The other path (HTTYD Hiccup x OC)

Hiccup and Elena

"Morning everyone" Elena says entering the clubhouse and she sneezes "Is it always this cold here during winter?" "Where's you jacket?" Hiccup asks earning a shrug "I left it to dry in my kitchen last night and this morning it was gone" she explains. "You survive Crystal Island" Tuffnut says "With the difference that I was wearing two layers of wool" she says, even the riders who usually had bare arms were wearing wool long sleeved shirts "I can't find any of my wool clothes for some reason", the twins are suddenly out of sight and Astrid sighs "I'll help find them, let's get Stormfly", unsurprisingly they find the stolen clothes still folded in the twin's hut "Hey we were planning to sew them together for a blanket" Tuffnut says so Elena and Astrid throw them into the boar pit "Wait it was a joke, let us out!" Ruffnut yells.

"Great I have to wash everything now" Elena says digging through her clothes filled chest "I think this was saved from their wrath" Astrid says holding up a long sleeved dress, entirely made of a different fabric than wool, but it has feathers between the layers "Give me that" Elena says snatching it away "My father made this dress, it was way too big at the time, but I kept it" "That will never keep you warm" Astrid says when Elena takes off her shirt and pulls the dress over her head "It will, the feathers will keep the warmth in and the cold out" Elena explains "I'll wash that later, when it's dark out and they can't sneak into the storage room again" she says. Back in the clubhouse the twins hide behind Hiccup when Elena and Astrid walk in "It really was a joke" Tuffnut says "Do you have an idea how much time I spend on those clothes?" Elena asks "If you ever take them again I will burn your entire hut to the ground, in your sleep, do you hear me?" "Loud and clear" they says. They spend their free time in silence, doing mostly their own thing "So, have you seen how the island is during the winter?" Hiccup asks peeking at the soup "Not yet, it's actually my first winter here" Elena says "Are you offering to take me sightseeing? As a date?" she teases quietly causing his face to go red.

Heather raise an eyebrow "Astrid, does that happen more often?" "What? Those two teasing each other? Daily" Astrid says "It's fun to see who goes as red as a tomato first" Ruffnutt says "Hiccup usually, but on the rare occasions it is Elena it's very hilarious, guess nearly drowning- shutting up now" Tuffnut says when Hiccup walks out mumbling something and Elena glares his way "Sore topic, sorry" he quickly says when she passes him "Do not touch that soup" she says before slamming the door close.

"You were over it" Elena says finding Hiccup at the stables next to Toothless "I am" he says "It's just... we could've died, if we had listened to Drake and you had stayed on the boat" "I would've gone in to try and get you out" she says "But I never listen to him and he never listens to me, but secretly we do listen to each other, he wasn't stopping me, he was concerned about my safety and yours" "So about that sightseeing date?" Hiccup asks offering his hand after getting on Toothless which she takes "Sure" she says.

Dagur arrives, not really too sure if he even should be there "I found old maps in Viggo's office, there are traps all over the cave systems in this island "Well the other two are sightseeing" Astrid says "Don't think we should worry" "We should" Fishlegs says "We haven't explored those caves yet because we had that trouble with the Whispering Death, which put a stop to those plans".

Seems Hiccup remembers that, but Toothless is feeling uneasy "Hiccup" Elena says quietly pointing to some arrows on the ground "Okay, slowly back away bud" he says, but Toothless activates a trap and Hiccup says "Blow up the caves! Now" "We're not out of it yet!" Elena says "We'll be fine". Toothless shoots the walls, but he has to come to a sudden stop before taking a sharp turn "Toothless where are you going?" Hiccup asks trying to get his dragon back under control, they eventually end up in a huge room, making a typical crash landing. Elena groans quietly, getting up after a short moment "You guys alright?" "We're fine" Hiccup answers, rubbing his arm as he stands up "You?" he asks "I'm good" Elena says and Toothless walks over "So..." Elena trails off as she looks around the room and she starts to wander. "You know Toothless, we would've been fine if you went outside and not trap us in here" Hiccup says "There's no way we can climb that", but the Night Fury is laying next to the water, looks uninterested in the fact he had trapped them on purpose and he just stares at the water "Come on Bud, what are you expecting us to do while we're trapped here?" Hiccup asks while Elena is inspecting the small lake, but she gets pushed away by Toothless' tail. "Give me a boost" she says after walking to the wall, however right when she reaches the top she feels something push her hand back, but she pulls herself up "Midni-", she gets pushed back down and Hiccup quickly catches her, getting both dragons attention "Oh so that gets your attention, not the fact you just pushed me back down" Elena says and she takes a running start to try again "This is not going to work Midnight, you know me better than that!" she says, jumping to the opposite wall, but her hand slips and she glares at her dragon "And I though Astrid was bad with her teasing, or Dagur with his comments" she mumbles "So they trapped us here because..." Hiccup trails off since he's not entire sure how to finish, luckily he doesn't have to "They're playing cupid" Elena deadpans "And Midnight won't let us climb up, I don't have any dragon nip" "I have dragon nip" Hiccup says and he sighs "But they seem set on keeping us here" "Try it" she says. Midnight gets distracted, and Toothless runs over, but the other two are already at the top "Seriously though, our dragons" Hiccup says. Outside the cave they see Astrid "Can Stormfly carry three people?" Elena asks "Yes, but where are your dragons?" Astrid asks not seeing the two Night Furies "You will never believe what they just did" Hiccup says helping Elena on Stormfly before Astrid pulls him up "You'll have to tell me all about it" "We will, on the way back to the clubhouse".