Snow for the Dragon

Nightmares of the past

Dawn came, in what seemed like a few seconds later. The first rays of sunlight began poking into the room and slapped Hiccup awake as he yawned, twisting his back,fitting his prosthetic leg and pushing himself off the bed. As he gulped down the warm water from the pitcher he could already hear yelling and screeching as his subjects had already started their daily activities. As he scratched his chin and pulled on his linen vest, there was a vibrant knock on his door and his mom Valka came in . It was a sad feeling knowing that his father had found his long lost mother and lost her again on the day he passed , one year ago. What he wouldn't give to have Stoick by his side again. "Good mornin' love" she said as she hugged her son with a kind smile playing on her lips. "Good morning mom. How's the race today?" The dragon race , where each rider collected enough shep to get the black sheep was already underway, Hiccup could tell by the distant gongs he could hear. "You'll be surprised. Fishlegs is in the lead today. I guess every dragon has its day don't they love." She said. As hiccup opened the door, a warm breeze blew his hair out of his face and he just stood there , feeling the warmth of the summer sun beat down on him after the chilly hailstorm from the other night. This joy was shortlived as a the next thing he knew was the sticky , slimy sensation of goop on his face as the pink tongue of his dragon liked him clean , covering him in the unflattering saliva. "Awww toothlesssss ! I just washed these clothes the other day. And you know it doesn't wash of easy..." he complained playfully as his black scaly friend sat up on his hind legs chortling and evidently pleased with himself. " ok ready for our morning ride bud? " hiccup said exitedly. Evidently the dragon shared his thought and hunched over as hiccup cambered onto his back. "Ok bud. Let's try and take this slow this time. On my count. One....Two. ...Thr. ..hey!" before he completed, toothless shot up into the azure sky as wind whipped hard on hiccups hair and clothes. " what part of slow don't you understand you useless reptile?" Hiccup bellowed sarcastically. This was one of his favorite parts of being a dragon rider. The morning rounds. Many they were awesome. The feeling of the warm sun tanning your neck as the wind cooled your face .. and the view....oh man the view was awesome, hiccup thought to himself. Everyone was either busy with work or with racing. He had the sky all to himself. If only he'd remembered to put on his flying gear to glide along. Damn.But lack of safety gear didn't stop hiccup from performing a few summersalts and maneuvering on toothless before he decided that he was needed back on the ground again as he heard someone blow the horn for his attention. Better not be tuffnut again, hiccup groaned as he leaned downward so that toothless would lower his speed and begin his descend. As he slid of toothless he was slightly more intrigued as it was gobber who had sounded the horn. "Whassamatta?" Hiccup questioned as the think moustached viking hobbled over on his peg leg. Surprisingly he had never asked hiccup to fix him his own prosthetic leg as he knew hiccup could do it. "MESSAGE! FROM ONE OF OUR TRADE PARTNERS I THINK.YA MIGHT WANNA LOOK INTO IT!" he bellowed as he clunked across to hiccup. " where's it from ?" Hiccup asked. "NO IDEA LAD. Haven't read it yet." " okay gobber you can stop shouting now, I can hear you." Hiccup pleaded. " oh sorry . Must get this fixed." He knocked his hearing aid as he scratched his beefy golden moustache. Hiccup squinted his eyes to read the message as he tore the other parchment open. " well go then lad, read aloud." Gobber said he hobbled along with hiccup as they moved toward the dining hall.

" It's from Arendelle.....where is this place again? And the queen apparently requests our presence, if possible, at her sister's weeding on the twelfth of march ..... And for some reason the stamp seems to include...i think that's an odd looking snowman on it."