This is my EIGHTH and final update for today. I will be finishing this story tomorrow for sure. :) Shout-outs:
silverwolvesarecool: I will sometime! Like, maybe Saturday, when this story's completed. :) And I'm glad you like my profile! I wrote it even before I had a fanfiction account, too. I planned it for a long time there. :) And wow...you must have been laughing really hard to scare your turtle. XD!
CHAPTER 10: LET'S PLAY A GAME
Astrid ran her hand over Hiccup's shield before handing it back to him. They were sitting at the Great Hall, staring intently at each other, waiting for a plan to come up. They had been sitting there for nearly twenty minutes. When they arrived on Berk, Astrid had insisted Hiccup go to Gothi's and just check up on him, but he refused. He also refused to tell his Dad about it until the time came. Right now, though, when the Incliciar was possibly only moments away from attacking their village, wasn't a good time.
"We can't kill it," said Hiccup simply. "There's technically no way to. We stab it, it heals itself. We shoot an arrow at it, same thing. We blast it with a hundred plasma blasts, guess what? Same thing." He flipped to a blank page in his notebook and started graphing out plans. "Okay, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, you two are going to be here-" He drew a rough picture of the village and then wrote two Ts next to the Great Hall in his drawing.
"Why are we Ts?" asked Tuffnut.
"T, for Thorston," said Hiccup. "Okay, next up. Snotlout and Fishlegs, you guys are going to be here-" He drew a "SJ" next to the forge and an "FI" next to the armory. "Astrid, you are going to be here-" He drew an "AH" beside the well. "Toothless and I will be here." He wrote HHH in the center of the village plaza. "I'm going to draw the Incliciar away. Once I do that, you guys can follow me. I think I have an idea on just how we get rid of this monster."
"And what idea is that?" asked Astrid.
"A Hiccup Idea," said Hiccup.
"Oh, well, we're doomed," said Snotlout.
"Just trust me on this," said Hiccup.
"You can barely stand," said Astrid, and it was true. Hiccup was still weak from blood loss and the fact that the whatever-you-called-it from the Incliciar wasn't exactly making him feel one hundred percent, but he knew he didn't have a choice.
"You can trust me, Astrid," said Hiccup. "Don't worry about it."
For some reason, that only made her worry more.
He leaned in, and told them his plan.
...
A little while later, Hiccup decided it was time he told his father about the plan. He needed to know, just in case something happened when it failed. Hiccup told his friends to wait outside while he talked to his dad about it. Hiccup told him everything that had happened leading up to them returning to Berk. Hiccup decided to leave out the part about him "dying" for obvious reasons.
Then, Hiccup told him his plan.
"Are you serious?" Stoick said after he heard it. "You're not dumb, Hiccup."
"I know," said Hiccup.
"Then why are you planning on doing that?" said Stoick.
"Because I don't have another choice, Dad," said Hiccup. "Are there any more questions?"
"Actually, yes," said Stoick. "This whole thing about a legendary dragon that can heal itself...it's freaky, to say the less."
"Ha, we agree on something," said Hiccup with a shrug. "Look, Dad, I know what I'm doing."
"Do you really, though?" said Stoick.
"Yes," said Hiccup. "Besides, I have Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Snotlout, Fishlegs and Astrid."
"Forget having them," said Stoick. "You're not going after that thing."
"WHAT!?" shouted Hiccup. "Dad, you don't understand! This...this thing...it's like nothing you've ever seen! Except maybe the Red Death...that thing could definitely give you a run for your money...but hang on! If that Incliciar gets to the village, it will destroy, Berk. Take it down. Kill all its inhabitants."
"Berk is stronger than you think, Hiccup," said Stoick.
"So is the Incliciar!" said Hiccup. "Why won't you trust me?"
"I do trust you," said Stoick. "I just can't lose you."
"You won't lose me!" said Hiccup. "But you will lose me and the entire village if you don't let the riders and I take care of this."
"How am I expected to let you 'take care of this', Hiccup?!" asked Stoick.
"By trusting me!" said Hiccup.
Both Haddocks fell silent. Hiccup sighed. "Do you remember that time you didn't listen to me, and I lost my leg fixing your mistake?" he asked.
Stoick hesitated for a moment, and then nodded. "But that's exactly why I can't let you do this," he said. "I can't lose any more of you."
"But that's also exactly why you have to do this," said Hiccup. "You have to trust me. Trust the academy. Just make sure the rest of the village remains in doors while this is going on."
Stoick sighed heavily. "The minute it gets too dangerous," he said, "that's it. We'll take it down together if it means going down together."
Hiccup nodded to his Dad and left his house, meeting his friends outside.
"Well," he said, "who's ready to do something crazy?"