Chapter 3

We soon fly towards the Hidden World, Becky on Skullcrusher with me. I know it's a risk, having her fly with me, but I want to keep an eye on her. Her Thunderclaw, Amethyst, is flying next to us.

"Excuse me. Coming through. Just skipping through here. Fishmeat, eat your rocks. Eat your rocks." Fishlegs says, flying through with the baby Gronckle Fishmeat, crying and excited.

"Gah! People who fly with babies are the worst!" Snotlout remarks. Both Becky and I glare at him.

"What?" He ducks as Fishmeat's lava blast hits Snotlout's seat.

Soon, we land on an island for some rest.

"Alright! Looks like we're camping here for tonight." Hiccup declares.

"Well, thank Thor for that!" Gobber remarks.

"Yes! My own place! I plan to build a hut. Only for the bearded! Ruffnut, you gotta stay out! Chin whiskers don't count!" Tuffnut says.

Snotlout is using his hands as a frame for his house.

"I see a tower of manliness in the shape of me. It's gonna be taller than Eret with bigger muscles."

I end up being in Snotlout's frame, with my wife behind me.

"Wha-what?" I ask, puzzled.

"Get out of my house! Both of you!"

"Hey! Is there a problem here?" I ask.

"Yeah, there's a problem! Ever since you showed up, you've been trying to upstage me. You're just so jealous...delusional."

"Yeah, delusion's a good word for it."

"Listen, Son Of Eret, when Hiccup blows it as Chief, I'm next in line, I'm number two." Snotlout says, holding up three fingers.

"'Cause I'm clearly Valka's favorite. So you better start showing me some respect!"

Becky marches up to Snotlout.

"Oh, I'll show you some respect, you son of a -"

I step in between Becky and Snotlout, my hands up.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy there, love. That little man has got nothing on me. And you know that."

"I know. It's just that sometimes he makes me so angry."

"I know. I know."

"You're lucky I don't hit pregnant women, Son Of Eret!"

Gobber steps in this time.

"Alright, you two, why don't you go off and find somewhere quiet to relax, hm? Also, Eret, it's not your fault you've got the body of a Norse god! He's just jealous of what you've got!"

Becky and I turn around at this.

"And what has Eret got exactly, Gobber?"

"Besides the body of a Norse god, a loving and kind wife and a darling little one on the way. Heh heh heh."

Becky and I walk off, but not yet ready to take Gobber's advice. We head to where my father and sister are, which isn't far from where Gobber is.

Gobber picks up a tool and places it into the ground.

"Blacksmith stall goes right here." He discovers that several Hobgobblers have followed them.

"Gaaah! One, two, three, four, five…where's…?!" Gobber walks back after counting them, scared of them.

"Oh, okay. Hold on, gang. I-I said make camp…not build a new village" Hiccup says.

"Who died and made you chief?" Snotlout asks.

We're all stunned by what he says.

"What?"

Gothi flies past Snotlout and smacks him with her staff. Good ol' Gothi.

"Oww!"

"Granted this place is very nice, but it's not the Hidden World." Hiccup says.

"We don't even know if this 'hidden world' exists!" A Viking says.

"Yeah. This place is real!" Another remarks.

Soon, Hiccup – with Valka's guidance – makes the decision that we can stay…until he and Toothless find the Hidden World.

I get to work on making camp for Becky and me, setting up our tent in between Amalie (my sister)'s tent and Ruffnut and Tuffnut's tent. She directs where to put our cots that we had in storage back in the Great Hall on Berk. Unfortunately, even the cradle I made for our baby didn't make it. I don't think Becky's forgiven me yet for going back to get the Thunderclaw toy.

We soon try to go to sleep, as we had a long journey, and Becky is absolutely exhausted, carrying another human.

~.~

The next day, I let Becky sleep in. I'm assuming she had a restless sleep last night. Hiccup is working on a new tail for Toothless.

"Well, well, well. Someone's excited." I say, referring to Toothless.

"Uh, he's fresh off his first date. Now he's love crazed." Hiccup says.

"And someone else looks exhausted." I say, seeing my wife approaching, rubbing her eyes.

"Hey, you didn't have someone kicking you in the ribs at three in the morning." Becky says, leaning on me.

"Only we're the ones going crazy. The sooner he brings back that Light Fury, the better." Gobber says.

That night, Toothless has since gone on his date with the Light Fury, and us Berkians have decided to have a party to celebrate our new home on New Berk.

Some Berkians are throwing our young chief in the air in celebration.

"Yeah, okay, guys! Now I'm just getting sick! Okay. Ha. Ha. Ha." Hiccup says.

Poor guy.

"I thought you were a little off your rocker, but this isn't half bad." Gobber says.

"This is supposed to be a temporary solution." Hiccup says as he approaches me, Becky, Amalie and my father.

"It's unanimous." I say, picking up a drumstick.

"Eret, hand it over." Becky says, holding out her hand. She's been more and more hungry lately.

"Why?"

"Who's eating for two here?" Duh.

"Sorry, love." I hand over the drumstick, which, admittedly, was my second, and her third. I turn back to Hiccup.

"Everyone agrees we've definitely traded up. Well done, Chief."

"I kinda feel bad for you guys." Hiccup says.

"Why?" Becky asks.

"You guys've only been free for a year, and you had to leave home with a baby on the way."

"So this'll be the only home our baby will know. But at least our baby will grow up in a place where dragons are friendly."

"She's got a point, Chief."

"That she does, Eret."

Soon, Valka returns from making sure we weren't followed.