The Story of Us || HTTYD

Chapter 5

Third POV

Hiccup began to inspect Sam's dragon form. Sam got up and stretched her wings. Hiccup measured her wingspan and how long she was. He made notes in his little notebook. Hiccup also measured her waist size and nodded. Hiccup then noticed that her back tail fin was missing. "What happened?" Hiccup asked and Sam transformed into her hybrid form before answering. "I was shot down. I cut myself free, but I can't fly without my other tail fin," Sam answered sadly. "Oh, my gods. I'm so sorry, Sam. That's my fault. I shot you down," Hiccup said while looking down. "It's okay. Because I was shot down, I found you. My mate," Sam said happily and Hiccup thought for a second. "I have a surprise for you Sam, but you have to wait here for it okay?" Hiccup said. Sam nodded her head and hugged Hiccup. Sam then transformed back into her dragon form before laying down. Hiccup felt extremely guilty, but he had a way to make it up to her.
Hiccup ran out of the cove and to the forge. He made a back tail fin so Sam could fly. Hiccup brought the tail fin back to Sam who was laying down in the sun, asleep. "Hey, Sam. I brought the surprise," Hiccup said. Sam immediately woke up and rubbed her body against Hiccup's. Sam stood up on all fours and waited. Hiccup showed Sam the tail fin. Sam sniffed it before jumping up and down, obviously excited to be able to fly again. Hiccup sat on Sam's tail and strapped the tail fin onto her. "It's not bad," Hiccup said, as he checked it, but he didn't notice that Sam was preparing herself to fly. Sam took flight with Hiccup hanging onto her tail. Hiccup yelled in surprise before noticing that the tail fin was not open and Sam started to fall before Hiccup opened up the tail fin that he made. Sam immediately took flight up into the air. "Oh my. It's working!" Hiccup yelled. Sam flew high in the sky before turning when Hiccup turned her new tail fin. "Yes. I did it!" Hiccup yelled. Sam flew over the lake and she looked back, before making a sharp turn, throwing Hiccup off of her fin and into the water. Sam looked at her tail fin that was closed and she fell into the water along with him.
"Yeah!" Hiccup yelled. Sam transformed into her hybrid self and swam to Hiccup. Sam hugged him as tight as she could. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Sam yelled. "You're welcome," Hiccup said while blushing. They got out of the water and Sam hugged Hiccup again. Sam was so grateful to have Hiccup as her mate. This boy, her mate, would bring dragons and humans together.
Hiccup and Sam went to dinner. "And with one twist, he took my hand and swallowed it whole. And I saw the look on his face, I was delicious," Gobber started while holding out his hook hand. "He must've passed the word because it wasn't a months before another one of them took my leg," Gobber told the teens. They were having dinner at the top of the tower. The teens awed at Gobber's story. Sam and Hiccup cooked fish over the fire and Sam leaned on Hiccup. "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've killed the dragon from inside by crushing its heart or something," Fishlegs thought out loud. "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," Snotlout announced. Sam just closed her eyes and relaxed. She listened to the conversation. Though these were dragon-killing Vikings, they couldn't be all bad if Hiccup was here. "No, no, no. It's the wings and the tails you really want. If it can't fly, it can't getaway. A downed dragon is a dead dragon," Gobber said while eating his chicken. Hiccup looked at Sam in a concerning way, while Sam looked at Hiccup in a grateful way. The teens agreed with Gobber.
Gobber yawned, "Alright, I'm off to bed. You should be too. Tomorrow we get to the big boys," Gonber started and everyone was on the edge of their seat. "Slowly, but surely making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare. But who'll win the honor of killing it?" Gobber asked everyone. Hiccup grabbed Sam and they left dinner. "It's gonna be me. It's my destiny, see?" Tuffnut said while putting his hands behind his head and Fishlegs gasped, "Your mom let you get a tattoo?" "It's not a tattoo, it's a birthmark," Tuffnut said and Ruffnut shot back, "I've been stuck with you since birth and that was never there before." "Yes, it was. You've just never seen me from the left side until now," Tuffnut answered and Astrid saw that Sam and Hiccup left and looked at where they were going before sitting back down. Hiccup showed Sam his design in the forge and how he made it. Sam was awed at Hiccup's blacksmith skills. Hiccup decided to make a metal contraption for the fin that he could control. Sam immediately shot down the idea. "Perhaps a manual tail fin that I can control rather than one that you control?" Sam suggested to Hiccup. "What? You don't trust me?" Hiccup said jokingly. "No. I just think it would be a better design for me," Sam said and Hiccup thought about it. "Plus it'll help me get to you faster if you fall," Sam added and Hiccup decided to change his whole design. His design was that when Sam opened up her real tailfin the other would follow. (If you don't know what I'm talking about. It's in the episode, The Gift of a Night Fury.)
The next day, Sam and Hiccup went to training. Before Hiccup ate his breakfast, Sam, in her dragon form wanted fish, so Hiccup brought some fish for her. "I've got some salmon, some nice Icelandic cod and a whole smoked eel," Hiccup said and Sam growled when she heard the eel. Hiccup picked it up and Sam growled and hissed at it. "No, no, no. It's okay," Hiccup said as he threw the eel away and Sam stopped growling. "Yeah, I don't really like eel much either," Hiccup said as he wiped his hand on his vest. Sam then started eating her breakfast. After she was done she rubbed against Hiccup. Then she transformed into her normal self with no wings and no tail. They walked to training together. Before they left Hiccup put the eel in his jacket. Sam laced her hand with Hiccup's. "Why don't you like eel?" Hiccup questioned Sam. "Eels make all dragons, but one species sick. It makes us dragons go all crazy and we can't see, so we act on our instincts making us more dangerous than we have to be," Sam answered. "Oh. So, you're scared of it," Hiccup concluded. "Scared of it, no. Scared of eating it, yes," Sam corrected. "I'm going to use the eel at training," Hiccup said and Sam smiled at him. Hiccup still had so many questions for Sam, but he decided to hold off until he was done training.
"Today is about teamwork," Gobber said as he let the Hideous Zippleback out. Smoke filled the whole arena and the only weapons the teens had were a bucket of water. "Now when a dragon head can't light its fire. The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky. One head breathes gas, the other head, lights it. Your job is to know which is which," Gobber said to the trainees. Hiccup was paired with Fishlegs who was nervously rambling facts about the dragon. "Can you please stop that?!" Hiccup whisper-yelled. Astrid was paired with Ruffnut and Snotlout was paired with Tuffnut. Sam was alone on this one. "If that dragon shows either of his faces I'm gonna—there!" Snotlout said thinking it was the dragon. Snotlout and Tuffnut threw their water at Astrid and Ruffnut. The girls yelled a little. "Hey! It's us, idiots," Ruffnut said. "Your butts are getting bigger, we thought you were a dragon," Tuffnut said while laughing. "Not that there's anything wrong with, a dragonisc figure," Snotlout said trying to be seductive. Ruffnut threw her bucket at her brother while Astrid punched Snotlout.
Then the dragon took Tuffnut. "Wait," Astrid told Ruffnut. The dragon's tail tripped Astrid and Ruffnut dumping Astrid's bucket out. Tuffnut came running out of the fog yelling, "Oh. I'm hurt. I am very much hurt!" "Chances of survival are dwindling into single digits now," Fishlegs said. One of the dragon's heads came out of the fog. Fishlegs stumbled and then threw his water on the head. The Zippleback head breathed gas. "Oh. Uh, wrong head," Fishlegs said and the dragon shot gas at Fishlegs. "Fishlegs!" Gobber yelled as Fishlegs ran away screaming. Sam quickly made her way towards her mate. Hiccup made a stay back motion with his hand. Sam nodded and stood back.
The other dragon head showed itself. "Now, Hiccup!" Gobber said and Hiccup tried to throw his water at the dragon, but the dragon was too high and the water missed. "Oh, come on," Hiccup said. The dragon growled at him and Hiccup fell back. Sam wanted to go to her mate, but she knew that Hiccup could handle this. "Hiccup!" Gobber yelled while going to run towards Hiccup. "Back. Back, back. Now, don't you make me tell you again? Yes, that's right back into your cage," Hiccup said while making pushing motions with his hands. The Zippleback shook his head and backed away from Hiccup's oncoming figure. "Now think about what you've done," Hiccup said while taking the eel from his jacket and throwing it in the cage with the Zippleback. The dragon backed away from it. Hiccup closed the cage doors. The teens and Gobber were staring at him in confusion and amazement. "Okay, so are we done? Cause I've got some things I need to umm. Yup, see-see you tomorrow," Hiccup said as he walked out of the arena with Sam.

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