A New Life - Land of Magic Series - Chapter 2
#2 of FanFiction - A New Life - Land Of Magic Series
Chapter 2: Chapter 2 New Body
Hiccup opened his eyes. His vision was blurry, and the eyes were adjusting to the light. How long had he slept? He felt stiff, hungry, and had a terrible headache, but all things considered he actually felt pretty good.
"My fever's gone!" He realized.
He tried to get himself up, but immediately lost his balance.
"Whoa! What the..." He fell backwards, hitting the ground with a loud *thud*.
This was enough to wake Toothless. He slowly opened his eyes while reaching for his human, but the only thing he could feel was empty space! Alarmed, he quickly got up and looked around. He had been so tired last night, that he hadn't felt Hiccup being moved away from his body. Only a few meters away from him, he could see a black shape. Toothless gave out a loud screech, making the ground quiver.
"What have you done to my Hiccup! ?" He bent down, his muscles tensed, and snarled at the stranger.
Recognizing the sound, Hiccup twisted around to see his friend. The blurry vision was gone, and he could see clearly now. His eyes met Toothless'. It looked like the dragon was about to attack him!
"Toothless, what are you doing! ?" Hiccup felt frightened. He has never seen Toothless this angry before, at least not at him!
Toothless stopped the snarling, confusion clouding his mind and showing in his eyes. He knew that voice, but it was defiantly not coming from the human he had learned to associate it with.
"Hiccup?"
"Yes! Who else do you th..." Hiccup trailed off, his eyes widening in shock as it dawned on him.. "Toothless, I..I can understand you!"
Toothless was just as surprised as Hiccup. His eyes widened, and looked intently at Hiccup. He didn't realize his mouth was hanging open.
"Toothless, why are you looking at me like that?"
"Hiccup, y-you, you're..." Toothless stopped. He couldn't believe what he was looking at.
Hiccup frowned. "I'm what?"
"Y-you, you're a dragon...a Night Fury!"
This left Hiccup speechless. How could he be a dragon? He looked at his hands, and froze. Those...are definitely not hands, but paws!
"I..I...b-but how! ?"
Total confusion overwhelmed Hiccup. He looked at himself, then at his surroundings. How had he become a dragon? Why could he suddenly understand Toothless? And for Thor's sake, why was he in a cave, and not in his bed! ?
Hiccup looked like a newborn dragon trying to take its first steps. He was struggling to get himself up, but was only rewarded by tripping over his own feet. He was definitely not used to his new body.
"Hiccup, just take it easy. Don't stress yourself"
"Where are you going! ?" Hiccup cried out, seeing that Toothless was heading out of the cave.
"Hiccup, you've been sleeping for days! I'm just going to get you something to eat, you must be starving."
At that very moment, a loud grumbling was coming from Hiccup's stomach. After all the confusion, he had totally forgotten how hungry he really was.
"You see?" Toothless said, nudging Hiccup while purring. "Just relax, I won't be gone for long". And with that, Toothless walked out of the cave, leaving Hiccup to ponder about all that had happened.
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Hiccup just stared at the wall, thinking about what could have happened to him while he was asleep.
"So, I've been unconscious for several days, Toothless probably got worried and took me to this cave, leaving my room all empty, and when Stoic comes in....oh, Odin help us! When he sees the room without me in it, he'll probably think Toothless kidnapped me, and form a search party to look for me! They'll hurt Toothless if I go back now, and I surely can't show myself like this! It's probably not safe to return home just yet, not until everything settles down a little."
Then his thoughts wandered over to Astrid. Hiccup started to rub his shoulder with a paw. It had become a habit for him to do that, after being hit by her so many times."That girl is the definition of pain" he thought. She must be quite worried about him now, but that just meant more bruises! But now that he's a Night Fury, things were going to get a little more complicated. He almost smiled when he thought about her trying to hit a Night Fury in the shoulder.
Why was he a dragon in the first place? Hiccup was sure Toothless was responsible for it, and also for getting him all healthy again. No one else in the village could have done such a thing.
He then started to experiment with his body, trying not to trip in the process.
The first difference he noticed, was he had no teeth in his mouth!
"That's just weird"
After experimenting a little, he found out that he had muscles under the teeth that he could use to push them up and down. He played with them a while, and found it rather amusing. He chuckled to himself while repeatedly pushing his teeth up and down.
He then got the feeling of his wings. This entire time they'd been hanging down next to his body, loose, but now he tried to flap them. It felt weird to Hiccup. It was almost like having bones sticking out of your back. Only that these had muscles he could use to move them. Then came the tail. After figuring out how to use it, he found walking much easier, in other words he could actually move, and not trip all the time. He was surprised how much the tail helped him to keep his balance, and when he had practiced a while, he could walk around the cave just fine.
It was at that moment it suddenly hit him. He had four, not three, but FOUR legs! The transformation had actually healed his leg! Tears came streaming down Hiccup's face. No more would he be slower than the others! No more would he feel pain and the itching! And no more would he wake up every morning, feeling the absence of his leg.
He looked around, but found no sign of his prosthetic leg."It's probably still back at the house" he thought.
With not much else left to do, Hiccup found a comfortable position, curled around himself, and waited for Toothless to return.
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"Hiccup is a Night Fury!". Toothless couldn't really believe it himself. He felt delighted as he trotted through the forest. Not only was his Hiccup feeling well again, he has actually become a dragon!
This time of the year was the dragon mating season, much to the Vikings dismay. For them it meant aggressive dragons, and burned down houses. All the dragons were excited...all but Toothless. He felt despaired and alone. He was the only one left of his kin, so what was he to do?
But those thoughts were swept away now. He was no longer alone, there was another Night Fury, and it was his Hiccup! Toothless let out a growl, making nearby birds fly away from their trees in fear. He had a mate!
After some minutes, another thought swirled in past his joy. How would Hiccup react to his decision? He had actually already chosen him back when Hiccup was a human, but he didn't knew how Hiccup would react to it, so he had kept his feelings to himself. Mostly. He would nip him in his tunic from time to time, and was practically clinging on to him everywhere he went, which made Hiccup flush. He had told Toothless to stop this odd behavior, but Toothless had just ignored him. Hiccup would then just sigh, and let his dragon continue whatever he was doing, not realizing what it really meant.
But now that his Hiccup was a dragon, things changed a bit. Still, Toothless thought it was better to not reveal his feelings to Hiccup just yet, he probably already had enough to ponder about. Being transformed into a dragon wasn't something that happened every day!
A while passed before Toothless finally found a lake. It was maybe twice the size of the one in the cove. He could see his meal swimming beneath the liquid surface, oblivious to the danger approaching them. Toothless licked his lips, took aim, and leapt into the water.