Setting up and moving in
Hiccups POV:
I woke up to the sun shining on my face letting me know it was time for me to get up and start my day. I sat up in my bed and yawned while I stretched to remove the stiffness in my muscles before I said to myself.
"That was possibly the most comfortable sleep I've had in my entire life." I reluctantly got out of bed and did a few more stretches before making my bed. Once I was done I ran down stares to see my dragons. When I got down there I found them waiting for me expectantly. I knew they wanted to go catch breakfast. "Okay everyone we'll go get breakfast as soon as I get the baskets on your backs so we can start collecting."
They all growled in approval before I went over to the baskets and placed them on my dragons as I made a mental note to make the saddles, which could carry the baskets. Once they were on we were off.
Half an hour later
We arrived back at the cave with one of our biggest catches. When all the fish was on the ground I saw we had enough to last us the entire day. I smiled at this since I knew we wouldn't be able to go fishing again today since I would be busy setting the stuff from the ship up and building other things for the cave. I even had the idea to build a statue of Odin in one of the empty rooms so I would be able to pray to him when I needed and also statues of my dragons for around the library so I could keep track of the different species and help spruce up the place. I then left the cave to go inform my father that I would be out all day today.
When I arrived at the village I went to the great hall where I knew everyone would be having breakfast. When I entered the hall I had to hold back my laughter at what I saw. Everyone was staying away from Snotlout and the twins. I guess they didn't wash off the slime until the stench got soaked into their skin. I walked past them and grabbed some bread, water and some egg. Before grabbing a seat and began to eat. While I was eating I wondered if I should get some livestock for my hideout and start collecting water incase the well runs dry. As I ate one of the villager men came up to me and said.
"Good morning Hiccup."
"Good morning and what can I do for you?"
"Well you see I was just wondering if I could touch your stone of good fortune?" I looked at him confused.
"Why do you want to do that?"
"You remember what Gobber said. All you have to do is come in contact with the stone and good luck will follow you."
"Well I don't know-"He cut off by saying.
"Please I'll pay you." I looked at him curiously.
"What will you pay me with?"
"I'll give you a chicken." I thought this was a very generous offer.
"Sure sounds fair just give me some time to put together a chicken coop for it and when it's done I'll let you touch the stone." He nodded and shook my hand.
"Thank you Hiccup and by the way do you have any idea why Snotlout and the twins reek so badly?" I smiled.
"Yeah they followed me last night so I played a prank on them and said the secret to my success in dragon training was rubbing pond scum all over myself." He burst out laughing.
"Good one."
He then walked off so I could continue my breakfast. I continued eating my breakfast and as I did I got more offers and by the end I was going to get eight chickens, five sheep and two yaks. I knew that this meant I would have more work waiting for me when I get back to the hide out but I don't care since the livestock will just help make life a little easier for me and besides I could use some of my fire wood to make the animal pens. Once I was done I immediately got up and ran to my hideout while avoiding Snotlout and the twins because their stench could probably even knock my dragons out. The only time I stopped was to pick up a few jugs so I could start collecting water incase the well ran dry for some reason since it doesn't hurt to be prepared, two metal bowls for the bear statues so I could light fires in them and some nails to hang the paintings and put together the chicken coop along with some hay for the coop.
When I arrived back at the hideout I put everything down in the main room and wrote the new things that I needed to do on my to-do list before I began gathering my dragons. Once they were gathered I looked at all of them and said.
"Okay everyone there's a lot to do today and I'm going to need your help to do it so I need all of you ready to work okay?" They let out roars of understanding before getting into different positions. I chuckled at this before walking to Violet.
"Okay girl I'm going to need your help plowing the fields of the cove by dragging your tail with your spikes out across the ground okay girl." She growled in understanding before flying off to get the job done. I turned over to Scorch and Gas and Flash.
"Okay you guy I need you guys to move some of the logs and branches from the woodpile into that room." I pointed to a medium sized room. They nodded and began moving the wood. I then looked at Bladewing. "Okay Bladewing I need you to go out and cut a nice big strong tree down and bring it back okay?" He roared in understanding before I looked at Bones. "Bones go with him and help him with the tree." He growled in understanding before they flew out through the sea entrance. I then looked at Thunder and Diggs. "Okay you guys go out and find different types of stones and bring them here." They looked at me confused. "I want to try some things with Coals lava on different stones when I'm done setting up." They growled in understanding before flying off. I then looked at Angel. "Okay girl go stand guard outside the forest entrance and if you see anyone hypnotize them so they'll forget this place." She let out a huff of approval before leaving. I turned to Scaulder. "Keep watch at the sea entrance okay?" Scaulder swam out the cave to keep guard. I turned to Sharpshot and Smoky. "You guys go wait in the library and wait for me. I'm going to need you guys to help put the books away." They flew off to the library like I said before I looked at Coal. "Okay boy wait in the forge because I'm going to need your help setting it up." He did as he was told before I looked at my snaptrapper. "Okay girls you go wait in the cove because you're going to help me plant the seeds and please take the seeds out with you." She then walked over to the seeds and each head picked up a few seed and went into the tunnel that leads to the cove. I then looked at Toothless. "Okay bud, keep an eye on everyone and if any fights break out come and get me and when Diggs, Bones or Bladewing come back let me know." He growled in understanding before walking off to check on Sharpshot and Smoky.
I first went over to the archery cove and began to set up the targets at the end of the cave against the back of the caves wall. Once they were up I placed the bow and arrows at the entrance of the cavern so I could practice later. I examined the cave and realized that I should maybe put a long table a few feet in front of the targets and use it as a place to rest my bow, arrows and a table to put some paper down so I can write my progress. I took my lists out and added make a table for the archery cave. I then left the cave to continue.
I then walked into the cove so I could see how Violet did with plowing the fields. When I came out I was amazed at what an amazing job she did as she had plowed a perfectly lovely field in straight rows. I smiled and walked up to her and gave her a scratch behind the neck as she purred in happiness while I was saying.
"Great job girl this will do great for my fruit and vegetable garden. Now go relax and don't worry I'll call you when it's time to start plowing an area for the flower garden." I watched her walk back into the cave before I turned to my snaptrapper who was sitting in the shade. I walked up to her and said.
"You ready to do some planting girls." They let out roars of approval. "Okay girls each of you take a bag of seeds and slowly sprinkle them in the dirt rows."
I then hopped on their back and began to steer them as they sprinkled the seeds. Once they were done I admired the now freshly planted field and gave each head a scratch while saying.
"Nice work girls now go take a break."
They walked away before Toothless came into the cove, got behind me and nudged me into the cave. As we entered I saw a large tree with Bladewing and Bones waiting by it. I smiled and said.
"Great job guys now go relax."
They roared in approval before sitting down and resting. I then examined the tree and smiled because it was long enough and after I cut off the branches I could use it to hold the bell. I then realized I would have to build a catwalk up there so I could reach the bell and maybe build a catwalk around the treetops in the forest outside so I could keep an eye out for people. I decided I would save the preparing for later so I went to set up the furniture.
I started with the chairs by placing them in the back of the library in front of the fireplace so I could read in comfort. I then got the two bear statues and placed them on the sides of the library entrance but then decided they don't really look good there so I moved them to the sides of my bedroom entrance. I smiled at them because I thought they looked a lot better there. I then placed the metal bowls in their arms and grabbed some wood and put them in the bowls for later. I then had Toothless help me move the couches into the middle of the library where I thought they looked quite nice but I decided to take the third one and put it in the art room so I could sit down and enjoy the art. . I then decided to move the material I had up into my room where I would make some new clothes or blankets or whatever needed to be made. I then went over to the skeleton sculptures and took them to the entrance and hung them on the walls and said.
"These should keep some nosy Vikings away for a bit."
I then went into the museum and began putting nails into the walls so I could hang up the artwork. Once I was done I hung up the paintings but took the time to admire the detail and beauty in the paintings. For the vases I decided I'd put them on some well cut logs that were standing right up but I hadn't gotten them yet so the vases would have to wait so I placed them on the side I then went back to the library to start putting the books and maps away. It took me half an hour with Sharpshot and Smoky helping me by passing me the books and maps while I was on the higher level. Once that was complete I found that the books and maps filled a quarter of the library before I shrugged and went to see how Scorch along with Gas and Flash are doing.
I entered the cave to find them resting with a few logs and branches around them. I then had them move one of the large logs against the wall on its end and add another large one to its side except with a gap since I was planning to put the gate there. They appeared to be like one fallen tree with a gap in it. I then had them move another two logs to the corner except turned so they make a large square in shape. I then proceeded to stab branches into the ground to make fence posts before I nailed branches to them to make the actual fence and added in the gate to it. (Like the fences you see on Berk with Large logs on the bottom for the bases) I then proceeded to make a smaller version of it on the other side for the sheep since the larger one is for the yaks. Once that was done I started making the chicken coop and made a much smaller version of the sheep pen around it so the chickens would be able to walk around a bit. I smiled at my handy work before I heard wings flapping outside.
I walked out and found Thunder and Diggs dropping different kinds of stones onto the ground in the middle of the cave. I walked up to the both of them and gave each a few pats on their noses while saying.
"Great job guys now take some time to relax." They purred in acceptance before going to a quiet place in the cave to rest. I looked at all the different rocks. "I wonder what lava they'll each make and what I can make out of the lava." I then looked around. "I've really got to stop talking to myself." I shrugged before heading to the cave I was planning to turn into my own forge. When I entered I found Coal resting against a wall. I rolled my eyes at this before I walked up to her and gently patted her side. He looked at me curiously. "Okay boy time to start setting everything up." He still looked at me curiously before I ran my hand through my hair. "Just help me move some stuff." He growled in understanding before I began to unpack the boxes and telling him where to put the objects. This took ten minutes thanks to his help and when we were done I had a great forge with my tools on a table that was resting against the cave wall, the molds were hung up on the opposite wall and the anvil was in the middle. I new I would still need to put together a smelter before I could start making any weapons. "Good job boy now go rest outside but keep away from the stones for now because I want to try something with them later on." He growled in understanding and left. I looked around admiring the forge and I couldn't wait to get to work on it.
I then decided I would sort out the tree and took my saw. I walked up to the tree and began to cut off the branches. This took me fifteen minutes and another half an hour to turn the tree into a square beam. I looked at the beam and smiled before I went over to Toothless and hopped on and hovered us up to the cave top. I studied the sides of the top and felt that they would be good to hold the support beam with the bell. I then had Diggs dig small holes into the sides so I could place the bell. I then had Bladewing and Bones lift it up the beam and put it in place. Once I checked that it was properly in place and stable by standing on it and once I knew it was stable I went back down and tied the strongest chains I had around the bells hook before I had Toothless fly me back up. I then had Scorch and Violet take the bell up where I hung it and smiled at it. I then remembered that I still had to build a non-dragon way up here. I shrugged it off and decided I would put some blueprints for a way up here later when I put blueprints for the statues together. I then had Toothless take me down.
Toothless gently landed on the ground where I dismounted him and gave him a gentle pat on the head. I then went to the room with all the weights and saw them all just randomly lying around so I called Toothless in to help me move them around. It took two minutes and we had them arranged from smallest to largest. Once I was done I looked down at my body before looking at Toothless and saying.
"Well bud looks like I'm going to be spending a lot of time in here."
He looked at me with a look that said. 'Are you serious' before turning around and walking out. I sighed and said.
"These next few days are not going to be easy."
I then left the room and decided I should go pick up my animals so I grabbed my wagon, which was sort of hard to pull, but not too heavy so I was able to pull it with just a bit of difficulty and left the hideout and went to the village.
When I arrived I went to the house of the first person that made an offer. I knocked on his door and he opened it and smiled and I smiled back before asking.
"You got my chicken?" He smiled.
"Straight to the point I see. Don't worry I've got your chicken just give me a second."
He quickly ran back into his house and returned with a chicken in his hands I smiled at him before taking the chicken and putting my stone in his hand but kept it around my neck. He rubbed it in his hands and said.
"Oh, thank you Hiccup."
"You're welcome."
I then took off to gather the rest of my livestock. I collected livestock for twenty minutes before I was leading my two yaks who were pulling my wagon which was full of my sheep and chickens with a big smile on my face since I now had a male and female yak so I could breed them and the same went for my chicken and sheep. Once we arrived at the hideout I unloaded my animals into their different pens and took my wagon off my yaks and put them in their pen. Once I was done I told my dragons that these animals are not for eating and spent five minutes making sure they got it into their heads.
I then remembered I still have to place the glowing crystals into the room entrance frames and hallways. I then went over to the crate, which had the crystals and called Coal over and placed the crate on his back. We then proceeded to go to entrance to entrance and plant the crystals into the sides of the cave entrance frames and hallway walls. Once we were done I walked into the middle of the cave and looked around and admired the way the crystals lit up the entrances to the different rooms. I then looked at Coal and said.
"This is going to make finding my way around at night so much easier." I then began scratching the back of his neck. "Thanks for the help boy."
He purred in comfort before I realized it was beginning to get close to sundown so I decided I would finish work tomorrow. For dinner we had the left over fish for dinner. Once we had eaten I went into the library and picked out the translation books and took them up to my room for a little studying. I went through the Norse to French book and learnt everything on the first few pages, which was easy since I could somehow just remember things after I read them or heard them although I'm not sure how I do it. (He has a photographic memory in this story) I didn't get lonely up in my room however since Speedy decided to come up and keep me company. Every now and again I would stroke his head and talk to him at times as I studied. When I finished studying the book I completely knew the language French. I then looked at Speedy and said to him.
"Well I'm going to bed now so goodnight speedy." I then took off my jacket and shoes before I hopped into bed.
Six hours later
I got up and let out a yawn while stretching out my muscles and decided I should get down stairs to take care of breakfast. I walked downstairs and found all my dragons waiting for me. I ran a hand through my hair and looked at my dragons that were all looking at me expectantly. I knew they wanted to go catch breakfast. I sighed and said.
"Okay everyone let's go catch some breakfast." I then attached the baskets to them before hopping on Toothless and taking off.
Two hours later
We arrived back for the last time for fishing. It had gone with us going to catch fish before coming back, dropping them off and leaving to pick up more so we wouldn't have to go get some more for a while. We now had a twenty-foot tall pile of fish. I smiled at it before I told my dragons.
"Eat up everyone we're going to be busy today." They all then began to eat hungrily. While they did that I left for the village to grab some breakfast for myself and for my animals.
When I arrived I went straight to the Great Hall. Once I arrived I picked up some egg, some bacon and some water before sitting down at a table and began to eat. As I ate I began to draw up plans for the statues of the gods and my dragons. I had the idea to make the statues of metal so they wouldn't be damaged easily. I then realized that I would have a tough time getting enough metal to make that many statues of such size. I then remembered that trader Johan was meant to visit today and he might have enough scrap metal for me and with my current luck he would probably have more than enough and I did give him some extra stuff last time so I could get some stuff when he comes without trading anything to him this time. It was then that a horn was sounded signaling the arrival of Johan. I then quickly grabbed my last piece of bread and ran out towards the docks to see Johan.
When I arrived I found a few people conducting trade with the man on his ship. When I hopped on he took notice of me and smiled before he said.
"Master Hiccup. I was wondering when Berks latest teen dragon training star would show up." I chuckled.
"Hey Johan I don't suppose you have any scrap metal." He smiled.
"As a matter of fact, half of my ships storage is full of it." I looked at him with a cocked eyebrow.
"Why do you have so much scrap metal?" He sighed.
"Well I got some from an old blacksmith who traded them for ten rolls of material and some of the metal weapons I had were broken when I hit some rocks in a storm but I kept them because I figured someone would want it to make some metal weapons or something." I smiled.
"How much for the whole lot?" He looked at me shocked.
"Why do you want so much metal?"
"I need it for a project of mine." He rubbed his chin.
"Well you did give some of that extra stuff last time so you just give me a few rubs of that stone of yours and the metal is yours." I smiled.
"Deal." Johan then picked up the stone while it was around my neck and rubbed it vigorously for a minute before letting go smiling.
"I'll help you unload the metal onto the dock."
"Thanks."
We then proceeded to unload all the metal onto the dock and as we did I realized I now have more than enough to make the statues. I figured I would also give the leftover metal to Smoky to make his nest. Once we were done Johan left Berk and I now had to transport all the metal to my hideout. I decided I would grab my yaks and wagon to bring the metal back. I looked at Gobber who was beginning to walk past me and said.
"Hey Gobber could you keep an eye on my metal for me while I grab my Yaks." He looked at me and smiled.
"Sure, Hiccup I'll be glad to."
I thanked him before running to my hideout and grabbing my yaks and wagon before bringing it down to the dock and filling it with all the metal that I could before I took it back to the hideout. I did this three more times before I got it all along with some hay for my animals. It really surprised me how much metal Johan had on his ship though.
Once I arrived I unloaded the metal outside the forge with the other metal before I walked to my animal pens and put my yaks back in their pen before I gave some hay to the yaks and some to the sheep. When I left the animal pens I looked at the leftover fish and realized I still need to get ice for one of the caves so I could keep my meat, fish and eggs fresh and keep my water cold. I knew that I would have to take care of the statues later since the fish were more important and could rot faster. I then realized I couldn't take ice from the glacier since it would cause too much attention among the villagers. I then remembered where a small piece of land was and that it had a large glacier on it and it's in the middle of the ocean was. I saw it when my dad took me on a fishing trip. I knew that if I took ice from there no one would even notice and it would be the perfect chance to test out my ship since it could carry the ice and Scaulder could help push it to the glacier. I smiled before grabbing some tools, heading to my ship and calling my dragons over. Once I was on the deck I saw all my dragons were present I told them.
"Okay guys we're going to collect some ice and I'm going to need help with it so who will come with me?"
They all gave roars of approval and I smiled before going to the forge to pick up some tools for cutting the ice. Once I had gathered the tools I loaded them onto the ship and took the wheel. Scaulder pulled the ship out of the cave as Sharpshot and Smoky rested on my shoulders while the others either rested on deck or flew around the ship.
Half an hour later
We arrived at the glacier and I let the anchor down once we had hit the land. I let the board walk down and got off the ship with my tools as my dragons went to explore the glacier except Toothless who stayed with me. I walked up to a short piece of the glacier and placed my hand on it. I felt the cold surface on the palm of my hand before I smiled and said.
"This will do."
I then took my saw out and began to cut it off the larger piece of the glacier. Once it was completely cut off I had Toothless take it back to the ship and place it in the ships haul. We repeated this until Sharpshot came running while letting out screams of alarm. I looked at the little terror before kneeling and asking.
"Sharpshot what's wrong?" He grabbed my sleeve and began to pull on it, which meant he wanted me to follow him. I grabbed my tools and followed to where he wanted me to go. I followed him for a few seconds before he stopped and pointed in front of him. I looked at what he was pointing at and I felt my eyes widen, as I was looking straight at a Skrill completely frozen in the ice. I felt Sharpshot climb up my body until he was resting on my shoulder. I shook my head before scratching the back of Sharpshots head and said.
"Nice work big guy." I then looked at Toothless and said. "Go get everyone. We're going to need their help." He let out a huff before running off to get everyone. I looked at Sharpshot. "Let's get to work."
I then proceeded to cut around the Skrill so I could transport it to the cave and melt it out of there. I worked for an hour before I was done cutting around it and had my dragons transport it to the ship. Once it was on I lifted the anchor and had Scaulder pull the ship back into the water.
Half an hour later
We arrived back at the hideout and I immediately had my dragons unload the Skrill in the ice and move it into the middle of the cave to defrost. I then turned to Sharpshot and Smoky and said.
"The minute the ice begins to defrost let me know."
They growled in understanding before I went back to the ship where the other dragons were beginning to unload the ice. I then proceeded to direct them to move the ice into the empty cave where I would be storing the ice. I then realized that I needed to close up the cave to keep the cold in. It then hit me the cave entrance wasn't as big as the others. It was around my height and I had plenty of metal so I could make a metal door to keep the cold in and there would still be enough for the statues and for Smokys nest. I then ran to my forge but then remembered I didn't have a smelter yet but then I remembered reading that the flame of the nadder burns with the intensity of the sun so Violet would be perfect for melting my iron. I called Violet over and we immediately got to work with her melting the metal down and me handling the rest such as pounding it, shaping the pieces and cooling them. We worked for half an hour before the door was finished and put in. Once that was done I decided I should move all the fish in what was now my cold storage. I picked up all the fish and put them into the baskets so I could move them faster. I was up to the third full basket when I saw my dragons giving pleading looks. I sighed before placing the basket on the ground and said.
"Okay just one for each of you though."
They growled happily before I reached into the basket and threw each of them a fish that they ate happily. I smiled before continuing to move the fish into the cold storage room. I did this for five more minutes before I realized I had yet to milk my yaks, see if my chickens laid eggs and fill the jugs I had with water. I decided that since I now had a place to store the food I should start collecting it and save the unpacking of the ships deck for after. I then grabbed a bucket, a stool and a jug so I could start milking my yak along with a basket to collect the eggs from my chickens.
I entered my animal pens and walked over to my female yak and placed the stool down and putting the bucket underneath her before I began milking. Once the bucket was full I poured the milk into the jug and gave the yak a pat on the side and said.
"Thanks girl."
I then carefully poured the milk into the jug so I could put it in storage. I set it aside and walked over to my chicken coop and began reaching under the chickens and taking the eggs. Once I was done I had fourteen eggs. I proceeded to load them into the basket before taking them and the milk into cold storage. Once that was done I let out a yawn and realized that I was the lack of sleep from pulling that late night study session was catching up with me so I decided to get some sleep since so I could catch up on some. I turned to my dragons and said.
"Okay everyone I'm going up stairs to get some sleep so you can all relax now and if the Skrill breaks out of the ice don't let it leave."
They all let out growls of understanding before I went up to my bedroom to get some sleep. When I got to my bed I literally collapsed on it and fell asleep.
Four hours later
I felt a something bite my leg, which made me shoot up and yell.
"Ouch"
I looked down to see Sharpshot with an urgent look on his face before he ran out of the room. By the look on his face I could tell it was serious so I quickly ran down the stairs. When I entered the main room I found my dragons surrounding the now unfrozen Skrill. I saw the new dragon was very on edge so I decided I better get it something to eat to calm it down. I quickly ran into cold storage and grabbed one of the largest fish we had before running back out into the main room. I slowly approached the Skrill with the fish. It glared daggers at me, which made me nervous, but I carried on. It growled, as I got closer to them so I gently placed the fish in front of it and held my hands up as I slowly walked back between Toothless and Thunder. I watched as it sniffed the fish in front of them before quickly picking it up and devouring it whole. I smiled before approaching it with my hands up and saying.
"There now I bet that helps soothes your hunger a bit after all you must have grown hungry after being stuck in the ice for so long."
I then proceeded to approach it but the Skrill kept growling at me when the growled at it and gave the Skrill a look that I could tell said 'Give the kid a chance!' I smiled at her before walking up to the Skrill and put my hand out to train it. It looked at my hand cautiously before sniffing it and pressing its nose against it. I smiled as I felt the bond being made as I added another member to our group. I smiled and said.
"Welcome to the team lightning." He let out a happy growl before licking my face. I laughed at this before turning to my other dragons and said. "Okay guys give Lightning here a good welcome because I still have some work to do around this place so take care of him."
They all roared in approval while I went to finish taking care of the things I had to do. Such as filling the jugs up with water, sorting out the treasure, taking stock of everything and build the statues along with a catwalk around the bell and steps up to the bell so I walked away to start getting to work.
Seven hours later
I lay on the floor in the middle of the main room of the cave exhausted while surrounded by my dragons that were looking at me curiously. The exhaustion was definitely worth it as I now had complete stock of my food and treasure, a catwalk around the top of my cave around the bell along with a staircase up to it so I would be able to ring it when I liked and some fifteen water filled jugs now resting in cold storage. I also built a Shrine to Odin with a metal statue of him sitting down on a throne along with a torch at each of his sides to illuminate his statue and I was also able to build full life-sized metal statues of my dragons that look amazing in the library and I still had some left over iron which I gave to Smoky to build his nest out of. All in all I was happy with what I had done with the time and resources I had. I turned to my dragons and said.
"Okay guys let's go fishing."
I didn't want to use the fish in cold storage because I wanted to save up for rainy days. I then attached the baskets to them and used some of the baskets from the ship for lightning. I put Toothless's saddle on and we were off.
One hour later
We returned later then usual because it took Lightning to get the hang of things and I wanted us to have some more fish for cold storage. We unloaded the fish on onto the floor in the middle and everyone began digging in while I grabbed one and cooked it for myself. I enjoyed my dinner and my dragons enjoyed theirs before I went up to my room to continue my French studies before I went bed. I studied for about two hours before I went to bed while wondering what adventures tomorrow would hold for me.
Five hours later
I woke up to go outside to get some fresh air so I walked down the stairs and out into the forest entrance. I then smelt smoke and looked towards the direction of the village and saw the glow of fire and smoke rising from it and realized it meant dragon raid. I knew that if I weren't there my dad would be beyond angry for missing my first raid so I quickly ran back in and got Toothless who was not happy about waking up so late but he quickly got over it and we took off to the cove. When we got there I dismounted and told him to wait for me before I ran to the village.
When I got there it was complete hell like all the raids so I quickly picked up a discarded shield and sword and ran in to help. As I entered the battle I saw a Nadder launce some spikes at me which I immediately used the shield to block them. I was hoping to make it through this raid without hurting any dragons. I then ran towards it with swinging my sword knowing some people were watching but luckily I remembered I could put it to sleep with a scratch under the chin so as I ran towards it and dropped the sword. I immediately began scratching its neck and put it to sleep. Once it was out I picked ran up to a Gronkle and did the same with it. I then continued to subdue dragons this way in front of some people but they were to busy fighting the dragons. Then I lost the shield when a monstrous nightmare knocked it out of my hand but I quickly subdued it. I then saw Mr. Hofferson fighting a gronkle but a nadder was right behind him and was getting ready to launch its spikes. I saw he was too busy to notice the nadder so I acted on instinct and pushed him out of the way of the spikes. Luckily, I was so thin because it made the spikes miss me. I then ran up to the gronkle Mr. Hofferson was fighting and quickly subdued it. Once it was subdued I saw that the dragons were leaving which meant the raid was over. I then felt a person's hand rest on my shoulder. I turned to see it was Mr. Hofferson with a smile on his face as he said.
"You saved me from that nadders spike. I owe you my life Hiccup." I was about to reply to this when he continues. "I've got to go get your father. I'll be right back." I watched as he left before Astrid walked up and asked.
"What the hell Hiccup you didn't kill a single dragon."
"Well I find that better and faster to subdue the dragons and kill them later because this way we can have some new dragons for the arena, we lose less food this way and the dragons cause less damage this way." She gritted her teeth at me.
"So what I'm hearing is that you're a pathetic coward who's afraid to kill dragons. It's no wonder your dad believes you're nothing but a disappointment." I was beginning to get angry with her.
"My dad doesn't think I'm a disappointment. He loves me and maybe if you focused on the bigger picture you would be able to get more done."
"Well at least my mothers still alive and didn't die protecting a runt like she did for you." This made my blood boil and I yelled.
"DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT AGAIN! MY DAD LOVES ME AS DID MY MOTHER AND THE ONLY DISSAPOINTMENT I SEE IS YOU!" She then did something I didn't expect. She punched me right in the face, which would definitely give me a black eye. As I hit the ground I heard her father yell angrily.
"ASTRID HOFFERSON!"
I slowly began to get up and enjoyed the sight of the look of terror on Astrid's face. I saw Mr. Hofferson run up to us with Gobber. They both glared at her as Gobber helped me up. Mr. Hofferson glared at his daughter before turning to me with an apologetic look as he said.
"Hiccup I am so sorry for my daughter's behavior and she will be- "
I raised a hand to silence before giving one last glare at Astrid before walking away into the forest to get back to my hideout. As I walked away I heard yelling at Astrid about insulting and hitting the man who saved his life.
When I arrived back at the hideout it was still late so all of my dragons except Speedy were asleep. When Speedy saw me enter I'm guessing he saw my eye because he ran up to me with a concerned look. I smiled at him and gave him a scratch on the back of his neck as I said.
"I'm okay Speedy just a little bruise that I need to get some ice on."
I then walked over to the cold storage room and picked up a small block of ice and pressed it against my eye. I decided to go up to my room and get some more studying done since I could be up for a while holding this ice against my now black eye. I sighed as I felt the cold on my bruise. I sighed before I looked at Speedy and said.
"You know it's times like these I wish I could stay away from the village." He gave me a look that clearly asked 'Then why don't you just live here?'.
"I can't live here because-"
I cut myself off as I realized that nothing was stopping me from living here after all I did have everything I needed to survive and more. I would say I could live here for months and no one would find me since nobody ever comes this deep into the forest and if they do they probably wouldn't notice the cave entrance since it was so blended into the mountain. I rubbed my chin with my free hand and said.
"You know what I think I will move in here since I have everything I need to live in comfort but I still need to tell my dad about it." I gave Speedy a pat on the head. "I better go tell my dad that I'm moving out."
I then ran to the cold storage room and dropped of the ice block before running up to my bedroom so I could write a letter to him since I knew he would never agree to it. Once I arrived I grabbed a parchment and my charcoal pencil and began writing the note. Once I was done the note read.
Dear dad
By the time you read this I will be safely away from the village and in the little hideout I've made for when I need to get away from everything and from what happened tonight I'm going to be gone a long time. There is no need to worry however I will still be on Berk but I will leave the island from time to time to go explore the world and learn more things. I also have my own livestock and a ship to travel with so there's no need to worry about that. I got the ship when I found it wrecked on a beach but that's a story for another time so don't think I stole it. Anyway the reason I'm leaving for a while is because when Astrid hit me it made me realize how weak I really am and some people might still see me as Hiccup the Useless and that needs to change. I will be working out and studying to strengthen both my mind and body so I may become what a chief's heir should be. I will also leave letters for you to keep in contact and inform you about what is happening in my life and if you want to leave me a letter just put a it in a small pot outside the house door and I will collect it. Well I hope to hear from you soon dad.
Sincerely your son
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the third
I then rolled the paper up and left the hideout to get to the village. Once I arrived I saw everyone was still rebuilding so I could sneak through the village without anyone noticing. I snuck up to my house and was about to open it when I heard my dad inside as he said.
"I can't believe Hiccup missed the raid and here I thought he was becoming the son I always wanted." I then heard my uncle say.
"Yeah brother if I were you I would find myself a new heir who isn't completely useless like that runt Hiccup."
"You know what you're right. When he gets home I am going to have a long chat with him and tell him that if he doesn't shape up I'm finding a new heir."
It was hearing this that made my inner love for my father and for this village die in one foul swoop. I turned around angrily and walked away while ripping the note up. As I walked away Gobber walked up and asked.
"Hey Hiccup I can see that you're pretty angry right now and if it's about Astrid-" I cut him off.
"No, it's about that sorry excuse for a father I have and his dead-beat brother." I saw the shocked look on Gobbers face.
"Now what could they do to make you so mad?" I then told him what they said about me and when I was done I said.
"Tell that waist of skin father of mine that he needs a new heir because now him and this retched village are dead to me." I then proceeded to walk back angrily to into the forest where Toothless was waiting so we could get back to what is now our home and luckily flying always calms me down.
Gobbers POV:
I stood there in utter shock at what Hiccup had told me but my shock quickly turned to anger directed toward Stoic and Spitelout for what they had said about Hiccup. I angrily began to march up to Stoics house but Astrids father Jacob Hofferson cut me off and asked.
"Hey Gobber do you know where Hiccup went to?"
"No, I don't and after what his father and uncle said about him I don't think he'll be back anytime soon." He gave me a confused look.
"What did they say that was so bad?" I told him what Hiccup told me and saw him clench his fists and say through clenched teeth.
"Let's go because right now I want to have a talk with those two morons." I nodded before we were off to the chief's house.
When we got there we heard them discussing Hiccup being replaced as heir so without hesitation I slammed the door open. I saw Stoic and Spitelout stand up in shock as Stoick asked.
"What is the meaning of this?" I was about to reply but Jacob beat me to it by saying.
"I'll tell you what the meaning of this is. It's the fact that Hiccup heard everything about you thinking he's nothing but a runt which caused him to decide run off." Spitelout then smiled.
"Oh, happy day we're finally rid of that little cowardly pest." I then got angry.
"Hiccup is no coward." Stoic then stood up and asked.
"And why is that?" Jacob then stepped up.
"Well for starters he was here for the raid and took down more dragons tonight then you've taken down in three raids all together. Also while I was fighting a gronkle a nadder shot some of its spikes at my back. I didn't see them coming because I was so busy with the gronkle but Hiccup pushed me out of the way before they hit me and doing so he risked his own life to save mine." They looked at him in shock as Stoick sat back in his chair in shock and asked.
"How do you know he's run off?"
"I walked into him and he told me what you said about him and that you need to find a new heir because you and the village are now dead to him before he walked into the forest. Now who told you Hiccup wasn't at the raid?" Spitlout stood up clearly angry.
"It was my son whom I must have a word with." Jacob stepped up.
"Why would he do this?"
"Probably because he knew Stoick would consider Hiccup an unworthy heir and make him his new heir and disown Hiccup." Stoick and Spitelout then began to leave so I asked.
"Where are you two going?" Stoick replied.
"I'm going to gather a search party for Hiccup." Spitelout then cracked his knuckles.
"And I'm going to have a word with my idiotic son who may have sent his cousin into great danger." I nodded before me and Jacob then left to go look for Hiccup.
Hiccups POV:
When I arrived back I saw that the sun was beginning to rise so I figured I might as well get started with my day. I decided to start with taking care of the animals so I went into their holding pens with jugs and a basket. I started with collecting the eggs and found that my chickens had been busy since I now had twenty eggs not counting the ones I got yesterday but I left some eggs for the chickens so they could breed and I would have some more chickens. I then milked my yaks and like yesterday put them into some of the jugs I had and then had two jugs of milk that were ready to be put in cold storage. I then took some of the hay I left by the door and fed it to the sheep and yaks before I grabbed the eggs and milk and left to cold storage. Once I entered cold storage I shivered at how cold it was but it made me smile since it was keeping the food fresh. I placed the eggs and milk with the rest of the food before I left the room. As I left I came face to face with Toothless who was standing in front of the rest of my dragons who were all looking at me expectantly. I ran a hand through my hair and said.
"Good morning all and I take it you all want breakfast." They all growled in approval. I sighed before getting the baskets on them and got on Toothless before we were off.
Two hours later
There were now two piles of fish in the middle of the cave. The larger one was for the dragons to eat while the smaller one was for cold storage. As the dragons ate I moved my fish into the cold storage room except for one, which I had for breakfast. As I ate I went over what I had to do today like how I had to make different saddles for different activities for my different dragons. I also had to take stock on all my food and come up with a way to cover up my caves sea entrance and forest entrance so nobody could find me. Another thing I needed to do was find uses for some of my dragons since I didn't want them lounging around the cave all day and I already found uses for some like how Violet could help me in the forge by melting the metal or how Diggs could help renovate the place or how Bladewing could help me gather wood or how Toothless helps keep the other dragons in line. I sighed before looking over to my dragons and rubbed my chin in thought of how I could use their abilities to my advantages.
I as I looked at my dragons I let my imagination wonder and as I did I let out a sigh before I said.
"Man do I have a lot of work to do." I then looked at my dragons and stood up before walking up to them. "Okay guys we've got a lot of work to do and I'm going to need everyone's help." They all roared in understanding. I then proceeded to tell them each where to wait for me before I sighed and said. "This is going to be rough." I then walked off to the target range where Sharpshot was waiting for me. (AN: Sorry I don't know how to describe the training.)
12 hours later
I collapsed on my bed in exhaustion from all the dragon training and work I had done today but like the last renovations it was all worth it as I now had excellent trained dragons that were truly going to be a great help around the place and I learnt a few new things about them along with the new things I've made to help me out. For starters I learnt about the different metals that I could make out of Coals lava when I feed him different rocks like a see through metal that is made when I give her sandstone and I used it to make me two large windows that took up the middle of the walls in my room with one looking out towards the sea and the other looking into my garden which gave me great views of both of them and I loved them. Another rock, which had an orange color, that makes a very strong but light metal, which I named Gronkle iron and made a few fine swords, daggers, hammers, skinning knives, axes and bola balls out of along with a special foldup shield with a drawing of Toothless on it. (AN: Like the shield from Percy Jackson and the lightning thief.)I kept track of what types of metal these stones make by writing down the type of metal they make and put it on my forges wall with a rock that makes it in front of it.
Sharpshot was a bit of a tricky case since he wouldn't pay attention at times but we were able to improve his aim greatly as he could now hit targets on the ground and in the air. I used his new aim to my advantage by training him to light the torches I had along with my fireplaces at night. During his training he also made it a habit of resting on my shoulders when I was around but I didn't mind because I rather enjoyed having him there to keep me company.
Diggs as always was a great help with renovations to the cave. I had him enlarge the cove so I would be able to plant more plants when I wanted to. I also had him dig a large hole on the side of the cove against the wall where I hadn't planted any seeds since the shade wouldn't allow the plants to get any sun and had him dig around the cove's sides to make a river around the cove before I had him dig an under water tunnel into the side of the cliff at the sea entrance which lead to the lake so Scaulder would be able to swim in and water the plants. Finally I had him enlarge the dragon's den and dig caves on higher levels for him and the other dragons to sleep in so they each got their own nest. I also had him dig tunnels under the village so I could get around the village if I needed to get some stuff from the village but I still needed to add village trapdoor exits so I could enter and leave the village easily but I knew I would have to wait till some of the people left the village so I could do it without anyone knowing.
Scaulder was a great asset with the garden because of the water tunnel to the garden he can water my plants so it saves me some trouble of doing it. He is also a great help with my ship since he makes sure it stays in the cave when I forget to tie it to the dock and he helps take it out and bring it back in when I've gone on a boating trip. Finally if any fishing boats get too close to the sea cave he'll scare them off for me. I knew that with him my sea entrance wouldn't be found so it helped keep the worry of someone finding it relaxed.
For Scorch I was able to train him to keep the hideout warm on cold nights by heating up his body in front of small tunnels in the ceiling which have metal walls which lead to different rooms in the hide out. Also during lunch he helped me cook my fish from cold storage on his skin. When I tried it the fish it was delicious so I knew I would do this again in the future.
For Angel I've trained her to stand guard outside the cave entrance and to hypnotize any wondering Vikings so if they see the cave they'll forget about it. Which makes me feel a little more secure. Along with the guards I also have Thunder and I've decided to have him also stand watch but be like an alarm or use his roar to scare Vikings off. I also have Smokey who I've trained to mislead Vikings by covering them in smoke followed by leading them a stray.
For Violet I've trained to help me forge by using her flame to melt the metal and maybe use her spikes for weapons such as spears, arrows or maybe keep them as they are and I've also had some of her spikes stabbed into the wall for hooks to hang my tools, weapons and clothes on the walls.
For my Snaptrap I read in the book of dragons that they were good at taking care of plants and love to play in the rain and in the mud so I've trained her to keep an eye on the garden and take care of the it for when plants start to grow. This was a little difficult to train her because the heads were very mischievous and took great pleasure in making me jump and run around for my book, which I was taking, notes in.
For Bladewing I've trained him to chop down trees for me when I need wood and bring them back and help me cut them with his sharp wings. It was a tough job though because before I did any of the training I had to rip out another rotten tooth, which was right at the back of his mouth, so I had to lean right in and hold my breath so I wouldn't have to smell his breath.
For Speedy I'm planning on having him accompany on night trips to the village so if anyone's near he can take care of them for me and I've also been able to get some of his venom by draining it from his tail and into a jug to use it in some darts incase I ever need them in battle or stealth attacks.
For lightning I've trained him to help Sharpshot and me with target practice since he's got great accuracy and I've also trained him to help scare off nosy ships with Scaulder by shooting lightning near them to make them think Thor doesn't want them there.
Bones inspired me to create my own bone armor and when I told him about it he got me the bones himself and even helped me put it together. I took the liberty of covering the bones in Gronkle iron to strengthen them. I now had four finely made suits of armor for different things which were Formal armor for formal events, hunting armor for when I go out hunting, stealth armor for when I sneak into the village at night and battle armor for battles and wars. Each suit of armor was designed differently with different devices for their different purposes of course.
My formal armor was a full body armor without the helmet and gloves with a smooth full scale body also the metal it was made of reflected a bit of light so it shined and had two hidden daggers in the waists incase things got bad at the event I wore it to. My hunting armor was painted moss green, wood brown and black to help me become camouflaged and it also had a helmet which completely covered my face which was painted the same way as the armor and it had a round top with leaves and branches stuck on so it would blend in better in bushes and for the armors weaponry I had a dagger in a the leg, a bow which had a base made of bone covered in gronkle iron instead of wood which rested on the back of the armor with arrows with nadder spikes for tips and I didn't use the bow and arrows I found on the ship because I plan to use those for practice, I also made a blowpipe made from bone and covered in gronkle iron like the bow and the armor also had a bola launcher on top of each wrist along with a satchel attached on the bottom of the its back so I will be able to carry smaller kills around with less trouble. My stealth gear was full body armor with a black hood, black gloves and a black mask and the armor is completely black so I could blend into the darkness of the shadows and for its weapons it has a small dagger attached to the back, two rolls of rope so I could tie up anyone I need to take down and a grappling hook on the top of my right wrist which I made using Scorches rotten tooth as the hook and the reason I made one was for a quick escape. Finally there is my battle armor, which doubled as flying gear for when I fly Toothless. This armor like the others was gronkle iron covered bones put together except it had a scale from each of my dragons so I would always have a piece of them with me in battle. The armor covered me from my shoulders to my feet and was painted pure black with red marking in the shapes of a serpent going around the each arm and a belt buckle that had Toothless on it. (Like the marking on Hiccups shield from dragon defenders of berk) For the gear it had a harness around the waist along with a few weapons since it is made for battle. For the weapons I had the sword I made which I would remove from the armor when I wasn't using it so I could practice but it still had a sheath on the back for it on the back, a bow like my hunting bow with the same type of arrows, a bola launcher on the top of each wrist, a mini arrow launcher on the bottom of my left wrist, a fold up shield with Toothless on it (Like the one from Percy Jackson and the lightning thief.), two daggers on each waist, two mini axes with the daggers a leather whip with a sharp blade at the end which could stab a man then be pulled back safely, gronkle iron knuckles for a powerful punchand a hidden blade on the bottom of my right wrist (Like the ones from Assassins creed) so all in all this armor was practically a weapon itself. Each piece of armor was nowplaced in a hole in the wall on stands that I set up for them so they'd be ready when I needed them.
I also tried on a few of the clothes that were on the ship and found them very comfortable so I decided to wear them at times when my regular clothes need to be washed. I also made a few extra weapons incase of an emergency and made a weapons storage room for them. I was also able to cover up the entrance to my cave with a large boulder, which my dragons could move from the inside so nobody would ever find my new home. In the end I felt that it was a good day and the complete and utter exhaustion I was experiencing was all worth it. I then felt myself fade into the sweet embrace that was sleep.
AN: Hello I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and Ember Neutron what in the world makes you think Hiccup is going to start singing? Anyway sorry it took so long to update but I've been busy so until next time enjoy life.