Waking up and realizing what Hiccup had agreed to yesterday was shocking to him but got over it quickly as he wanted to figure out what he would train in next so he ran downstairs and was met with his father
"Hey dad what will I train in next?" asked the boy as his father just looked at him in slight amusement
"I'm not sure son, you have already proven yourself as a worthy warrior" Replied his father realizing that he had nothing left to teach his son
"Well I have had the training but I never actually get to fight or go out of Berk" said his son thinking of ways to get stronger
"That's it! I can bring you along on Cheif Duties, It will get you well prepared to take up the position" said Stoick thinking of the perfect plan
"Ok! When will we get started?" Replied an energetic Hiccup exited to learn from the strongest Viking in the village
"I will give you a week of rest and then when shall get started" Replied Stoick thinking his son needed a rest after everything he's been through in the past few days
"Alright! That gives me time to show Gobber what I made, and work on my secret project!" said Hiccup agreeing to have a break so he can work on his new hideaway spot and show his uncle the Balista
As Hiccup ran off to show his uncle his new weapon and started thinking of ideas for his new 'base' the only thing that was in stoicks mind was that his boy was going places
The Forge
"Uncle! I need to show you something" yelled a voice as a man with a hook for a hand tripped over a small bucket after being alerted by the yell
"Gods damn it! Why is it every time you are around I always trip on a bucket!" said an angered voice
"Maybe it's because you are so clumsy" said Hiccup sounding like a smartass
"Boy if you weren't Stoicks son I would give you a major beating" Replied the voice
Suddenly they both started laughing their asses off and one observing could assume that they were both insane
"What is it you wanted to show me boy" said Gobber after getting over his fit of laughter
"It's a new weapon I call the Balista" Hiccup
Replied after he started to walk over to the object covered in a sheet
"Well don't keep me waiting boy let's see it!" said Gobber suddenly excited because all of the boys inventions were ingenious
As Hiccup dramatically threw the sheet up after building up sufficient suspense gobber stared in awe at the machine in front of him
"Well? What does it do!" Said Gobber knowing it would help make the village safer
"It launches metal arrows or bolts fast enough to pierce dragon skin so we can kill dragons while they are still flying at long range" said Hiccup proud of his invention
"Give me a demonstration" said Gobber fully intrigued and not even trying to hide it
"Alright let's bring it outside" said Hiccup as the two pushed the Balista out the doors and onto a slight raise of ground in the woods
"Ok you see that tree right there about fifty metres away" said Hiccup lining up the shot and making sure all his calculations are correct
"Yes" Replied Gobber wanting to see what this weapon could do to said tree
"And fire" said Hiccup as the Balista suddenly make a sound and faster then the eye could follow the struck right through the tree and stuck itself in a rock behind the tree
"By Thor this weapon is incredible!" Said Gobber suddenly going off and listing all the uses for the weapon
"Yeah It sure is gobber let's drag it back I want to start working on a personal project" said Hiccup excited to start his work on his new HQ
"Alright boy but you need to give me the blueprints to this weapon any Viking would kill to have this in their armoury" said Gobber thinking of how much they could increase the militairy power of Berk with this weapon it would definitely help in the fight against dragons
"Alright Gobber but don't change anything there is only one copy so don't fuck it up" said Hiccup conserned that Gobber would mess up his is quite clumsy at times
"Don't tell me what to do boy!" Said Gobber bothered by Hiccup thinking he would mess this up
"Then don't call me a boy you Clumsy Whale!" Replied Hiccup not about to be put down by his uncle
The two started laughing again for no apparent reason looking insane as if they just murdered entire families and still had time to smile
Hiccups HQ
"Ok if I want to make this place an actual secret I'll have to cover up this entire crater"
As Hiccup got to work placing supports and covering the ground with wood and making sure it was able to slide after several tests and three days of hard work he had succeeded in making the crater covered up by wood and started the process of spreading dirt all around the top of the wood and then after another two days of hard work he started throwing grass around so it looked at lease a little natural
The main entrance to his base would be through the waterfall and he would probobly Dig out some secret entrances at a later date
Hiccup had a week left so he started furnishing the base even going far enough to put a forge in the base but with one day left Hiccup decided he wanted a way in the base without getting wet
So through a trail and error system hiccup finally manage to make a way to direct the flow of the waterfall so a person was able to fit through the middle
He hid a Handcrank in the side of the waterfall connected to a pulley system that would push a triangled chunk of stone out into the waterfall effectively pushing the water to each side of the waterfall leaving enough space to fit through and remain relatively dry
"It's not perfect but it's good enough" Hiccup muttered on his way home getting ready for his rest because he would be helping his dad tomorrow