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Dreamworks Dragons: Defenders of Berk
Authors: HTTYD Frozen Forever; Fareway
Writer: HTTYD Frozen Forever (3/4), Fareway
"As the sun slowly crept to the western skies, Fishlegs and Ruffnut continued their trek to their next destination. They were doing quite good at the moment. From the time of noon they had helped to settle a dispute with the Larson and Svenson kids, assisted Hoark in moving several barrels of pickled herring up to the fishmongers, and found Phlegma's stolen ax. Now, near the evening hours, they were coming down from Gothi's house after helping her sort out a few ingredients she needed.
"Sooo..." Fishlegs asked awkwardly, "H-How are you?" Ruffnut turned to face him, giving a dumb look and shrugging her shoulders.
"O-oh," Fishlegs silenced himself. He had never been alone with Ruffnut before, and the fact that they weren't talking made it even more awkward. If the tension were any thicker, you couldn't even cut it with a knife.
"As they were walking, both of which who were looking down at the ground, they saw a large, black shadow. As it passed, the light engulfed them for a second before another came. They looked up to find Hiccup and Astrid flying overhead before swooping down and landed in front of them.
"Guys, we've got a problem," Hiccup exclaimed as he landed and gestured for Fishlegs to climb up onto his saddle, Astrid doing the same for Ruff.
"What kind of problem," Ruffnut questioned as she gripped Astrid's waist.
"Have a guess?" Astrid replied before they jolted off to their next destination.
"For Thor's sake!" Snotlout screamed as Tuffnut held him in a deadlock, "It was just barley cake!"
"No, it was MY barley cake?" Tuff corrected angrily as Snotlout freed himself, "I don't steal your biscuits!" Tuffnut argued, pointing at the other. At this, Snotlout charged, only for Tuff to grab a sword on the floor and smack him in the face using the flat side. By now, a crowd of Vikings had gathered around the two brawling teens; some cheering them on, others laughing hysterically, and some just face palming themselves. Before they could do any further harm to each other, Hiccup, Fishlegs, and Toothless landed in front of them, followed shortly by Astrid, Ruffnut, and Stormfly.
"Snotlout, Tuffnut; I told you two to solve problems, not create more!" Hiccup yelled, climbing off Toothless and rubbing his temples.
"He won't stop attacking me!" Snotlout screamed.
"Because he ATE MY BARLEY CAKE!" Tuff retorted.
"Tuffnut! How many time must I say this?! Get over it!" Hiccup shouted at the teen, his patience running dangerously thin.
"I never heard him say that." Ruffnut groaned quietly to Astrid as the later just looked at her.
"Oh, I see. You're going to take Snotlout's side!" Tuffnut threw the sword down and growled, "This is exactly what happened with Macey!"
"What are you talking about?!" Hiccup exclaimed, trying as best as he could to keep his cool, but Tuff was only making matters worse.
"See! He never lets go of the past!" Snotlout added with a held out hand.
"Oh shut up, Snotlout! This is just as much as your fault as it is his!" Astrid hollered from on top of Stormfly.
"Alright, everybody stop!" Hiccup yelled, holding his hands out. At the motion, Toothless raised his head and shot a plasma blast into the sky, which, of course, then burst into a crackling light. The crowd settled and shouts were silenced.
"Now that I have all of your attention." Hiccup stated more calmly, "Tuffnut will get another barely cake—to which no one will eat—and Snotlout will be switched out with Fishlegs." He ordered.
On the second day, the problem was, again, Snotlout...
"This is such a disgusting job," Snotlout exclaimed as he walked through the piles of feces and mud left by the boars they had been assigned to help Bucket and Mulch in cleaning out the farm.
"How about you quit whining, Ms. Jorgenson," Ruffnut mocked while still keeping an angry face at him, "Come on, I need a hand moving Bjorn Boar."
As Snotlout walked over, his foot landed awkwardly and he slipped. Frantic he grabbed out for anything, unfortunately gripping Ruffnut's braid, before falling into the mud, pulling Ruffnut with him.
"You, TROLLFACED, LOKI LOVING, HOG!" Ruffnut screamed in utter rage before pouncing on Snotlout and grabbing his helmet by the horns before mushing his face into an untouched mud pile.
After that incident, Hiccup had no choice but to partner the twins with each other.
On the third day, the problem was Mildew...
"You want me to help plant your... cabbages?" Hiccup stated with disbelief. Astrid stood beside him with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Yeees," Mildew replied tiredly, "They're so many to do in so little time and my back is starting to ache. Help an old man out, Hiccup." he said sincerely. Hiccup looked into Mildew's eyes and mentally cringed. It was bad enough having to deal with Snotlout and the twins, working the whole day with Mildew would probably kill him.
He smiled, "Alright. Astrid, go get the twins, they can help Mildew." Astrid nodded and turned around to hop onto Stormfly's saddle. Mildew gazed at them in disbelief.
"Wha—you're giving me the twins?!" he exclaimed. Hiccup turned around and started towards Toothless before looking back at the old, gray man.
"Yes, I'm giving you the twins." he said firmly before joining Astrid on his own dragon.
"Think of it this way, Mildew; now you have two extra set of hands to help you out. We just cut your work load in thirds." Astrid stated with a smirk before she and Hiccup took off into the sky on Stormfly and Toothless.
Mildew growled as he watched them leave.
Fareway: That's it for this chapter, I had a rough time fixing it up. I forgot to set the setting to doc x when uploading it into my files after downloading it so all of the code got written in with the text. Then I had to individually correct each line and delete the code from the text to finally get the: what it is supposed to look like version and that took about 1 ½ hours. My apologies for missing anything.
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We thank you all for reading and the next chapter will be mine to work on. It's also where the fun begins… evil face