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DreamWorks Dragons: Defenders of Berk

Double Trouble

Chapter 6


The door to the Hofferson house opened and the youngest of its members stepped outside. Astrid raised her hands over her head, stretched and yawned. She turned and walked the short distance from her house to the forge, soon passing the twins house which was next to the forge. But the twins weren't in their house at the time and were instead, as Astrid would soon find out, looking for Hiccup at the forge.

Gobber slammed his metal hammer prosthetic down on the hot sword, some of it clanking against the anvil. As his anger rose to the roofs, his aim was beginning to suffer and he took note of this. Turning around he breathed in deep and spoke with as much control as he could.

"Will you two stop making such a ratchet?! I can't focus on my work with all of your babbling!" Well, with as much control as Gobber could muster.

"Sorry, Gobber," Ruffnut apologized casually.

"Just pretend like weren't not here." Tuffnut replied.

"If anyone can do that, I'll throw a feast for 'em." Gobber criticized while turning back around to continue his daily work.

"Wha—actually, before you start…" Tuffnut interrupted. Gobber slammed his hammer against the metal one time before his face contorted with anger and he turned around with little patience for the twins.

"Quick question, is Hiccup—" Gobber interrupted him.

"I've told you this a million times already, NO." Astrid walked into the forge, coming into the conversation at its focal point. She looked at them a little intrigued, but not surprised as the twins have been pestering Hiccup for a couple days now. However, since then, they stirred up some of the villagers, including the chief, trying to find Hiccup whenever the poor boy would run and hide. And now Gobber was their latest victim.

"Is that a no as in 'I don't know' or—" Tuffnut got interrupted again.

"Hiccup's not here, no scram!" Gobber yelled at them, raising his hand to grab his hook prosthetic and successfully giving the twins the inclination to get out. They rushed out of there like herded sheep, nearly bumping into Astrid as they passed her by the wide entrance. Astrid's eyes followed them as they ran off before moving to Gobber who looked a little more relieved.

"Thank you Gobber," a forced whisper sounded from somewhere in the shop and Astrid looked around trying to find the owner. It's sounded a lot like Hiccup's voice.

"Huh, Hiccup?" Astrid asked, taking a few steps in as she looked around. But this was a mistake as the mention of his name was heard by the twins and they came back, poking their heads around the wall of the forge as if they teleported.

"Aha!" Tuffnut shouted as he and his sister came back in and up to a barrel, kicking it over and watching as Hiccup fell out onto his stomach.

"Thought you could hide from us?" Tuffnut stated with a smile, placing his hands on hips.

"Yes, actually, I did." Hiccup replied, standing up and dusting invisible particles off of himself.

"Well too bad, because… we found you." Tuff replied.

"What now?" Ruffnut asked the two of them at a loss for words.

"Uh, I don't know."

"I do, GET OUT." Hiccup demanded, pointing to the exit of the forge.

"Oh come on Hiccup, you can't run and hide and expect us to just leave as soon as we find you. It doesn't work that way." Tuffnut stated nonchalantly.

"I don't care how things work in your minds, GET OUT." Hiccup replied, losing his patience, which was rare for him.

"Alright you two, out, before Hiccup blows a fuse." Gobber said, walking over and pushing the twins out the door.

"Hiccup's going to blow a fuse?" Ruffnut restated, and Hiccup ran over to them, pushing them out of the doorway, roughly grabbing the curtains, and yanking them over to cover up the opening. He walked back over to his table, plopped down into his chair and sighed. Astrid walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"You know that's not going to shut them out." She said in a soft voice.

"You know we can still hear you." Tuffnut's voice mumbled from behind the curtains. His and his sister's silhouettes could be clearly seen through the fabric.

Hiccup glared over in their direction before answering Astrid.

"Unfortunately."

"And you also know that you can't keep this up." Astrid stated again.

"She right lad, running and hiding isn't going to fix this." Gobber agreed.

"Then what am I supposed to do? I already tried my dad's plan and that didn't work at all." Hiccup replied, turning around and facing them. He was desperate for an answer.

"And what plan might have that been?" Gobber questioned.

"He said to pretend to almost get hurt and have the twins 'rescue' me." Hiccup replied.

"Ha, we saw right through that one." Tuffnut chuckled from behind the curtains.

"Hey, that was my plan I gave him! Stealing credit that belongs to me…" Gobber exclaimed.

"Your plan?" Astrid asked.

"Yeah, long ago; he came to me asking for advice about something with your mother, Hiccup. It didn't actually work, well, I mean it did, that's why you're here, but…"

Hiccup and Astrid looked at each other with wide eyes.

"Anyway, the point is you have to face this problem." Gobber finished.

"HOW, you saw them Gobber, they're relentless." Hiccup exclaimed, pointing at the closed entrance where Ruff and Tuff stood on the other end of the curtain.

"Extremely." Ruffnut agreed from behind the curtain.

"Wait, what does relentless mean?" Tuff asked.

"They won't leave me along, even though I've already TOLD THEM TO!" Hiccup stated, raising his voice as he finished his sentence.

"Is he talking to us?" Tuffnut asked his sister.

"I don't know, I can't see." Ruffnut replied.

"Have you tried talking to your father?" Astrid asked feeling very concerned about him. For the past couple days, he's been acting a bit strange.

"I—" Hiccup's response was interrupted as an alarm echoed throughout the village.

"We didn't do it!" Tuffnut shouted. Right afterwards the curtains parted and Gobber, Hiccup and Astrid bolted out of the forge.

"What's going on?" Astrid asked no one in particular. Hiccup turned around and looked up at the roof of the forge.

"Toothless!" he called. Seconds after, Toothless popped up and jumped down from the roof, landing on the twins.

"What was he doing on the roof?" Astrid asked while Hiccup rushed over and jumped up onto the saddle, clicking in his prosthetic.

"I told him to hide up there while I hid in the barrel." Hiccup relied before Toothless and he took off into the sky. Ruff and Tuff tensed their bodies as Toothless disappeared into the air.

"Right," Astrid responded, running off to get Stormfly and meet up with the other riders. The twins had the same concept in mind as they quickly stood up and prepared to run off as well. However, their arms were grabbed and pulled back by Gobber who held them up off the ground.

"Where do you think you two are going?" he asked.

"Uh, to go help Hiccup." Ruffnut answered as she and her brother were suspended.

"I don't think so; the only thing you two would do is make matters worse. You're staying here, away from Hiccup." Gobber commanded, placing the twins down in the forge and standing in front of them.

"Oh yeah, and what makes you think we're going to just stay here?" Tuffnut tested, pointing at Gobber with all integrity to show him who's boss. Gobber cleared his throat and slammed his hammer prosthetic down against his other hand. Tuffnut's finger dropped and he and his sister backed up a bit clearly getting the message.

"Right, got it." Tuff responded as he retracted her hands back behind him while Ruffnut scratched her neck and looked off to her right away from Gobber's glare.

Gobber smiled and got back to his work.


To be continued…

Writer's Note:

Okay, so I may have an idea for another story, all thanks to a reader of mine, RockCollector. It's a common plot concept amongst the fanfiction stories here in HTTYD, I'm sure you are all familiar with the whole Hiccup losing his memory thing. Well I was thinking I could do my own sort of story of the concept, I already have the villains selected as well as the setting and some of the plot. Just let me know what you guys think I want to make sure you'll be interested. If you want, I can give you a sneak peak, let you guys get the feel of it.

Other than that, I thank you all for your support and views. Sorry again for the delays, and any typos.