Lycanwing

DownTime (3)

Brief Hiccup Pov

"El..." I muttered, reaching out to her.

She moved away from my touch, making a pang of hurt pierce through my heart. But that moment didn't last long. Before long, she was looking up at me with stern eyes.

"Five safety plans. Got that?"

I couldn't help but crack a smile at her comment.

"I'll make as many safety plans as you want if that'll make you happy," I replied.

"Knowing everyone, something will happen one day. You don't have to get yourself in trouble on purpose. I know that you love having me all to yourself in a room for hours on end, but that won't change even with a Zippleback on our tails."

"Eh, well..." I shrugged, not being able to envision being alone with Barf and Belch being around every corner.

"As long as you're perfectly safe with no margin for error, we won't have any problems. And as punishment for nearly giving me a heart attack, you're sleeping by yourself for three days. As for the twins, who are just as responsible, will find their dear boar pit filled with poison ivy." El told me calmly, giving me a sadistic smile.

She may not show it, but she sure is pissed... I thought to myself glumly. I like cuddling with her at night... three days alone? Is she trying to kill me? I wonder if Toothless will let me snuggle with him. Oh geez, I've gotten so used to sleeping with El in my arms that not having her there anymore will make me feel as though something's wrong. I realized through my thoughts, as El gave me a comforting pat on the shoulder and walked away without a second thought.

"FIVE SAFETY PLANS!!" She hollered.

May Loki have mercy on me.

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--- Third Pov ---

"Don't you understand that we have nothing?! We have nothing, I tell you!! If we don't think of something, we'll never be able to get Barf and Belch back from that tyrant. WHY, TUFF, WHY?! WHY DOES BARF AND BELCH LIKE HICCUP MORE THAN THEY LOVE US?!" Ruffnut shouted in anguish.

"It's the forbidden fruit. You always want something that you can't have. The Dragon's always hotter on the other side." Tuff answered, before getting his brain to work once again.

"We need help. We need someone diabolical. Someone completely devoid of any continence or human emotion whatsoever." He continued.

"You mean Elyria? But she's Hiccup's girlfriend. She'll never agree to it." Ruff shot back.

"No, no, of course not."

"Oh. In that case... I can only think of one man that soulless."

~~~ Mini Time Skip ~~~

"Ugh... I can't believe that she wasn't joking about the "sleeping by yourself" thing. I didn't get any sleep in the end..." Hiccup grumbled to himself, walking out of his hut while rubbing his tired eyes.

"Hey," Snotlout greeted, an evil smirk on his face.

"H-hey." Hiccup greeted back, feeling weirded out.

BLAM

"Agh!"

Then, without warning, Snotlout's hefty fist landed in his face. Hiccup sat on the ground, confused, pained, and angry. Elyria was out of the hut the second she heard Hiccup's pained grunt, followed by angry shouting.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Hiccup yelled at Snotlout.

"Hiccup Haddock, I'm calling you out!! Defend yourself!!"

"What are you doing?" Hiccup questioned Snotlout, who only told Hiccup to fight him.

"I said, fight me. WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY, HICCUP?! YOU WANT A FIGHT TO THE DEATH?" Snotlout continued, confusing Hiccup even further.

"What-? who said that?! Nobody said that!!" Hiccup argued.

"You did," Snoutlout whispered back, swinging his axe around clumsily.

Meanwhile, the twins sat on a dragon sentry perch not too far away from Hiccup and Elyria's hut, watching the events unfold. Elyria was standing outside of their hut, confused. She watched the "fight" unfold with curious eyes, knowing full well that Hiccup would be able to take care of himself- but that didn't diminish her anger.

"Here he comes. Life-debt no more!!" Tuff exclaimed, noticing Barf and Belch return to Hiccup's hut with a box full of fresh fish.

"Do you think Snotlout'll get barbecued?" Ruff asked Tuff.

"Sis, I'm afraid to tell you, but I always knew that Snotlout would end up as collateral damage," Tuff answered.

"Come on, hit me!! You know you want to." Snotlout egged on.

"All right, fine. But know that you asked for this." Hiccup responded angrily, just before landing a magnificent punch on Snotlout's chin.

"Wow. That was magnificent. Who knew that the scrawny, one-legged Viking had that in him?" Tuff commented as Snotlout fell to the ground unconscious.

"That's it. There's nothing left." Ruff muttered to herself.

By the time Hiccup had left and Snotlout had managed to come to, he found himself lying at the edge of the platform that he had been standing on not too long ago, a cold-faced Elyria staring back at him. He chuckled nervously.

"Uh... hi?"

"You attacked Hiccup with the will to harm/kill and punched him. Now, Hiccup may have paid you back with a punch of his own, but you haven't paid me for endangering his life without thought."

"Please don't hurt me!!" Snotlout screamed, knowing just how scary Elyria could be.

"Me? I'm not going to be the one hurting you. I'm merely letting gravity do its job. Know that you've brought this unto yourself. Bye-bye~"

Snotlout felt his body tip over, and freefall towards the ground, twenty meters (approx. sixty feet) below him.

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That is why you don't mess with Hiccup. Elyria will gladly kill you.

As a result, Snotlout suffered a hairline fracture on his arm from the fall, and a mild concussion (courtesy of Hiccup).

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