Taken, the dragon boy (HTTYD)

Chapter 2

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Hiccup woke up to a knock on his door. "Wake up son!" said a voice muffled by the door. He leaned over the side of his bed and picked up the green tunic he had discarded the evening before. He put on the rest of his clothes along with his new scarf and struggled with putting his boots on. "Hurry up!" He could hear his father downstairs. He ran to the door and down the wooden stairs tripping of the last step. He landed om his stomach with a slight trickle of blood coming from his nose. Stoick walked over to him and lifted him up to his feet with ease. He walked over to a table stand and pulled of a cloth and held it up to Hiccup's face for him to grab. He patted his shoulder and walked out of the door. "Hurry up" said Stoick and gestured for him to follow.

"Where are we going?" Asked Hiccup trying to keep up with his fathers' long strides. Stoick didn't answer and rather turned around and picked him up and placed him on his shoulder. They walked until they came to a clearing. Hiccup could see his best friend Astrid standing beside the other kids in the village that were around the same age as he. Stoick walked over to an adult that was walking towards them from the kids. "Morning chief" She said, "hello Hiccup" she said giving him a relaxing smile. Hiccup pulled away the cloth showing the dried blood that had stopped flowing. "Hi" he said while being put down on the grass to stand next to his father. Hiccup didn't know what they were talking about, but he thought it had something to do with the kids a little distance away.

"Behave now son" Stoick said before turning to leave, Hiccup was about to follow but the lady had grabbed his hand. "Now Hiccup, today you're going to join the other kids" she said before starting to walk towards the others. Before they got to close Hiccup stopped walking, planting his feet firmly in the ground. "What's wrong boy?" She said turning back to him.

"Hiccup?" someone said. They both turned and saw Astrid running towards them. "Hiccup!" she said jumping onto him in a warm hug. "What are you doing here?" she said breaking the hug. "I don't kn-" before he could finish the lady interrupted "Hiccup is going to start socializing with the other kids. Seeing as you two are pretty good friends, how about you introduce him to the others?" She said looking between the two 5-year-olds. "Okay Marie" Astrid replied before grabbing Hiccups' hand and leading him towards the others.

She stopped next to the kids with Hiccup hiding behind her. "Hey babe. Who is that?" Said a short boy with charcoal black hair. "I'm not your babe Snotlout!" She said with an angry face, she would most likely have hit him if it weren't for Hiccup holding her arm for comfort. "Besides, don't you recognize your own cousin?". Snotlout looked taken back. Of course, he had seen his own cousin, but hiccup would always hide behind people he knew or would run of. Astrid gave Hiccup a nudge gesturing to come out, he peeked over Astrid's shoulder. The twins introduced themselves as Ruffnut and Tuffnut before they started banging their heads on the ground and starting a fight over Loki knows what. "I'm Fishlegs" said the tall yet plump kid standing next to Snotlout. Astrid didn't need introducing as they were already friends and Hiccup already knew who Snotlout was.

"Now you can introduce yourself" said Astrid stepping out of the way before he could answer. Hiccup stood there fiddling with his fingers keeping his gaze fixtured on the ground. "I-I'm H-Hiccup" he said with a low voice. He kept close to Astrid during the whole time they were there. They played hide and seek where nobody won because Hiccup would hide to well. They pretended to be Vikings slaying dragons, though Hiccup didn't find it fun at all, Astrid knew what Hiccup felt about the game and pretended to be his protector while he was captured by the dragon.

They had to stop playing when Marie told them it was time for supper. They walked up the stairs to the great hall, Snotlout walked ahead with the twins beside him, Fishlegs talked with Marie, while Hiccup and Astrid walked together in the back.

They were talking about their cove and what they could do to improve it, they were even thinking about asking their parents if they could go on a camping trip by themselves in the cove. They knew it was a far fetch, but since Astrid would be the one asking, they knew they would have a better chance of getting a yes.

They walked through the great hall close to the wall and found a table that wasn't occupied by Vikings laughing and stuffing their mouths full of food and beverage. They sat down and started eating some food that they had picked up on their way through the hall. "So, how was it?" Astrid said putting down her chicken drumstick. Hiccup shrugged his shoulders looking back up at Astrid, "At least you were there" he said without thinking. They both blushed as they looked away. "Thanks, Hic" she replied taking another bite of her food.

The hall had started to empty out as most people had finished eating and had left to continue their work. "You have a really nice scarf there" she said gesturing to what was around his neck. "Where did you get it?". "I made it" he said burrowing his face in it though Astrid knew he was smiling by the look in his eyes. "It looks super cool Hiccup! Can I touch it?" Astrid asked leaning forward after she had received a nod. She could feel the delicate stiches around the hem and the soft wool. She looked into his eyes and saw something. She couldn't quite place what it was, but she loved the feeling it gave.

They were interrupted by a loud noise coming from the outside. It sounded like thunder, no, dragons! They could see bright flickering orange lights shining through the door that stood slightly open. They heard battle cries, axes and swords clashing with things.

"DRAGONRAID!"