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Chapter 2: First Impressions
Aiden's POV
Ok, all I know is that one minute I'm sitting in front of my computer in my room, and the next I'm falling through the sky, crashing into a building, and then landing on top of a sleeping person. Then this guy who has to weigh at least 400 lbs. starts yelling, waving an axe at me, and asking who I am and what I'm doing in his son's room. "M-my name is Aiden, sir, and I don't know what I'm doing here." The big guy gives me a weird look, while his son continues to stare at me. I decide I'd better take control of the situation. "Well, now that you know who I am, can I please know whose roof I just crashed through?"
"Don't talk like that to me, boy. You just destroyed my roof and now you think you can be smart with the chief!" replied the big guy- um, I mean, chief.
"Sorry, I didn't know." The chief's son finally speaks up. "Yeah, well, you know, it's not every day that some stranger smashes the roof and lands on me while I'm sleeping," he smirks.
"Aren't we all making wonderful first impressions," I shoot back. "Let's start over. I'm Aiden and I'm sorry for wrecking your roof and crashing into you. Now it's your turn, and please stop waving that axe around. I promise that I'm not going to hurt anyone anymore."
The chief grunts, but puts the axe away. "I'm Stoick, chief of Berk, and I accept you apology."
"He didn't crash into you. I'm Hiccup and I'm his son and-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. Berk? As in the island that Vikings live on?"
"Yes."
"As in the island where Hiccup is the worst Viking ever and everyone hates him and he always messes up and the village always suffers from his mistakes? That Berk?"
"Thank you for summing that up. And yes."
"And you're Hiccup?"
"Yes."
"Whoa."
Hiccup's POV
I paused. The boy, Aiden, seems to be freaking out now. How did he know all that stuff about him and Berk? I look over to my dad. He gives me a look that says, Come outside… NOW. I follow my dad out of the room, leaving Aiden to hyperventilate on his own. Stoick turns to me and says, "Son, do you know this boy?"
"No, I've never seen him before in my life."
"Ok, I want you to keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't cause any more trouble."
"Shouldn't you be making sure I don't cause any more trouble?"
"Not now son, I've got go and check the armory. I'll see you tonight." And with that, I'm left to look after a kid whom I just met and only because he crashed through my roof and scared the living daylights out of me. Sounds like I'm in for a fun-filled day.
Aiden's POV
How the heck was I in Berk?! Maybe I'm dreaming. Or have a hallucination. I knew watching that movie so many times would affect my brain. Or maybe it was all the cake and ice cream I ate. "So… are you new to the village?" Hiccup asks, shattering my though process.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that."
"Ok. You want a tour. I could show you around."
"Yeah, sure. That would be great."
After a quick glance at me he says, "You might want to change out of that outfit first."
"What wrong with it? It's just jeans and a t-shirt."
"What are jeans?"
"Oh. Never mind. Do you have something I can change into?"
"Yeah. Here's something."
"Great." After a few minutes I've changed into a red tunic and some leggings. "All set. Lead the way."
Walking through the village helps take my mind off the strange series of events that have happened. Hiccup stops frequently to point something out and tell me its purpose. I can't help but notice that all the villagers keep giving Hiccup glares or try to avoid him. I can tell he knows it too. "So that's basically the entire village."
"Cool. But where's the forge?"
"Oh. Right. That's where I work, but it's not open yet."
"Oh. Hey, not meaning to be offending, but have you done something recently, because everyone keeps glaring at you."
"Yeah, I kinda destroyed the granary last night." He starts walking back to his house. I quickly follow a few steps behind. "Wow. How'd you pull that off?"
"Well, I shot a catapult at a Gronkle and missed. Nothing unusual though. I've done worse."
"Well, that explains it."
"Yeah. You'll probably want to leave now that you know how big a screw up I am. I always seem to mess things up, no matter how- Oh come on." He stopped at the corner of one of the houses. There were a group of teens waiting for him.
"Hey, loser!" I recognized them all at once. There was Snotlout, Fishlegs, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Astrid. The one who spoke up was Snotlout. "Nice job last night. If I didn't know better, I would have thought you were on the dragon's side!" They all laugh at his joke. All except Astrid, who just looks at him with disgust and walked off. "In fact we're all here to show our appreciation for your efforts." The twins and Snotlout grinned wickedly and started to make threatening moves toward Hiccup.
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" I challenged.
They all look at me as if they're noticing me for the first time. "Who's the new guy?" Tuffnut asks.
Hiccup looks at me as if I've gone insane. I ignore him. "My name's Aiden. I'm a friend of Hiccup's." Hiccup once again looks at me like I've lost my mind.
"Well, Aiden, are you volunteering?" Snotlout is about the same height as me, but he's a lot more muscular. And he has two people willing to back him up. But I have a few tricks up my sleeve.
"If you're asking if I'm willing to stand up for my friend, then yes."
Snotlout seems a bit put off by this. Obviously he is not used to people challenging him. All the more reason to take him down a few notches, I think to myself. But Snotlout is really a coward when it comes to being threatened. "Fine, but right now I've got more important things to do then waste by breath on screw-ups like you." With this said, he leaves followed by the twins and Fishlegs.
"You didn't have to do that," Hiccup says, "he'll just come after me later."
"Yes, I did. I mean, what else are friends for."
"We're now considered friends?"
"Yeah. I had to repay you somehow for crashing into you this morning."
Hiccup lets out a snort. "Fine. But I'm not sure you'll be able to stand all this for long. Anyway we need to get to the forge."
By the time we get there, Gobber has opened it up and shouts for Hiccup to get to work. "Gobber, I haven't even eaten yet."
"Well you should have eaten sooner. Come on."
I realize that I won't be much use here so I decide to do something. "Hiccup, I could run to the Great Hall grab something to eat."
No response. In fact, it looks like he didn't even hear me. He's staring at something out the window. I follow his gaze. I don't see anything except… Astrid. Ahhhh. I turn back to Hiccup and wave my hand in front of his face. He looks at me startled. "What?"
"I said, do you want me to go to the Great Hall and grab something to eat?"
"Yeah, yeah. That would be great."
Once at the Great Hall, I grab two plates and start to pile on some food. A couple tables away, I hear Snotlout talking with the other teens. "How long are we going to have to wait? We're old enough. Why hasn't the chief put us in dragon training?!" Mummers of agreement. Then I hear Astrid say, "Let's try to convince him. We all practice really hard and then, when the next raid comes, we prove ourselves." All the teens enthusiastically agree and head out the door.
By the time I make it back to the forge, Hiccup has gone through about a fourth of the weapons that have to be fixed. "Got breakfast," I announce. Hiccup and Gobber stop their work to start eating. "I never did learn your name." Gobber says.
"Aiden."
"Well, welcome to the forge, Aiden. I'm Gobber."
"Pleased to meet you."
"I'm his apprentice." Hiccup announces.
"So I gathered. What do you guys do here, besides fix weapons?"
"Well, Hiccup invents stuff."
"Really. Like what?"
"Machines that will supposedly make life easier for us, but end up messing thing up."
"Don't you like the traditional weapons?"
"Yeah, they're ok, but the only weapon that I'm reasonably good at is bow and arrow, and that doesn't help take dragons down."
"Oh, I understand. The only traditional weapon I'm good at is the sword."
"That's not so bad. At least a sword can kill a dragon."
"It's bad if there is no use for swords where I come from."
"Oh. …Well, I guess I should get back to work."
"Yeah, sure. If you don't mind, I'll just hang around here."
"Sure." As the day went on I learned a lot of things about Hiccup. Like how he used to be friends with the other teens, and all the times that he messed up during dragon raids. I learned about the time that he was left alone for the first time and he had to help sober up the other teens when they got into the mead. He also learned about me. I told him that I loved to carve things and how I had to take martial arts classes for the last three years. I even got up enough courage to tell him that I was not from this time. He took it better than I thought he would. "So let me get this straight. You hit a button and then you were falling through the sky and that's how you crashed through my roof."
"Right."
"Well, I guess stranger things have happened."
"Really? Like what?"
"Well there's… um… there's… Ok, I don't know of anything stranger happening."
"I thought so. You done?"
"Yep. We might as well go home. You can stay with me if you want."
"Sure. Thanks."
On the way back, I noticed Hiccup staring at a house. "Whatcha looking at?"
"Nothing." he replied, a little too quickly.
"Whose house is that?"
"Um… it's um… it's the Hofferson's."
"As in Astrid Hofferson?"
"…Yes." I chuckled at his response. "You like her don't you?"
"What! No!"
"Hey, don't try to deny it. First I catch you staring at her through the forge's window and now you're staring at her house. You most defiantly like her."
"So!" Then a look of dread crossed his face. "You're not going to tell her, are you?"
"No! That's middle school stuff."
"Huh?"
"Never mind."
"Ok, well thanks anyway."
"Don't mention it. After all what are friends for?"
So, what did you think of it? Did I get the characters right? Or do I need less dialogue? And on last thing. I am trying to decide where I need to end the story. Should I End it as soon as the movie ends, a little after, a little before, or somewhere else? Please review and keep writing!