Author's Note: This is out of character for me, sometimes I like to finish a story first before starting with another story. But while writing "Caught" this idea came to me and I had to writing it and post it. This idea came to me after watching the Riders of Berk episode "We Are Family Part 1". Where Hiccup went to meet his father at the Great Hall and is told to hold out his hands. We See Hiccup do so but then pull them back behind his back, a clear indication that he must have been punished like that and had his hands whipped.

It made me think if Hiccup still thinks he was going to be physically punished then what if it happened to him in a severe way, despite being a hero it doesn't make him immune to it. I'm still trying to get the characters right so if they are out of character then it's my bad. Anyway if you have any questions then please feel free to ask, and leave a review.

Chapter 1: An Accident

Scared…alone…tired…. Those words pretty much summed up how Hiccup felt right at this moment. Normally he would be asleep but not with all that flowed through his mind. He currently sat on a bed, hunched over with his head in the palms of his hands. His fingers ran through his brown locks as a dejected sigh escaped his mouth. All he could do is wallow around in turmoil as he tried to calm himself. His eyes then turned to the side and saw the door out of his room, the iron bars of Berk's Jail cell stared back at him as it kept him imprisoned in this very room.

"How do I keep getting into these situations?" he nearly whimpered.

He wanted to be back home, get in his warm bed, watch as Toothless laid curled up on his stone slab and forget that this day had even happened. But no, he had to be locked up in the jails, all because of one accident. Now he had to wait so his fate could be decided…and he knew it wasn't going to be good.

Despite the grave pardicument he's in he had to at least thing on the positive side to this, because Toothless wasn't the one in trouble, he was thankful his dragon wasn't brought into this, as he wasn't sure what would happen. Chances are his dragon could have been banished once again.

To think this all started because of his father's task.

…..

Earlier that day

"You can't be serious!" Hiccup scowled to his father

Both father and son were walking through the streets of Berk, which were bustling with activity as Vikings were going about their day. Today Hiccup thought he and his friends could have the day off from the Dragon Academy and just enjoy riding their dragons. But then his father had to come and ruin it by giving them a job to do…and what a job it was.

"I am Hiccup," Stoick stopped to turn to look at his son sternly. He knew this would happen and would rather get through this without his son's stubbornness making it worse. Rather than use his authority as chief Stoick wanted his son to agree to it instead of arguing…which is harder than he thought.

"But Mildew hates us, especially the dragons. There's no way he'll accept help from us to replant his cabbage field!" the teen argued, Toothless nodding alongside his rider in agreement. Both father and son knew that this was true. Mildew despised the dragons a lot, and secretly the riders. He wasn't a big fan of Hiccup at all as he brought the dragons to live on Berk. Yet, no one can prove it fully, yet they knew the old man held such resentment.

"I know this son, but despite your feelings towards him; Mildew is still part of the village and Is entitled to help when asked…besides you and your friends are the only ones that can be spared to do this task," Stoick explained to his son, not liking this more than he did.

This just caused Hiccup to frown and slump his shoulders. "Is this just like when you tried to delegate finding a new job for Gobber to me?"

"No," Stoick lied, but tried to not let his son know that even though he knew his son could see through it. "Besides the exercise will do you all good…especially since Mildew requested no dragons at all."

"What!? Dad that'll make things even longer!" Toothless growled as well as he heard this. The NightFury didn't trust Mildew either and he didn't like not being there to protect his rider.

"I'm sorry son, but it's his property so it's his rules," Stoick sighed as he placed both hands onto his son's shoulders, looking at his disappointed face. "Believe me, I rather have the dragons with you for protection but that won't happen this time…besides the quicker you start the sooner you'll be done."

All Hiccup could do is sigh in defeat, knowing that there was no way he could fight this anymore than he had to. When his father gave him or his friends a task, he knew there's no getting out of it…. unless he was just asking to be punished later on…something he rather avoid. "Fine."

This was going to be a long day.

…

Just like he predicted all of Hiccup's friends complained about the manual labor they had to do. It got even worse when he told them how they had to manage without their dragons. It didn't help their mood when it was Mildew, they found out they were helping…nor did it help the fact they have been complaining the whole walk over to the old man's home!

"Honestly guys give it a rest!" Hiccup groaned as he could feel his head starting to hurt.

"How can I?" Snotlout was the first to say. "A perfectly good day ruined because we have to help someone who hates our dragons!"

"For once I actually agree with you Snotlout," Astrid rolled her eyes.

"Whoa, Astrid agreeing with Snotlout, now that's freaky," Tuffnut said, looking the two over with an amazed expression.

"Are we sure this isn't a dream or something?" Ruffnut said next as she tried to see if there is anything out of the ordinary. "This has to be."

"Ok why not see if you feel any pain?" Tuff laughed in amusement, only to get a fist in the face by his sister. "OW!"

"Nope not a dream" Ruff said with a smile.

"Guys you shouldn't be hurting one another," Fishlegs spoke next. "Last thing you need is to be in pain when working."

They all sneered at the comment, yet Hiccup was glad to see that one of them was trying to be optimistic. Snotlout then threw his hands up, "Work we didn't even want!"

They neared Mildew's home, causing all of them to be more dejected about the work ahead of them. Knowing it was a lost cause Hiccup tried to instill some morale to an already beat down group, "Come on guys the sooner we start to sooner we can finish."

Once they got to the front of the home, they found a cart filled with tools and such needed to do the job. What confused them is they found a note pinned to the wood. Hiccup went over and took the parchment, reading it over, and after a few seconds he sighed in irritation.

"What is it?" Astrid asked, going over to look at the note.

"It says, you all know what to do, don't bother me unless you finish and don't you dare bring those dragons here to help, I'll be watching- Mildew" Hiccup finished and tossed the note aside.

"He couldn't even come out to greet us, Talk about rude!" Snotlout sneered, the twins agreeing.

"Would you rather have Mildew out here berating us?" Astrid commented next, hands on her hips.

"Whatever!"

"Come on let's get this over with," Hiccup said as he went to pick up and pass the tools around.

The work turned out to be much harder and took longer than they expected. They had to cultivate the dirt just to make it soft enough to plant the cabbage sprouts. That itself was a huge chore and took most of the time as the tools given wasn't the best used for it. There were many complaints, mainly from Snotlout who threaten many times to just leave, but they kept him there, miraculously. Besides seeing Hiccup barely being able to dig up the dirt was more than enough entertainment for him to stay.

The sun had started to set by the time they were nearly done. There was still some more work that had to be done and Hiccup wanted to call it a day so they can go home, but that didn't fly well with the others. Snotlout, Ruff and Tuff complained about not wanting to come back the next day and wanted to finish it now. Strangely enough Astrid and Fishlegs agreed as they didn't want to spend any more time at Mildew's than they already have. Said old man didn't even come out to check on them and didn't say one word. This was ok with them as they didn't have to deal with him mocking their work.

By the time they finished the sun had already set and all six teens were dirty and tired. If only they had their dragons then this task would have been done hours ago, and they would still have plenty of energy. They all longed to head home and hit the hay, but they had to endure the long walk back to the village…in the dark. Thankfully at least someone came prepared.

"I kind of figured we would be here all night," Hiccup said, going over to the sack he brought with him. They all brought sacks with water and some food as they didn't want to trudge all the way back to the Great Hall for when they got hungry.

They all watched and then smiled as Hiccup brought out a few torches and his flint. Astrid smiled as she grabbed one, "Good thinking Dragon Boy."

"At least we won't be in the dark," Fishlegs took one as he was relieved. If there was one thing worse than being in the room in the dark but walking around Berk in the dark.

Snotlout took the flint from Hiccup and used it to light the three torches. After a few sparks they were lit up as the flames illuminated a small area for them, all smiled as one problem was solved. Hiccup took his torch in hand and slung his bag over his shoulder. "You guys go ahead and start making your way back, I'll tell Mildew we're done."

"Are you sure?" Astrid asked, but was cut off by the others.

"I don't mind, the sooner I'm gone from here the better" Snotlout answered.

"Then why aren't you walking?" Tuffnut responded.

Hiccup rolled his eyes at this and quickly responded before things could get worse, "Just go besides it'll be easier on all of us if it's just one of us."

"Suit yourself," Ruffnut said as she motioned for her brother to follow. Fishlegs wasn't far behind as well as Snotlout, leaving only two of them left under the glow of the fire.

"Ok…we'll see you back at the village," Astrid hesitantly said as she gave her friend a silent good luck before turned to join the rest of her friends. Yet she turned and gave him a look before joining them, "Be careful."

Hiccup sighed to himself as he was all alone now, left to deal with one more pain before going home himself. He then turned and walked to Mildew's front door, heart beating faster with every step. Standing right in front of the structure he mustered the nerve to reach out and knock audibly. The teen stood back as he waited and soon the door opened and the familiar figure of Mildew came out, a scowl on his face. "What do you want, I told you not to disturb me-"

"I know unless we finished but we did and I was letting you know," Hiccup cut him off to explain. He then saw as Mildew looked over the shoulder at the field, frowning some. "What?"

"How do I know you did the job properly, it's too dark to see!" he shook his head, but the frown deepened as he just looked at Hiccup. "And where's the rest of the help?"

"I told them to go on ahead while I informed you that we're done…besides we did what we told you," Hiccup argued, knowing that this isn't going to go well.

"you couldn't have finished with some daylight still left!?" he kept on complaining.

Hiccup sighed deeply as he rubbed his hand over his face, the grip on the torch deepened as he tried to keep things in check. "We did the best we could…it could have gone a lot faster if you allowed us to use our Dragons."

Now the scowl on his face deepened, showing that was a bad thing to bring up, "I will never have those beasts near my home!"

That just got the irritation in Hiccup to change into anger, he hated when someone bad mouthed the dragons, and it is even worse that it's Mildew. Part of him just wanted to turn around and leave, it would have saved him a lot of problems…but no he had all he can stand by this point. "Those Beasts, have done so much for Berk!"

"They raided and killed so many of us! Give them time and they'll turn on you all!" Mildew shouted back.

"Just like how you turn the villagers on Toothless. Like how you nearly got him banished from the island!?" Now Hiccup is starting to tremble a bit, as that memory came back and how he had to take a lightning bolt to the head to prove his dragon's innocence's. "Or how you framed them for all the destruction that went on!"

Mildew just smugly looked back at the boy, "I don't know what you are talking about…besides it's a shame that beast of yours couldn't stay off of Berk!"

That shook Hiccup to his core, eyes narrowing and his teeth gritting as his free hand clenched into a fist. He wanted to beat the living Hel out of this old man, but Hiccup had a rational head to realize that wasn't a good idea. If Toothless was here, then his dragon would be growling and might even attack. Still Hiccup managed not to give into the anger and slowly rested his fist, he very well knew that giving into the anger will have consequences. "Don't you dare…talk about Toothless."

"Once a Beast, always a beast," Mildew whispered back dangerously, obvious to the boy's anger and is trying to egg him on. Oh, the revenge if the boy struck him would be so great.

Hiccup then did his best to dismiss the idea, wanting to get out of there before his anger won, and talked back in a low and furious tone. "We did the work; our job is done, and we won't be back…I don't care if it's not to your satisfaction."

"The chief will be hearing about this!" Mildew turned to go back into his home.

"I don't care!" Hiccup shouted as he took that as his cue to leave, walking a few steps. Unfortunately, life worked in mysterious ways, and what happened only proved it.

As he walked Hiccup's left leg lost traction and slipped back while his right is still in the air. He cried out in alarm as he fell forward and hit the ground, the momentum of his angered pace launching him forward…and unfortunately, he wasn't the only thing. As quick as the fall happened Hiccup managed to push himself up, spitting up any dirt that may have entered his mouth. Yet that's not the only thing he noticed, the area around him started to get brighter and some how warmer. Almost as if a switch was thrown his body stiffen as he noticed something missing.

Moving to look his body went stiff as his face turned ghastly as roaring flames started to increase. Apparently as he fell the torch was thrown from his hand and collided with the side of Mildew's house. Nature took over as the building started to become engulfed in flames.

Hiccup knew that he is in so much trouble.

Author's Note: Hope you like. I figured that for this story it would be right to involve Mildew as he could cause Hiccup to get himself into a lot of trouble. Things may be questionable but all will be answered soon. I hope this got you all hooked so far.