The other path (HTTYD Hiccup x OC)

Viggo's offer?

"Hey Elena" Hiccup says "Your mom is staring at us, it's quite... uncomfortable", when Elena glances back she sees he's right "I gave the group tasks to do and did all my other duties, now I'm bored" she says while stretching "You could show me around the island" "Let's do that, come on get on" she says getting on Midnight, who flies off once Hiccup gets on too. "Let's start with my favorite place" Elena says "Are you sure that's smart?" Hiccup asks "Yeah why not?". They head towards a mountain and Midnight circles it before landing "We can see the entire valley from here" Elena says "And the best part is, no one else knows about it" "Are those the twins?" Hiccup asks pointing to two figures near the yak field "Oh yeah, but don't worry, they're used to me and Drake" and they watch as the twins get chased off. They sit in silence closer to each other and Hiccup chuckles "I can see why this is your favorite place" "At night the view is even better" she says resting her head on his shoulder "Remember how your father would wander the village at night to make sure it was safe?" "Yeah I remember, sometimes I was sitting on his shoulders or soaring through the skies, I miss dad, he would know what to do", the silence afterwards is comfortable and when the sky turns orange Elena stands up to stretch "And time for my last duty" she says "Checking on the baby dragons" she explains seeing the confused look "They always try to sneak into the village" "Ah, I'll help".

With things in orders they head back to the Edge and the two night furies are gliding somewhere behind "I'll get working on your door first thing tomorrow" Hiccup says "Thanks, but you don't have to rush" she says, for the remainder of their stay there were moments both Elena and Hiccup had wanted to say something about their rather awkward situation but someone interrupted, which was Astrid most of the time and it was super annoying. "Astrid" Fishlegs says "Are you looking for Hiccup?" "Yes, why?" she asks "Well I was given instructions to not tell you where he went" Fishlegs says earning a confused look "He's with Elena and-" "Great, I need to talk to her too, but I got an idea about where they are". When she arrives at the place she doesn't see anymore at first, but after a moment she hears talking "Afterwards Drake and I dressed up as monsters, it was the best day ever" "Sounds fun", the blonde follows the voices, but of course is stopped by two Night Furies "Let me through" she says. "Should we head back?" Hiccup asks "Probably" "Hiccup Viggo wants to talk to you!" Astrid yells "He does?" Hiccup asks "Let's go see what he wants, we can continue our conversation later" "Fine" Elena says and she sends Astrid a glare.

They meet Viggo at the docks "I have an offer for you" Viggo says "Drop the sword" Hiccup says "And you're not moving from that spot" Astrid adds. Elena stays quiet in the background "You help me find islands and I will leave you further alone" "And if we refuse?" Hiccup asks "Then you won't get this lens, although I imagine it's quite useless to both of us" "What makes you say that?" Astrid asks "Whatever dragon eye you had was a fake, I can't find the real one, so I assume it has been destroyed" "It was a fake?" Hiccup asks 'surprised' "Yes imagine my surprise when I found out, do we have a deal?" "Two islands" Hiccup says holding out his hand "I can live with that" Viggo says and Elena holds out her hand "The lens Viggo" "Now can you take me to the Gronckles?" Viggo asks after handing over the lens "You have a boat right?" Astrid asks "We'll give you a map with two islands on it, Dark Deep and one of our choosing" Hiccup says "Elena, keep an eye on him while we get a map" "Yeah sure, put me on babysit duty" she mumbles "Fine, just let me borrow your sword, I left mine in my hut". Viggo decides to inspect the girl "How come I never learned about you before?" "Be glad you haven't" she says "Oh feisty one, who's the lucky guy?" Viggo asks, but he's met with a glare. "We got your map" Hiccup says tossing it over "Why are you glaring at him Elena?" "He decided to ask about things that are none of his business" "Oof, if looks could kill" Astrid says "Anyway, you're needed in the clubhouse, people don't agree with cooking duty" "Going, tow him off will ya". Once Viggo is gone Astrid and Elena head to the clubhouse as well "I think this is the last one" Elena says "He's probably going to check what we do with it, we can't call Drake yet" "Do I need a reason to see my boyfriend?" Astrid asks "No I suppose not. This gives me an idea" Elena says and she opens the door. "Guys" Astrid says "Who's turn is it?" "Eh mine" Fishlegs says "Start cooking" Elena deadpans.

Hiccup nods "So Drake and Astrid pretend to betray us and join with them?" "Isn't that risky?" "No because first Drake will betray us and Astrid will feed him information, then when he attacks he'll take Astrid with him" Hiccup explains "No, but he hid the-" "Exactly, so before we do this I am going to give it to someone else". They set the plan in motion and Elena is off for quite a while, but when she comes back she crash lands in front of the stables "Elena?" Fishlegs asks and she groans "Viggo, he didn't see where I went, but he shot us down a few times when we headed back hoping to catch up with me and question me" "And Drake?" Hiccup asks seeing the burn marks on Elena's outfit "Oh Viggo fell right into the trap" she says getting up, but she stumbles so Hiccup has to catch her "Okay to your hut you go" he says "I am fine Hiccup, we need to check up on Midnight", at least now they had a plan, one that could either be their downfall or their victory.