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WARNING MILD CURSING
DISCLAMER:I don't own httyd wish I did
Anyway on to the story!
CHAPTER:1 NOT SO USELESS
"I don't think I want to fight dragons"
"I think you should learn how to fight dragons"
"What?"
They said in unison
"You go first"
"Ok, I finally get it, I can't fight dragons so I thought that maybe I could just just become the master blacksmith after Gobber retires or..."
Stoic didn't hear the last part,for he was in shock, his son who had tried to slay a dragon since he was 13,had just decided not to slay dragons.
"Uh dad are you listening?"
He was pulled from his thoughts"huh?"
"I know what your thinking, why did my son just stop wanting to slay dragons, well the truth is I finally get it,I can't slay dragons sooo... I thought I could something that I'm good at,that does good for the village."
Stoic was beaming with pride,his son was finally thinking of the village before himself,finally his son might become a good chief yet.
"Ok son, oh and before I forget some men and I are going on a search for the nest."
"Thanks dad...for listening me"
"Anyway, stay safe and please don't burn down the forge again."he half joked
"Gods one time and everybody judges you"
He chuckled at this for it was true"I'll be back,probably."
"And I'll be here,maybe."
But he didn't catch that last part
HICCUPS POV
"Well,that went well."he muttered to no one particular
That night his thoughts were racing at the days events but after a few good hours he finally got some sleep
The next morning he went to the forge to get some work done,since he left during the raid their was lots of weapons to be fixed and he usually goes to the forge to think about things and Not surprisingly Gobber was there to.
"Well lad nice to see you finally showed up."
"Well nice to see you have faith in me."he said sarcastically
"You know me"Gobber chuckled
"So did your dad talk to you last night?"he questioned
How would he know that we talked last night
"Uh... Ya why?"still wondering
"So he told you he was putting you in dragon training!"he said excitedly
"Wha... No I told him I didn't want to fight dragons."he said that
Last part quietly
"Wait...what?"he said confused
"I've finally learned,I can't fight dragons,but I can work with metal well."he said with a grin
He herd Gobber mumble something but didn't quite hear it
"So your going to stop fighting dragons and start working more in the forge?"
He said making sure
"Yes"
"Well since you aren't going in to training how would you like to help me teach in dragon training?"
He was surprised,he didn't know Gobber was teaching this year
"Uh...sure sounds fun."he said with fake enthusiasm
"Great, we start tomorrow morning!"
As he was working on a sword he started wondering about the night fury he shot down,and had an urge to go back out even though it was a stupid idea but he couldn't help himself
"Gobber?"
"Hmm"he said telling him he was listening
"Can I work on these later,I have stuff to do?" He said pointing to the pile of weapons
"Uh sure lad just get them done by tomorrow."
He grinned "thanks Gobber!" He said running to the forest
THE FOREST
"This was stupid"he muttered
Then something caught his eye,a scale, this was like nothing he has ever seen,it had a midnight black color with a glossy look...it was beautiful.
"What the..."
He didn't get any further as a black blur flew up,startling him he fell backwards,then it fell back down and he went to look,IT was the night fury!he quickly pulled out his notebook(manly right)and sketched the outline of the dragon,but as he looked closer he noticed a tail fin missing and right their he went pale,knowing that a downed dragon,is a dead mentally slapped himself knowing all he did was slow the process of death for the poor creature.
In those thoughts he accidentally dropped his pencil,and watched in horror as it fell to the ground,and just as the night fury looked at him with a...curious look?He would think that it would be pissed at him
He took a final look at the dragon before he left for home
AT BERK
He went strait to his house not wanting to deal with snotlout(A.K.A HIS TORMENTER) but as luck would have it he ran in to his group anyway
"Hey useless."he said with an evil grin
He knew then what was going to happen
"Hay lout."he said knowing not to ignore him
"I herd you are finally going to stop trying(lingering on trying)to slay dragons."
"Uh.."but was cut off
"Not surprised really, you finally got that dragon slaying is for real Vikings." As he said so the group snickered
"Well ya I did happy?now let me go home."trying to push past him
"Ha, very funny we haven't given you your daily beating."he said with his grin extending
He was about to run when a fist went strait in to his fell to his knees and just as so tuffnut kneed him in the face knocking him out cold.
6 hours later
Hiccup woke up in the forest"The Hel,how did I get here?"
Then he remembered snotlout,they must have dumped him out here
And Luckily he knew the forest like the back of his hand
He got home quickly,looking up realizing it was probably Midnight and he didn't get the weapons done"DAM!"
He would have to do them in the mor...wait he had to help Gobber with training,gods pray he understands as he gets in to bed.
NEXT MORNING
He ate breakfast not wanting to go to dragon training,but he went out of his house and to the training arena.
"Hey Gobber."he said with dread hoping he didn't know about the weapons
"Hey lad, I saw you didn't get those weap..."but stopped as he looked at his head it had a welt on it and was black and blue.
"Snotlout" he said pointing to his head
"Ya,and tuffnut joined the party too."he said with sarcasm dripping like venom
"We'll show them a lesson" he said grinning
But just as he was going to ask the group walked in
"No going back"he heard
"I hope I get some serious burns."said ruffnut
"Ya it's only fun if you get a scar out of it"said astrid now completely focused
"Ya I know right pain LOVE IT!"he said with sarcasm
The group glared daggers at him
"Who let him in."said tuffnut disgusted
"He will be helping me teach you."
"Oh great now fish bone is helping us,can I transfer class to the cool Vikings."
He didn't know what came over him but he was pissed at his nicknames and was sick of it
Gobber saw his face and knew to continue on quickly
"Anyway let's get started!"
He was rambling off the names of the dragons but his mind was else where
He knew how to fight ,but here's the thing he can only fight people and only with the right weapon and Gobber knew this
Then an explosion pulled him out of his thoughts
The groncle was fighting the trainees and one by one,they were out,twins by arguing,Fishleggs by raising his shield,snotlout by trying to flirt with astrid, and finally after about 45 minutes astrid knocked out the groncle.
"Well lad you can go now I don't see why not...actually I think you should fix those weapons."
"Ok Gobber."was all he said
After a few hours he finished all the weapons and went home
When he got home he went to his dresser and pulled out a short sword, he is really good at it and can also use throwing knifes.
But he needed new ones because they were extremely dull
So he went somewhere he could fix the problem THE FORGE.
THE FORGE
After 3 long hours he made a new short sword and 4 throwing knifes
"Well let's see if this works."giving the sword a swing
Putting up a log and setting his stance to swing,
Then he swung and to his amazement it went clean threw!
"Wha... How...,It worked yes Finally!"
He made a Shelth and holding spots for his knifes then started to the mead hall
When he got there he herd Gobber
"Hiccup,come here."he did as told
"So where did they all go wrong?"pointing to the trainees
He looked at them"Well the twins were fighting over a shield which will do no good,(tuffnut glared at him) Fishleggs a shield is meant to be in front of you not in the air,(he nodded) and snotlout flirting on the battle field will most likely get you and the other person killed,(Snotlout looked as if could kill)and astrid...well none that I can think of."
Gobber looked at him"Well looks like he was paying attention."
"You still don't have faith in me,wow I'm hurt."he said grabbing his heart
Gobber just laughed"Well after the forge..."
"Not again Gobber that was 4 years ago"I said kind of whiney
"Well you have proved yourself so if will stop talking about it."
"Thank you"
"Uh your class Is over here!"said snotlout loudly
"Ya I know"deadpanned Gobber
"Well I should head out"I said walking to the door
10 MINUTES LATER
He was strolling around the village when he ran into snotlout
"Hay hiccup" again with an evil grin
"Now what"I said annoyed but still creeped out by that grin
"You insulted me in front of astrid so your going to pay for that"
My instincts kicked in and I ran for the mead hall,
I look back to see snotlout chasing me and slowly gaining distance
Just as he caught up he burst threw the doors and surprisingly everyone was there
"Hay lad" said Gobber
"Hay Gobber" still looking for snotlout
"You alright lad you look like you've been running"looking concerned
"Ya I'm fine"I said getting my breath back
"Ok"
Phew he just got away too he said mentally
"HICCUP!"
Hiccup turned just in time to see a blade coming at his face
The crowd gasped
He caught the knife without a problem
He looked at the knife in his hands and opened it letting the knife drop to the ground showing the cuts on his hands
"Hiccup are you ok lad!" said Gobber looking very concerned
"Ya just a little cut on my hands and a little surprised"looking up to see that it was snotlout who threw the knife
"YOU BASTERD"I said pissed
"I-I-..." He never finished because I pulled out one of my new throwing knifes and chucking it at him implanting strait into his shoulder
"This is for all those years of the mocking,the names,and BEATINGS!" I said as I walked up and twisted the knife then pulled it out making him pass out.
The village looked shocked hiccup, the boy who could never lift a hammer or ax just beat the second best of the youths
"Hiccup,lad we need to get him to the healer."said Gobber not as surprised but still shocked
Hiccup looked at snotlout ashamed he had done good for years of not hurting him, and here he is throwing a knife at him
"Y-ya g-get him to the healer."he stumbled still pissed but manageable
Some people grabbed snotlout and took him to the healer
"Lad,I know what snotlout does to you but did you have to throw a knife at him and twist it?"
"I know Gobber but you try living like I do,with everyone looking down on you or beating you or calling you USELESS!" He said with a shout
The hall went quiet
He let out a sigh"sorry Gobber,I should just go home."
"It's alright lad,plus you look do for some sleep."he half joked hopping to brighten the mood
"Thanks Gobber"
The hall was still looking at them
"STOP STAREING AT US!"with that everyone looked away
He looked at Gobber "see you in the morning"
He went in his house 'hope I can keep my temper down'
With that he went to bed
THE NEXT MORNING
He got up slowly with yesterday's events playing back in his mind
"Let's get this done with"
He walked to the arena to meet Gobber
"How you feeling lad"
"Better,how's snotlout?"I said worried
"He's patched up now should be healed soon."
"Good"
Just then the group walked in and Gobber
Started with the lesson
But what got his attention was snotlout siting at the edge of the arena looking at him with a look that says "your going to die"
To be honest it scared him
"Hiccup!"
"What!" He said turning to him
"Your supposed to be helping"
"Well what do you want me to do?"Gobber grinned
"See this."
"Ya it's a shield so."
He grinned" lots of distractions on the battle field"
He figured it out and started rolling and chucking shields at the trainees
"The hel?"said tuffnut confused
"Lots of distractions on the battle field and you need to keep concentrated."said Gobber grinning
After 20 minutes Gobber dismissed us walking back to the house I get stopped by snotlout.
"The Hel do you want"I said still pissed at him
"To take back my pride"he said with an evil smirk
"Wha.." Just as he said so a fist came flying at his face
But he was quick about it and caught it
People started to gather
Hiccup backed up
"What to scared to fight,what do you know still useless."
Useless,useless,useless kept echoing in his mine,
He turned around and pulled out his short sword
"DONT YOU EVER CALL ME USELESS!"he said just as he swung his sword disarming and shocking snotlout
"Wha..how..but you suck at fighting."he mumbled out
"Ya,dragons"I evilly smirked as I saw him tremble
I looked at him and wanted to just kill him
No
I am not a savage
"Go." I said
Wha..."he gasped
"GO!"I yelled
He scrambled to he's feet and ran
Hiccup ran to his house because he knew his mom was known as an ultimate warrior because an ultimate warrior fight with speed and aggression,plus if mad or motivated enough they would go in to a berserk mode and kill everything until killed or his/her enemies were all dead.
Apparently he was one too,he has always known but he's never been so pissed in his life plus he wasn't the violent type
After 15 minutes or so the berserk mode wore off
"Well never want that to happen again"he deadpanned
THE COVE
He walked to the cove thinking maybe he could help the dragon,
'Hope he's satisfied with the fish'
He walked up to the entrance and threw the fish in,but It probably looked like a trap so I went in
"Hello?"i said obviously scared
Just then the night fury jumped down from a rock,I held out the fish and it walked up to grab it but pulled back at the last second and started growling
'Uh -uh oh my knife!'he pulled it out in witch case the dragon growled louder,I stopped then threw my knife in the lake which the night fury looked at me with curious look
I held out the fish one more time
"Toothless I could have sworn you had..."but was cut off as teeth retracted out and ate the fish"...teeth"he finished
He looked at the dragon and smiled,not a fake one but a real smile
The dragon looked at him and started coming at him
"No no,I don't have any more" then he hacked up half of the fish and sat down
He looked at the fish and back at the dragon knowing what to do
"Sigh,well here goes nothing."he took a bite and no one knows this but he didn't mind raw meat
He swallowed and smiled and to his amusement and surprise the dragon tried to mimic him
He chuckled and an urge told him to touch the dragon
But as so the dragon growled and flew to a tree and slept like a bat.
3HOURS LATER
He was drawing when he saw a big shadow,the night fury,he kept drawing
Then he herd a snap behind him,he looked back the dragon was drawing
He just chuckled
After the dragon was done he looked at the drawing and if you looked closely it looked like him!
"Well,didn't see that coming" as he did so he stepped oh a line
The night fury growled and he froze and looked down
"Well,your just like me don't like people messing with your art."he said chuckling while taking his foot of the line and started doing kind of like a dance
And then he felt it,the dragons breath,he turned around and looked at the amazing creature and reached out his hand
He growled and he pulled back his hand then turned his head and put his hand out,after what felt like hours he felt it,soft scales in his hand,but it felt like more than that it felt like,true friendship.
Then he pulled away"I've never had anyone trust me that much before"
Still amazed at the creature
Then the dragon turned away and flew to the other side and he left
Thanks for reading and tell plz me how I did because this is my first fanfic