Wow 15 reviews in one day. You guys are awesome. And thank you to those who corrected me on the paragraph problem. I want to warn everyone that since my spring break is over at the end of this week and I'll be back in school the next week, updates will be delayed. I will try to update as much as possible but just in case I can't you all know why. Any way, hope you like this chapter and please keep up the reviews!
As the sun peeked over the horizon, one after another the people of Berk started to wake. They got up and started on their normal day of work. The teens all headed to the Academy to wait for the next dragon lesson to start. Astrid and Fishlegs was first, followed by the twins who were, like always, hitting each other. Then Snotlout came flying in. Snotlout got off of Hookfang and walked over to Astrid.
"Hello Astrid. Beautiful morning isn't it?" He said in a romantic tone. Well as romantic as someone like him can make it. Astrid rolled her eyes in disgust. "You know we can ditch this lesson and go flying. Just the two of us." He added.
"Not a chance." Astrid said walking away from him.
"Oh feisty. Just how I like them." Snotlout said with a grin. Fishlegs looked to the entrance of the Academy with a curious hum.
"What is it, Fishlegs?" Astrid asked.
"Something's not right. Hiccup and Toothless would have been here by now. Actually, they would have been here first." Fishlegs explained. Astrid looked around a bit worried.
"Come on, let's go to his house and see what's keeping them." Astrid said. Fishlegs got ready on Meatlug.
"You three stay here. We're going to see what's taking Hiccup so long." Astrid said.
"I wanna come." Tuffnut said.
"Me too." Ruffnut added. The two then glared at each other.
"Hey, I said I was first." Tuffnut claimed.
"No, I did."
"No, me." The two argued back.
"Oh for the love of Thor you need two people to ride your dragon. Just get on him and let's go!" Astrid said losing her patients. The twins and snotlout hopped on their dragons and they all took off toward Hiccup's house.
When they landed their dragons in front of Hiccup's house, both Astrid and Fishlegs noticed something very wrong. The front door was hanging open. Muffled growls were heard inside. The teens jumped off of their dragons and ran inside. The first thing they saw was Stoic knocked out on his bed with a rather large bump on the top of his head.
"Fishlegs, you check on the Chief. I'll go check on Hiccup." Astrid said.
"What do we do?" Tuffnut asked.
"You three go find Gobber and bring him here." Astrid said before running up the stairs.
"Why am I always stuck with these clowns?" Snotlout growled in her direction, not very happy about being stuck with the Twins again but left anyway.
Once Astrid got up to Hiccup's room, the first thing she saw was Toothless lying on the ground bound in ropes. Astrid gasped. Spotting Hiccup's dagger on his desk, she grabbed it and cut Toothless free. The dragon jumped to his feet and looked around frantically. That's when Astrid saw that Hiccup was gone.
"Toothless, where's Hiccup?" Astrid asked in a frightful tone. Toothless looked at her with worried eyes. She ran down the stairs to where Fishlegs was.
"Hiccup's gone!" She said in a panic.
"Chief Stoic isn't too great either. It looks like someone hit him over the head with something pretty hard. He's out cold." Fishlegs said.
"That means... Someone kidnapped Hiccup in the middle of the night." Astrid concluded.
"But how can we tell?" Fishlegs asked.
"Toothless was bounded by ropes up in Hiccup's room. And Hiccup's gone." Astrid said. Fishlegs' eyes went wide.
"Well, w-what do we do?" He asked in a panic.
"I don't know!" Astrid said, her fear rising. The twins, Snotlout and Gobber then came rushing in.
"We found him." Snotlout said.
"What's going on, Astrid? These two mutton heads dragged me here from the forge." Gobber complained.
"Hiccup's been kidnapped!" Fishlegs said in panic.
"What?" Gobber asked in disbelief. "Now how do you know he was kidnapped?" He asked with a hand on his hip.
"Look at the Chief. Someone knocked him out and Toothless was tied up in Hiccup's room. Does that explain enough!" Fishlegs shouted.
"Take it easy lad. Let's wake Stoic and see if he saw anything." Gobber said trying to sound calm for the kids. He walked up to Stoic and patted the mans cheek. "Stoic, wake up. Come on Stoic." He called as he tried waking the man.
"I already tried waking him. He won't. I tried everything." Fishlegs said.
"Everything?" Gobber asked.
"Yes!"
"Get me a bucket of water." He ordered. Fishlegs ran out to the well. In seconds he was back with a full bucket of water. "Ah thank you lad. This aught'a wake him." He said raising the bucket over Stoic before dumping it on his face. Stoic jumped and started coughing out the water that got in his nose and mouth.
"GOBBER!" He shouted. "What was that for?" He glared at the man. He then saw all the teens there. "What's going on?" He asked.
"Please tell us you saw something." Fishlegs pleaded. "Uh yeah. I see you." Stoic said.
"No, last night." Astrid corrected.
"What are you talking about. I was asleep last night." He said before putting a hand on his head. "Why does my head hurt so bad?" He asked before his fingers hit the bump on the top of his head. He winced in pain.
"Someone must have knocked you over the head last night when you were asleep." Astrid said.
"What?" Stoic asked before getting up. "Now why would you say a crazy thing like that?"
"It's Hiccup sir. He's gone. When we got here Toothless was tied up in rope." Astrid answered. Stoic's eyes went wide before he ran past the group and up the stairs to Hiccup's room. The room was empty of life. He ran back down the stairs.
"Get your dragons and search the island! Find my son!" Stoic ordered to the teens. They all ran off to their dragons and flew off to search the island. Gobber stayed behind.
"Stoic, I hate to be negative but, seeing the evidence - well what little evidence there is - Hiccup most likely isn't even on the island anymore."
"Until I am certain Hiccup is not on the island, I will search every inch of this place." Stoic said before rushing out of the house. Gobber followed close behind. "Tell the men to start a search. My son must be found." Stoic said. Gobber sighed before going off to make the announcement.