Chapter Two - Home
Everyone flinched. Astrid covered her ears but the screams of the young hero forced their way right through her fingers, banging against her eardrums. She saw that Snotlout and Fishlegs were flinching.
"How about we talk while we make the litter?" Astrid supplied and they nodded.
"Say five good things about Hiccup?" asked Fishlegs.
"He trained a dragon" said Snotlout.
"Er...he's very brainy" said Fishlegs.
"Oh..gods What do we know about him?" realized Snotlout and he gulped.
"How about we make a pact?" said Tuffnut, walking over with his twin sister.
"What sort of a pact?" asked Ruffnut.
"If-" he began.
"When" said Astrid.
"When he wakes up, we be better friends to him. Get to know him better" he finished.
"I think the entire village should do that" said a voice behind them.
The twins turned around to face Gobber.
They then noticed that the screaming had stopped.
"Is he okay?" asked Snotlout.
"Yep...his foot got amputated. Well...when I say his foot, I mean his lower left leg" and all the teenagers went white.
"Will he be okay?" asked Fishlegs.
"He'll be fine" Gobber patted Fishlegs on the back.
Stoic walked over to the teenagers, cradling Hiccup, with Toothless closely behind. He lowered Hiccup onto the litter when his brother came running over.
"Stoic, we have one sea worthy ship ready to set sail. The village agree when we say that you, Hiccup, the Night Fury all return on it" he said.
"What about the wounded?" asked Gobber.
"We are already fastened them onto the dragons and we have fastened the teenagers dragons to the ship so no work will have to be done on board" informed Spitelout.
Hearing this conversation, the teenagers followed behind Stoic and Gobber. Fishlegs and Snotlout carried the litter. Toothless walked beside the litter. Placing the litter onto the ship's wooden floor, Snotlout and Fishlegs ran off and sat down on their dragons.
Toothless lay down beside Hiccup and wrapped his tail around him. Stoic sat with his head back, resting against the side of the ship and Gobber sat on a stray crate. With a pull from the Dragons, they began the journey home.
