Goodbye Berk ~ *CANCELED*

Green Grass and Wooden Logs

I ~ Unknown Clearing ~ I

A light breeze filtered in through the trees as pastel-colored birds flew quickly by, chirping their song in glee. The warm sun heated the cool earth below Hiccup, whose head rested upon his dragon's side. The two let out soft snores, their slumber remaining unbothered by the sounds that filled the clearing that morning. The soft flow of the river water across from them was interrupted by a sharp splash and a grunt.

Hiccup jumped up from his position to see the same dragon they had seen last night, standing in all her glory in front of them. The gold bands that wrapped around her horns and legs glistened in the sun, a satchel strapped across her chest with a piece of parchment sticking out of it. Soft golden fabric sat loosely tied around her neck and tail.

"It's you," Hiccup spoke softly, pushing his frail body up off the dirt. The dragon nodded.

"It's me," She replied, turning to grab the parchment from within her bag.

"Here, it's a map of this place that I snatched from some explorer dude a while back," She said, placing it on the ground and rolling it out. She moved one of her deep red talons over to a portion of the map, "We are here, and we gotta get over here, so you better pack up your makeshift camp and be prepared to fly."

Hiccup nodded, packing up what little he pulled out of his packs the previous night. "Lead the way, Vanessa."

Her wings snapped open and she lifted up into the clear blue sky. Her dark fur and reddish yellow wings caused a contrast in the sky as she dipped back down towards the tree line. Toothless followed swiftly after with Hiccup attached to the saddle on the nightfury's back. 

Wind whipping through Hiccup's hair, he began to wonder what on earth he had gotten himself into. For him, he had never been able to understand a dragon, Odin's beard it is highly unexpected. Part of it doesn't feel real of course, Toothless had never addressed him in all the time he's known him, but this one dragon had scared him then apologized. It was all too good to be true if Hiccup was being honest. 

The island proved to be bigger than he originally thought as they touched down in a much larger clearing that sat against a mountainside. Sunlight pooled into the center, and as Hiccup and Toothless admired the beauty, Vanessa disappeared into a cavern carved into the mountain. They soon followed, passing a small collection of logs piled up near the entrance. 

Vanessa was digging through a pile of assorted tools, one of the many piles of items Hiccup noticed in the cavern. The largest of which was made completely of expensive gold objects, the ones you give a significant other on your wedding day. It made more sense now for Vanessa to be wearing so many gold rings, they were strewn around everywhere he could see. Eventually, Vanessa plopped a few axes, those meant for chopping wood, in front of an awed Hiccup.

"Here you go kid, I've got a couple more hidden around here somewhere. You might wanna make a sharpening stone sometime soon, they will go dull really quick. Unless you don't know how to do that... in that case perhaps you should run to the markets down south a few hours?" The dragon spoke, scratching her chin with her talons before looking down at the stone floor.

"Thank you, Vanessa, this is a huge help and honestly it feels surreal for someone to be so nice to me when people are generally just so mean," Hiccup spoke softly towards the dragon, voice full of gratitude. 

She smiled, "Of course kid, I don't mind sharing from time to time."

"Oh and don't worry about the sharpening stone and stuff, I know how to make one and numerous tools as well. Was a blacksmith's apprentice back on Berk," He added, scratching the back of his head. 

"Well isn't that lucky. Anyways, there's a pile of logs I collected quickly last night that should help get you started on a house. Assuming you'll be staying on this island of course... and I'm not sure how much use I'll be but I can do some heavy lifting if needed." The dragon chuckled nervously. 

"You don't have many friends do you?" Hiccup asked suddenly. She shook her head.

"I'm very lonely. There aren't any dragons around here and no humans dare approach me or my island. So no, no friends," she answered solemnly, sitting down on the cold cavern floor. 

"Enough about me, let's get that house started shall we?" 

And so they spent the next three weeks constructing a house, based on Vanessa's past observations of colonists and mainland construction workers and Hiccup's observations of his own tribe's rebuilding (some of which he partook in). Combined, their efforts made a pretty decent house, with an attached, albeit small, workshop for his blacksmithing needs. Vanessa and Toothless made sure to keep Hiccup well fed, taking turns hunting down wild boar and collecting fruit. Well, Vanessa collected fruit, Toothless kept smashing them all up the moment he grabbed ahold of them. 

"Planting some vegetables would be wise."

"I am on a remote island. Where am I getting vegetables?"

"At the markets."

"But I don't want to fly all the way down there, it's too much effort."

"You just need seeds and it isn't even that far away just take some gold and go."

"But it's really far."

"It'll only take half a day, seriously, go get seeds."

"I don't like vegetables."

"You know that's a lie Hiccup."

"Your point?"

"Toothless take this child  to the market and fetch some seeds."

"NO TOOTHLESS DOWN!"

Sad to say Hiccup did not win that one. Soon they had a functioning farm for one, and some other assorted oddities that Hiccup also snatched up while at the markets (Vanessa laughed at him when he came back). Life was looking pretty good.

Until it wasn't?

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