Son Of A Night Fury

by Dragonfan101

5: Catch and Release

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Hiccup had left his village again to go out to find where he shot down that dragon, he swears he could've shot down two, he had a feeling it could've been possible, this chance he has is something he can't lose, he's been neglected and looked down upon all his life since he was a child.

Hiccup wasn't like the other Vikings on Berk, he was short, scrawny, and whenever he tried finding a way to kill a dragon or help out, he always ended up making it worse, and he's not been the most well liked person in Berk, he really saw he hit that Night Fury down in this forest somewhere, and he needs to find it and finally prove he's worthy of being a Viking.

But he wasn't having any luck finding it, even if he did shoot down two dragons somehow, he's tried calculating which direction they would've fallen, they could've fallen anywhere in the forest, but as much as he tried finding them, he was having no luck.

Hiccup was currently within the forest trying to find them, looking over every possible area he could've hit them, but whenever he thought he would find them, it ended up not being the place. Hiccup put the marks of where they could've fallen in his notebook, he looked over everywhere he's gone and sighed with frustration as he didn't make any progress, and he feels like he's wasting his time.

Hiccup only scratched the entire page and covered up all the locations he marked with frustration, feeling really upset that he hasn't found anything at all.
"Oh the gods hate me.. some people lose they're knife.. or mug.." Hiccup talked to himself as he walked down a steep hill.

"No not me I managed to lose nearly two whole dragons!" Hiccup shouted to himself before he tried knocking a tree branch that was in his way away, right before it suddenly came back and hit him in the face which hurt a bit.

But as he looked up to the tree, he saw the tree had been split in half by something, and as he looked towards the ground, he saw something big had hit the ground extremely hard, and had slid over the ledge in front of him, and Hiccup had a look of realization as he believed he could've finally found them.

Tense music plays as Hiccup slowly crawls on the ground hoping it wouldn't see them if they were here, and as he slowly looks over the ledge to see what's there, he gasped with fear and quickly ducked down from seeing a really large black creature, which looked like a Night Fury.

Hiccup slowly looks back over the ledge, looking over it and seeing that to his shock, he actually managed to shoot it down, it was the Night Fury. It had taken the shot Hiccup sent to it earlier, and he was completely amazed with the sight of it, thinking it might've been dead.
"Oh.. I.. I did it! Oh this.. this fixes everything! Yes! I have brought down this might bea..." Hiccup shouted right as he tried standing on it, but he was suddenly spooked as the thing suddenly made a loud growl which made him back up.

He saw a strange looking tail right under the Night Fury, he slowly made his way closer to it's face, and to his surprise, he saw a second dragon had been caught up with him, it was purple with emerald green eyes and spine, it looked to be far younger then the Night Fury too, he was completely restrained to the Night Fury because of the contraption, and they both had a look of fear as they saw Hiccup in front of them.

Spike barely remembers what happened last night, he got knocked out after he and his father were caught in this trap, he couldn't do anything to break free, and as much as he wanted to speak, begging him to let them go, he can't, and Spike only prayed that he would show mercy.
"Please.. don't.." Spike begged within his thoughts as they saw the boy in front of them.

Hiccup was really shocked in seeing he actually brought down two dragons, he had a feeling that he did, but this is as clear as day, it was the luckiest thing that ever happened in his life, and despite they're look of fear, he knew what he needed to do, in order to fully show that he's able to be like them.

Hiccup slowly took out a single knife he had that he could use to kill the two of them, he could hear the Night Fury's sounds of fear while he held Spike as tightly as he could, but Hiccup tried to do what he needs to.
"I'm gonna kill you two dragons.. I'm gonna.. cut out your hearts and take them to my father! I am a Viking.. I am a Viking!" Hiccup said in a threatening tone which made the two of them even more terrified thinking this was they're last possible moments.

Spike didn't want it to end like this, he and his father were just trying to find a proper home, and answers on they're own pasts, but this moment they're in could be they're last, and he felt a single tear come from his eyes as he saw the boy look like he was ready to kill them both.
"I'm sorry dad.." Spike said in his thoughts with guilt as he and his father closed they're eyes, bracing themselves for they're demise.

Hiccup could see they were extremely terrified, and even though he wanted to do it very badly.. his guilt just couldn't let him go through with it, and he pulled the knife away from them both as they still had they're eyes shut, feeling horrible that he did this.

Hiccup looked at his knife sadly and could hear the two of them breathing slowly still, like they're still waiting for it, but Hiccup just couldn't bring himself to do it..
"I did this.." Hiccup said regretfully as he looked at the two of them caught in the trap, if he were to just leave them here like this, it's likely another predator would come to finish the job, but as Hiccup looked at his knife again, and back to the ropes restraining them, Hiccup sighed to himself as he got a really stupid idea on what to do, and hoped it wouldn't get him killed from it.

Spike and the Night Fury suddenly open both they're eyes as they hear something being cut, as they looked to where the boy was, to both they're surprise, he was actually cutting the ropes to.. set them free..
"What is he doing?!" Spike thought with shock as he felt the restraints be cut, and before he could do anything, his father suddenly roared and grabbed the boy with his paw and pinned him down to the ground with rage.

Hiccup gasped with fear and looked extremely afraid as he saw the Night Fury give him a glare right at his own eyes, he could hear the growls from the beast while he was almost helpless, Spike looked at his father with shock and prayed that he wouldn't kill the boy either, since he did set them free for some reason. But as the Night Fury started to rise while making louder growls, and Hiccup braced himself for what could be a blast from it.

But the Night Fury soon leaned down and made a really loud roar right in his face as a threat not to do this again, and he suddenly got off of Hiccup and started running through the forest to fly off, Spike could see he was trying to take to the sky, but something was wrong, as he tried flying into the sky, something wasn't letting him do it, and as he looked closer at his tail.. he saw that he was missing one of his tail fins..

"Oh no.." Spike thought with fear while he was slowly getting up on all fours to not expose his own secrets, he looked back at the boy one last time who was breathing heavily with shock from what he just experienced, and he soon looked at Spike, the two looked at eachother, not saying a word or moving at all aside from they're heavy breathing, and Spike didn't know why this boy decided to release them.

"Uh.." They both said nervously before Spike realized he almost spoke and kept his mouth shut tight, and without a second thought, he quickly ran after his father to see what's going on, he didn't think the boy would set them free, he had his chance to kill the both of them right there, but for some reason, he didn't, and whatever it was, he was just glad they're still alive.

Hiccup breathed heavily as he tried getting back up while the two ran away, feeling nothing but shock after that near death experience, but as he tried walking away, he started to faint from the shock he just felt.
"Ugh...." Hiccup groaned before he dropped his knife and fell on the ground and passed out after experiencing all of that, barely moving at all until he woke up far later.

Spike chased after his father as he saw he was trying to fly again, but each time he did, he roughly crashed into the ground due to the failed balance, he felt really worried for his father knowing that without his tailfin, he can't fly, Spike didn't suffer from losing anything important, he still had his wings and could still fly freely, but for his father, this may be far more difficult for them now, and if that boy or someone else comes looking for them, they may not get out of it alive.

"Dad, stop!" Spike shouted as he saw his father try to take into the sky's again, but that ended up failing worse this time, and he soon crashed down into the ground, before Spike watched with fear as he saw his father roughly slide down a steep ledge, before falling off of it into a large wide open grove.

"No!" Spike screamed as he quickly spread his wings and took into the air quickly, he flew down towards the grove he saw his father fall into, he saw he was still falling off the ledge extremely roughly while screeching from the scrapes he was getting, and Spike quickly flew under him before he hit the ground and used all his strength to catch him before he crashed down.

Spike took heavy breaths as he slowly lifted his father up to put him down somewhere safe, he was very worried his father could've injured himself because of this, and he didn't want anything worse happening.
"Dad, are you okay?" Spike asked with worry while he set him down and ran over to his head and tried making sure he was okay, he could hear him groan painfully a bit as he tried getting up, but barely could right now after falling down that ledge like that.

"I'll live son.. it's nothing concerning I promise..." He replied as he tried jumping in the air again to fly off, but he failed again because of his missing tailfin, and Spike quickly rushed over and caught him again to make him stop.

"Dad, stop, you.. can't fly now.. whatever we were hit with.. it.. got one of your tailfins cut.." Spike said regretfully as he looked at his tail to see what's wrong, he was missing the left part of his tailfin because of that fall they took, and without it, he won't be flying anytime soon.

"What..?" He asked with fear while he slowly moved his tail to them closer to get a better look, and with they're fears being true, it really was gone.

"It's gone dad.. I'm so sorry.." Spike said with tears before he screamed with frustration and punched a nearby rock and shattered it with one punch with his strength, he didn't want this to happen to them, he had just gotten his wings and finally could fly himself, but now that this has happened, they may not be able to last out here for long.

"Son, please don't push yourself, we can't draw any attention out here." His father warned while Spike took a smaller rock and threw it far into the lake that was nearby out of frustration.

"Why not? This is the worst possible thing that could've happened to us! We had just set out from our home a day ago! And now we could be stuck here with you flightless, and are on an island of Vikings who are out to kill us!" Spike shouted as he walked over to his father and sat down with an upset look.

The Night Fury could feel his frustration at this moment, he had been raising him for over 15 years by now, always looking after and protecting him as his son, but once they set out from that island, not one day into they're search, they're already in this situation, he knew it wasn't gonna be easy for them, but he didn't expect it to go this wrong either.

"I should've been more prepared for what could've happened son.. this was the first time I've been out from that island in years, if I tried being more careful.. we wouldn't be in this situation now.." He said regretfully while Spike tried calming down after hearing it.

"Dad.. what happened last night? We were flying normally before you.. started acting up so suddenly, I don't know what was going on, I tried my best to follow you, but when I did, we ended up going to that village those other dragons were raiding.. what happened with you?" Spike asked wondering what made him act up like that.

And the Night fury didn't know how to answer it either, while he's surprised Spike wasn't affected by what he felt, but he didn't know how to explain it, it just.. happened..
"I don't know.. I really don't.. I felt like I heard a voice speak in my head.. and before I could do anything.. it was like it took control of me.. forcing me into attacking that village with those dragons.. I've been wanting to avoid conflicts ever since I found and raised you, only stepping up if something threatens or tries to harm you.. but it looks like I'll have to be keeping my guard up for whatever that thing was from trying to take control of me again.." He said regretfully while Spike was surprised hearing that, but after how long he's been with him, it makes sense a bit.

"Then.. what was it? What could've taken control of you? You think it was another dragon or something? Something much scarier then we think?" Spike asked with fear at the possibility, and his father had felt that same fear too when thinking about it.

"I don't know.. but I have a terrible feeling it is.. I hadn't felt a fear like that in a very long time.. " He replied as Spike helped him to the lake so they could think over it, looking into the water helped they're minds think a bit more clearly, it was a bit soothing to them, even during the state they're in, looking at the water at least helped them calm down a bit.

"Then.. what do we do? How are we going to fix this?" Spike asked as he looked at his father's tail and rubbed it slightly to try and sooth him, and his father didn't know what to do either.

"I don't know, but there's one thing I know for sure, we'll need to be on our guard when in this place, until we find a way to get out of here, we need to be cautious, those Vikings are dangerous, they could kill us easily if they found us, me especially now.. but if there is a way to fix this.. we need to find out what.." He replied while Spike was thinking over a lot of stuff.

He was still confused on what happened with him during that raid, when he tried fighting off those other Vikings and dragons, he shot out fire in ways he's never done before, it was like his own father's fire with it's blast and effects, plasma, he had never done something like that before, and he had so many questions on why that even happened..

"Dad.. there's something else I.. should tell you.." Spike said with worry while his father looked at him curiously.

"And what is that son?" He asked while Spike looked at his claws with concern.

"During the raid.. when I got separated from you, I was doing what I can to fend off attacks from both the dragons and Vikings, something happened, when I attempted to shoot fire.. it came out in a far different way then before... it was almost like your own fire.. it felt really powerful.. and it took down most of the ones who attacked me easily.. and.. I don't know how it happened.." Spike confessed which surprised him greatly hearing that, he and Spike were completely different dragons, but even then.. he still doesn't know Spike's own origin..

"How.. how can that be possible?" The Night Fury asked while Spike looked at another large rock nearby, and without a second thought, Spike took a breath, before he suddenly shot another plasma blast from his mouth, the blast flew over to the rock and destroyed it instantly, and his father was in complete shock of seeing it.

"That is just like my fire..." He said with shock while Spike looked down with worry over why this is happening.

"I don't know how I can do it now.. but I don't know how to feel about it.. but what do you think could be the cause of it? How can I breath fire like you now?" Spike asked while they looked at eachother, and his father got an idea that might help a bit.

"It could've been a change after you had grown your wings, we don't know much about your type, I've never seen a dragon like you, and if it's possible, whoever your family was, may be even more interesting then we thought.." He suggested while Spike looked worried over that.

"Do you think that's why I was left in that egg? Do you think they could.. be tied into the Night Furies in someway? I don't know who my mother or birth father was, and we don't know about they're history either, so unless we find out anything on them, or the Night Furies, we're not gonna find out anything.." Spike said with worry while he wondered if more traits of a Night Fury could show in the future for him..

"It's possible.. we still have much we need answered.. but until we find a way out of this grove, we can only question on how this is possible." He replied while Spike took a deep breath and started to stand up to try and fix it.

"Your right.. until we get out of here, the least we can do is try to stay alive, I'm gonna do what I can here to help you, since you can't fly, I'll try doing what I can to find food, this lake should have some fish in it that will last for a while, but we're gonna need to try and find ways to survive here until we figure this out." Spike said as he looked over to a tree branch and got an idea on what to do.

"Are you sure about this son? It'll be far tougher for us now that we're in unknown territory, it will be dangerous for both of us." He asked as Spike ripped it off, and started using his claws to cut off it's side branches, and sharpen it a bit.

"You've been doing everything to keep me safe and alive for so long dad, now it's time I return the favor, I'll find a way to fix this, I promise, let's just hope a miracle happens soon." Spike said as he used his claws to sharpen the tip of it to make it look like a spear, something that would help him catch a few fish for them.

Despite how worried he was if Spike would get hurt, he had no choice but to let this happen, it's kill or be killed here, and he can only hope he and Spike find a way to fix this.
"If your sure about it son." He replied as Spike walked over to the lake, and had one last thing to ask him before he tried catching them.

"Dad.. there's one more thing I need to ask, when we were set free from that trap by that boy.. why did you let him go? He could've killed us right there if he wanted, but for whatever reason.. he didn't.." Spike asked which made his father think over that too.

"He showed us mercy.. I don't know if it was from his own guilt.. or out of pity for us, but whatever the reason, he let us go, and I decided to let him go in return, but not without a warning, if he tries it again, to harm you, or shows up with more Vikings to kill us, I won't stop myself from finishing it." He answered with an upset tone while Spike still questioned why, what he saw from him was different, and he had a lot to think about because of it.

"But what do you think was the reason? That boy.. he was different from the other Vikings I saw, he.. honestly reminded me of.. me in a way.. out of all the dragons in this world... I may be the only one who can really talk like them, and if he's going through something similar, do you think that's the reason why?" Spike asked as he flew over to the lake to see if there's any fish near the surface.

"Only time will tell why son, maybe soon we'll find out why, but for now, we just need to wait." He replied as Spike saw a few fish move just nearby, and he slowly aimed his sharp spear at the water with a growl of anger.

"Let's hope to the gods we do dad.." Spike said before he made a loud cry as he stabbed the spear through the water before thing's cut to black, whatever reason that boy let them go was, they hoped they'll find out soon, but for now, they need to try and survive being here..

Hours later, after Hiccup had woken up from the shock he just went through, he decided to make his way home to try and process what he did, he questioned why those dragons let him go, and he had many questions about himself because of it too, but if there's one thing for sure, he doesn't feel like he should try this again after going through that.

Hiccup made his way back to his house where he tried making it look like he never left, but when he entered it, he saw his father was already there, packing things up for something important while a single torch was lit, it's possible he's going to try and find wherever the dragons nest is again, he and previous leaders have been searching for it for years, and it's been one of the main goals the Vikings have had for a very long time.

But as he tried sneaking his way up the stairs, Stoick already knew he was there and started speaking.
"Hiccup." Stoick said sternly which made Hiccup stop in his tracks.

"Dad.. there's uh.. something I wanna talk to you about.." Hiccup said nervously while he started walking to him, and Stoick turned to him to, needing to speak of something important.

"I need to speak with you too son." Stoick said as Gobber had convinced him earlier in a meeting he and the other Vikings had hours ago, and he knew it was important he does this.

The two stayed silent for a moment before they both decided to speak finally.
"It's time you learn to fight dragons/ I don't wanna fight dragons... what?" They both spoke at once before backing up a bit.

"Uh.. you go first." Stoick insisted before Hiccup let him go first.

"No.. no you go first." Hiccup replied which made Stoick give him his answer.

"Okay.. you get your wish, dragon training, you start in the morning." Stoick announced which wasn't what he wanted to hear at all after what he went through earlier.

"Oh.. man I should've gone first..." Hiccup told himself knowing he blew it, but he tried talking his dad out of it.

"But.. u.. I was thinking.. you know.. we have a surplus of dragons fighting Vikings... but do we have enough.. bread making Vikings? Or small home repair Vikings?" Hiccup asked as Stoick walked over to a wall to hand him a weapon.

"You'll need this." Stoick said while he handed him the weapon which was very heavy for him which made Hiccup more nervous.

"I.. I don't wanna fight dragons.." Hiccup said nervously which only made Stoick laugh a bit.

"Oh come on Hiccup, yes you do!" Stoick encouraged since he's been asking this for years.

"Rephrase.. dad, I can't kill dragons." Hiccup argued back while looking at him.

"But you will kill dragons." Stoick replied making this harder for him.

"No.. I'm really extra sure that I won't.." Hiccup said with fear while Stoick didn't look convinced one bit.

"It's time Hiccup." Stoick said sternly worrying Hiccup even more.

"Can you not here me?" Hiccup asked with worry while his father walked closer to him while standing tall with a serious look.

"This is serious son. When you carry this axe, you carry all of us with you. Which means, you walk like us, you talk like us, you think like us.." Stoick explained while motioning to the axe, and his head for examples.

"No more of.. this." Stoick said while looking at Hiccup again.

"You just gestured to all of me." Hiccup complained again knowing this has happened many times before.

"Deal?" Stoick asked while Hiccup was very nervous still.

"This conversation is feeling very one sided.." Hiccup complained again which made his father a bit upset.

"Deal?!" Stoick asked more sternly which made Hiccup sigh in defeat since he has no choice on this now.

"Deal.." Hiccup agreed finally while feeling very worried on what could happen because of this now, and hearing that made Stoick smile a bit with a small sigh as he went to get the bags he packed.

"Good, train hard son, I'll be back, probably." Stoick said as he was taking his leave for a long voyage he and many other Vikings are gonna take.

"And I'll be here.. maybe.." Hiccup said with concern as the door slammed shut, Hiccup had a lot going on now that this was happening, and he just prayed thing's don't go horribly wrong tomorrow, he had many questions on those dragons he saw earlier, but for now.. he has other things he needs to worry about.


Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! I hope I've been doing a good job so far with setting up more of what will happen later on with Spike and how he'll be handled in this story, I've got a lot of ideas that may work if done right, and I hope what I've done so far is good.

I'm doing my best to balance out scenes with Spike and Toothless to help show they're bond, and between scenes from the movie, cause while very little may change when I cover the scenes of the movies, I'm not wanting to skip over it with how important they are for both character's, so if most parts of the story feel like the movie without much changing even if Spike's there, I hope you understand that, but when I can I'll try cutting any that helps build up Spike's bond with the cast, but for now this is what I'm gonna be doing, and I hope you don't mind that.

But I've also got a question for you all, what dragon type do you think Spike should be labeled as since he's a lot different from the others? With his connection with Toothless and what I've set up, I've been thinking of him being called something like an Emerald Fury, or something else like that due to his emerald colors.

Mainly what type of name do you think would work for his species specifically? There's a lot that could be possible with what his type could be, so I hope your all interested in sharing your thoughts for that. But that's all for now, I hope you liked this, and have a good day everyone!

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