Gone (HTTYD Fanfic) REWRITE [Book 5]

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When the teens all start waking up, Gobber announces that Fishlegs and Snotlout will go fishing. When he goes to give the others their jobs, he sees on teen missing.

"Ruffnut, we is yer twin?" He asks as she walks by.

"Don't ask me." She says shrugging and walks off.

Astrid raises an eyebrow as she decides to help Fishlegs and Snotlout fish. She also decides to go so she can make sure they don't start fighting.

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"Okay giant dragon, you are officially on notice! Oh you can run, but you can't hide. And I guess you can fly, and you can also run. You can run or fly, but either way, you can't hide. Because nothing escapes the watchful eye of- AH!" Tuffnut yells as his foot slips on a slope and he falls down the cliff. He yells whenever he hits a branch from trees. When he hits the ground, he groans as he lays there. 

"Oh I am hurt. I am very much hurt."

After Tuffnut finally climbs his way back up the cliff, he sees the chicken from last night waiting for him by the ledge. He didn't even notice the chicken was following him. He glares at the chicken. "You couldn't have warn me?" The chicken clucks in response.

Tuffnut dusts himself off and starts walking again, the chicken following him. He rolls his shoulder as he starts talking to himself again. "Okay, so it going to be the hard way. Fine! That's the way I like it. Just ask the chicken." He says and points to the chicken.

The chicken stops walking and clucks in warning of another on coming cliff. Tuffnut keeps walking but suddenly stops to avoids falling down another cliff.

"Ha! See! Oh yeah. Tuffnut Thorston is locked it now. He ain't falling of another cliff." Suddenly, he foot slips from the ledge he almost fell of, not noticing he was backing up towards the edge. As he falls, he yells in pain as he hits ledge.

"Ow! Multiple ledges!" He crashes to the ground. "Ow, ow ow ow ow! This island is very cliffy!" He yells. The chicken clucks down to him.

Tuffnut makes his way back up the cliff to see the chicken waiting for him. He glares at the chicken. "What are you looking at? I thought I told you to warn me." The chicken clucks again. Tuffnut pulls himself up and decides to make his way back to camp before he ends up falling down another cliff because his companion is awful at warning him of on coming cliffs.

*0*0*

"Whoa... What happened to him?" Ruffnut says from her spot standing next to Astrid. Astrid looks at Tuffnut as he trudges past them and sits down on a log. She sees an acorn stuck in the horns of his helmet, a stick in his hair, multiple scraps and scratches, and dirt all over him. She also eyes the chicken that follows him. 

Gobber walks over to him as Tuffnut driunks from his cup of water that Astrid had handed him. "You really have been out there all day lookin' for tha' dragon?" Gobber says after Tuffnut explains what happened.

"Instead of helping me Loki Fishlegs and Snotlout. Talk about priorities." Ruffnut grumbles.

"Or maybe he really did see something last night." Astrid suggests.

"Oh I saw something. You did to you little backstabber. Tell them." He says the last part to the chicken. Astrid raises an eyebrow at him. The chicken clucked but Tuffnut interrupts the chicken. Astrid mentally shakes her head. She never thought that she would think anything remotely that strange. "Oh save it, you had your chance."

"Or, this whole thing is a bunch of stinky yak dung." Ruffnut says with her arms crossed as she glares at Tuffnut. 

Tuffnut pushes himself up and points accusingly at Ruffnut. "You know what? First of all: Yak dung, when made into a nice tea can be quiet automatic."

"Agreed, but I still think you still trying to scare everybody. There's no dragon out there." Ruffnut says to Tuffnut.

"Uh yeah there is Ruffnut. You willing to put your mutton where your mouth is?"

"Oh you're not suggesting..." Ruffnut says with a mischievous smile.

"Oh I am. I'm suggesting, like a hot Gronkle in a lava pit. And you know exactly what that means." Tuffnut says glaring at Ruffnut.

"What is wrong with you two?" Astrid says, as she was listening to what they were saying.

"Silence!" Ruffnut yells to Astrid.

"I officially declare... Thorston Challenge." Tuffnut says dramatically.

"Thorston what?" Fishlegs asks.

"Accepted," Ruffnut says, ignoring Fishlegs. "Usual stakes?"

"What stakes?" Astrid says extremely confused. She doesn't know what in Thor's name the Thorston challenge is or what the stakes there are. But knowing the twins, it is probably something extremely dangerous.

"It's better if you don't know." Tuffnut says. The twins both spit on their hands and they shake. Astrid gags. Astrid watches as they walk into the forest. She looks at Fishlegs and he looks just as confused. 

Astrid groans, knowing that she needs to make sure they don't get themselves killed. "Ruff! Tuff!" She yells as she runs after them. She notices Fishlegs is following her, wanting to know what is going on. "How about a couple of judges for the Thorston Challenge!"