Author's Note:
Hello and here is part two of Grandma Jorgenson's visit. Thank you Transformers 0 for your suggestions and one of them appears in this chapter in a slightly different guise. Thank you for your continued support of this story and I hope you enjoy the chapter.
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Grandma Jorgenson-Part 2
Over the last few days Snotlout's pride had been coo chi cooed and coddled into oblivion and no one had the heart to mock him for it. A part of that might have been due to people being scared of his Grandma and not wanting to be caught mocking her 'dear little Snotty-poo' in case she obliterated them for it (no one doubted she was capable of such an act). Largely though it was because many felt sympathetic to the teen's plight because they knew there wasn't much that could be done to stop the embarrassment.
All the riders except Snotlout were eating together in the Great Hall and Astrid asked Hiccup something that had been bothering her, "Hiccup, why is it that your grandmother seems to completely ignore you yet she practically smothers Snotlout with attention?"
Hiccup threw Toothless a fish as he answered, "He's a Jorgenson and I'm not." Seeing that wasn't enough he explained further, "The chances are that if I was built more like Snotlout she would like me more, as it is I think she has decided that I've somehow shamed the Jorgenson blood I have because I'm not strongly built."
"And the fact that you've befriended a Night Fury and ended a 300 year war by taking down a massive dragon hasn't raised her opinion of you?" Fishlegs said incredulously.
"She wasn't here when that happened and we haven't actually had the chance to tell her the whole story anyway. She's too preoccupied with doting on Snotlout to listen to anything me or dad have to say to her."
"Doesn't it bother you that she's your grandma and she barely wants to have anything to do with you?" Astrid asked.
Hiccup shrugged again, "Not really, it's rare for us to see her at all and she's always been like this. I think it annoys dad but seeing the way she coddles Snotlout to death I prefer her not noticing me."
The loud bang of the Great Hall doors being flung open halted any further conversation as Snotlout sprinted into the hall and headed straight for the rider's table calling frantically as he did so, "Guys, hide me please!"
Hiccup instantly pointed under the table, "Hide under there and stay quiet, I'll see if I can send her elsewhere to look for you."
Needing no second bidding, Snotlout scurried under the table as the riders shuffled their legs about to make room for him and Toothless positioned himself so his body covered the end facing the door, Hiccup quickly briefed them, "Okay guys, if Grandma comes in and asks then Snotlout is out in the forest training, got it?"
He received nods from around the table and Hiccup quickly retook his seat just as Grandma Jorgenson arrived in the hall. She took a quick glance around before walking up to the riders (who were trying hard to act normal) and loomed over them, "Hiccup, have you seen my dear little poppet in here?"
Hiccup was wearing his fake smile that only seemed to appear when speaking to his grandma as he answered, "I'm sorry Grandma but I haven't seen him recently."
Astrid quickly backed him up, "None of us have seen him all day, he often heads into the forest to train so he might be there."
The woman didn't seem to buy it and her eyes narrowed as she fixed them with her lethal glare, "Are you sure?"
As she stared them down Astrid marvelled at how Hiccup could keep his face so straight and innocent in the face of his grandmother's glare. She turned it upon Astrid and the teen had no idea how she managed to keep up her own innocent front when it felt like she was a rabbit being eyed by a giant, hungry eagle. Grandma Jorgenson's gaze then fell upon Fishlegs and the boy began trembling, she raised an eyebrow and it became too much for Fishlegs causing him to blurt out in a rush, "Snotlout's hiding under the table, I'm sorry madam! Please don't hurt me!"
He clapped his hands to his mouth as the twins stared at him, Astrid sighed, Hiccup face-palmed and Toothless gave him a disappointed look. Grandma Jorgenson smiled and easily shoved Fishlegs aside just in time to catch Snotlout as he made an escape bid from under the table. Picking him up she tightly hugged her grandson and he shot a look of betrayal at Fishlegs while her eyes were closed as she exclaimed happily, "My little Snot-pie, I've been looking for you everywhere!"
Struggling to breathe Snotlout managed to gasp out, "Really Grandma?"
She put him back down and pinched his cheeks, "Yes poppet, I've got a wonderful surprise for you." She noticed his dusty trousers from kneeling on the floor, "But you must be so dirty from crawling around that floor. I'll have to bath you first."
"WHAT!"
Snotlout stared at her in horror and she patted him on the head, "Aww you look just like you did when you were a toddler and had been told it was bath time, you used to run all round the house naked trying to avoid it."
As Snotlout placed his head in his hands in embarrassment the other teens and surrounding Vikings shuffled awkwardly while Astrid muttered, "That's one mental image I never wanted to have."
Apparently oblivious to the reactions she was getting Gandma Jorgenson continued speaking, "It was the cutest thing, just like my present for you but I'll need to bath you before anything else."
Snotlout tried to stop her, "Grandma, I can wash myself."
She waved a hand dismissively, "Little boys never wash themselves properly." She picked Snotlout up and tucked him firmly under her arm, "Now no more trying to worm out of it, I am bathing you and that's final."
She strode off towards the doors carrying her grandson who managed to mouth a 'help me' to the others before they vanished outside.
It was much later before they saw Snotlout again but any of them would be willing to bet that the boy wished they hadn't. It looked like Grandma Jorgenson's surprise was some new clothing, Astrid had heard of granny's knitting their grandchildren embarrassing jumpers but Snotlout's grandma had made him an entire outfit with matching hat and no one really knew what to make of it.
It was mostly dark blue and consisted of a long sleeved shirt and a pair of knee length shorts. It was complemented by a white neckerchief and the white, round, flat-topped hat which had a dark blue ribbon around its base and the ribbon ends hung down to the back of his neck.
All the riders had stopped dead in their tracks and gaped when Snoutlout passed them with his head hanging low as he followed his grandmother through the village. Every other Viking also stared and Mulch even walked slap-bang into a building as he stared at the boy. As more people stared Snotlout's face turned redder and redder and he seemed to almost shrink into himself as if it would magically enable him to disappear. When Snotlout walked up beside Hookfang sunning himself on a large rock the dragon idly looked up at him, he then did a double take and blinked a couple of times before his jaw dropped. It seemed that the Nightmare was torn between laughing at his rider and setting the outfit on fire to spare Snotlout the humiliation of wearing it. He was halted before deciding either way when Grandma Jorgenson began fussing him as much as she fussed Snotlout, it seemed that because he was Snotlout's dragon Hookfang was given the same treatment by the woman as Snotlout himself, much to the Nightmare's dismay. Grandma Jorgenson then produced a hat for Hookfang that matched Snotlout's and placed it upon the Nightmare's head and the dragon showed great self-control when he didn't burn her to a crisp for the humiliation.
Seeing that his younger cousin was miserable at what he and his dragon had to suffer, Hiccup decided that Snotlout was in dire need of rescuing and a serious intervention had to be staged. Turning to the twins behind him, Hiccup spoke, "Ruff, Tuff, I have a job for you that you're gonna love."
PS-So there we go and there will be a third part but I'll try not to have anymore then that as it will effectively be a story on its own by then. Please let me know what you thought and I'll try to update soon.
