Hello all!
to OechsnerC-
i'm a little confused about your review about Hiccup kissing Cami to help her forget about Snotlout kissing her, I've already written that (end of chapter 20) not sure if you missed that or forgot but i already have posted your suggestion.
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Chapter 23- "relationships"
(Hiccup's perspective)
(later that day)
I had woken up this morning finding Cami snuggled up against me!
I was shocked to say the least.
Bertha was surprised and Cami, well... Cami had a sneaky grin on her face.
"How long do you think he'll survive before he dies?" Thuggory asked from beside me, snapping me out of my thoughts
"A day. If a dragon or a shark doesn't kill him his awful sailing skills will." Cami said gesturing at Snotlout standing almost nude in a bathtub with a makeshift flag made of his shirt and pants.
The three of us were standing at the front of a crowd, to our left was Bertha and Mogadon laughing it up, and to our right was Stoick and the other berkian teens. Stoick looked both sober and firm at the same time, Astrid had a slight grin on her face, Ruff and Tuff were not even paying attention instead they decided to ram their heads together and Fishlegs was just watching the crowd in shock.
"SINK"
"SINK"
"SINK"
"SINK"
…
The crowd kept chanting for Snotlout to sink.
"We could give the crowd their wish." Thuggory said leaning sideways to whisper to me.
"As much as I hate him, I'm not a murderer." I whispered back
"You won't be murdering anyone, a certain Toothless friend of ours will be." he whispered
"I'll be giving the command."
"Doesn't mean he had to obey."
"I would be seen."
"I could go instead."
"I would be permitting his death."
"Could you even stop me if I didn't bother for your opinion?"
"He might be injured."
"Hello! Offspring of lightning and death itself. The dragon that is so fast no one actually sees how fast it is!" Thuggory half shouted half whispered
"I don't want anyone to know that there is a viking that has a friendship with a dragon." I said
"Toothless can fly on his own." Thuggory pointed out
"Just no." I said
"Ok fine."
The three of us stood there watching as Snotlout was about to leave the dock
Then his "boat" stopped after only going a couple of meters.
He lowered his "sail" so it wouldn't catch any wind.
Everyone was confused
"Before I go I have an announcement to make." Snotlout shouted
The crowds quieted in confusion
"Camicazi has brought up a good point in the absence of Hiccup..."
Stoick and the other teens furrowed their brows in confusion; Snotlout has never shown any care for Hiccup.
"... and I believe I have figured out where he has gone…"
I grinned; he was obviously gonna be wrong.
"... he ran away from Berk, the last time he was seen was during the thing last year."
"So I asked around about people who have made a sudden random appearance at that time last year. And lo and behold, someone became a Bog Burglar at that time."
My. grin. Died!
I was nervous; he was actually getting close.
Cami's eyes were wide and Thuggory looked angry
"... but you're probably wondering, which Bog Burglar is Hiccup? Well I've figured it out, Hiccup is Enginn! The one thing that helped me figure it out is once when I went to Camicazi's house. I knocked on the door and Camicazi didn't know it was me so she said 'Hiccup Thuggory I can't hangout today.' so I thought 'Hiccup? that's strange?' so she piqued my interest. Eventually I came to the realization 'who is the one person that Cami and Thuggory both hangout with?' Enginn!" he finished
"Well i'll be off." he said as he lifted his sail and began to sail towards Berk
A LOT of eyes turned to me
"You're Hiccup?" Dagur asked
"The twerp from Berk?" Alivin asked surprised
"All this evidence is merely circumstantial." I said
"What does circum-whats it mean?" Gumboil translated for Madguts.
"It means it's coincidental." Norbert cut in
"What does coinsy dental mean?" Tuffnut asked
"It means it might seem true but could be false." Fishlegs said
"He doesn't deny it." Astrid's firm but normal voice could clearly be heard throughout the entire crowd
Everyone stopped jabbering and turned to look at me.
Stoick stepped through to the front of the crowd that was now half encircling me.
"Hiccup?" he said gruffly
"Dad." I said angrily but quietly
"Let's go home son." he said exhausted
"No." I said firmly
"No?" he asked angrily
"You don't get to tell me what to do; you're not my father. So no."
"NO?" He roared
"I'm the one who raised you, i'm the one who got you interested in blacksmithing, i'm the one who fed you, i'm the one who tried to get you to make friends, i'm the one who tried to give you responsibility, i'm the one who cared whether you were doing right or wrong, i'm the one who corrected you. And you say i'm not your father!" he said
"None of that is true!" I shouted tears streaming down my face
"Gobber was the one who raised me, you only got me into blacksmithing to get me out of the way, Gobber was the one who would ask if I had eaten, the people you pushed me to be 'friends' with bullied me and you did nothing! The only responsibility I ever got was being responsible for every single thing that went wrong on Berk, you didn't care about me you just cared whether you had to fix one of 'my mistakes' again, and when you 'corrected me' that meant being handed off to Gobber so he could walk me home." I shouted, laying the sarcasm on thick with tears all over my face
"You are a Berkian. you have Berkian blood not Bog Burglar blood, you're a male, not female, you can't steal, you can't fight, you can't…"
"Treat women the way they are supposed to be treated." Astrid interrupted
All eyes turned to Astrid
"Hiccup... or Enginn, would you like to tell them about how you used to stalk me or do you want me to tell them?" she asked
I remained silent.
But I was angry.
"Hiccup followed me into the forest on multiple occasions."
"Once I noticed he was stalking me I brought friends so I would be protected."
"And once again he followed me into the forest, so we taught him a lesson."
"After that word got around that Hiccup had been stalking me and that he told people I was giving him private training lessons as a cover up."
All eyes turned from Astrid to me
"I admit when I was younger I had a crush on Astrid. But nothing ever came of that; I never stalked her, never asked her, never spoke to her. She was beautiful then, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and my eye has moved somewhere else." I said winking at Cami
Cami blushed furiously
"A stalker and a whore. Interesting pair." Savage commented
"Did I give you permission to speak?" Alvin growled
Savage quickly shut up
"I'm sorry that Hiccup has been bothering you." Stoick said to Cami
"WHAT?" she asked angrily
"I'm sorry that Hiccup has been stalking you now instead of Astrid..."
Cami was about to argue more when Stoick spoke again
"Let me rephrase that, I'm sorry my son is a stalker and I am disappointed that he left Berk to stalk you." Stoick said disappointedly
"He's Not a stalker!" Cami finally shouted
"He's been following both you and Astrid around like a puppy dog." Tuff pointed out
"Because he had a crush! Gods you people are thick." Cami exclaimed
"And I thought us Meatheads were the idiots." Thuggory remarked
Stoick grew furious; the combination of me disowning him, Cami fighting him and Thuggory's remarks made him angry at not only me but Cami and Bertha as well
"Look you little whore! I will not lose my son to a little seductive prostitute." he glowered poking his sausage like fingers in her face
Cami was shocked that he would talk to her that way. Me and Thuggory were angry!
Bertha was furious!
Bertha barged in front of her daughter
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO HER IN THAT WAY?!" She roared
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT BECAUSE I SPOKE TO HER LIKE THAT?!" Stoick roared back
An axe went whizzing between the two chiefs faces and struck a shield on the other side of them everyone turned to look at Dagur
"Would you shut up?" he shouted
"Look, I wanted to leave Berk." I shouted
This caused everyone to fall silent
"Camicazi was just the person with the ability to sneak me off the island, I had nowhere to go but the Bog Burglars took me in, in time I grew to love them like I would my own tribe I also grew to love the individuals, Bertha is like my mother, Tindra is like my aunt, Harriet is like my friend and Camicazi is my girlfriend."
"You could have that all on Berk…" Stoick said
"I'm your father, Spitelouts your uncle, Snotlout's your cousin, Fishlegs is your friend, Gobbers your teacher." he said
"On Berk you were the person who belittled me, Spitelout was the man who wanted me shipped off, Snotlout was my tormentor, Fishlegs hung me out to dry… the only person who cared for me was Gobber! Gobber; my teacher, my godfather, my uncle, my boss, my trainer and my father figure." I said
"What have you done to him?" he whirled on Cami
"Treat him kindly like you should have done." she responded cooly
He slapped her!
"Your wretched witch!" he growled
Me Bertha and Thuggory looked at eachother with the intent to kill on our faces
"Fishlegs." I said angrily
"Ummm yes?" he asked
"What does the law say on assault during a thing?"
"Ummm the uhhh insulted party is allowed to ummm uhhh shame the offender." he said nervously
As one the three of us leapt and sucker punched Stoick!
He staggered backwards and grabbed his jaw.
"What are you doing Boyo?" Spitelout asked Thuggory
"You have no quarrel with us." he continued
"Actually I do." he responded
"The Bog Burglars and the Meatheads have an alliance, plus my quarrel is on a much deeper level." he threatened
Everyone was watching Spitelout and Thuggory arguing that no one noticed Stoick grab Cami
"Remove the curse you have on my son!" he roared into her face as he clenched her chin,neck and cheeks in one hand
"No curse." she said simply
Then she passed out.
A lot of people roared in rage
Stoick turned to me and Bertha
"You remove the curse on my son or I remove your daughter's air." he threatened
Bertha and me were worried; we both knew that wasn't an empty threat.
"I'm sorry Hiccup." she said before she grabbed me and threw me in front of Stoick
(Thuggory's perspective)
I watched out of the corner of my eye as Bertha threw Hiccup in front of Stoick
Stoick still hadn't let Cami go.
My anger burned hot!
I clinked my weapons together, a yellow flame appeared
I walked up behind Stoick...
… and slammed the flat side of both weapons on either side of his head…
(Bertha's perspective)
My daughter dropped to the ground limp. I rushed over and clutched her
Hiccup was lying on the ground in front of me on his side staring intently at Cami
His right arm was supporting his upper body off the ground.
"I'm sorry Hiccup." I said quietly
"I'm sorry Cami." I said quieter
Stoick's screams of rage, shock, surprise and pain were but a dull roar in my head as I focused on Cami's breathing.
I don't think i need to explain what the multiple meanings of this chapter refer to ;)