The other path (HTTYD Hiccup x OC)

Back to Crystal Island

Hiccup is looking at the other riders as they fly a familiar path, but Ruffnut, Astrid and Elena share a concerned look, it had been a week since they nearly drowned, but Elena wonders if that's the reason why Hiccup is so tired, but she signals everyone to stop above the island "It's cold so that's good, but... it's too quiet"  she says before she spots a dragon and Midnight dives down without warning "Snowflake!" Elena says hugging the dragon after jumping off Midnight "I was so worried about you, where's Loki?", the dragon mentions to the cave before walking over so the others follow "I'll see you guys in the tree house" she says "I don't know how Loki will react to you guys". The cave is as cold as she remembers and the other dragons are in the main room "That your little ones?" she asks seeing three small dragons climb Loki and she earns a pur of agreement from the dragon, Loki seems to remember Elena and he lays down around the small group of baby dragons "We have a problem" Hiccup says running over "I told you to wait-" "Viggo's using this Island as temperory base, I went ahead and send a Terror to Drake" "Viggo's using my island as base?" Elena asks earning a nod "Oh I'm gonna go and kick him off".

Finding Viggo is easy "Get off my island" she says "My bad really" Viggo says "Of course, given your history with these-" "Get off" she cuts him off "You have nothing to gain from being here" "While that is very true my dear I'm simply interested in these dragons" "The ones sinking your ships?" she asks and Snowflake lands behind her previous rider "I will say it one last time, get off before I force you off this island myself". Ryker is following the dragon with his eyes "There an no lenses here, but I think you're just here to annoy us" Elena adds and in one swift movement she gets on her perfectly camouflaged dragon and it flies up "You call that a base by the way? Burn it down", the two dragons are more than enough to burn it down, but she didn't expect Drake there "Bolt says hi" he says "So does Midnight", the plasma blast and electricity hit each other blowing away the soldier and their leader "This island is useless to us anyway" Viggo says "We're leaving".

"They didn't take anything at all" Drake says meeting up with everyone at the tree house "I know, it's weird and it's too far from here to the Edge to be a distraction" "And there certainly are better vacation spots" Hiccup comments "No offense, but it's a bit cold here for that" he adds seeing the dragons look offended. "Is Hiccup alright?" Drake asks "He's not sleeping well I guess, I mean, it's been a week since the whole nearly drowning thing, granted even I get a nightmare or three after those situations but it passed" "Well considering Midnight had to do the extreme measure..." Drake trails off "I was afraid I lost you" he adds putting an arm around her "Well make yourselves comfortable" Elena says "We're staying the night here", she's glad they didn't bring Heather since she still didn't trust her, so Hiccup tasked her with a very very important job, protect the Edge "Right Drake, before you leave" Hiccup says handing him a bag "Find someplace to put this until you need it, got it" Drake says and Elena knocks their leader out cold "Astrid, help drag him to a room".

That night Elena can't sleep, so she's sitting on her bed thinking about what her closest friend had said to her "Hiccup" she says seeing him try to enter the room quietly "You okay?" "Nightmare" he says sitting next to her "Why are you still awake?" "Just thinking about some things" she mumbles and she asks "What's the nightmare about?" "Losing you" he mumbles quietly earning a sigh "I'm here, sitting next to you" she says "And you need more sleep before we head back to the Edge tomorrow" "I know, but I can't". After thinking for a moment Elena lays down and pulls the covers up "Come on" she says "This is a one time offer only", this of course earns her a chuckle and she snuggles closer when he lays down too "See I'm right here" she whispers.

Astrid panics when they can't find Hiccup anywhere before she sighs "Of course" she says "He has nightmares, where do you think he went?" she asks Fishlegs "Well the most logical place would be- oh, that makes a lot of sense", Astrid enters the room and she smiles "Let them, they've had a rough week with Stoick not letting then out of sight for two full days and then we find Dagur has tried to train a dragon on his own and don't get me started on the nightmares they have" "Let's find something for breakfast" Snotlout says, but when he leaves he's knocked out cold and the others follow soon after "The leaders are nowhere to be found" Ryker says "We searched the entire island, their dragons are nowhere to be found either" "We're not leaving until we know if they destroyed the real Dragon eye, they're still gathering lenses".

Elena wakes Hiccip when she sees the entire tree house empty "Come on, we gotta go" she says "What's the hurry?" he asks looking at her "Viggo kidnapped the others in the hopes we didn't destroy the dragon eyes, but if we attack him with Toothless and Midnight he'll see us" "True" he says and he gives her a quick kiss on her cheek "Thanks, I actually feel well rested" "Of course, but let's find a place to set up a trap" she says digging through her clothes and taking everything that's white "Do you have some white clothes?" "Not with me" "Go raid Drake's closet, he won't mind". Elena, due to her dark hair color needs a hooded jacket, but she can't find one "Here" Hiccup says tossing one over her head "The snowstorm started" he adds so they leave, Elena whistling for the crystal dragons "We need to set up an ambush for Viggo" she says "Inside the Volcano, since you sealed the entrance shut, so I'll take Loki and make a round above the ship before leading them there" "I will get started on the traps" Hiccup says getting on Snowflake "Great, there should be ancient dragon trap remains in the storage, sturdy annoying things, after that, Midnight and the Toothless will find the others and pull the ship towards our island".

She has Loki fly around the ship, firing at it "There's someone on that dragon" Viggo says "Let's go" "What if it's a trap?" Ryker asks "They have no place for traps with all these dragons" Viggo says. The trail ends at the volcano and Elena watches them climb up "Found someone" a soldier says and Viggo jumps down "Time to give up" he says "Not by a long shot" Hiccup says once he's surrounded and Midnight sets off the traps, but they're picked up soon and dumped on one of the wrecks which is pulled towards an island "Well" Elena says "Told ya I would force you off my island".

Astrid and the others are free rather quicky and Fishlegs says "You two are brilliant!" "It was her idea" Hiccup says "And you look good in that color" Snotlout says looking at Elena "Shut up" she says "Now who's hungry?" "I could eat" Astrid says, once the two are back in their usual clothes Elena starts breakfast "We'll fly back after this" "Wait, won't they reuse the traps?" Hiccup asks "No, they'd have to break it all to pieces to get out and they're old, so putting them back together is out of the question too" Elena explains when he puts an arm around her "Guess that makes sense" he says making her smile "Oh come on, why does he-" "Snotlout shut up" Astrid says "Go date Ruffnut or something" "Ew, who'd wanna date him?" Ruffnut asks "Hiccup, he's suspicious about the Dragon Eye since we've been collecting more lenses" Fishlegs says "Well according to my father's notes there shouldn't be much more" "Let me get that for you" Hiccup says grabbing something from the top shelf, making Astrid and Fishlegs smile at each other.