Gone (HTTYD Fanfic) REWRITE [Book 5]

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"A'right lads and lases. Lets all set up camp for tonigh'" Gobber says, getting out his tent and starting to set it up. After they all set up their tents and got a fire started, it was almost completely dark out. 

Gobber had already fallen asleep and was snoring up a storm. They hear leaves rustle and twigs snap in the forest. 

Everyone looks over to the sound. "What was that?" Fishlegs asks. 

"I'll tell you what it was..." Tuffnut says mischievously. "Rats. Rats the size of yaks." He says obnoxiously. Out of the comer of her eye, Astrid sees Ruffnut roll her eyes. "No it could also be yaks the size of rats. Yak-rats!" Tuffnut yells. He laughs before swatting his hand like he expects us all to joke the joke. "No, wait. Those would be adorable. No no, I now what it is." He says suddenly somewhat serious, "It's yaks the size of dragons." 

Fishlegs laughs from his spot next to Astrid. "There is no such thing as yaks the size of dragons" He says to Astrid.

"Yak-dragons to you my friend!" Tuffnut says loudly when he pops out from behind the two. They both jump and Astrid glares at Tuffnut. "And when you've heard their cries, you'll believe," He suddenly looks at Astrid "Trust me. Mhmm." He yells obnoxiously into the dark sky. Astrid gets the urge to punch him to get him to shut up. But she has to cover her ears from that horrid noise.

"That's right. Let that roll around in your head for a minuet." Tuffnut says and walks back to his spot.

"Alright Tuffnut, knock it off." Astrid says sharply.

"Yeah. You're not scaring anyone." Snotlout says. He yelps when Tuffnut pops up in front of his face.

"Really? What if there were... Snakes out there in the dark? Hmm? Giant snakes? Snakes big enough to swallow a man whole and barf out his bones?" Snotlout glances around nervously.

"Ha, please. Barf out bones." He says the last part quieter. He laughs nervously and pulls his blanket around him tightly in an attempt to hid himself but sill tries to not look scared.

Astrid rolls her eyes at their antics. "Yeah that's right. Go to bed! Sleep! If you can..." Finally, Tuffnut goes back to his spot and lays down, and falls asleep, mumbling something about trolls and demon toads.

Astrid sighs and lies down, falling sleep as the night wares on. 

*0*0*

The fire has gone out and the teens have all fallen asleep. Wild sounds in the forest are present, threatening to wake them up. Suddenly, a loud howl is heard and Tuffnut jumps, now wide awake.

"Ah! What was that?" He says to himself and looks at the others.

When he hears another sound from the forest, he yelps and turns around, but sees nothing but trees. 

He hesitantly gets up and walks into the forest. He walks through the trees. He hears howls and twigs snapping. He jerks around, trying to find the source of the sound. He sees a shadow from the corner of his eye. He jumps and yelps, trying to see through the darkness.

"What's in the tree? Ah! Yak-rats!" He yells, determined that that is the source of the noise. "I knew it." He jumps again and braces himself for the lurking creature. When nothing attacks him, he opens his eyes and sees a chicken.

He sighs, relieved. "Ugh... It's just a chicken. Just a tiny chicken." He says, his shoulders sagging. "Well..." He clears hi throat and grins. "Hello breakfast!" He says, about to grab the chicken, when he hears a growl. It sounds strangly... dragon-like. He turns around and sees a big shaodow come from the trees. He gasps and stares wide-eyed.

"Oh... My... Thor..."