HICCUPS POV

I woke to the sun shining into my eyes, i groaned I shouldn't have had to sleep here but My father is not someone to underestimate.

I struggled to stand as all my joints ached and groaned, toothless growled as I moved out from his grasp.

I stretched letting out a yawn, my chest open and my arms out behind my back, I look around seeing the sun rising just over the tree line.

My stomach grumbles

"Ahh okay, yup food got it." I say to myself, but as I look around for the basket full of fish that I reluctantly filled last night before sleeping only to find it knocked over and missing all its contents. "TOOTHLESS" I whisper yelled, he lazily looks at me "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FISH" I continued, he just warbles and then does his weird laughing thing "useless reptile" I mumble " alright bud let's get some food" he just licks his chops and then lays back down "oh yeah only I need food cause you are full all of it." I commented

ASTRIDS POV

I walked through the forest to the cove to retrieve hiccup, the morning fog made the forest look like it was from a fantasy land.

I had my axe in hand as I walked down to the cove, I heard a twig snap behind me, I turned ready to throw my axe just to find a cowering snotlout. "What are you doing here?!" I yell at him "I'm coming with, y'know cause it's funny to make fun of hiccup." He sped up the last part "about what, that he has to sleep outside?" I put my hand on my hip "well yes actually, comedic move!" He laughs as I turn away

I continue to walk as snotlout tries and catches up "so what will you do if he's not there?" He asks me "find him alive and be happy." I reply without looking at him

We made it to the shield wedged in between two rocks, landmark. We walk farther into to the cove and I look around, toothless lays there sleeping next to an empty basket. No hiccup

"Toothless bud where's hiccup?" I kneeled down next to him, he gets up slowly and knocks the fish basket around as if to say food. "Oh so he's getting food?" He gives off a gummy smile.

I heard the bushes rustle up above and I ready my axe as snotlout yelps, hiccup walks through the brush holding a dead rabbit by the ears "oh well it would seem I have visitors, and uh make sure to leave weapons at the door I have a policy please." He joked as I put my axe up "so you went hunting it looks like." I commented as he nodded and slid down the slope to the cove.

I ran up to him and gave him a small hug, he doesn't hug back probably because of the blood on his hands, or so I would hope.

"Don't worry the lycanwolf didn't show up." He tells my as I let go and let out a sigh of relief. He still looked on edge "what's wrong then." I look up at him "oh it's just that, if it didn't come, that means it WILL sooner or later... Astrid I might have to sleep outside here until I die." He answered back clearly concerned about his own life "but that's not it, if it gets here and kills me it might not stop there." He continued. I looked at him seeing his once bright smile turned to an uncertain worried frown. It broke my heart to think of the pressure, he's been through enough. For years he's refused to show us the scars that we knew were there.

We went over to a caved-in rock wall surrounding the cove, we started a fire, really only cause toothless shot it with a plasma blast and began toasting the rabbit. We sat and stared at it till someone or something said something, snotlout walked in and just stood there, we all felt tense, it was an afternoon, we knew it would only come out at night but the fact that it could be stalking us is off putting enough.

We sat in silence until the rabbit was roasted and then we ate in silence, hiccup looks nervous and on edge "hiccup?" He looks at me "ok,ok I know, I was just thinking... what if we go to fangs and kill it ourselves, it can't take all of us on right? And it endangers less of the berkians." He looked at the fire as if in a faraway land. "I think we should." I concurred "what's fangs?" Snotlout asked confused "it's the island we found the wolf on." Hiccup answered as he took another bite out of the rabbit's haunches. "Well I know the twins would want to go." Snotlout adds "Fishlegs might go only to get info on it." I add "what about you Snotlout?" Hiccup asks after swallowing his food. Snotlout looks at the fire, in thought "I'm not one to pass up a good adventure but just this once I'll stay behind... you guys want to go get killed be my guest." He replied as I huffed "SNOTLOUT" I demanded as he yelped "OK OK fine I'll go." He corrected timidly as I sighed and sat back down.

ONE HOUR LATER
HICCUPS POV

We flew threw the icy winds to fangs in silence, for hours it was silence and tension. The whole time I was just praying and planning about this finally Astrid spoke up "hiccup are you sure this is a good idea "it's the best choice I can think of astrid, then again my head's been fried for hours." I replay to earn a few un-hearty chuckles "how IS this going to work?" She flew up next to me "we go to the island and camp out and wait for it to come then we trap it, and per Fishlegs' request we inspect it THEN kill it." I reply as Astrid sighs "your brain really is fried hiccup." We both laugh a bit, and she hangs back. The rest of the flight was silence.

We all landed by moonrise, we all unpacked our things and we began our march to camp. I knew where a cave was, unfortunately it was the cave I set the wolf down in.

The forest was just as beautiful as it was the first time but we this time we knew what was lurking in the shadows, it all seemed to change then, it was murky and the air was full of fear. The moons gaze never leaving our path like a spot light, we were the the main attraction at the show, the wolf's show, we were it's play pieces, we were at it's mercy.

We came to the cave and luckily the wolf wasn't there, we started a fire and sat in you guessed it silence. This went on for what felt like forever until a wolf's howl broke the spell. We all stood but they all looked at me "we just have to lure it here for it to trigger the trap. So we waited, and waited until-

A grey wolf like creature comes lurking from the shrubs, it's blue eyes shining like the moon on us, it growled and crouched down as if ready to pounce, it sniffed the ground, and walked closer to the net, closer, closer, it sniffed the air again then looked at the ground in front of it then at us. It pawed at the net until -snap- it triggered it, it looked at the net up in the air then back down at us it knew there was a trap, it triggered it!. It crawled toward me as the others got out their weapons. I slowly got our inferno and lit it, the wolf seemed to fear the fire and stayed just beyond its reach. It was a stand off until the fire went out. We stared at the wolf as it paced impatiently for a chance to strike, the fire left untended grew weaker and weaker, its bright glare dimmed to embers.

the wolf got closer, I stood at the front with inferno waving it threateningly. It got closer and closer, it's eyes a burning light to bright to look at directly, it's claws twisted engraving tools, and it's fur a dry-blood, tangled mess. I stepped back to the others, fishlegs and snotlout were shaking, the twins were whispering about how cool it was, but they sounded a bit shook, I spread a line of zippleback gas and lit it, making a wall of fire that made the lycanwolf jump back, it growls in anticipation as it paces on all fours, it's eyes tracking me.

The fire is out, I'm out of zippleback gas, and inferno is going to die out, the dragons went out to explore while we were setting up camp and the wolf is getting closer its silent slow creeping almost as a taunt, excepting it's imminent victory.

It stopped in its place and fixed its posture to look directly at me, on all fours low to the ground on its haunches ready to pounce, Astrid held her axe up and everyone else froze behind us.

It's eyes froze upon me, it's jaws opening, slobbering in anticipation, it's claws digging into the ground, it leaned back as I held up an unlit inferno.

It pounced, a blur of blue and grey flashing in my eyes before landing atop my chest, it's claws digging into my chest, as I gasped in pain, with the air burst out of my chest I was left weak and defenseless, it opened its jaws to finish me off until astrid kicked it away, it's claws ripping out of my skin in a trail of blood, I sloppily stand up, blood dripping down my torn open chest.

"Grr ugh fuck." I groaned as fishlegs gasps "language!" He whisper yells, I turn to him "Fuck, shit, fuck, ass!" I whisper yell sharply back at him as the twins chuckle, we're brought back to reality by a growl and groan, I turn groggily to see the wolf snapping at astrid, the only thing holding it back is her axe's handle, I run to help her, her grips grows weak.

I tackle the wolf to the ground off astrid, holdings its scruff as I wrestle it avoiding snaps and scratches, "GET OFF HER YOU HAIRY FUCK!" I roar at the wolf as it slobbers and roars in return, it snaps at me and I dodge it by moving my head, I give him a strong right hook, I hear a crack from its jaw, it roars in anguish and crawls a little ways away from me but I won't let it go, I jump unto it slamming it unto the stone, I pummel it in the back of the back of the head, as they others watch in awe.

It flips over slamming me unto my back as it's strong claws held my arms down, I picked my knees up to my chest to held the lycanwolf away, it leans in closer to me as I start to panic, I look off to the side to see the others just watching in awe and fear "WOULD ONE OF YOU MUTTON HEADS HELP ME!?!" I yell in desperation, Astrid springs into action and gives of a fearsome battle cry and comes charging in with her axe.

She swings it

The wolf catches it with his paw, and snaps it into splinters,both Astrid and I are in awe so much so I forgot to counter the wolf, everyone gasps, the wolf pins me down again, but I'm not paying attention, all I'm seeing is Astrid's favorite axe lying in ruins on the blood stained stone and her on her knees in tears, I call out to her but I hear nothing come out, I hear nothing at all, it's just a ringing, I see them yelling and calling out to me, but I can't feel anything, it's all in slow motion, I look to see the wolf, it's fangs deep into my collar, centimeters from my neck, hot, fresh blood pouring from it, I should be screaming, but I'm just staring at it, I can't feel a thing.

Is this it? Is this how I die, Hiccup horrendous Haddock the third killed by a lycanwolf all because he couldn't pay attention

I feel myself growing cold, my body growing numb, I see Astrid crying out to me, I see anger and anguish, she picks up the part of her axe with the blade, she comes running her tears still flowing.

She will avenge me, I wish I could tell her though, what I've always wanted to tell her, it's to bad I can't, but at least when I'm gone she will be safer, I'm always dragging her into shit she shouldn't have to deal with.

She swings the axe, it's blade tearing open the wolf, blood flying, splattering all over the place, the wolf flys of of me tearing pieces of my on skin and bones off and away, my sense return, worst timing.

I scream in agonizing pain, holding my collar as the blood I still have escapes, my vision fades, Astrid is still slicing and dicing the wolf already dead on the floor, the others run to my aid. I scramble to my feet but stumble and fall again, falling to my knees, I grind my teeth to resist the pain, the others are panicking but my hold of reality fades, my control of my body falters and I collapse, my vision found dark, my nervous system going numb, my thoughts melt away and for once I feel bliss, I have regrets but it doesn't matter now, I close my eyes, all I saw was astrid and the others calling out to me, their panicked and tear filled faces. I smile a small smile, so they do care, I'm not a fishbone anymore am I?

This is it isn't it, it's

Over isn't it?