[HTTYD] He's Not Dangerous (Toothless version)

He's Not Dangerous [Toothless version]

(rough draft)

A DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon fanfic by Raberba girl

 

Summary:  Toothless has to convince a flock of Night Furies not to kill Hiccup on sight. (This version is from Toothless's POV.)

 

A/N:  I hope you guys' expectations weren't too high, because this didn't turn out as well as I thought. :/  (And it was harder to write than I expected; I kept getting stuck on certain lines and paragraphs, trying to find the right way to word them. X'D)

 

o.o.o

 

MY PRECIOUS THING IS IN DANGER.

 

It happens so often that I don't even need to hear Him scream or smell His fear anymore; now I just know.

 

I rush as fast as I can toward where the roaring is coming from.  A Nightwing?  A Nightwing???  I haven't seen one in so so so long, I thought--

 

Half Of Me loves Nightwings.  He looks for us and draws pictures of us all the time.  I just know that He found this Nightwing who's not me and went up to her and tried to love her and now she's going to kill Him but that won't happen because I'M GOING TO KILL HER FIRST.

 

"Enemy!" she's screaming, "Enemy!"

 

"NOT AN ENEMY!" I scream back, but I don't know if she can hear me, and I don't know if she'll listen to me even if she does hear me.  We hate humans so so so much, they've hurt us so bad that we won't tolerate them anymore.

 

...........They.  Not we.  I don't hate humans anymore.

 

...Am I not a Nightwing anymore?

 

I hear her fire.  I hear His voice, how sad He is that He's about to die even though there is love in His heart instead of hate.  I don't care whether I'm a Nightwing or not, all that matters is I have to stop her.

 

I think it hurts, it always hurts when I protect Him from attacks but I'm not sure because I always forget.  I'm always so scared of losing Him that I barely feel it.

 

"What are you DOING?!" she screams at me.

 

"BACK OFF!  NO MORE FIRE!"

 

"That's a HUMAN!"

 

"He is MY human!"

 

"What?!  What?!"

 

I can hear Hiccup's heartbeat.  I can hear him moving.  I can still smell His emotions.  He is alive.  I am so so so so so glad He's alive.  "YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HURT HIM!!"  Hiccup smells happy.  Why is He happy?  So many times He is frightened when there's nothing to be afraid of, and also He isn't afraid when He should be.  I don't understand how someone can be so smart and so stupid at the same time.

 

Of course she can see that I am an alpha, but because I'm not her alpha and she is so frightened and confused, she doesn't even try to do any obeisance.  "Are you crazy?!  You are crazy!"  She calls out to her troop about the enemy human and the insane foreign alpha Nightwing she has found (except I'm not insane, she only thinks I am).  I have to get Hiccup away from here before the rest of her troop comes and kills Him.

 

"Precious!  Hurry hurry hurry, we have to fly away now!"

 

He is only confused.  STOP BEING STUPID, Hiccup!  We have to leave!!!

 

It's too late.  The troop is here, five of them altogether, suddenly I think that they are going to overpower me and I will die, and then they will kill my human, and then we will go into the Sun together.  Maybe that isn't so bad.  As long as I can keep my other half with me, it will be all right.  But I still have to try to keep Him alive if I can.

 

Hiccup is surprised to see the rest of the troop - and then He is happy again.  My human is the best human ever, but he has NO SURVIVAL INSTINCT, if I don't keep protecting Him then he would be dead dead dead a long time ago.

 

"MOVE ASIDE, STRANGER!"

 

"NO!!!"

 

They are shocked.  "That is a human!  We must kill it!"

 

"I WON'T LET YOU KILL HIM!  I'LL KILL YOU INSTEAD!!!"

 

"See?" says the female, "He is crazy."

 

"Then he will die, too."

 

"But he is an alpha--!"

 

"Not ours!  A foreigner!  Even if we don't kill him, Alpha will to protect us!"

 

I don't want to challenge another alpha or take another flock, but I WILL if it means Hiccup will stay alive.

 

The troop shoots at us, so I shoot back.  Hiccup is safe where my scales can protect Him, and finally He is a little afraid.  Only a little bit, stupid human, but at least He knows that His soft flesh will burn and that He must be frightened of fire.

 

We are so noisy that we wake up the rest of the flock, and they came flying to us.  They hear that the guardian troop is taking too long to fight, so they think they need help.

 

"Go back to sleep!" I yell at them.  "There's no danger here!!!  Only stupid dragons who won't listen!"

 

One of the troop charges at me.  I have to stop him from reaching my Precious Thing, but the others slipped behind me no no no, Hiccup--!

 

He isn't all stupid.  It's very strange because sometimes He's stupider than a hatchling but other times He's smarter than even an elder.  He surprises them with the two-head gas, and they can't understand why they see no two-head even though it smells like there is one standing right here.  I'm so relieved to be able to knock them away from my human before they can hurt Him.

 

"Stay away from my human!  Stay AWAY!"

 

They are so confused.

 

"Why?!"

 

"It's a human!"

 

"Why are you protecting it?!"

 

I try to explain.  "He is a SPECIAL human!  He is a good human!  He is a person!  He is my other half!"

 

This makes them scream.  Now all of them think I'm crazy, and I want to hit my head against something because I am so frustrated.  Why won't they believe me?!  Why can't they see that Hiccup is different?!  "Can't you SMELL Him?!  He has no hate, NONE!  He loves dragons!!!"

 

"No!"

 

"Impossible!"

 

"Why are you talking about it like that?!"

 

They see and hear that I call Hiccup a person and that He is my most precious and special thing that I love.  But they can't understand it because they think every single human is a not-person and an enemy and a terrible disgusting thing to be burned, even my Hiccup.  They can't understand it, so they all call me crazy and nothing I say or do can ever, ever change their minds.  How, how can I protect Hiccup when I can't make them understand???

 

"What is he doing?!"

 

"Orphan, get away from it!"

 

"He is as crazy as Insane Foreigner."

 

What are they talking about?

 

But now I can smell it, a Nightwing way too close, and Hiccup way too happy, so I look and

 

HICCUP IS TOUCHING A NIGHTWING.  Right behind me.  I didn't even notice.  It sneaked up and Hiccup loved it instead of being afraid and now Hiccup's tiny weak paw is right next to the Nightwing's teeth, right there ready to get burned or bitten off.  HICCUP WHY ARE YOU SO STUPID???

 

I have to be gentle so the hatchling won't get startled and hurt Hiccup.  "Don't.  Touch.  My.  Precious.  Thing."

 

The hatchling looks at me.  "What?"

 

Hiccup's paw is not on its face anymore.  He is safe.  "GET AWAY FROM MY HUMAN!!!"

 

"Eep--!  HEY!  Don't yell at me!  Your human called for me!"

 

Now Hiccup is pushing me away, protecting the hatchling, why are You so stupid why are You so stupid why are You so stupid?!?!  Your love for strangers is a nice thing, but NOT WHEN YOU KEEP LETTING IT ALMOST KILL YOU!!!

 

Too late.  Their alpha has sensed the trouble and now he's coming, he has death in his eyes and I think I will probably have to fight him and kill him.  He shoots at Hiccup before I can even try to talk to him.

 

"Stop shooting!!!"

 

"WHO ARE YOU.  I'LL KILL YOU BEFORE I LET YOU TAKE MY FLOCK."

 

"I don't want your stupid flock!  All I want is for you to stop trying to kill my Precious Thing and let us fly away safe!"

 

He glares at me because he can't figure out what my Precious Thing is.  He won't believe that it's the human.

 

"They're people.  They really are.  They can throw away the hate if they try, and then--"

 

"STEP ASIDE."

 

"NO."

 

"THERE IS A HUMAN THERE."

 

"I know!  He's mine!!!"

 

"...You're going to eat it?"

 

Stupid alpha.  He looks so disgusted; he can't even imagine any other reason why I would want a human.

 

"THE HUMAN IS MY PRECIOUS THING."

 

"...You are insane.  You must be destroyed."  He shoots again, this time straight at me.

 

"I AM NOT INSANE."  They don't have to believe me about all the humans.  Even if they only believe me about Hiccup, then they'll let us go and He will be safe.  "This human is not a monster!  He feels love!"

 

"That is not possible."

 

"Yes it IS!  I can show you!"

 

"Humans are monsters.  Every single one of them."

 

"This one is not.  I promise you, this one is not.  Let me show you."

 

"Humans cannot feel or think, they don't know how to do anything except kill and destroy."

 

"That is NOT TRUE!"  I show him Hiccup.  Finally I'm glad that stupid Hiccup is not frightened like He should be, because He smells like a person instead of a monster, and they can all tell.  "See?!"

 

They all lean forward, scenting Him.  The alpha says nothing, but I hear the flock trying to make sense of it.

 

"It is a small human...."

 

"Where are its blades?  Why isn't it yelling?"

 

"I don't smell any bloodlust."

 

"Why isn't it angry?"

 

"I didn't know they could be curious!"

 

"Why isn't it attacking you, Foreigner?"

 

Stupid dragons.  Hiccup would never hurt me.  He couldn't hurt me even if He tried.  "He is my other half, of COURSE He's not attacking me."

 

"How can a human be your other half?!"

 

"That makes no sense!"

 

"It's not a dragon!  It can't be your other half!"

 

"How can anyone possibly look at that thing and see you?!"

 

They are making me angry angry angry, so I put my scent on Hiccup, all of Him I can reach, until He smells more dragon than human.

 

"Yuck!"

 

"How can you tolerate that?!"

 

"He's not food, stupid."  Of course humans are still bad to eat, but they don't taste bad when you're just trying to talk to them.  "Let us FLY.  Then you'll see.  When we fly, we are one, not two."

 

"Humans can't fly!  You're the stupid one!"

 

"Enough."  The alpha still has not changed his mind.  Hiccup isn't doing anything threatening at all, but the horrible alpha still wants to kill Him.  "Maybe the human has twisted your mind, or maybe you really are just insane.  It doesn't matter, because all humans are a threat and I will eliminate this one.  I don't care whether you get in the way or not, Foreigner."

 

"There is NO REASON to kill Him!  He won't hurt you or any of your flock, He never hurts anybody!  Everybody else are the ones always trying to hurt HIM!"  Why won't they believe me?!  "Even if you attacked Him, He still wouldn't hurt you!  He's not dangerous!"

 

I have to show them.  They won't believe me unless I show them.  So I shoot at Hiccup, and I'm careful to miss Him, but of course any monster human would still get frightened and angry and try to fight back or run, so when Hiccup doesn't do those things, they'll see that He's not a monster.

 

Except I forgot that Hiccup is stupid sometimes and can't understand when dragons talk.  I meant to attack Him some more, but I can't when I see Him.

 

"Tooth...less...."

 

I didn't hurt His body, but...I accidentally still hurt Him somehow, very much.  It makes me feel very bad, and I can't shoot again.

 

"T-Toothless, it's me, please don't--"

 

I forgot that Hiccup doesn't fight with His body or with human weapons, He fights with His heart instead.  He didn't touch me or throw anything at me, but my chest hurts as much as if He'd pushed a blade through it.  ...The other dragons don't know that, though, and I won't tell them, because they have to think that He's helpless and can't hurt anyone.

 

"You hurt my heart, you hurt my heart, you hurt my heart," Hiccup is saying, so that I can't attack Him anymore; I have to go comfort Him instead.  I comfort Him until His pain is gone and He stops hurting me with it.  That's good.  Now I can go back to pretending that He is helpless.

 

"Toothless, stop! It's me, your best friend!"

 

Shut up, Hiccup!  I pin Him to the ground, and He is frightened and struggles, but of course He is very weak and can't hurt me at all with those silly soft claws of His.  He could do better with His human weapons, but of course the flock has to see that He won't use those to hurt anyone, either.  "Half Of Me, get rid of Your blades."

 

He grabs His blade, the little one He keeps on His foreleg.  But...He holds onto it.  I smell how frightened He is, and suddenly I think that maybe He--  Maybe He will try to attack me with it.  To defend Himself.  Oh, Hiccup, please don't.  Don't You trust that I would never hurt You?!

 

Finally He does throw the blade away, but He is grieving, so I realize He still doesn't understand.  He thinks He has to sacrifice Himself, and it fills me with sad love to see that He would rather die than hurt me.  "You won't die!  I'm not asking You to die, I would never ever ask You for that!"

 

"You are hurting my heart, Half Of Me," He says again, even more than before because He's also saying "I love you so much" at the same time, and He is so sad.

 

"Please trust me, and You will see."

 

He is still grieving as He gets rid of His last weapon.  But then...something changes.  I don't know how He finally figured it out, but His fear fades away and He's still sad but He tells me "I love you," and I can sense trust in Him where there wasn't before.

 

"I love You, too," I tell Him.  I am so relieved that He's not afraid anymore.  I didn't think I could keep going when it hurt Him so badly, but now I can provoke Him without worrying, and He's unhappy but He's not too frightened and He's not angry at all.  Thank You, Hiccup.  I'll show them how special You are.

 

"It's still not fighting back!"

 

"Is it...is it really a human...?  Maybe it's some kind of strange animal that only looks like a human...."

 

"It's a trick!  Humans trick you into thinking you've won and then they get you when you don't expect it!"

 

Horrible, annoying dragons.  I am going to have to go very far, right to the brink, before they'll believe me.  I shoot at Hiccup again, and I am even more careful this time, but He makes it easy for me and barely moves.

 

"Why didn't it jump away?!"

 

"Is it going to let you kill it?!  Is it really going to just sit there and let you kill it?!"

 

"Of course I'm not going to kill my other half!"

 

"Can it really be your other half?!"

 

"Is it really a person?  Can it really be a person...?"

 

"A human would have defended itself by now!"

 

Finally.  Finally.  We're so close.  "Half Of Me would rather die than hurt me."  To prove it, I pin Him down again, and I'm so relieved when He lets me threaten Him and doesn't try to protect His vulnerabilities at all.

 

Except...with His throat in my mouth and His belly under my claws and a little scent of fear in my nose, I have a sudden urge to rip and tear, which horrifies me.  No no no, this is not prey!  It is my other half, it would be VERY VERY BAD to destroy my own Precious Thing!  I must be very gentle and careful instead.

 

"Look...."

 

"I see it but I can't believe it...."

 

"It's a human.  Why won't it fight?!"

 

The trust Hiccup is giving me right now is the kind that dragons are only able to give to their other halves.  It is too great a gift for us to give to anyone else.  There can't be anymore doubt about it now that He loves me and I love Him as much as anyone is able to love.  If they still won't believe me, then...they never will, and they're the ones who are crazy.

 

Suddenly I can't stand holding Hiccup like that a second longer.  He doesn't deserve to be threatened and hurt and made unhappy.  "There!" I scream at the alpha.  "If that didn't make you see, then you are BLIND!  Half Of Me would do anything for me, and I would do anything for Him!  He is the reason I am alpha, I conquered a great sea king and took its flock so that my human would be safe!"  They can see in my glow and in my stance that it's true, and surely they understand that I will do it again if it's the only way to protect Hiccup.  "He deserves all my love, and I'm proud to call Him my other half!"

 

The alpha is angry.  With all his heart he doesn't want to believe me, but even he can't deny what he has seen with his own eyes and heard with his own ears.  "Keep that abomination away from my nest, or I will tear you both to pieces."  He flies away, and his most loyal dragons follow him.

 

I am so relieved.  Precious Thing is safe, and I didn't have to kill any Nightwings or steal another flock to do it.

 

"Did you see that?!  Did you see that?!"

 

"How amazing!  There is a human who is not a monster!"

 

"I want to smell it!"

 

"A sea king?!  We can defeat a sea king if we have a human precious thing?!?!"

 

I don't care about them.  Now that Hiccup is safe, I have to make Him happy again, I have to tell Him how sorry I am for frightening Him and hurting Him.  I'm a little afraid that maybe He will be sad or angry at me for mistreating Him, but He forgives me and tells me He loves me, and I'm so relieved and happy.  It doesn't matter that He's a human, Hiccup is still the best other half in the whole entire world.

 

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Author's Notes:  ...I kind of want to do yet another version from Slyfoot's perspective. *facepalm*  (That one would cover more of the original fic.  I sort of lost interest in Toothless's perspective once the HiccTooth parts were over. XD)

 

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