Sorry this has taken awhile guys writing Brother Dragon plus Social life do not mix well. I will inform you now Readers I am not having metal break downs any more so I won't be needing any of this garbage *throws out Drugs*.
So hopefully I won't be writing anymore chapter while high! Yay?
Storspeaker: Thanks for the idea it with a bit of fine tuning it will work perfectly.
Guest: I wonder who he is too….
BestFrEnemies: sorry this took a while Writing has been… difficult recently what with my computer acting up, social life and plain old distractions.
Gobber POV.
"Are you sure ye can't come to day Hiccup?" I ask into my mobile Phone as I drive the Bus along my normal trip.
"Yes COUGH, COUGH I'm not feeling that entire COUGH… well" said Hiccup on the other end of the line.
I let out a sigh, I know he is faking it I've have basically been his care taker ever since His mom died and unlike Stoick I could tell when Hiccup lied or pretended to be sick. Sometimes I don't blame Stoick tho it took me two years to spot the difference between Hiccups lies and truths. Even know there are still sometimes when I have trouble but today it was like he wasn't even trying!
Normally I would give Hiccup a speech about how he was a Viking and Vikings are too stubborn for Sickness. But I had a sneak suspicion that a certain Blonde Girl is behind Hiccups dodge at School and I didn't blame him.
The Hofferson girl had connections a lot of them and she knew how to use them. I wouldn't be surprised if Hiccup didn't leave school with a few more bruise then he had before coming to school and if he was lucky only 3 or 4 broken bones.
In truth that Astrid kind of sicken me true she was a good athlete, student, Junior year president and all around one of the most Viking teens I have ever meet, but what sicken me about her was how she used her skills and popularity.
She would use her 'popularity' to her own end to help her advance to the next level she did not care for who she had to step on to achieve it, if it was teachers fellow students or even Childhood friends like a certain Hiccup I know.
Yes that's right Hiccup the klutz and Astrid the Popular use to be Friends, true this was back when Hiccups mom was still alive and Astrid never meet Stoick so she had no idea who Hiccup really was (Hiccup wasn't really all that proud and boastful about being Stoicks son).
"Gobber you still there?" ask Hiccups voice on the other end of the line snapping me out of memories of happier times. "Umm yeah I'm still here, take the day of Hiccup and if ye feel any better come to School ok? Dragon trainin' begins today and I have to give everyone the basic 'safety' rundown" I said rolling my eyes at the 'safety' part of it.
This was a war and in the middle of a war you have no time for safety you had to rely on gut instinct. But still these where miss behaving kids handling dangerous weapons fighting even more dangerous animals of course safety was needed. Lucky me most of the safety lesson involved a slideshow and a short black and white presentation created in the 60s all I needed to do was answer any questions, and from the look of things the only one that would be asking any questions was the Ingerman boy.
"Oh I *Cough* don't think I will be able to come to school today Gobber but you can *Cough* fill me in latter" said Hiccup before hanging up, I could feel the fist pump from the other end of the line.
"Hope ye get better soon Hiccup" I mumble starting my bus on its daily trip around the small town of Berk.
45 Minutes later.
I could have sworn that Most of the teens looked disappointed when they saw Hiccup's spot was empty and even a few mumbles about enjoying making that kids life a Nightmare. "You really think ye could make it worse than it already is?" I mumble to them.
My final stop was just outside the Plaza mall where most of the kids would hang around before school or attempt to skip School all together, this stop is where I had to pick up both of the groups.
It was a pain in the ass when I started out; I spent 10 minutes of my time each day trying to get the kids on the bus and to school. It wasn't until I broke a kids nose putting him in hospital for over two weeks did they finally take my threats seriously and actually go on the bus.
These days where no exception everyone knows what happens if they refuse to go on my bus if I ask them to and if they didn't well they would be reminded shortly afterwards (I made them watch a small video about what happens when you piss me of).
"How about we egg his house?" said Tuffnut as he and the rest of the popular kids got on the bus. "Good idea only we have no idea where he lives numnut!" said his twin sister Ruffnut before Punching him on the arm. "I….I agree with Ruff for all we know the little twerp could be living in the woods" Said Scott or Snotlout as everyone calls him said (Damn Hiccup came up with a good name for that little twerp). I knew all too well Snotlout Knew exactly where Hiccup lived and exactly what would happen if he told anyone the truth.
"Guys… do we really have to talk about this now Gobbers right over there…." Said Fishlegs who was glancing nervously at me (how do they come up with these names? Back when I was a kid we use to just have nicknames like Val and Gobber). I had to admire the Giant child at times he seemed to be the only one with any smarts in that group. "I agree with Fish, besides a simple pounding would do just fine" said Astrid in a sweet innocent voice like she didn't have a care in the world.
She took a small glimpse at where Hiccup normally sat obviously hopping to see a scared boy hiding behind a seat only to find the spot vacant. She looked at the seat for a minute a curious look on her face before turning to the rest of the group leading them off to the back of the bus.
As I began the slow under-the-speed-limit drive to the school I turn down the radio (much too most of the kids joy (what's so wrong about classics?)) and using the secret only-known-to-Teachers ability to tune in on the Popular groups conversation.
"Don't worry Astrid me and Tuff will punish the little twerp and this time there's not going to be a trash monster to save his ass" declared Snotlout getting a wild nod from the male twin (Trash monster? Maybe I should start talking about drugs being bad in sport class…). "Umm no mean to be the bearer of bad news Scott but the chances of you getting a second chance to impress Astrid are quite slim even without you going on and on about a "trash monster" said Fishlegs in a calm way. "I'm surprised the trash monster didn't rip Hiccup to pieces… I so wanted his skull for my collection!" said Tuffnut smacking his fist into his palm. "Wait didn't your Skull collection explode?" asked Snotlout. "Oh yeah it did, that day was the best day of my life or the worst haven't figured it out yet" said Tuffnut staring into space.
"Anyway…. Scott I know you do enjoy beating up the twerp but he made it personal so I'm going to have to say no to your… kind offer" said Astrid. "So are you guys just as hyped as I am for Dragon fighting classes? I am seriously hopping to get some major injuries!" said Ruffnut, oh how the first class will disappoint her.
As the group continue to chatter on about the upcoming class I tuned out of them and cranked up my radio (earning a few moans of disagreement). I began to worry about Hiccups safety, true the boy was crafty and a good runner but those have only gotten him so far. Hiccup was bound to slip up and when he did… I shuttered at the thought. This was going to be First year all over again….
School: Dragon fighting class Gobbers home room. Gobber POV
"All right class quit down….(Class keeps on chattering) Quite now….(Same as before) Quite!' I yell only for my class to keep talking to each other. I smiled to myself because unlike most teachers I like it when they don't follow the shut up and be quite rule, for the soul fact I get to bring out Mr Shut and Miss Up. As I Attached Mr Shut to my left hand I look up giving the class an unnoticed smile of Joy. Well almost unnoticed about half a dozen of the students put their fingers in their ears among them where Astrid, Fishlegs and the new girl (Heather I think it was).
I pull out a small gong also known as Miss Up from behind me desk which (Thanks to Hiccup) was created with a very special Brass that if hit together would make a sound that would disorientated you, sadly the process for making this brass was hard and long and due to the fact it was easily broken we were unable to use it agenised the dragons. Hiccup was devastated by the fact that all he had to show for his countless hours of work were piles of scrap, but I had two new ideas for the metal and they were Mr Shut and Miss Up. And when my class wouldn't sit down and be quite after the first three nice requests I would let Mr Shut and Miss Up kiss.
After what must have been a really good French kiss for Mr Shut and Miss Up I had a total of 18 kids holding their ears and yelping in pain as their eardrums began to shake in disagreement with the sound. I gave them a large goofy smile as they began to recover from the ear pain "Maybe next time you will listen the first time I tell you to be quite" I said detaching Mr Shut from my left arm and equipping my trademark hook.
"All right class welcome to your first lesson of Dragon fighting class" I said starring around the room of egger young warriors ready to kill Dragons and bring glory to the tribe. "As you all probably know for the next few months ye will all be trained to fight the most deadly animals on this planet all of which could and would kill ye! But if you follow my teachings and my instructions to the letter I promise you that all of you will become great dragon slayers in your own right!" I continued earning a small cheer from the class.
"But…before I'm allowed to let ye into the ring and get you killin' things I'm going to need to do a we little safety presentation before we continued" I said earning a moan from the class. "I know, I know but the sooner we get this over with the sooner ye can get out there and killin' things" I said as I turn on my projector.
Thanks to my quick thinking I have already set it up so all I needed to do was turn it on and start the video which was not an essay task for me (let's just say I don't teach anything to do with computers for a reason). Clicking the start button to the Projector I take my position at the back of the room making sure that no one ruined the 'movie experience' for the class.
Dimming the light so the only source of light coming from the room was the projector itself (My blinds are normally always closed helps the kids pay attention).
Getting comfortable I watch with the rest of the class as black and white numbers flash across the board.
5….4…..3…..2….1 and let the bore fest begin!
I feel like I should make this chapter extra-long for making you wait for about a month….. or not….. Or yes…. Or not, you know what? Screw it lets do it any way!
The show.
As the show begins a clearing in a forest where a small house and a cartoon Viking who was dragging the caucus of a x eyed dragon into the clearing. The Viking in the cartoon dumped his kill in the clearing huffing a sigh of satisfaction before turning to face the camera.
"Oh I didn't see you there" the Viking said giving the audience a toothy grin. "My name is Bork the bold you probably know me from my book The Dragon Manual if not it's going to become your best friend for the next few month for this video marks the beginning of Dragon training" he said pulling out a book from behind his back.
Bork opened the book and began to flick throughout the book showing of all sorts of dragons in shape and size. "Every Dragon in this book has evolved for one thing and one thing only and that is to survive in the habitat there species live in" he said stopping on a page that shows a picture of a Scauldron "Take the mighty sea dragon the Scauldron for example, This might beast lurks within the sea and sprays water that can burn the skin of your bones" he said as the picture of The Scauldron came to life and sprayed water out of the book at Bork.
Shaking the water of like a wet dog Bork put the book away. "You will have plenty of time to learn about these beast, but most of you probably want to learn how to kill them so for the next few months your teacher will teach you how to fight every dragon from the extremely common and pest-like Terrible Terror to the very likely Extinct and extremely terrifying Exterminator" Bork explained.
"Now let's take a look at where you will be trained to kill dragons ay?" Bork said jumping away from the clearing and landing in a cartoon version of the arena. "This is the Arena it may look a little different from the way it is here and the one you will soon be familiar with thou" said Bork gesturing around the Arena. "Here is where you will be spending most of you class learning to fight five different dragon types that lurk behind these doors which most commonly are the 5 Dragon species that attack Berk the most. There are as following are the Terrible Terror, The Deadly Nadder, The Gronkle, The Hideous Zippleback and the Monstrous Nightmare. but depending on how the war is going maybe something a little more special" said Bork gesturing to 6 large cages dotting the wall of the arena.
"There will be a total of 2 groups of six and 2 groups of 7 all of which will be placed due to skill level and teamwork abilities, and to make things interesting a point system has been installed among the groups which will be explained latter by your teacher when the time is at hand" Bork explained.
"All right now let's go onto weapons. Any weapon is allowed as long as it's registered by the teacher, if you do not have a weapon you will be able to choose one gifted to you by the teacher or weapons workers. Any weapon you choose is your responsibility to maintain and take care of your weapon, if your weapon is not kept up to a reasonable standard you will be forced to restore your weapon to a working order without any assistance and you will be punished accordingly. Without a working weapon in the battle field you're as good as dead" Bok explained showing of his axe for the audience.
"Now let's get to the safety part of the presentation you are going to be learning to fight dangerous beast that will kill you if given the chance so several rules are in placed to insure you safety. Rule number 1 always follow your teacher instruction no matter how insane they seem at the time, Rule Number 2 you must always wear protective gear in the ring even if a dragon in not present, rule Number 3 you must do no harm to other trainees no matter how great the grudge is you are fighting dragons not Humans, rule Number 4 is try not to kill or seriously injure the dragon they may be are enemy but they are hard to replace heck we have trouble catching terrors most of the time, the next rule is…is….is" said Bork as the projector began to catch ablaze.
Gobber POV
I did not know much about technology but I knew enough of it to know that catching fire was a bad thing… I think.
I was not sure what to do at this point, my natural reaction would have been to grab a bucket of water and throw it onto the fire just like what I did at the forge when my underpants caught ablaze while I was warming them up. But If my memory serve correct the last time I throw a bucket of water on the projector I got a scrawling from the tech head of the school and Gothi taking the money for a new one out of my salary which may I mentioned is not much.
As the class began to show signs of panicking I decided to make things a little interesting, "Who want the first point of the competition? Whoever puts this fire out without using water gets one whole point" I said to the worried class.
As the class sat there out of either confusion or shock a brunette girl leaped from her chair and ran for a corner of the room. The girl who I recognised as Heather grabbed the fire extinguisher of the wall and ran back to the Projector.
Heather then activated the extinguisher spraying the tome like substance all over the fire the projector and any kid lucky enough to be sitting nearby. When she finally turned it off she began to huff like a dog who had just chased a cat 5 blocks away.
As I turn the light back on giving the puffing girl a smile "Congratulation Heather for your fast reaction time and thinking you're getting the first point of training" I said somewhat pleased and impressed.
But what came next made me rethink that being impressed and pleased part.
She scowled at me giving me a look of disgust "Are you crazy? People lives were at risk and you not only act like that's none of your concern but you go around rewarding Points to people for doing your job for you!" she hissed.
I did not know if I should have been ashamed or impressed at her out break, I had to admit she had guts to say that to me even if someone was new they learn quickly that to back talk me well… it never ended pretty.
"First of lass yes I am crazy second off if you keep up with that tone ye also going to be the first person to get minus points, finally this is my class and I will determine what is ethical and what isn't plus if that we little fire scared ye well ye in luck for the next few months learning to fighting beast that spew the stuff like there is no tomorrow, so if ye chicken the door is right over there" I said getting in the girls face.
For a moment there was a bit of fear travelled throughout her eyes but as fast as it appeared she hid it once again in hope that I did not spot it, but this old eyes where a lot sharper than that.
"There's ye seat take it" I said gesturing to her empty chair. Muttering she took her seat and I took my position at the front of the class looking at all the open mouthed kids staring at me.
"All right now any questions?" ask only for several of the hands around the class to shoot up.
Boy will this year be interesting….
If only you knew Gobber , if only you knew.
I'm sorry to say guys but I need your help again nothing to serious I just need questions for the kids to ask and maybe some O.C to ask them, nothing to hard.
Anyway its time I inform you that I now have an idea on what the Bond Mark will do and how it will work but it won't be explained for a while.
If a story is only as good as its writer I'm going to start giving orphans to candy.
Thor-Born.