Fleiri | Hiccup x Reader

Seven

"I'm so sorry." (Y/n) mutters under her breath. She felt something weighing her down, the guilt that she'd just done something very wrong without her knowledge.

She only wanted to take Toothless, but the other dragons followed suit. She absolutely had no plans in returning, especially after that robbery she'd just committed.

It hit her massively, the fact that she'd just stripped a group of vikings that just so generously accepted her as an equal for once of their dragons. Of all the people, it just had to be them.

(Y/n) unmounted Toothless, the sound of the flapping dragons following behind. Normally, it'd be concerned to see hoards of dragons just landing on the same island in the lead of a dragon riding teenager; but (Y/n) had other concerns.

"How are Black and I supposed to escape to some faraway place now?" She bit her lip, placing both hands on her hips as she stood in front of the dragons, "I never planned to bring any of you. I can't just leave you here either..."

Her very weakness. Her one weakness which affected her decisions and led to where they are now. (Y/n) had always had sympathy for dragons. Where she lived, dragons were abused and killed. Nobody had any respect for the reptiles. She didn't like this fact, and she continued to stand by that belief which nearly led her to being an outcast.

"I just wanted to go some place safe with my friend and stay there forever..." (Y/n) whimpers, sitting on the ground as Toothless nudges her in comfort.

Toothless too was conflicted. He loved both Hiccup and (Y/n), but he never planned for the moment where he had to decide who to with. He simply followed the flow and let destiny take him where it decided to bring him to.

"Was it wrong? Was my goal selfish? Is that why everything keeps trying to get in my way?" (Y/n) mutters bitterly, hugging her legs close. She was staring at the ground in such hatred. She was disgusted by her own actions, but she was also frustrated at where things had to be.

There was rustling in the bushes nearby. All the dragons turned their gazes in that direction. (Y/n) knew there was possible danger awaiting in mere seconds. All the dragons got to their defense stances, ready to pounce at any given moment. But (Y/n) was frozen.

'Are you really just going to sulk from something so stupid?' She scolded herself. For about a moment, she had an existential crisis. She wanted to give up on life as a whole. But like always, she picked herself back up. She got up, ready to face what future held in store for her.

A huge, buff man came walking calmly out of the bushes. He let out such a threatening aura, one that would usually trigger the dragons to fire without a warning. He raised his arm, one that had a tattoo all over it. The dragons' eyes dilated, before they resulted to back away, whimpering. All but one dragon.

Toothless growled, he definitely recognized his man. He walked in front of (Y/n), a look on his face that said he'd do anything to protect his human.

"Why did you run away, (Y/n)?" The man questions, his eyebrows furrowed as he stared down at the meek girl, "Why are you being so selfish? Do you even realize the people you are lying to just to go through with what you want?"

"B-Brother..." (Y/n)'s voice cracks. She couldn't believe she'd been caught so easily. Knowing her brother, he definitely wouldn't let her escape so easily. She began backing up slowly.

With all the dragons ready to come to her aid, she wouldn't really be able to use that to her advantage at this moment. Her family... definitely was something else.

"Father would like to have a very long talk with you, (Y/n)." Her brother states bluntly, advancing towards her at a slow pace.

(Y/n) narrowed her eyes. She didn't really have any choice. If she wanted to escape, she had to test her luck and rely on speed alone.

'3...2...1!' She quickly mounted Toothless, the Nightfury taking the hint of what he was supposed to do at the very moment.

He took off, the other dragons following gradually. Her brother would've ran after her, he had a very high chance of catching her that way. Yet his keen eyes caught a detail that can change a situation quite drastically.

Toothless lost his ability to fly on his own ever since that accident on Berk, so Hiccup took it upon himself to create a contraption that allowed the Nightfury to fly once again as long as he was riding him.

Since (Y/n) was also a close friend of Toothless, he taught the girl how to fly him. It wasn't very easy, remembering to do all the steps was something she had problems remembering. She still wasn't used to flying Toothless at all.

Right now, her mind was foggy. She was panicking. Therefore she couldn't control Toothless' tail contraption well and failed just a few seconds later.

Both the girl and the dragon went plunging towards the sea at top speed, but neither of them got wet once they reached the bottom.

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"Ah, this is just like the good ol' days. Y'know? When us vikings weren't so dependent on dragons? Those days were fun too." Gobber says casually, helping as they hoisted the sails to their boats.

When Gobber and Stoick returned from their mission, they didn't look quite troubled having to go out and collect the dragons at all. In fact, they look thrilled that they could go back out on the see.

Hiccup was troubled. As he helped the boat's preparations, he was deep in thought. He couldn't quite guess what (Y/n)'s reason was to do all this. He still couldn't convince himself she was a bad guy either. He assumed there was some misunderstanding behind all this.

"The others definitely have their minds dead set on '(Y/n)'s a bad guy' now..." Hiccup mutters to himself, "They're simpleminded after all." He was alone on this opinion for now. If anyone found out he didn't believe (Y/n) was a bad guy, they could be questioning his intentions.

Hiccup snapped out of his train of thought, finishing his task on tying the ropes well. All the vikings around him were oddly upbeat and excited over this new mission. Too bad he couldn't join in the singing. He was troubled. He needed answers.

A certain blonde noticed that look on his face. In all the years Astrid has known Hiccup, she could almost tell what he was thinking every time he made that face.

She walks over to him and playfully hits his back, "You make that face whenever you're planning to do something really stupid, or already did do something stupid." She chuckled.

"Don't worry. I don't think she's the bad guy just yet. We need to dig deeper."