Chapter 4: A New Species?
Authors Note Part 1: I've gotta say, this is probably one of my least favorite episodes. Sure, Torch comes in and that's great and all, but I'm a little upset about the lack of communication between Hiccup and Toothless during the episode. Unfortunately, I can't really change events in this episode since they would affect another episode or two later on. Oh well.
However another problem for this episode is how my character affects it. Since Jack has Frostbite, a Night Fury, as his dragon, he will react the same as Toothless. I don't know why exactly, but I guess that Night Fury's and Typhoomerang's just have a species feud or something. Though, this also brings in the problem that since most of this episode seems to take place in Hiccup's house since he's the one looking after Torched, my character can't really do much. So, I'm gonna have to either come up with parts to take up the place of that, or just skip over them entirely since I don't write out parts that my character wouldn't have some kind of effect in.
Alright, I think that's about all I have to warn you guys about at the moment. If anything else pops up well, you probably won't be able to tell if I added it since it'll just seem like I wrote it out the first time. But enough rambling! On to the fourth chapter of "A New Life: Riders of Berk"!
When you're riding a dragon, communication is key. It's almost like the two of you have to read each other's minds. Because the alternative… Let's just say that it can be unpleasant in the multiple ways it could end. So, you have to have an open mind. Because sometimes, as much as it may pain you to admit, you're dragon knows the right choice better than you do…
The dragon riders of Berk can be seen following Hiccup and Jack as they fly over a cliff towards one of the many forests on the island. "Follow me!" Hiccup calls back to the others, before leveling out as they reach the trees. "Low level evasive maneuvers! Come on bud." He orders the other teens, before saying the last part to Toothless. The two of them fly between the many trees that are standing upright, or have toppled over only to get caught on others, with Jack close behind. Then, in sync, the two Night Fury riders "switch gears" on their foot pedals, and bank to the left to avoid more trees ahead.
Unfortunately, the others aren't so fortunate. Hookfang purposely leads Snotlout through the trees, ending with him having a face full of leaves and twigs. As he makes a sarcastic comment about the dragon "missing a branch", Hookfang responds by flying through the trees once more, Snotlout now having more twigs sticking out of his nostrils, as well as helmet. As this is going on, Jack and Hiccup fly on either side of Astrid as she directs Stormfly through the trees, before ordering her dragon to fly higher as she notices two trees that had caught each other mid-fall. Instead, Stormfly bucks so that Astrid flies higher, while the Nadder flies underneath the two trees. When she reaches the other side, Astrid lands on her back, and they turn to the left in order to dodge the oncoming line of trees.
At this, Astrid admits that Stormfly had the better sense of direction, before her nerves take over for a moment as she thinks about how she could have died. After she admits this, Snotlout and Hookfang fly next to them, the raven haired Viking teen complaining about how the Nightmare had tried to kill him. As he attempts to take a twig out of his nose, Astrid comments about the good look it gave him… He immediately places the twig back in his nose. Afterwards Hiccup, the twins, who had surprisingly stayed on their dragon the whole ordeal, and Jack catch up to them. Hiccup and Jack look around the group, noticing how a certain Gronkle rider was missing. "Hey, has anyone seen Fishlegs?" Hiccup asks.
"Dunno. I haven't really had time to look around." Ruff says while staring at Jack with suggestive eyes. The dimension-traveling teen represses a shudder, before turning to Hiccup and silently begging to help look for their friend even though he would have helped anyways.
"Ugh. Alright, me and Jack will take a look around." Hiccup says, directing them around and away from the group, much to Ruffnut's displeasure, which she voices with a disappointed groan as Tuffnut pretends to gag. After the two Night Fury riders circle the immediate area a few times, they find the missing teen stuck in a tree with his dragon stuck in the one next to him. "Woah, there you are Fishlegs! Are you, okay?" Hiccup asks as he and Jack land, before walking over to the tree where Fishlegs is trapped between the split in a tree.
"I'm fine! Just, hanging out. It's not like I, crashed or anything..." Fishlegs replies, getting a chuckle out of Jack in response. He could appreciate the use of sarcasm in this situation, since Fishlegs isn't usually someone who uses it. "Okay I crashed, there, I said it." He admits, making Jack sigh as he walks over with Hiccup to free their friend from his predicament. They each grab a hold of one of his legs, before pulling in an attempt to free him. Unfortunately, the only thing they manage to free are his pants.
"Oops." Hiccup mutters with a sheepish expression as he turns to Jack.
"A~~~nd there goes my dignity." Fishlegs says.
"Uh, no. Your dignity would be gone if you lost what you still have on Fishlegs. As of right now, you've managed to retain it." Jack comments as he continues to look away from Fishlegs both from the awkwardness, as well as for the Viking teen's privacy. As Hiccup tries to pull Fishlegs out by his legs, Jack thinks about something, facepalms, and places a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Uh, Hiccup. I think we'd have an easier time…" He trails off as he walks over to the other side of the tree. "Over here." He comments as the dragon's chuckle in their dragon manner, and Hiccup blushes at the fact he hadn't thought of how it was the teen's arms keeping him stuck. Not that Jack was any better since he'd only just thought of it.
The brunette walks over to stand by his friend, before they successfully pull Fishlegs out from his position stuck in the tree… At least, that's what would have happened if the dragons didn't decide they wanted to have a little fun. They shared a mischievous look, before Frostbite shot a low powered Plasma Blast at Fishlegs, and Toothless ran forward in order to catch him. "Thank you." The Viking teen thanks the dragon, before grabbing his pants from Hiccup and putting them back on. Jack gives his Night Fury a look as he tries to hold back a laugh at the turn of events. Frostbite just looks at him with an innocent expression, eyes wide as his left ear twitches with his head tilted to the left.
"Now, what are we gonna do about Meat-" Hiccup's cut off as the trees behind him collapse, and the Gronkle in question falls to the ground underneath them. "-lug?" He finishes as Fishlegs makes his way over to his dragon.
"Uh, can you not tell the others that Meatlug broke the trees?" Fishlegs asks the duo as he pets the Gronkle, before covering her ears. "She's sensitive about her weight." He stage whispers. Jack responds by sliding his finger across his lips with a small smirk on his face.
"How did this happen?" Hiccup asks as Toothless and Frostbite join their riders at their sides.
"I don't know. I was just flying along, taking notes on the flora and the fauna. Typical guy stuff." He tells them, twiddling his thumbs as he admits this while Jack raises an eyebrow since they were supposed to be in a training exercise just minutes ago. "When something weird jumped out of the bushes, it was like a… Like a-a flaming squirrel." He comments, holding his hands out as if he were showing off the size of the creature.
"Really? A flaming squirrel?" Hiccup asks Fishlegs in disbelief.
"Or a chipmunk" Fishlegs tells him, getting a blank stare from the brunette in response. "Or some other flammable rodent… I don't know Hiccup! It scared us! Isn't that enough for you?!" Fishlegs exclaims as he gets on Meatlug, and flies off. As they do so, Hiccup chuckles slightly, turning to look at his companions.
"Did you hear that? A flaming squirrel." Hiccup comments as him and Jack get onto Toothless and Frostbite.
"I'm not sure Hiccup. I mean, we're riding dragons. Are flaming rodents really that unbelievable?" He asks his brunette friend.
"Oh come on Jack." Hiccup starts with a slight laugh as they lift off the ground and start flying forward. "Everyone knows there's no such thing as a- Flaming squirrel!" He exclaims, falling to the ground as a streak of fire shoots past them, Jack also falling off Frostbite as him and Hiccup lose control of their foot pedals. They quickly push themselves up, and look in the direction that the streak of fire went. "Woah… You saw that, right?" Hiccup asks the others, getting nods in response as they cautiously look over the partially burned tree log and hear the sound of… Something, letting off scared sounds. What they see surprises them, since it's a small dragon hiding in a small hole in a pile of rocks. The two Night Fury riders share a glance, before leaping over the log and running over to the dragon.
"Hey little guy. Who are you?" Hiccup asks, extending a hand to the dragon to sniff.
"Careful Hiccup. Cornered animals will usually-" Jack is cut off as the small dragon tries to bite Hiccup's hand. "-Attack." Jack finishes as Hiccup pulls his hand back before it can join his left leg.
"Woah. Slow down big fella!" Hiccup exclaims, before leaning down slightly to get a better look at the dragon, though keeping his distance so that he won't be attacked again. "I've never seen anything like him… Have you Jack?" He asks his raven haired friend, getting a shrug in response as the two Night Fury's try to get a better look at the new dragon. After a few seconds, they pull back and snarl at him. The riders look over at them, share a glance, before looking back at the smaller dragon and let out a high pitched roar while spreading their wings. Jack raises an eyebrow at the reaction, whereas Hiccup just looks at Toothless in slight annoyance. "You know, you're really not helping." He tells his Night Fury, before the two riders stand up and step back slightly. "I think we might have discovered a new species here." Hiccup comments, before the Night Fury's walk over, and start to nudge their riders away from the new species.
"Woah! Hey, Toothless!" Hiccup exclaims, pushing against the Night Fury's head as he tries to push Hiccup away. "What has gotten into you?!" He cries out as the small dragon retreats further into the small space in the rocks. "It looks like he's hurt… Hey there little guy, I'm a friend… Here." He tries again, walking over and kneeling before the dragon as he pulls out some dragon nip for him.
"I'm not too sure Hiccup… I mean, if both Toothless and Frostbite are hesitant about him…" Jack tries, staying near Frostbite. Hiccup turns and looks at his friend with a raised eyebrow.
"And if he is hurt Jack?" Hiccup asks. Jack's cautious face softens a little as he sighs and Hiccup turns to look back at the dragon "It's okay little guy. It's just a little dragon nip." Hiccup continues as the dragon starts to creep out of the hole and sniff, just before the two Night Fury's let out warning roars, causing the smaller dragon to hang onto Hiccup as if looking for safety. "Hey, come on guys. Play nice." Hiccup says to the dragons, before turning back to the smaller dragon, thus missing Jack's slight annoyed look. Which changes to fear as Hiccup cries out in pain after he pulls the dragon to his chest. "Little dragon, big claws!" He exclaims, before standing up and holding the dragon a fair bit away from him. "Come, let's go get you fixed up." He says with a small smile.
"This is so exciting! It's an all new species!" Fishlegs exclaims as the riders discuss the new dragon in the dragon training arena. Tuffnut just looks at it with a deadpan expression.
"Doesn't look like a flaming squirrel to me." He says as Fishlegs continues to look at the small dragon from all around.
"There's no telling what it might do." Fishlegs says in a hushed whisper as Tuffnut leans down and extends his hand to the dragon with a small smirk. Meanwhile, Ruffnut is not so stealthily trying to make her way over to Jack. Luckily, he'd situated himself between Hiccup and Astrid. And the two were nice enough to make sure they were close enough so that she couldn't stand beside him. He mentally relaxed when she noticed and didn't attempt to hide her scowl at the blond Viking beside him.
"Flame! Do it!" Tuffnut exclaims, before the dragon lunges forwards and bites his nose. Not letting go for a few seconds as the male twin staggers around. "Ahhh! Get it off, get it off, get it off!" He cries in pain, the sight making his twin forget about how she can't get over to Jack, and laugh at his pain. He finally manages to take the dragon, and throw him away. Unfortunately for Ruffnut, the dragon's next victim is her. This time, it's Tuffnut's turn to laugh. "Hey, that is funny." He says as the dragon eventually gets off, and leaps to the ground, making Hiccup hold out his hands for the dragon to leap to.
"Come on guys! We have to figure out what to do with him. He's hurt." The brunette says to the others.
"He's hurt?" Tuffnut asks, rubbing his nose as he asks this to get the point across.
"He's just scared. He'll settle down." Hiccup says, rubbing the dragon's head to comfort him as Fishlegs walks over to stand next to Hiccup.
"Uh, new species. Remember? We actually don't know what it'll do." Fishlegs says, looking around with slight nervousness as he says this.
"Not helping Fishlegs." Jack says, before noticing how Ruffnut is standing next to him and staring at his face with a dazed expression. He subtly moves away from her as Astrid speaks up.
"Well, someone's got to take him home." She says, making everyone take a few large steps away from Hiccup, unfortunately meaning that Ruffnut made sure to step away so that she was practically holding onto Jack.
"Well big guy. Here's your somebody." He says as he turns the dragon to look at him. While this is happening, Jack repressing the urge to shudder as Ruffnut practically tries to hold onto his arm. When they're dismissed from the arena a few minutes later, he quickly makes his way to Frostbite and flies off towards his house in an attempt to get away from the female twin.
He makes it to his house, closes the window, and quickly runs over to lock the door. That had been one of the other things he'd created with Hiccup and Gobber's help. Since they couldn't make the complex ones with keys at the forge yet, they'd settled for one of the easier ones to create. This was the one where you'd have a metal rod attached to one side on the door, and another piece of metal on the wall next to the door. That way, to lock it, you'd slide the metal rod to the side in order to keep the door from being pushed open (1). Once the door is locked, makes his way back upstairs and sits in front of his desk in order to get back to some other projects to better the town.
SpongeBob Narrator: A Few Hours Later…
"No, no, no!" Jack flinches at the loud shout, knowing that Hiccup had just showed his father the small dragon. He sighs as he pushes away from his desk in order to head towards his room and sleep. The teen takes off his jacket, gets into bed, and falls asleep. Unfortunately, his sleep isn't as peaceful as it could be.
*Dream Flashback*
My eyes slowly open when my brain realizes that I'm not getting the same amount of air I should be… Nor is it the right kind of air. When my body realizes this, my eyes snap open the rest of the way, allowing me to see my surrounding in a better way. The room hasn't been touched, and everything seems normal… That is, if you count the giant black smog floating in the air normal. I look at the smoke above my head, before rolling out of bed and attempting to army crawl to my door. It takes me a minute, but I manage to get to the door.
I get into a crouched position, and feel the bottom of the door. Luckily, I don't feel any heat. Therefore, there isn't any fire on the other side. Knowing this, I open the door slowly, and crawl out. I'm met with the sight of the hall filled with smoke, and fire a few yards down. I go in the opposite direction, trying to get away from the flames. As I continue down the hall, I make sure to knock on the doors that I pass, attempting to find my parents in the pandemonium.
"Mom?! Dad?!" I call out, only to be met by silence every time. Finally, I reach their room. I open the door, and behind it I see-
*End Dream Flashback*
Jack's eyes snap open and he sits up straight in the bed, looking around in an attempt to assure himself that he's still in his room on Berk. When the familiar sight of his new room greets him, though surprisingly without the presence of Frostbite, he lies back down on the bed and calms his breathing. I'm still here. On Berk. It was just a dream… He trails off and closes his eyes with a frown as he attempts to fall back asleep. I wish…
The next day, the teens have met back in the arena again in an attempt to learn more about the dragon that Hiccup and Jack had found. The prior stand in front of the other teens, and places the newly dubbed Torch on a table. "Alright Torch, let's find out what you are." He says with a small smile.
"Oh this is so exciting! Documenting a whole new species! Learning all about it!" Fishlegs exclaims with a giddy expression. The twins seem a bit surprised by this announcement.
"Wait. Learning?" Tuffnut asks as he slouches over slightly.
"No thanks." Ruffnut continues, leaning against Jack's side, much to the latter's displeasure. As this is going on, Hiccup looks through the book of dragons.
"There's, nothing in the book of dragons that looks anything like him." He announces, making Fishlegs look at him in surprise.
"We even get to decide what it's called." He says before giving off a small laugh. "That is, that is a really big responsibility." He tells them. "I don't know if I'm ready for that." He says with a nervous look, just before Snotlout slides up in front of him. Jack walks over to stand next to Fishlegs, finally managing to escape from Ruffnut, and places a hand on the teen's shoulder and giving him a smile.
"Hey, it's alright Fishlegs. Out of all of us, you're the one that has the most knowledge. Therefore, you know exactly why all the other dragons have their names. So, as soon as we know more about Torched, you'll get ideas." He says, making Fishlegs look at him in shock, before giving a thankful smile. As this is going on, Hiccup and Astrid had already started, with Snotlout coming up with names for Torch's… And failing miserably. When Fishlegs sees where they are in terms of test, he asks to administer the claw test. He does so, and the rest of Jack realizes just why it was that Hiccup had cried out in pain the day before. As Snotlout attempts to come up with more names, Tuffnut turns to look at his sister.
"Hold on, is he serious?" He asks her. But at the moment, Ruffnut could care less since Jack wasn't by her at the moment. As the tests continue, the teens learn that Torch does not react to eels in the familiar manner of most dragons, instead eating it. This shocks the dragon riders.
"Fishlegs. Has there ever been a dragon in recorded history who-" He cuts himself off, not needing to finish the sentence.
"Never. We're in uncharted waters my friend." Fishlegs says.
"I thought we were already in uncharted waters since we don't know what species he is?" Jack mutters to himself since he doesn't want to hurt Fishleg's feelings, or his enthusiasm.
"Hear that Torch? You're one of a kind." Hiccup says, petting the dragon on the head as he gives him a small smile.
"Now we just need to get it to fly." Fishlegs mutters.
"Maybe if he sees Toothless fly…" Hiccup says, before looking up at the rock cliff that Toothless and Frostbite were sitting on. "Toothless! Let's take a ride bud!" He yells up to the Night Fury. The two dragons look at him out of the corners of their eyes, before turning back to continue looking away. "Toothless?!" He yells again, this time with slight confusion. Snotlout just laughs as he walks over to Hookfang.
"So much for the 'Dragon trainer'." He says in a smug voice, making Jack narrow his eyes as he sees a bit of past Snotlout return. "We've got this." He says, getting onto Hookfang before the Nightmare takes off, giving Snotlout a scare as he does so, and making Jack laugh as they land at Karma taking place.
"F-first thing y-you n-need to kn-know Snotlout!" Jack exclaims, still laughing. "Karma's a bitch!" He says, before falling to the ground and continuing to have his laughing fit. He continues to laugh as Torch attempts to fly, and the other teens talk about him, before the dragon takes off with sparks erupting from his mouth as he flies in a spiral pattern. Unfortunately, Jack notices said sparks. And they cause him to have a reaction that doesn't seem like him. As Torch floats to the ground, the other dragons look around him, commenting on how his flying went, as well as determining the name of "Typhoomerang" for his species.
Suddenly, Astrid looks around as Snotlout complains about not getting the name. "Hey. Where did Jack go?" She asks, the others looking around before Tuffnut sees him.
"Uh, he's over there." He says, pointing to the shape of Jack, hugging himself as he pushes as far against the wall as he can as he blocks his face with his arms, and shakes like a leaf.
"Jack?" Hiccup asks, walking over to the teen with Torch still in his arms. The teen in question flinches, before looking up at his friend. When he notices the dragon, his eyes widen, and he pushes further against the wall.
"No…." He whispers in a fearful voice, making the others look at him in shock. So far, he they hadn't shown this side to them. "Keep it… Keep it away from me…" He mutters, still pushing against the wall. "Memories… Bad, bad memories… Sparks… Fire… Burning…" He mutters, looking back at his arms and trying to curl into himself. Now the others are looking between one another, trying to figure out what's wrong. Of course, Snotlout is the first to break out of his shocked state, and instead, gets a smug grin on his face as he walks over.
"Oh, so Jack's afraid of some sparks is he?" He asks, taking Torch into his hands and walking over towards the cowering teen.
"Snotlout, what are you doing?" Astrid asks him, though without the usual malice since she's still confused about Jack's current appearance.
"Come on Jack. What's so bad about a few sparks? Hm?" Snotlout asks, now kneeling in front of Jack as he holds out Torch towards the teen, the smug grin still in place. At the moment, all Jack can do is try to get further away from the cause of his panic. Unfortunately, Snotlout isn't giving him any time to do so. "Come on, they're just a few sparks." He continues. At this point, Astrid sees what Snotlout's doing, and gets an angered look on her face.
"Snotlout! Are you trying to scare him?!" She exclaims, already knowing the answer to the question. Snotlout just turns around slightly to smirk at her, still holding Torch out towards Jack.
"Think of it like revenge for everything that he's done to me in the past year." He states, not even thinking about the fact that he had deserved all the things jack had done. However, it's at this point that Frostbite notices what's going on. And he doesn't like it one bit. Because the next thing anyone knows, is that Snotlout is being flung back, Torch landing in Hiccup's outstretched arms, while Snotlout lands roughly on his back, before looking up at the Night Fury crouched next to Jack, currently snarling at him in a threatening way. Before anything else can be said, Jack jumps onto Frostbite, and takes off. Flying back home at surprising speeds. "What the Hel did that stupid dragon do that for?!" He cries out in annoyance. Unfortunately for him, this turns the teen's attention back to him. And none of them look happy.
"Snotlout, what did you do?!"Astrid exclaims, getting an eye roll from the Jorgensen in response.
"Duh, I already told you. I was getting back at the guy for what he's done to me in the past." He huffs out as he crosses his arms.
"Snotlout. You were purposely scaring Jack. Didn't you see how he reacted to Torch?" Hiccup asks, trying to hide his anger at his cousin.
"Yeah, so what? A real Viking would conquer their fear." Snotlout announces. At this point, everyone's already angry at Snotlout, even Fishleg's who's scared of ever standing up to the teen, and they all turn and walk away before they end up doing something they'll regret. Even the twins are angry at him. They may love destruction as much as the next set of twins, but even they wouldn't resort to what Snotlout just did. So they all leave on their dragons, leaving a confused and slightly miffed Snotlout behind with Hookfang. "Hey! Come on!" He calls out, before huffing and turning to Snotlout. "Can you believe them?" He asks his dragon, only getting a dragon-like glare in return, before Hookfang takes off into the air. "Hey!" Snotlout cries out to his dragon. "Where do you think you're going?!" He yells, not getting a response.
The next day, all the riders are back in the arena. However, Jack isn't with them at the moment as they all talk about Toothless. "You did the right thing with Toothless." Astrid tells Hiccup. "He'll snap out of it." She continues.
"Yeah, but what if he doesn't?" Snotlout asks much to the displeasure of everyone there since they're all still angry with him about yesterday. "Then you won't have a dragon to ride. And if you don't have a dragon to ride, then you can't be the leader of the dragon acde-" He's finally cut off by the person nobody expected to speak at the moment.
"Shut the Hel up Snotlout!" Hiccup exclaims, turning his head to set a glare on his cousin, which surprised both him, as well as Astrid. "I don't want to hear anything from you right now! I've had to put my best dragon friend in the cove for an unknown amount of time, and you scared my best friend into a near petrified state!" He exclaims, the anger burning through the glare he gave making Snotlout stiffen. "Jack was the first one who treated me like a person, and he wasn't even a part of the tribe! And now, you've just scared him by acting like seeing a few sparks is 'nothing'!" He continues. At this, Astrid looks at him quizzically, though still surprised at his outburst.
"What do you mean? Do you know why he acted like that Hiccup?" She asks, making the brunette sigh. Unfortunately, before he can say anything, the twins show up on Bark and Belch.
"You guys would not believe what we just saw. The whole forest, ultimate destruction." Tuffnut tells them with wonder in his voice.
"It was beautiful." Ruffnut continues. "The whole thing was torched." She tells them with a smile.
"Torched." Hiccup mutters, absent mindedly rubbing Torch beneath his chin. "Show me." He says with a determined look at the twins.
Later on that day, the riders return to the village after returning Torch to his mom. While everyone else goes off to their own homes, Astrid and Hiccup land in front of Jack's. As they walk up to the door, Astrid turns to look at Hiccup. "So, are you going to explain to me why it is that Jack acted like he did?" She asks, getting a sigh just like earlier.
"That's why we're here Astrid. To both check on Jack, and to see if it's okay to tell you. As of right now, only I know why he acted like he did. But it's up to him if you can know or not. It's a part of his past life, but it's also a part of his life now." He explains, getting a raised eyebrow in response as they stop in front of his door. Hiccup sighs as the confused look. "I'll just let him explain if he wants to." He tells her, before knocking on Jack's door. When they don't get an answer, they attempt to open the door, only to find it unlocked. This makes them uneasy, since Jack always locks his door. They look around the bottom floor, and see a shape sitting on the "couch" in front of the fire, which Frostbite was re-lighting with a Plasma Blast as they walk in. The dragon turns around to see them, and lets off a low whine, nudging the shape sitting on the couch.
"Jack?" Hiccup asks as they close the door and walk over to the figure. Said figure flinches, before turning slightly in order to see them better. What the two teens see doesn't get their hopes up. Jack has bags under his eyes from lack of sleep, and seems as if he hasn't eaten for a while.
"Hiccup? Astrid? Is that you?" Jack asks in a raspy voice, most likely from lack of water.
"Jack? What happened to you?" Astrid asks as Hiccup sits next to his first friend and rubs his back. Jack shudders slightly.
"Memories." He mutters, curling up a bit tighter.
"You said that in the arena. What do you mean by that?" Astrid asks as she sits on the other side of Jack, placing a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. Jack flinches slightly at the touch. "We're your friends. You can tell us." Astrid tells him, making the raven haired teen sigh, before he slightly relaxes his position.
"I guess… I guess that I can tell you." He finally says after a minute. "But, you might want to get comfortable… It's a bit of a long tale." He admits. Then, he goes on to explain why he reacted the way that he did...
Authors Note Part 2: Mwuahahahahahaha! I leave you to wonder just what it is that scared Jack so bad that he was nearly petrified!... *Realizes what he just did* And now I'm going to run and hide before you all kill me. But, in all seriousness, just what is it that scared Jack so bad? Well, I plan on revealing that later on in the series, but definitely during this story at some point. When exactly? I'm not entirely sure. But I do know that it's going to be after Heather shows up. That way she'll either know at the same time the others know, or she'll know before the others.
Now, for Snotlout. I may have made him seem a little uncaring during this chapter, but that's just kind of his character! I mean, take the second to last episode of Defenders of Berk for example! *Spoiler Line* He freaking almost kills Astrid, and acts like it's nothing! *Spoiler line end* So, I think that I was justified in how I portrayed his reaction. But make sure to tell me if I overdid it.
As for Hiccup's reaction, I can imagine him blowing up on Snotlout for what he did. I mean, Jack is his first human friend, so I feel like if someone hurt him badly in any way, he'd take it a little personally. So, Vengeful-Hiccup is now a possible thing in this Fanfiction. But, onto the reviews for the last chapter.
Akira Himura:
Well, as you can see I have continued to write. And I'm glad you liked the previous chapter! I hope I can continue to entertain you in the ones to come!
Owldusk:
Well, as you can see in this chapter, He's come up with ideas for basic locks on doors. However, I'm trying to hold off on the big impacts until I see what happens in the coming seasons. That way I won't exactly have to either come back and change things, or just not write out episodes since stuff written could easily solve possible problems.
DarkLord98:
Probably. Don't ask me the big questions though. Remember that I didn't make the series, so I can't give you all the answers.
Anime PJ:
Glad to know you like it! Also, Ruffnut hitting on Jack, well you saw the chapter. But I'm gonna try to tone it down when Heather is actually in a relationship with him. I'm not the kind of guy to write out love triangles or anything like that. Though, I'm gonna take a shot at it during the first couple episodes where she comes in, simply to see how good I am at writing out situations like that.
Theanvil7558:
Well, here's the next update. As for the Heather part, well you're probably going to hate me during the beginning of the second episode, but love me by the end. But that's all I'm gonna say at the moment.
Speaking of Heather, I'm still trying to figure out if I should make her parents stay with her and Jack. Either way she'll be staying with him, but I'm not entirely sure. I mean, I'm leaning towards them leaving without her, that way the village they're from won't panic more than they already did when they went missing, and so that I won't have three extra characters to write in.
Also, I'm gonna need a little help on her personality guys. I mean, I take her as confident, not afraid to speak her mind, and possibly a little forward when in a relationship. If any of that's wrong, or you have more to add on, please tell me. I mean, she only comes in for two episodes, so I can use all the help I can get. I already know what she's going to do as her "job" on the island, so I don't need help with that.
Now, as for the number earlier: (1): What I mean by these are the locks that you might see inside a stall in a bathroom. You know, the ones where you turn it slightly so it's not stuck in place anymore, move it so that the door won't open, and then turn it again so it stays locked. Imagine that one since Jack doesn't know enough about keys to make the locks nowadays. And the ones back then that kept chests locked wouldn't really fit in with locking a door.
I think that's about all I had to say on the chapter, so thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this, and I hope to see you all next time!