Hi there again! New chapter a little bit longer.
I forgot to mention last chapter that English isn't my native language so if you see some mistakes please point them out so I can fix them, Thank you!
I'm also not going to do Gobber accent, it's impossible for me to do it I don't know how other people do it.
CHAPTER 1:
A Deal
Astrid was getting the bucket from the well, a dragon raid was happening and she was the part of the fire brigade, so it was her duty to keep the fires out.
But before she could run to try and put another fire out, her dad, Egil, which meant respect but also horror, funny enough, and put his sword, which was bent, in her hands
"Go to the forge have Gobber fix my sword, hurry up." He said to her
Astrid dropped the bucket and rushed towards the forge
Once she got there, there was no line, she got to the window where the counter was and saw Gobber wasn't there, just Hiccup sharpening swords.
"Hiccup!" that got his attention "Fix my dad's sword, quick!" she said slamming the bent sword on the counter
Hiccup looked at the sword, the sword itself wasn't that hold it was around 3 years old, but the blade was bent at a weird angle and at the bent the was a nasty crack, so if he tried to hammer it to a straight position, it would either break or break after a couple uses, so he said
"Beyond repair, nothing I can do now, maybe Gobber will know a way to fix it but I can't do anything for it now, take this one" he said handing her a sword
She nodded her thanks at which he nodded back, once she was gone he noticed. I didn't stutter.
As Astrid was running to find her dad there were a few things on her mind, What am I gonna tell my dad? How will he react? Hiccup actually looked kind cute in that apron, Whoa I did not just think that!
She pushed those thoughts to the back of her mind and rushed to her father once she saw him up on top of a hill.
Once she reached him, she handed him the sword Hiccup had given her.
"What where's my sword?" He asked
"Hiccup can't do anything to fix it right now" She answered
He nodded, with sad eyes.
She ran to the well to find her bucket still there, but when she picked it up she looked at the sky and saw the dragons were leaving.
She sighed a sigh of relief
The next morning just before lunch Hiccup was in his room organizing his papers, surprisingly enough and he started hearing something
"Hey Gobber you're apprentice said my sword was beyond repair is that correct?" that was Egil Astrid's dad
"Aye he was correct, your sword's blade's got a nasty crack, and you'll need a new one" Gobber answered sounding a bit offended his apprentice had just been insulted
"Alright Goober can I keep this one?"
"Of course"
"Thanks"
He waited a bit then left his little room
"I'm going to the Great Hall for lunch Gobber, coming?" Hiccup asked
"Nah, I'm good" Gobber answered
"Okay"
Hiccup left the forge, and was heading for the Great Hall when he heard
"I got an idea Hiccup" the voice said
"Tell me" Hiccup whispered so no one would hear him think he's crazy…..well crazier
"I think you should ask Astrid to train you!"
"What!?" he half-whispered half-shouted
"You heard me"
"She'll never say yes!"
"You never know…"
Hiccup grunted and entered the Great Hall, he walked to the empty table next to the rest of the teens' table but before he started eating
"Hey Astrid can I speak with you in private?" Again no stutter what's with that? He wondered
"No Useless you can't speak with my babe" was Snotlout's dumb reply
"Sure" Astrid answered, everyone looked shocked even Hiccup, then she punched Snotlout in the face
"I'm no one's babe!" she said
She walked far enough away from the table so the rest of the teens wouldn't hear them and kept her eyes on them, Hiccup walked up to her
"S-so Astrid I was w-wondering if you could… well… train me?" There I'm stuttering again Hiccup thought
Astrid seemed kind of shocked about the request but answered "What do I get in return?"
Hiccup stated looking around for an idea, until his eyes fell – not literally – on Astrid's axe, it was old and rusty he believed she had had it since she was 8.
"I'll make you a new axe, free of charge" he said
Astrid, too, looked at her axe, "Fine but I'll only start training you once you give me the axe"
"Deal"
"Deal" Then they shook hands and walked to separate tables
Hiccup sat down at his table and started drawing Astrid's new axe, It was going to be a simple double-bladed axe, with a replaceable handle, meaning the piece of metal that joined both blades together could easily be fitted into a new handle, the blades weren't going to have any carvings or gold runes for max efficiency, the handle was a different story, the handle was going to be long so you could hold the axe with both hands the wood he was going to use for the handle was a different type of wood, Hiccup had found not long ago a place in the forest with new kind of tree, he called it 'Oak' ,unlike most trees on Berk, this trees weren't dark brown, but a lighter color of brown, at the end of the handle was a leather band that was almost invisible due to the color of the wood being so similar to the leather's color, closer to the blade was another leather band, in each of these leather bands was where you would hold it with each of your hands, he would measure it later for, again, max efficiency, close to the middle was a darker leather band in case the wielder decided to only use one hand in case the other one was occupied, the handle was going to have simple lines carved into it and it would be oiled to last longer.
Hiccup looked down at his drawing he was quite proud of it.
He looked to his left and noticed the teens were all gone, he decided to eat his now cold fish.
After he was done he headed for the forge to grab an axe, he was going to get the wood for the handle.
The conversation between Gobber and Egil has no importance to the story, just so there wouldn't be a hole in the story