A Friend In Fire & Sea

A HttyD Fanfiction

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Genre: Friendship/Hurt/Comfort

Rating: K+

Hiccup's day has been going horribly. And for good reason, too- being lost in the middle of no where, with only a Scauldron for protection... Against, about, a dozen Dragon Hunter ships. Now, why would that be a problem? Oh, and the island they're on is inhabited by Hiccup's absolute FAVOURITE dragon. Another. Dinosaur. Face.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.

Warning:

Some violence, and references to death. 'Some scary scenes' as movies would call it on a PG rated film.

Chapter Nine: The Chase (Hiding)

Bubbles frowned, looking up with a worried expression.

'What is it?' Brightheart asked, now copying his expression. Hiccup stared silently as she crooned to him. 'What's wrong...?'

'Nothing...' The Scauldron said, shrugging the strange thud he had heard a moment ago off, 'Just, I heard somethi-' They yelped in alarm, as a huge splash sounded. The Nightmare threw her wings over the small human, hissing at the green glob that emerged from the water.

Meanwhile, Bubbles just stared in disbelief, eyes wide and jaw dropped. '...Tox... Toxicscale?! What are you doing here...?'

'Gah... Urff... Wh... What? WHAT?!' The Grapple Grounder screeched, flailing in the water.

Sighing, remembering his old friend was an awful swimmer, Bubbles ducked under, and slid him onto his back as he rose to the surface again. The dragon grunted in appreciation, and from the cave entrance, a familiar Deadly Nadder swooped in neatly, landing on the platform some distance from Brightheart, who was watching with narrowed eyes, curled protectively around Hiccup, watching in confusion at the scene before him.

Bubbles rose an eye ridge, unamused. 'So...' He said bluntly. 'What brings you two here?'

Toxicscale and Thorntail shifted uncomfortably; of course the Scauldron was upset. They had shunned him, once his supposed best friend.

'Look...' The Nadder said quietly, 'We're not here to prove how awful we are as friends.'

Toxicscale nodded, still awkwardly moving his tail to and fro. 'Yeah... Although I wish I'd never been such a feather-brained idiot, we came here to warn you.'

The two dragons frowned, pupils narrowing in surprise. The Nightmare voiced her confusion with a growl.

'It's Ruby.'

Bubbles aided the green dragon to the rock ledge, now concerned. 'What about her?'

They flinched. Thorntail sighed deeply. 'She killed the Queen. And Ruby is after that human, and you two. She won't stop until you're dead.'

Both dragons froze; Bubbles' eyes widened, and Brightheart whimpered, mortified.

'Oh... Th... That's not good...'

Toxicscale groaned, getting a bit desperate now. 'NO, it's not! We need to leave, NOW!'

Nodding, Bubbles hesitated no longer; he spread his wings, and nodding at Brightheart, leaped into the air, hovering and waiting for the Nightmare to get the human hatchling on her scaly back. Once his knees were securely pressed against her sides, sat at the base of her neck in front of her wing shoulders, a hand gripped onto the nearest spine, she roared, and followed the three old friends out the sea cavern, flying into the night.

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The changes were immediately noticeable; the sky was blood red, smoke and embers flickering from multiple fires set alight, all over the once lush and peaceful island. The sea seemed to rage, as if furious at what was being done to the island.

Gasping in sync, the four dragons shared a dreaded look.

A moment later, a ear-piercing shriek sounded, and looking up, they could see two Monstrous Nightmares circling over the sea cavern, absolutely and completely raving mad and wild.

Feeling unsettled, nervous, confused and scared, Hiccup started whimpering and whining, which was rather loud. While the Nadder-head and Grapple Grounder groaned, Brightheart tried to hush him, crooning gently and nuzzling the young man, but received helpless doses of nothing.

Seeing the humans terror, Bubbles wondered if he knew what was going on... Or, at least had an inkling of it; It was probably the latter, since the fires and furious dragons were a pretty obvious indication. With a silent whine, the Scauldron reached over, slipping the little one onto his own back. Almost immediately, the boy's arms wrapped around his long neck, and thankfully, the noises were reduced greatly.

'There we go...' He murmured, avoiding the disbelieving and shocked stares Toxicscale and Thorntail were sending his way. 'Come on, we need to g-' He started, but was cut off by a blood-curdling, terrifying roar of a Whispering Death.

'Uh oh... That isn't good...'

'YEAH, NO KIDDING! SCATTER!' And with Thorntail's panicked screech, wings flapped and talons sliced through the air as they scrambled to break apart and get away.

The grey and dark green Whispering Death tore through the air, a terrifying torpedo of scales, dozens of gnashing teeth, and spines, diving right in the centre of the split group, its jaws snapping shut mere inches away from Bubbles' finned tail.

In a angry response, the Scauldron snarled, and shot a long blast of searing hot and scalding water in its direction.

He could hear shrieks and howls of agony, sizzling scales, and the sound of wings hurtling through the air and desperately trying to flap. Bubbles blocked it all out, instead hurrying away. After a good distance was passed, he dared to look back- and whimpered. He could see multiple, raving mad dragons now chasing each of his friends, but it looked like he was going to get a break.

I suppose that's something good... He thought darkly.

Bubbles forced his wings to go faster, the bitter cold of the island miraculously not effected much by the fires scattered across the lands biting at the human's flesh. Not a good thing. The hatchling's shivery, scrawny arms were wrapped tightly around his neck, and a face was buried into the scales. "Wh... What's going on...?" Hiccup asked, and the Tidal Class dragon sighed, hoping he'd just keep his mouth shut until danger passed...

"Where are we going?"

Typical.

Hiccup turned slightly, watching what was behind them. Bubbles sighed, searching the forests for a place to land with his eyes.

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Hiccup was seriously confused, regarding what was going on- his head hurt too much. But, he did have some sort of idea.

Dragons were going crazy, there were fires everywhere, and Bubbles was keeping him hidden safely in a distant cave, far away from the commotion. The large dragon had left him laying in the shadows, occasionally leaving to presumably check their perimeter, making sure no one- most likely those dragons- had found them.

The whole thing was unnerving, and being so helpless, as he was at the moment, it was scary.

Bubbles was currently laid down beside the young adolescent, his dry head against Hiccup's chest. Thankfully, the cave they were in actually had a small pool of water to the far corner, of which the dragon had dipped his tail in to keep him decently hydrated.

Hiccup sighed deeply, stroking the Scauldron absent-mindedly. Honestly, he just wanted Toothless right now. Anyone, would do.

As he looked at Bubbles again, he looked down; this dragon would just have to do.

With a troubled whine, he noted just how selfish his train of thought sounded. This Scauldron had no reason to save and help him.

Hiccup shook his head roughly, trying to erase his heavy head of such thoughts.

They had much bigger things to worry about.

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Next Chapter:

Chapter Ten: The Dragon Hunters Approach

A/N:

My apologies for the shortness and crapiness of this chapter... But I simply had to publish something, so...

Yup.

Honestly, I think I'll end up re-writing this someday.

-Crystallion12.

REFERENCES- No references.

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ShoutOuts:

I'm not certain I can remember if there is any... :/

As always, thanks to all readers, followers, favourite-ers (I'm pretty sure that's not a word...) and reviewers! I love you all!

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