Chapter 21

Who is He?

A/N: omg sorry for the major wait guys! And I'm even more sorry tht this chapter is gonna be short! But I hope you will enjoy this!

The sun has been slowly crawling back into the ground to be replaced by the blackened sky. Torches were lit to make light in the shadows of the darkening sky. Hints of orange were seeping threw the ground as it descended out of sight. All the creatures on Berk seemed to be silent. Nothing was moving. No wind blowing on the trees. Nor blowing on the wood of the houses to make creepy creaky noises.

Every viking in the village was still up. All still shocked at what had occurred earlier in the evening. Different colored eyes wide as they scanned everyone. Murmuring to each other about the now captured Dragon Rider.

From what everyone had seen, he was only a boy. In his early teens from what they had seen. Everyone had always thought that he would be tall and muscular. But that boy was small and skinny. But they saw that he was fast. Some believed that he could be as fast as the Night Fury. They had the Night Fury in their clutches, but thanks to that boy it got away.

But what was even more confusing was that their 5 teenagers were standing in the front at the Great Hall. All looking very nervous and almost scared like. Gobber and the Chief weren't in the room yet. Everyone guessed that they were discussing with each other.

At that, the two men opened the door and walked towards the front of the group.

The teens all gulped. Even the twins were scared. They have been in trouble before, but nothing like this. Fishlegs was the one shaking the most as he has never gotten in trouble before. Snotlout and Astrid were trying to be as brave as they could and lifted their heads to seem bold. After all, a viking can never be afraid. Once Stoick got in front of the group, he glared at them. They all gulped. Well, I guess there could be times to be scared.

Fishlegs was the only one who flinched as he started to nervously look around. Everyone knew that all Stoick would have to do was give him a death glare and Fishlegs would spill any secret he had. But what surprised them was that Stoick only looked at Snotlout and Astrid. Probably because Snotlout said what his fake name was and Astrid also sat next to the boy at the table earlier.

"You know what I want to hear. You might as well tell me now.", Stoick demanded as he crossed his arms over his chest and glared his sharp green eyes at them. Astrid and Snotlout tried their best to hold their ground as the other three started to hide behind them. Astrid and Snotlout both looked at each other and back up at Stoick.

"W-we can't…", said Snotlout as he looked at his uncle straight in the eyes. "And why is that?", Stoick asked sternly as he looked into his nephew's black eyes. "Because we made a promise.", Stoick looked over at Astrid and raised an eyebrow. "A promise to keep a secret. And we never break our promises.", she said as her blue eyes filled with determination. Snotlout looked at her and then looked back at his uncle with the same determination. Even the other kids had the same eyes. Gobbers eyes widened. He recognized that determination. Stoicks eyes narrowed. He was annoyed.

He snorted in annoyance as he turned around a bit to were his bear cape twirled a bit. He started to pace back and forth as he shook his head a bit. Gobber looked at the kids with worried eyes.

Stoick stopped walking and turned around to face Gobber. Gobber looked at his friend with worried blue eyes. "Gobber. Get the boy.", Stoick ordered. Gobber nodded and walked out of the Great Hall.

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In a small hut on the edge of the village sat a couple cells. Berk doesn't really capture any humans. Mostly dragons.

There was a boy in one of the cells.

He wore a green long sleeve shirt with dark brown leggings and light brown boots. His short brown hair covered most of his face as he looked down. He was sat down with his knees up to his chest and one of his arms resting on his knee. If you could see his eyes, they were unreadable.

His head moved up just a bit as he heard clanking on the floor.

After a few more feet, he saw a dark brown boot and a peg leg. His eyes moved over to see Gobber looking right at him. Gobbers blue eyes glowed in the dim light that lit the cell. The boy looked back down. Then Gobber started to open the cell door and walk in as he blocked the entrance. "Come on laddie. Don't want the chief waiten. He's cranky enough as it is.", he ordered. The boy sighed dramatically and reluctantly got up. He made his way over to Gobber. Gobber put wooden hand cuffs on the boys wrists. The boys hands fell to his front, with his head still down. Gobber tried to look at the boys face. Through this whole time, he still didn't get to see who or what the boy looks like.

Gobber sighed as he dragged the boy out of the hut.

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Every biking on Berk was whispering loudly to each other. Saying things like, "What's going to happen?", "Why won't the teens say anything?", "Where's the Dragon Rider?".

Then, everyone grew quiet when the big doors opened up. Everyone eyed the two people. Gobber and the boy. Everyone started to whisper again about the boy.

"He's only a kid!"

"He's so small!"

"That's the Dragon Rider?"

"He's just a runt!"

The boy lowered his head more and bit his bottom lip to try and ignore the comments. Gobber saw this and raised part of his brow. He felt a deja vu coming on.

For what had seemed like for ever, they got to the front of the room.

The boy kept his head down as low as he could and forced himself to not look at the kids. The kids didn't look at the boy either as they kept their eyes on their chief. Gobber looked at the boy, then at the kids, and back at the boy, then up at Stoick. Stoick started to walk up to the boy.

The boy gulped.

"Who are ya boy?", Stoick asked in more of a growl. The boy didn't answer. Stoick narrowed his eyes. "Every village, and every viking wants to find you! You are damn lucky that I haven't killed you yet! So you better answer my questions if you know what's good for ya!", he said in a low growl. Everything in the room grew silent. Astrid and Snotlouts eyes widened. Fishlegs hid deeper behind the two. Even the twins flinched at the comment.

A small smile crept on the boys face. Then a barely audible chuckle echoed the room from the boy. Everyone's eyes widened at the boy.

"Heh.. I'm surprised you haven't recognized me yet…", the boy mumbled. All the kids eyes widened. Gobbers eyebrow went up. If possible, Stoick narrowed his eyes even more.

His eyes closed as he smiled. "Even Snotlout and the others recognized me. I'm pretty disappointed… I mean, isn't the Chief supposed to know all his people?", he asked.

Again, he chuckled, "Well… I shouldn't really be saying all of this when everyone thinks I'm dead.".

At the last part he said, he slowly raised his head look up at the Chief. His big green eyes glowing in the light. A small smile placed on his face to make his eyes glow even more.

A/N: Mwahahaha! Sorry guys I mostly made this cliffhanger because I can't think of what to put after this… So you guys are just gonna have to wait again! :3 And do you think you guys could give me some ideas on what could happen next? It would be much appreciated.