Fireproof - Chapter Thirteen: A Chiefly Start to the Day

 

Hiccup's POV
My eyes opened, having been awoken by the dawn light shining through my bedroom window.
And a slobbery, wet, dragon tongue licking my face.
Come on, Master! We must go for our dawn flight!
'Okay, bud, hang on.' I laughed, getting out of bed, and screwing on my right prosthetic leg. I put my boot onto the other. I grabbed my armour from one of the bed-posts, and put it on.
Holding my helmet in my hand, I wondered if I should bother to put it on. Maybe not. Sometimes, it frightened Toothless, which was understandable; it covered my face, after all, and he couldn't tell who I was. Dragons are wary of people they don't know, as our first meeting with Valka proved.
'I'm ready, now, bud.' I told the Night Fury.
He purred in excitement, and nuzzled me.
'Come on.'
Toothless followed me obediently downstairs, to the kitchen, where Valka was sitting at the table.
'Morning.' we both said simultaneously.
My mother laughed at this.
'Do you want any breakfast, Hiccup?'
'No thanks, Mother, I'm alright. I'm not hungry. Toothless and I were going to go fishing, anyway.'
'Okay, then, Hiccup. After all, the new Alphas need their breakfast, don't they?' she joked. 'Just don't go looking for any trolls.'
'I'm too old for that, anyway, Mother. I don't believe in trolls.'
'You should do! They exist, you know.' she imitated Gobber.
Suddenly, her expression changed to seriousness.
'But really, Hiccup. Just be careful. And don't go anywhere without the others.'
'I'll be alright, Mother, don't worry. I'll stop by their houses, and we can make it a training mission. And you don't need to come along.'
'Alright, then, son.'
She kissed my cheek.
'Bye, Hiccup.'
'Bye, Mother.' I replied, climbing onto Toothless, and flying through the open- thank Thor- door, to the other riders' houses.

Fireproof - Chapter 14: Gathering The Riders

 

(This will be quite a short chapter, as I'm going to bed soon. For that reason, I won't be uploading this onto Fanfiction tonight!)
Hiccup's POV
'Come on guys, get up!' I shouted, knocking my friends' doors loudly. When I got to Ruff's and Tuff's and Snotlout's houses, I added,
'You guys don't have to come; I know you don't like getting up early! But Astrid, Eret, and Fishlegs have to!'
Eventually, they opened their doors, yawning and rubbing sleep from their eyes. Stormfly, Skullcrusher and Meatlug were completely the opposite, nuzzling and licking their riders' faces to wake them up.
'Where are we going, Hiccup?' Astrid asked.
'We're going on a dawn training mission.'
They all groaned, but they climbed onto their dragons, and followed me into the lightening sky.