So, I posted the first chapter of the ROTG fanfic I told y'all in the last chapter. It's called: "Dull Eyes, Losing Mind." Tell me what y'all think when y'all read it. :)
Getting Toothless into the mall wasn't all that difficult, but they did almost get into trouble because of him all thanks to Hiccup and Jack. The two of them together were worst than Merida's triplet brothers who were like the devil split into three. They freaked a lot of strangers out and cackled as they went to almost all the stores. Soon enough, they were in the food court. They had ordered their food and were eating, joking and laughing.
"Okay," said Hiccup through his laughter. "Calm down, calm down." He took a breath, sighing softly and calming himself. "Alright, so it's Jack's seventeenth birthday, surprised that the idiot had made it through his first semester of junior year."
Jack gave him a mocking salute then stuck his tongue out at him. "Surprised you haven't graduated high school yet, even with that big brain of yours."
Hiccup grinned, rubbing his neck. "What do you mean? I'm a senior, I skipped two years. Of course because Berk is Berk, our grades are mixed in some classes. Anyways, back on topic—"
"Wait," Merida cut in, "so that means you graduate this year. Dude, don't leave us!"
Hiccup gave her an apologetic smile. "Don't worry, I'm taking a gap year, mostly because of my age, so you don't have to worry a thing."
They all sighed in relief. "That's good. I wonder what your dad would say when he finds out."
He laughed softly, grinning at Rapunzel. "Punz, my dad knows that I'm graduating. It's something I can't keep a secret from him, even if I wanted to. He was shocked, to say the least. I was worried for what he was going to say but he never said anything. Anyways," he said, stopping anyone from continuing the conversation. "Jack, I got something for you when we all separated."
He took out a black leather cord that held different, sterling silver charms on it: a snowflake, dragon, flower, bear, and a raven. "Here, I know it's a necklace but you can turn it into a bracelet or put it on your keychain. Just something I made with the girls' help."
Jack's eyebrows were raised since he had brought it out. His face slowly split into a grin, taking the cord and clipping it around his neck. He stood, bringing them all to their feet and getting them in a group hug.
Two weeks. Hiccup had two weeks of winter break. Two weeks going to be spent going back and forth between Berk and Archipelago. Toothless was happy spending his time in The Cove, he and Hiccup he really bonded and now they were inseparable unless Hiccup was at school and in Berk's town limits. Viggo had surprisingly agreed on Toothless being around Hiccup as he worked in Red Death. Berk's popular gang had left Hiccup to his musings after that one encounter, much to his relief.
Hiccup was on his way home from the cafe. He had mopped the floor with a lot of people in the karaoke competition. He had to withdraw himself from anymore karaoke competitions, telling them that he was going to be out of town for the two weeks. The sound of footsteps break him from his thoughts. "Hiccup!"
He pivoted and found the five coming his way. He sighed and stayed there, wanting to know what they wanted. He watched as they stood in front of him. "What is it Snotlout?"
"We know your secret," he replied which caused Hiccup's eyes to widen.
"Wh-what s-secret?" He mentally cursed himself for stuttering, taking a small step back. He was thinking that they found about his mind abilities or maybe about Toothless, what was worse? His powers, they were the worst in the situation he was in.
"I don't know, you tell us, Night Fury." Astrid, off to the side, rolled her eyes, not really interested in this conversation. Tuffnut watched him closely, seeing as relief crossed his face, shining in his eyes. He knew there was more to the boy than they knew. He must've thought that they knew something else, something that would've caused the boy a slight panic attack.
"So you finally found out? How?" Hiccup relaxed, placing his weight on one leg and crossing his arms. He was glad and relieved that it was this secret and not the other two. He caught the train of thoughts of the male twin and bit his inner cheek. Much like his sister, he was smart but unlike the others, he was the more observant of the group. Hiccup had to be careful what he did around them.
"Tuff saw you take your mask off," Fishlegs responded. He was not much of a threat to HIccup, he was book smart and didn't have a vicious bone in his body.
Ruffnut grinned at the small fishbone, saying, "We didn't believe it until he showed us the picture that he took." She tilted her head as she watched the way he spoke and the way he stood. She knew he was internally freaking out about something. "So, Hiccup, where do you disappear with your friends anyways? No, wait, where will you be for the next two weeks? I mean, you're going to be out of town?"
Snotlout entered the conversation, hoping to get some info on his cousin. "Yeah, where will you be? I mean, Uncle Stoick has never said anything about any trips that he would be taking you on. Plus, I'm sure he wasn't going to be letting you be gone for that long."
Hiccup sighed in defeat. "Why do you—?" He cut off when his phone rang. He glanced once at them before answering it. "Hello? Viggo, what's the—? Oh, it did? They do? Th-thank you! Tomorrow? I can try. Alright, thank you again." He tucked his phone away, grinning happily.
"Who is Viggo?" Astrid asked, narrowing her eyes at the boy. If he didn't tell her, she was going to figure it out, whether he liked it or not. She noticed the way his expression changed when she spoke, as if he remembered they were there.
"It's none of your business, I have to go." He didn't wait for a response and ran off to the direction of the woods, taking a short cut to his home. Once there, he sprinted past his dad and heading to his room. He grabbed his laptop and started typing away at a few things. He grinned to himself as he figured a few things out and started adjusting the blueprints.
"Hiccup?" His father stood at the door, watching his son on his laptop muttering to himself ad not paying any attention to him. "Hiccup," he repeated.
"Uh, no, thank you. I'm not hungry." He was so focused on the thing in front of him, that he didn't even acknowledge what his dad actually said.
Stoick sighed and shook his head. He moved to his son's side but never said anything, staring at the scar on his hand with concern. "Hiccup," he tried again, placing his hand on his shoulder. He looked up at his father with a small yes. "I got a call from North."
Hiccup's emotions changed, turning serious and had his full attention on his father. "What was it about? Is Jack okay?" His eyes were wide and were staring expectantly at the big man in front of him.
"He's alright, Hiccup." He stopped, watching how Hiccup sighed in relief and relaxed slightly. "But it does pertain to the boy." Now curiosity and confusion. How could he switch between emotions so fast? Stoick wondered before clearing his throat and continuing on. "North called because he's worried about Jack. Apparently, he is getting extremely distant and wanted to know if you and the others knew what was wrong with him."
Hiccup tilted his head, biting the inside of his cheek as he brought up any memories. "Nope. Jack has been pretty open with us, always smiling and laughing. When he did learn that North adopted him, he did get distant but he slowly became our Jack again. I don't know, Dad. Jack is normal with us like always."
Stoick nodded, getting up. "I'm gonna call him and tell him, but Hiccup..." he trailed off, shaking his head. "Never mind, just be careful when you go out with your friends, especially when you go out into the woods. There are wolves running around."
Hiccup slightly paled at the thought of Toothless. "Uh, yeah Dad, don't worry." He was contemplating on tell him. "Oh, Dad," he started, but lost his confidence when he turned around. "Um, well, I was invited to Archipelago by Dusk's friend who can help me get into a college. They were wanting to know if I can spend two weeks for internship. Will you let me? I mean, this will look good on my college applications," he explained, half lying. He was good with half lies, spindling little truths into them it was easy.
Stoick stopped at the thought. He hesitated for a moment. It was still hard to believe that his only child was graduating two years earlier and was needing to get all his college things and look for colleges and whatnot. He took a practice ACT and SAT and got high scores on them. His son was a genius, he knew it, but he just didn't want to acknowledge it because he was afraid. Taking a breath he said, "You can." That was all he could get out and he left. Why was he afraid? And of what?
Yes, Stoick, what are you afraid of? :) tell me what y'all think of this chapter.
