The sun was rising over Berk. The Terrible Terrors were starting to sing on the rooftops, signaling the start of a new day.

Stoick was already awake. He hadn't slept much. He had been way too excited to sleep.

Today was the day. The day Stoick was going to announce his retirement and ask Hiccup to be chief.

He prepared a huge breakfast and found the best barrel of ale in the village

Hiccup just needed to wake up.

~Story interrupter~

Hiccup woke up with the midmorning sun shining through the window. The Terrible Terrors were singing on the rooftops, a wonderful smell was drifting up from downstairs, and there was going to be a dragon race today.

"All seems right with the world" Hiccup thought happily as he got dressed and sauntered down to breakfast with Toothless trailing behind.

~Another story interrupter~

His son was awake! Stoick had hears Hiccup's prosthetic leg click on the floorboards and knew Hiccup was making his way down the stairs.

Hiccup walked into the room, his back turned to his dad as he walked to the front door to let Toothless outside.

He said "Good morning Da-" as he turned around. His sentence cut off as he froze in shock, noticing the mountain of food on the table.

His moment of shock passing, he laughs slightly as he asks "What's all this?"

~Bother Bother Bother~

"Son, we need to talk." Stoick says in reply.

They sit at the table and Stoick begins the well-rehearsed, long-awaited, speech he had prepared for this moment.

"You're the pride of Berk, son, and I couldn't be prouder." Stoick begins.

Hiccup looks up from his breakfast, confused as to where this conversation was going.

"You're all grown up now." Stoick continued, not noticing his son's expression.

Hiccup suddenly realized exactly where this conversation was going. The big breakfast, the ale, the fact that he let Hiccup sleep in.

"And since no chief could ask for a better successor, I've decided..." Stoick turned his back to Hiccup, getting two mugs of ale to celebrate the news. Not even thinking that Hiccup would refuse his offer.

"NO," Hiccup thought, "It's not me." His dad's back was turned. So, Hiccup decided now was the probably the best time to leave.

"To make you Chief," Stoick announced as he turned back around. Hiccup was gone, the front door slammed shut.

~Last one, I promise.~

It was immature to run away like that, Hiccup knew, but what else was he supposed to do? Say "No way" to his dad's face?

The job of a Chief was not easy. Hiccup didn't want to make speeches, all that planning, and running the village, it wasn't his thing.

"That's his thing." Hiccup told himself as he climbed onto Toothless's back.

"Let's go Bud," he says as Toothless takes flight.

The end