Jack felt tired. Really tired. Next thing he knew, he had fallen over with his face buried in the snow.
"-ack? Jack..?" Jack heard someone above him. Slowly opening his eyes, he recognized the dark green eyes of his younger friend.
"hey, Jack!" Hiccup lunged forward and hugged Jack.
"Nhg, what?" Jack asked. That's when he noticed he was back in his bedroom, laying in his bed.
"You... passed out at the funeral." Hiccup explained. Then Jack's mother came in.
"Jack! You're up!" she ran over, excitement on her face. "You didn't damage your teeth in the fall, did you?" she lifted his lip with her index fingers. "Okay, all good." she determined.
"Wait wait wait... I passed out?" Jack asked.
"Yep! Only Odin knows why..." Hiccup replied. Jack rubbed his eyes. He looked around again. Then back to his mother. Jack asked his mom when lunch was. "I will bring some up for you when it's ready." Said Tooth before she left.
Hiccup was sitting at the foot of the bed, looking down at the frosted flower pattern on the blue covers. Jack stared at him for a minute.
"Hiccup?" Jack asked. Hiccup looked up from the covers.
"eh? Did I space?" Hiccup asked, looking around. Jack closed his eyes and shook his head, giggling.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go to the library. Ya know. Do stuff." Jack explained. He could tell Hiccup sensed his real intentions. Jack wanted to see if they could find anything on what had happened.
"sure," Hiccup replied. "As long as we get permission," he added quickly. Jack smiled.
Jack and Hiccup walked down the block, on their way to The Meathead Public Library. Nobody really knew why it was called that, and no one asked. In fact, most people were too afraid to go near the librarian.
A lot of kids and teens had dubbed him 'The Hairy Scary Librarian', because of his long beard and scary demeanor.
The two boys turned into the doors of the library. It was a dark building that towered above the rest of the block. The front doors were not only guarded by large orange dogs, but two large statues of beefy dragons, both with a large drill-like horn on their head. The dogs were chained far enough away from the doors that even if they lashed out, they couldn't reach anyone. At night, or when the library was closed, they were chained right in front of the door.
Jack saw The Hairy Scary Librarian looking through some books in a corner, and immediately dragged his smaller friend to the opposite side of the building. Luckily, where the fairytale section was.
The two searched on both side of the shelf, looking for anything that may tell. Hiccup's hand brushed across one title; A Hero's Guide To Deadly Dragons. By Hiccup Horrendous Haddock II.
Hiccup froze. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the... II? Hiccup himself was Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. He had no idea who the Hiccup before him was, let alone that he wrote a book. Maybe it was just a coincidence? Hiccup pulled the book off the shelf.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the shelf, Jack was skimming across books. His hand stopped at one book; The Book Of Magics And Other Things. Jack pulled it off the shelf and skimmed through the pages. It contained all sorts of things. Creatures, spells, objects of magic value, even stories. Jack closed the book and turned left to see Hiccup walking towards him.
"Jack! Guess what I found!" Hiccup whispered. Jack raised an eyebrow. Then a gold covered book was shoved in his face. Jack pushed the book away far enough to read it's title. A Hero's guide To Deadly Dragons. Jack was about to ask how it was helpful when Hiccup pointed bellow the title, at the author.
"What!" Jack exclaimed loudly after reading it. He heard the clank of the librarian's boots walking towards their aisle. Jack looked at Hiccup and grinned innocently. Hiccup's face just screamed 'really?'. The librarian turned the corner and gave a soft shhh with his finger to his lips. Then he saw who they were. Jack and Hiccup. Whenever Jack came to the library, things got destroyed.
"No! Out!" The librarian grabbed the two boys shoulders and led them to the door. He completely ignored the books in their hands as he shut the door behind them.
"well, I guess these are ours, now..." Jack said. Hiccup sighed.
