Everyone was still staring at Hiccup miraculous throw.
"He threw it over 700 m!" Clueless gasped.
"He's got the same distance as Snotlout," said Ragnar.
Speedfist looked intrigued. "He used his own prosthetic to create a device that allowed him to toss the ball at such a speed. There was certainly quite clever."
Astrid looked at Hiccup folding her arms. "Yes, it was."
Snotlout just stared at Hiccup openmouthed. 'What the hell was that? He had a superpower all this time?'
Snotlout was completely furious as flames appeared around his fist. "I'm getting to the bottom of this."
He then immediately ran towards Hiccup with fury in his eyes much to the surprise of the entire class.
"Hey!" he yelled. "Tell me how you did that, Useless!"
However before you could get anywhere close to Hiccup, Eret's scarf then wrapped itself around Snotlout trapping him in place. Try to use his powers to break free but found that he was unable to use them, even without them you should have been able to tear through the scar easily.
His eyes then turned to Eret. "Why the hell is your down scarf so strong?"
"Because of the capture weapon made of carbon fibre and a special metal alloy," Eret answered. "I suggest you stand down and call your temper, or else you'll be the one who will be expelled."
Snotlout stared at him. "What?"
"Hero needs to keep calm and collective and not rash out uncontrollably," said Eret plainly. "Or else we would be no better than the villains we fight." He then released his scarf and closed his eyes. "You're wasting my time now. Whoever is next in, step up."
Hiccup's eyes then began to glow once again and the device on his hand disassembled and reassembled forming his leg prosthetic once again. He then walked past Snotlout and joined the other students, who immediately took interest in him.
"That was amazing," said Fishlegs. "I know you can use your powers to disassemble technology and reassemble it to form something else."
"Nor I," Hiccup admitted. "I wasn't even sure I could pull it off."
Ragnar looked up. "You mean you did that not knowing whether you could do it or not?"
"I think it was the only way for me to pass this test," said Hiccup.
Snotlout was not liking the attention he was getting. 'Before the exam he was nothing and now suddenly he's a big deal. Well if we ever fight each other I'm going to show everyone just how useless you truly are.'
After that they carried on with the tests, Hiccup didn't do so well with the situps or the standing toe touch. He, however, was able to use his prosthetic in order to give them a good scoring the long-distance run.
After they all gathered around to receive their scores from Eret.
"All right, time to give you your results," he said. "I thank you all from best to worst, you should probably have a good idea of your standings already. I'll just pull up the whole list, it's not worth going over each individual scores."
Hiccup can only hope that he did enough to satisfy Eret so that you will be expelled. He did only use his powers during the throwing test while everyone else had please use their powers once or twice or possibly three times in the tests.
Then appearing in front of them was a holographic image of the listings and each and every single student began looking through them to see what their position was. Hiccup found that he was in last place.
"I'm in last place?" said Hiccup horrified.
"Fortunately for all of you, you all passed my expectations," said Eret deactivating the hologram. "As such none of you are going home. In truth I was giving you a rational deception, to make sure you gave it your all in the tests."
Everyone was completely shocked by this.
"As a prize the rest of you didn't figure that out," Astrid commented. "I guess I should have said something."
Many of the students actually agreed with her, though they didn't say to her face.
"That was pretty nerve wracking," said Tuffnut.
A muscular boy clenched his fists, his name was Dogsbreath Dugman. "I'm always down for a challenge."
Snotlout merely huffed.
"That's it we're done for the day," said Eret putting his phone away. "Pick up the syllabus in the classroom and read it over before tomorrow morning. And please note that your actual training is gonna get a lot tougher tomorrow, make sure you're prepared."
Eret was making his way of the campus when he passed Forge, who was leaning against the wall.
"Eret, that was a rotten move," he commented.
Eret stopped and looked at him. "Forge, so you were watching."
"'A rational deception?'" he said raising an eyebrow. "That's cute, but not exactly known to be light-hearted. Last year you expelled an entire class of freshmen students, you have no problems of kicking students out, anyone you deem unworthy. I also know that you were indeed planning to send Hiccup back home. That only means that you see potential within the boy."
Eret looked at him. "I do know about your relationship with the boy as well heritage. Although I do admit that he doesn't have 0%, if that was the case I would have sent him home without question. It's cruel to let a kid keep dreaming of something that will never come true."
Forge shook his head as Eret walked off. "He was always a strange kid."
Later that day, Hiccup was making his way out of the campus when he was approached by Ragnar.
"You missed a bullet there did you?" he said.
Hiccup looked at him and blinked. "Ragnar?"
Ragnar smiled at him. "Gonna say this wasn't what I expected our first day."
"You and me both," said Fishlegs as he too approached them. "You were extremely lucky, Hiccup."
"You don't have to tell me," Hiccup sighed.
They kept on walking and then suddenly they saw Astrid folding her arms in front of them and she was looking directly at Hiccup the forceful look.
"Astrid?" Hiccup blinked.
Astrid looked directly at him. "I'm curious, how come you didn't get here by a recommendation?"
Hiccup blinked. "Come again?"
"Don't play down with me, I know who your mother is," said Astrid.
Ragnar and Fishlegs just stood there looking at the two of them remaining completely silent.
Hiccup sighed. "So how did you figure it out that my mother was Technora?"
Ragnar and Fishlegs gasped dumbfounded.
"Technopaths are extremely rare, I only know of one another and that is Technora," said Astrid not lowering her gaze. "It's quite common for meta-human offspring to inherit their parents' powers. Also Eret kept on referencing her as if you should have known her and then I simply put two and two together. I also know that there is a Valka Haddock, who is a technological genius, running her own company meaning that she could easily have gotten your scholarship."
Hiccup smiled. "The truth is my mother is hardly around, she is currently on the moon organising the new colony there. My father on the other hand is very overprotective, especially after the incident which resulted in me losing my leg. I wouldn't be here if they old friend of the family had managed to convince my father to allow me to join."
Astrid looked at him squarely. "Well, be warned, I won't let anyone get in my way of becoming a hero."
She then spun around and walked off leaving everyone quite stunned.
"Well, that was intense," said Ragnar.
Soon it was the next day and that's when teaching really started. Despite this being the Hero course they did had proper classes like English and maths, something which most of the students found completely boring.
The meeting hall was quite large and they had a large variety of food to choose from thanks to the school chef. He went by the name of Lunch Rush and was capable of making the finest cuisine in the world.
It was only during the afternoons when their proper hero training began and their first lesson was being taught by none other than Forge.
"Welcome class," he said cheerfully.
Everyone was psyched to be trained by one of the original heroes. Forge was considered to be the number five hero which was quite an accomplishment. In fact he pretty much invented the campus itself along with its security.
"I can't believe it really Forge," Clueless gasped, who was wearing a leather jacket, black baggy trousers and a pair of trainers.
"He's one of the best heroes around," said Dogsbreath, who was wearing a red fleece, a pair of jeans with the needs ripped and a pair of combat boots.
"I'm getting goosebumps," said Sven, who was wearing a blue T-shirt, a pair of jeans and sandals.
Forge then looked at all them with a firmed expression. "Welcome to the most important class in Berk Academy, here we'll be teaching you hero 101. Here you will learn the basics of being a pro and what it means to be a hero. Today's lesson will be combat training."
Snotlout smiled. "Finally I did fight someone."
Agnar, who was just mainly wearing a green and blue T-shirt, a pair of jeans and trainers, was not so excited. "Real fighting?"
"For this reason you'll be wearing your hero costumes," said Forge snapping his fingers. Immediately the wall began to slide open with suitcases in them with designated numbers. "These were designed for you based upon meta-human registration forms and request you sent in before school started."
Everyone was excited to finally put on their hero costumes.
"So get yourselves suited up and then meet me at Training Ground Beta," Forge ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
Training Ground Beta was a city complex and soon they old entered the training centre wearing their superhero costumes. Forge stood at the engines waiting for them and beamed as they entered one by one.
"They say clothes make the pros, young lads and lasses and you are indeed the proof," said Forge. "Take this to heart for now you are all heroes in training and let me tell you, you look cool. Now let's get started, you bunch of newbies!"
Before any of them enrolled into Berk Hero Academy, they had to submit the meta-human registration forms, which included physical measurements and any desired costume designs to an exclusive clothing company designated by the school. With all the information they got from the designs, they created state-of-the-art costumes for all of them.
Hiccup, however, had other ideas about the clothing allowance. Instead of having a company build his suit, he was going to build it himself. He was in the underground there with a welding torch creating an advance suit of armour.
Stoick soon entered the complex and smiled at his son's work. "So you've decided to create your own super costume?"
Hiccup stopped his welding and open provides on his goggles. "I'm sticking to the budget of the clothing allowance. It seems unfair that I went over it, I mean the other students don't have my resources."
"Fair enough," Stoick nodded. "Though I imagine with your telepathic abilities it does give you a bit of an edge creating a high-tech suit."
Hiccup shrugged. "I'm hoping to build more soups to suit different situations, but at the moment I'm sticking to the basics."
"And he's going to install me in it," said Toothless appearing in holographic form.
Hiccup nodded. "This will be a great way to test Toothless out on the field."
Stoick chuckled. "So Toothless is going to school as well."
"It will certainly be a new experience," Toothless agreed.
Back in the present, Hiccup was the last student to step out of the gateway. His entire suit was a suit of armour painted black and on his chest was a red dragon with a black tail fin. His helmet was that he shaped like a dragon and had green lenses embedded in it. Attached to his wrists was some sort of device of unknown function, but other than that it was completely normal.
"Nice costume, Hiccup," said Ragnar.
Ragnar's costume also had armour but it was shaped like bark and he had a pair of combat boots and trousers that were perfectly camouflaged.
"Yeah, it's nice and sleek," Fishlegs agreed.
His costume was black with several brown pouches strapped around his waist. He was wearing a metal helmet with a visor that went over his eyes. He too also wore a thick pair of boots and a pair of skintight black trousers.
"Your costumes are pretty neat too," Hiccup complemented.
"Personally I think I should have been a bit more specific with my costume," said Astrid.
Hiccup face blast beneath his helmet, something which he was quite thankful for. The reason why he was brushing was because Astrid was wearing decorated armour that was pressed against her chest and wore an elegance like helmet with satellite wings attached to its side.
"I wish the designers did make my armour this skintight," she said bitterly. "I feel like a wondrous female knights you see on Japan anime."
Agnar was standing directly behind admiring her rear end which looked quite big. He was wearing a simple purple shirt and mask with a yellow cape, pants, boots and gloves. The colour purple matched the colour of his hair perfectly.
"I love this school," he said.
Hiccup then approached Forge. "Sir, before we start I need to know something."
"What's that?" Forge asked having a pretty good idea what Hiccup was about to say.
"I designed an artificial intelligence that would help hero in the field," Hiccup explained, for the sake of the entire class. "He's basically going to monitor my vitals, give me options and help to assess the situation."
Then appearing on his shoulder with a holographic version of Toothless. Immediately everyone stared at Hiccup eyes widened.
"Hi," said Toothless.
"That's so cool," said Tuffnut.
Tuffnut was wearing a yellow and black full-body suit that resembled that of a motorcycle, especially the helmet.
Forge rubbed his chin. "Yes, I'm fully aware of your AI. The idea these costumes are to assist you in your hero work and an AI can help you immeasurably. So I don't you see any problems."
"Thank you, sir," said Hiccup gratefully.
Forge then turned back to the class. "So let's get this training session on the road."
Speedfist then raised his hand, he was wearing a silver streamline bodysuit that was completely prediction proved.
"Sir, this is the fake city from our entrance exam," Speedfist noted. "Does this mean will be conducting urban battles again?"
"Not quite," said Forge. "I'll be moving you two steps ahead. Most of the villain fights you see on the news take place outside. However, statistically speaking, most run-ins super villains happen in doors. For example take backroom deals, home invasions and secret underground layers the most intelligent of criminal stay indoors with in the shadows. For this training exercise I want to see how well you fight in enclosed spaces. I'll be splitting you guys into groups of good guys and bad guys and you'll be fighting in teams of two."
Heather then stepped up. She was wearing a streamlined skintight outfit, with metal shoulder pads and armbraces. She also wore a hood and mask to hide her identity.
"Isn't this a little advanced?" Heather asked.
"I believe working on job," said Forge with a smile. "You need to learn these things on the battlefield, your upper limits, your teamwork and how well you do under pressure. You also need to remember that you will be dealing with robots this time, you'll be fighting actual people now."
"Sir, will you be the one who decide who wins?" Astrid asked.
"How much can we hurt the other team?" Snotlout asked.
Snotlout costume was a bit menacing, it consisted of a black sleeveless V-neck tank top with a red X with the top half borders his shirt collar. Around his neck was a metallic neck brace, around his arms he wore large grenade-like gauntlets the teacher with you wearing actually sank in belief it. He wore a pair of baggy pants with knee guards and his hero mask that has large, flare-shaped cloth.
"Do we need to worry about the losers getting expelled like yesterday?" Fishlegs asked worriedly.
"Will you be splitting us are based upon chance of imperative skill?" Speedfist asked.
Forge held out his hands. "I'll explain everything if you don't give me a chance. Now let me give you the scenario. The villains have killed a nuclear missile somewhere there hideout and the heroes must find the nuke before it explodes. In order to win you must either capture the villains for recovered the weapon. Likewise the villains will succeed if they protect their payload AT the heroes. There is a time limit and we'll be choosing teams by drawing lots."
"Isn't there a better way?" Speedfist asked.
"Actually pros often team up with heroes from other agencies on the spot," Hiccup pointed out.
"I see your point," said Speedfist.
"Now let's see who is teaming up with who," said Gobber as he began to pour names out of the box.
Soon one by one the teams were picked and Hiccup's name was the first to come out of the box. He was also be teamed up with Ragnar which worked out great considering the two of them were already fast friends.
"What are the chances," Ragnar smiled.
"Now it's time to see the heroes and villains," said Forge as he reached into two boxes. One was black with white letters that spell villain and the other was white with black letters that spell hero. "And the first team to fight will be…" He then pulled out two ball from the boxes from the hero box it was going to be Hiccup's team, Team A, and the villain team they would be facing was Team D. "These guys!"
Hiccup eyes widened because he would be facing against Snotlout and Astrid.
"Team A will be the heroes and Team D will be the villains," said Forge. "Everyone else can head to the monitoring room to watch."
"Yes, sir," everyone nodded.
As everyone was making their way to the monitoring room leaving the two teams behind, Snotlout was narrowing his eyes at Hiccup. It was hard to tell what Hiccup was thinking beneath the helmet, though from his posturing it seems as if he was completely calm which was annoying Snotlout.
Forge led them to the building they would be using as the villain hideout.
"Bad guy you can go on in and get set up, in five minutes the good guys will be let loose and the battle will start," Forge informed them.
"Yes, sir," they nodded.
He looked at both Snotlout and Astrid before the entered giving them some last-minute advice.
"Astrid. Snotlout. The key to be successful in this challenge is to embody villainy," he said bluntly. "Being from the perspective of an evildoer."
"Got it," Astrid nodded before she entered.
"If things go too far I'll step in," Forge informed them.
"Understood."
Snotlout looked at Hiccup who was looking at the holographic display node are coming with the battle plan.
They soon found the room where the dummy nuclear missile was located.
"If were doing this we better do this right," said Astrid as she approached the dummy nuke. "I suggest that we remain here to guard it, and then you can take on Ragnar and I'll take on Hiccup."
Snotlout snorted. "We don't need to worry, babe, I take those losers down all by myself."
Astrid narrowed her eyes at him. "First off don't call me, babe. And second do not underestimate them, Hiccup especially. He clearly that out-of-the-box thinking and with his AI helping him it will be even harder to beat now."
Snotlout snorted. "He was useless back then we would score when he's useless now."
Astrid rolled her eyes. 'He has absolutely no idea who he is dealing with.'
Hiccup and Ragnar outside going over the plans of the building that Forge had given them.
"I estimate that the nuke would probably be on the top of floor," Hiccup concluded.
"Makes sense," Ragnar nodded. He then looked at Hiccup curiously. "Your cousin is a bit of a bully isn't it?"
Hiccup nodded. "Yeah, but he's not weak. He has superstrength and the ability to manipulate fire."
"That's going to be tricky for me to handle."
Hiccup nodded again. "Snotlout doesn't truly generate fire, but his sweat is quite flammable and he is able to ignite at will."
"So the more he sweats the more dangerous he becomes," Ragnar concluded.
"Yep, but one had overcome and I've got an idea," said Hiccup getting up. "I also have a pretty good idea what the others will do."
"Let's begin the indoor combat training!" Forge's voice echoed through the loudspeakers. "Team A and Team D, your time starts now."
Forge was with the rest of the students inside the monitoring room and they were observing the entire exercise. However, they could only watch as there was no audio on the screens, but Forge had a radio in his ear that allowed him to listen into their conversations making it easier for him to make judgements.
"Pay attention kids," said Forge. "Think about what you would do." He then looked at the screen that showed Hiccup. 'Hiccup in this classroom you're just another student. How great you just how I would anyone else, without playing favourites.'
Hiccup and Ragnar soon climbed into an open window and entered the building.
"And just like that we're in," said Ragnar.
"Getting in was the easy part," said Hiccup. "Toothless, activate infrared optical vision."
"You got it," said Toothless.
Immediately the vision within Hiccup's visor changed allowing him to see their body heat.
"Nice, so we don't have to worry about sneak attacks," said Ragnar.
Hiccup then began to lead him down the corridors. "And I've got a photographic memory so I've memorised the entire floor plan."
"Nice," Ragnar smiled.
'Fortunately I did a lot of notes of indoor battles and fighting in tight spaces,' said Hiccup to himself. 'My ability is not really suited for combat, which is why designer armour the way I did. I'm confident we can win this, that's if everything goes according to plan.'
Hiccup then immediately saw a heat signature coming round the corner and seconds later Snotlout jumped at them. Hiccup quickly pushed Ragnar to safety just before Snotlout unleashed a burst of flames from his hands which caused a small explosion destroying the wall.
"Thanks," said Ragnar.
"You all right?" Hiccup asked.
"I'm A-OK."
Snotlout then blew the smoke away and looked at the two of them. "What's the matter, Useless? Afraid to stand up and fight me?"
"I knew you would come after me first and I knew you would try to catch me off guard," said Hiccup as he stood up.
"He almost got the jump on him," said Agnar.
"Sneak attack, Snotlout," said Dogsbreath slamming his fist into his arm.
He was wearing a vest that consists of two shoulder pads that are shaped like gears that wrapped around his shoulders while his chest is left uncovered, and wears a skirt with a ripped pattern over his pants with an "R" belt. He also wears a mask that somewhat resembles a wolf.
"What kind of man pulls stunts like that?"
"It's a viable strategy, he's playing the part. Acting like a true villain," said Forge.
"It didn't work, though," said Heather. "Hiccup dodged him."
"There he goes," said Clueless, who was wearing a black jacket, which was wide open, with lightning patterns, a white shirt underneath, and black pants with one stripe running down each leg.
"I'm going to enjoy this," said Snotlout as he charged at Hiccup raising his right hand. "Don't worry I'm not gonna hurt you so much that they going to stop the match, just close."
Then to his surprise Hiccup rushed straight towards him and grabbed his right arm as if he expected the attack.
"Nice moves," said Ragnar as Hiccup turned his body around and began to throw Snotlout over his shoulder.
Snotlout just stared dumbfounded as he was being flipped over. 'Not possible. How did he know? He's not that good.'
Hiccup then used all his strength slammed him into the floor which knocked the wind out of him.
Hiccup then looked down at him. "Snotlout, you can't win I know all your moves. I know that you use a big right hook to start a fight. Did you forget that you can using the same technique on me for years? It's only now that I have the courage to fight back so you better watch out, because I'm not the same helpless defenceless kid anymore."
Snotlout was in rage as he picked himself up and then turned to face him. "Don't kid yourself. You don't stand a chance against me!"
