(httyd x monster hunter, valstrax reader) speed unleashed

(78) last auction heroes part 2

Monsters / dragons talking = "bold"

Humans talking = "slanted"

Thinking = slanted and bold

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*hiccup pov*

Ducking behind a cage, I just barely glanced over to the crisscrossing path that ran past the front of all the cages as a pair of dragon hunters walked past, thankfully, neither of them noticed me. Letting out a sigh, I got back to work and walked over to another cage, pulling the tarp off of it in the process while I took a minute to just look at what was in the cage. I recognized it from Raion's monster hunting book but actually seeing it was a bit different as I looked at its bright, colorful plumage around its neck and wings. It was called a pukei pukei in the monster hunter manual, a weird name but it's not like anyone's names around here are exactly normal, with them being meant to scare off trolls and all that. The pukei pukei puffed out the feathers around its neck and let out a gurgling hiss as it looked at me, its eyes narrowing to slits.

Hiccup : "Hey, hey, it's ok, I'm here to help."

I slowly, and gently reached a hand out towards the pukei pukei only for it to snap at me. Thankfully I was able to pull my hand back just before it took off my hand.

Hiccup : "okay... should have expected that. Well, let's get you out of there."

Poking my head out into the main road, I glanced around to see if there were any hunters coming and thankfully there weren't so I quickly unlatched the cage that held the pukei pukei. Once I opened the door, it slowly walked out and spread its wings before it looked at me, its eyes now back to their normal size and it took off, flying away. Moving onto another cage, I repeated what I did freeing another dragon, a deadly nadder but before I was able to get to the next cage I saw two hunters dragging a cart with a cage on it and beneath the tarp but thankfully out of the cage I spotted the twins boots...

Hiccup : "oh thor..."

*Y/n / Strax pov*

As the others and I walked through the forest we eventually found a path that we followed from the tree line to a tent draped with countless dragon hides of all different species and types with a large monstrous nightmare skull adorning the entrance.

Meatlug : "looks like that's Viggo's *gulp*..."

I nodded in response though something that somewhat surprised me was the fact that there was a fairly large, orangeish brown dragon, completely uncontained happily eating nearly double its own weight in scrap metal. I glanced over to Stormfly who was sniffing the air, presumably to check if anyone was in there.

Stormfly : "I can't smell anyone in there, but we should be- Y/N!!!"

At that, I promptly walked past the dragon who looked at me with a confused expression before I looked inside as the others all shouted various "no!"'s and "get back here!!!"'s which I found slightly amusing as a smile snaked onto my face. Gazing into the tent, I didn't see anyone inside of it but I did see quite a bit of paperwork and the odd trinket strewn about atop a wooden table.

Y/n / Strax : "it's fine, there's no one here."

At that, the others hesitantly walked up to the tent while Stormfly walked up to me and shoulder checked my arm with an irritated expression plastered to her face as she looked up at me.

Stormfly : "Don't do that! You nearly gave me a heart attack! What if Viggo or someone else was here?"

Y/n / Strax : "*chuckles* then they would have made for a rather enjoyable snack and besides, you said you couldn't smell anyone in there. I doubt there's much that could hide from your sense of smell."