Start of Godhood

Hiccup sat on the ground, head in hands as he tried to wrap his mind around the absolutely, comically gigantic curveball that had been thrown at him. He died. Then he became a god. Then he was given a mission, by the kind of the gods himself no less, to teach the younger goddesses about love. Then, to top off all the ludicrous series of events that had transpired, he was expected to marry one of them.

Hiccup let out a breath and rubbed a hand over his face. The goddesses remained with him. With Rapunzel and Anna sitting at his sides, studying him curiously. Merida and Elsa remained a few feet away watching him with unreadable and somewhat bored looking expressions.

"Well I'm going to go," Merida said as she broke the silence that had been ensuing for several minutes.

"As will I," Elsa chimed in. "I simply wanted to see the newest addition to our pantheon, and now I have," she said flatly, obviously unimpressed. From out of nowhere an icy wind blew, and with it came snowflakes. They surrounded Elsa in a dazzling whirlwind before she vanished.

"Elsa wait up!" Anna said as she leapt to her feet. She looked back to Hiccup and waved as she gave him a smile. "Bye Hiccup. I'll see you later," she chirped at him. In a flash of orange light she vanished.

Merida followed suite, another breeze blowing from nowhere and carrying leave with it before they swept her away.

Hiccup stared in wonder at the spot where they had just been. That had been incredible. He glanced at the remaining goddess at his side. The goddess of the sun gave him a friendly smile, blinking and waiting for him to address her. Hiccup took her in. She had fair skin and a mass of long blonde hair tied into a thick braid with flowers woven into it. Her hair seemed to glow, with waves of light running back and forth along the golden strands. She wore a lavender single strapped dress with no shoes.

Hiccup swallowed and tried not to blush as she stared at him. "Uhh..." Hiccup said dumbly, drawn a blank. "Hello...ma'am," he said nervously. He knew technically he was her peer, being a fellow god and whatnot, but it felt strange to address a goddess, a being he'd worshipped in his life as an equal.

"You can just call me Rapunzel," Rapunzel told him.

"Ok. Rapunzel?"

"Yes?"

"Where did they all go?" he asked as he gestured to the spot the other had occupied a few moments ago.

"Oh. Well Merida prefers to roam the forests and the wilds of the human world. Likewise Elsa likes to live among the snowy mountains of the northern regions. Anna usually just tags along to keep her company, being her sister and all."

"So you guys don't live here?" he asked curiously.

"We're gods Hiccup. We live where we please," Rapunzel said with a giggle, as if he'd said something funny.

"Ok," Hiccup said as he absorbed this new information. Most people thought the gods always stayed in the heavens. "So do I have-"

"Oh yeah," Rapunzel said brightly as she leapt up to her feet. "North made you you're own forger. Come on, I'll show it to you!" she said excitedly. As Hiccup was standing up she disappeared in a brilliant flash of gold light.

Hiccup blinked and stood on the spot. He turned his head to and fro. Not sure where he was supposed to go. Suddenly there was another flash of golden light and Rapunzel was standing before him.

She smiled sheepishly, a slight blush on her cheeks. "Oops. Sorry. I guess you don't know how your powers work yet." She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around one of his. Hiccup stiffened up and blushed before glancing away as she pressed her breasts up against his bicep.

Suddenly there was yet another flash of golden light. Hiccup shut his eyes from it's intensity before opening them and finding he was no longer in the field of flowers. He looked around, finding himself in what looked like a workshop. There were bellows and tools set up all around the space that looked to be the inside of a cave. It was warm, but not anything he wasn't used too.

"It's a volcano far out in the ocean," Rapunzel chimed in to explain. "Your own personal workshop. Do you like it?"

Hiccup kept glancing around, hands curling and uncurling as a slight ache to smith bubbled up to the surface. "It's pretty amazing," he said honestly. The things he could make in here. He looked to Rapunzel as the goddess remained on his arm. "So Rapunzel?" She cocked her head in question. "How did you get us here?"

"We're gods Hiccup We can go anywhere. Be anywhere we wish to be," she said like it were obvious.

"Can I do that too?"

"Uh huh," she said with a nod.

"How?"

Rapunzel smiled as she took a step back and released his arm. "It's pretty simple. Just think of the place you want to go. Then you just go there," she said with a shrug.

"Huh?" Hiccup said. She made it sound so simple. He pursed his lips as he decided to give it a shot. He closed his eyes and thought of his village. He pictured the building, the people, the landscape surrounding it. Voices, the sound of hooves and animals, and the breeze blowing on his face made him open his eyes. His jaw dropped as he found himself in his village. He looked around as people came and went with no one paying him any mind.

"Good job Hiccup!" Hiccup glanced back to see Rapunzel was standing beside him, clapping in pride at his mastery of his newfound ability. Hiccup blushed and rubbed the back of his neck shyly. He glanced around before his eyes landed on his old shop. As he stared at it he saw men coming out of it with his old things, one of them was familiar.

"Gobber!" Hiccup shouted in glee. He ran toward the one legged one armed man. "Oh it's so good to see you Gobber. You won't believe what just-" Hiccup paused, slowing as he saw Gobber give a sniff. The old man looked up, eyes sweeping the village and and landing on Hiccup. But much to his confusion he looked sad, his normally cheery and jolly demeanor gone.

"He can't see you Hiccup. No one can," Rapunzel said from behind him.

Hiccup looked back to her before taking another look around. What she said made sense as no one was paying them any mind. This was a small village. Strangers tended to stick out, especially if they looked like Rapunzel. Hiccup looked back to Gobber and realized he was directing the other men. They were unloading his shop, probably to send back to his parents.

Hiccup's eyes widened before he thought of a new place. There was a flash of green light that came from him before he was standing before his parents home. He saw people walking around the building and towards the back. He followed them, finding them all to be a gathering of people he'd known in his life. Friends. Family. His mother and father.

They were standing before the gravesite of his ancestors. And he saw the newly added gravestone. It wasn't hard to guess who it belonged to. Hiccup slumped against a house as he was hit by sudden waves of grief. His death was finally settling on him. And it came like a blow to his body.

"Are you ok Hiccup?" Hiccup glanced over his shoulder to see Rapunzel had followed him yet again. Her eyes were wide in concern.

"Yeah. It's just..." he looked back to the people. The one who'd gathered to mourn him. They were quiet, heads bowed, shoulders slumped. "It's just finally donning on me I guess," he muttered as he swept over all the faces. He suddenly saw golden hair of a young blonde woman. His eyes widened and he opened his mouth to call out to her...but no words came.

He remembered she couldn't hear him anyway.

"Who is that?" Rapunzel asked at his side as she looked to the woman.

"Astrid," Hiccup answered as he swallowed down sadness. "She was my friend. Ever since we were children," he told her. "I'd hoped to marry her one day. I always told myself I had time," he said with a sad chuckle.

"I'm sorry," Rapunzel said softly.

"There are a lot of things I won't get to do now," Hiccup said to no one in particular. "And my parents. They'd always hoped for grandchildren...guess that's not happening," Hiccup said as he looked to his grieving parents. His father held onto his mother as she cried over his grave. He regretted that he'd left nothing behind.

"Oh Hiccup," Rapunzel said as she threw her arms around him and gave him a hug. Hiccup let her do as she please, but found himself sagging into her. She was warm comforting presence. A light in the dim atmosphere cause by his death and funeral.

"I'm so sorry Hiccup," she whispered to him. Hiccup wrapped his arms around her and squeezed. He buried his face into her shoulder and tried his best not to cry. His body shook with sobs as he held the tears in.

"They'll see you again Hiccup. One day they'll pass on and you can hold them in your arms once more," Rapunzel assured him. "And it may not be too late for grandchildren either," she added. Hiccup stopped crying and pulled back to look her in the eye. She gave him a cheery smile. "Gods can have children."

Hiccup blinked as he was given a reminder of his mission, and as he held Rapunzel he realized she was now a potential mother to be of his children. The thought made him turn a red as he suddenly reeled back and away from her. She cocked her head to the side curiously at his sudden reaction as he coughed into his hand.

"Yeah. I guess you're right," Hiccup said awkwardly. He looked back to the people, happy that he'd meant something to them all. But this mortal life of his was over. It was time to move on, let this new and sudden chapter of his life as a god begin. He looked to Rapunzel and gave her a smile. "Thanks Rapunzel. I feel better," she told her with a nod.

She smiled at him happily. "I'm glad," she said in truth. "Oh. And you can still do all those things you wanted to do when you were alive Hiccup. You're a god now. You can go anywhere. Do anything. You're immortal. You can't be killed or harmed by anything."

"Really?" Hiccup said.

"Yeah," Rapunzel said as she grabbed his arm. He arched a brow as she gave him a beaming smile. He was blinded by a golden flash and when it passed he found himself at the edge of a huge cliff face. He shouted in alarm as Rapunzel let go of his arm. His eyes widened as she waved and smiled at him as he went falling over the edge.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *cough* *wheeze* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Hiccup cried as he fell down the cliff face to crash into the stony basin below. He laid there, looking up at the sky from his indent in the ground. "The pain. Oh it so...not that bad actually," he said as he realized he actually wasn't hurt, at all. He sat up and pulled himself out of the ground and looked himself over. Rapunzel appeared by his side.

"See," she said. "Nothing can harm you. Well..." she amended. She gave his arm a pinch.

"Ouch!" Hiccup yelped as he jerked away from her.

"Certain things like other gods or items of powerful magic can. But it's a very short list," Rapunzel explained.

"That is pretty cool," Hiccup said as he looked himself over.

Rapunzel giggled. "Ok. Well I guess I'll go now," Rapunzel said.

"Oh. Ok," Hiccup said as he looked to her.

"If you ever need me just go somewhere the sun is shining and say my name. I'll hear you," she told him. She gave him one last smile before she leaned in a gave him a kiss on his cheek. "Bye," she sang merrily before vanishing in a golden flash. Hiccup stared at the spot where she'd just been.

He suddenly felt very alone. He hadn't had a moment by himself since the start of this whole ordeal. It was strange. Hiccup thought over all that just happened, and the mission given to him by North. So far, of all the goddesses Rapunzel was seeming like most obvious choice to be a potential bride.

He flushed at the thought and shook his head. He'd wonder about all that business later.

Hiccup thought of his new workshop, and within a moment he was there. He took time to explore, finding every and anything he could ever need. He cracked his knuckles and smile, nodding as he decided to do some smithing. After all the craziness he'd just been through he figured it'd be good to do something familiar, something he knew, something he had complete control of. He got to work, melting down metals, drawing up designs. He found himself getting into his work, just like he did when he was alive. And his skills only seemed to have grown since he'd become a god. With nothing able to harm him he worked without doubt, or fear, or hesitation.

When he was done he held up a necklace. It was made of pure gold and had a pendant in the shape of a golden sun. He'd decided to make Rapunzel a gift, for helping him through his strange transition.

He checked it over, turning and walking to his work table as he did. He looked up, only to find a small ball of yellow light sitting on his table. He stared at it, making out a pair of insect like wings. Hiccup pocketed his recently made medallion before grabbing a smithing hammer. He snuck closer to the table, trying to get the drop on the winged thing before he raised the hammer with a shout.

The thing moved as he swung downward. He smashed into his table before he began chasing it around. "Hold still you bug!" Hiccup shouted as he tried to smash the thing. The thing flew fast, flitting around the room and just out of reach before he cornered it.

"Hah!" Hiccup declared in victory. He began stalking toward it, squinting against it's light as he prepared to finish it off. As he got closer the thing dimmed, just enough for Hiccup to make out a tiny figure curling in on itself as it looked up at him in fear. Hiccup gasped and dropped his hammer.

"Oh my god!" he said in horror as he stared at the cowering fairy. He kneeled down and looked at it. "I am so sorry little fairy."

"I meant no disrespect," the little blonde fairy said in a tiny bell like voice. Hiccup shook his head, realizing he could somehow understand the bells. "Please do not harm me forge god for my trespass," she pleaded.

"No it's ok. I won't harm you," Hiccup said as he backed away. "I swear," he said as he held his hands up, palms facing out to show he carried no weapon.

The fairy uncurled herself slowly before flapping her wings and hovering before him. Hiccup couldn't help but stare. He'd heard of fairies as a child, but he'd never actually seen one in his lifetime. Though he was a god he still found the tiny fairy to be an amazing sight.

"Once again. Pardon my intrusion oh God of the Forge," she said as she gave him a slight mid air bow.

"No it's ok. Pardon me for trying to kill you," Hiccup stammered as he bowed back. The fairy cocked a brow at the strange show of humility. Gods would rarely do something so humbling as apologizing to beings they usually saw as lesser than themselves like fairies. "So is there anything I can do for you miss-"

"Tinker Bell," the fairy stated.

"Miss Tinker Bell," Hiccup finished.

"Yes. There is," she suddenly dropped to the ground. Hiccup stared down at her as she bowed her head. "Please allow me to serve you oh God of the Forge!"

"What?" Hiccup asked, startled.

She looked up, eyes wide and pleading. "I myself am a smith and craftsman. And it would be an honor to serve under you!" she said. Hiccup blinked, thinking back to stories he'd heard about the gods and their helpers. Oracles and other such beings who accompanied them.

"I mean...I guess...only if you want to," Hiccup said with a shrug.

"It would be my honor!" Tinker Bell said excitedly.

"Ok," Hiccup said. He clapped his hands together. "Welcome to the team," Hiccup said to her. He pursed his lips, wondering what exactly he was supposed to do as God of the Forge. He rubbed the back of his head as the fairy looked up at him and awaited instruction.

"Ok...so my first...decree as God of the Forge will be...to..." he trailed off as he tried to think of a task for her. He suddenly got an idea. "Take this to Rapunzel," he said as he pulled out the necklace. The fairy smiled and shot up before taking hold of it.

"Yes sir," she said heartily before shooting off, leaving a trail of glittering dust behind her.

Hiccup watched her go, once again alone. He looked around. "Now what I do?"

Immortality was already starting to lose it's novelty.

Meanwhile the goddesses had gathered and were speaking of the newest member of their pantheon. Elsa and Merida were uninterested in him, finding that they had no use for a new god. Anna expressed interest in getting to know him, being much friendlier than the goddesses of the hunt and winter.

"I like him," Rapunzel said with a nod. "He's nice and friendly. I personally feel we'll get along quite well," she said in her opinion. Elsa and Merida rolled their eyes. Rapunzel liked everyone. You couldn't force her to say a bad thing about someone if you tried."

Suddenly the goddesses were interrupted by the sounds of chiming bells. They looked up and around before finding themselves being descended upon by a fairy. It circled Rapunzel. The sun goddess held out her hand to allow the little fairy to settle onto her palm.

"Hello little one," she greeted warmly.

"Goddess of the Sun," the fairy greeted, curtsying to her in respect. "A gift from the God of the Forge!" she said as she held up the pendant for her to see.

"From Hiccup?" Rapunzel asked curiously. Rapunzel accepted the necklace, inspecting it and smiling happily at it. "Oh it's beautiful. Please give Hiccup my thanks," Rapunzel told the fairy. The fairy gave a bow before it flew off and away from them.

Rapunzel smiled as she placed the necklace on, marveling at the beautiful golden sun adorning it.

The other goddesses looked to Rapunzel as she beamed brightly in happiness of her new gift. They couldn't help but frown, jealousy churning within all of them.

Hiccup had no idea what he'd done. Though they were born goddesses and considered themselves above the simple feelings of man it didn't change one simple fact.

They were still women.

Amaya-chan07: They're gods of a made up land but are inspired by certain gods of existing mythology. You'll have to wait and see

Comet Moon: Hiccup will meet other goddess besides these four