Enpowera: And so it continues...


Hiccup awoke as she heard yelling and screaming, along with the thundering footsteps of her father rushing out the door. She rushed to dress, wanting to help. She quickly braided her hair as she ran out the door and towards the forge.

"What are you doing out?!"

"Get back inside!"

"Watch it!"

Hiccup winced as everyone who came into her path yelled at her to get to safety. Eventually she made it to the forge.

"Hurry it up Hiccup, we've got dragons all over Berk!" Gobber barked while he was busy smithing weapons back to new. "And don't lollygag with those girlish fantasies of working with the other teens to stop the dragons either!"

"Right" Hiccup rushed to work, only on Berk is dragon fighting a girlish fantasy. "You know, I really should get out there to make my mark,"

"You got enough scars, Hiccup,"

"Not on me!"

"You can't even lift a weapon, just stay in the forge where it's safe,"

"I have all these inventions to overcome that,"

"That backfire," Gobber winced as Hiccup tapped one of said inventions, sending a bola into a viking.

"Whoops…"

"And that's why you can't join in, because of all of this," Gobber gestured to all of her.

"You just gestured to all of me…"

"Exactly,"

~~~Meanwhile, amongst the chaos~~~

Snotlout was spreading rumors of Hiccup's supposed pregnancy with Dagur's bastard.

""Man, I'd totally believe it, I mean it'd be the only thing she can hope to be good at," He joked, "probably wanted to make sure someone would actually marry her,"

Ignoring that by far, Hiccup was the prettiest on the island as she wasn't battle worn, only having minor scars. But Tuffnut didn't stand a chance in Hel with her, so therefore she is undesirable. Especially since she was sleeping with Dagur apparently. Dagur would gut him if he made a move on his girl.

"She's reached a new level of desperation if that's the case," Fishlegs stated as he tossed a bucket of water on a house.

Given the gabby nature of the vikings, the rumor spread quickly between the teens. And some townsfolk, who thankfully hushed around Stoick.

~~~Back at the Forge~~~

"Stay put, I'm going in," Gobber grabbed a weapon, swapped out his hook, and took off.

"Yes sir~" Hiccup chimed. Once Gobber was gone she grabbed her bola thrower and took off into the fray, heading towards a good vantage point. No one caught her, so she got to where she wanted and waited. She smirked as she saw a pitch black shape, took aim, and fired, catching the mythical Night Fury. "Did anyone see that?"

"See what?" Ruff had followed her friend.

"I shot down a Night Fury!"

"Really? Cool..wait..which one is that?"

"The one no one's seen before! Let's go find it, it's near Raven's Point!" Hiccup and Ruffnut were off. A few other villagers heard the Night Fury claim and instantly spread rumors of doubt.

~~~A few hours later~~~

"How did we lose a dragon?!" Hiccup bemoaned. She felt like crying tears of frustration.

"Maybe Loki is hiding it from us?" Ruff suggested with a yawn.

"Maybe...you head home, I'm going to keep searching,"

One way or another I'm gonna find ya. I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha.

One way or another I'm gonna win ya. I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha.

One way or another I'm gonna see ya. I'm gonna meetcha meetcha meetcha meetcha.

One day, maybe next week. I'm gonna meetcha, I'm gonna meetcha, I'll meetcha.

"Right," Ruff took off to head home. Hiccup, however, continued looking.

Ruffnut arrived home and joined in on the cleanup, exhaustion forgotten at the sight of the destruction. Whilst cleaning up, the rumors about Hiccup's pregnancy continued to spread.

"She's sooo tiny though,"

"That makes it easier for her to hide it...any weight gained would just look like her filling out,"

"I can't believe she's degraded herself so."

"Well Ari said she was expecting Dagur's son, so it must be true,"

"Wait, how'd Ari find out?!"

"No idea, he was complaining about it last night," Snotlout stated, "he sounded mega jealous. Maybe he thought he'd marry Hiccup so that he could be chief. "

"Why would he be interested in that twig though, she is so much shorter and smaller than him" a random jealous girl grumbled.

"Well if Dagur got her pregnant, he obviously is interested in her and Dagur is bigger, stronger, and older than Ari,"

"True…"

Ahh, teens and their gossip. Whilst the teens were gossiping, the adults were planning to go searching for the Dragon Nest to deal with the threat once and for all.

~~~Back with Hiccup~~~

Hiccup stared in amazement at the dragon she had caught in the bola.

"Holy shit...is that a Night Fury?! I actually did it! I downed a Night Fury," She cheered, "now to kill it and prove to my father that I can be a proper viking!"

Hiccup pulled out her knife(the only one she was allowed) to finish the job. She approached the Night Fury and a feeling of guilt filled her as it looked at her pitifully, accepting its fate.

"I...I can't do this," Hiccup sighed, choosing to cut the beast free instead. Something inside her said it was the right thing, that it was the only thing to do...she didn't think she ever connected with a creature so quickly…

Once free, the Night Fury pounced her and roared in her face angrily.

I am so gunna die….Hiccup closed her eyes in fear.

After roaring for a few minutes the dragon bounded off, away from the viking girl.

"..." Hiccup dusted herself off and stood to leave, only to fall into a dead faint after a few steps.

~~~Back to the Teens~~~

"Why would Ari marry Hiccup to be Chief, he could probably just ask and he'd be named heir," Tuff was having a brighter moment...which was ruined by Snotlout punching him.

"Tuffnut has a point," Fishlegs meekly stated, afraid of being hit.

"Or Tuffnut and me could be chief~ two heads are better than one," Ruff suggested.

"I'm the closest bloodwise!" Snotlout stated, "therefore I get first dibs."

"Given the options, Ari is the best," Fishlegs stated sternly.

"No!" Snotlout growled, storming off and away from the laughter. If Hiccup wasn't the brunt of the jokes, he was, sadly. His moping was ruined as he heard a growl.

"WHERE'S HICCUP?!" Stoick had come home to find no supper, an empty house, and no daughter cooking said supper.

"I could had sworn she went home after the raid. One of the twins was with her, " Gobber stated.

"We need to find her, now!" Stoic growled, worry in his voice. If anything had happened to Hiccup, he didn't know what he'd do.

"I'm sure she's fine. Probably show up in a minute," Gobber stated.

Luckily, as he said that, Hiccup stumbled in. Hiccup resisted the urge to cower as Stoick yelled at her.

"Of all the stupid things to do after a dragon raid! You're grounded and as punishment, you will help Gobber with teaching the teens to slay dragons!"

"So my punishment is training to kill dragons?" She asked, trying to hide her worry as she couldn't kill a dragon…

"No. You will assist Gobber, but you will not be allowed near the weapons or dragons at ALL,"

"Righto, Chief," Gobber stated while Hiccup pondered that. "I'll see you tomorrow then,"

"Wait...my punishment is banning me from training to slay a dragon...by making me help teach to slay dragons...when before I wasn't even allowed near it at all?"

"Yep,"

Sometimes I think I'm the only one with a brain...

Hiccup prepared supper for the both of them, Stoick eating his usual mountain of food and Hiccup eating only a few bites. It was quiet, as usual. Stoick didn't know how to talk to Hiccup whilst Hiccup was used to not talking to her father.

Hiccup gave a quiet goodnight and went to get ready for bed. Stoick peeked in on her after a while, sighing as he noticed his baby girl was growing up and looking more like her mother everyday. He hated the distance between them, but between his being chief and her being...well her, it seemed impossible to bridge the gap. He only hoped he came back to her after this next raid.

Hiccup awoke late the next morning and rushed to dress and get started on breakfast, only to notice her father was gone, no one having told her about the adults leaving to find the dragon nest. She had no time to worry about that, though, as she rushed to go help Gobber at the arena.

~~~At the Arena~~~

"Where is that girl?" Gobber paced back and forth as he waited for his 'assistant' to come to the training dome.

The teens were entertaining themselves as they waited. Ruffnut was currently seeing how long it would take to make her brother go night-night by slapping him on the face, while Tuffnut encouraged her. Fishlegs was mentally going over dragon facts in his head. Snotlout was acting all cocky and tough, while Ari was in 'serious' mode with his axe in hand.

"I'm here," Hiccup panted as she arrived. She had just run a good mile from her house to get here.

"Getting out of shape?" Snotlout teased.

"Enough of that. Lass, learn to show up on time, I almost started without ya,."

"Yes sir…" Hiccup sighed, "what do you need me to do?"

"Not get killed," Gobber stated. "Now everyone line up."

The teens rushed to obey.

"Now, today we're going to face off against a Gronckle!" Gobber stated as he rubbed his hand and claw (carefully) together.

"Boulder class, attack level 8." Fishlegs said quietly.

"Now, how many shots does a Gronckle have?" Gobber asked.

"Six!" Ari stated quickly.

"Very good Ari!" Gobber nodded in approval.

"It also as a speed level of 4 and an armor strength of 20." Fishlegs added.

"Yes Fishlegs, thank you for your oh so helpful input." Gobber sighed and shook his head.

Snotlout laughed a bit at the know-it-all being chastened a bit. Hiccup, however, just hoped the lesson would end quickly as she moved to release the gronkle.

"Gobber, why is she near the door?" Fishlegs asked as he saw Hiccup close to the dragon's holding cell.

"Because I believe in on the job training." He smirked and looked over at the young maiden. "Let it loose!"

Hiccup released the Gronckle and went to go find someplace safe, not wanting to get into anymore trouble.

Snotlout charged at it, forgetting a very important thing- his shield. The twins were fighting over another shield, yelling about who should get the flower one. Ari just grabbed his and rushed in, while Fishlegs held up his and started repeating facts to himself.

We are so screwed when they take over fighting the dragons. Gobber and Hiccup had similar thoughts. Their only hope was Ari… The lesson was very entertaining for the observers though, Hiccup and Gobber both wishing popcorn had been invented so that they could munch on it whilst watching.

The gronckle quickly took out Snotlout with a whip of her tail before moving on the fire a blast towards the twins. Both twins yelped and narrowly avoided it, abandoning the shield they were fighting over in favor of the next closest two. Hiccup rushed in to drag Snotlout out of the way (he was her cousin after all).

"I am very much hurt!" Tuffnut complained as he was hit by a blast seconds after getting a shield. Luckily the blast threw him out of the arena.

"Hurry it up Hiccup, your small size won't stop a dragon from chewing your bones!" Gobber called out while switching his sight from her to the dragon that was terrorizing everybody else.

Ari was doing what he does best, and that was managing to survive.

Ruffnut was just trying to survive, as was Fishlegs. Fishlegs was doing a bit better though since he actually knew how Gronckles (and many dragons in general) ticked in terms of stats. Sadly both got taken out minutes after Tuffnut. Both ran out of the arena the best they could.

"Only two shots left," Gobber called. He winced as Ari managed to get blasted, "make that one, training is done...HICCUP, NO!"

Hiccup had fallen into the ring, right in front of the Gronckle, after having dragged Snotlout (who'd awakened) to safety. The gronckle fired at the last perceived threat, Hiccup narrowly avoiding the blast and certain death by dodge rolling to the side. Gobber managed to hook the Gronckle and drag her back into her cage.

"You know, for a pregnant chick she moves good," Snotlout commented.

"...WHAT?!" three voices called out. Ari was stunned, Gobber was godsmacked, and Hiccup was very very confused.

"Everyone, except for my assistant, is dismissed, "Gobber stated, his playful attitude gone.

The teens, excluding Ari and Hiccup, left. Ari hung back in the shadows to listen in to see what Hiccup had to say.

"I think the gronckle hit Snotlout harder than we thought," Hiccup gave a nervous giggle, "I mean I've never kissed a boy, let alone done that." The brief kiss from Dagur did not count, as he was clearly a man.

"Hiccup, Snotlout better be lying or Odin help me there will be NO force on this earth to save you from your father when he finds out!" Gobber warned, his usually cheerful (for a viking) demeanor replaced with a very serious and angry one.

Waaaaaaaaaaait a second...The gears in Ari's head started to turn with what she said.

"He is, you can take me to the healer for proof," Hiccup was currently incredibly scared. 'Snoutlout, I WILL kill you'

"Then we're going NOW!" Gobber practically threw Hiccup over his shoulder and ran out as quickly as his still-intact leg and peg-leg could carry him.

Ari followed in secret, wanting to see how it would turn out...and then smack Snotlout later with the information, both metaphorically and literally.

Gobber and Hiccup soon reached Gothi, who examined Hiccup, and groaned, writing down a scolding for wasting her time, as virgin girls could NOT be pregnant.

"Oh thank the gods!" Gobber sighed with much relief. "I just about had a heart attack just from THINKING about what Stoic would do!"

Ari sighed mentally with relief. It's all because of Snotlout taking what I said completely out of context...now, how to break it to him that would result in a huge dent in his ego?

Hiccup sighed. Of course all the worry would be about Stoic's reaction. Nevermind if she HAD been pregnant, oh no, the only thing that would of mattered was her father's reaction.

"Well, I'm leaving now," Hiccup stormed off, heading to locate the Night Fury she'd discovered. Stupid vikings.