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It was after school, Hiccup made his way to the house. His mind mulling over what had happened during the day. It was strange, freaky, especially during lunch. Of course, he didn't care much about it, knowing their true intentions. He just found it odd that the popular gang—even Astrid—chose to sit with him. A red haired girl, Rebecca, who was in his chemistry class had told him it was because of the way he told off a teacher. The gang thought he was just cool to hangout with and whatnot. It irked Hiccup to no end when he read their minds during lunch.

The plop of a tray on his table pulled him to look up. He didn't. He thought that they were forced to sit with him or something along those lines. That was until four other trays followed with grumbling flowed into his ears. Why was there people sitting with him? He was always a lone wolf in school. At that comparison, he tried not to snort.

Someone clearing their throat got his attention and his forest green, indifferent and sunken eyes flicked up to the direction of the source and found none other than Snotlout. "Hey cuz," he greeted, grinning widely, but it wasn't a friendly grin. It was more like a predatory one.

"Snotlout," he muttered under his breath, putting his book down and crossing his arms. "What have I done to have the pleasure of being in the five nightmares' presence?"

Astrid glowered at him, opening her mouth to speak but his orbs sharpen, hardening and prompted her to close it again. She didn't like this, she was Astrid Hofferson while he was just Hiccup Haddock, no one could make her feel like this, not even him but now, what changed?

"Why aren't you eating?" asked Ruffnut, her blue orbs on the boy. He knew she held intelligence in them orbs, he could hear her thoughts, self hating that she had succumbed to letting people think she wasn't smart enough. He always liked to have people underestimate him, and he could tell she did too, but she knew it went too far.

Hiccup was broken out of his thoughts by Fishlegs shaking his shoulder. "What?" He glared at him, not out of anger and hatred but of annoyance since his shoulder was still a bit sore. Noticing the looks, he realized that Ruffnut had asked him a question. "Oh, it's just that I'm not hungry." He was a terrible liar, everyone knew it but this was different. He didn't feel hungry but when he did eat, it was like he was going to vomit. He always ate when he was kid but as he grew, he couldn't even get a few bites down. He stuck to eating fruits instead, mostly apples, since they were the only food he could keep down, but at times he could keep down some deserts as long as it had some type of fruit.

They accepted his statement, Fishlegs offering his apple once which he did take. He went back to reading, or tried to anyways, Astrod's stare not letting him and the others constant talking. "You know, if you keep staring like that people would think you have a crush on me," he snapped at her with one of his usual witty remarks. He saw her look away, red in the face from anger in embarrassment and he stood up, leaving the group to their own thing as he wanted to be alone.

Hiccup snapped out of his thoughts upon reaching his doorstep. Heading inside, he grabbed a small snack and told Toothless they were heading to The Cove where the five of them had plan on meeting. Smiling at his happiness, the boy headed outside. He didn't have to start the internship until the next week, where he'll work Fridays and Saturdays until winter break which is when he'll be there almost around the clock. He did have to take school into account and because of how long it takes to get there, so he and Viggo worked out a system. Hiccup liked Viggo, he didn't judge him by his size and said that he saw potential in him—so much different than people from Berk.

Toothless was limping because of his left leg but he didn't seem to be having a lot of trouble, so Hiccup didn't worry as much, just glanced at him in case something were to happen. He hummed lowly, running his hand through his hair before playing with the end of his sleeve. One the familiar looking vines came into his sight, his eyes lit up and he jogged up to them, moving them to the side and letting the wolf in. He smiled brightly to himself, following him in.

Toothless ran over to the water, jumping in and swimming around. "It's cold!" He got out and shook his wet fur. "Argh, I hate the winter since it gets too cold to swim."

Hiccup chuckled softly and went into the cottage, followed by the dripping wolf. The said animal went over to the fireplace and warmed up. "Hey!" he greeted the other four that have been waiting on him. "Sorry I'm late."

"Nah, it's fine Hic," reassured Dusk, standing and stretching. Her brown eyes held a glint in them, something that Hiccup could never place and it was sort of chilling. "Jack is finishing his shower so it would've been fine if you were five hours late."

"Hey! I don't take that long to shower. Punzie does," Jack muttered as he came in drying his hair and bare chested. It showed off the tattoo he had on his arm, an intricate snowflake with beautiful patterns around. He was right though, with Rapunzel's knee length, blonde hair it took longer for her to shower just to get all of it washed and clean.

Rapunzel glared at him, opening her mouth to argue but Merida cut her off. "Let's not fight and get on with it. Mom is expecting me to buy her something as well and I don't want to spend hours on looking for something, not to mention it takes an hour to get out of here by car."

"It only take fifteen minutes, Hic just over exaggerated. Let me get a shirt on and then we'll leave," Jack replied, throwing his keys to Hiccup. "Turn the car on and you're driving."

He ignored the boy's indistinguishable shout of protest as he went to one of the rooms. Hiccup grumbled under his breath and went outside, turning the car on. He put on the heat and stayed in the driver's seat, muttering to himself. He didn't want to drive, sure he needed the experience and all but he was nervous and that wasn't good. He picked up on a hum, not with his ears either. He gritted his teeth, clenching the wheel as his ability stared acting up. Calm, stay calm. Don't lose control.

Hiccup took a breath and slowly, albeit shakily, let it go. He did this for a bit, calming himself as he glanced up and saw them coming out with Toothless at their heels. They got in, Toothless sitting in both Dusk and Rapunzel's lap, dried and warm. Jack got in the passenger's seat, grinning at his friend. "Ready?"

"If you mean dying, no." He wore a deadpan look as he said that, putting the gear in reverse. Jack placed a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder, giving a word of encouragement before moving his hand away.


So to say that they didn't crash, was good. They got some scares along the way, but Hiccup did a lot better than Dusk when she first drove. It didn't help that his ability acted up and he could hear the anxiety-filled thoughts of other drivers. That was not good at all, especially since he almost drove off the shoulder, almost. Needless to say, Jack was trying to reassure Hiccup.

"Hiccup, listen, it was your first time, stop it!" He grabbed his friend's shoulders and shook him, earning a defeated sigh that gave him his response. "Good, now let's go and freak people out with Toothless."

Twin smirks came across their faces which made the others worry for their mental health.

So I may end up doing a ROTG fanfic as well while doing this one. Like Death finds Jack after a hundred years because of something he heard about him from the other spirits. I'm not sure. I can put up a chapter with the summary and see if people want to read it. Tell me in the comments.