Here's the next chapter. Hope you all enjoy it. Please be sure to review as well.
I don't own How to Train Your Dragon, only Hicca (female Hiccup) and Asher (male Astrid).
"..." Human p.o.v.
"..." Dragon p.o.v.
'...' Human thought.
'...' Dragon thought.
Chapter 2: Viking for Hire
'Everybody needs a place in the world. Some people are born to theirs. Some people discover theirs. And some people make a place for themselves. But then the world around them changes, and the place they made is gone.'
It was a sunny day and in the brand new Dragon Academy the dragon riders were gathered and split into two groups with Hicca standing in between them in front of a large rock slab with tallies on it while her dragons, Toothless, Bones, and Serpentina were behind it. Asher and Fishlegs were on Hicca's right side, standing behind two barrels with their dragons napping behind them while Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Snotlout were on Hicca's left side, each standing behind a barrel as well with their dragons napping behind them as well.
"Every dragon has his own unique abilities that give it its special place in the world. Which makes the best welding torch?" Hicca asks her friends.
"Oh, Deadly Nadder." Asher answers eagerly.
"Its magnesium flame burns with the heat of the sun." Fishlegs adds showing her facts about dragon knowledge.
"Correct. Point to Team Asher." Hicca says adding another tally mark to the board. "Score is now 100 to 10." She says.
"And you started with 10." Asher says mockingly causing Fishlegs to giggle.
"Oh, yeah? Well, the game's not over. Wait, what team am I on?" Tuffnut asks as his sister face palmed in disbelief.
"Next question. What is the shot limit of a Hideous Zippleback, Team Snotlout?" Hicca asks.
"I don't think they can count that high." Asher says to Fishlegs making her giggle again.
"Oh, really? Let's find out. Barf, Belch." Ruffnut says calling to hers and her brother's dragon causing them to wake up.
"Here we go." Barf and Belch say as they fired off six shots at Asher and Fishlegs forcing them to duck while also waking up Stormfly and Meatlug.
"What's going on?" Stormfly asks.
"Are we being fired at?" Meatlug asks.
"Heh. Looks like it's about three." Tuffnut says holding up three fingers.
"Told you we could count that high." Ruffnut says.
"Actually, Ruff, it's six. You were half-right. Five point." Hicca says to her best female friend.
"Yes! We're up to 30." Ruffnut says high-fiving her brother and Snotlout.
"All right, it's our turn. What happens when you shoot fire at the owner of a Deadly Nadder?" Asher asks and then whistle for Stormfly.
"Take this." Stormfly says firing her spines at Snotlout and the twins, pinning them to the arena wall.
"No fair. She didn't give us time to answer." Tuffnut says.
"I've got a question." Snotlout says as she hops off the wall and walks over to Hookfang. "What happens when I sick Hookfang on you?" She asks.
"Okay, guys, that's enough training. So we did some really good work here today." Hicca says and walks away before things get out of hand with her dragons following.
"Prepare to face the Monstrous Nightmare!" Snotlout shouts and pats Hookfang's cheek.
"Ow!" Hookfang yells but Hicca didn't notice as he flamed up setting Snotlout's butt on fire.
"That's the third time this week!" Snotlout yells as she jumps into a wood tub of water and instantly puts out the fire. "Ah…sweet relief." She says.
"Hookfang never flames up when you're riding him. Is he okay?" Hicca asks walking over with Asher.
"Maybe he just realized who his owner is." Asher says.
"There's room in here for two." Snotlout says flirting with Asher causing him to dunk her head into the water and walk off.
After the lesson was over Hicca and Serpentina walked to the blacksmith shop while Bones and Toothless headed back to the dragon stable addition that was part of Hicca's house. At the forge Hicca notices a large crowd was gathered.
"Gather around. Come on, one and all. You may think these dragon-killing weapons have no more use, but think again. This long sword is now a lovely butter knife." Gobber says using a sword to spread butter on bread but ended up making crumbs. "It's also great for making bread crumbs." He says and the plate shattered a second later.
Gobber smiles nervously while the villagers look at him with wide eyes and Hicca feels guilt in her heart knowing it's slightly her fault Gobber has lost his place in the world.
"Moving on." Gobber says and reaches for another weapon.
"Well, this is a dark day. A great dragon slay peddling his weapons as kitchen utensils. Mm…" Mildew says and tsks his tongue as Serpentina growls at the old man not liking him that close to her rider.
"Up next, how about this-uh…" Gobber begins to says grabbing a mace and then spots a fly land on his table. "Handy fly swatter." He says and then slams the mace into the table causing the villagers to gasp in shock. "Also good for getting rid of unwanted tables." He says as the fly buzzes away. "Now, for the lady of the house. When the hubby's off pillaging, how are you going to protect yourself from home invaders?" He asks walking over to a large catapult. "No problem when you have Big Bertha." He says patting the catapult but accidentally fires it sending the boulder into one of the Viking's house leaving a huge hole in the side.
The Viking that were gather had decided they had seen enough and started leaving while Hicca, Serpentina, and Mildew stayed behind.
"Wait. There's more. Come back. You haven't seen everything yet! I haven't cleared out my dungeon yet!" Gobber shouts.
'He has a dungeon?'Serpentina asks Hicca mentally.
'Yup. It's where he keeps all his prized weapons he's created.' Hicca tells her.
'Strange man.' Serpentina says as Hicca giggles.
"It's okay, Bertha. We'll find a place for ya." Gobber says rubbing the wheel of the catapult.
"Oh, it's hard to watch. Especially for you, eh, Hicca? The feelings of guilt must be tearing at your insides. I mean, you put him out of business with your little peace pact with the dragons. You ruined his life. Bravo." Mildew says as he walks away but not before Serpentina fires a pulse blast at the old man's feet making him run in fear.
Hicca smiles at her Grapple Grounder as she affectionately rubs her face against Hicca's while she looks at Gobber before walking away.
Later that night Hicca was sitting of her new wide window's ledge letting her legs dangle out on either side of the window with Toothless laying on his large rock slab, Serpentina laying on the roof ledge outside, and Bones standing outside the window. Hicca looks at her prosthetic leg and decides to tell them all a story.
"You know Gobber made this for me?" Hicca asks gesturing to her prosthetic leg. "He taught me everything I needed to know to make Toothless' tail." She says.
"That's amazing." Bones says looking between the prosthetic leg and tail.
"Yeah it is but I've got to find some way to help him." Hicca says to her dragons.
"Don't worry, Hicca, you'll think of something. You always do." Toothless says rubbing himself against his head against her hand.
"Thanks, sweetie." Hicca says petting his head.
A second later Hicca hears the front door to her house open and gets open from the ledge, gesturing for Bones and Serpentina to head to their stable. She walks down the stairs and spots her father sitting in his chair with an exhausted look on his face.
"Tough day of chiefing, daddy?" Hicca asks her father.
"I was all over the island. I married the Swensson girl to the Odegaard boy at dawn, then down to the fields where some kids were tipping over yaks, then back up to the newlyweds to settle a domestic dispute. I guess that honeymoon is over. Thank you, darling." Stoick says taking the cup Hicca prepared for him from her and takes a sip while she walks over to the fire grabbing a piece of wood. "Sometimes I wish there were two of me." He says shocking Hicca as she drops the wood into the fire realizing something.
"That-there-there are two of you!" Hicca says in excitement.
"Is that another crack about my weight?" Stoick asks in annoyance slamming the cup onto the table.
"No, I mean Gobber. He can be the other you." Hicca says correcting Stoick.
"Gobber? Oh, he's way too busy making all those dragon-killing-eh, well, used to be, until you-which is great, except for Gobber." Stoick says trying not to make his daughter sound guilt.
"Exactly my point." Hicca says.
"You know, that's actually not such a bad idea. I could use a right hand." Stoick says putting his helmet and gets up from his chair.
"Which works out great, cause that's kinda the only one he has." Hicca says.
The next morning Stoick and Gobber were walking through the square together.
"I greatly appreciate you helping me out, Gobber." Stoick says to his friend.
"I'm just glad I could find time in my busy schedule, Stoick." Gobber says.
"I've got a full day ahead of me. Here's your half." Stoick says ripping a piece of paper in half and hands it to Gobber.
"Oh, this'll be interesting." Gobber says.
"Now remember, some of these situations are delicate. They require diplomacy." Stoick says.
"Oh, no problem. I'm great at…that." Gobber says after a pause.
"Really? You? Y-You can speak to people with tact and sensitivity?" Stoick asks, a little bit shocked.
"Oh, I thought it meant clubbing people on the head and asking questions later, but I can give your thing a shot." Gobber says as he walks off.
Later Gobber and a crowd of Vikings were gathered in the Great Hall with Gobber and a married couple at the front.
"Whosoever brings this child forth into the Hooligan tribe, let he be known." Gobber says reading front a sheet of paper as the woman hands him her baby. "As a representative of the chief, I welcome this baby into the Hooligan tribe, and pronounce the name to be…" He pauses as the man whispers the name into his hear before he looks at the child and shudders. "Yech…Hildegard? Doesn't seem like a Hildegard to me. Let's go with Magnus." He says.
"But she's a girl, Gobber." The mother says in anger.
"Don't worry. She's not going to look like one. Magnus it is." Gobber says shocking the parents. "And please accept this teething toy on behalf of Stoick the Vast." He says picking up a mace.
"No!" The mother yells reaching for her baby.
Later Gobber was now in Mulch and Bucket's home to settle a dispute between them.
"Bucket says you never paid him for the sheep." Gobber says to Mulch.
"I never bought a sheep." Mulch says but then a sheep bleats behind him.
"Who's that? A little woman?" Gobber asks.
"Oh, Mulch. You're cheating me now?" Bucket asks in a sad tone.
"Clearly, there's only one way to settle this." Gobber says and hands them two weapons as he walks away while the two get ready to hit each other with said weapons. "Diplomacy, check. All right, what's next?" He asks himself ignoring the fighting going on inside the house.
A while later Gobber was now on the docks with Silent Sven repairing one of their boats.
"I know the conventional thinking when repairing a ship is wood, but if you ask me, there's nothing like a good, old slab of iron. Ha. Nothing's getting through this." Gobber says banging in prosthetic hammer against the iron patches he did.
"Gobber! What do you think you're doing?" Stoick asks in anger walking down the dock with Mulch, Bucket, and the couple of the baby Gobber named Magnus.
"Just checking another item off the list." Gobber says and gently taps the iron patch causing the boat to slid into the water and sinks the instant it hits it. "And adding an item for later. "Recover sunken ship." Same time tomorrow?" He asks causing everyone to groan while Stoick face palms himself.
Later that night Stoick was in his house sitting in his chair holding two ice blocks to his head as Hicca watches and hands him a drink.
"Here you go, daddy." Hicca says as she watches her father place one of the ice blocks on the table and grabs the drink. "Wow, a two-block headache. You know, daddy, I think you're being a wee bit rough on Gobber. It was his first day. Tomorrow will be way better." She says.
"Oh, it will be for me because it won't involve Gobber." Stoick says and takes a sip of his drink.
"What do you mean?" Hicca asks in confusion.
"Ah. I tried to fit a square peg in a round hole, and it sunk a ship and named a baby girl "Magnus." Now, I'm not saying she didn't look like a Magnus, but try telling that to her parents." Stoick says.
"I can't believe you let him go." Hicca says with a sigh. "Well, we've gotta help him." She says.
""We" don't have to do anything. You, on the other hand, are going to be very busy finding a job for Gobber." Stoick says to his daughter as her eye starts twitching.
The next day Hicca and the other dragon riders were at the academy with their dragons as Hicca told them the news.
"You're bringing Gobber here?" Fishlegs asks in shock.
"He's gonna be great. Nobody knows dragons like old Gobber. He has spent a lifetime, you know, studying them. If we can tap into that, we'll all be better dragon trainers." Hicca says not sounding to sure of herself as the gate behind her lifts up to reveal Gobber with a crate full of weapons.
"I'm back! Did ya miss me?" Gobber asks.
"It's him!" Hookfang yells.
"He's back!" Barf and Belch say together.
"Uh no!" Stormfly screams.
"Help!" Meatlug pleads in fear.
"First of all, uh, welcome. Uh, and second, uh, tiny question. Why, uh, did you bring your, you know…" Hicca asks trailing off.
"Killing things?" Gobber asks tapping one of the weapons as Hicca nods a little bit scared. "I thought maybe we could train them…" He says pulling out a weapon made of multiple ones making Hicca gasp in shock. "By threatening to kill them. That's how my daddy taught me to swim." He says scaring not only Hicca but the teens' dragons as well while Gobber grabs a huge mace and slams it into the ground. "School's in session!" He says.
"Oh!" Hicca says as she faints and starts falling backwards.
"Hicca!" Toothless yells moving quickly as he catches he falling figure against his body.
"Let's get her some shade!" Bones says frantically using his wings to provide Hicca with shade.
"And get her some air!" Serpentina yells sitting on her hind legs and starting fanning her rider with her large wings.
The other dragons then make a brake for the entrance and take off into the air causing Gobber to duck as they flew past him.
"Eh, I didn't like school either." Gobber says watching the dragons fly away while Asher and Ruffnut check on Hicca.
"Hicca!" Asher yells kneeling in front of her unconscious figure.
"Come on, girlfriend. Wake up!" Ruffnut says taking one of Hicca's hands in hers.
Hicca then groans a bit as she opens her eyes and sees her dragons taking care of her, her best friend and her crush by her side, and the other teens standing behind them.
"I just had the weirdest dream…" Hicca says but then sees the huge mace slammed into the ground and the crate of weapons beside Gobber. "Uh no, it's real." Hicca says and faints again causing Asher to sigh.
"Let's let her rest. Come on guys, let's go get our dragons." Asher says as he and the teens left the arena.
Later that day Hicca was now awake and leaning against Serpentina with Bones laying down providing shade and Toothless curly up next to her gently fanning his rider with his tail. A few seconds later Hicca and her dragons hear someone coming and see Asher, Stormfly, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Barf and Belch enter the arena but once they dismount their dragons they each groan in pain.
"What's wrong with you guys?" Hicca asks still laying down as her dragons look at their fellow dragons.
"Ugh, we've been riding our dragons for four hours. It took forever to chase them down after Gobber scared them away." Asher says.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that. I just don't know what to do with him." Hicca says as she stands up.
"Argh!" Tuffnut shouts as Ruffnut kicks him in the butt.
"Do you guys always have to fight?" Hicca asks.
"It's okay, I asked her to do that." Tuffnut says as Ruffnut kicks him again. "I was just trying to get the feeling back." He says with a groan.
"You gonna return the favor, or what?" Ruffnut asks bending over and sticking her butt out for him to kick.
"Huh. I've flown for hours on Toothless, Bones, and Serpentina, and I've never had a problem." Hicca says to Asher as he walks up to her.
"That's because you have saddles for each of them." Asher says as Hicca's dragons look at their uniquely made saddles.
"Saddles!" Hicca yells realizing something and races to the forge.
"Saddles? I love it!" Gobber says excitedly. "I've got so many ideas." He says taking Hicca's plans from her and looks at them. "But not like these. Good ones." He says.
"Excuse me." Hicca says with her hands on her hips feeling insulted.
"Uh, I mean, better ones." Gobber says sweating nervously making Hicca growl in anger. "I mean…oh never mind." He says knowing nothing he says will make it better.
"Okay as insulting as that was, I'm glad you're excited. But I still think there are some things in my design you could use. I mean, you did teach me everything I know." Hicca reminds him.
"Exactly. That's why you should let Gobber do what Gobber does best. I've been making saddles since you were in diapers. In fact, I made your diapers." Gobber tells her.
"I know you know what you're doing. But keep in mind, every dragon is different. So you need to adjust the-" Hicca says trying to get her point across.
"Hicca." Gobber says interrupting Hicca.
"But-" Hicca tries to say.
"Hicca." Gobber says interrupting her again.
"But, I just think-" Hicca tries to say again.
"Hic. Ca." Gobber says still not listening. "I may have taught you everything you know, but I haven't taught you everything I know." He says and Hicca finally gives in and leaves Gobber to his work.
Later that night Hicca and her dragons were standing in the town square and could hear Gobber singing happily and boisterously.
"I've got my axe and I've got my mace, and I love my wife with the ugly face! I'm a Viking through and through! Hmmm!" Gobber hums continuing to work.
"You know, he doesn't sing that song unless he's actually very happy. I think we did a good thing." Hicca says to her dragons.
"Maybe but that's the worst song I've ever heard." Bones says.
"Agreed." Toothless and Serpentina say agreeing with their brother.
"Come on you guys, let's go to bed." Hicca says giggling a little.
The next day, at the Academy, the teens and their dragons are gathered to see Gobber's handiwork.
"Alright, this is an exciting day for all of us. Gobber has been working hard to-" Hicca begins to say.
"I think they might want to hear from the artist himself." Gobber says interrupting her. "I've made a lot of saddles in my day. Horse, donkey and now, dragon. But these saddles are special. They're like my children; that is if you strapped your child to a flaming reptile and rode it." He says proudly making his announcement as the kids get excited. "So without further ado-" He says unveiling the odd-looking-and-equipped saddles and the reactions are immediate.
"Whoa!" Tuffnut says.
"Wow!" Snotlout says.
"Wow!" Asher says.
"Wow, Gobber. This-this is certainly not what I imagined." Hicca says a bit surprised.
"How could it be? I'm Gobber! Nobody knows what it's like to live in here." Gobber says clearly missing the point and taps his helmet with his prosthetic hammer.
"Is-is that-?" Hicca asks pointing to Snotlout's new saddle, which is armed with a blower and a bit of lit-up hay.
"Yep! Flamethrower." Gobber says and gives Hicca a demonstration. "Didn't see that one coming did ya?" He asks.
"Uh…no, not for dragons. They come with one built in, actually." Hicca says.
"I know, but can ya ever really have to much firepower?" Gobber says still missing the point.
The twins load large rocks into each of their catapults on their saddles and launch them, only to have both Barf and Belch struck in the head causing them to fall to the ground.
"Ow!" Ruffnut says.
"Uh, catapults for the twins? Not such a good idea." Hicca says and Gobber just shrugs.
Fishlegs' saddle is equipped with four large maces, which Meatlug has a hard time staying aboveground with.
"You can do it, girl! Think light." Fishlegs says but Meatlug falls to the ground exhausted.
"It's too heavy." Meatlug complains.
"Oh, come on! You can't tell me my saddle is heavier than Fishlegs!" Gobber says disappointed.
"My mom says I'm just husky." Fishlegs says with a sensitive feeling.
Snotlout tries to put her flamethrower saddle on Hookfang, but Hookfang only throws it off and thrashes around.
"Ow! That hurts!" Hookfang yells which Hicca hears and raises and eyebrow in confusion.
"Come on, Hookfang. What's wrong with you?" Snotlout asks putting her hand out to touch Hookfang's snout but Hookfang just turns away. "That's it. Someone's trading with me." She says.
"Yeah, sure. I'll trade my perfect dragon for an angry oven." Tuffnut says sarcastically.
"This saddle's actually pretty good." Asher says landing with Stormfly, who doesn't look tired in the slightest.
"And there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it." Stormfly says making Hicca smile that at least one of the saddles was made good enough for the dragons.
"Wait 'til you try the horn!" Gobber says.
Asher blows into the horn, which is telescope-like. The bigger it is, the more amplified the sound is. This startles Stormfly and she sends spines flying, pinning Snotlout to the wall.
"Scratch that." Stormfly says as Hicca sighs.
"Really? Again?" Snotlout asks.
"So, anyway, I-I think we're really gonna need to make a few-" Hicca says.
"Changes! I'm way ahead of you. I've got so many ideas! It's getting crowded up here." Gobber chuckles and Hicca has a look of worry.
Later that day, Hicca is cleaning up the arena, which is full of burn marks. She looks at her and snaps her fingers signaling for them to move aside which they do.
"My Odin! This place looked better when we were killing dragons here!" Stoick says looking around surprised as he enter the arena.
"Yeah, we sort of got Gobbered." Hicca says.
"Well, you know Gobber. He means well, he just doesn't always do well. So what are you going to do about him?" Stoick asks his daughter.
"I'm going to clean up his messes and re-do his work." Hicca says.
"Look; Gobber's like family-" Stoick begins to say.
"Yeah, I know he is! That's why I can't say anything to him." Hicca says raising her voice a little.
"No, darling, that's why you have to. It's not fair to you and it's not fair to Gobber." Stoick says
"Why do I have to say something to him?! You didn't! You just passed him off to me!" Hicca shouts.
"That's what the chief does; he delegates. Look, I gave you this Academy because it's the best thing for Berk. Now you have to do what's best for the Academy. And I'm sorry, darling, but what's best is very rarely what's easy." Stoick says as they walk towards the arena exit but then sees Snotlout hanging on the wall, snoring. "What about her?" He asks.
"Leave her. She's going for a record." Hicca says as her dragons follow them.
"Enough said." Stoick says completely understanding.
Later that night Hicca and Toothless were making their way to the forge to talk to Gobber.
"Hey, you never know, bud. Maybe Gobber finally looked at my plans and is actually making the saddles better." Hicca says but then hears and explosion and sees smoke coming from inside the forge.
"That answer your question." Toothless asks in a teasing voice.
"Oh be quite." Hicca says as she enters the forge. "Gobber?" She asks but is then greeted by him with a crossbow pointed at her. "Don't shoot!" She pleads raising her arms in the air.
"I would never shoot you, Hicca. Unless I absolutely had to." Gobber says making her nervous.
"He-he, yeah. Still, if you could please put the crossbow down, I know I'd feel better." Hicca says.
"You know, about the weapons, maybe the catapults were a bit much for some of the dragons yesterday. So I've gone a different way. I've gotten rid of the two big ones." Gobber informs her.
"Gobber, that's great!" Hicca says excitedly.
"And replaced them with six little ones!" Gobber says holding up tiny spoon like catapults.
"Yeah, um, Gobber we need to talk. Uh, I think it might be time for you to take a little break." Hicca says.
"In case you hadn't noticed, the only time a Viking takes a break is to die." Gobber tells her.
"Maybe "break" is the wrong word. What I mean is; I'm not sure things are working out." Hicca says.
"Well, get back to me when you're sure." Gobber says.
"Okay, I'm sure. Gobber, I'm gonna need to take you off the saddle project." Hicca says.
"Are you getting rid of me, Hicca? Now I see why you had me put down the crossbow." Gobber says.
"It's just the saddles! We'll find something else for ya." Hicca says trying to cheer him up.
"I don't need your pity. I've lost and arm and a leg. I think I'll survive losing a job." Gobber says trying not to cry.
"I'm really sorry, Gobber." Hicca says as she exits the forge feeling awful. "Well, that was awful. I don't know what could be worse than that." She says but then hears screaming and sees Hookfang breathing fire all over town. "Okay, it looks like I'm about to find out." She says as Snotlout runs up to her out of breath.
"I never…thought…I'd say this…but Hicca…HELP!" Snotlout screams.
"Everybody back away! The dragon's out of control! It's not safe here!" Stoick shouts.
"I don't know what happened! I was just rubbing his head! He usually loves that! But this time, he went crazy. My dragon hates me!" Snotlout says as she, Hicca, and Toothless run over to the other teens and Stoick.
"They do say a pet starts to take on the characteristics of its owner. I think that's what's happening here." Fishlegs says.
"Hey!" Snotlout shouts punching her in the gut.
"Yeah, I rest my case." Fishlegs groans.
"When was the last time he ate?" Hicca asks.
"Not for days." Snotlout says.
"Are you hungry, boy?" Hicca asks handing Hookfang a fish, which he takes but then spits it out causing it to land in Stoick's beard. "Oh, sorry, Daddy." She says trying not to laugh.
"We've got to bring this dragon under control." Stoick says removing the fish from his beard and tosses it behind him only for Toothless to snatch it and devour it.
"Don't worry. I can do this." Hicca says and walks up to Hookfang. "There you go. It's gonna be okay." She says placing her hand on his cheek.
"Ow! Hicca! That hurts!" Hookfang screams in pain.
"Hicca, run!" Asher yells.
"Way ahead of you!" Hicca shouts and from the others point of view it looked like Hookfang was going to bite Hicca but Toothless acts quickly and tackles Hookfang pushing him away from his rider.
"Stay away from her!" Toothless shouts in a threatening tone.
"Toothless! Stop!" Hicca shouts.
"I've seen enough, Hicca. I'm sorry. We tried it your way." Stoick says and heads to the forge to fetch Gobber. "Gobber! We need you." He says as he enters the forge.
"No, you don't. Nobody needs me. Nobody needs any of us. Not even you, Bertha." Gobber says sniffling.
"Are you crying?" Stoick asks.
"Course not. Just chopping onions." Gobber says.
"There are no onions." Stoick says.
"Not anymore. Look what I used to chop them with." Gobber says holding up his prosthetic mace.
"There's a dragon in the plaza that's out of control." Stoick says.
"Then why don't you call Hicca?" Gobber asks.
"No Gobber, we need you." Stoick says.
"Come on, guys! Hurry up! Think! Hookfang says he's hurting. What could be causing him pain?" Hicca asks but then sees Snotlout looking behind them. "Snotlout, you have an idea?" She asks.
"Gobber!" Snotlout says point to the heavily armed Viking.
"Stand back. I came here to do what I do best." Gobber says.
"He's gonna kill my dragon." Snotlout says in fear.
"No, he's not." Hicca says.
"Uh, yeah, he is." Tuffnut corrects her.
"Hicca, you don't use that stuff to butter toast." Ruffnut says to her best friend.
"Well, I mean, we would, but you don't." Tuffnut says.
"Daddy, you can't be serious! Hookfang is Snotlout's dragon." Hicca says to her father.
"I'm sorry, Hicca, but sometimes you have to fall back on the old ways." Gobber says.
"But he's a good dragon." Hicca says.
"He's a good dragon!" Snotlout repeats crying a little.
"There's just something wrong with him. He says he's in pain." Hicca says.
"There's definitely something wrong with him!" Snotlout cries.
"We have to try to help him. We can't just get rid of him because he's having a bad day. We need to figure out what is causing Hookfang's pain." Hicca says.
"A bad day for a dragon can be a disaster for us. That's not a risk I am willing to take. Gobber." Stoick says.
Gobber nods and begins walking towards Hookfang and swings the bolas he has spotting an opening and throws bolas at the dragon's wings and feet. Hookfang tries to flame up but is unable to.
"Ha! You're all out of fire!" Gobber says and raises a sword to deliver the final blow.
"I can't let you do this." Hicca says grabbing Gobber's arm.
"There's no choice. It has to be done." Gobber says but then Hookfang breaks free of the bolas and runs up to them.
"It's killing me!" Hookfang screams roaring in their faces.
"Do you see that?" Gobber says spotting the problem.
"I do." Hicca says now understand what is causing Hookfang's pain
"Time to put this beast out of its misery." Gobber says putting his sword away.
"Hicca! What are you doing?" Asher asks but Hicca doesn't say anything.
Gobber then wrestles with Hookfang and reaches into his mouth grabbing something with his prosthetic grabber before Hookfang flings him off sending him flying to the ground.
"Ah! You didn't kill him!" Snotlout cries in excitement seeing her dragon was still alive.
"For a toothache? What kind of lunatic are you?" Gobber asks showing them the rotten tooth.
Hookfang now feeling better rushes over to his rider.
"Oh man. Snotlout, the pain is gone." Hookfang says lifting her up by his snout.
"Stop it. Stop it." Snotlout whispers as Hookfang sets her down. "Ugh, I don't know where that came from. Can you train that out of him or…?" She asks.
"Thank you, Gobber. A bad tooth is what Hookfang was complaining about. I can't believe I missed that." Hicca says.
"That's because you're not Gobber! I've forgotten more about dragons than most men will ever know. Well, better go put the girls away." Gobber says and begins to walk off.
"Gobber! Not so fast!" Hicca says knowing what Gobber can do.
The next day Gobber was in his forge working as a dentist for dragons as he uses his weapon sharpener to sharpen and polish a Zippleback's teeth.
'When the world around you changes, the good men find a way to change with it. And Gobber is one of those good men. In fact, he's one of the best.'
"I've got my axe and I've got my mace, and I love my wife with the ugly face! I'm a Viking through and through!" Gobber singing happily and boisterously.
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