Chapter 5: Getting Help

Hiccup wasn't sure what to do, or who he should tell, but he did know that Sunset needed to get away from that man. He was at his locker, and he was so caught up in his thoughts he didn't see Snotlout and his gang come up.

"Hey, Hiccup, where's your veggie friend?" asked Snotlout, but Hiccup didn't answer.

"Hello?" wondered Fishlegs.

"Hey, earth to Hiccup."

Snotlout pushed him into the locker.

"What, oh hey guys, when did you get here?" asked Hiccup.

"What is up with you?" questioned Astrid.

"I have a lot on my mind right now."

"Like what?" asked Ruffnut.

"You get a B on your test, or you worried what Gobber will think off your project?" joked Tuffnut.

"It's not about school." said Hiccup, as he left.

All day, Snotlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut tried to bother Hiccup, but every time they tried Hiccup was stuck in thought. Having enough, when school was over, they confronted him.

"All right Haddock, what's the deal?" asked Snotlout.

"Yeah, you've totally been ignoring us all day." added Tuffnut.

"What they mean is, what's going on with you?" wondered Astrid.

"Yeah, you've been distracted all day." agreed Fishlegs.

"Well, uh, it's actually about Sunset." answered Hiccup.

"What's wrong with Miss Veggie?" questioned Ruffnut.

"Well, uh it's kinda hard to explain." said Hiccup, rubbing the back of his head.

"Try us." said Snotlout.

"Well, it's better if I show you."

Hiccup led the others to Sunset's house, and told them to be quiet. They all peeked into the window, and saw what Sunset's father did to her everyday.

"Whoa." said Ruffnut and Tuffnut together.

"That's awful." replied Fishlegs.

"I told you guys." said Hiccup.

After they were a good distance from the house, they talked.

"Well what do we do?" asked Snotlout.

"Well, first we need to get Sunset to actually tell us, she's being abused." declared Hiccup.

"But how?" asked Astrid.

"Tomorrow, meet me at the diner, I'll bring Sunset."

They all agreed, and went home.

The next day, Hiccup led Sunset to the diner.

"It was a nice idea to get a snack at the diner." said Sunset.

"Yeah." replied Hiccup.

When they got in, Sunset saw the others.

"What are you guys doing here?" asked Sunset.

"I asked them to come." answered Hiccup.

"What for?"

"Sunset, we know what's going on Sunset." said Astrid.

"W-what do you mean?"

"Sunset, the bruises, the excuses of clumsiness, when we've never even seen you wobble." said Hiccup.

Sunset was about to make up another excuse, but she saw that caught.

"Fine, my dad...abuses me."

The gang decided to take Sunset to a place where she felt comfortable enough to talk, which was the park.

"So when did it start?" asked Hiccup.

"When I was four. My mom re-married after my real dad passed away, but I could tell he didn't like me very much. When my mom passed away when I was six, he started drinking, and that's when things got worse."

Tears started to form in her eyes.

"Sunset if you want to stop you can." Fishlegs told her.

"No, I've kept this a secret for years, it's time to be said. He started hitting and punching me whenever he got mad. He calls me worthless, useless, a pathetic excuse for a girl. He even told me he hates me. He makes me do everything, all he does is just lie around, go to work, and drink alcohol."

It was then Sunset broke down, and started crying. They left her alone for a while, and talked about what they should do.

"Well, what now?" wondered Snotlout.

"Yeah, it's getting late, and we can't let Sunset go back to that man." said Astrid.

"She can stay at my house, my parents won't mind." suggested Fishlegs.

"Okay, she can stay at Fishlegs' and we're going to need to tell someone." said Hiccup.

That night when Hiccup was back home, he sat in his room petting Toothless. He had told him everything he found out about Sunset, and confided in him.

"Who do I tell?" asked Hiccup.

Toothless jumped off Hiccup's bed, and barked at the door, as if he was saying, "Tell your parents."

"Of course."

He went downstairs, and saw his mom reading a book, and his dad on the laptop.

"Uh, Mom, Dad."

"Hello, Hiccup." said Valka.

"Yes, son?" asked Stoick.

"I need to talk you to. Both."

Valka put down her book, and Stoick closed his laptop.

"We're listening." replied Stoick.

"It's about my friend, Sunset."

"What about her?" wondered Valka.

"She's being abused by her step-dad."

Both Valka and Stoick got a look of shock on their faces. Hiccup told them how Sunset told him how he beats her, and abuses her verbally as well saying that she was worthless and pathetic.

"Hiccup how long has this been going on?" questioned Stoick.

"She says since she was six." Hiccup answered.

"The poor girl." replied Valka.

"I don't know what to do, I want to help her, but I don't know how."

"Well, you should tell a teacher at school, and then they'll call the police." declared Stoick.

So the next day, after school, Hiccup went to see Gobber.

"Gobber?"

"Oh, hello Hiccup, need something?"

"It's about Sunset. Remember how you told me to keep an eye on her?"

"Yes, is she okay?"

"No, it turns out she's being abused."

Gobber was shocked.

"Abused, I knew something was strange about those constant injuries."

"What do we do?"

"Well, first thing I'm going to the police station, and tell them what's going on. Do you know Sunset's address?"

"Yes, here it is." said Hiccup, as he wrote it down on a piece of paper.

Once Gobber had the address, he drove straight to the police station.

"May I help, sir?" asked an officer.

"Yes, my name is Gobber, I'm a teacher at Berk High, and I have a student who's being abused by her step-father."

After telling the police everything, they told him that they'd pick her up as soon as possible.

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