Hello fellow HTTYD fans! GuardianDragon98 here with an uber special story!
If you guys already know, I am celebrating my Sweet 16th birthday this month. I figured that, hey maybe I can make a birthday story for Zenna!
And I did!
I hope to post the last chapter on my birthday itself so I'll do my best to finish typing it out.
Note: I do NOT own HTTYD
Happy Birthday, Zenna!
Chapter One
In Berk, birthdays are pretty grand. Not as grand as festivals dedicated to the gods but, nonetheless, still grand. Normally there would be a big party in the Great Hall with food and drink aplenty and the celebrant could ask the Chief for whatever he or she desired, be it weapon, livestock or land. If the celebrant came from the Chief's family, then the celebration would have everything from the finest mead to travelling bards singing their songs and epics.
On this particular birthday the celebrant was Zenna Arrowhead Fiersome, best friend of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and the other half of Berk's Two Original Dragon Trainers.
This year was Zenna's 16th birthday. And while it was still pretty early and Zenna was still at home and sleeping in her bed, the entire village was in the Great Hall preparing for the celebration.
Spearheading the preparations were Zenna's parents, Henna and Edgar Fiersome.
"Move those tables to that corner! Presents go on the middle table!"
"No, it needs more chocolate. And add whole strawberries. She loves those."
Zenna's friends, Hiccup, Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Ruffnut and Tuffnut busily hung up the celebration banners with the help of their dragons, Toothless, Stormfly, Hookfang, Meatlug and Barf and Belch.
"This party's gonna be awesome!" Snotlout whooped excitedly as he balanced on Hookfang's back to hang a banner.
"Yeah. Zenna's family always throws the wildest birthday parties. Remember last year when they had a wrestling contest during her Dad's party?" Tuffnut asked Ruffnut, his twin sister. "No holds-barred, fight till you're the last one standing. It was glorious!" Ruffnut reveled.
"This surprise party's gonna be the best! I can't wait to see Zenna's face…" Astrid said to Hiccup while commanding Stormfly to pin up some more banners.
While he was glad for his best human friend, Hiccup just said casually, "It's not gonna be much of a surprise for her."
That made his friends, their dragons and his own dragon, Toothless, look at him in shock.
"Why do you say that, Hiccup?" Fishlegs asked, confused. Hiccup rolled his eyes and motioned for his friends to gather round.
The five Viking teens did so without question.
"Guys, there's a little thing you should know about Zenna. She's the hardest person ever to surprise. Trust me, you can suddenly drop out of the sky in front of Zen and she won't even flinch." Hiccup explained.
Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs and the Twins were surprised and couldn't say a word until Gobber hobbled over.
"Lad speaks the truth. I've tried pulling a surprise on Zenna…The girl didn't even squeak." Gobber agreed with his apprentice, having overheard Hiccup talking earlier.
Then the two-limbed Viking turned to the other teens. "But this is the first time Zenna's parents ever tried to throw her a surprise party so we might be lucky to finally see her break that stone face of hers. Astrid, you're in charge of decorating with Fishlegs. Snotlout…I can't believe I'm saying this, but you and the Twins are gonna help with the food." Gobber sighed upon assigning the last job and left.
"Cooking? That's girl's work!" Snotlout whined.
"Cooking? That's it? No eating?!" Tuffnut exclaimed in horror.
Ruffnut could only mutter, "Thor, help me…" as she grabbed the boys by their tunics and dragged them to the Great Hall's kitchen.
"We've already hung the banners. What do you think we should add?" Astrid asked Fishlegs. "There's actually this sphere thing I've been working on. If we can hang it in the middle of the Great Hall and spin it against the candlelight, it can make a pretty lightshow." Fishlegs suggested.
"That sounds interesting. Let's go." Astrid chirped and followed Fishlegs out of the Great Hall.
That left Hiccup in the Great Hall with Toothless, his Night Fury. Toothless warbled and nudged his Rider.
What were they gonna do?
"I don't know, bud. Maybe we can just help whoever needs helping." Hiccup shrugged as Zenna's parents and his father, Stoick the Vast, came over.
"Actually son, you and Toothless have the most important job of all." Stoick told him. "Which is?" Hiccup quirked his eyebrows, unsure of what task he was about to accept.
"Your job is to keep Zenna away from the village until we've finished preparing, Hiccup. Remember, she must not see any evidence of the party being prepared." Henna told him seriously.
"For how long?" Hiccup asked. "Bring her here just after sunset. But don't say anything about the surprise. Be careful that she doesn't suspect anything, understand?" Edgar replied, seriously looking at the one-legged teen.
Hiccup nodded. Despite the fact that he knew that his best human friend was the most difficult person in all of Berk to surprise, Hiccup wouldn't let Zenna's parents down.
"Come on, bud! Let's go greet the birthday girl!" Hiccup called Toothless over. The male Night Fury bounded over to Hiccup and licked his cheek. Hiccup laughed and then left the Great Hall with Toothless.
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