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DreamWorks Dragons: Defenders of Berk
Double Trouble
Chapter 5
Hiccup poked his head out from behind the wall of the forge, his eyes looking left and right for any sign of the twins. Coming upon none, he retreated back inside and stood beside Toothless who seemed less enthusiastic about this so called plan.
"No sign of the twins yet, but I'm sure that will change in a few seconds." Hiccup stated. He walked over to the table on the far side of the room and repositioned the ax, blade finely sharpened and poised at the edge ready for anyone to mindlessly walk into it and seriously hurt themselves.
Just as Hiccup planned he would pretend to do.
"Everything's ready, now all we need to do is wait." He announced before looking at Toothless. Said dragon stared at Hiccup with an unapproved look.
"Oh don't give me that." Hiccup complained, but the only change made in Toothless' expression was the twitch of his right ear.
"Toothless, this will work, trust me." He tried to convince his friend. Toothless huffed in disagreement.
"Look, the twins wouldn't let anything bad happen to me now that they're in their little 'episode', if you'd call it that. They barely leave me alone when I'm trying to go to the bathroom, I'm sure they wouldn't allow me to blindly walk into a newly sharpened ax." Hiccup reasoned, but Toothless wasn't buying it.
Voices could be heard down the street and Hiccup rushed over to the doorway again, peaking out around the corner to take a look.
"It's the twins, perfect!" he whispered and acted with haste to get into position. Making a final glance at the ax, he gasped when he discovered what seemed was impossible.
The ax disappeared.
He ran over to the table and stopped, holding the edge tightly with both hands.
"Where did it go?!" he questioned loudly.
"Hey Hiccup!" Tuffnut's voice greeted from behind. Hiccup screamed from the sudden appearance.
"Tuff? Where's my ax?!" he asked.
"Oh, we took that away." Tuff replied nonchalantly.
"You—how did you—" Hiccup stumbled on his words.
"You shouldn't leave things like that lying around." Ruff said, walking up to Hiccup and placing her hand on his shoulder. "You could blindly walk into them and seriously hurt yourself."
"Uh, oddly enough, that was my whole plan!" Hiccup argued.
"Ya see, if we weren't here you'd be in two." she stated.
"Yeah, you wouldn't be Hiccup, you'd be Hic and cup." Tuff added. "Big difference on what you can do. They always say two is better, but I say keep it as one." Now Hiccup just stared at them.
"Time for plan B." he said, turning around and heading out the door.
"Don't bother; we already took care of the catapult." Ruff informed with a smile, her hands held behind her back.
Hiccup froze in his tracks and slowly turned around again. His eyes were wide with disbelief and fear. The only thing he could think of doing at the moment was running away, and that's what he did. He turned and ran, calling after Toothless to come and get them into the air. As soon as the dragon took off after his rider, the wins gasped and chased after him as well.
"Hiccup, wait! You haven't eaten breakfast yet! It's not good for someone with a small frame such as yours to go hungry!" Tuffnut shouted as he and his sister dashed off.
Hiccup ignored them and jumped onto Toothless' saddle, clicking in his prosthetic and taking off into the sky with a Night Fury roar from Toothless.
Astrid, Fishlegs and Snotlout stood by their dragons in the academy waiting for the arrival of Hiccup and the twins. Snotlout was growing impatient while Fishlegs and Astrid grew worry.
"What's taking them so long?" Astrid questioned, unfolding her arms from her chest. "I mean, it's usual for the twins to be late—"
"Or not show up at all." Fishlegs corrected.
"—But Hiccup? It's not like him." She finished.
"It's true, I've seen the twins around him a lot as of recently." Fishlegs stated. "Perhaps they could be the reason." He inquired.
Their attentions were redirected to the sky due to the call of a Night Fury.
"There they are." Astrid stated.
"Finally!" Snotlout retorted.
As promised, Hiccup and Toothless flew down into the academy, but something was… off. Hiccup was tied up, his arms pinned to his sides with rope from a bola. No soon after they landed, the twins followed and landed beside the black dragon and his captive rider.
"We got him!" Ruff exclaimed happily while holding up her hands in success.
"What the—what happened? Why are you tied up?" Astrid questioned.
"They threw a bola at me." Was all Hiccup said as he continued to stare angrily at nothing in particular.
"He tried to escape so we caught him and brought him back here where it's safe." Tuffnut informed. Toothless roared indignantly at them as Hiccup shot a glare. Astrid walked over and untied Hiccup before helping him down.
"Catch him? Why? You know Hiccup and Toothless always go out on flights and Hiccup is the most experienced rider here." Fishlegs questioned.
"Do you know how prone to danger Hiccup is?" Tuff argued.
"I'm not prone to danger!" Hiccup defended.
"Uh, yes you are." Ruff stated simply.
"This kid would be dead right now if it weren't for us." Tuff said.
"Yeah, and if it weren't for you two, Hiccup wouldn't be sporting a large scar on the side of his back." Astrid snapped back.
"I thought that was their whole point in going psychotic?" Snotlout enquired.
"We're trying to right our wrong." Tuff replied.
"By kidnapping me and dragging me back here?!" Hiccup just couldn't get their logic, how could anyone?
"It was time for training anyway." Ruffnut stated. Hiccup groaned and rolled his eyes.
"I don't get it, I thought you already forgave them when they apologized?" Fishlegs said while approaching Hiccup and Astrid.
"I did, but they won't just take forgiveness." Hiccup informed.
"Ha, I wouldn't either. I real warrior would repay a debt with service and loyalty. Punch anyone in the face who gets in the way." Snotlout commented.
"You're not helping." Hiccup hissed.
Snotlout chuckled, "I know."
"Just let us help you Hiccup. Please?" Ruffnut begged.
"This is the only way we'll feel better." Tuff begged as well.
"But you guys don't need to do this! I already said you were fine, why won't you just leave me alone?!"
"Because Hiccup, you're a ticking time bomb ready to explode at any second." Ruffnut replied.
Hiccup moaned and slammed his head into his hands.
"See, and you think we're psychotic." Tuffnut said, looking over at Snotlout. The Viking just rolled his eyes.
Writer's Note:
If my mental outline is correct, then this story is nearing its end. I don't know how many more chapters it'll have, but keep in mind that I didn't intend for it to be long.
Thanks goes to everyone who's reading and/or reviewing. Happy Valentine's Day!
