The Last Night Fury (A HTTYD Future AU)

Returning To The Past

Hiccup quickly made his way to his house, the home he had lived in from the day he was born. He went inside and then he stopped in his place. He could feel his hands shaking. He could feel his heart skipping every beat, so much so he feared he would fall on the floor in an instant.

He took deep breathes, which helped a bit, but his hands was still shaking. After standing for a while, he finally began to walk across the house and entered into his and Astrid's bedroom. It had a bed at the centre and a desk on the side of the wall for Hiccup's work. He went inside and walked up next to the bed. He crouched down, looking underneath the bed where his eyes caught a large chest at the centre.

He grabbed hold of the chest and dragged it out, pushing it against the wall. Once he did that, he sat on the floor, staring at the chest.

He sighed as he could still feel his hands shaking. Then, he picked up a key that was on top of the chest, putting it through the keyhole. He twisted it, hearing a click which signalled it being opened. He braced himself before opening the chest.

The chest was full to the bream with stuff. There was a bunch of papers and books, all filled with sketches. There was many inventions that he had made when he was a young teenager. And there were many bits and bots within the things.

All those things had something that connected them - they all had a connection to his dragon, Toothless. 

Hiccup thought his heart had suddenly stopped as he started to rummage through the things - memories he had locked away right after the tragic event. 

As he did, he caught his eye on a practically object, something he hadn't seen for a long time. He pulled it out to get a closer look. 

It was the red tailfin Toothless had that helped him to fly. 

The memories came flooding back to Hiccup, for he had supressed them ever since. For the first time in a long time, he smiled at the memories - when he first met Toothless, when they bonded, when they flew for the first time and the many amazing adventures they went together. 

But suddenly, the memory of the attack came back as well. Hiccup froze at the reminder, before immediately throwing the tailfin back in the chest and shutting the chest closed. He was breathing heavily, as if he had just came up from being underwater for so long. He quickly wiped his eyes, noticing that tears were coming down his face. He then managed to compose himself. 

"Just... get what you came here for." he said to himself. After some hesitation, he opened the chest again. He went through the stuff again before finally coming across what he was looking for - his old harness.

He took the harness out and placed it on his side. He then closed the chest, locked it and pushed it back under the bed. He picked up the harness, taking a good look at it before leaving the room and then the house. 

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Hilda was still at the dentistry with Starlight, waiting for Hiccup to return. She was waiting along with Martha and Astrid. Starlight was hanging about with Astrid, wanting to get used to her. 

"So you found her in the woods where she was tangled up with ropes." Astrid said, while rubbing the side of Starlight's face.

"Yeah. I'm not sure why she was tied up." Hilda admitted. She hadn't had time to actually think about how Starlight ended up in the situation when they first met. 

"Maybe someone else tried to capture her?" Martha suggested. 

"Maybe. But it doesn't matter now. She's safe now." Hilda smiled. Starlight smiled at her before walking up to her and giving her a hug, which Hilda gladly returned. Astrid smiled at this site - a site she didn't think she could see again.