Hello! Longest chapter yet, I had fun writting this one, hope you enjoy!
CHAPTER 2:
A beautiful axe
Hiccup walked to the part of the island where the oak trees were it was actually not that far you just had to cross a very discreet passage in-between two mountains, he reached said part so he looked for a tree that had a branch that was at least thick enough to craft the handle, he quickly found one, it was an old tree, probably older than him even, he was about to cut the branch when he saw what was ahead of the tree, a clearing surrounded by Oak trees it's green grass greener than any grass he had ever seen, it was beautiful.
I'm going to come back and do something here He thought
He cut the branch and took it back to the village, his left, dominant, hand was holding the axe and right one the branch.
As soon as he reached the village he saw Snotlout he quickly hid himself, and when Snotlout was gone he rushed to the forge.
He put the axe back in its place and went outside through the back door he brought a bench along with him and his carving knife and the branch, he set the bench down near the cliff that was next to the forge and started carving.
He finished the handle in little over two hours, he was proud of it, it had little simple designs on it and it was long and thick enough to hold many battles.
He looked at the sun and it was setting, he walked back inside with the bench, handle and carving knife in his hands, he laid them down in his little room and headed for the Great Hall for dinner.
The rest of the night was uneventful and in no time Hiccup was waking up, he rose from his bed and walked to the forge, grabbing a loaf of bread of his living room's table on the way, he reached the forge and Gobber wasn't there, he was probably in a meeting since his father was also not home when he left.
He pushed the thoughts away and started working he started by starting up a fire and putting some old weapons and tools on it to melt, while it melted down the things he got the double-bladed axe blade mold, and waited until the iron was fully melted he then poured the right amount of liquid into the mold and put it water to cool, then he took It making sure the metal had no holes or bubbles.
While the metal cooled Hiccup took the measurements and sewed the leather bands to the handle in all 3 places.
By the time he was finished with the handle , Gobber had actually came to the forge but Hiccup didn't notice and Gobber left with a smirk on his face, it was lunch time and he headed for the Great Hall with piece of paper in his pocket.
Once he entered the Great Hall he looked for the teens, more specifically, Astrid, which he found, luckily for him Astrid was sitting on the edge of the table, so he walked past the table and dropped a paper on Astrid's lap, none of the teens, except Astrid, noticed because they were to focused on a discussion between Fishlegs and Tuffnut, Fishlegs was claiming that if they were to tame dragons the best thing dragons could help on was to transport things while Tuffnut claimed it was to destroy stuff and prank people.
Anyway back to Astrid
She looked at the piece of paper on her lap and read it
Axe almost done should be ready soon
Her heart sped up a bit she was going to have a new axe in the morning.
Hiccup ate alone and when he was finished he returned to the forge ready to finish the axe, but before he could return to working on it
"Hey lad those weapons ain't gonna sharpen themselves" Gobber ordered him
Once Hiccup was done sharpening all the weapons it was mid afternoon, and he should hurry on finishing that axe.
He carefully joined the blade and handle. (A/N: I don't actually fully know how they did it back then so, sorry!)
And Astrid's axe was done, it was nothing extremely special but it was simple yet quite elegant.
Hiccup got a piece of paper and wrote a couple of words on it, then he stored the axe and paper in his little room.
That night Astrid couldn't sleep, she was excited for the next day she would get an axe!
I wonder how it looks…She thought
The she heard footsteps outside they were barely audible but she heard them, she looked through the window and saw something she wasn't expecting.
It was Hiccup he was holding what it looked like an axe but he and the item in his hands were barely visible as well.
Should I call him? What will I say?
So with quick thinking she decided
"Hiccup!" She whispered, his head snapped to look at her, when he saw it was her he hid the item behind his back.
"What are you doing here Hiccup?"
"I came to leave your axe on your doorstep"
"What? Why wouldn't you give me in person?"
"Because then people would force you to throw the axe away"
"What?"
"Remember who I am? I'm the 'Useless' of the village they think everything I do is destined to backfire somehow"
She thought for a moment. I think his right, that's actually kind of sweet.
"Alright leave it at the doorstep"
"Okay" He said, Astrid could see a smile appear on his face, he turned around to start walking away "Oh yeah Astrid tomorrow meet me behind my house an hour after lunch so we can start training"
She nodded and laid back on her bed and after some minutes she finally fell asleep.
The next morning she woke up at the sound of her dad calling
"Astrid, dear, wake up there's something for you" Egil shouted
"Alright dad I'll be down in a minute" she said putting her spiked skirt on, she dressed her normal clothes, put on her shoulder pads and grabbed her axe, and headed down stairs
"Astrid someone left this at our doorstep" he said pointing at the axe with a note on the table
She went to the table and there was a little note on the table that said: For Astrid
She looked at the axe and gasped
"A beautiful axe" she said
An hour after lunch, according to his sun clock at least, Hiccup was waiting for Astrid behind his house, he was holding a simple double-edged sword.
Like promised Astrid showed up, her new axe in hand.
"Hey Hiccup" Astrid greeted
"Hi Astrid, like your new axe?" Hiccup asked
"It's alright, better than my old one" she answered, she actually really liked the axe but she'd never let him know. "Alright first we need to find a place to train" she said
Hiccup thought for a bit then said "I know just the place"
They walked for a few minutes, until they reached the hidden Oak tree area.
"I've never seen these trees before" Astrid said
"Yea they only exist on this part of the island, I used their wood to make your axe" Hiccup said, they walked a few more minutes and reached the clearing.
Astrid's mouth couldn't help but open slightly it was a beautiful clearing.
"Shall we start?" Hiccup asked
"Hmm? Oh yes of course, so the first thing you have to know how to do is hold a sword correctly"
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They spent the rest of the afternoon training, by the time they were heading back to the village it was dark, but Hiccup now knew how to hold and swing a sword, his father had actually tried to train him before, but Hiccup was to careless back then.
"So Hiccup you had fun?" He heard
Hiccup just grinned he couldn't talk otherwise Astrid would think he was crazy.
Well what did you think?
Next Chapter there is going to be a time skip