws
down first followed by its large body mass.Five years earlier an
event took place that change not only the Vikings but the Dragons that
lived in the land as well. For many years before the Vikings found a
fear and hate for the flying lizard like animals, hundreds of cattle and
other types of food would be taken. The Vikings of Hiccups village had
no problem in hunting and killing them for there so called crimes.For
years this war with dragons and Vikings persisted destined to last for
years. Each side would not stop for the other, the Vikings vowed they
would not stop until every last dragon was killed. The Vikings where
relentless and nothing could stop them from fighting, or so they
thought. Five years ago, Hiccup changed all of the Vikings lives. With
only the want to be known, he devised a plan to take down his first
dragon. He was not planning on shooting the rarest dragon of all time
out of the sky. As luck would have it, Hiccup left to find the dragon,
but he found something else, a friend. A Friend with four legs two wings
and a tail. Stoick said it was fate, by the gods power alone that he
was able to change the minds of them all. It was on that day, when
Hiccup's loving friend Toothless plummeted to the ground together that
the stars allied as one, and their fates entwined as a single entity .He
knew from the very moment that Toothless wrapped his large palms around
his waist and pulled the boy to his warm vibrant chest protecting
Hiccup from the violent impact of the ground, that it was no simple
friendship. The Dragon loved Hiccup with all of his heart, and was
willing to give his life for the him.Toothless faced Hiccup with
his deep twilight eyes and purred deeply calling him over. Hiccup had
spent more time with Toothless then his dad, every movement, sound and
flick of the eye meant something and Hiccup was able to read every one
of them.He moved from his post and looked at his father with
pleading eyes, although he was nineteen his father had not given him the
right to leave and he would never until Hiccup had found a partner to
share his life with.With a sigh and a slight laugh, Stoick bobbed his head in approval.Hiccups
heart skipped a beat and he jumped for joy. Toothless saw his happy
domineer and perked his ears, cocking his head expectantly. Toothless
was eager and started to paw the floor boards of the small Viking
vessel, his tail which only had a single fin and the fake, swayed left
to right. With a slight jump in his step Hiccup ran as fast as he could
without slipping on his fake leg. With one slip and a few slides he
reached Toothless and embraced him with his arms, Toothless's awkwardly
large and bulky head dug into Hiccup's chest. There was a dull thud that
sounded deep within, one that only Hiccup could hear, he used his arms
to push him away but with failed efforts. Toothless's head was firmly
placed between his shoulders and right above the belly line. The force
of which Toothless pressed against him was overwhelming and pushed him
to the ground. Still pushing Toothless used his fish smelling tong and
lapped Hiccups face like a trained house dog. The smell was revolting
causing Hiccup to gag."Toothless! Stop! Buddy please you stink!"
Using both hands, Hiccup pushed Toothless's nose to the right and rolled
away from the large night furry."Hiccup this is not a play ground! Now get off! Go on Get!" Stoick said shewing the two of them pointing to the sky."Yes Father" Hiccup said with a slight annoyance."Your
nineteen Hiccup you should not need me to tell you what to do, your
smarter than that. Now you know your duties! Ten baskets of Fish and
they need to be full to the top this time." He pointed his large bloated
finger to a brown haze in the distance, they where faint but visible,
there on the edge of the docks where brown cylinder like objects."You can start with those""Yup
will do dad!" brushing himself off, Hiccup stood and walked over to
Toothless who was patiently waiting for his return, his dark black
muzzle nudged Hiccups right thigh, giving him a pat Hiccup removed the
self flight tail fin and replaced it with the second manual tail fin, he
then checked the straps for the saddle. Each strap was strong and
holding except for one, it slipped a little and as he observed it closer
he could see a slight rip in the fabric. Pulling it again he checked to
see if it would hold, with a satisfied look Hiccup let go from the
strap and mounted Toothless.Toothless dipped down allowing him
easy access to the foot holds. Placing his right foot first he locked it
in place, because it was the fake the right side had a metal hold, with
a snap and click the right was locked in place. Reaching up Hiccup
grabbed a small hand hold and pulled himself up, lifting his left leg
and dropping it into its correct place.Pulling a strap that was
hidden within the saddle he smacked myself with a metal ring that was
attached to the end of the strap. Toothless's sides rumbled and for a
moment Hiccup thought he was laughing, with his foot he kicked Toothless
in the side."Not funny you!"Taking the metal ring he
hooked it to the harness that was attached to Hiccups body. Moving his
right foot Hiccup tested the four positions, each one changed the angle
of the fake fin that was attached to Toothless's tail. Looking back
Hiccup watched as each position changed the fin correctly."Well, here goes nothing!""Fish duty... Always fish duty!"Toothless rumbled in agreement to Hiccups protest."That's
all my father thinks I'm good at. We can do more I know it and he knows
it!" Toothless gave a gurgle and a low grumble, peering up at Hiccup
for a reply. Hiccup only looked back in confusion"You know, I wish we could talk, you know talk, talk and not this guessing game."Toothless gave a sigh of agreement.Hiccup
and Toothless where flying low to the water line, in Toothless's claws
was a large net for catching fish, attached to the net was a larger rope
that helped Toothless's hold. Toothless dunked the net in the water and
slowed for a few seconds before launching into the sky again. Hiccup
leaned and looked for any sign of life in the net. To Hiccups enjoyment
it was half way full. He pushed is foot down to the fourth position and
they dropped. With ease Toothless dipped his wings forward falling in
altitude, taking a slight turn Toothless and Hiccup angled themselves
toward a small island of rocks where two large sized baskets stood in
wait.With great care Toothless landed on the rock, his claws
firmly grasping the net not allowing any fish to wonder. Hiccup
scrambled off of him, almost falling on his face in the process. Hiccup
grabbed the second tail fin replacing the manual fin.Hiccup
grabbed one of the two large baskets and held it steady. When Hiccup was
ready he gave a nod to Toothless, who launched into the air, hovering
in the air Toothless aligned the net with the basket. This was the last
of the ten they had been assigned too and they both where experienced in
this style of fishing. With a second nod from Hiccup, Toothless dropped
the net into the basket. Hiccup started to scream as fish came flopping
out smacking him in the face.Toothless dropped to the rock
curled over, giving off a loud hacking sound, he started to roll on his
back eyes welling with large dragon tears."Toothless!" Hiccup
yelled running over to him. Hiccup placed a hand on Toothless's side and
realized that his dragon was not hurt."Stop Laughing!" Hiccup yelled.Toothless's
sides were still shaking he started to paw the air and his face to stop
the pain in his sides. Hiccup could not help himself any longer, his
laughs where small but grew slowly. They both where laughing
hysterically at each other. The lack of air stopped the attack of humor,
they both had their backs to the ground breathing deeply, Hiccup took a
deep sigh and punched Toothless's left shoulder. Toothless in return
used his ear and slapped him.Toothless's ears jolted up in alert, his eyes wide he looked around as if some sort of danger approached."What?
What do you-" Hiccup was cut short by a large boom and screams. He
jumped to his feet and looked for where the sound had originated. Behind
them both, four large ships swayed in the distance. Hiccup's heart
fell, horror filled his whole being as he remembered what was in that
direction. "The Village!"Toothless's wing beats where frantic and
hard, they both where struck with fear and surprise. Toothless's ears
perked left and right his speed increasing as Hiccup urged him forward.
Toothless launched himself over a rock ledge that rounded the back of
the village, it was the fastest rout they could have taken. Tears
overwhelmed Hiccups eyes as he saw the village, his home was destroyed.Screams
from below curled at his ears, and the pungent smell of smoke filled
his nose and brought tears to his eyes. The ships at the docks where
ether sunk or sinking, Hiccup sucked in his emotions and pushed
Toothless down to land. Toothless jerked his head and body downward in a
hard dive. Plummeting toward the ground, the tears on Hiccups face
dried from the wind.Toothless shot his wings out catching the
wind and landed hard. Hiccup smacked his head into Toothless's neck from
the force of the stop. Slapping a hand to his face he felt for blood,
it streamed from the top of his left eyebrow. Pressing hard he jumped
off the saddle and called for his friends, with no luck he called for
anyone he knew or did not know."Hiccup!" A man came running up the dirt path that led to the docks."What! What happened! Who did-" Hiccup was stopped by the man.The
man had said something, but his ears did not register the words. His
heart stopped for a second and he dropped to his knees. Tears flowing
like a waterfall from his eyes at the man's grave news."Hiccup, it's your father, he.. He is dead"