A New Life in Httyd

Bonding With Dragons (2)

It was now night as Hicca and Eugene were walking up a watchtower talking with one another. As they made their way further up they heard Gobber speaking to the other teens.

"And with one twist, he took my hand and swallowed it whole. When I saw the look on his face I knew he thought I was delicious. He must have passed the word because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg." He told them as he swung around a whole turkey on a metal rod.

"Wow... 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." Fishlegs asked in amazement.

Snotlout on the other hand loudly screamed in anger. "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!"

Gobber, finishing a piece of chicken, tore off the wing before speaking again. "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."

Hicca who sat next to Eugene became lost in thought after those spoken words. Thinking to herself about the Night Fury and how it couldn't fly.

"I know that look... what're you thinking about Hicca?" Eugene asked, nudging her a bit.

Turning to him she leaned in his direction before whispering in his ear. "I'm just thinking about what Gobber just said, about the down dragon being a dead dragon. The Night Fury... it can't fly, and I'm the one responsible for that. I need to help it."

"Alright, if that's what you want just be careful, and don't hesitate to come to me for help." Eugene told her as he playfully ruffled her hair before they saw Gobber stand up.

"Alright then, 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?"

After Gobber left, Hicca got up before running down the stairs determined to make something that'll get the dragon flying again.

'Aaaand, there she goes." Eugene thought as he also got up to leave and get some rest.

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It was late at night when Hicca went to the forge and began looking at her sketches of the dragon. She looked over the sketches, as she sketched a tail to match the Night Fury's damaged one. She then lights the forge, putting in the material before using the large blower to add more heat to melt them.

Taking the metal out she forged it into a thin rod before cooling it, lining it up with the sketch making sure it was perfect. She then took a shield from a stand, removing the nails from the front and heating them, before pounding them into the shapes she needed.

[A few hours later]

Finally finished, Hicca picked up the finished fin in satisfaction. Exhausted, she headed home to sleep for the next day.

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It was now the next morning and Hicca was back at the clearing ready to put the prosthetic tail fin to the test.

"Hey, Toothless~ I brought breakfast. I hope you're hungry." She said as she dumped the basket of different marine life on the ground. "Okay, that's disgusting. Uh... we've got some salmon, some nice Icelandic cod, and a whole smoked eel."

After digging through the fish Toothless reared back roaring in fear at the sight of the eel.

"No, no, no, no! It's okay." She said, picking up the eel and throwing it aside before rubbing her hand on her pants. "Yeah, I don't really like eel much either."