Once Upon A Time: Hook's Adopted Son (Book 1)

Heart of the Dragon

Here's the chapter with one Hiccup Haddock. I was planning to have it out after the Jiminy Cricket episode but I figured that this would be better. Also, you will get an early sneak peek of Killian Jones AKA Hook in this chapter. Heads up there will be some sad scenes in this so if you want to skip it feel free but if you want to read it, grab some tissues. Enjoy.

(On Berk)

This is Berk, it's twelve days north of Hopeless and a few degrees south of freezing death. It's located solidly on the meridian of misery. A village that's in a word sturdy has been there for seven generations but every single building is new. They have fishing, hunting, and a charming view of the sunsets. The only problems are the pests. Most people have mice or mosquitoes, they have dragons. Most people think it's dangerous to hunt dragons but they're Vikings, it's an occupational hazard.

One fourteen-year-old Viking kid named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III ran out of the forge with his invention to the cliff. He set it up and was ready to shoot down a dragon. He waited and waited for a dragon to come in range. Suddenly he heard a high-pitched roar through the air, then saw something firing at a sea stack. He caught a small black dragon silhouette zoom past him and he fired a net straight at it. Hiccup tumbled backward but he then heard the net something and the dragon roaring in pain and falling straight into the woods. "Oh, I did it? Yes, I hit it! Did anybody see that?" Hiccup said with pride.

However, a Monstrous Nightmare spoiled Hiccup's fun. It crushed Hiccup's invention and started chasing him. Hiccup dodged the blasts of fire and hid behind a wooden post. The Nightmare fired at the post but it only hit the front side. Hiccup could feel the fear crawling up to him, the Nightmare tried to do a sneak attack on him but suddenly, the chief grabbed the Nightmare and shoved it back. The Nightmare had run out of firepower so the chief punched the dragon and scared it off. The wooden pole crumbled and started to fall on the village, making at least half of the captured dragons free and flying off with half of the livestock.

The chief, Stoick the Vast and Hiccup's father, looked at Hiccup with a look of anger. "Ok, but I hit a Night Fury." Hiccup stated to his father.

Stoick grabbed Hiccup by his arm and dragged him back into the village square. "Just stop! Every time you step out, disaster happens! Winter is almost here and I have an entire village to feed!" Stoick shouted at Hiccup.

Stoick asks Gobber to take Hiccup back to the house while he cleans up the mess Hiccup made. As Hiccup walked back to the house, he could see the looks he got from the rest of the village along with hearing the other teens mocking him. Just for once, he would like to have his voice to be heard. Deep within the woods, Hiccup had snuck out of his house to find the Night Fury that he shot down. The poor boy searched for hours and still no sign of the Night Fury. Hiccup started to doubt that he'd find it "The gods hate me." he stated, "Some people lose a knife or a mug. But not me, I managed to have lost an entire dragon."

He slapped away a dead tree branch but it hit him back in the eye. He took a look at the rest of the tree, it was almost destroyed. The rest of the damage made something like a trail for Hiccup to follow. He reached a small hill and walked up it to see that the Night Fury he shot down was there. He ducked down thinking the dragon was going to attack him but it didn't. Hiccup slowly walked towards the Night Fury, he finally did it, he could fix everything with his village.

Hiccup pulled out a small knife and pointed it at the dragon. He was gonna do it, he was gonna kill that dragon and make his father proud. He raised the knife over his head ready to kill but the dragon looked at him with sad eyes. He tried to shake it off but he looked at the Night Fury and he saw himself within its reflection. He dropped the knife, he couldn't kill the dragon "I did this." Hiccup muttered.