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DreamWorks Dragons: Defenders of Berk

Double Trouble

Chapter 2


It didn't take long for Hiccup to recover enough for him to get back out and do the things he normally did. The fact that he had to do things with only his left now was a bit depressing, but he managed; besides, he was more dominant with the left anyway.

It was the next day in the late evening and Hiccup was currently in the forge working on some of his blue prints for Toothless' tail. They would have been out riding by now, Toothless loving the sunset hours, but because of Hiccup's current "disability"—boy he hated that word—he wasn't allowed to do anything crazy. He asked his dad if they could still do training tomorrow, promising that they'd limit to the casual evil rider game. Surprisingly, Stoick agreed and Hiccup didn't complain.

The place was quiet and Toothless lay just outside, resting his head as Hiccup worked by the table vertical to the entrance. The Night Fury's tail flopped up and down every once in a while, his mouth opening and closing as well.

Hiccup glanced down at him and chuckled, smiling a little. Toothless was probably dreaming of catching fish, he had a tendency of doing that.

Hiccup had looked away from Toothless and focused back on his project to miss seeing the Night Fury wake up and lift up his head. His eyes were wide for a bit before they narrowed a little as the twins walked up to them. Hiccup hadn't noticed them until they came into the forge.

He lifted up his head and glanced at them before returning his attention to his drawing.

"Hey guys," he greeted.

"Hey Hiccup," they greeted back in unison. It amazed Hiccup at how they could do that sometimes; always reminded them that they were twins, two individuals of the same person. But the twins didn't wait for a casual conversation before speaking what was on their mind.

"Look, Hiccup, we wanted to apologize for what we did to you the other day." Tuff started.

"We're really sorry, Hiccup; we should have listened to you and because we didn't you got hurt and that's completely unfair." Ruff added.

Hiccup smiled and dropped his attention from his project to look at them.

"Thank you guys." He said with a sincere smile. It was nice to hear them apologize, and he could tell Toothless enjoyed the apology as well as the dragon had physically relaxed a bit.

"Is there anything we can do to make it up to you?" Tuff asked.

"Just make sure you listen next time, and pay attention to your surroundings." Hiccup answered with a soft voice.

"Listen, got it." Ruff replied.

"Pay attention, check." Tuff replied.

"Can you do that for me?" Hiccup asked, wanting to make sure they understood him.

"Absolutely," Tuff answered.

"We gotcha Hiccup." Ruff replied.

"Good, I'm glad." Hiccup replied with a smile and turned back to this drawing. He looked up with a frown and furrowed eye brows before slowly glancing back over his shoulder. The twins were still standing there looking at him.

"Uh… you guys can leave you know." He informed them nicely.

"We want make sure you okay." Tuffnut responded.

Hiccup chuckled awkwardly, "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Do you need help with anything?" Ruff inquired.

"No, I'm good." Hiccup answered, that awkward atmosphere making him uncomfortable. "Uh, yea, uh… I'm just… gonna go to bed early tonight. Um, my dad probably wants me to rest more than I have to." He said, as he placed his drawings in the drawers and headed out.

"Yeah okay." Tuffnut responded.

"Of course." Ruffnut answered.

"I'll… see you tomorrow then." Hiccup said with a silent goodbye.

"Goodnight!" the twins replied in unison as they continued to stand in the forge while watching Hiccup leave.

Toothless had gotten up from his cozy little ball and walked home with Hiccup. The two of them climbed into their respected beds and settled in.

"I wonder what's up with them; never seen them act like that before." Hiccup inquired as he stared up at his ceiling. He sighed, "Maybe it'll pass by tomorrow morning." He figured and closed his eyes to get some sleep.


Hiccup's head moved to the side, his mind waking up from the restful sleep he had. He blinked open his eyes and yawned, sitting up in his bed. He rubbed the tiredness out of his eyes and looked in front of him.

His body jerked from fright and his eyes were as round as a full moon. He screamed a back away a bit from the surprise of seeing the twins staring at him with smiles on either side of his bed.

"Good morning, Hiccup!" they greeted cheerfully.

"HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?!" Hiccup questioned, the covers up over him as if he needed protection; though of course he did feel a bit disturbed at their presence while he was sleeping.

"We climbed through your window. You sleep like a baby." Tuffnut informed nonchalantly.

"WHY?!" Hiccup extended the contents of that word to its fullest.

"Why you sleep so soundly? I don't know," Tuffnut shrugged, "but I will search to the ends of the earth to find that answer for you, Hiccup." He finished with a smile.

"No, I mean, why are you here—in my room?" Hiccup had settled down a little bit.

"We wanted to make sure no one came in and hurt ya." Ruff replied.

"Yeah you know, like Alvin or Dagur." Tuff added.

"…Or a field mouse; I saw one the other day, those things are crafty." Ruff stated.

Hiccup sighed and face palmed himself with his free hand.

"Look, I know what you guys are trying to do, and I appreciate it… to a very small extent. But I already told you, you guys are forgiven, I accept your apologies, all is okay." He tried to explain it to them fully.

"Nonsense, Hiccup. A simple apology isn't enough for the crime we committed." Tuffnut informed him, closing his eyes as he placed a hand on his hips and waved the other one.

"We intended to repay our debt in full." Ruffnut added.

"And what would that consist of?" Hiccup questioned, though he was pretty sure he didn't want to know. Tuffnut came over and put his arm around Hiccup's shoulders. Hiccup looked at his hand before looking at Tuff.

"Don't worry Hiccup, we got your back." He said with a wink. Hiccup moved away from him and stood up from his bed, his arms out in front.

"You guys don't need to be my guardians; nothing bad is going to happen to me, okay."

"That's what everybody says." Ruff replied before her brother took over.

"Life's a risk, Hiccup; you could fall down the stairs, choke on your food, or even crash Toothless." Tuffnut notified, directing attention to said dragon still resting over on his rock. He was awake, just listening to the conversation and laughing on the inside.

"Toothless and I have never crashed." Hiccup stated annoyingly.

"Never? I don't think so." Tuff responded.

"What about those times with the Screaming Death?" Ruff announced.

"It knocked us off balance." Hiccup defended.

"Or the time with those blue flowers?" Tuff proclaimed.

"Toothless was sick."

"What about that time with Dagur, I heard from Snotlout you got shot down." Tuff said with a pointed finger.

"Guys, I don't need protection. Look at me, I'm fine!" Hiccup shouted. He had to rethink that statement as his one arm was in a sling.

"Besides the obvious injury, I don't need any protection!" It just wasn't working, no matter what he said; the twins wouldn't listen to him.

"Hiccup, you're prone to danger. You've been captured my Alvin," Ruff started the list.

"Targeted by Dagur,"

"Attacked by rogue dragons,"

"Electrocuted by lightning,"

"Almost drowned from the lightning,"

"Almost got eaten alive by a Whispering Death,"

"Okay, thank you for keeping a note of all of that." Hiccup retorted sarcastically.

"Don't worry Hiccup; we're going to make sure you're safe." Tuffnut finished.

"O-kay." Hiccup replied in a low, aggravated tone.

This was going to be a long week.


To be continued…