(The Hall)
"So at which part you guys were at?" Orme asks looking in the direction of Anya and Arek.
"They've just been introduced to the nadders." Anya says while pointing towards the present dragons in the hall.
"Yes, and I've heard that they let out the strongest and hottest of flames." Tadashi began. "And I am not into animal biology, considering they could come into that part, but exactly how hot can it go?"
"Not exactly sure." Gobber said from where he was sitting with Anya, Arek and Orme behind Merida and the three princes but below Elsa and Anna, still nursing the black eye, looked at the man. "I mean I know it could melt of a steel, iron and other ores if it uses its fire and truthfully none of us are to keen on knowing exactly how hot it can go."
There was a pause for a moment before Tadashi and few other nodded their head at his words. The ancient people, or as what they were referred to by Fred and Hiro, nodded their head. The Kings and The Queen agreeing about that, they don't have a way to know how hot something could go except for the color of metal.
"So we all ready for the next part?" Arek asks as people began nodding their head, and the screen started playing again.
" A nadder head is sure to get me atleast noticed."
"We've watched this part for the third time, go fast!" A lone viking grumbled loudly as the Nadder description played for the third time.
Two large rotting dragons picks up some dried fish in their mouths before flying off.
"Gronkles are tough. Taking down one of these would definitely get me a girlfriend."
"You certainly would like that won't you?!" Jack says while wiggling his eyebrows at the teen and glancing at the teen sitting just beside him, and so did the rest who were sitting in that line column and Hiccup tried to become one with his seat as Gobber rolled his eyes.
"Oh get over it 'iccup, almost everybody on the island and now some, except the lass, knows about your love for her?" Gobber said and he was again became the center of glares of several people. "Now what?!"
"You certainly have no tact." North says from where he was sitting beside the King and Queen of Scotland.
"Aye, he doesn't." Stoick murmured rubbing his face. "He is a brave and great warrior, a great blacksmith, a great advisor, a great listener and even greater friend."
"But the way of the words was never his strongest of suit." Valka completes for her husband, knowing how her friend spoke most of the time. "He meant good, but he does not know how to convey them most of the time."
"I did notice that." Queen Iduna says she watched the old blacksmith who was than roped into a small banter between the child sitting the top, the man who had the same magic as her daughter and the heir to the throne of Wilderwest, as her younger daughter and long haired woman with the iron skillet joining in the words. From the corner of her eyes she noticed the Queen of Corona, Arianna send few glances towards the long haired woman, she rested her hand over the woman considering how she knew the woman and her husband had been after the abduction of their daughter, who still haven't been found.
"You okay?" She asked her fellow Queen who nodded her head.
"I will be." She sent one last glance towards the long blonde haired woman before looking back at the future of the heir of the Vikings. "Last I heard you still had some troubles with the beasts right?" Arianna asks in return.
"They are." Iduna answers. "But considering that I've been, you know?" She points towards her head and Arianna nodded her head. "But from what I know Dunbroch and The Archipelago have the worst of attacks."
"You are right." Queen Elinor answers. "But ours is nothing compared to the ones we just saw." At this the trio of the Queens nodded their head, the attack or the raid seems much more terrifying than the little skirmish they have.
"How are they still going on?" Aunt Cass asks from her place.
"You heard him, Aunt Cass." Hiro's words came from above him. "They are Vikings, they have stubbornness issues."
"Yeah, yeah, it's great and all, let's go to the next one." Tim voice came before he looked towards his daughter. "And do have some caution Tabitha, they are dragons." He turned towards his elder daughter who seemed to be fascinated by the winged creatures.
"OK Dad." Tabitha answers before taking her seat with her parents as the screen began playing again.
A zippleback head blows gas into the chimney as the other one opens up the gate and ignites the gas blowing up the house.
"A zippleback, exotic, twice the head twice the status."
"I faced that beast once." Fergus says looking at the screen intently. "Still have some scars since ma last encounter." On the side The Zippleback looks at the screen intently, he does not understand, why he was on the screen again with rest of his brethren.
Stoick looks on with anger as the Zippleback flies by.
"They've found the sheep." The cheif throws his hammer before turning the catapult with his hands.
Whistles were heard throughout the hall as they watch the man turn that giant catapult with his bare hands.
"Concentrate Fire over the lower bank." Stoick orders.
"Fire!" A viking shouts when a Boulder is hurled at the nadder, hitting it.
Several people winced when the boulder made contact with the nadder, Valka being one of them, but sighed knowing that she could not do anything now. Stoick glanced towards his wife before turning back to the screen.
Just then a huge dragon appears at the base just as Stoick leans over to look at it.
"And then there's the Monstrous Nightmare, only the best Vikings go after those they have the nasty habit of setting themselves on fire." The Nightmare growls and leers at Stoick.
"Reload." Stoick says as he picks up his hammer. "I will take care of this." He attacks the Nightmare with the hammer to the face and dodging when the Nightmare tries to bite, but a shrill whistling cry comes as the nightmare flees from its place.
"But the ultimate prize is the dragon that no one has ever seen. We call it..."
The Nightfury seeing himself on the screen does the same whistling cry surprising many of the people present.
"Night Fury!" King Agnaar and King Fredric breathes before, King Fergus eyes widened, many people who knew about the dragon looked at the offspring of lightning and death sitting just beside the heir of Berk.
"Get Down!" Flynn and Fergus shouts as the same flame like the one on screen appears around him and sent a blast forward, many did duck down. While many, which included the dragons and Hiccup looked confused, as the blast occurred just beside them.
"Hey, none of that!" Orme shouts as he blows away the smoke from the Plasma blast. "None of that is to happen here!" Once the smoke clears the people watch in surprise that there was no damage anywhere.
Growls and warbles come as Orme nodded his head.
"Yeah yeah, I get it that you are feeling bored and all, but not right now." There were few more growls and Orme nodded. "Fine, when the intervals happens I will allow you to go for a flight, but you will only fly around the place I will be taking you too."
"You can understand what he is saying?" An astonished Elsa asks from above him.
"Yep." Orme answered her while looking up. "And I am pretty sure Sandy, Tooth, North, Kristoff and Sven and Bunnymund did too." Said people nodded their head.
"Wait, why am I not in there." Jack asks. "Most of the spirits can understand, why couldn't I?"
"We've learned All Speak, well the spirits did." Orme says while pointed towards the spirits. "You my friend did not take that course, even though it's an easy one." Jack look surprised at the words and turned to look at his friends who nodded their head. "As Kristoff, he has spent every single moment of his life with Sven, he has gotten a great understanding of animal words and thoughts, truthfully speaking Kristoff is more familial with Sven than anyone else."
"You mean he doesn't have friends?" Anna asks suddenly surprised.
"Hey, who says I don't have friends!" Kristoff shots back.
"He doesn't have any human friend." Orme answered getting a glare from the said man, in return the spirit gave him a grin. "What? it's the truth." Kristoff glares remain for a few moment, before sighing, he was right, he did not have any human friend, while ignoring pitying look from for few people.
"Hey, later on we can create a club of people with little to no friends what do ya say?" Orme asks again.
"Cool and why is he, pray tell, sitting next to the most dangerous existence?" Eugene/Flynn asks aghast at the teen who was just mere feet away from the said beast, he has heard stories of that dragon, even met someone who has survived the dragon barely, all of them told young Flynn that the only thing to be done against Night Fury is to hide and pray.
"Well, it's more like the most adorable existence." Rapunzel said as the dragon looks around and jumps a bit before sitting comfortably. "Are we even looking at the same thing?"
"She is right!" Anna exclaimed, they might not know as much as the other people but that dragon seemed more cute than dangerous at the moment as the dragon grumbles. "It does not seem dangerous."
"Because you haven't met the offspring of Lightning and Death." King Agnaar mentions lost in thought.
"He is right." Fergus says from his seat as he sat down.
"Even you dad?" Merida asks surprised.
"Aye, I fear no thing." Fergus says and looks at the dragon who was beaming around in pride seeing how the people were terrified of him. "But that, it scares me."
"He is marvelous." And then there was this one person. Everyone turns to look at Valka who was marveling over the Night Fury and everyone turns to look at her, as she blushed at the sudden attention, and then they turned to look at Stoick in question who also decided looking at his wife would be better thing to do than looking at others as he gave her hand a comforting squeeze.
"I still love ya, Val." Stoick murmured and Gobber made a gagging face which got him a whack over his head from Anna.
"I have so many questions right now." Hiccup and Hiro says at the same time while looking at the couple than at the dragons.
"Your answers are all here." Anya says while pointing towards screen. "So watch it." And the vision played again.
"Night Fury!" A Viking shouts as the moaning Whistle builds itself up. "Get Down!"
"Jump!" Stoick commands as a Plasma blast tear apart the catapult, a large boom happens as the viking jumps for their lives.
"That thing never steals food, never shows itself and..."
The catapult falls in flames as the sound recedes in the background.
"Never misses."
There was a pause before Hiccup's monolog continues.
"Nobody has ever killed a Night fury. That's why I am going to be the first."
There were several snorts around the hall, well from almost everyone, the people from Dunbroch, Arendelle and Corona nodded their heads as if they've came to a realization. Beside him the Night Fury glanced at the teen before snorting to himself.
On screen Gobber removes the prosthetic hammer that he uses for work for a prosthetic axe. "Man the fort, Hiccup. They need me out there!" Gobber got ready to leave the forge before he paused and turning to look back at his apprentice. "Stay. Put. There. You know what I mean."
The glares over the blacksmith reappeared and Orme grumbled as he paused the screen again. Anya and Arek giggling at the large blacksmith beside them trying his best to hide.
"Hey, in ma defense, if you know 'im as much as I do and the situation we're in you would do the same." Gobber replied after he was pulled up by Orme.
"I don't think any of us would say that to a child." Merida spoke out looking back at the man.
"Oh I beg to differ." Gobber says quietly making sure nobody has heard him as the screen began playing again.
Gobber charges into the fray as behind him Hiccup let out a smirk.
"Oh no." Gobber and Stoick muttered seeing the smirk.
"Oh yes!" The twins exclaimed with hands raised high, and many did grumble.
"What?" Most of the people asks.
"Trouble." Was the response they got from Astrid.
The scenes return back to battle going on with a wham as Hiccup rushes past most of the people wheeling the bola launcher, running as fast as his feet could carry him.
"Hiccup, Where are you going?" A viking asks as Hiccup pushes past him.
"Come back here!" Another viking adds as they fight off a dragon.
"I know!" Hiccup answers pushing his launcher. "Be right back!" And they didn't ask again.
"Now you know what I meant." Gobber mutters to himself as the vision plays.
The scenes changes to that of Nadders where they've found the sheep, closing in and ready to grab them when Stoick surprises them by hurling giant fishing nets over them as the Vikings rushes them. A nadder shots fire but Stoick jumps over it, closing its beak.
"Mind yourselves!" The chief speaks as he holds the dragon down. "The devil still has some juice in them."
The Nadder hisses and croons at the words and winced as how they were being treated.
"How can they treat such beautiful creature like that?!" Fred asks looking at his friends, but were shushed by Gogo and Hiro.
The scene changes back to Hiccup towards a scene that showed the blown apart catapult, who plants his device, cranks the levers, unfolding and then cocking the bowed arms of his contraption. He drops a bola onto a chamber and then pivots the weapon on a gimbal head toward the dark sky.
The people into mechanisms whistled this time.
Hiccup pauses and looks through the scope, listening, hands on the trigger. And then he heard the cry of the Fury as a shadow passes by and Hiccup directs his aim towards one of the defense tower that was still standing.
"Come on." Hiccup mutters to himself aiming towards the night sky. "Give me something to shoot at, give me something to shoot at."
Baam, the tower is blown apart and the flames illuminate the sky and the dragon for a mere moment. A moment that Hiccup needed when he pulled the trigger, the recoil pushes his him back as the bola disappears into the night before they heard a sound of whack and a screech that reverberate through the night sky.
The people in the hall were silent, surprised that someone was able to make such an aim, nobody spoke for a moment before the Hiccup in the vision and the Hiccup in the hall spoke at the same time.
"I hit it." On Vision Hiccup looks surprised.
"I hit it." Hall Hiccup spoke up surprised.
"Yes! I hit it." On Vision Hiccup says in elation
"I actually hit it!" Hall Hiccup exclaimed with same jubilation.
"Did anybody see that?!" Vision Hiccup says while looking around.
"Did anybody see that!?" Hall Hiccup did the same, when the growl from beside him made him remember that the one he shot was standing just beside him.
A monstrous Nightmare also appeared at that time just over the cliff destroying his launcher.
" Except for you! " / "Except for You!" Both hall Hiccup and Vision Hiccup says at the same time, the words just rolling off the tip of his tongue, as the people took in another deep breath as they saw the young child crack jokes especially considering the situation he was in. They have seen veteran break down in such situation but that child just made a crack at his situation. Not to mention the child's luck.
"That Sass!" Hiro exclaimed just at that moment as the Night Fury leaped at Hiccup.
(The Hall)
"Hey!" Orme yelled as the Night Fury leapt at the teen, stopped again by the partition that was separating the two. "I told you that you aren't allowed to do any of that here!" The man exclaimed, as Hiccup fell back in his seat. He knew he was safe, but that was still nerve wrecking.
"So that's how the story of Dragon Conqueror came to be!" Fergus exclaimed and nodded his head. That got the attention of many of the Vikings, as Valka's hand tightened into a fist.
"He's the Dragon Conqueror?!" Flynn exclaimed.
"Who's the Dragon Conqueror?" Rapunzel asks confused.
"A man." King Fredric speaks. "Said to be the heir of Wilderwest, which should clear up a lot of things and confuses many more, helped Stoick the Vast rally many of the Vikings under one banner after the Chief of Berk defeated the pirates and Romans. It is said that the man is the master of dragons evens the most dangerous ones crumble just with the touch of his hands there are other rumors but these are more believable than those, made a name for himself on the Northern seas."
"He is that Dragon Conqueror?!" Kristoff asks next, incredulity clear in his voice.
"I am just as surprised!" Merida speaks next. "I've heard the stories, many made the Dragon Conqueror to be a lot taller and fiercer than all of..." Merida trailed off before gesturing over Hiccup. "This...ahh! So that's how the man meant it!" Merida speaks as she motioned over to Gobber earlier comment and winced as her mother glared over in her direction. "I mean that it's not bad, I mean you are not bad, you are sort of cute...that's not how I meant." There were few snickering sounds, before Merida glared in that direction. "I always thought that the man was older, or as old as I am!"
"Oh we didn't explain that part did we?" Orme asks as something finally dawned on him from where he was trying to calm down the Night Fury.
"You forgot to explain what?" Anna asks with wife eyes.
"You all were taken from different period in time." Anya answers in return, before motioning towards Arek.
"Well you see." Arek begins. "Hiccup here is just a year younger than Elsa and Rapunzel, which means he was born in the same year as that of Merida and Kristoff here. Where as the spirits or Guardians and the Hamada's and Friends came from the twenty first century, which means they came a lot later than you guys, but somehow we ended picking you up from different points in timeline, like how I picked Hiccup and Co. from his teenage years, Hamada's and Co. From the first time Hiro met his brother's friends and Baymax, Elsa and Anna from the time of coronation and Rapunzel from the point where they've just entered Corona and Merida just before the neighboring tribes were to visit."
"So me and Hiccup.."
"Its actually 'Hiccup and I', dear." Merida's mother interjected and she scowled as she was corrected.
" Hiccup and I, are of the same age?" Merida forced out the words with a pointed look towards her mother.
"Yes." Anya answered.
"And he is the Dragon Conqueror?" Merida asks again, that seems break the whole of Berk from the shock as many began stuttering.
"How? What? When? Why?" Snotlout unable to believe that what he saw actually happened, or is supposed to happen.
"That was incredible!" Fishlegs says as many Viking cheered.
"That was awesome!" The twins banged their heads.
"Maybe we were brought here to see the defeat of dragons!" Spitelout exclaimed with a cheer as many did join him. Well most did except for few, Valka who was looking at anywhere but her son and the screen, Stoick, Gobber, Gothi and the Hofferson's who kept on glancing between Hiccup and Valka and Hiccup who was busy glancing at the screen than at the dragon. After the dragon had tried to attack him and Orme had calmed it down, he saw the dragon's eyes. They were not how his dad and Gobber described them to be, they were showing fear, the dragon was afraid, of him, of the future.
That did made Hiccup sigh in guilt as he tried to avert his eyes from that dragon that was making him feel guilty, but atleast capturing it would make him less of a pariah and more of something in his tribe.
"He looks sad." Hiccup heard from above, from Anna and noticed that the talking magic snowman and Baymax approach the dragon.
"Hello, I am Baymax, a personal health care companion, on a scale of one to ten how much does it hurt?" Baymax asked the same thing that he asked Mildew, the dragon replied with growls.
"Don't worry everything will be alright!" Olaf the talking snowman spoke. "My hug can make everything all right!" When the snowman hugged the dragon that made Hiccup flinch, now it felt like how he bullying someone, that was not how he was supposed to feel, that was not how a Viking should feel. He glanced towards the dragon one more time. That is not who he is!
Many did not know, what to do or feel, the boy had just taken down a dragon, and according to many it was a very dangerous dragon, so taking it out would make them more safer, but the expression on the face of the Night Fury was tugging at their heart. And so were the rest of the dragons who were looking at the dragon in pity.
"By the way, you have to teach me your sass!" Hiro exclaimed as he pulled Hiccup's attention away from the dragon. "Where did you learn that?!"
"It just came." Hiccup answered nonchalantly, not wanting describe how he came to speak like that, he doesn't want to tell anybody how he got his cheek.
"I think your sass is just over doing it." Flynn says to the teen, who was not supposed to be a teen.
"I think that was cool." Fred says looking at teen. "I mean, I like dragons and don't like the fact you shot one down, but I've to say your aim, invention for your time that is, and your sarcasm, that's just mind blowing, I know several who would just start screaming when in your position."
"He should be screaming!" Astrid exclaimed from her place, "that is not how someone should act in front of a dragon, especially a Nightmare."
"I think we've already established that I am not normal." Hiccup deadpanned.
"That is not what I meant Hiccup!" She shot right back.
"You guys done?" Orme's voice came back up. "I know there are many things that you want discuss, and some of you want to party, but not right now and not here, see the whole thing and than you can do whatever you want." The room became calm after his words some still giddy about the fact that there will be no more damages from the Night Fury.
"Except for you." The Nightmare rear it's head back ready to strike the teen.
"As I said, that was just over doing it." Flynn mutters again but was swatted by Rapunzel.
"I think that it's cool." Jack says and Bunnymund nodded, the two of them were than swatted by Toothiana.
Stoick was helping with the captured Nadders, keeping them down, when he suddenly hears a scream and looks up to see Hiccup running and dodging away from a nightmare. And his face take in the expression of somewhat between worry and exasperation.
He sighs before he set out to save his reckless and idiotic son, who somehow doesn't know the meaning of 'no', 'stay inside' or 'dangerous'.
"What's with that expression?!" Valka asks. She wasn't liking how the dragons and vikings were treating each other, but whenever her son came she did look up, she could finally learn how her son was doing.
"Oh you weren't here for at least half of the things, Valka." Gobber says and Valka flinches, he either didn't notice or didn't care enough to notice the sets of glare that just came his way before continuing. "That thing just pales in comparison to his other things, like that one time he snuck into the Romans ship with Thuggory and Camicazi, and then sunk it while the three were still on board, or the time when he and his device almost killed himself and did kill a few pirates and sharks and he was barely twelve that time."
"Gobber." Stoick voice came up, a bit threatening. "Shut up!"
"What?" The man asks in return.
"Pirates?" Valka asks as she turns to look at her husband and he did flinch.
"Yes, he was sort of kidnapped with one of his invention, and we had to chase them and fish them out." Stoick says with a sigh and the non Berkians looked at the teen in surprise.
"What about Romans?" Valka asks worry in her voice how much trouble did her son get into when she wasn't there?
"Story for another time?" Stoick says/asks before looking towards Orme and gesturing for him to continue playing the vision.
"Do not let them escape." Stoick commands as he went to save his wayward son from the Nightmare.
Hiccup runs, with the Nightmare apparently enjoying the chase as it sprays fire behind him, until he hides behind one of the large torches.Which didn't matter to the dragon as it set it on fire too. Hiccup went to peek to see if the dragon went away as the dragon went the other side, unnoticed by the boy, ready to gobble him up.
The audience took in a deep breath and many clenched the armrest.
When Stoick arrived, jumping over the Nightmare, knocking it away and rolling into the ground before both stood up, the Nightmare standing up and roaring a challenge at the chief.
And the chief who adjusted his helmet to show that he has accepted. Or make a fashion statement.
The Monstrous Nightmare ready itself to set the man on fire. But only chokes out a little spray, and then a pathetic spit that barely exits its mouth. Suddenly much less confident, the dragon looks up at Stoick with worry
The dragon denizens looks at the said Nightmare with concern and pity, who just growled at them in return.
"Oh it's not going to end well for him." Many of the Vikings snickered at the dragon's predicament.
"You're all out," Stoick states before punching it thrice in the face and then kicking it away. Beaten and probably humiliated, the dragon staggers away and then breaks into a flight to escape the much tougher Viking.
The whistles returned as they saw the giant of a man, pushing the dragon away barehanded.
"Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know…"
The torch's pole, now completely burnt despite all logic since it had previously been shown to be reinforced with metal at the base, snaps and falls down, letting the round brazier fall off and roll through the village, destroying ramps and causing mayhem until it almost squashed the netted Nadders. However, with the Vikings diving out of the way, the dragons manage to escape and fly off before being crushed. Hiccup's face says it all, wincing more and more with every crash or scream.
"Sorry… dad."
And many did wince as the vision came to a halt and Fred spoke up.
"Wait, that's your Dad?!" Fred asks surprised and the people near him looked at him in surprised.
"You got that just now!" Gogo asks exasperated. "Those two have same surnames and eyes, not only that, the woman beside her is his mother and his wife, that would make him, his son, moreover he is the heir of Berk and Wilderwest and that man is the Cheif of Berk and King of Wilderwest!" She used her hands to point at the people. "What more do you need to get that?! How did you not get that!?"
"I mean, I was busy looking at the dragons, that I think I missed some crucial discussion points." Fred murmured quietly.
Hiccup blushed and bowed his head down in embarrassment at the scenario, that will happen to him.
The dragons fly off, with lots of sheep. Some even use the net they were held in to hold more sheep – showing that they did have intelligence.
"They do, some extremely are." Valka nodded her head at the words.
Hiccup tries, and fails, to look innocent as everyone stares at the retreating dragons. The raid is over and one thing is clear to everyone – they aren't the winners this time.
Daring a glance at his father, Hiccup tries to save some face while he can. "Okay but I hit a Night Fury," he says like it's the most normal thing in the world, which it is not!
Both Stoick and Hiccup groaned, and cringed respectively. They both know the two of them don't have the most...defining father-son relationship, but it's not like they didn't try, they've tried, both of them, but a proper conversation with only both of them leave them frustrated, really frustrated. They both love and care for each other, but showing them was really difficult.
Stoick knew, he sometimes came out as...stoic and harsh, but that is how he was raised, he did not know about other ways, on top of that he was the chief, he spends almost all of his day in taking care of the village, that sometimes is besieged by the dragons, and by the time he returns, Hiccup would be sleeping in room or at the forge.
For Hiccup, he knew he came out as a problem child...oh who he was kidding, he was definitely a problem child, it's not that he was looking for problems and troubles, it was just that the trouble seemed to follow him at every corner, he is just trying his best to be one of his people, a viking his dad should be proud off.
As for the Vikings, it was something that many of them had witnessed, it's not like they liked to do watch this, and they knew that both Father and Son were trying their best, but the damages were a lot worse every time Hiccup did do something. Most them glanced at the young boy with pity knowing what was coming.
Stoick grabs him and hauls him away , still in front of the crowd.
The audience winces, especially the future people, with how the older man was treating the young child.
Valka on the other hand glared at her husband for treating her child like that. So did many woman.
Astrid winced with how the man was treating his son. She knew, she have seen him being scolded all of the time, but she only noticed defiance and stubbornness in him. Moreover he never made a fuss and never cried, cringed sure, embarrassed definitely, but he never cried, which was clear with his encounter with the Nightmare, and that's what she did like about him, now only if he knew how to fight.
Hiccup goes on, trying to defuse the situation before it blows up, despite the fact his words are just adding fuel to the fire. "Aaaah! It's not like the last few times, Dad! I mean, I really actually hit it. You guys were busy, and I had a very clear shot."
"Clear shot?" Merida asks and looks down at Hiccup. "Clear shot!" Her tone increased and she looked down at the teen in bewilderment, who flinched, beside him Astrid and The Dragon glared at her. "You call that clear shot, in the darkness, where you only got a glimpse, not to mention that it was moving, that's not clear shot, you either must have God's gift and talent in making that aim and taking that shot or the Devil's luck." She completed her sentence and Gobber nodded.
"Aye, and knowing, I would say he does have the gift." Gobber motioned towards the vision. "The luck side not so much, on the contrary I don't know anyone who has worst luck than him, I mean look at that." He laughed hard as he pointed to the on vision Hiccup.
Hiccup at that point glared at the man. "I am so happy to know that my luck and problems are entertaining you, meathead."
"Your welcome, lad." Gobber shots back without missing a beat.
" It went down, just off Raven's Point," continues the boy. Gobber looks after him in worry, knowing what is coming and unable to do anything, or maybe because he is thinking that his charge might've gotten hit on the head and went loony.
"Truthfully speaking." Spitelout spoke up looking at the teen who made a face at the thought that people thought he was being crazy. "Even if Stoick was the one who said that he had shot down a Night Fury, without a proof, than we would've thought the same thing, hel, we would've been worse, we would've tied him up to the mast of a ship and let it sail in the waters."
Many looked at the man like he had problems.
"What?" Spitelout asks as he noticed the stare. "Don't look at me like that, you would've done the same thing, don't try to say other wise!" And the royalties nodded their head, they would've done the same, probably would've killed them too for good measure and being crazy, old times were crazy.
"Let's send a search party out there before-"
"STOP!" exclaims Stoick, fed up with his rambling, letting him go to emphasize his word with gestures.
Many in the audience jumped at the man's booming voice and surprised that the teen hasn't ran away, just seemed a bit surprised.
Hiccup, taken aback for a moment, does as he's told.
"Just, stop. Every time you step outside, disaster follows! Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter is almost here and I have an entire village to feed!" It's not completely clear if he's angry at Hiccup or just frustrated because of his other problems, but whatever the cause, Stoick is letting his anger speak – blunt and truthful as it is.
Valka looked at her husband and at the screen and than at her son. She now knew that deciding to stay away was not the best of decision that she had made, it seemed like both her husband and her son needed her and she wasn't there. She didn't have the right to say anything now, well not until she makes some headway with both of them. She looked at the two again and noticed that both were way too focused on the screen, not answering any of the questions, that were being directed at him.
The royalties sighed on the other hand, they knew the frustration, especially when something like this happens, it may seem like they wouldn't do something like that, but that would be lying, they would've done the same thing, and many a times, they don't even have help.
The Dragon beside him nodded his head, he was still was sore from the fact that he was shot down by some human child. So him being scolded makes few things easy for him.
Hiccup looks hurt for a second, but it's only a second. Despite the sting, he knows Stoick is right – he just wishes he wasn't.
"Aren't we all lad?" Gobber speaks up for him.
So he resorts to his sarcasm, covering it up with a disappointed expression.
"Yeah, between you and me, the village could do with a little less feeding, don't you think?" Several Vikings look down at their bellies and cover them with their hands as if to hide them in shame.
The Royalties and the leaders flinched, and glared at the teen.
"As I said before, you are really over doing with your sarcasm." Flynn says as he notice the few big bones people looking down at their-plump- body, before glaring at Hiccup. Some were just defiant. "You will get in trouble one day with that."
"Its just pure muscle, no fat there." A viking muttered quietly but still heard by many.
Fishlegs looks down at himself, he knew Hiccup really didn't mean anything with that, he doesn't really have a mean bone in his body, but being the largest of his age group made him the next target of bullying from others after Hiccup, Astrid was the only one nobody bullied, well nobody ever will if they wanted to live that is. But still that comment made him self conscious about himself.
The Twins, Astrid and Hiccup were the only one who had no such problems.
"That was not the right thing to say, nor was it the right time or place or thing." North says understanding what was going to come next. Beside him Stoick sighed and so did Valka and Hiccup, it was going to get a lot of troubles.
"This isn't a joke, Hiccup!" Stoick snaps loudly and the sighs. "Why can't you follow the simplest orders?"
"Pot, have you ever met the kettle, do you know it's also black." Gobber says while pointing at the father and son. Spitelout being the only one who laughed at that.
"I- I can't stop myself. I… I just, see a dragon and I have to just…" Hiccup makes a fierce face and gestures with his hands, though the gesture looks nothing like 'killing a dragon'. "…kill it, you know? It's who I am, Dad." To tell the truth, he doesn't sound convinced of that himself.
Valka hands tighten itself around the armrest.
Stoick sighs in exasperation. "Oh, you are many things, Hiccup. But a dragon killer is not one of them."
Hiccup sat in the chair defeated and deflated. Astrid looked at the teen in worry, that was not the right thing to say, especially in the place where they lived at.
Valka looked at Stoick with wide eyes, was he saying what she thought he was saying.
Many looked at the teen in worry and sympathy.
Dragons snorted at that sentence, they just saw him down their strongest dragon moment before, that child was much dangerous than any other.
"Get back to the house," he finishes, more gently, as he sees Hiccup slump, out of arguments. "Make sure he gets there," he adds to Gobber, who steps up and cuffs Hiccup on the head. Ashamed, Hiccup just walks away with him. "I have his mess to clean up."
"Whoa!" Kristoff raised his hands in a stopping motion. "What do you mean his mess?"
"Yeah!" Anna exclaimed just after him. "What do you mean his mess?! You were fighting dragons before, than how come it's Hiccup's fault?!"
"Because it is." Agnaar spoke up and Anna glared in the direction of her father, she was still angry about what her father did, it will take some time and gifts for her to forgive him. "Somewhat." Agnaar amended.
"What does that mean?!" Anna asked again.
"I am the heir." Hiccup told her and Anna looked at him confused.
"Exactly why!" Agnaar answers. "He is the son of the leader and the future leader, there are expectations from him, one of which is to keep their people safe and protected and well fed, now not only he made a fun of his own people, he also left a post that his senior left to him at the moment when there are only two blacksmiths and both of them left their posts, especially mid battle, that's a great offense that would leave many warriors without proper weapons, especially during battle, a good weapon could make or take your life." Agnaar glanced at the teen, he has been in those shoes, where he had to prove himself and that had led him to the same troubles like Hiccup, except his place was not destroyed.
"It seems like he is a great blacksmith for his age, and can be good leader considering he die not exactly put his blame on someone else, but his sarcasm leave a lot to hope for " King Fredric added and the royalties nodded. They've seen the heirs of many kingdom, including their own, doing that.
"But still to call all of it his fault?" Jack asks.
"That's right you can't just call that his fault!" Toothiana added as Baby Tooth crossed its arm around nodding, both Father and Son refused to say anything but the guilt was present on both of their faces. Orme decided to play again before anybody could say anything.
Laughter is heard as he started to move back home, Hiccup's head is bowed down in shame. The Twins are cackling, at the destruction or Hiccup nobody knows.
A lot of people looked at the Twins.
"Whom are you laughing at?!" Wasabi asks.
"At the destruction!" Ruffnut answers.
"And the one who caused it!" Tuffnut adds and people glared in their direction. "I mean it's not everyday you meet someone who could cause as much destruction as we do!" The people looked at the two surprised.
"Considering he did tell us that he didn't want to join us in that!" Ruffnut adds few more and people, especially Vikings, looked at said teen in alarm.
"Don't worry, I said no!" Hiccup answered without looking away from the screen.
Snotlout is smirking as he gets to put Hiccup down again. Fishlegs is trying to frown but worry and pity crosses his face before he looks towards the destruction, and an uncertain frown settles itself on his face, before frowning at Hiccup again.
"Quite the performance." Tuffnut says with a grin, it was a genuine compliment or not nobody know, but he was pushed down by Ruffnut.
"You actually complimented him?!" Ruffnut speaks with wide arms, looking at her teen in surprise. "You do know it means that he is as good or somewhat better than us!" So he did compliment him.
"Hey, I give credit where it's due." Tuffnut answered in a dismissal voice.
"I've never seen anyone mess up that badly," Snotlout says with malice, clearly trying to bully the teen while gesturing towards the destruction. "That helped!"
Spitelout and his wife Hildegarde groaned at their son's behavior.
"We have!" The twins answered and Snotlout looks at the two of them in surprise. "Every time you try to flirt with Astrid, you are even worse in that! Nobody wants to clean up after that." The two burst out laughing as Snotlout went red in face. Hiccup didn't know if they stood up for him or what, he was clearly surprised.
"Thank you, thank you, I was trying… so…" Hiccup replies dejectedly before bowing his head in shame.
Fishlegs and Astrid were the only one who didn't say anything, and the former of the two tried very hard to be like Snotlout, but was unsure what to speak and do.
Astrid on the other hand, sitting on the stone steps looked at Hiccup with pity and sadness, unlike Snotlout there is no hostility in her eyes. Despite what happened, she doesn't think he deserves what's happening right now. She follows Hiccup with her eyes and then Gobber avenges Hiccup by shoving Snotlout down, a bit surprised she shakes her head as the idiot picks himself up and turning away.
Many looked at the teens in surprise, they didn't knew how Hiccup was treated by his own peers, well except for The Twins because they are known for pranking others, they haven't left the chief out, was it a surprise they didn't prank Hiccup. Fishlegs and Snotlout, on the other hand, they were a surprise.
"What?" Fishlegs's Mother asks as she looks at her son. "What are you? How? Why are you acting like that Fish?!" Did he forgot that Hiccup was the next chief, it was given he would be next in line, Snotlout while of the same blood as their chief, he did not have the qualities to be one and while his father was a great second in command, even he had agreed that Snotlout was far from a chief material. And just a moment ago, he has just let go of his birthright in front of the whole village and then some.
Hiccup and Snotlout meanwhile were focused on another thing entirely.
"Why are you looking at him/me like that?!" They both asks, behind her mother giggled a bit and her father scowled but there was still mirth in his eyes. And many did turn to look at the teen in surprise, who had a bit of pink on her face.
"He did not deserve that." Astrid says and Hiccup's jaw met the ground, he was not expecting someone to stand up for him, I mean Gobber does it and sometimes Twins do it too, well they do it when Hiccup is being blamed for an explosion that they made, they don't like it when they don't get a credit for blast they took a lot of time to make.
"We've seen that he did take down the Night fury and a Nightmare can make even adults cry, yes, the destruction happened because he came out of the forge, but it was a monstrous Nightmare! What were you expecting him to do in that situation?!" She asked the rest of the Vikings, and she was right, he did shoot down a Night Fury, which none of them could actually think of doing, not to mention the Monstrous Nightmare, as Hiccup said in the narration, only best goes after them.
The non-Berkians looked at the girl in surprise and approval, especially the one from the modern timeline. The Royalties did not say anything because they could see where the on Vision Stoick and Hall Astrid were coming from and kept themselves silent, things sometimes were not as easy as they're made out to be. Astrid on the other hand turned to glare at Snotlout.
"And whom I look at and how I look at them is none of your business!" Astrid says while glaring in the direction of Snotlout who hid under the chair and so did many who were in the way of her glare.
"I can see why you like her." Hiro's voice came again and Hiccup's face burst into color red. "I can see the charm just oozing out of her." Finn Hofferson broke into a laugh when he noticed both her niece and the Haddock's spawn go ripe red from that comment.