The Adventurous (HTTYD Hiccup x Reader)

Can't Breath

"No!" Astrid shouts, shaking her head after and smiling as you laugh.

"That's another point to me!" You tease causing Astrid to huff while knocking her elbow into you.

"Hey, no hurting the rightful winner!" You yelp while holding your hands in front of both her elbows.

"Watch yourself," Astrid warns, sounding threatening but it was a joking threat.

"Hey, guys?!" Dracul calls out, causing both of you to look towards the direction of his voice.

"Yeah?" You reply.

"Hiccup needs us back at the base," Dracul explains. Astrid and yourself give each other curious looks before you smoothly get onto Nyra and take off with Astrid.

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"Uh, I hate to be the one who points out the obvious, but you do realize we're just staring at the water, right?" Snotlout asks, no answers as you keep a sharp eye on the Straits of Baldur, named after the god of everything pure, Odin's first son.

Stoick had come to inform us no trading ship had been seen, and even the scouting boats never came back. However, when the A-Team went to check it there was nothing but calm currents.

"No sign of any wild dragons or hunter ships. So what's keeping these merchants away?" Hiccup questions aloud, Dracul and Astrid then spot a Scauldron.

"Hiccup, look!" Astrid calls out, pointing toward the Scauldron to the right.

"Found it," Dracul adds as Fishlegs studies it quickly.

"Adolescent male. About two ship lengths. Whoo! He's a big boy for sure." Fishlegs explains, laughing airily at the end. 

However, that didn't seem like your culprit.

"No, that's not what drove the merchants away." You state, squinting your eyes to focus more on the deeper water. You then look to the left, noticing the water is significantly darker meaning something was there.

Nyra starts to snarl as she spies what you're looking at.

"Y/n?" Hiccup questions before a foul odour overwhelms your senses.

"Ugh! Ugh! What is that stink?" Ruff groans, covering her nose with everyone else. Stormfly hovers a little higher at the scent.

"Yeesh! Hey, Snotlout, it smells like the trail to your hut after last year's Mutton Fest. No Bueno." Tuff says, causing Snotlout to jump onto the defensive immediately.

"Hey, back off. It isn't me. And that was a very trying time by the way." Snotlout explains, shying away in embarrassment.

"Well, remember what wise old Uncle Hagelin used to say; 'He who hath smelt it, hath dealt it.'" Ruff reminds him, as the darker blue heads towards the Scauldron.

"'And if it was more than just gas, he will hath felt it in his pants.'" Tuff finishes before Nyra fires directly into the moving blue which seems to have done something.

The water begins to move faster in a circle, creating a powerful whirlpool with a force that could pull any dragon in the air into the ocean. Nyra roars before pushing against the mighty force as Hiccup and Fishlegs realise what it is.

"Everyone, clear the area! Now!" Hiccup orders, all the dragons are pushing hard against the whirlpool.

"What is that?" Astrid questions, gripping the saddle tightly as you notice the Scauldron being sucked into the whirlpool.

"No time to explain. We need to move!" Hiccup yells before noticing Nyra stopped pushing against the whirlpool, allowing her to get closer to the centre while Meatlug also loses altitude.