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So I'm back! So here's the next chapter of This is Berk. It's kind of sort of the sequel to Best Friend but not completely. Anyways enjoy!
Hiccup sat at the edge of the water watching the others swim. At first he had really wanted to go and after a little persuasion from Gobber Stoic had allowed him to go. But, now that he was here he couldn't make himself actually go in the water. It wasn't that he was afraid of swimming; it was more the fact that everyone would see him without his prosthetic leg, and he hated people seeing his stump because it felt wrong to him. Hiccup was afraid that people would be disgusted by it and not want to be around him anymore.
If Hiccup was honest with himself he was even disgusted by his stump. He couldn't bring himself to even look at it when he took off his prosthetic. In fact, Hiccup hated everything about his left leg now. Hiccup sighed and decided that he was not going to get in the water. What had he been thinking of even coming here? How was even supposed to swim with one leg? Astrid looked over to shore and was surprised to find Hiccup sitting there making no move to get into the water so Astrid swam to shore asking,
"Hiccup? Is something wrong?"
"No I'm fine go back to the others" Hiccup insisted. Astrid raised an eyebrow and asked,
"Then why won't you get in the water?"
"Um…well…uh…" Hiccup began but couldn't find a legitimate reason for not having to go in the water.
"It's your leg isn't it?" Astrid asked understandingly.
"It's disgusting" Hiccup whispered venomously.
"No it's not" Astrid assured reaching for the straps that held the leg in place. Hiccup jerked away from her glaring.
"Come on guys!" Snotlout called to them. The others shouted there agreement.
"Hiccup…its ok we'll be there with you" Astrid assured.
"I just hate this" Hiccup admitted.
"It doesn't bother me" Astrid assured. Hiccup looked at her doubtfully and she assured, "I hate that you had to lose your leg but…I don't hate you because of that."
"Really?" Hiccup asked. Toothless nudged his side encouragingly and Hiccup couldn't help but think about Toothless's prosthetic tailfin. Hiccup had injured Toothless preventing him from ever flying again and, during the battle with Green Death Hiccup had lost his leg. They now both had something in common; they both relied on each other and understood each other better then ever. Noticing Astrid and Hiccup, the others started swimming towards shore to see what was going on. Seeing that Hiccup wasn't going in Snotlout assured,
"Don't worry Hiccup; you'll be fine just get in!" Hiccup took a deep breath and bent foreword and started undoing the straps that held his leg in place. Snotlout jumped out of the water and helped Astrid support Hiccup. Together they hobbled into the water and once the water had reached Hiccups waist he let go and started to awkwardly swim.
Hiccup had never been a very good swimmer and now with part of his leg missing it was even harder. His stump couldn't really help him move through the water, so he had to make do with his one leg. Hiccup eventually managed to figure out how to swim without any assistance and soon joined the others. There were still a few things that Hiccup couldn't do though.
On one side of the lake there was a rock wall that was the perfect height for jumping from. Snotlout found a good path to the top and jumped in. Soon everyone joined in to see who could make the biggest splash, everyone except Hiccup. Astrid realized that Hiccup couldn't join in and began to protest,
"Hey guys…" But stopped when she saw what was happening. Toothless swam beneath Hiccup and a surprised Hiccup involuntarily grabbed onto the saddle and hung on for dear life. Toothless jumped up and started to climb up the rock. Once on top Toothless jumped into the water sending a huge wave the hit Ruff and Tuff who were standing on top of the rock. Toothless glided through the water almost like a fish then emerged on the surface with a laughing Hiccup.
"That was awesome!" Hiccup exclaimed.
"Did you see the size of that wave?" Fishlegs asked.
"Biggest one yet!" Snotlout agreed. Hiccup was grinning ear to ear and asked Toothless,
"Wanna go again?" His answer was Toothless clamoring up the rock again.
Hiccup was sure that, that was probably one of the best days he'd ever had. Hiccup had dove in on Toothless at least five other times and one time when on top Hiccup awkwardly had clamored off and tried to jump in. In the end, Toothless had to dive in and help Hiccup resurface. Hiccup didn't attempt jumping in like that again. Toothless also would take him underwater and they'd practically fly through the water while the others tried to keep up.
They all would have gladly stayed longer, but it was rapidly getting dark out and they didn't want to trek through the forest soaking wet at night. So with reluctance they all climbed out of the water to quickly dry off. Everyone even stayed behind to wait for Hiccup to put on his prosthetic leg again. No one cared that Hiccup was missing a leg; no one mocked or teased him or looked away in disgust like he feared. Astrid was right; they were his friends and they cared about him. Hiccup knew that he would be coming back to swim again.
End Notes
Ok so I'm not sure about the ending but I have to get going so please review and tell me what you think! Suggestions are always appreciated!
