Hiccup noticed the prince too. Oh, his royal highness is here. Hiccup had to suppress the urge actually saw it out loud. He noticed the prince glance at him and looked away.
"I'm done with the bread now," Stoick said, "So you can go do the farming with Prince Jack." They weren't farmers, but Hiccup and his dad often helped with the crops. Hiccup walked to the door, said bye, then headed to the fields without looking back to check if the white haired boy was following. He stopped once they reached the land they were ploughing and turned to Jack. The land was small and didn't take over hour to plough.
"I'll do the first half then we can finish it together," Hiccup offered.
"Do you really think I'll be doing that any time soon," asked Jack.
"Whatever. I'll do all of it today, but you will be helping tomorrow," Hiccup said the last bit sternly. The prince turned and grimaced as he sat on a near by tree stump. Jack watched as Hiccup picked up a wooden and metal device and dragged it over the bare soil. Jack was surprised at how such a small body could carry such a big thing as the boy made perfectly straight lines and although he wouldn't admit, Jack was pretty impressed. He watched as the peasant sowed some seeds onto the soil, then placing a layer of dirt over them. Jack really didn't see the point, these farmers were too complicated.
"Hand me that bucket," Hiccup said walking up to Jack, "I'll water these, then we can go." Jack reluctantly passed the smaller boy the dirty bucket, before wiping his hands on his trousers. A few minutes later Hiccup was walking towards Jack. Jack noticed Hiccup's clothes were stained by the dirt but Hiccup didn't seem to notice. Hiccup turned to Jack, "Okay, let's go, follow me," and without waiting for a response continued walking in the opposite direction of the field, Jack following not to far from him but keeping his distance between them.
They walked out of the field and around the house. Jack noticed the where walking on the same road he and his mum had came her on except they were walking deeper into the road. At one point a town started forming and more pathways led out of the main one. Petite houses and shops were lined up next to each other. All the buildings were wooden and had straw roofs but they weren't exactly identical, to say the least. The town didn't give an exactly pretty view so far. Men and women walked the streets and none seemed phased by the royalty in their presence, which offended Jack. Their just uneducated peasants, anyway. At one point stalls of fruit and vegetables made their way into the equation. People shouted in the streets trying to catch the attention of their peers.
Hiccup suddenly led the prince round a corner. A church came into view, the building was bigger than any others he had seen so far. It was completely made of stone and had two wooden doors. The building was complete with a small spire with a bell. Only one thought came to Jack's mind: it's small. He saw Hiccup entering the building and quickly followed. The church looked like any other, there was an aisle which had rows of wooden bench on either side. The altar was at the front of the room and there was a wooden cross behind it. The first rows of benches to the right of the aisle were occupied by kids. They were around the same age as Hiccup. A girl with messy blond braided here stood up once she spotted the auburn haired teen.
"Why so late? Fish-bone" she called to the boy.
"No reason, just decided I'd make a fashionably late appearance today," he relied, unfazed by the harsh words. Hiccup could proudly say he was used to it.
"Hiccup talk a seat and we'll get started," a man at the front of the altar said. Hiccup was about to follow out his orders when he heard a fake cough from behind him. It all came back to him. Now Jack understood where exactly Hiccup got his weirdness. He was surrounded by them. The man, which he guessed was the "teacher", had his mustache plaited in two. He could also spot some weird stuff going on among the kids. There was a girl with hair that reached the floor talking to another girl with fiery red hair. Two kids that looked exactly the same, were fighting with each other, and finally there was a really fat kid reading a book on his own. Nerd.
"I have a new friend today, actually." He said turning to introduce Jack to his fellow classmates. "Say hello, Prince Jack." The room fell silent. This was the first time any of the townspeople had seen royalty, not to talk of being in the same room. "Hey don't be shy, everyone."
"Uh, hi. I'm Astrid," the girl from before said weakly. Hiccup mused, Astrid had always been a strong-minded person. Or just strong in general, so seeing her dumbstruck was indeed a rare sight. Astrid caught Hiccups smile and sent him a glare, before smiling sheepishly and sitting down. No one else spoke just murmuring quietly among themselves.
"Well hello, young lad, I hope you find your stay here in Berk, a good one. I'm Gobber," the man said warmly, which was very unlike him. He turned to the other teen, "Hiccup. Sit down."
The rest of the day went quickly, school only lasted 3 hours anyway. Nothing really happened, everyone was just trying to kiss up to Jack, which just made him even madder. And after a while even Hiccup had to agree that things were getting out of hand. The room has starting to get claustrophobic and both Jack and Hiccup had to suppress a "Hallelujah!," when class was dismissed. Though class was different today, everyone seemed to mistaken Jack as a friend of Hiccup's, using him to get close to Jack. Hiccup could see through the act, he wasn't stupid, but he did enjoy the attention. He was tired of the way everyone used to treat. Act like he was a failure. A mistake. A hiccup.
