In berk, it wasn't odd for strange things to happen. And often, all issues are either caused or solved by one duo. Hiccup and toothless. But this issue was by far the oddest, the strangest, and downright weirdest thing to happen. And it HAD to happen to hiccup. Of course it did. Because it ALWAYS happens to him. Some say it is fate. Others say its his own fault. I know better though. Its divine intervention. By me. I am called many things. Angle, god, sorceress, witch, and demon are the most frequent. I am alilai. It is pronounced ah-lai-le. I am the one who cased the incident.
It was a normal day in berk. Well it started normal. By the end of day it was to be categorized under freaky. The whole week was hectic. Why, you ask. Well it started with the bordem of a god, like most great stories start.
Hiccup woke up to a crisp, fresh breeze.
" hiccup! Astrid is here!" his father yelled up.
"coming!" he yelled. His voice seemed higher than normal..
he ran down the stairs, coming to a rather abrupt stop. He had crashed into toothless.
" sorry toothless!" hiccup said standing up. Toothless gave a trill of happiness, and nudged hiccup. They walked towards the door.
" hi, astrid." hiccup said. Astrid stared at hiccup.
" hiccup?" she said in disbelief. "what happened?"
" I just woke up?" hiccup said in a confused tone. Astrid shook her head.
" no.. hiccup.. your a girl." astrid stated. hiccup frowned.
"nice joke astrid." hiccup said.
" its not a joke hiccup." astrid crossed her arms. Hiccup rolled his, well her eyes.
" really? I had no idea." hiccup said sarcasticly. astrid sighed and dragged hiccup over to a mirror.
" now do you believe me?" she asked. Hiccup froze.
" I-I'm a-a GIRL!"hiccup stuttered and ended in a screech.
" whoa, calm down!" astrid said putting a hand on the girls shoulder. Hiccup whirled around.
"CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN? IM A GIRL! I WILL NOT CALM DOWN!" she yelled and stared to cry. stoic chose that moment to walk in.
" whats wrong with hiccup?" he asked. And looked down at toothless. " and why ain't you doing nothing, devil?"toothless snorted and seemed to say: astrid has it under control. Besides its to be expected.
"I'm find dad." hiccup sniffled.
"no yer not. Whats wrong, son?" stoic sat down.
"that's the problem! I'm a girl!" hiccup yelled and started to cry. hiccup was sitting on the ground crying. toothless curled himself around hiccup, and astrid hugged her.
"its alright hiccup." she said and toothless warbled in agreement. stoic sat there in a daze, uncertain how to reply to his son's- no daughter's, statement. so he decided to answer like this.
"wot?"
"well.. hiccup got turned into a girl somehow..." astrid said and hiccup wailed and started to sob.
" my life is ruined, ruined!" hiccup wailed.
"no its not hiccup." astrid said.
"well not completely." stoic added, making the situation worse. As hiccups sobs became worse, astrid gave him the death glare, as well as toothless. They seemed to say one thing. One wrong move and your dead. Stoic raised his hands in defeat. the night fury would probably hold him down while astrid hacked him to pieces.. not a great mental image.
While astrid and toothless calmed hiccup down, stoic contemplated what to do. suddenly it hit him like Thor's hammer. Take her to the healer! But the healer's was on the other side of the village. How would they get her across the village..
As stoic pondered on what to do, astrid had calmed down hiccup.
"now what?" hiccup asked softly.
" we figure out out to change you back." astrid said firmly.
" but how?"hiccup asked, but jumped in fright when stoic jumped up and shouted 'I got it!' and ran off.
" what.. just happened?" astrid shrugged in confusion. Stoic came back holding a bundle of clothing.
" here, put this on." he said giving the bundle of clothes to hiccup.
" where did you get these?" hiccup asked. Stoic looked down in embarrassment.
" they where yer mothers. I sorta.. kept em."
" thanks, but will they fit?" hiccup looked at the clothes.
"of coarse they will! After all, who do you think you got your size from? Most certainly not me!"stoic chuckled as astrid shooed hiccup into another room, intent on making sure she go the clothes on right. when hiccup came out his eyes almost welled with tears. Hiccup looked exactly like her mother.
She was wearing a green shirt with a strip of leather around her waist, some baggy gray pants, and some sturdy black boots. She had a brown cape pulled around her shoulders. She gave a nervous smile. She pulled her hood up, making sure no one could see her face. The four of them left.
The villagers of berk where greatly intrigued by the foursome. First of all, toothless was there, and hiccup was nowhere in sight. And toothless never let hiccup out of his sight. Second, there was the girl walking between stoic and astrid, never letting her face be seen.
They headed to the healer's, walking in without a word. Toothless stood guard at the door, not letting anyone in. how peculiar, the villagers thought. What is going on in there they have to be so secretive about? One by one, the villagers gathered infont of the healer's, at a reasonable distance, of course. Meanwhile, inside things where high strung.
When stoic walked in to the healer's, followed by 'the mysterious girl', and astrid, the healer was immediately curious.
" ah, stoic! Astrid! And this is..?" the healer asked looking at stoic.
" can we trust you with a secret?" the healer nodded. Hiccup took of the hood, and the healer squeaked.
"am I seeing things?" he asked. Stoic shook his head gravely.
"depends. This is actually hiccup."the healer stared in shock.
"that's.. hiccup?" he said in disbelief. Hiccup nodded. The healer took a deep breath. " what happened?"astrid stepped forward.
" well we don't know exactly. She woke up and was an girl.."astrid said.
" well in that case, we ask the gods." the healer led them to a windowless room with only a hole in the ceiling for light. There was smoke wafting from glowing embers.
" what do we do now?"hiccup asked as the healer led him to the fire.
"just stand here." the healer took a small needle and held her hand over the embers, poking her forefinger until three drops of blood fell onto the embers. hiccup gasped and took a few steps back as the smoke suddenly exploded, forming the shape of a person.
" hello, hiccup." her voice was powerful and yet soothing. It echoed throughout the room.
" who are you?" to hiccups dismay, his voice was shaking. She laughed, a godlike tinkle.
" I am alilai. I changed you into a girl because, frankly, you'll need it." she smiled.
" am I stuck like this?"
"yes..i suggest telling your village here. Things could get.. ah.. awkward, so to speak."
" alright then."
" now hiccup, before I go, one rule about us meeting is you never tell anyone details. We refuse to show our true appearances unless it is absolutely necessary, okay?"
" got it."she smiled and the mist started swirling and spinning and going black. She could have sworn that she heard her say: good luck hiccup.
Hiccup woke up in a chair. She wondered how she got there. she stood up,stretching, and looked around for looked at her finger and noticed that there was no mark.
"hm.. how did that happen I wonder..." hiccup muttered and walked over to the closed door. She slowly pushed it open, seeing the anxious look on stoic and astrid's face.
" hiccup! We where so worried!" astrid jumped up and gave hiccup a huge hug. Hiccup smiled and hugged her back.
"aye, ye had us worried." hiccup smiled. When astrid released her she sighed.
" we have to go out there."
" yes, now put ye hood up." hiccup shook her head.
" they need to know its me. She said so."
"and who is this 'she', exactly."
" the goddess that spoke to me." stoic sighed. He couldn't go against the word of the gods.
" fine, but for now, you will have the dragon take you home. With ye hood up. Tonight I will have a feast to announce it."
"... fine." hiccup put her hood up and making sure it covered her face, stepped outside. She calmly walked over to toothless and got on.
" take me home buddy."hiccup whispered. Hiccup and toothless shot into the sky, heading home.
An hour later astrid and stoic came home, sighing. Hiccup and toothless where curled up beside the fire,both half asleep.
" where back,so.. now we get to go to the feast!" astrid said in mock happiness, causing stoic to frown.
" whatever.." hiccup mumbled. Toothless yawned.
" well then, aren't you lazy today, hiccup." astrid said standing over the two.
" and loving it." hiccup said. Astrid rolled her eyes and yanked her to her feet.
"hey!"
"we are going to that feast now, hiccup." hiccup rolled her eyes. Toothless huffed and stretched, standing up. Hiccup picked the cape up off the chair, where she had unceremoniously thrown it, and put it on.
"alright, lets do this." hiccup said walking over to the door.
" hood." astrid said. Hiccup rolled her eyes, but pulled the hood up anyway, making sure no one would be able to recognize her.
An hour later, and everyone was in the feasting hall. It was a large room with many tables and lots of food. And there was a platform where stoic and hiccup would usually sit during these events. At the moment it was astrid, hiccup, toothless, and stoic up there. But of course they didn't know it was hiccup. All they saw was the mysterious girl.
"friends!" stoic bellowed getting everyone's attention. They all turned to him, looking expectantly.
"I'm here to make a rather, uh, unexpected announcement!"
" out with it stoic!" someone yelled. Stoic gave a nod. Hiccup stepped forward and slid her hood back. She stared out at the crowd defiantly. The crowd fell silent, you could have heard a pen drop.
" his is-" stoic took a deep breath, " hiccup." everyone stared. Hiccup stared back. Suddenly the room exploded in chatter.
" well that when better than I thought." astrid commented when hiccup and stoic sat down.
" tremendously." hiccup said. The rest of the feast passed quickly and soon hiccup and astrid found themselves outside.
" hey! Guys!" astrid and hiccup turned around to see the twins come running up.
"hey ruff, tuff." hiccup said.
" hi, hiccup."they said.
" you know, guys as much as we would love to talk, I think hiccup needs to rest!" astrid said pushing hiccup away. The twins looked and astrid in confusion.
"but I'm not tired!" hiccup said in protest.
" you are practically in fatigue!" astrid said and looked at ruffnut for help.
" oh tuff, I just remembered that your needed on some repairs. Five hours ago!" ruffnut said and tuffnut got a panicked look on his face.
" what?" he shouted an ran off. Astrid let out a sigh of relief.
"what just happened?" hiccup asked looking at the two.
" I don't trust tuff in the slightest."astrid said. Ruffnut nodded.
" I don't blame you." she said. " if he would ever somehow get you alone, well, lets just say that it wouldn't be good."
"what do you mean?" hiccup asked nervously. They both gave him a look. Hiccup paled. "oh." she squeaked.
" yeah." astrid said.
" he's smarter than he lets on. Don't let him trick you." ruffnut added.
The three walked to hiccup's house.
" bye hiccup." astrid said.
"bye.." hiccup said.
" see ya tomorrow!" ruffnut said and they left. Hiccup trudged up the stairs, toothless following. She fell into the bed and quickly fell into a dreamless sleep.
Okay,that wraps up the first chapter. Eleven pages, 2080 words. Longest chapter ever written by me! This took about three days, and I will try to keep this a regular amount. Anyone seen the riders of berk? Loved it! I speculate they are making a second HTTYD. Wouldn't that be awesome?
Disclaimer: I do not own HTTYD.
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