When I Come Back

5 Months

Astrid

     It's been five months since Hiccup has left. The gang and I are finally working as a team, I've gotten better sleep, I'm still getting used to the amount of chores, and Stormfly is finally back to normal. I wish I could say the same for Toothless...

   Toothless still disappears at night, so I tried following him a couple of times, but I end up loosing him in the darkness of the woods. So I went around asking people if they ever see Toothless at night.

   Gobber said that Toothless visits him every night and eats fish, while telling stories about Hiccup and all his inventions. Stoick said basically the same thing, they would eat and tell stories about Hiccup when he was younger. Each story ending with Toothless disappearing into the night.

   I decided to leave Toothless alone for the time being, because his best friend was torn from him. His best friend who wouldn't leave his side, feed him, go flying with him, give him scratches, and a best friend who not only gave him his purpose, but reflected him in every way. If I were Toothless I'd be really upset too.

   Maybe that's whay I get mad whenever someone other than Stoick and Gobber, bring up Hiccup. That actually explains Fishlegs' behavior too. Anytime he brings out a book, a paper, a charcoal pencil, or even goes flying, he starts crying.
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Hiccup

   It's been five months since I left Berk! Crazy right? It's already been almost half a year. I really miss being back on Berk, especially now that it is mid spring.

   Spring has always been my favorite time of year, because it's when the snow has melted away, exposing the green grass all over the island, that has been hidden for nine months. Of course there are multiple rain and hail storms throughout spring and summer, but that just makes it a better day for a flight.

   I know your probably wandering why that would be a good day to fly, but I always liked flying above the clouds and feeling the moisture surround me. Those flights were always the nice easy going flights that would remind me why I loved Berk so much.

   Not only do I miss Berk, but I miss everyone there too. I miss Toothless, his friendly behavior, playful attitude, and his determination. I miss my dad, his voice bellowing through the village, his firm stand, and the long peptalks he used to give me. I miss Astrid, her ocean blue eyes, her warrior like behavior, her golden braided hair, her determination, her edgy style, and her undeniable loyalty. I miss Gobber, his sarcastically dry humor, his loud yells, and his overly dramatic stories. I also miss the gang, and all the dragons.

   It's hard being away from Berk for so long, but I never really have a lot of time to think about it because I have been doing extreme  physically training nonstop.

   On Mondays we run five miles. When I first started I could barely run half a mile, but now I can run a mile and a half nonstop. The professors have been making me do loads of stamina training every other day, and it's really been paying off.

   On Wednesdays we haul pound, after pound of salt, fish, water, chicken, and mead to a storage room at the docks to make things easier on trade days.

   Trade days are when the trade ships come and give us more supplies. The students are allowed to trade for personal items as long as the students trade something that they own. For example, if I wanted to get some Monstrous Nightmare gel, I would have to trade something of my own, like a book, an invention, or a Night Fury scale. Apparently Night Fury scales are worth a lot in the trading business.

   On Fridays, we practice in combat. Each week has a different type of combat. For this month, the first week of the month is hand-to-hand combat, the second week is combat with bow and arrows, and third week is sword combat.

   My favorite out of all of them is sword combat. I don't know why, but I'm at the top of my class in sword fighting. I guess it just runs through my veins. My great great grand father was Grimbeard the Gastly. The most lethal and rich pirate that ever lived. He was a legendary sword fighter and a skilled theif. Almost every viking wished to be him.

  Then we had days of mental training. Mental training was learning what we needed to lead and strategic planing.

   On Tuesdays, we read, learn about taxes, treaties, alliances, the history of the leaders before us, and more languages. We already finished learning the Roman language and now we're learning Scottish Gaelic which is one of the easiest languages to learn.

   On Thursdays, we mostly play Maces and Talens, which is a type of board game to test the thinking and strategy skills of future cheifs in the heat of battle.

   On Saturdays, we do team building exercises, which helps us with team mentality, comprising, and patience.

   I'm also, at the top of my class in most of the mental training. Mostly because vikings choose brauns over brains. I guess being the little hiccup of the tribe pays off after all.

    Also, with all the enimies and daily issues that happened back on Berk gave me a little over a year of experience. Which is more than what I can say for the others.

    Then all students have Sunday off. Those are my favorite days because it gives me time to draw, invent, and hang out with my friends.

   In my group of friends are Jack, his girlfriend Elsa, her little sister Anna, her best friend Rapunzel, her friend Camacazi, her crush Tadashi, his little brother Hero, his crush Coco, her friend Honey Lemon, her crush Shiro, his best friend Keith, his friend Lance, Keith and Lance's crush Zara, her friend Marinette, her crush Adrien, his friend Nino, and his girlfriend Alya.

   Yeah, yeah I know, that's a lot of people, but we've been friends for long enough to face a few problems, and they've earned my loyalty. Also, if you noticed that whole Keith, Lance, Zara thing, it's a really complicated story that is for another time....

Thank you guys so much for reading and I hope you guys liked this chapter. Also, that Zara chick is me! These characters are all from a couple of my fandoms. Hope you enjoyed, and I'll see you guys next time!