A/N: Guess what! Today I started on making my Hiccup cosplay! *squeels* I'm SO exited! :D
Shot outs!
Ken106348: Yes, sir! That's what I've had in mind for this chap actually and thanks for reviewing!
Transformers 0: okay, copy that :) You like Transformers btw? I love them! I think the first movie is the best, and I like the series :) (wow a lot of ":)" smileys but hey, can't have enough smileys! :))
MrAndersIversen: Hiiiiii, it's always fun to hear from my favorite Danish ;)
Thanks a lot and I hope it's okay with some delay in the chapters. I try to update often but yeah... School :/
And yup, Fishlegs is tha bro! But I think after Hiccup I have him tight with Tuff actually, he's so awesome but then they all are so awesomeness overloaded! :D
Clank2662: haha omg, I laughed really hard at that XD Thanks for the review! :)
Lightclaw's shadow: I will try to not spoil, you'll see very soon *zips lips* :}
snoopykid: Oh drat. That's an awesome idea but I'd already written the chapter when I read that. I think I'll try to get it in later in the story :) And yeah, Frozen. Thanks! Haha now that I think about it would be awesome seeing that scene irl XD
HappyPup1: Yeah I know! He's so sweet! Thanks for reviewing, you always make me so happy :)
Iris Patton: I'm trying my best, it's just hard with all homework but thanks!
Braggy: Haha, yeah even I want a go on him, and I'm the author ;) But then again, Hiccup isn't the average Viking, I mean he was friggin ninja DISOWNED and he didn't take a second to hesitate for forgiveness.
Joel: GHAAAAAA, YOU'RE MAKING ME SO HAPPY :D Thanks a lot, really!
The Fury Of The Night: Haha, okay then I'll just... Watch out and so on ;) Thanks!
Eagledragon15: Okay, I'm sorry but that was a bit rude.
And if you don't like this story, I'm sorry. But I think that Hiccup forgives basically everything (like when he was disowned, he didn't even hesitate) so I choose to write it this way. Just no ugly words please, but the critic is received.
Charminghex99: I know, right! I guess his pressure for prestation is just a lot higher being the Chiefs son and all perhaps.
Guest (1): Aaawwwwweee, thank you!
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I AM SORRY THAT NOT ALL WERE ANSWERED, TROUBLE WITH MAIL.
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"I'm sorry, Hic..." Fishlegs said quietly. "Can you ever forgive me...?"
Hiccup looked up to Fishlegs, his vision still blurry from tears.
"Hiccup?" Fishlegs asked slowly as he gained no response.
Hiccup hesitated a couple seconds more before answering quietly as well. "C-can... Can you p-promise me, it won't be as before?"
Fishlegs could have laughed straight out from the relief he felt that moment. And he could that, for sure. He wouldn't let anything like that happen to Hiccup ever again if he could prevent it. So with confidence and a huge smile he said: "I promise."
And Hiccup smile too. It seemed to be the first real one Fishlegs had seen in forever. So with a final, tight hug (one that was actually returned) Fishlegs finally pulled away. He opened his mouth to say something when suddenly the door was opened to relieve a familiar bulky Viking.
"Fishlegs!" Stoick nearly roared as he looked up to see him next to his crying son.
"Please don't kill me!" Fishlegs shrieked, almost on instinct. Stoick though, it looked like he'd other plans.
Luckily for Fishlegs, Hiccup quickly spoke up. Well at least he tried.
"D-dad, don't...! Hiccup started but he didn't get any further as Stoick hurried the last steps forward and grabbed Fishlegs in a headlock.
"What have you done now?!" Stoick barfed and held tighter. Fishlegs looked ready to faint from fear.
"Let h-him go, it isn't like that t-this time!" Hiccup said, trying to sound demanding in some way as he pulled Stoicks arm away.
Stoick didn't seem to hear him tough, and on instinct Stoick pushed his son away. Hiccup, being as light as he was, staggered backwards against the wall. That was enough for Stoick to release Fishlegs immediately and rush over.
"I'm sorry Hiccup I didn't...!" Stoick started, going full speed on overprotective mood, but Hiccup cut him of.
"It's fine, Dad. But don't hurt Fishlegs, he's apologized," Hiccup stated with a small hand gesture.
"But Hiccup you're crying?" Stoick said concerned.
"Oh, we'll that's old," Hiccup said and wiped what was left quickly. "It's okay now."
For Stoick though, it wasn't. "But he used Valka..."
At the mention, Hiccup lowered his gaze but nodded either way. "I know. But he didn't really mean it." Hiccup wasn't one hundred of Fishlegs, and he certainly didn't trust him fully yet, but he didn't want Fishlegs dead. So for now, he said what was needed.
Stoick turned to Fishlegs with a frown. The boy had turned pale during the time the Viking had been here and now he seemed to want to be able to shrink into himself.
"You," Stoick said and pointed towards him. "If you ever hurt my boy again, in ANY way. Then I'll..." Stoick threatened but Hiccup couldn't hear the last part as the Viking leaned forward and whispered to Fishlegs. He in turn, turned if possible even paler.
"Understood, Sir," he shrieked terrified.
"Good," Stoick said firmly. Then he turned back to his son. "Will you be alright, boy?"
"I'll be fine Dad," Hiccup answered and smiled faintly.
"Good," Stoick repeated and smiled back. "But you should sleep now," he continued and patted Hiccups small shoulder.
"Yeah, okay Dad," he answered before turning towards Fishlegs (who for the record were still doing his best to catch his breath). "So I guess I'll see you tomorrow?"
"I-I h-hope so," Fishlegs responded. He cast a final worried glance at the chief, who were heading I his own room, before taking a deal breath. "Th-thanks Hiccup. For, you knew. All of it." Hiccup nodded slightly in response. "Bye then."
With that the chubby boy were soon out of the house. And so, Hiccup was alone once more. So he decided to go up to his room, mostly because he wouldn't want Stoick to come up and lecture that he had to sleep again.
It was really late by now, but Hiccup wasn't tired. Exhausted, but not tired.
But he made his way up the stairs and entered the loft. In the corner, Toothless was still sleeping soundly.
So Hiccup quietly walked to his desk, wincing slightly as the metal echoed a bit. It wasn't like he didn't want Toothless wake up, it was more of the other way around. He would've loved to have him to talk to about all the events of the day. But it was late and he couldn't wake the dragon for his own needs.
So he sat down at his desk without a word. He took one of his few charcoal sticks and brought up his notebook from his vest up on an empty page.
He didn't know what to draw so he just et his hand wander by itself. It turned out to be abstract, lines in soft and pointy mixes creating a whirl of thoughts on the paper. Some of the lines even came outside the arc, but Hiccup was so lost in his own mind that he didn't even notice the thin coal streaks on the wood.
He'd gotten real apologizes from Stoick, Astrid, and now Fishlegs. He wondered if the twins and Snotlout would show up too. In that case, Hiccup wasn't sure what to think. Of course he wanted to forgive everyone, he really did. Especially not go carrying a grudge through his life. Re problem was; could he forgive them? He said he forgave the three, and he really think he did this time.
Forgive, but forgotten?
No, no matter how much time that passed or even how many sorry's he got. He would never forget those long years or the toll it made on both his body and soul, both in the form of scars. Scars don't fade. They don't ever go away.
But Hiccup'd always lived after the philosophy of second chances. Not that he were ever really was given one. After the fifteen years of being judged, neglected and hurt he didn't want to act the same towards anyone. So, he forgave Fishlegs. Maybe he was right. It was a long time ago. And Hiccup would try his best to give their friendship a second chance.
Would it be as all those years ago? Probably no.
Would it be easy? No.
Did he fully trust Fishlegs now? Absolutely no. Not really anyone except Toothless for that matter,
The time of walls being the only thing protecting the last of him, those were still there. But as time would go by, it could get easier.
Then he thought about his mother. Was it his fault?
Before, that was what he'd been told. He got to hear the story from Gobber years later as it was a tough subject for Stoick. But now, both Stoick and Fishlegs said it most certainly wasn't. But how could he believe that? He couldn't remember so what if it was?!
No wonder he was pushed away in that case. Ten he deserved it. His mom had saved him from a dragon. The same dragons he'd now befriended. Though it wasn't as hard to process as the fact he was friends with the Astrid Hofferson now. Much had happened in the last half year.
Finally looking down at his sketch Hiccup took a second before shutting the notebook. He felt a bit dizzy, he really should sleep now. He hadn't gotten much sleep at all since he woke from that long coma because of different reasons. So, staying quiet, he tried to quietly make the short way to the bed. At least he tried.
After his leg being numb from the stillness a flair of pan shot up his left side and Hiccup crumbled down on the floor loudly.
Toothless immediately shot awake with teethes on instinct. But seeing his friend, he shot forward and cooed worriedly.
"It's okay, bud, nothing happened,"Hiccup whispered after catching his breath from the sudden fall, hoping he wouldn't wake his father as well. He slowly stood up, with the help of Toothless's tail in his back as he rubbed slightly on the stump. He listened for a couple of seconds but he didn't hear footsteps. 'Good,' Hiccup thought. 'Finally some luck.' Maybe luck wasn't really the right word, it was almost an art to manage to wake the Viking.
So with that, Hiccup slightly hobbled over the last meter to his bed and collapsed upon it. Body exhausted, mind racing.
Toothless cooed again before laying his flat head next to Hiccups, hoping it wouldn't be such a night with screams from nightmares or cries from his pretty new stump. The boy smiled slightly back at his friend, feeling calmer immediately. "Night Toothless. Sorry for waking you up," he whispered before pulling the thin blanket up.
Toothless didn't seem to mind though. He curled up, half in the bed and half on the ground, as close as possible to his beloved rider. Hiccup snuggled a bit closer to him and shut his eyes, feeling safe and happy next to his best friend.
The last thing on his mind before he completely fell asleep was something that made a faint smile play on his lips again. Something his grandfather Old Wrinkly said, oh so long ago.
"I don't forgive people
Because I'm weak
I forgive them
Because I'm strong enough
To know people make mistakes."
Yeah. Maybe he could trust again.
Maybe. He could be whole for real, once more. And he was pretty sure he would have some good help on the way.
A/N: Okay, listen up guys!
This is something I've wanted to do like forever just because reasons!
¿How old do you think I am, and what gender?
Don't forget to smile btw! ;D
