Living as an Outcast(HTTYD Book Fanfiction)

Chapter 3 - Rise and Shi- NEVER MIND JUST GET OUT OF HERE

Warning: There may or may not be some icky stuff in this chapter. And most likely other chapters too. It's not THAT specific or graphic, but you should know by now how much I love to make Hiccup suffer(Insert bad attempt of evil laughter). 

Anyhow, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Hiccup just had the best sleep he'd had in ages. Well, considering the fact that he hadn't had ANY sleep at all, he was willing for anything that didn't include nightmares. 

Too bad for him, because sleeping like a log just made him totally unprepared for being shook awoken by a desperate, terrified Common or Garden dragon EYEBALLING HIM IN THE FACE. 

"HICCUP!! WAKE UP! WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP OR WE'LL GOING TO BE E,EATEN!!!!"

Hiccup yelped and scrambled around his "bed" in such a fashion that he ended up toppling face first on the dirt. Still drowsy and oblivious of the situation, he groaned and rubbed his chin, glaring at his little dragon in annoyance. 

"Ugggh, Toothless! You could've just woken me up in- Suffering SCALLOPS!"

Hiccup as he lifted his head to see a humongous snarling ball of entangled dragons; blood red and scruffy black clashing together like a thunderstorm at sunset. Hiccup quickly realized; surprisingly, it was the Windwalker  that was battling inside that rampage. No time to think twice, another brown blur grabbed Hiccup by the sleeve, and began tugging with all his might to the cave entrance.

"Wodensfang?! What's going on?!"

"No time, Hiccup! We must leave before that nasty red one brings reinforcements! GO!"

Hiccup hesitated, glancing back at the two dragons fighting. One was loyally protecting him, the other was trying to MURDER him. Even in the crazy midst of the clawing and biting, Hiccup saw pure hatred in the red dragon's(Monstrous Nightmare, he suspected) glowing green eye, staring directly at HIM. He shuddered. If that rage was directed to the Windwalker....

Toothless bit him on the shoulder, bringing Hiccup out of his thoughts. He flapped around like a hummingbird, his eyes wide. He had swelled up in anticipation, purple in the face with his master's stupidity.

" G-GO! WE NEED TO GO! DO YOU WANT US ALL K-KILLED?"

Hiccup was about to retort about how he couldn't leave Windwalker alone here, but what could he do? This was a full sized, adult MONSTROUS NIGHTMARE - Oh for Thor's Sake-  and Hiccup's usually busy brain had groaned to a stop in the past few days. It was like some of the gears inside his head had gone rusty; the ticking thing had been like that every now and then. Hiccup couldn't think of ANYTHING at all. So he did the obvious.

Ignoring all his complaining body joints and muscles(Who hadn't done much in the past few weeks) Hiccup stumbled towards the cave entrance, occasionally banging his head on stalactites. He almost fell over a few times, but the small two dragons were always there to balance him back up.

Everything was a blur until Hiccup found himself panting for breath under a thick bush of brambles. He felt sick and woozy, all that running hadn't done much help to his skinny little fish stick of a body. Why was his vision all yellowish? That couldn't be right - Oh NO -

"Hiccup? Are you alrigh- My goodness, HICCUP!"

The Wodensfang yelped as Hiccup doubled over and threw up what was left of his poor empty stomach. Toothless's face screwed up in disgust, backing up with his ears flat on his head.

"Y, y, YUCKY!"

Hiccup started coughing, his shoulders heaving as he struggled to breath through the fowl bile building up through his mouth. Parts of his bright red(and slightly burnt) hair fell to his face, making him look like what was left of a sickly volcanic eruption- a big mess of grey splatters and red. 

Finally, after one last choke for breath, Hiccup relaxed. He slumped limply against the bush, half buried in the thick green shoots, trying to calm down his irregular breathing. 

Toothless picked a leaf between his gums and tried his best to rub the remainders off Hiccup's face. It ended up spreading more than ever, but Hiccup gave a weak smile of appreciation. Even after that close brush against death, everything seemed alright now. The forest seemed so peaceful and quiet.

TOO quiet.

Hiccup's smile disappeared as soon as he realized something was wrong.

"Wait... Where is...."

The Wodensfang looked down guiltily. 

Hiccup tried to stand up, but  his spindly knees could not support his weight. He could not get up. He could not walk, nor run. Hiccup ran his fingers through his hair in distress.

"Suffering scallops, suffering scallops, I'm so STUPID, why did I leave him behind like that, it's all my fault..."

Hiccup lifted his head up with a sudden idea.

"We can go back, right? The Nightmare should be gone by now, Windwalker could be hiding and waiting for us!"

Wodensfang did not know how he would reply to that hopeful, young face. He gave a long sigh, struggling to find the words. Hiccup's face fell with the familiar sense of dread.

"..Hiccup, it is.... highly unlikely that Windwalker could've faced that dragon himself. Monstrous Nightmares are a very vicious species, and that dragon was part the Red Rage. And more dragons would have gathered in that area by now. They... They will recognize your scent, begin to search every inch of that cave and it's surroundings for anything that relates to you, and bring it to Furious. Windwalker... By now..."

Wodensfang could not bear to continue that sentence. He knew how merciless the war was. It would tear down everything, take everyone you loved without a inkling of hesitation. It did not care how many souls it ripped to pieces. If you did not know this, well, you had to learn it the hard way.

Hiccup started to cry.

A/N: Sorry for the delay, it's been over a month since I've promised to come back! Whoopsies.... 

And sorry that this chapter is short compared to the others. I didn't want things to get TOO dragged along. Heh. Bad excuse. Never mind.

Okay now before you yell at me that Hiccup is SERIOUSLY out of character,  friendly reminder that he's still in that traumatic/unstable/emotional state because his nightmares and the war and the lack of sleep and stuff and stuff. 

AND

(BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT) 

OBVIOUSLY WINDWALKER ISN'T DEAD HAHAHAHAH OR ELSE THIS WOULD BE AN AU

So um meanwhile over here I'll be trying to think out the Fiendishly Clever Plan for Hiccup to reunite with his beloved scruffy hot chocolate smelling dragon. We'll have nerdy witty Hiccup back. Proba...bly. 

Oh, and for the next chapter I was thinking of bringing in another character's POV. Suggestions are welcome!