5: Vikings' Daily Life on Berk

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Hiccup walked down the stairs of his and his dad's house as he kept hearing commotions outside. He has a pretty good feeling of what it was as he thought to himself.

'This is Berk. It's twelve days North of hopeless, and a few degrees South of freezing to death. It's located solidly on the meridian of misery. My village. In a word, sturdy. And it's been here for seven generations, but every single building is new. We have fishing, hunting, and a charming view of the sunsets. The only problems are the pests. You see, most places have mice or mosquitos. We have...'

Hiccup made it to the door and opened it only to be greeted by a very pissed off Monstrous Nightmare who saw him and sent a blast of fire towards him but Hiccup was quicker and immediately shut the door closed as the fire hits the door instead and Hiccup pressed himself against as he realized what was causing the commotion outside.

"... dragons." He breathed in shock and surprise but there was an excited glint in his emerald green eyes.

He reopened the door and peeked outside to see that it was total chaos around the village. Yup. A dragon raid. Nothing new there. He leaps out of the house and runs in a certain direction. Now you're probably thinking that a teen his age would probably bump into his tribespeople? Well, you're proven wrong. Due to his scrawny yet healthy build, Hiccup was able to weave through the chaos as vikings poured out of their houses with weapons at the ready as more and more dragons swarmed the village intending to raid the village of their livestock.

While running, Hiccup observed as some were fighting the dragons. He even noticed that a viking was hitting a Gronckle with their hammer only to be tossed back to the ground.

'My name's Hiccup. Great name, I know. But it's not the worst. Parents believe a hideous name will frighten off gnomes and trolls. Like our charming Viking demeanor wouldn't do that.'

Hiccup ducked under a brazier pole that two vikings were carrying but some unlucky vikings hit their head on it and Hiccup stopped to see if they were okay. Some vikings bumped past him and just as he turned around to continue his journey, one of the houses suddenly exploded and sent him to the ground as another viking came crashing down towards but the guy was able to stop himself from crushing Hiccup.
        
"Arggghhhhh!" The viking yelled in a fierce battle cry but greeted Hiccup cheerfully instantly.

"Mornin'!" Hiccup didn't need to guess what the viking had been doing since it was clear that he had been drinking mead. 

The viking rushed to join the fray as Hiccup got back up to his feet and continued his run through the village and past the gigantic heights of his tribes.

'Meet the neighbors. Hoark the Haggard...'

"What are you doing out!?"

'Burnthair the Broad...'

"Get inside!"

'Phlegma the Fierce...'

"Get back inside!"

Hiccup just ignored them. Even though he's being told to get back inside, there's no way he's going to stay inside the house after the Monstrous Nightmare practically scorches the door black.

'Ack.'
          
He cringed as he passed by a viking rubbing their ear.

'Yep, just Ack.'

Just as he was about to cross the village, he felt a big hand grab him by the hoodie of his vest and yanks him away from the path of the Deadly Nadder who breathed fire in front of the teen.

"Hiccup!" A loud voice boomed as Hiccup yelped in surprise as he was yanked back.

Hiccup has a deadpanned look as he glances at the big burly viking with the big auburn beard as he pointed to Hiccup and looking at the crowd of fighting vikings accusingly.

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