Disclaimer: I don't own httyd.
AN: BerkDragonRider: I aim to please! No, I won't answer your question. Why not, because I don't want to spoil you or anyone about the future of my slaves... I mean characters...
HTTYD lover01: I hope I don't run out of ideas... If that happened then I wouldn't be able to post a new chapter
Arc: I Do
Days Until Wedding: 16 days
Music I'm Listening To At The Moment: Book Of Nook... Listen to it, trust me, it's very awesome... If you love rap that is...
Additional AN: New favorite music genre... Nightcore! Yeah!
"What Is Happening To Me This Time"
Hiccup awoken somewhat not that tired considered what happened last night. He gazed at his still sleeping fiance and could see the peacefulness on her face. He removed some bangs on her face and she sighed in response. Hiccup smiled softly before kissing her on the forehead and got out of the bed early since he, Stoick and Grudge were starting on building the house that day.
To his knowledge, Stoick and Grudge would be in a meeting before sunrise and would probably finish at lunch which would give him time to spend on making some more improvements and adjustments to his mechanical arm. Hiccup went downstairs and looked inside cabinets and drawers in the kitchen trying to find some fruits for breakfast since he didn't know how to cook and he didn't want to wake Astrid up. After five minutes of searching, he was able to find some apple and ate two of them before stuffing the others inside a satchel and made his way towards the forge.
Hiccup loved these moments in the morning. The fresh air, the smell of bread being baked for the day, children being forced to wake up early to start their chores(that's one of the things he didn't miss during his youth) and young women bathing on the lake(Hey... Hiccup's still a guy and can't help but ogle a little bit...)
He eventually got the forge and, unsurprisingly, it was still locked. Ever since Hiccup defeated the Red Death, Gobber started trusting Hiccup more and gave him the keys to the forge. Hiccup knew better though. He knew that Gobber was being lazy and was using Hiccup to lessen the load that he was supposed to do.
Hiccup started the fire on the hearth and opened the windows in the forge to let the morning air in. Hiccup then retrieved some of his drawings from his room and put it on a table so he could see it properly. From putting spikes on the knuckles to hiding a throwable dagger below elbow, Hiccup was having a fun time trying to think of things to add to his already weaponized arm.
Hiccup, who was already used to experimenting on his arm, stuck his arm out and put on the heart to let the metal on his arm soften so he could work on it, only to retract it and wince in pain as his arm burned from the fire. Hiccup looked at his prosthetic confusingly and noticed that nothing was damaged. He slowly put his arm back to the fire and just like before retracted it as he felt the pain from being burned once again.
Now he was more confused as ever. He then tried something different by grabbing a hammer and smashed his arm with it. Normally, the only thing he could hear would be metal clashing with metal but this time the only thing he could hear was his own scream as he felt the pain of impact. How can this be possible?! What is happening to me?! Hiccup mentally swore to himself as the pain finally subsided.
He focused on his arm and tried to lift the table near him and he did. He punched a nearby wall and just like with the hammer, he recoiled his arm from the pain. He looked at the wall and noticed that it was cracked. So his arm was still obviously made of metal but why could he feel pain? Why now? There was only one person who could answer his questions and whether she will help him or not that was the real problem.
"Acne!" Hiccup knocked on the shaman's door "Are you awake? Acne!"
The door opened abruptly and socked Hiccup on the face "I'm awake no w ye fool! Wut is it do ye wunt?!" Acne snapped, the bags under her eyes were apparent, as she kicked Hiccup on the knee
"Ouch!" Hiccup hopped on one leg as he nursed the one kicked by Acne "I'm sorry! I just came here because I want you to check my arm!"
"Come inside..." Acne groaned, her day couldn't get any worse than it already was. He motioned Hiccup to sit down as she started boiling some water for her morning herbal drink. "So... Wut seems ta be de problem?"
Hiccup sighed and explained to her what happened in the forge and by the end of his story, Acne had a serious expression on her face.
"That is rather peculiar... Since ye are de first one ta use an inorganic material as a replacement, it would take me some time to find an explanation ta yer problem however, I could take a look inside yer arm and see wut's going inside it..." she explained.
Hiccup nodded and Acne motioned for him to raised his arm. She then closed her eyes and when she opened them again, her eyes glowed yellow just like last time.
"Syna taka sem eigi aldri bykkja!" she ominously chanted and silence took place after.
Hiccup didn't move for a bout five minutes until Acne let go of his hand and the glowing of her eyes seized. She glanced at Hiccup astonishingly
"What is it? What did you see?" Hiccup asked, afraid of what might become of his arm
"Your arm..." Acne muttered "For some strange reason, your nerve clusters fused with the prosthetic"
"Is that a good thing or bad thing?" Hiccup asked curiously, clearly not seeing the severity of the situation like Acne did, that is until he saw the look Acne gave him "Ok... Definitely a bad thing... The question is, how did this happen?"
Acne narrowed her eyes "Tell me... Did something peculiar happen last night?"
Hiccup thought about it and then he remembered the incident with Astrid "Last night, when me and Astrid were asleep in my room. After midnight, Astrid started thrashing around and I held on to her for thirty until suddenly she stopped and slept peacefully again."
Acne's eyes widened "What else happened?"
Hiccup shrugged "I don't know... I immediately went back to sleep."
"Hmm... For now, continue wit wut ye always do while I figure tis out." Acne guided back out her door and then smiled at him before slamming the door shut
Hiccup sighed as he walked back to the forge. It was only when he went inside the forge again did her realize his problem, if he wanted to experiment with his arm again, he must deal with the pain that came with it. Hiccup winced when he thought about the things he was about to do and groaned. His day couldn't get any worse...
First thing on his list, remove his hand so that he could install the knuckles on it... Goody...
Hiccup raised an axe above his head over his hand. Before he brought the axe down, he closed his eyes and bit on a cloth so that his screams wouldn't be heard outside. With a mighty heave he swung the axe and cut his metallic hand off. The cloth muffled his screams but it didn't help in keeping Hiccup's tears from pouring from his eyes.
He could feel the pain. He still had his eyes closed so he could imagine blood pouring from the open wound. He peeked at his arm and to his relief there was no blood oozing out. He retrieved his spare hand he preheated on the hearth to stick to his now bare arm. He pressed the hot hand to the base of his arm and resisted the urge to scream again.
He could not get used to this pain. This was too much for him. Hiccup panted as he held the spare hand tightly so that it would not fall from his arm. After five minutes, he tested the hand if it would move and just like before it did. He frowned. How was this possible. He could feel the pain but it didn't last that long since his arm was still technically made of iron. This... was not good news...
-Haddock Household-
Astrid woke up with a massive headache like a hammer was continuously bashed on her head. She groaned as she sat up and looked around for her fiance.
Hiccup's clothes aren't around... He did say that they were building the house today Astrid mused to herself. She stretched her stiff body and stood up from the bed. She went over the reflecting glass to fix her tangled hair. She fixed her hair with a comb without looking at her reflection since she had her eyes closed.
After fixing herself, she went downstairs and saw that breakfast wasn't ready. It was understandable since Stoick did have a meeting in the morning and Hiccup was doing something that he might possibly regret later, like usual. Astrid sighed as it was her job, again, to make breakfast for these men. Grunt was fine on his own since he never leaves the house without eating because he is known to complain when he went out on an empty stomach.
Astrid grumbled when she tried to think of something to cook and the only thing she could come up with was the broth she made Hiccup a few weeks ago. She continued to grumble while her body subconsciously started moving on its own. Her hands reached for some vegetables and chopped them on the board in front of her then she reached for some spices and sprinkled some of it on the chopped vegetables.
She then boiled some water on a pot and then went to get some meat. Astrid didn't know what she was cooking but it was as if her body did. She shrugged and continued following her instincts. While the water was boiling, she glanced on her reflection on the water near her. She gasped at her reflection.
She touched the area near the eyes to see if it was just her imagination but to her horror it wasn't. She abandoned her cooking and ran outside the house, not before locking it. There was only one person who could explain to what was happening to her eye. She just hoped that that that person could help her.
AN: That sentenced though XD "that that that" and yes, it is grammatically correct. I've checked... Enjoy and Review!
