That Look (Hiccup x Reader)

97: Sins of the Past

"Okay, Flightmare gel." I grabbed said item and put it in the huge cauldron. "Powdered Flightmare mist, crushed Sandbuster glass, Fireworm combs." I added the rest of the ingredients and walked back to Spike. "Okay, headgear?" I put my goggles and gloves on and put a metal pot on Spike's head before pulling out a slingshot. I put a still-hot piece of dried magma on the band and shot it into the cauldron.

The moment it made contact with the pot, a giant explosion went off. Spike shielded me with his wings and when I came out there was a giant hole in the ceiling. The plus was that the entire workshop was covered in glitter. Including Spike.

"Awe, I wanna be covered in glitter." I whined. Spike shook his body and all of the access glitter fell onto me. "I see this as an absolute win."

"Eh, hem?"

I frowned and turned to see a slightly sparkly Hiccup in the doorframe.

"You look good in glitter. I still say this is a win." I laughed sheepishly.

"And the hole in my ceiling?" He questioned.

"Our ceiling." I corrected him.

He just continued giving me the look.

"Eh, I'll fix it." I waved it off. "I'm just happy that my glitter bomb works. Need to work on the explosive measurements, maybe add some more glitter-"

"No more glitter!"

"Buzzkill." I scoffed and grabbed a piece of fruit from the tree I seeded from Vanaheim.

"I that the fruit I specifically told you not to steal?" Hiccup sighed.

"No..." I lied. "Okay, it is but don't act like you're surprised. We both know Fishlegs has a seedling too."

"He what?"

"Okay, now we both know."

* * *

"He actually took it quite well." I told Astrid as we flew to Storehouse Island.

"Smart to throw Fishlegs under the Buffalord." Astrid responded.

"It was an accident but I will pretend that it was my subconscious being clever." I shrugged as we descended. We dismounted and I pulled out a map. "So, we have four dragons to tackle: Heatlout, Flamelout, Stoick and Deathlout,"

"Why Stoick?" She asked.

"Apparently he's lazy and narcissistic." I grinned and we laughed.

"Only half true," She said. "Don't tell him I said that."

"I'll save it for blackmail." I waved it off. "I think it makes the most sense to tackle Deathlout first. He's gonna be the hardest and we want to have full energy and stamina. He shouldn't be too hard to find, solid green and huge."

"And the capture plan?" Astrid asked.

"That's the tricky part. We now know that Singetails send up a distress flare, so we're gonna need Stormfly to douse him with water. You and her will let Deathlout chase you while Spike and I dive bomb and use some mini Flightmare mist bombs that I made. It's not a lot of mist so he'll gradually land as it sets in and hopefully, we can have a civilized conversation." I explained.

"You're an evil genius." She shook her head.

"And I take pride in it." I smirked. "Deathlout should be in the middle of the island, so get Stormfly watered up and we'll head in."

We got ourselves prepped and sat on our dragons as they slowly walked through the forest. Things were oddly still and I lightly tapped Spike and he used his eco-location. Ironically, the moment he did that, a giant green Singetail flew at us. Stormfly was unfazed and blasted the dragon with water. Deathlout was dazed for a second before taking off after them, beginning the chase.