(Hiccup appears and begins reading the proclaimed note for the series.)
Hiccup: The following is a non-profit fan-based fanfic. The HTTYD Franchise belongs to Dreamworks Animation Studios, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Pictures. Please support the official release...! Um...well that's what Max told me to say.
MaxTV1234: Yeah, I definitely did to have viewers know about this. You did good dude.
Hiccup: Thanks. So next up is...?
MaxTV1234: Dragon training yes.
Hiccup: Right...Great.
Previously on HTTYD: A Future Rider's Beginning...
We looked back at the scene and saw Toothless flapping his wings very quickly, so quickly that he starts losing control on altitude and then causes to fall on top of Luna.
Luna grew startled by this before quickly getting Toothless off of her and felt embarrassed by this. Toothless starts to grow frustrated before turning to Hiccup while Luna turned to me.
"Why are they always looking at them?" Jobber wondered.
"'Cause those two dragons trust these two." Mikako answered, sitting in a meditating pose. "It is best...not to question it..."
"Hmph...I could have done it." Jobber grumbled, crossing his arms in a huff while Hiccup and I looked at each other with sheepish grins.
Well, you could try but it won't work. We turned back to see Toothless attempting to stand on his hind legs and began walking around, which proves to be...hilarious!
Oh my god, someone...please...take a picture of this!
Toothless began performing some strange dances while Luna attempted to do her mating dance to impress him, but she was starting to grow agitated as well while Hiccup face-palmed and I was just laughing my ass off.
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh my god, this is just...Oh my..."
"Really? You're not even a little embarrassed?" Hiccup asked with a raised brow.
"Hey, I call what I see right here..." I smirked.
"Ugh, boys..." Runa groaned, rolling her eyes.
And now back to training dragons!
"Today's lesson is teamwork!"
Well it's nice to know that we are selecting partners in this. The Dragaon Killing Arena was soon filled with some sort of green gas that was really nauseating the moment the doors began opening up. From what Gobber told us the moment we arrived here, he explained that we needed to be in teams per two people and we needed to outsmart it. I think we gotten that covered...but the problem was that there was eleven of us...so Gobber made an exception by having me by myself after I volunteered for it. I had to reassure my friends that I would handle this, even though I needed to somewhat outsmart the Hideous Zippleback.
If I remembered much from the Book of Dragons, it has two heads in which one breathes gas and the other sparks it up or so I read with the others in that sleep over. So...I think I can catch it off-guard if I just time is right.
"Now, a wet dragon head can't light its fire. The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky. One head breathes gas, the other head lights it. Your job is to know which is which." Gobber instructed as we all were covered in the nauseous green gas, separating us. I was all alone with the bucket of water in my hands, holding back my fears and just kept my usual look of seriousness to fool others. But I knew one thing...
"I'm seriously gonna die out here..." Yep, you called it...
Jeez, how am I supposed to find my way around in this damn place...? I mean, it's filled with too much of this green gas and it's nearly making me feel like I'm about to pass out.
"Razor sharp, serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion. Prefers ambush attack, by crushing its victims-"
"Will you please stop that?!"
Sounds like Hiccup is having a great time with Fishlegs...I still don't want to speak to him after our talk earlier today. I'm still pissed off...then again, I'm the one to blame for making him feel scared of me.
So anyway, in case you don't know who's team up; 1. Fishlegs and Hiccup. 2. Astrid and Ruffnut. 3. Runa and Dusty. 4. Satsuki and Jobber. 5. Snotlout and Tuffnut. And 6. Well...me only.
I circled around the field before hearing a low growl coming around the area, causing me to gulp before looking around in fear. Jeez, I better find it in time.
As I continued to circle around, I bumped into something, making me jump back a little before seeing who it was.
"Runa? Dusty?!" I exclaimed.
"Ah! Henry!" Dusty gasped before sighing in relief, "Oh, we thought you were one of the Zippleback heads."
"Jeez, don't scare us like that...I really don't like that." Runa sighed. "So any luck...?"
"What do you think?" I asked sarcastically, causing her to sigh.
"Great...so now what...?" Runa wondered before hearing something. "Wait, did you hear something?"
"Um..." Dusty looks around frantically before yelping upon feeling something underneath before dumping the water down.
"Ah!" What? Okay, definitely not the sound of a wild dragon grunting and growling. We all looked to see our favorite little pervert looking down from Dusty's skirt.
"Hey!" Jobber whined, making Dusty screamed before she kicked him away.
"What are you doing?!" Dusty exclaimed.
"O-Ow...! Sorry, I thought you were either Astrid, Ruffnut, or Runa." Jobber apologized, rubbing his aching head.
"Jobber! Are you there?" We looked over and saw Satsuki rushing over with a bucket in her hands. "Oh hi guys!"
"Alright, you better have a good reason or else." Runa crossed her arms with a serious look on her face. "Why the hell were you creeping us like that?"
"I needed some...motivation during this training." Jobber gulped with a sheepish grin, flinching upon seeing Runa's death glare. "C-Come on! I needed some of those panties...!"
"Not from me!" Dusty shrieked.
"Guys...!" I hissed, trying to keep them quiet but Satsuki started talking by saying, "Aww, Jobber...why not me?"
"Sorry Satsuki. I couldn't look at your beautiful butt due to you wearing that suit." Jobber pointed out, making me give those two a deadpanned look.
Like, seriously? Why can't you guys shut it?
"You're so disgusting." Runa scoffed.
"What? I'm Jobber the Perverted! Get off my behind!" Jobber huffed before making a sly grin. "Besides...either way, at last I got to see your little something underneath there, Dusty. I never knew you wore-"
"C-Can we please drop the subject and focused on the task?!" Dusty shrieked, blushing madly. "Right now, that Hideous Zippleback could be anywhere!"
"Well...why not I take off my clothes?" Satsuki suggested.
"And why the hell would you do that?" I asked irritably.
"Duh, to give that motivation to Jobber." Satsuki smiled brightly, causing me to face-palm.
"Oh Satsuki, you're so lovable." Jobber giggled before getting knocked out by Runa.
"Frigging pervert..." Runa scoffed before narrowing her eyes. "Hold on...did you hear something?"
"Mm..." I frowned before looking around, keeping the bucket in my hands. Oh gods, did she sense it too...?
"Whoa...!" Huh? Ah! I quickly felt something behind me before quickly jumping back and getting ready to throw the water till I realized who it was.
"Hey, it's us you idiots...!" I let out a sigh before grunting away at the sight of the two asshole chicks, Astrid and Ruffnut. Just my luck.
"Oh...Hey..." Runa groaned, looking away from the sight of Astrid.
"Hey..." Astrid huffed, looking away.
"Can we not do this?" I sighed, shaking my head. "Look, just stay away from us and-"
Not too soon as a cold splash of water was dropped on the three of us, causing us to shriek. Ugh, again? I'm all wet again...Ugh, and I just gotten these clothes to dry off...
"We got them!" Huh?! We looked back and saw some of the fog fading off to reveal the two idiots, Ruffnut's twin brother and Astrid's little ex.
"Wait a minute, you guys aren't the dragon!" Snotlout groaned, earning three glares from me and the two girls.
"Hey! It's us idiots!" Ruffnut exclaimed, glaring hard at her brother, but he just had an innocent look and bluntly said an offended comment.
"Your butts are getting bigger. We thought you were a dragon." Oh my god, I can't believe he just said that.
"Not that there's anything wrong with a dragon-esque figure-" Oh come on dude, seriously? Wow...just wow.
Not too soon in a second that Astrid walked over and punched the shit out of Snotlout, making him collapse while Ruffnut threw her bucket at Tuffnut, having it stuck to his head as he fell on his butt.
Jeez, those two are so frigging stupid. Then again, I think they deserved it.
"Oh Tuffnut..." Dusty groaned, shaking her head.
"When will you two learn?" Runa sighed.
By seeing how stupid they are...Never.
"W-WHOAAAA!" Huh? We looked back and saw Tuffnut was gone out of sight, much to our confusion.
"Wait...!" Astrid raised her hand to stop Ruffnut from moving while looking around. I stepped back a little before seeing something that was heading straight for us.
"Watch out!" I yelled before jumping out of the way as a long tail came out of nowhere and sweeps under the two girls' legs, causing them to drop their buckets of water. Tuffnut then comes out of nowhere and screams, but not before bumping into Runa and Jobber, making them drop their buckets in the process.
"TUFFNUT!" The two of them screamed, glaring at the terrified Thorston boy.
"I AM HURT! I AM VERY MUCH HURT!" Tuffnut screamed in agony, running away before I saw Hiccup and Fishlegs in the fog.
"Chances of survival are dwindling into single-digits now." Fishlegs gulped.
"Fishlegs..." I called, gaining his attention while he flinched at the sight of me. "Please...just shut up."
"Y-Yes sir...!" Fishlegs nodded nervously while I rolled my eyes. I'm still not comfortable to even be around that guy. I'm still pissed off by everything he said...
"Squire, look out!" Huh? I quickly looked back and saw what appears to be a long serpent's head appearing before us through the green mist. It crawled over to where Satsuki was, who just happened to back away and bumped into Fishlegs.
"Quick, use the water!" Runa cried out.
"Satsuki's got this!" Satsuki threw her bucket of water onto the Zippleback's head, along with Fishlegs doing the same. However, it began spewing out green gas out of its mouth.
"Oops...wrong head." Fishlegs chuckled sheepishly.
Are you fucking kidding me?
"Uh oh...this is where Satsuki screams and runs away like a little girl." Satsuki immediately runs away in a poof of dust, but when it dispersed, she was still there standing still. "Oops, Satsuki forgot to run!"
How the hell did you forget to run?! That makes no sense Satsuki!
Satsuki immediately runs away again, this time for real as another head appeared, opening its mouth to reveal it making some sparking sounds.
"U-Uh...help?" Fishlegs squeaked before getting blasted with green gas.
"Fishlegs!" Gobber screamed in shock and alert as the husky Ingerman boy runs away in fear, shrieking like a little girl.
"Oh Thor..." You said it Gram. Even I'm wondering how did he make it this far in Dragon Training...
"So...I guess it's just us, eh?" I glanced over to my right and saw Hiccup right beside me, still holding onto the bucket in his hands.
"Tell me about it...Well, I guess it's up to us." I rolled my eyes before pulling the bucket closer to me.
"Now Hiccup! Henry!" Yeah yeah, hold your horses Captain Hook. We got this. Me and Hiccup threw our buckets of water at the Zippleback, but failed miserably as it just reached over to one inch in front of us, barely hitting the targets.
"Oh come on..." Me and Hiccup groaned before seeing the two-headed Zippleback growling at us and tried to make a small explosion at us. Oh shit...!
I quickly took out Gram as the right headed Zippleback started shooting out green gas at us.
"Hiccup! Watch out!" I quickly pushed him out of the way before getting blasted by the green gas, causing him to make feel sick upon breathing it.
Oh gods...what's that horrible smell? Ugh...Seriously? Who can even handle this smell? Suddenly, I quickly noticed the left head sparking up the gas!
"Henry!"
N-Ngh...I gotta defend myself before they quickly explode me! I quickly used Gram to defend. But then I realized that it was a terrible mistake...
KABOOM!
"AH!"
I fell back and rolled across the ground from the minor explosion, having black smoke all over my face.
"Henry!" N-Ngh...Heh...this is nothing...Ooh god...I think I had my mouth opened from that. I slowly gotten up with help by Dusty and Runa, lifting by their shoulders while I coughed up some smoke.
"Are you crazy?! Why didn't you move out of the way?!" Dusty exclaimed.
"Hey, I'm still alright, right?" I joked with a weak grin before coughing up.
"Ugh...Seriously? How stubborn are you?!" Runa glared at me sternly, which made me roll my eyes.
Well...should I? Hm? What the?
"Back! Back! Back! BACK! Now, don't you make me tell you again!" Everyone, including me, looked back and we saw something unbelievable that caught us all off-guard.
"Whoa!" Satsuki jaw-dropped at the sight of it. "Hicky?!"
Yep, you guessed it. Apparently, right there was Hiccup, my own ancestor, scaring off the Zippleback by having it crawl back to its cell in fear of him.
Him? Hiccup? The most scrawniest and considered the runt of the village of Berk was actually scaring the dragon!
"Huh? When did Hiccup grow a spine?" Jobber blinked in shock.
"Wait...how is he?" Runa gaped at the sight of her own friend scaring the two-headed dragon away.
"Yes, that's right! Back into your cage. Now think about what you've done." Hiccup stated before taking something out and throwing it into the cell, closing the doors. Wait, what the hell did he threw?
The moment Hiccup turned back, he saw everyone's shocked expression with Fishlegs dropping an empty bucket in the process.
"Okay! So, are we done? Because I've got some things me and my friends, uh, have to do, uh...Yep. I'll...see-see you tomorrow!" Hiccup runs off with the rest of us following after him. I quickly managed to get off of Runa and Dusty's shoulders before reaching over to my bag from the arena's entrance and began heading out with the rest of my friends.
Okay, that was fucking crazy and pretty risky on what Hiccup did...
But you know, I gotta say one thing...
That was fucking hilarious...!
At the moment we all stepped far away from the killing arena, we all surrounded Hiccup while I stood on my own two feet, trying to ignore the weird symptoms upon breathing in that Zippleback's gas.
"Hiccup, that was so cool!" Dusty exclaimed in awe.
"Yeah, how did you do that?" Runa asked in surprise.
Hiccup gave us a soft smile and replied "I used the cod eel that I gotten when I went to go feed Toothless. I figured that it would work on any dragon considering that I saw him recoiled in fear and disgust."
"Huh? They hate eels?" I asked, closing my left eye.
"More like they're terrified of them in my opinion." Hiccup shrugged. "So I decided to keep it to test out that theory. Turns out I was right."
Runa walked over and punches him in the shoulder with a smirk on her face as she says "You clever little sneak."
"Oh my Thor..." Jobber chuckled.
"Satsuki's impress Hicky!" Satsuki giggled.
"Same here. Good job dude." I patted him on the back, ignoring the weird feeling I was feeling in my stomach. I just need to endure it...
"Thanks..." Hiccup smiled before frowning at me. "But...are you okay Henry? You took that blast from the Zippleback pretty hard?"
"And not just that, you kinda gotten covered in its gas before the spark occurred." Dusty added, also voicing out her concern. "If you breathed it in, you could experience some side effects, mostly likely puking."
"Y-Yeah...I'll be sure to let you guys know. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed, but I'll be alright." I assured with a soft smile. "Besides, who cares if I vomit? It's nothing."
"But vomiting today's breakfast will be bad news, Hen-Hen!" Satsuki cried out.
"She's right." Jobber nodded in agreement. "I think maybe you need to visit Mikako and Gothi for some help."
"Don't worry guys, I just need to endure it." I stated before sighing, placing my hands in my pockets. However, Gram popped out of the sheath and floated near me, looking all dirty.
"Speak for yourself squire, I wish for myself to get cleanse." I rolled my eyes, seeing my golden sword complaining. "Now may we please go to the Forge to get my shine back?"
"Alright alright, calm down..." I sighed. "Hey Hiccup, would you mind if you please help us?"
"Sure thing!" Hiccup smiled softly before turning to his friends. "Anyway you guys, I better get going. See ya later."
"Okay, we'll meet back at the tree-house." Runa smiled softly before turning to Henry. "And Henry, please be careful."
"Yeah yeah, got it." I shrugged with a smirk. "Besides, you worried about little old me?"
"Oh shut up..." Runa punched me in the shoulder, making me flinch before she began heading out. "We'll see you later guys."
"Yeah, I gotta go and find some chicks, see ya." Jobber clicked his tongue and winked at us before walking off.
"Can we not Jobber?" Dusty groaned.
"Why? He was acting funny, you know." Satsuki insisted before they began heading out.
"So anyway, you ready?" Hiccup asked curiously.
"Sure thing." I nodded before we headed over to the Forge, getting ready to clean and shine off Gram. I let out a sigh before expressing the pain in my stomach. Jeez, is it hot in here or is it just me...?
Later
"Okay, one shiny golden sword, coming right up!" Hiccup smiled before he began shining off Gram.
"Thanks dude." I chuckled, leaning against the wall before groaning a bit.
"You sure you're alright?" Hiccup asked in concern, keeping his eyes on my sword.
"Yeah, never better." I reassured. "It's...nothing."
"I don't know, Zippleback Gas can be dangerous upon breathing in." Hiccup explained. "You can't keep holding back in."
"Alright alright, I'll be aware of that 'dad'." I snorted, earning a smirk from my ancestor's face. "So Hiccup, that was pretty much a dirty move you pulled. I like it."
"Huh? O-Oh...Thanks." Hiccup chuckled before sighing "But I'm glad nobody caught on."
"Caught on what?" Whoa! Oh, it's just Sindri. He popped right out of my bag with a curious look. He let out a yawn before saying "So what did I missed?"
"Were you sleeping the whole time?" I asked with a raised brow.
"S-So?! I really needed it!" Sindri exclaimed. "Is that so wrong?!"
"Just asking dude. Why are you being so defensive?" I questioned with a raised brow.
"W-Well...! You were asking, okay?!" Sindri exclaimed, making me roll my eyes.
Okay, fine...be that way, monster kitty.
"So anyway, what I missed?" Sindri asked curiously.
"Nothing much, really." I shrugged. "Just Hiccup scaring off the Zippleback by using the dragons' weakness; Fish."
"Wait, you did THAT?!" Sindri exclaimed in shock, which Hiccup nodded. "Wow...that was pretty risky. You aren't hurt, right?"
"What? Are you kidding me? I'm still alright." Hiccup shrugged with a smile on his face. "But you know...Maybe if we're able to learn much about dragons as we hang out with Toothless, Luna and the other dragons, we might rule in Dragon Training."
"I'll say." I smirked. "And if we continued this way, we might be able to find out much of why the dragons keep coming here eventually."
"Yeah..." Hiccup nodded in agreement before frowning. "Although, you did bring up good reasons when you were telling us much about why the dragons raiding us. If they continue this, then...it could repeating everything like right now. Vikings fighting off dragons while they raid us...and end up killing each other more and more..."
"Mm..." I nodded. "It's the only way dude, we can figure this out and we'll end it for good..."
Well, it'll be more like you'll end this for good. I mean, this is on you dude. Or at least that's what my grandma told me.
"So anyway..." I spoken up, placing my hands in my pockets. "You're kinda an only child to the chief here, huh?"
"Huh? Why bring that up?" Hiccup asked in confusion, continuing to shine off Gram.
"I just thought...I was just curious that's all. You know, I have siblings and I was wondering about your experience on being an only child." I explained with a slight frown on my face. "If you don't wanna answer, I won't ask..."
"N-No, it's okay..." Hiccup reassured. "Besides, I get what you're trying to say...Well, I guess being an only child does have its ups and downs..."
Hm...that is true. I have siblings while you're an only child...Yeah, an only child.
"Really?" Sindri asked in confusion.
"Yeah, I mean...you would expect that you'll get a lot of attention from your parent, but due to being a...runt and causing so much trouble, I guess you should have seen that coming." Hiccup sighed. "I mean...my dad is the chief of the tribe, and he focuses more on his job more than me..."
"It sucks, doesn't it?" I questioned.
"Mm-hmm...I just feel like..." Hiccup frowned sadly, feeling downhearted. "I just feel like...he might not even care...He doesn't just see me with that look of approval. I thought that being an only child would at least have its benefits of him to at least care...but it looks like it doesn't, huh?"
"I'm so sorry..." Sindri frowned. "I can't believe that your own dad doesn't see you like that."
"Yeah...but...it's fine. After all, he is the chief." Hiccup sarcastically commented while I continued to stare at him.
He's lying. I can see it. He may not look upset or even care, but he does...I can see the sorrow through his eyes. He's just feeling like he doesn't belong here...but his friends see potential within in. And...so do I...
"So...what about you Henry? What are your experiences with having siblings?" Hiccup asked curiously.
"Oh, you know...they're pretty sweet and annoying at the same time." I huffed. "My brother has a smart mouth and just loves teasing me, Joey just...annoys me so much."
"But you don't hate him, do ya?" Sindri questioned with a raised brow of concern.
"Nah, despite all that...I love the guy. He's at least cheers me up, in his own way." I smirked. "I remember during my 10th birthday that he, Ari, and mom sang me that happy birthday song, and then took me to an aquarium. It was really so cool and we both began pretending that we were mermen!"
"Mermen? Aquarium?" Hiccup asked in confusion before finishing using the stone circle tablet to stop shining Gram before he picked up a hammer and began hammering it. "Are those from where you came from?"
"Yeah, an aquarium is this place where the people rescued animals and put them on display." I nodded with a smile on my face. "I haven't been there in ages. During our time there, we gotten a stuffed penguin that I named 'Penguin' because...well, he was a penguin."
"Huh, I don't think I ever seen heard of an animal like that." Hiccup stated. "I gotta say, there's gotta be like, a ton of new creatures that we never seen before in your place, right?"
"Yeah, it's pretty awesome." I chuckled. "And Ari and I always played around, hang out, and support each other. She even once took me to an art museum."
"An art museum?" Hiccup asked, voicing out his surprise. "You mean, like displayed drawings and arts?"
"Yeah, it looked pretty cool, right?" I smirked. "I could show you on my phone if ya want! It's filled with so many different art portraits and even have old ones on display that you gotta check it out! There's the Mona Lisa, which was made by Leonardo Da Vinci. It's very famous due to the optical illusion or as they put it, the 'mysterious smile' of hers. It was so famous that it's practically worth $782 million dollars!"
"Whoa, that's a lot of info to handle in!" Sindri exclaimed. "Just slow down!"
"O-Oh...Uh..." I looked away, placing my hands in my pockets. "Um...sorry. I didn't mean to bore you..."
"No no, it's actually pretty interesting." Hiccup smiled softly. "I mean, art museums? Aquarium? Stuffed animals? Penguins? I gotta say, I never actually heard or seen any of those, but it's nice to know that your world is kinda peaceful in a way compared to the situation here on Berk or the other islands in the archipelago. Instead of fighting, it's more like people relaxing and having a good time."
"O-Oh...thanks dude." I glanced away, hiding away my blush.
Wow, that was really nice of him. He really liked it...Heh, that's pretty nice to hear.
"Man, I wish Berk had those things..." Hiccup sighed before sarcastically adding "But no, those guys would focus more on training and fighting dragons more than that."
"Tell me about it." I sarcastically agreed, making the two of us laughing. "But you know, I gotta say, you really enjoyed listening to what I say."
"Hey, we're friends and they always got each other's back." Hiccup smirked. "Besides...I want to say...thank you."
"For what?" I asked in confusion.
"For staying by my side and believing in me, as well as...talking to Fishlegs and defending me when Astrid, well, insulted me." Hiccup softly smiled.
"No problem Hiccup...Besides, you and I are alike." I chuckled, realizing the irony in that.
"Yeah...We really are." Hiccup nodded. "So anyway, about siblings...you must have really loved them, both Joey and Ari, right?"
"Yeah...they really are..." At that moment, I began to realize what happened before I ran away from home. Something I regretted upon what I said to Joey...I must've really hurt him when I said that they would pay more attention to him instead of me...Remembering that made me feel like an asshole...I was stressed out and I didn't mean to hurt his feelings...
"You okay Henry?" Sindri asked, noticing the frown on my face. "You look like you're lost in thought..."
"Not wrong there." I shrugged. "Just...wondering how my little brother is doing..."
"I'm sure he's doing well, Henry." Hiccup reassured before heating up Gram with the heat pressing machine and placing him in the bucket of water. "I mean, I'm sure...he's wondering where you are right now..."
Is he? What if he hates me? After what I said, I'm sure he's having a fun time...with me gone...
"Yeah...I'm sure he does..." I sighed.
"Henry, I-"
"Aye, Hiccup!" Hm? Oh...it's that overweight blacksmith guy. I never expected to see him right now.
"EEK!" Sindri immediately ducked inside of my bag, hiding away from Gobber.
"G-Gobber...! I was just borrowing the forge to help with Henry's sword..." Hiccup explained.
"Oh, I don't mind that at all laddie." Gobber chuckled before noticing me. "Oh hey there Henry, how it's going?"
"...Fine." I sighed, glancing away.
I wasn't in the mood to talk to him. Especially what I did right after our last training session with the Deadly Nadders. But even so, I rather not even trust any adult here on Berk because these guys are frigging maniacs...
"Mm...So anyway, Hiccup, are you still busy?" Gobber asked curiously.
"Mm...Just give me one last second." Hiccup told him and after a minute passed, he lifted Gram up and twirled it around with a smile on his face. "Okay, I think that was all!"
"Good to here!" Gobber chuckled. "Say, do you mind if you ran an errand for me? I hope I'm not bothering. Especially right after that training session."
"Who, me? Nah Gobber, I'm still in one piece." Hiccup laughed before he smiled softly. "So...I did good out there, right?"
"Are you kidding me?! The whole village is talking about what you did back at the arena! You were amazing out there!" Gobber exclaimed happily. "If your father was here, he would gladly give you that look of approval and proud in ya!"
"Yeah...totally..." Hiccup chuckled nervously while I rolled my eyes and shook my head. Oh god...if he did and saw what Hiccup pulled, I doubt he would even be considered 'proud'. "Anyway, let me guess, you want me to deliver the weapons?"
"Yep, several orders of people who asked for their weapons to be delivered after you and I sharpened them." Gobber explained, which Hiccup hummed in agreement before turning to me.
"So sorry Henry, I need to get going. I'll chat up with you later."
"Sure thing dude, I don't really mind." I smiled softly. "I'll see you later, I guess."
"Great, thanks. Oh, and please let us if you feel any symptoms." Hiccup frowned sternly.
"Yes 'dad', I got it." I snorted. "I'm not that stubborn."
"Okay..."
Hiccup hand me Gram as I gazed at the shine he was encased in. Damn dude, how does he do it? Jeez, my ancestor is a master blacksmith for sure.
"Well...see ya!" Hiccup began walking out of the forge while I placed Gram back in his sheath.
"Huh, wonder what that was all about..." Gobber muttered.
"It's nothing, that's all." I said as I began taking my leave. "I gotta go and mind my own business, see-"
H-Huh? Ugh...my stomach...Oh god...Oh god...I'm feeling it now...
"Hm? You okay laddie?" Gobber asked, walking over to me with a concern look.
"I-I'm fine...no need to worry..." I coughed before covering my mouth and in that moment...
"Ugh...Ugh...!"
I started to feel the disgusting lump rising up from my throat and into my mouth before I ejected it straight out of my mouth.
"Ugh...!" I coughed, looking down to see my vomit on the ground. I turned pale as I quickly covered my mouth and held back the rest of my vomit.
"Laddie!" Gobber quickly rushed over to my side as I felt the pain throbbing through the stomach.
"Ugh...I-I'm fine...it's just some puking, that's all..." I grunted, trying my best to walk.
"H-Hey wait!" Gobber grabbed me by the shoulder and pulled me away. "Are you kidding me, laddie?! You just puked and think you're alright?!"
"Uh...Yeah, not my best argument." I shrugged sheepishly. "But look, it's nothing..."
"Are you kidding?" Gobber sighed. "I can't just leave you right here while you puked."
"You probably have better work to do, and...well, I don't want to bother you." I sighed, before feeling another puke coming up. I quickly looked around before finding an empty bucket before rushing over and letting out of my puke into the bucket.
"How can I ignore this?" Gobber shook his head before helping me up. "Come on, I'll take you upstairs with the bucket..."
"N-No...y-you'll-" I didn't finish my sentence in time before feeling another puke coming. Ugh...oh gods...why...? Bleh!
Later
Ugh...why me? Is this karma for being stubborn on being alright after that little excursion with the damn Zippleback. Great...
"How you feeling laddie?" Gobber walked inside of the room I was staying; Jobber's room.
"Never...better...what do you think...?" I groaned dryly before puking more in the bucket.
"Jeez, I guess this must've been during your training session." Gobber deduced, rubbing his chin with his hook. "Guess you should have known that breathing into the Zippleback gas could result in this kind of thing."
You think?
"R-Really...? You know this?" I asked, raising my head up while wiping away the puke off my mouth.
"Of course I do! What kind of dragon instructor would I be if I didn't know?" I have a lot to say about that, you know. Starting with your crazy-ass motto...
"But anyway, I guess you must've caught a whiff of it when that dreadful Zippleback shot its green gas in full blast straight to your face and you inhaled it before they sparked it up." Gobber thought aloud.
"Huh..." I muttered.
"What?" Gobber looked at me with a raised brow.
"Nothing...I'm just bewildered that you would immediately deduced that." I stated before puking back into the bucket.
"Well, I have my ways." Gobber grinned with a proud look on his face. "Why? You think just 'cause I'm a big Viking that I'm not intelligent as Hiccup and my boy?"
"No, I wouldn't get it from a meathead like you." I replied with a dry and sarcastic look on my face.
Hiccup is someone I would get, but Jobber, yeah...right.
"Oi, who you calling a meathead?" Gobber glared at me sternly.
"You, meathead." I smirked before puffing my cheeks out, already having another puke coming out before ducking my head in the bucket in my hands.
"Jeez, just as stubborn and sarcastic as Hiccup." Gobber sighed. "Seriously, seeing you two together makes me think you two are twins. Although, I wonder why..."
"I-I'm sure it's nothing..."
Oh shit...don't tell me this guy is already figuring this out? That would be stupid. Out of everyone here, it would be him...Jobber's own dad. How wonderful...
"Well anyway, you're lucky that the effects will go away eventually." Gobber crossed his arms. "Just be glad that you didn't catch a fever..."
"Not like I needed any help anyway." I scoffed. "I didn't want any help from anyone..."
"Even Hiccup, my son, and their friends?" Gobber questioned, making me pause for a moment. Goddammit...he got me there.
"...I would." I sighed. "I would trust them...unlike any of you guys since you guys care more about fighting and your jobs to even think what we're doing."
"Then what are you doing? Not getting into any trouble, right?" Gobber pressed me further, getting me a little upset and annoyed at his questioning.
"Why does it matter? Why do you suddenly care?" I asked irritably.
"I'm just saying it because I'm concerned for you kids." Gobber stated.
Oh really? Care? That's a shock.
"And maybe so, but you have to understand that these guys need to work hard in order to protect their children and others from the beasts." Gobber explained. "I train you guys in this so that you could be ready to protect others."
"Wow, what a great speech when telling me in a life-and-death situation during that whole session." I huffed before puking more into the bucket before feeling his hand patting on my back.
"Trust me, I would protect you and I would gladly take fault if any of you gotten hurt and if your parents grew upset." Gobber stated. "Even you and Hiccup, laddie."
"So you do care about Hiccup, huh?" I asked with a raised brow, looking at him suspiciously.
"Of course I do. I've always been there for Hiccup for advice whenever he and his father have a...sort of, well...complicated relationship." Gobber shrugged. "I taught Hiccup the basic way of blacksmithing while he became a good friend and brother-in-arms with my son, Jobber. Plus, I try to sort out much between him and his father a lot in..."
"Awkward yet silent conversations?" I guessed, which he nodded. "Wow, you must've been there a lot, huh? Any reason why?"
"Because I always been there for them. I've been friends with Stoick since we were children, as well as being there when trying to hit on Valka..." Gobber chuckled. "Oh, how Stoick was upset on that..."
"Valka...?" I asked.
Gobber then frowned sadly before coughing sheepishly. Wait, was Valka...?
"J-Just forget about what you heard..." Gobber cleared his throat, changing the subject. "Look, what you need to do is that know that Stoick is only hard on Hiccup because he needs to learn to be tough. Hiccup needs to be ready when he becomes chief."
"Why? Just 'cause he was born?" I scoffed. "That's what you adults like to do...Always forcing kids to be what you want them to do since you never got the chance to do it...you don't care about them..."
"...Laddie, is that what you think about all adults?" Gobber questioned, a little surprised upon hearing that. "Well I knew that you looked like you had some sort of bad experience after seeing your attitude and how you always concealed your face with the hoodie, but it looks like it's worse than I thought."
"What?" I asked, glaring at him before puking a bit back in the bucket.
"Well...Laddie, do you think all adults are bad people?" Gobber questioned, sitting down on the bed next to me. "Tell me, what about your parents?"
"Tch, why do you care? My parents wouldn't care." I scoffed coldly, looking down while gripping the bucket in my hands. "My dad is always so focused on his job that he doesn't care what me and my sister and my brother do, and while my mom and I do talk, she sides with him and doesn't talk to him! She just...goes with the flow and agrees with my dad and even when he does discipline us, she tries to stop it but it was futile and by the next day, forgets it. It just...infuriates me! They're supposed to be called parents but they're just a bunch of-"
Wait...did I just express how I felt in front of Jobber's own father?
"I see now...that might explain your attitude with Stoick." Gobber hummed, crossing his one leg over his peg leg. "Laddie...just 'cause what your parents did to you doesn't mean you have to be cold to everyone."
"Shut up...I don't care. They don't care if I'm gone." I huffed, narrowing my eyes. "No matter what I do, I get all the crap laid on me. I..."
I...just wanted to be someone, okay? I...well, used to look up on my dad. No, not just him, I looked up to my sister as well as heroes. I always thought of them as heroes, but that's when the harsh reality was laid onto me. When my dad was focusing more of his job and when he wasn't around on anything important in my life or my brother's...so I started becoming bitter.
"...My dad just wasn't around to even care how I feel. And every time we do...it's always...Ugh, just forget it. Like you would care...you would just go away..." I sighed, looking away.
"Laddie, who do you take me for?" Gobber crossed his arms with a serious look on his face. "Listen Henry, I don't know what kind of experience you went through as a kid, but I wanna help you. So trust me, I may not know you that well but Jobber has been telling me much about how much you're a great friend."
"Huh? Jobber?" I asked in surprise.
"Well yeah. Just last night before we went to bed." Gobber smiled. "You seemed to have trusted him despite his perverted ways. Heh heh, he must've gotten it from his mother. Too bad that he didn't get the chance to see her for his whole life, but I'm not sure for...reasons."
"Really? Why not?" I asked in confusion.
"Meh, maybe someday I'll tell ya. But we're going off topic." Gobber insisted, moving back to our original subject. "Anyway Henry, about the adults...why do you hate them so much? I take it it wasn't just because of your dad, right?"
"...No." I sighed. "Most adult I met like some of my teachers were just jerks...and they never cared about me...They just made my life miserable and felt like they knew everything...it's just so...frustrating..."
"Well laddie, I'm sorry that you went through a lot. But while so, not all adults are bad people. I'm sure you know that." Gobber stated. "I guess I sorta understand why you backtalked to the chief. But...he's just struggling between taking care of Hiccup and his chiefly duties."
"Oh, trust me...I know how that feels." I sighed, puking a bit more into the puke bucket. "My dad works a similar job like Hiccup's, but...I feel like he doesn't appreciate us or even love us...I feel...like I really don't belong anywhere...Nobody understands my pain. Except...for Hiccup and his friends, at least they cared about me."
"Yep, that is true." Gobber chuckled. "Truth be told, I was actually the one who gave them the name 'Berk Misfits'."
"Huh? You?" I asked in surprise.
"It was more like a joke." Gobber shrugged. "All I did was called them all 'Berk Misfits' when they were young and just getting along with each other the moment they each met, and they happened to accept the name for their group. Heh heh, I could tell that they go greatly together."
"Yes, I can tell...After all, I'm...sorta a member of their group." I blushed, glancing away as the blacksmith stared at me for a while before he began chuckling at me, patting me on the back.
"That's pretty great there. You must've really earned their trust!" Gobber nudged me by the shoulder while I held back my vomit from the hard nudge of his.
"R-Right..." I nodded.
"Heh, and of course I know Hiccup is doing a good job leading those guys. Makes sense for being the chief's son." Gobber grinned. "Then again, Hiccup does know how to do well for his leadership."
"So you must've seen that kind of potential he holds, huh?" I asked, raising a brow at the blacksmith.
"Mm-hmm...Well I'm sure I'm one of those guys who sees it in him...he really is great to lead others and comes up with great solutions..." Gobber nodded with a soft smile on his face. "I always helped Hiccup whenever he's troubled with anyone here on Berk. I give him my wee old 'Gobber advice'. I practically taught him and my boy almost everything, but the most important lesson that they need to learn, especially their friends, is to believe in yourself..."
"Believe...in yourself?"
Believing in yourself...is that even possible? I...Well...Sure, I'm not that macho confidant loser as they claimed I am, but...
"Yes, believing in yourself in what you are. I taught them a lot of things, but what they haven't learned is what they can find out who they are." Gobber nodded.
"You know, that...really doesn't make any sense, right?" I rose an eyebrow while Gobber shrugged and replied "Meh, you'll find out soon enough..."
"Oh, are you perhaps bestowing your old mighty wisdom onto me?" I made a mock gasp, placing my left hand onto my chest with a mocking surprised look on my face.
"Aye, shut up you." Gobber rolled his eyes before smiling softly. "But even though laddie, maybe you may hate adults, and maybe your father doesn't hate you, but...I'm sure he must be worried sick including your family since you ran away here, right?"
I frowned and looked away, not wanting to answer that or even talk about him. I don't know...I don't know what's in his mind. Maybe he is, but maybe because he's only interested on me getting good grades so that I can get a master degree as he keeps telling me to get. Sometimes, he cares more about the things I do that could work out my future instead of simple things or even caring about me...I just don't understand what goes into his head.
"...Maybe." I sighed. "I just...don't know."
"Just have faith in them like how I have faith in Hiccup and his friends." Gobber smiled. "Trust me Henry, I may not know what goes in your head, but I have a feeling that you might find out Henry. Trust me. You just need to find the courage to search for what you believe is right."
Believe what I think it's right...I guess that could work...right? Either way, I'll find what I think it's right...Yeah, like how we befriended Luna, Toothless and the other dragons? Hmm...maybe that is the right choice...at least, that's what I think...
"Right..." I sighed before making a small smile. "Heh...it's funny that you wanted to at least help me so much...I think something like this happened before..."
"Really? You mean about helping you out?" Gobber questioned.
"Yep...I...I used to have a tummy ache, and my dad tried to help me...but...he was called to work and went off while my mom and sis helped me..." I sighed. "While my mom may be good to talk to, whenever I do something wrong, I think she takes her frustration out on me...I'm not sure if she was stressed out or not, but still...I don't know on what I think of them is right or wrong..."
"It's okay to think like that if you have parents like that..." Gobber chuckled, standing out of the bed. "Laddie, you remind me a lot like Hiccup...Always wondering about what's right or what's wrong, but you need to remember this; Always believe in yourself."
"Believe in myself..." I repeated, glancing down on my feet. So what you're saying that if I keep believing myself, I...No, we might have a chance to prove that the dragons aren't evil as they claimed and that this entire war was pointless, preventing more and more deaths so nobody needs to get drag down like I am...
"Of course, and that's why you need to stop being so...secretive. Like for instance, that hoodie of yours." Gobber pointed his hook straight at me, or more specifically, my hoodie. I had a feeling that he would bring that up. "I always wondered...why the hoodie?"
"...I'm going to tell you this the same way I told Hiccup, your son, Runa, and the others..." I stood up with the puke bucket in my hands as I gave him a stern look. "I...really don't want to reveal much of myself in this...and even so, I might...weird you out on what you might see..."
"Oh come on laddie...try me." Gobber smirked.
"I-I...I'm not sure...I mean, I know we don't really interact and I only interact with y-your son, and..." I gulped, scratching the back of my head.
"Well true, but trust me when I say that I promised and swear that I won't tell anyone about this." Gobber smiled softly.
One look at his face that I would expect a look of sincere, and maybe if I might see greed or betrayal, but...through his eyes was that I saw a look of goodness in him. Maybe...he deserved to know. Mikako, Gram, and that old lady, Gothi, knows much about my secret...so maybe...maybe I can...
"Gobber! I'm back!" Oh shit...Hiccup's back!
"Huh, back so soon? That didn't take too long." Gobber blinked before yelling straight downstairs. "Okay Hiccup, just helping your friend with his little problems!"
"Wait what?!" I gave Gobber a deadpanned look while he gave me a look of playfulness in it. You sly fat meathead...
Soon, I began hearing some footsteps heading straight into Jobber's room and saw me with the bucket, realizing one thing.
"Seriously?" Hiccup questioned.
"What? It was just one little puke. No big deal, it's fine." I reassured, only to received a scoff from the blacksmith himself.
"One little puke? Try thirty times of puking into that bucket till you were able to talk to me." Gobber retorted, earning a deadpanned glare from me. Thanks for letting him know, you douche.
"Well...either way, I still think that maybe we need to calm down." Hiccup chuckled, twindling his thumbs before hearing what Gobber say. "Wait, talk?"
"Yeah, me and your new friend here was just talking about some stuff. It's privacy and touching for him." Gobber explained. "So I don't think you might-"
"He already knows, dude." I told him, earning a look of shock from Gobber as he gave me a look that said 'Seriously?'.
"Yeah, he really did and we're doing our best to help him out. So far, he's already been telling us how he feels instead of being all like 'whatever' or 'I don't care'." Oh, is that supposed to be how I sound like when you say it like that? Wow, I feel so appreciated for you doing that Hiccup.
"Heh heh, you almost sound just like Henry." Gobber laughed, patting Hiccup hard on the back.
"Oof! Y-Yeah...thanks." Hiccup chuckled, wheezing out before regaining his breathe. "Anyway, I guess thanks for helping out Henry with his...puking problems."
"No problem." Gobber smirked before turning to me. "And I told you that it wouldn't take long for the side effects to go away. You're no longer puking, are ya?"
"Oh...I forgot about that." I blinked, realizing that I haven't been puking for another minute. "Heh heh, I would've thought I would be out like a light for sure..."
"Well you're lucky to make it out of there..." Gobber smiled. "And laddie...remember, don't think all adults are bad. If you ever need a chat, just let me or your friends know. Gobber would always be there for ya."
"Mm." I smiled softly with a blush on my face. Well it's nice to know for you to let me know that in a slightly third person talk, Gobber.
"Anyway, I'm heading out for a bit, so I'll be back later at midnight. Man the fort, Hiccup, including you." I looked at Gobber with a bewildered look before he added "And also, make sure to dump that bucket outside. Don't want anyone coming here to smell that stuff, mostly my son."
"R-Right..." I nodded before Gobber began making his way out of here. Once so, Hiccup turned to me with a stern raised brow. "What? I'm alright now, right?"
"...Never mind." Hiccup sighed.
"Phew...is he gone?" Hm? Oh shit! I forgot you were there Sindri. The yellow cat with the black lightning mark cheeks poked out of his head from my bag, breathing heavily in and out. "Man...it was so hot in there that I thought I was gonna die in there."
"Well maybe you shouldn't have thought of that." Gram spoken, opening his cold eyes.
"Like you would talk being inside that sheath all day behind Henry's back." Sindri retorted.
"All swords such as myself must be concealed in case for combat." Gram scoffed. "A fellow talking feline like you wouldn't understand."
"Oh really? Is that so, huh?" Sindri glared.
"Guys, not now." Hiccup crossed his arms. "Right now, I was wondering if you and the others would come by the shop later to discuss something."
"What is it?" I asked curiously.
"It's about...the D-R-A-G-O-N." Oooh...Now looks like we're just getting into the good stuff. "Right now, I need the others to come here and let them know about this. While on delivery, I managed to get the others to come later tonight. But...I might need some help. Think you can help?"
"Well that is if he isn't feeling sick anymore." Sindri snickered. "Seriously man, do you have a weak immune system or something?"
"So you're saying that you can handle a taste of Zippleback gas sprayed straight into your face as well get blown up with a hint of spark?" I questioned with a raised brow.
"W-Well...uhh..." Sindri sweat-dropped, realizing that. "Huh...you make a good point."
Duh, monster kitty.
"Yeah...I think I can handle this." I shrugged. "What do we need to work on?"
"Just follow my examples and you'll see." Ah, keeping it a surprise from little old me, eh? Well I can play that game. "By the way, distrusting adults?"
"Meh, I'll tell you while we do it. Just something else from my old man, so the rest is just personal and secretive..." I replied with a shrug before smirking at him. "But I think I rather keep it secret dude."
"Sure you do." Hiccup rolled his eyes. "Come on, while Gobber's away, let's get to work."
Okay, you got it dude.
Later
Mm...Hmm...Hmmmmm...Well I gotta say...this is something I kinda expected but wasn't at the same time. Well I don't know, but whatever we made was...complicated.
The both of us...made saddles.
No, not horse saddles if that's what you're thinking. Our very own version of dragon saddles.
This is what Hiccup was talking about. Apparently, he came up with this idea a while back right after the whole Zippleback training skirmish and he's been enthusiastic lately about the whole experience. He told me that he was flying on Toothless, just by the tail, literally.
And of course, I had to agree with him there. After my experience flying with Luna, there's no argument there. These might be proven useful for when we try...riding them as Hiccup puts it.
"What do you think?" Hiccup asked curiously, wishing for an opinion.
"Hm...look like normal horse saddles, but much bigger and..." I let out a smirk. "Isn't yours too bigger than mine's?"
"Har har, Henry." Hiccup nudged me on the shoulder, making the both of us laughed. "But thank you for all the help. You know, you're getting the hang of being a blacksmith, huh?"
"I'll say." I chuckled, crossing my arms in the process.
"So anyway, sorry about Gobber...I hope he didn't cause too much trouble." Hiccup smiled apologetically.
"Hmm...Nah, not really." I shrugged.
Was he annoying me? A little...Nah, possibly 50%. But...was he helpful? Well 50% on that too...
"Oh, I see..." Hiccup smiled softly. "Heh, guess Gobber gave you that whole believe in yourself advice, huh?"
"Wasn't really great, but I think I'll remember it." I shrugged.
"Hey guys, here comes the girls!" Sindri called, seeing them entering the blacksmith shop. "Heh, fancy seeing you girls here."
"Fancy seeing you too, Sindri." Runa smiled softly.
"Yep, Hiccup told us what he was doing and we wanted to come by and see what's going on!" Dusty exclaimed in excitement. "So, what is it? Is it really something so cool?!"
"Heh, come see for yourself." I smirked, showing them the many different sizes of saddles.
"Ooh! You got us saddles!" Satsuki cooed. "But what's the 'saddle' with the saddles?"
"They're for Toothless, Luna, Silverspike, and Nights." Hiccup explained, much to the girls' confusion. Hiccup let out a sigh before adding "You know, for...the whole flying thing."
"Huh? Flying? You mean, flying on them?!" Runa widened her eyes in shock. "Hiccup, are you sure about this?"
"Don't worry, we flew in the air with our respective dragons so I'm sure we'll be fine and think of it as a practice." I stated with a smirk on my face. "Besides, think of this as our type of 'Dragon Training'. In fact, I think we're doing the right thing."
"But how can we tell if we're doing is the right thing?" Dusty asked in confusion. "N-Not that I'm doubting Hiccup, of course because he's my best friend but...how? I mean, everyone made it clear that the dragons' are the enemies, right?"
"Well they're wrong." Sindri stated with a serious look. "I think what Henry means that what we're doing is for the right cause, and I mean it too."
"Exactly." I nodded. "I'm not sure if everyone is gonna be listening to us, but we need to do this...Otherwise, we'll do nothing and let everyone die."
"Yeah, and we can't let that happen." Hiccup agreed. "Everyone went through so much and while nobody appreciates us for being different than everyone, being shunned, being called names, being...betrayed, if anything happens to any of you...I'll be glad to take full responsibility in case anyone finds out."
"Hiccup, don't." Runa begged. "I mean it...It should be me. Don't take full blame on this."
"But it's something that I need to take. That's what it means on being chief..." Hiccup stated with a soft smile. "Something my dad told me a long time ago..."
"But Hicky, you're not even chief yet! Or even acting chief yet!" Satsuki pointed out. "Well even so, Satsuki always bring it to being on Hicky's side."
"Well while I appreciate that Satsuki, I won't prove to anyone on what it takes to be a Viking." Hiccup stated with a serious look.
"Very fine work indeed, Sir Hiccup." Gram poked his head out of the sheath with a soft and kind smile. "Perhaps squire here could learn a thing or two about you on being confidant."
"What? Just being a cocky overconfident sword like you?" I joked, earning a stern gaze glare from the golden sword. What? You insulted me, so I insult you back. Now we're even.
"Well thanks...!" Dusty smiled brightly before mumbling, "Even though we don't have any dragons by our side except you two, Runa, and Mikako..."
"Did somebody called for me?!" What the fuck?! We all looked behind and saw Mikako...with her hair down. She wasn't wearing her beaded hairbeads and raising up in a ponytail, and she looked a little...excited.
"M-Mika?!" Runa gasped before realizing her hairstyle. "Oh gods, it's her other self..."
"This is her other self?" I asked with a raised brow before smirking cockily. "Heh, gotta say...you don't look that crazy to me."
"Hee hee hee, why thank you!" Mika giggled crazily. "So anyway, I heard about you guys talking that other side of mine having a dragon saddle, right?"
"Yes, but please be quiet." Hiccup muttered, trying to make her quiet. "It's supposed to be a secret."
"And also, how did you get here?!" Dusty exclaimed in shock.
"You call for me and so I appeared!" Mikako exclaimed. "Besides, why are you so shock with me on board?!"
"Everything." Sindri blankly told her.
"You people just don't get me...Well you don't since this is the first we're ever interacting excluding how I saved your butts." Mikako said, staring at me with a face that looked like she was gonna kill me. "Oh hey hey, how it's going you?!"
"Um...fine?" I answered. "Look, I don't want to involve myself with crazy people like you, so just stop."
"Hey, you better stop it or else I-I-I-I..." Hm? We all gazed at her looking like she was gonna sneeze. Turns out, I was right...she let out a big sneeze and in a few seconds, blinked at us.
"Eep!" Mikako ran and hid behind Runa while the rest of us sweat-dropped.
"Right...Welcome to planet earth Mikako." I sighed, rolling my eyes.
"Henry...!" Runa shushed me before smiling softly at the shy silent girl. "It's okay Mikako, nothing bad happened...She didn't do anything too dangerous at all."
"Good...Thank you." Mikako nodded, her face making a soft smile. "I...was trying to look for some herbs till my nose went runny upon making contact on a sunflower and...well..."
"Say no more, we gotcha." I shrugged. "So anyway...what do you guys think of these four saddles we made for each of them?"
"Satsuki's impressed! Looks like you, Hicky, Ru-Ru, and Mika are gonna get cool saddles to on their dragons." Satsuki smiled happily.
"I think it's really nice! You two worked on this?" Dusty asked in awe.
"Well I came up on it while Henry offered to help me. Surprisingly, he did very well on it." Hiccup smiled before nudging me. "Not bad yourself, huh?"
"Well, either way, it would make sense to make saddles." I shrugged. "I mean, if we're ever gonna ride them, we might end up hurting our butts all day."
"Huh..." Runa picked up her saddle and examining it. After ten seconds staring at it, she let out a grin and turned to us. "I can't believe you two took the time to do this for all of us. You two are amazing!"
"N-No...It was more like Hiccup's idea, not mine. I just volunteered." I raised my hands in the air, trying to hide my blush.
"Are you kidding? You helped me make the right sizes for them." Hiccup stated, causing me to blush.
"He's right. I bet you worked real hard on making them the right sizes for us." Runa smiled softly before nudging me by the shoulder. "Not bad for someone from a different time period."
"O-Oh..." I rubbed the back of my head, glancing away. "W-Well...alright..."
"Do you think they'll like the saddles or even want to have these things put on?" Sindri wondered.
"Not with that attitude, feline." Gram scoffed. "Maybe so they would, they are dragons after all."
"Like you would know a thing or two." Sindri scoffed.
"Excuse me?!" Gram exclaimed angrily.
"Alright, alright, calm down." I rolled my eyes before realizing that we were missing one of us. "Hey wait...where's Jobber?"
"Yeah, where did Jobby go?" Satsuki wondered.
"Huh...Yeah, I haven't seen him all day..." Runa wondered.
"Yeah..." Hiccup frowned worriedly. "I think we should go look for him."
"I'm sure he's running late..." I shrugged. "If we don't see him tomorrow, we'll go look for him."
"Well...Okay..." Hiccup sighed. "Anyway, you guys are gonna be ready tomorrow? We got ourselves a big day ahead of us."
"Well yeah, I mean, you're pretty famous." Runa smiled softly.
"Huh? Me?" Hiccup asked in surprise.
"Yeah, after that whole Zippleback training, everyone's been talking about you and it's pretty good!" Dusty exclaimed happily.
"Yeah, and it's pretty surprising about how much they're praising you." Runa stated. "Ha ha, looks like you're getting the respect you deserves."
"Y-Yeah...totally." Hiccup grinned sheepishly while I glanced at him with a frown.
I know what he's thinking. He's getting shy and guilty since he never expected any of this to happened. Let's just hope that this doesn't get any more far...
Meanwhile
"Hello? Hello...! Is anyone out there?!"
A loud voice is heard coming out of the yak barn just on the outskirts of the village. In there was none other than the perverted Viking known throughout all of Berk, Jobber The Perverted.
"Oh well...Guess I'm stuck in here then...Hm? Oh hey there yak...Um...No...No, don't you dare-AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
To Be Continued
Sorry for not responding all week. Right now, I just moved into my new college dorm at Penn State Behrend and it's really cool! Right now, I'm doing my Welcome Weekend thing so I'll be free on Saturday and Sunday to work on two more HTTYD chapters. Till then, sayonara readers!