Hiccup walked out of the arena after finally defeating Snotlout and the Twins and knocking Astrid off her high horse, with Heather running after him.
"Hiccup! Hey Hiccup wait" Heather begged grabbing his forearm and halting him.
"What is it? going to berate me for beating up your friends?" Hiccup stated with a piercing wolf stare.
"No they had it coming, I want to apologize for not being there for you and not defending you from those four" Heather proclaimed.
"Why bother wasting your time with me rather than hang your sister figure?" Hiccup questioned "Now that I've improved myself you suddenly want to talk to me, forgive me if not exactly in a trusting mood, just saying sorry is empty as my life growing up" he stated sternly.
"Your right you have every right not to trust me with words alone" Heather replied "I understand if you're angry at me" she brushed her hair sheepishly.
"I was never angry with you; I was disappointed and hurt by your lack of action of sticking up for me" Hiccup claimed.
"I know I let my pride get in the way just like Astrid and your right words alone are not enough but believe me when I say even if I stopped seeing you," Heather said reaching into her pouch on her belt and pulling out a necklace, a threaded leather string with a half-moon shape with a gold and black jewel in its place 'Friends 4 ever' H.H.H3+H.H seemed to have been smelted on the rims of the half-moon shaped pendant.
Heather gently grabbed Hiccup's hand and placed the necklace in his palm he looked at the necklace and his eyes widened with realization
Flashback
a smaller Hiccup and Heather were laying on the grass looking at the blue sky and clouds
"Hey Heather" Hiccup suddenly spoke up sitting up.
"What is it Hiccup?" Heather replied sitting up.
"I made you something" Hiccup rubbed his neck shyly "It took a while to get it all ready" he said.
"Well what is it"
Hiccup then pulled out a necklace, a threaded leather string with a half-moon shape with a gold and black jewel in its place 'Friends 4 ever' H.H.H3+H.H seemed to have been smelted on the rims of the half-moon shaped pendent "I made this for you, it will show no matter what we will always be friends" he smiled shyly, Heather gently took it and looked it over, it was well crafted for someone his age his time with Gobber paid off.
"Hiccup its beautiful I like it" Heather smiled with a tint of pink on her cheeks "And I promise as long as I have this, I'll always remember" she smiled giving him a short hug making him blush.
End Flashback
Hiccup snapped out of it "This is the necklace I made you when we were kids" he gasped "You've kept it with you all these years?" he asked.
"Even If I stopped seeing you, I never stopped caring about you and our friendship, the bond we had, and the remorse I felt for abandoning you" Heather smiled sadly "From the very bottom of my heart I'm sorry, I want to be friends again and correct the wrong I caused you please give me another chance to be your friend, a friend you've needed" she pleaded tears starting to form.
"Never liked seeing you cry," Hiccup said, embracing her in a warm hug, which she hugged back with a smile and placed her face on his shoulder.
"Thank you I missed seeing you" Heather smiled.
"I missed you to" Hiccup smiled back.
"Let me wear it finally instead of carrying it" Heather smirked moving her hair out of the way with her hand, Hiccup nodded and put it over her head and carefully clipped it at the back, she turned around the necklace stopped above her upper-chest, the jewel made Heather's eyes pop.
"Glad you're wearing it; it looks nice" Hiccup commented.
"Come one let's get some lunch" Heather smiled as the two headed off, Friends again at last this time for good, Gobber was watching the two from the arena door "Friends become one once again" he smirked "This time don't let the other one go" he finished.
At the Great Hall
Hiccup and Heather were sitting at a table together eating, Hiccup sensed trouble coming "hmm" he sighed and got out his Hidden sword from its sheath and the door slammed open and a bruised Astrid and Twins and Snotlout burst in irate.
"I guess you didn't get enough?" Hiccup stood ready "Ready for another round?" he questioned with a cold and piercing gaze.
"Get him" Astrid snarled the Twins and Snotlout charged forward, Hiccup just stood there he dart to the side at an angle with a low kick to Tuffnut's ankle knocking the leg off balance as he grabbed his arm turned threw the male twin on the ground over his shoulder, he ducked a swing without looking rammed his elbow in the female twins' ribs snapped around rammed his forehead in Ruffnut's face and slammed a frontal kick in her stomach knocking her back but moving forward wrapped an arm around her waist hoisted her up spiked her on the floor, he parried Snotlout's heavy but sloppy strikes, he blocked a swing with his arm grabbed her wrist slammed the hammer side of his fist on his bully cousins arm stunning it and slammed a right-cross on his jawline stepped forward and hit his elbow hard in nose shifted kicked his leg out with a sweep-kick knocking Snotlout off balance grabbed his head slammed it twice on a table yanked him up grabbing an arm moving his hips flipped his cousin over the table.
His stone-cold gaze settled on a steaming Astrid "Once again you send your flunkies after me, typical Astrid" he stated.
"RAAAGHHH!" Astrid roared and charged but a fist slammed into her face dropping her, but it wasn't Hiccup's this time, it was Heather's who came to his defense.
"Heather explain yourself" Astrid glared.
"I don't have to explain anything to you, I don't answer to you" Heather stood defiant.
"Why are you defending that Nobody?" Astrid spat.
"He is not a Nobody, His Name is Hiccup and he's my friend" Heather snapped.
"We're both warriors, Vikings he's nothing!" Astrid yelled.
"He's a better warrior and friend than you ever were!" Heather yelled back "He watched my back on the first day of Dragon Training, you only thought of yourself" she stated "If all you ever cared was being the best, then you never cared about me" she said.
"I do care, I care he'll drag you down and you'll be criticized for being near him, is that what you want?" Astrid questioned.
"What I want is a real friend" Heather stated "but it was never with you or those three bullies, I wanted the friend I lost when we were kids" Heather answered "I have a second chance, I'm not going to waste it" she claimed.
"Everyone sit down and Shuddup!" Gobber ordered, everyone in the Greathall sat at a table as Hiccup and Heather sat together "and listen up" he said "Hoark and Phlegma you have something you like to bring up?" he questioned.
"Someone else needs to be The Keeper to feed the dragons and take the night shift to watch them, look what that Terror did" Hoark said holding a bandaged arm.
"And that Nadder almost took my head off" Phelgma snapped.
"Alright so who wants to take the Duties of The Dragon's Night Keeper, to make sure they're fed and able to train with?" Gobber asked.
"Hel No! They can starve for all I care!"
"I wouldn't go near those beasts"
"Um no" Fishlegs shook his head.
"I rather walk in and Kill them in their sleep" Snotlout snorted.
"Sorry Berk needs a Healer nearby" Heather shook, Hiccup just looked around and saw everyone shaking no and some snorting with disgust, he looked at Gobber again with disappointment as the most battle-hardened Vikings didn't have the nerve to feed the penned Dragon's.
"Pfft" Hiccup scoffed quietly, then his expression steeled and he stood tall "I'll do it" he spoke silencing the Greathall before most everyone but Gobber and Heather laughed at him.
"You're kidding right, you'll get yourself killed" Hoark scoffed "We'll get someone more Viking-like" he stated.
"Oh then why don't you and the other's do it?" Hiccup replied "Lost your nerve?" he questioned.
"What did you say?" Hoark growled.
"You heard me, you lot have no problem fighting Dragons out in the open, but too afraid to feed them when their enclosed it's embarrassing" Hiccup replied with no fear.
"Raggh!" Hoark, Phelgma and another roared charging at Hiccup with battle axe. Still, Hiccup quickly drew his sword and snapped them out running forward doing a cross-block with an axe, then turned to the side fling his arms down throwing the axe from Phelgma's hands hitting the unknown Viking swinging the flat of his sword on her ankle knocking her off balance spinning around kicking Phelgma into Hoark.
"Since you guys respond only to force, I'll tell you what I told those thugs:" gesturing to Astrid, Snotlout and the Twins "I'll not be pushed around anymore, so you push me I'll push back harder, you try to hit me I'll make sure I'll hit back twice as hard" he vowed.
"You've gone and done made your Point" Gobber stopped the hostility "So Hiccup you wish to be The Keeper to feed the Dragon's and keep watch, at Night?" he questioned.
"Someone has to grow a spine" Hiccup answered with a nod looking resolute and dead serious.
"Okay Hiccup from this night and going Forth, you'll shall be the Dragon Keeper, seeing how you're the only one brave enough to" Gobber nodded and joked at the others "Now that's a Viking" he finished.