To Belong

To Belong

She was the weird foreign girl, he was the most useless Viking in the history of Berk. Together they were just Leandra and Hiccup. Two best friends who searched for their place in the world. Would their search for it unite or separate them?

Chapter 2

The good thing about having a pregnant stepmother?

The baby makes her tired, so she doesn’t yell at you that much because you nearly lost your life.

The bad thing is that she still wants to forbid you to see your best friend.

Thank the Lord, that her papi understands how important her bond with Hiccup is.

Without him, she would be all alone on the island. The other Viking teens, even if they are a year younger than her, don’t associate with her either.

Oh, they let her heal them, but like with the adults, she was the weird foreigner.

Nothing more.

It had hurt, but one day Leandra decide that if people didn’t like her for her then they weren’t worth her time.

It was wasted energy and with it, she could do more.

Like spending her time with Hiccup who always has liked her.

Anyways, she could still be friends with Hiccup but her parents grounded her. She should stay for the next few days in her room, only getting out for food and when she needed to do her healer job with Gothi.

Nonetheless, to say the second her room door was closed, Leandra strapped her dagger, last year’s Snoggletog/Christmas gift from Hiccup, on her brown belt and made her way over to her window.

With years of practice breaking out, she opened it without a sound and reached for the tree that grow beside it. She gripped the tree branch and hosted herself up to it. Then she put a piece of wood on the window frame so it was closed and wouldn’t make sounds, but she could open it without a problem getting back to her room.

Mindful of her blue dress with her black kirtle she climbed down the tree.

When she was on the ground she made haste to Raven Point.

Knowing Hiccup so good as she did, he was surely already out there searching for the fallen Night Fury.

She wouldn’t leave him alone on his quest. That’s why she took her dagger with her.

If…If they needed to end things.

Leandra hoped not, she didn’t think she had the stomach for it to actually kill something, but if it was Hiccup and her life against the dragon…then she would choose them.

Still, it didn’t make her feel good about herself. Probably because she wasn’t a Viking and doesn’t have killing dragons in her blood.

Her father was actually a merchant before they landed themselves on Berk.

Leandra hears his nasal voice before she sees him: “Ugh, the gods hate me. Some people lose their knife or their mug. No, not me. I manage to lose an entire dragon.”

“Then maybe you could try my god?”, she calls for him.

He turns around and blinks surprised at her.

“Lee, they let you out? No wait for a second, you broke out, right.”, he corrects himself.

“Of course.”, she replies nodding. “I wouldn’t leave you alone with the dragon. Brought my dagger with me too.”

She points at it, while Hiccup grins.

“You are the best friend someone can ask for.”

“Aww shush, best friend till our death even beyond, right partner?”

A crooked smile forms on his lips. “Could be difficult since we have two very different versions of the afterlife.”

“We will find a way, we always do!”

“Yeah if we only could find this dragon.”

Frustrated Hiccup whacks a low-hanging branch. It snaps back at him, hitting him in the face.

“Damn Hic!”, shouts Leandra worried, and checks his eye. “All good?”

“I can still see if you were worried about that.”, he answers her drily.

“Well, you didn’t poke your eye out so I count this as a win.”

That’s when both teenagers see a snapped tree trunk. Their eyes, one pair green, one brown, follow it to a long trench of upturned earth.

“Do you think…”

“…That the Night Fury is this way, yes I do, Lee.”

Together the two teenagers follow it. Hiccup has to help Leandra since in her dress it is difficult to walk on the upturnend earth. This are the moments in life where the young girl thinks it must be nice to be a Viking girl and be allowed to wear Tunics with pants under it or skirts with pants.

She and Hiccup nearly faceplanted a few times.

They see at the same time the downed dragon and formally fall down on the forest ground to hide from it.

“Do you think it is death?”, Leandra whispers to Hiccup.

This would make things easier for them.

The brunette boy checks at the dragon again.

“Lee, I will go near it, you stay here.”, he suggests to her.

“The moment something is happening, I’m coming.”

“Thanks for always having my back.”

The black-haired girl nods and pats his back.

“I got you, bro!”

Careful Hiccup walks over the downed, black dragon, its body and tail tangled in a bola. It really appears dead.

Hiccup approaches, beaming.

“Oh wow. I did it. I did it. This fixes everything. Yes!”, he celebrates. He strikes a victory pose, planting his foot on the fallen Night Fury. “I have brought down this mighty beast!”

Suddenly it shifts!

The boy springs back, terrified.

“Hic!”, hisses Leandra from her hiding place, ready to jump out.

“I-It’s o-okay! Stay!”, he stutters taking out a tiny dagger. The girl deadpans at the thing, the one he made for her is bigger than this little something. “Stay where you are.”

“I hope you know what you do!”

Yeah, Hiccup hopes it too.

He creeps along the length of the weak, wounded dragon, dagger poised to strike. As he reaches the head, Hiccup finds the Night Fury staring coldly at him. He tries to look away, but he's drawn back to its unnerving, unflinching stare.

With the dragon safety tangled in the ropes, Hiccup jabs with his dagger, puffing himself up with false bravado.

“I'm going to kill you, Dragon. I'm gonna cut out your heart and take it to my father. I'm a Viking. I am a VIKING!”, he yells the last part.

Meanwhile, Leandra got her own dagger out and is ready to jump on Hiccup’s side any moment.

This is so nerve-wracking!

The brunette raises the dagger, determined to prove his Viking-ness.

The dragon's labored breathing breaks Hiccup's clenched concentration.

He opens an eye, uncertainty leaking through.

The dragon holds the stare.

Something profound is exchanged.

Finally, the Night Fury closes its eye and lowers its head resigned to its fate.

Leandra swerves she is going to have a heart attack. What is going on? Why won’t Hiccup finish the dragon off?

She answers her own question, at the same time Hiccup lowers the dagger.

Her best friend is a lot of things.

Loyal.

Kind.

Brilliant.

Sarcastic.

But he is not a killer.

Even if it’s a dragon…in the end it’s a living creature and Hiccup hates to hurt other beings.

“Hiccup…”, she whispers quietly.

He stands up, ashamed of himself, and turns away from the dragon.

“I did this…”

His eyes find the eyes of his best friend. He only sees understanding in the warm brown orbs. Leandra will not think less of him, because he couldn’t do it.

Actually, she seems relieved that he didn’t do it. At least he will always have her on his side.

He turns to leave.

Pauses.

And glances back at the dragon, chest heaving.

“Lee.”, he calls out to her. “I’m about to do to something crazy, stay where you are, okay? I don’t want that you get hurt.”

“What are you about to do-HICCUP?!”, the last part she shrieks as she sees how Hiccup starts to cut the robes that hold the dragon.

Oh no, she will not leave him alone.

She leaves her hidey spot and joins him in cutting the robes with her own dagger.

“I told you to stay out of this!”, Hiccup reprimands her.

“Yeah, and I can’t let you do it alone. We both kinda did this to the dragon!”

As the last rope falls free, the Night Fury suddenly pounces!

In a blur, the dragon is upon them, pinning Hiccup and Leandra down, and grazing their necks.

It’s looking like it's about to kill them.

Hiccup is paralyzed. Leandra can’t even think.

The dragon's breath ruffles their hair.

The boy opens his eyes to find the Night Fury's wolf-like stare boring into him.

The exchange is intense and profound.

The dragon draws a deep breath, as though it's about to torch the two teenagers, then lets out an ear-piercing scream instead.

It turns and takes flight, flapping violently through the canopy of trees. It bashes against a nearby mountainside, recovers, and drops out of view some distance away.

“Dios mio!”, huffs Leandra shocked.

They are alive!

Both carefully stand-up and help each other. Holding each other hands tight the two teenagers want to leave, and that’s when Hiccup faints and nearly drags Leandra with him to the ground.

It is also when Leandra can’t hold her tears anymore and she cries beside her fainted friend.

“It’s loco….LOCO!”, the girl cries, still holding the hand of her best friend.

They should be dead, they aren’t dead.

What.

What.

WHAT?!

Leandra doesn’t know for sure how long Hiccup was out, but she checked him carefully after he finally woke up.

Not that he hit his head.

In silence, the two best friends return to their homes.

About what could they talk? How they freed a dragon and it showed mercy on them?

It was unheard of.

It was mindblowing!

Anybody for themselves needed time to work through it.

So they said goodbye to each other with a wave and enter their respective homes.

As she lies in her bed, her parents non then wiser about her little breakout, she can’t help herself putting her hand on her still beating heart.

It is the only proof that she really is alive.

She falls asleep, the green eyes of the Night Furry haunting her.

The next day Leandra is collecting herbs for Gothi, when she sees her best friend with an axe on his way to the Kill Ring.

That…is strange.

“Hiccup!”, she calls out to him. “Yo, Hic, you got a minute?”

He looks relieved to see her and stops by her side.

“Hey, Lee, getting herbs for Gothi like every morning.”

“Yeah, that’s normal for me. What isn’t normal on this morning is you with this axe.”, she remarks drily. “And on his way to the Kill Ring.”

Hiccup makes a face, while she crosses her arms.

“My dad put me into Dragon Training.”, he answers her.

Leandra’s chin meets the floor.

“He finally let you in? Didn’t you always say he was against it?”

“Change his mind, only the gods know why.”

Warily she looks around. None of their neighbors seem to give them any attention.

“Hic, you aren’t a dragon killer.”, she whispers to him. “We both actually prove this yesterday, how the heck do you want to survive Dragon Trainer?!”

The poor boy signs loudly.

“I tried to tell my dad that I didn’t want to join, but you know him. He never listens to me-“

“-And when he does, it's always with this disappointed scowl. Like someone skimped on the meat in his sandwich.”, adds Leandra, having heard this often enough from him. She gives him a sympathetic look. “I know better than to ask, sorry. Just…yesterday was crazy.”

“Who are you telling this.”

Both best friends smile wobbly at each other.

“I better go.”

“I better get these herbs to Gothi.”

“See you, Lee, probably.”

“Till later, Hic, surely.”

The rest of the morning is normal for Leandra. She gets these herbs to Gothi and both make ointments. Then the old wise Viking woman teaches her some new healing techniques, till it’s time for the ointment deliveries.

Practically Leandra wastes her time till lunch by running around the village to go from door to door to give her neighbors some new ointment or even tea which are good for the health.

She is like Berk’s own Red Redding Hood, just without the hood, the wolf, and the grandma.

When it’s finally time can go to the Great Hall for lunch, she sees how Hiccup sneaks into the forest.

For a second she really had to battle with herself since food made her happy and she was hungry like a wolf, but she couldn’t leave Hiccup alone.

Only god knows what crazy thing he is doing again, so she better follow him.

Leandra reaches him as he studies the remnants of the discarded bola. You know the one who hold the Night Furry the other day and they both cut through.

“So...why didn't you?”, mutters her best friend to himself.

“Who, so why didn’t you?”, she repeats.

Not expecting another person Hiccup shrieks like a little girl and turns to her.

“Lee! You scared me!”

“I can see that. So what has your pantys all in a twist?”

He motions for her to follow him. They take the path the Night Furry took when it flew off.

While walking he tells her about what happened at Dragon Training and Gobber’s words who didn’t leave him alone.

A dragon always goes for the kill.

But the Night Furry didn’t kill either of them.

So what was up with that?

That’s why Hiccup is searching for it. Maybe if he sees it again, he can understand it.

“That’s crazy.”, deadpans Leandra. “And I’m also crazy because I actually agree with you and follow you.”

“Maybe it’s an outcast thing.”, Hiccup tries to joke.

“That we lost our marbles, sure, Hic, why not?”

They drop into a rocky crevice and follow it to a cove complete with a pristine spring pool. Both scan the high stone walls then Hiccup notices a single black scale on the ground. He crouches and picks it up, studying it.

“Lee, look.”

The girl puts her hands on her knees and leans forward to look at the scale.

“Well, it was definitely here.”

“I don’t see it.”, responds Hiccup shaking his head. “Well, this was stupid.”

They can’t even look that fast as suddenly, the Night Fury blasts past them. Both teenager recoil and grip the arms of the other.

“Woah!”, can’t Leandra helps it to shout.

The Night Furry struggles to climb the walls. It flaps violently, then peels away to a rough landing. The dragon is clearly trapped.

Leandra and Hiccup let go of each other and watch fascinated by how the dragon tries to leave the cove.

It fails miserably each time.

That’s when Hiccup pulls a leather-bound book from his fur vest and flips past drawings of weapons to a blank page. He sketches the dragon quickly, desperate to record the image.

“Why don't you just...fly away?”, wonders Hiccup.

Leandra pinches her eyes. She asks herself the same. It is then that she notes the problem.

“His tailfin, Hiccup.”, she reveals to her best friend, gripping his shoulder and shaking him a bit. “He misses a part of it!”

Hiccup corrects fast his drawing.

“Is…is this our fault?”, the girl asks feeling bad.

Not only feeling bad, she feels guilty. She has seen how much the dragon is struggling and can’t even catch himself some fish to eat.

They freed it, but it seems doomed anyway.

Before Hiccup can answer her he accidentally drops the charcoal stick. It rolls off of the rock outcropping that hides him from view and bounces into the cove.

The Night Fury raises his head, spotting Hiccup and Leandra.

The dragon and the boy such exchange a profound, unflinching stare that Leandra feels like intruder.

Like she wasn’t meant to be part of this.

It a strange feeling.

Leandra sits at her windowsill looking out the storm which is brewing on Berk.

Rather would she be in the Great Hall with Hiccup eating, but this goes against her grounding. She is only allowed to lunch there since after it she still helps Gothi out.

Oh yeah, Gothi.

Whining she rubs the bump on the back of her head courtesy of Gothi’s Stick. She earned this because she came back to the old Viking woman way past lunchtime.

Finding and watching the Night Furry and getting back to the village had taken some time.

The black-haired girl is just glad that Gothi scolded her for being late, gave her the bump, and wouldn’t say anything to her parents.

The village elder wasn’t someone who snitched. She rather resolved problems alone.

Whatever, she was back home and wished rather be on the side of her best friend.

They had talked a bit before they left to do their daily chores.

Sadly it was nothing really enlightenment.

They knew nothing about Night Furries.

So there was not much to discuss.

Only Hiccup promised he would find a way to search for some more information.

What they would do with it?

No idea…maybe just understand the dragon better?

Leandra signed and stand up.

Nervous she walked around her room.

It didn’t leave her mind that the dragon was hurt because of them.

She may only have become a healer to not die of boredom on Berk, but after a good four years with Gothi she had healer instincts.

And that instincts told her to help to heal the clear wound the dragon had on his missing tailfin.

“I hope I won’t regret it.”. she mumbles to herself.

The girl sits down on her desk and grips her first book with healing plants in it.

If she wanted to heal the dragon, then she needed the right ointment, so better check all her healing books to find the right plants.

It was going to be a long night.

Hello to all my readers. ^^

I hope you are enjoying till now Leandra’s story.

Now I have a question for you since I need your help.

I can’t decide what dragon Leandra should get.

I narrowed it down to two awesome ones, but I can’t decide.

So you guys are going to vote.

I’m putting on fanfiction net and Quotev a voting poll with options.

So please go to one of the sites and vote.

I will give you a week.

Also 11.02.2023 is the last day you can vote, alright?

Thanks already for your help!

Have a nice day/night!

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Making Waves

You are a young mermaid, not ready for your adult responsibility when you find a secret underwater tunnel that leads to a secret cove. You couldn’t imagine how your life was going to change because of it. HiccupXMermaid!Reader

Chapter 7: We can change the world

You hate to leave Toothless all alone in the cove.

You hated more that you couldn’t go with Hiccup to his village and watch how he shows his people the truth about dragons.

But you needed to do it.

It was high time.

So after weeks away, you returned to the underwater place your coven used as a home. You lived around a sunken old ship, in the underwater grottos.

You hoped you could return to your home to your parents without a fuss, but of course, your neighbors and friends saw you and swarmed you.

Your best friend hugged you tight and screamed for a solid minute about how you could vanish for weeks without a word!

You let them get it out, that’s when they got your scent and stared with big eyes at you.

When merpeople mated they had a special scent then on them.

You read in their face the question of who the hell you mated with.

That’s when your parents arrived and you gladly let them hug you till you couldn’t breathe anymore.

Your parents asked the same questions, mostly your mother, why did you leave without a word, where have you been, till they smelled you too.

Your father took both your mother and you by your hands and swam up to your home.

This was a family matter.

Your neighbor and friends could wait.

After you made yourself comfortable in your home you told them anything. When you finished your tale, your parent’s chins were on the floor.

“You found a life mate.”, your father said in shock.

“A human!”, your mother shrieked.

“A Viking no less.”, reminds your father.

“A Viking who made friends with a dragon!”

“A Viking who made friends with a dragon and is the next leader of his people!”

“Mom, dad, can you keep it down!”, you begged them.

You bet the whole neighborhood heard it.

“Sorry, my little dolphin, but this doesn’t happen often that our people mate with humans.”, tells your mom this and holds the hand of your father.

…Wait what?

“It happened before?”, you shriek now shocked.

You never heard that a mermaid or merman mated with a human before. You thought you would get in trouble because you mated out of your species, yet your parents were mostly calm.

“Ah yes, the last one was Marina. She was a childhood friend of mine.”, told your father this. “It was before the coven moved to these waters, she lives in a place called Italy now with her human mate and children.”

You just blink.

Huh.

“So you are not angry?”, you asked to be sure.

“Of course not, seastar. Sure if you mated with a merperson then you could stay here, but you can visit us.”

“And we will come visiting you and your mate and our grandchildren too.”, says your mother smiling and looking excitedly at your stomach. “Do you think you are already with child?”

You blushed and put your hands on your stomach.

“We only mated once…”

“Oh my little dolphin, your papa and I needed only two shots before I was pregnant with you!”

“MOM!”

“WOMAN, DON’T SAY SUCH THINGS OUT LOUD, THAT’S STILL OUR CHILD!”

Your mother just giggled at your horrific face.

Oh by the seven seas, you would not think about your parents doing that.

You shiver all over.

Nope! You have amnesia now!

In the end, you made your way back to the secret cove happy and glad.

Sure after talking with your parents, you had needed to tell the Elders of your coven about your mate and that you would now live mostly on land, but they took it pretty well.

Like your parents told you, you weren’t the first to mate with a human, so the Elders had experience with such a case.

They asked you only to follow a few guidelines.

Don’t tell anyone where the coven lives and only tell you are a mermaid if it’s really important and you trust this person.

So no problem that also Astrid knows about you.

If anything goes well you needed only to tell Hiccup’s father about yourself, so you could get married in the human way too.

What you would tell the rest of the village and when your parents visit you, you had no idea, you and Hiccup would take care of it when it was time, you decide.

Anyway, you arrived at the secret cove and called Toothless: “Toothless, sweetheart, I’m back!”

Strangely no Toothless came bouncing up to you.

Frowning you got on land and searched the entire cove.

The dragon wasn’t here.

Did Hiccup come earlier to the cove and took Toothless for a flight? Does this mean his plan worked?

You decide to get dressed, then you would check again for some clues.

You couldn’t put your finger on it, something just was weird.

It was like in the air.

You found a clue that made goosebumps appear on your skin.

A part of the high stones of the cove was filled with claw prints. Something, Toothless, who tried desperately to get out of the cove and succeeded.

“Oh no.”, you said. You started to run out of the cove. “Oh no!”

You didn’t care if Vikings spotted you as you raced to the forest following Toothless tracks.

Something terrible happened, your feeling was right.

That’s when you saw a familiar figure racing towards you.

“Hiccup!”, you yelled happily.

“[Y/N]!”

You both meet each other in a tight embrace.

“Are you okay? Are you fine? Where is Toothless?”, you fired one question after another checking your mate for injuries.

“I’m fine, but, oh pearl, all ended in a catastrophe!”

Hiccup told you how he was unable to show the village the truth about dragons. If it weren’t for Toothless your mate would have been toasted by a Monstrous Nightmare! Somehow your dragon friend had sensed that Hiccup needed him. The dragon protected him even against the villagers who wanted to harm actually the Night Furry. They capture Toothless and Hiccup told his dad the true why the dragons raided them. Just Stoick, Hiccup’s dad, didn’t listen to him how dangerous the giant ass dragon actually was and disowned his son also.

Yeah, your mate had a pretty shitty day.

After Astrid talked to him, Hiccup got an idea of how he could help his people who were sailing towards danger, but before he wanted to check on you.

He was happy that at least you were fine.

What he wasn’t so happy about was that you insist on coming with him.

“I’m going to fight the Red Death! Before a hoard of Vikings!”

“I understood you the first time, you can use my waterbending to aid you. I will waterwhip this bitch back to the hellhole it crawled out!”

“They didn’t react well at Toothless, I don’t want that they see you as a monster also when you throw water around. Also, your Elders told you to tell as few people as possible. Outing yourself to nearly the whole village goes against it!”, he argued.

“I’m pretty sure the Elders will understand that I did this to save our dragon friends from the Red Death! Please, I want to fight on your site. Together we are stronger!”, you plead and caressed his cheek.

He looked into your eyes and saw the determination.

“You would just swim after me, right.”

“Yup.”

“All right, then together!”

Your mate takes your hand and you run to the Kill Ring, not caring if someone is seeing you.

You can’t even take in the place as Hiccup makes haste to the Monstrous Nightmare's pen.

Suddenly you hear an unknown boy’s voice: “If you're planning on getting eaten, I'd definitely go with the Gronckle.”

You both turn around, you only recognize Astrid, but the other young woman and the three young men must be Hiccup’s fellow recruits from Dragon Training.

“Wow, who is the bombshell, who holds Hiccup’s hand.”, says the young man with black hair and practically salivates at you.

You frown and Hiccup gives him the evil eye.

Thankful Astrid hits his helmet and declares: “[Y/N], his girlfriend so hands off you all. She is cool, we can trust her.”

This seems to be enough to not get asked questions by Hiccup…friends? They take Astrid words without a doubt.

You smile thankful at her and she winks.

Yeah, definitely not a bimbo.

The long-haired blond young man steps forward with a scowl.

“You were wise to seek help from the world's most deadly weapon.”, he declares. “It's me.”

He gets shoved out of the way by the black-haired who called you a bombshell.

“I love this plan.”

Now he gets shoved by the other blond-haired young woman.

“You're crazy. I like that.”

You are ready to hiss at her, thankful Astrid comes up and grips her by the horns of her helmet.

“He has a girlfriend, Ruff. One who will do horrible things to you if you don’t lay off.”

“Sick!”

You can’t help but snort. These Viking young adults are a hoot.

“So? What is the plan?”, ask you two Astrid.

You and Hiccup smile at each other.

Time to make some dragon riders out of them.

Hiccup steps back from the door, drawing the Monstrous Nightmare out of its cave. It snorts, stepping into the ring, calmed by Hiccup's outstretched hand focused on him.

You see how the other Vikings are bewildered in awe. Well, okay Snotlout, you learned their names, nervously reaches for a spear laying near his foot, but Astrid stops him.

Hiccup slows to a stop in front of you all, with the Nightmare inches from his outstretched hand.

He reaches over and grabs Snotlout's trembling hand.

“Wait! What are you...”

“Relax. It's okay... it's okay.”, calms Hiccup him down.

He replaces his outstretched hand with Snotlout's, putting him in control of the massive beast. The Nightmare snorts but remains calm. Snotlout, by contrast, chuckles nervously it's at once terrifying and amazing.

The others watch, spellbound.

You smile at their faces. They look like children who saw magic for the first time.

While Hiccup searches for his friends something to hold on to the dragons, you let the other dragons out.

A Nadder, a Gronkel and a Zippelback.

Then you go over to Astrid and lead her to the Nadder. You have a feeling this two will do well with each other.

You are flying on the Nadder with Hiccup and Astrid.

The plan was that you and the gang occupied the Red Death, while Hiccup got Toothless.

As you arrive at the Dragon Nest and you can’t help but gasp.

The Red Death is already out, torched the ships of the Vikings, and now is hunting them.

Hiccup doesn’t waste time and asks the Nadder to attack the Red Death with her flames.

Kablam!

The blast explodes against the back of the Red Death's head. It turns distracted, as the Nadder punches through the flames, banking across the sky. Followed by the Monstrous Nightmare, the Zippleback, and the Gronckle.

The dragons roll in unison, revealing to the adult Vikings the recruits and you riding on their backs.

Hiccup, of course, leads and starts to give commands: “Ruff, Tuff, watch your backs! Move Fishlegs!”

The monster shakes off the blast and snaps in your wake. Hiccup directs your squadron out of harm's way. You climb out of reach and circle each other.

“Look at us, we're on a dragon!”, yells Tuffnut to the awestruck adults. “We're on dragons, all of us!”

“Up, let's move it!”, orders you Hiccup.

That’s what the dragons do, climbing past the Red Death. Your group circles over its head.

“Fishlegs, break it down.”, ask him Hiccup.

“Okay. Heavily armored skull and tail made for bashing and crushing. Steer clear of both. Small eyes, large nostrils. Relies on hearing and smell.”

“Okay. Lout, Legs, hang in its blind spot. Make some noise, keep it confused. Ruff, Tuff, find out if it has a shot limit. Make it mad.”

“That's my specialty.”, preens Ruffnut.

“Since when?”, wonders Tuffnut. “Everyone knows I'm more irritating. See.”

He follows this up by hanging upside down his Zippelback head.

“Just do what I told you.”, signs Hiccup exasperated. “I'll be back as soon as I can.”

“Don't worry, we got it covered!”, reassures Tuffnut.

“Yeah!”, adds Fishlegs.

Hiccup, you and Astrid peel away to search for Toothless. He has to be on one of the burning ships!

“There!”, Hiccup shouts and steers Nadder over the deck and hands Astrid the reins.

He lines up his jump and hops off, guarding his face against the flames. He lands on the burning deck.

You get ready to waterbend.

You make an arc-like movement, careful not to catch Toothless and Hiccup in the waves, and dose the ship with the ocean water.

At least the ship doesn’t burn anymore and this will give Hiccup enough time to free Toothless.

“Awesome pearl!”, yells Hiccup up at you.

“Mermaids for the win.”, can’t help Astrid herself to add.

You grin.

“Get Toothless, me, Astrid, and the Nadder will help the others.”

Hiccup nods and you girls fly up to the Red Death. You waterbend as much ocean water as you can after you in a long stream.

Astrid and you flie by on her Nadder, catching Snotlout in all his heroics by playing whack-a-mole with the Red Death eyes.

“Yeah! You're the Viking!”, tells him, Astrid.

Snotlout grins, finally vindicated in her eyes. In his distraction, he gets thrown, but thankful you are there and catch him in a waterstream.

Careful you take him to the ground away from the Red Death.

“Thank you, mermaid girl!”, he calls up to you.

Yeah, you had told the gang what you really were on your flight here. Better before they saw you waterbend, it would be a drag to explain later all this to the adults. Mostly to Hiccup’s father.

You nod and turn to Astrid: “Astrid, hold on tight!”

You go into another bending position.

“Hey, you ugly ass bitch how about this!”

You waterbend at the Red Death head the biggest waterwhip you have ever done. The giant dragon nearly falls to the side. You let the water return to you and attack again with the waterwhip. This time the bitch falls down.

“Awesome, [Y/N]!”, cheers Astrid.

Her cheer is short-lived since the Red Death stands up again and starts to inhale, preparing to blast.

You, her, and her Nadder get caught in the suction, pulled toward the monster's gaping mouth.

You try to waterbend, anything to help you guys, but the air circulation is too strong. You lose your grip on the water and it splashes down on the ground.

That’s when you hear the familiar whir of the...

“Night Fury! Get down!”, yells a Viking.

A massive blast jolts the Red Death's head sideways.

Astrid and you are thrown clear of its mouth and her Nadder.

You two can grip each other hands and you try with your free hand to reach for the ocean water, so you don’t end up as pancakes but you don’t have to worry since you get caught by the leg.

You look up to see Toothless.

“Sweetheart!”, you nearly cry happily.

He gives you his cute toothless smile.

Hiccup and Toothless fly over the crowd of Vikings and set Astrid and you down.

They circle back to reengage a black speck against the clouds.

“Go.”, whispers Astrid after them.

“End this.”, you add quietly too.

You feel how Astrid squeezes your hand and you squeeze back.

You stay by her as you watch Toothless and your mate fight the Red Death with anything they got.

You pray to the seven seas that both return to you.

In the end, they must have sent a plasma blast into the Red Death’s mouths since it hits the ground, head-first. It explodes in the biggest explosion you ever saw.

Dust and ashes are twirling around the Vikings, who watched with you, and your form.

You all watch in horror as Hiccup and Toothless disappear into the boiling inferno.

“HICCUP!”, your scream and want to run but Astrid holds you back, hugging you tight.

“No, [Y/N]! That’s suicide!”

“BUT I NEED TO GET TO HIM!”

“I promised Hiccup, I would keep an eye on you and I will do so!”

You try to break out from her embrace, but Astrid is much stronger then you. Defeated you wail on her shoulder, hot tears running down your cheeks.

He can’t be…

He can’t be…

No of the two can be…!

While for you your whole world breaks done, Stoick searches for his son.

You get thrown out of your despair when you hear Stoick call that Hiccup is alive.

This time Astird lets you go and you run up with all your might to your mate.

Toothless lays on the ground tired, Hiccup is in arms of a big man, you bet his father and another Viking stand beside him.

You hear how all the Vikings and dragons cheers, yet you are only fixed on your mate’s still face. He breathed, at least that.

 “HICCUP, TOOTHLESS!”, you fall on your knees between the dragon and the large Viking who held your mate.

You pet Toothless with one hand, who gives you a tiny purr and with your other you stroke Hiccup’s head.

Tears of pure joy stream down your face.

They are okay, they are okay!

You thank the seven seas for that.

Your head nearly hits Hiccup bedframe as you try to stay awake.

It’s been a week since the battle with the Red Death and your mate hasn’t woken up.

You healed him up every day, every hour.

You couldn’t bring back what he lost in the battle, but you could help him to recover faster.

Toothless is curled up beside your chair, his head on your lap, and purrs at you.

“Don’t start.”, you mumble to him. You know what he wants to say. “I will sleep when he wakes up.”

You hear the now familiar footsteps of a large Viking coming up to you and feel a big hand laying on your shoulder.

“Toothless is right, lass.”, says Stoick. “Using all your forces to heal him and not recover any will do you no good.”

You look up at this man, who a week ago didn’t even know what you were to his son, and see real concern for you.

The one you show a child.

Or a daughter-in-law, in your case.

“I know, father, but it I feel so helpless seeing him like this. I just can’t leave him.”

Yes, after you explained to Stoick anything, it was normal for you to call your father-in-law also father. Merpeople did this.

He caressed your head and shook his.

“Stubborn, just like my son. No wonder he loves you so much.”, he mussed and you turned shy. “But, lass, what do you think Hiccup would want from you?”

That was simple.

“That I go to bed and sleep.”, you sign.

 Annoyed you stood up and made your way over to the door.

“I will sleep for a while at the port, then I will be back.”, you promised.

With that, you open the door.

It still filled your heart with joy to see Hiccup village transformed into a dragon sanctuary.

Everywhere were dragons and dragon riders. Humans and dragons lived in perfect harmony together.

You smiled and waved at the people who recognized you.

Saying you were pretty famous on Berk was an understatement.

You couldn’t even step out without getting crowded by the Vikings.

This time they let you go to the port faster. An old treasure chest where your clothes would be kept till you return was placed there just for you.

After undressing you dive down into the water. Not even on the ocean ground and you fall asleep before your head even hit the wet sand.

Okay, maybe you were more tired than you let on.

You sleep for a long time. The lull of the water relaxes you and makes you forget for a time all your worries.

You start to awake as you hear a ruckus on the surface.

Yawning, you stretch yourself and then swim up to see what that is about.

There is a crowd around Stoick and Hiccup house!

This can only mean…!

Faster then lighting you jump out the water, get dressed and run up the hill to the house. The crowd makes space for you.

“HICCUP!”, you shout joyfully seeing him awake at his front door, his father and Gobber beside him with the other Vikings.

His face formally brightens as the sun as he sees you running up to him. Thanks to his new protestic he doesn’t dare to run, but he can come towards you.

Hiccup spreads his arms calling your name in the sweetest voice, when you are finally, finally back in his arms.

Happy tears roll down your cheeks and your lips find each other hungrily.

Hoots, hollers, and cat-calls are heard around you, but you two couldn’t care less.

You are finally together again.

No one would separate you.

“Okay, okay, leave something for the wedding night you two.”, calls Stoick fatherly over.

That’s when you both realize that maybe you kissed a bit too much in front of the whole village.

You stop and bury your head into Hiccup’s chest, while Hiccup’s face is red as a tomato.

A sheepish laugh comes out of him.

The whole village coo at you two.

You dare to look and see first Astrid huge grin and Ruffnut thumbs up in your direction.

Yeah, the two girls gave you great company while you waited for Hiccup to wake up.

Playful you poke your tongue out of them.

That’s when Gobber walks up to you and presents Hiccup with a rebuilt saddle, rigging, and tail.

“Welcome home.”, he simply states.

Suddenly, Toothless pounces on the crowd, crushing several unsuspecting Vikings under his weight.

“Night Fury, get down!”

Toothless eyes the new tail excitedly, tongue wagging. Amidst the groans and grumbles, Hiccup and you exchange a sheepish grin.

“Oh, sweetheart…”

It doesn’t take long that you and Hiccup are back on Toothless’s back, ready to reach for the sky again. Astrid is beside you on her Nadder she named Stormfly and smiles at you two.

“You guys ready?”, ask Hiccup you and Toothless.

You hug his waist tighter and put your chin on his shoulder. You give his cheek a kiss, while Toothless snorts an excited 'yes!'.

“Let’s go, love!”

From his mount, Hiccup looks out over the changed world.

This... is Berk. It snows nine months of the year...and hails the other three.

Your trio leaps into the bright blue sky, Hiccup and Toothless together as one. Astrid follows suit, giving chase.

Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless. The people that grow here are even more so.

Hiccup and you and Astrid race your dragons through the village under eaves, over rooftops, down cliff-sides, and between ship masts. You shout happily into the sky and raise a fist.

The only upsides are the pets. While other places have...ponies or parrots, we have...

The gang joins you as they take to the open sky, rocketing far above the village. The Northern sky swirls with blazing, multicolored dragons. Hiccup, you and Toothless break from the pack, spinning into the blinding sun.

Hiccup turns his face to yours and you share a passionate kiss, Toothless crooning approving.

Dragons.

And we are done with the movie!

I’m so happy!

I will write now one original chapter and after that, we will have Gift of the Night Furry :D

I can’t wait for it, what about you guys?

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Hi I just want to know in Isekai as Chloe are you making a ( Chloe x Luka ship) or (Chloe x Marinette/Ladybug ship)?

Polyamory all three will date each other 😃

I drew this for a fanfic

I cannot believe how far I’ve come

To Belong

She was the weird foreign girl, he was the most useless Viking in the history of Berk. Together they were just Leandra and Hiccup. Two best friends who searched for their place in the world. Would their search for it unite or separate them?

I counted the votes on fanfiction.net and Quotev and we have a clear winner. Sides that allow pictures can already see Leandra’s dragon beside Toothless, the other one, well read the story. :D

Chapter 3

Leandra was glad that Gothi stepped out to watch the progress of the Dragon Training. She had stayed up late to make various ointments for the Night Furry and got so little sleep.

The black-haired girl was taking a cat nap on the mat where normal Gothi’s patients lay.

Was it wise?

Absolute not.

But the Spanish girl swore she would die if she didn’t catch some snooze. The whole morning had been hard on her and Gothi even more.

It was like the old Viking woman knew she hadn’t slept much and was making her work and learn more.

Her brain was not there today.

She really, really hoped that one of the ointments for the Night Furry would help him.

A sign left her mouth and she rolled herself to the side.

Leandra was asking herself how Hiccup was doing in Dragon Training. Being together with teens who didn’t like him and with his weird crush, was hard, she imagined. Well, besides the murders dragons who wanted to kill you.

Yeah, Leandra found Hiccup’s crush on Astrid freacking weird. The girl didn’t give him the time of day, never talked or interacted with him, and yet Hiccup crushed on her hard.

Just because she was the perfect Viking girl?

It was a weak reason.

On the other hand, the only other girl was Ruffnut and she was crazy.

No wonder Hiccup liked Astrid.

It’s not like he had many choices.

What about you?, whisper a voice in her head, that Leandra always ignored.

No, she wouldn’t think about this possibility.

She and Hiccup were fine the way they were.

Best friends forerver.

However, it still stung a bit that Hiccup didn’t seem to see her like a girl.

No one of their age rages did.

Not that Leandra wanted any of the Viking boys.

It just…would be nice to feel wanted sometime. Astrid didn’t need to do anything and anybody was armored with her.

Leandra was not vain, but she knew she was a pretty girl.

Her hair was strong, wavy, and black like the night, and she had big, pretty brown eyes and a healthy tan. She had a curvy body and probably the biggest breast size, for her age.

Her papi always told her she comes after her late mother, who had been the village beauty, with suitors left and right.

On the other hand here in Berk, they were other beauty standards.

And Astrid was all of them and she was the exact opposite of it.

Maybe that’s why no one found her attractive.

Again, not that she wanted any of the Viking boys, it just got on her nerves that even Hiccup, who know her like the back of his hand, never seemed to see her as a girl.

And no, that didn’t mean she wanted something from him.

No, no, no!

She didn’t want to lose his friendship, just for the tiny possibility of being more.

Friendship was more important than love.

Besides if she ever got the chance Leandra would return to Spain to her Abuela. Her dad could stay here on this miserable rock with his new Viking family, and she would get back home, where it was warm, colorful, and full of life.

She only would miss Hiccup and be in a relationship with him would be even worse if she would go back to Spain.

He could come with us, it’s not like he would be missed here, again this voice in her head whispered.

Angry she opened her eyes and sat up.

Leandra could never take a nap like this.

What was wrong with her brain today?

That’s what she gets if she doesn’t sleep her eight hours. This should be a lesson for her.

Grumbling she decides to make some more ointments.

This would keep her thoughts in check.

Today Gothi let her go home earlier.

This was good.

So she could join Hiccup and the Night Furry in the cove and her parents would think she was still with Gothi.

As she enters the cove, Leandra has to put a hand on her mouth to not let out the gasp she was about to make.

The scene before her.

She feels she can’t interrupt it.

It’s between Hiccup and the Night Furry.

They're face to face and Hiccup slowly extends his hand. The dragon growls at the hand, he isn’t ready to let Hiccup touch him.

That’s when her best friend turns his head away with closed eyes and again holds out his hand to the Night Furry.

Leandra’s heart beat fast in her chest.

Hiccup is showing the Night Furry a lot of trust. What had happened between the two that he risk getting his hand eaten by the dragon?

Yet, nothing like this happens.

The dragon bridges the gap and presses his muzzle against Hiccup's hand.

They stay for two heartbeats like this.

The black-haired girl has the feeling that the whole world turned upside down.

A dragon and a Human….touching each other in a nonviolent way.

Showing each other trust and understanding.

Leandra feels tears in her eyes.

It touches her heart in a yearning way. She wishes she would find a connection like this.

Then the Night Furry stops gives a little snort and flies to the other side of the cove, leaving an amazed Hiccup behind.

“Hiccup.”, she calls out softly to him. The moment is over, but she would feel bad talking louder. It wouldn’t fit now.

Thank god, Hiccup hears her.

“Leandra.”

“So you made friends with the Night Furry?”

Hiccup turns a moment in the direction of the dragon.

“Yeah, I made friends with Toothless.”

Toothless why Toothless?

She asks him this and he waves her over to him. Hiccup tells her what he experienced today with Toothless and wow, Leandra is just speechless.

Who would have thought that a dragon could be this sensitive and intelligent?

How she wished she could have seen it, but something in her tells her that it was good that it was only between Hiccup and Toothless.

They seem to share a connection with each other.

The two best friends sit on a log together and watch how the sun slowly goes down.

“I need to be home.”, signs Leandra sad.

“I need to meet up with the Gobber and the other recruits. We are eating together.”, he signs too.

The girl opens her pouch and shows Hiccup the ointments she made.

“Do you think you could get to Toothless and we can try out one of these for his wound?”, she wonders.

“We could try but I don’t know-“

The boy gets interrupted by a familiar screech.

But it can be!

The only Night Furry here is Toothless!

Who is suddenly staring at the sky and jumping up and down happily.

Hiccup and Leandra look in the direction where Toothless looks. Both want to pinch themselves when they see what got the dragon so excited.

It’s another Night Furry!

A Night Furry, who is fast closing in on the cove and lands gracefully before Toothless.

Both dragons cooed, snuggled their muzzles together, and lick each other.

Leandra and Hiccup’s chins meet the floor.

The Spanish girl grips Hiccup’s shoulder and shakes him.

“Hiccup! Hiccup! There is another Night Fury! Oh my lord, what?!”

“That Night Furry is a bit smaller than Toothless.”, analyzes the boy fascinated. “But the wings and the tailfin are bigger. I think it has brownish-golden eyes. It’s also a lot darker than Toothless, wow.”

Seeing how the two dragons do practically the equivalent of kisses for humans Leandra adds: “I think, that’s Toothless mate. He or she must have been worried sick for him. I’m glad they found each other.”

“He or she?”

“We don’t judge, Hiccup. Love is Love. End of story.”

It’s then that the other Night Furry sees the two human teenagers and stands protectively before Toothless. It growls at them threatening, but before anything happens Toothless purrs at his mate and it seems to calm it down.

Now it looks with big brownish-golden eyes curious at Leandra and Hiccup.

“Okay, I totally believe that these two are mates.”, agrees Hiccup.

They do act like a couple. That’s something new to learn about Night Furries too.

Meanwhile, Leandra’s eyes are transfixed, at the beautiful eyes of Toothless mate. They are like molted gold.

She never saw eyes like this.

The Night Furry stares at her in the same intense way.

Something deep and profound is exchanged.

Leandra can’t explain it.

It’s like she found a missing part of her soul.

A soul who reflects her own.

Like bewitched she walks closer to the Night Furries.

“Lee?”, calls Hiccup confused to her, but is ignored.

Toothless also grumbles questions to his mate, who is walking up to the human female and gets ignored too.

The girl and the dragon stop a meter from each other. Still looking into the other eyes. Leandra titles her head and the Night Furry copies her. Then she smiles and the dragon tries to mimic her.

“Hello.”, Leandra whispers to the dragon. “You are the most beautiful dragon I ever saw.”

It’s like the dragon understood her because it lets out a pleased purr.

For a moment Leandra checks the gender of the dragon.

Ah, it’s a she.

Of course, only a girl could be so beautiful!

Like Hiccup had done with Toothless, Leandra turns away and holds her hand out.

She waits for three heartbeats when she feels something scaly and warm touch her palm. Leandra opens an eye and sees that the female Night Furry closed the gap between them.

They stay like this for another two heartbeats before the girl Night Furry gives her hand a lick and returns to Toothless’s side.

Her hand is wet with dragon saliva, yet Leandra couldn’t care less, this was the most amazing thing she ever experienced.

“Lee?”

“Starchaser.”, she just says to her best friend. “I will call her Starchaser because her eyes are bright as stars.”

It’s night and Leandra can’t sleep.

In the end, they couldn’t try the ointments on Toothless since the sun was nearly down and she needed to be home, and Hiccup needed to meet Gobber and the others.

She stares in the darkness at the hand that Starchaser had licked. Somehow she manages to bond with the most beautiful creature on earth and for the first time in her life Leandra feels the hole in her heart dimmer.

The girl feels like she meet her soulmate. Who would have thought that it would be a dragon?

How she wishes to be in the cove and learn more about Starchaser.

They only had one big important moment together, but she knows nothing about her.

Leandra wants to know anything about her Night Furry friend.

Well, it’s not like she is alone.

Determined she stands up from her bed. Sleep is for the weak. In the darkness, she dresses in her dress and kirtle and, like always, uses her window to escape from home.

First, she checked if Hiccup was in his house, but not finding him there, she goes to the blacksmith stall.

Her best friend is really there and seems to work on something.

She makes the special knock they both agreed on she uses when he works so Hiccup knows it’s Leandra.

You don’t want to spook a blacksmith while working.

Could end in a bad accident.

“Come in.”, tells her Hiccup.

Couriers she watches him working on…something.

“What’s that going to be?”, she wants to know.

“Gobber told us a dragon who loses his wings and tail is a downed dragon. A death one.”, explain Hiccup. “So I’m making a tailfin for Toothless so he can fly again.”

“That’s awesome, Hiccup. I’m sure it will make him happy and Starchaser too.”

“Do you want to help me?”

“Just tell me what do to, partner.”

And so the best friends work together on the tailfin for Toothless. They get done with it before the sun rises. Both agree to meet up before Dragon Training and when Leandra needs to go to Gothi to visit the two Night Furries.

After they slept a bit, it was time again to wake up, but Leandra feels this time different. She is more excited than tired, even if she probably only slept two hours tops.

Hiccup and her meet up and take a chest full of fish for each Night Furry with them. Of course, he also has the tailfin for Toothless and Leandra her ointments.

They arrive at the cove where Toothless and Starchaser seem already to be waiting for them.

“Hello, Toothless.”

“Hi, Starchaser.”

“We brought breakfast for your guys.”, explains Hiccup to the two curious Night Furries.

The teenagers kick open their chests so that the fish spills out of the ground.

“Okay, that's disgusting.”, says Hiccup matter of fact.

“Yuck!”, adds Leandra with a wrinkled nose.

Toothless and Starchaser approach, settling in to devour the feast.

“Uh..we've got some salmon, some nice Icelandic cod, and a whole smoked eel.”

Hiccup could say he wanted to poison them since both Night Furries reacted with horrific screeches as they see the smoked eel.

“Throw it away, throw it away!”, yells Leandra to her best friend.

“No, no, no! It's okay. Yeah, I don't like eel much either.”, reassures Hiccup the dragons, and the eel gets thrown in a random direction away from them.

Satisfied the two dragons begin again to eat.

Both best friends nod at each other.

They planned that Leandra should have the attention of the dragons on herself, while Hiccup tries to put the tailfin on Toothless.

“Eat up, you big cuties. Yes, that’s good. We only want the good stuff, right, right?”, Leandra cooes at them. “Yummy, yummy, fish for the two most beautiful dragons in the world. Yes, who is the best girl and best boy? It’s you two!”

Hiccup straps the prosthetic fin in place. The dragon tenses, slowly spreading his wings. The boy cinches the straps.

“There. Not too bad. It works.”, mumbles Hiccup pleased.

That’s when Toothless bolts!

Not only Hiccup is surprised and scarred a second later since he hangs for dear life on Toothless’s tail, but also Starchaser and Leandra watch the boys flying around the cave with big eyes.

“What the heck?”, shrieks Leandra.

This was so not the plan.

Starchaser grumbles, she seems to agree with her.

The little fly of the due stops as fast as it started and they land in the water.

While the females winces, Hiccup celebrates happily. Toothless shakes himself dry and wonders what had happen.

“Okay how about this one?”, asks Leandra and holding another ointment under Toothless and Starchaser’s nose.

It is a while later, still too earlier for Dragon Training and Leandra’s job. Hiccup is trying to dry himself in the morning sun, in the meantime, Leandra is trying with the Night Furries’ help to see which ointment could work for Toothless.

Till now, they reacted with disgust, growls, and hiccups at her ointments.

She hoped this one is a winner.

It isn’t since both let out big dragon sneezes.

Leandra signs sadly.

Only one ointment is left.

Starchaser sensing the distress from the girl she took a liking purrs at her and nuzzles her cheek. Even Toothless joins in.

“Aww, thank you two. You both are precious, you know that?”

Both Night Furries purr happily.

Hiccup can’t help but smile softly at the scene. It’s really adorable seeing Leandra interact with their dragon friends.

Also, her tanned skin and black hair seem to formally glow in the morning sun.

The boy frowns at his thoughts and shakes his head.

Why is he thinking about such things? That’s his best friend, it’s weird.

Besides, he likes Astrid. He always had.

“All right, last one.”, say’s Leandra and holds it out. “How about this?”

Again the dragons sniff at the ointment and this time…they only purr. They like the smell. It is really comforting and clean.

Leandra smiles.

“Then we have a winner! Okay, Toothless let’s try this out.”

And so Leandra smears the ointment on Toothless missing tail.

After waiting for a bit it seems to have no negativ effects on him.

Grinning Leandra turns to Hiccup and he gives her a thump up.

Together they are a step closer in helping Toothless to fly again.

The Night Furry won!

Give a warm welcome to our golden-eyed girl Starchaser, Toothless mate!

You know what that means ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Can you guess it? :D

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Hello! So, I was wondering if I could do an idea similar to the isekai'd as chloe? It'll be a lot different with the only main similarity being that Chloe becomes a better person and and the reader is in Chloe's body. Have a nice day :)

Hi, well I don't have the monopol for this idea and if you promise that it isn't just a copy of my fanfic then sure go ahead 😀 I would like to read another take