Here's a story of Hiccup faking his own death for his protection. Takes place when he's 17. He walks in on a murder and has to pretend to be a girl who can talk to the dead. Please read and review.
Hiccup was running as fast as he could. He knew the murderer was not too far behind. His father was just outside the back door taking a pee.
"Dad," said Hiccup in distress, "I just walked in on a murder, I saw the guy stab her and everything."
"Calm down," said Stoick, "Get inside, Gobbers here, we were talking when I had to pee. We'll try to do something."
Stoick took Hiccup inside. He sat Hiccup down on a chair by the fire.
"Tell me what happened slowly," said Stoick.
"What's going on," said Gobber in his usual accent.
"Hiccup walked in on a murder," said Stoick.
"I was walking through the forest because Astrid and I got in a bad fight and so I decide to take a walk to blow off some steam and I came to this clearing where this girl was yelling stop stop stop and the guy stabbed her to death. Dad I saw the whole thing," Hiccup sobbed, "He knew I saw and tried to chase after me to kill me."
"If I were to show him to you, could you tell me who it was that stabbed the girl," asked Stoick grabbing his son by the shoulders.
"Yeah," said Hiccup, "Dad I'm scared."
"Shh," Stoick said soothingly as he hugged Hiccup, "You'll be fine I won't let anything bad happen to you."
"But what if he finds me," said Hiccup through sobs.
"He won't find you," Stoick said, he let go of Hiccup, "Can you show me where the murder happened?"
"Mhm," Hiccup nodded.
Hiccup lead his father and Gobber through the trees to where he saw the murder. The body wasn't moved yet. This puzzled them, but Stoick knew who the girls father were. An idea crossed Stoicks mind.
"Gobber start faking tears and get a dress," said Stoick, "It's time Hiccup disappeared."
"Why the dress dad," said Hiccup trying not to look at the body.
"You're gonna need an identity to go out and go to the places you need to go to," said Stoick, "If we don't give you another identity to go by the murderer may get suspicious you're still alive. you're less likely to get hurt."
"OK," said Hiccup, "What about Astrid, we got into a fight."
"I'm sorry," said Stoick, "She'll have to believe you're dead just like the rest of them."
"We can get Credissa involved," said Gobber, "She can do make up really well."
"Do I have to wear make up," asked Hiccup.
"Yes," said Stoick, "You need to look different or people will recognize you Hiccup, you have a memorable face."
"I do," asked Hiccup the hints of crying still in his voice, "Can I be blonde then?"
"OK," said Stoick, "You should be harder to recognize if your hair is different."
"Yeah and I've always wondered what I would look like blonde," said Hiccup.
"We'll let you play a wealthy girl," said Gobber, "You'll need to talk the part too, but you can start when we get Credissa to your house."
"Wait," said Hiccup, "What about Toothless?"
"That might be a problem," said Gobber, "The dragon loves Hiccup."
"Toothless is still at Astrid's I made him stay there," said Hiccup.
"I'll tell Astrid to take good care of that dragon," said Gobber, "When I tell her you're missing."
"OK," said Hiccup, "Let her down easy for me."
"Of course I will Hiccup," said Gobber patting his back.
"We'll put a lot of perfume on him to make sure Toothless doesn't recognize his scent," said Stoick.
"Will I stay with Credissa," asked Hiccup.
"Yes," said Stoick, "You can't stay with me or Gobber, it'll draw suspicion."
"OK," said Hiccup sadly.
"I'll go talk to Credissa," said Gobber, "I'm sure she'll help, her sister was murdered too I think."
They walked back to the house. Hiccup was kept in a windowless room with his father until Gobber came Back with Credissa. Stoick stood in the door way and talked to Hiccup until Gobber came back. Credissa agreed to help. She said she had a rich niece who had blonde hair so it would work perfectly.
"You'll be known as Penelope until we can catch this guy," said Stoick, "Stay here and change Hiccup into Penelope. I have to go tell the girls family she's dead."
"Goodbye," said Credissa waving as the chief left, "Now Hiccup I hope you don't mind wearing black a lot, My niece is rich but she's also goth."
"That's fine," said Hiccup sadly, "I don't want to do this."
"It has to be done Hiccup," said Gobber, "I wouldn't want to wear a ton of black make up, black clothes and perfume all the time either."
"Hey I'm gonna be a blonde goth girl," said Hiccup, "Is it alright if I tell Astrid and them I speak to the dead. I'm want to do it for myself so I can help lift the burden on them."
"Well it would help with her character," said Credissa, "She acts like she does."
"Let's get to work" said Gobber.
They used the make up kit Credissa's sister gave her. Credissa said she would take Hiccup to Penelope's and tell them to come visit with their 'daughter' and stay for a few days. Hiccup wasn't too excited about being a girl.
Meanwhile, Stoick had left the home of the murdered girls parents and it was time to talk to Astrid. He went to her home and knocked on the front door. Astrid's mother answered the door.
"Yes," said Mrs. Hofferson.
"I need to speak to Astrid," said Stoick whipping away a fake tear, "It's about Hiccup."
"Astrid," her mother called, "What is it."
"Hiccup is missing, we found the body of a woman and we think Hiccup might have seen the murder and he was murdered also," said Stoick sadly.
"Oh my," said Mrs. Hofferson covering her moth.
"What is it," asked Astrid from behind.
"Astrid we think Hiccup's dead," said Stoick trying not to cry.
Astrid didn't say anything, she just ran off crying. Her mother turned to Stoick.
"I'll go calm her down," said Mrs. Hofferson, "Thank you for tell us about Hiccup."
"I better go tell the rest of his friends the news," said Stoick turning to leave, "Goodbye now."
She shut the door. She went to her daughters room where Astrid was crying.
"I can't believe he's gone," she sobbed, "The last thing we did was fight and now he's gone," she hugged herself.
"Astrid, we all make mistakes," said her mother.
"Mom this I can't undo," Astrid shouted in sadness and anger, "This I can't take back. I had to have some stupid argument with him and now he's gone."
"Astrid he might turn up alive," said Mrs. Hofferson, "Stoick said he thinks he's dead. Meaning he's just missing. They think he's dead because of a recent murder and he was unfortunate enough to stumble in on it."
Astrid cried until she fell asleep. Her mother tucked her in and quietly left the room. Her friends came by to see how she was doing. Mrs. Hofferson told them how she reacted. They told her to tell Astrid they were there for her.
Back at the Hadock household, Hiccups face was vigorously rubbed down with a base and blush was applied to his cheeks. His eyebrows were plucked down till they were just thin lines.
"Go ahh," said Credissa tilting his head back.
Hiccup did so and lipstick was place on his lips making them black. Thick black eye shadow was put on his eye lids and thick eyeliner. When she was done he could barley recognize himself in the mirror. Credissa put his hair in ponytails and put a wig on his head.
"Who am I," he asked.
"Penelope," said Credissa, "Now to sneak you out and take you to my sisters and have them come over with you instead of my niece."
Hiccup frowned. He never wanted to be a goth, or even a girl for that matter. He wished he hadn't walked in on the murder. He wished he had the chance to say he was sorry before being plunged into this. Credissa pulled out a black dress with so many spikes on it it put Astrids skirt to shame. He was left alone in the room. He took off his clothes and put the dress on. He frowned, the dress fit perfectly. The belts were the only things on the dress not black, they were a dark red the color resembling blood. He stepped out.
"How will people not notice a girl looking like she came out of a vampire castle walking through the village then appears later and asks as if she never was there before," he said darkly, just like a goth girl would talk.
"Keep that up," said Credissa.
"UGH," Hiccup groaned, "I just want to die."
"Come on let's go," said Gobber, "Keep that up you make a believable goth girl, Hiccup."
"Thanks maybe I wasn't acting," said Hiccup, "And I thought it was Penelope."
They went to Credissa's sister on Brenin and explained what was going on.
"I'd love to," she said, "I'm Jenessa."
"Hey guess your my mom," said Hiccup in his goth voice.
"Wow you're good," said Jenessa, "Penelope, I'm leaving."
"Do I have to go," said Penelope walking in.
Her jaw dropped when she saw Hiccup.
"I'm Hiccup, I'm taking your place because I walked in on a murder and they don't want me dead so they did this," said Hiccup using his own voice.
"Dang you're good," said Penelope, "So I stay here."
"Yes," said Hiccup.
"Do you know Stoick the Vast," she asked.
"Yeah he's my dad," said Hiccup.
"What he's like a giant and your just a pea," said Penelope, "Anyway I heard he was nearly killed by vampires once."
"I'm not sure," said Hiccup thinking, "Anyway I'm suppose to be you until this whole thing is cleared up."
"Yeah have fun being me," said Penelope, "The only person you talk to is dead."
"I can pretend I talk to the dead," said Hiccup, "Planning on that anyway, tell my friends not to be too sad and all hat happy horse crap."
"Yeah," said Penelope, "What';s it like to have friends that don't use you for money."
"It's like you have brothers and sisters who are not related to you," said Hiccup, "I can get you a dragon to be your friend."
"A dragon," Penelope asked.
"Yeah," said Hiccup, "Toothless and I are inseparable, if I'm in trouble Toothless is right there."
"Wow," said Penelope.
"You know," said Jenessa, "I'd prefer Penelope to have a dragon to be around. Preferably a Night Fury if you can get one."
"Well there is one on Berk but his rider won't let you have him," said Hiccup.
"Well maybe I can make an offer," said Jenessa.
"And his rider says no," said Hiccup.
"Wait your his rider," said Penelope excitedly.
"Yes," said Hiccup, "and yes I named the dragon Toothless. He has retractable teeth."
"Cool," said Penelope.
"I could easily get a Deadly Nader," said Hiccup, "They can be just as protective."
"Cool," said Penelope.
"How much," asked Jenessa.
"No cost," said Hiccup, "I don't like to get money for it."
"Yeah," said Gobber, "If he got paid every time he trained a dragon for someone he'd be rich enough to buy a house the size of Berk."
"Dang," said Penelope, "When can I see it."
"I can fly it over and show you the dragon," said Hiccup, "I just love flying dragons."
"Well we'd better go Hiccup," said Jenessa, "You can stay here or do you want to go."
"I think I'll stay," said Penelope.
"You sure," said Jenessa.
"Yeah," said Penelope, "I think he's got me down," pointing to Hiccup.
"I just hope no one decides they want to stay the night," said Hiccup laughing.
"So later," said Hiccup waving goodbye.
"Later," said Penelope, "Hey make sure you don't tell them I'm rich."
"I will," said Hiccup running to a ship.
Gobber and Credissa took the dragon while Hiccup was forced to take the ship with Jenessa. Jenessa explained to him that Penelope hardly ever left her room. That helped since he couldn't pretend to be a girl all the time, especially since everyone on Berk recognized him. He wondered what the people would do when they find out that Stoick lied to them about Hiccup being dead. He knew to expect a beating from Astrid for this, he was gonna get the sharp end of the ax for it. He wished she knew about it, that him being dead was just an act. He knew he may never be able to come out of hiding, even if Astrid gets in on it, she wasn't going to stay this touch-me-and-I-hurt-you king of girl. He just watched as the waves of the ocean bounced by. Fish jumped the surface, Hiccup smiled when he thought of Toothless. Toothless would be trying to eat the fish when they jumped out, he would be trying to restrain him, Astrid would laugh because there was no way Hiccup was gonna hold that dragon back.
It was dusk when Hiccup and Jenessa finally arrived. He noticed Astrid sitting on the beach alone crying.
"Why Hiccup why," he heard her yell fresh from crying, "Why did you have to go so soon."
Hiccup wanted to shout 'I'm here Astrid I'm not dead it was all just an act', but he knew she couldn't know until it was over. He just followed Jenessa to Credissa's. It hurt him so much to leave her there on the beach crying all alone. Jenessa stopped.
"Go talk to her, Penelope," said Jenessa, "Tell her Hiccup's fine."
Hiccup knew what that meant, it meant for him to go comfort her.
"K mom," said Hiccup in his goth girl voice, he could easily train himself to use this voice all the time.
He went to Astrid, he refrained himself from running. It was hard but he did his best. Astrid was still sitting in the beach crying her eyes out. He leaned up against a boulder.
"Hey you Astrid," he said as Penelope.
"How did you know," Astrid said wiping tears from her eyes.
"Your little friend told me," Hiccup said hiding his voice.
"Who," asked Astrid about ready to cry again.
"Hiccup," said Hiccup.
"He couldn't have told you anything," said Astrid shouting, "He's dead."
"I know," said Hiccup, "He told me about you. You see, I'm not like other kids. You can kind of say I have a sixth sense."
"Sixth sense," said Astrid questioningly.
"I can talk to the dead," said Hiccup, "He's doing good, he told me he hates seeing you cry."
"It's not like me to do things like this-," said Astrid.
"Yeah you're usually beating people up who make you mad in any way," said Hiccup, "Hiccup told me a lot about you. And the twins, and Fishlegs, and Snotlout. Mostly about you"
"Really," said Astrid starting to smile, "If you talk to him again, tell him I'm sorry. We got into a fight for a stupid reason."
"Yeah over your guys' first kiss," said Hiccup still Penelope, "Yeah I know all about it."
"Yeah," said Astrid smiling again, "Thanks for telling me."
"No prob," said Hiccup, "It's getting dark you should probably get home."
"Why do bad spirits get out at night," asked Astrid scared.
"No," said Hiccup, "That's only on Halloween night. I don't think Hiccup would want you to get hurt. There is a killer on the loose."
"At least I'd die the way my love did," said Astrid, "Goodbye," she ran off.
Hiccup couldn't believe it, she called him her love. She loved him, she really did. He smiled as he walked away. He walked home smiling, all he could think about was that on little line. He got to Credissa's and went inside and shut the door. He leaned on the door.
"What is it dear," said Jenessa, "How did she react."
"Yes tell us Penelope," said Credissa, he still had to play Penelope.
"She was really happy when I told her," said Hiccup using the Penelope voice, "Whose here."
"A boy who lives about a few blocks away," said Jenessa, "I think Hiccup told you about him, Snotlout."
"Um, lady Hiccup is dead," said Snotlout from another room.
"I know I can talk to the dead," said Hiccup as Penelope, "I have been since I was like ten I think."
"Did you find Astrid," asked Snotlout, "I guess they got into a fight before he died."
"Yeah," said Hiccup, "She was on the beach crying and screaming out asking why he had to go so soon," he made little hand movements to emphasis his point.
"She's hitting it hard," said Snotlout, "She wants to either die like Hiccup did or die alone."
"Yeah," said Hiccup, "She called him her love when I talked to her and told me to tell him she was sorry."
"I better go," said Snotlout, "I have to wake up early tomorrow to train Hookfang."
"Hookfang, she's a Monstrous Nightmare," said Hiccup as Penelope.
"And probably about his non human brother Toothless," said Snotlout, "The Night Fury," they said at the same time.
"Later," said Hiccup walking passed him, "Where do I sleep."
"The last door on the left," said Credissa, "You'll be getting your own room."
"Thanks Aunt Cred," said Hiccup walking by, "Night mom."
"Night honey," said Jenessa.
"Bye nice meeting you and your very outcast daughter," said Snotlout leaving.
"Bye nice meeting you too," said Jenessa waving.
"I hope they bought that," said Credissa quietly once he was out of sight.
"I think hey did," said Jenessa getting up and walking to where Hiccup was.
Hiccup lay on his back smiling, "She really really likes me," was all he was saying.
"Yes," said Jenessa, "But you also have to realize that for now it's better to think you're dead Hiccup."
"I know," said Hiccup frowning, "It sucks that she has to got through this pain."
"Get some sleep," said Jenessa, "You'll need to wake up extra early to help with the investigation."
"Night," said Hiccup going to sleep.
Here's chapter one, hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading and please review.