Riders of Destiny

4. Omens for the uncertain future

Berk

Gobber Belch has lived long enough to witness several things but nothing compared to what happened during this day, where to begin: His apprentice Hiccup Haddock the boy he raised as his son was declared the one chosen to slay the dragon which would put him as one more member of the tribe, but he made a decision that condemned him to be an outcast and not only that his capture and death was accepted, then there is the fact that the boy showed a facet that Gobber himself was unaware of, Well, the boy he educated was always kind, pitiful and sarcastic, but now he came across as cold, cynical and disinterested in opinions, not to mention that after the last capture group returned with a few who were scared, the boys from the I roll with an unconscious Astrid and with the expectation that they caught Hiccup but we still don't know what happened to him... until now.

A couple of hours later, after taking the Hofferson daughter with Gothi and being told that she is out of danger, the chief sent the entire town to meet in the great hall to finish discussing what happened in the forest and where is Hiccup.

Now Fishlegs, Snoutlout, and the twins Tuffnutt and Ruffnutt meet to tell the facts as they happened. The commotion that was generated in the great hall was incredible and they barely managed to calm down until Stoick arrived and calmed them all down.

Stoick: Very good-he sat in the middle of the council that was made up of Gobber, Gothi, Axel Hofferson, Phlegm the Fierce, Spitelout Jorgenson (who was not present at the time), Hoark the Haggard, Starkard, Ack, and other members- ... now to find out what happened, we are gathered here so that these 4 young people can tell us what happened during my son's house...

-THE TRAITOR!!!

Stoick: Yes, that's clear, Hoark, but what I want to know is what happened, as far as we know they captured him and nothing else, only some of the frightened search group returned with an unconscious Astrid Hofferson.

Axel: You -points to the group of 4 young people with an angry look- I demand to know what happened to my daughter to end up like this.

Stoick: Axel control yourself, we all want to know what happened but we must wait for Spitelout, apart from being a member of the council, he was the leader of the search group.

Axel: Don't ask Stoick to calm me down, this is wearing me out, I have to know what happened.

Stoick-sighs- Very good... Everyone is in favor of going through the protocol this time to find out what happened.

Half of the council led by Axel Hofferson voted in favor while the rest were against, but as Spitelout was not present his vote was not taken into account, so the petition was accepted.

Stoick: Very well, start telling what happened.

Snotlout-took a step forward- well, as I told you, we captured the useless one and then the dragon, once subdued I tried to kill it with an ax that old Mildew gave me- Stoick shuddered thinking about what happened to his son - and then he subdued Astrid...

Axel: Wait what does my daughter have to do with this...

Snotlout: Well, Astrid was the only one who objected to my killing him.

The revelation surprised more than one and the murmurs did not take long to appear.

"Why did he do it?"

"Is she also a traitor?"

"I wouldn't be surprised by another disgrace from the Hoffersons"

Suddenly a large ax is stuck in the middle of a column near the person who made that last comment, it was Eyra Hofferson, Astrid's mother, who did not have to be smart to know that Astrid inherited her mother's character.