A serpent's first week (HTTYD-oneshot)

A serpent's first week

AN: Hi all. This story is due to a oneshot challenge with The Dragon1010. The rules are simple: A Teachers AU, MUST be comedy and a maximum of 5000 words.

This is a work of fan fiction using characters from the How to train your dragon world, which is trademarked by DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. and originally written by Cressida Cowell, and I do not claim any ownership over them or make any money from them. This story is for entertainment only and is not part of the official storyline.  

A serpent's first week

The new school year at Berk High had already been in session for more than a month when the teachers had gotten the news. Mrs. K, as she preferred to be called, had finally snapped and quit. The faculty was notified and they all received a postcard from her showing a Buddhist temple in Nepal. The faculty was ripe with gossip for a week as subs were called in while they tried to find a replacement. Many of the teachers speculated that it was just the stress of the job finally getting to her.

Today was Monday, a hellish time for both students and staff, and everyone gathered in the teachers' lounge for their weekly meeting. Astrid arrived on time and took a seat at her usual place. She looked around to see all her colleagues preparing for the day while opening a yogurt cup. By preparing she meant Gothi, the school nurse, sneaking a nip of gin, Drago, the Economics teacher, gossiping with Heather who taught PE and Camicazi a fellow Math teacher.

Then there were Mala and Throk, both teaching Social studies, whom got married last year. They were on the couch talking to Hiccup who taught History. Others were trickling in even as she observed. The twin terrors Ruffnut and Tuffnut who taught Physics and Chemistry respectively were bugging the Grimborne brothers about some weird subject like usual. Viggo taught Business while Ryker taught Home economics. She felt a pat on her shoulder and looked up to see Gobber, the Woodshop teacher, grinning at her.

"So lass. Ya asked yet?" Gobber questioned causing Astrid to blush slightly.

"Gobber!" Astrid admonished before admitting "I.....eh.... didn't get the chance."

Gobber facepalmed before muttering "What do I have to do? Lock both you and Hiccup in a storage closet?"

"He's just so oblivious!" Astrid muttered in frustration. "He doesn't even know how popular he is. Thor! I had to break up a fight at the beginning of the year because there wasn't anymore room in his classroom for students that wanted to transfer."

Gobber had to agree with that. He often wondered how the lad could be so oblivious with that many students trying to flirt with him.

Meanwhile Hiccup had gone to get more coffee to wake up his brain when an arm slung over his shoulder. "Morning brother." Dagur, who taught Foreign Languages, greeted. They were joined at the coffee pot by Alvin, the English teacher, who kept his voice low. "So did you hear?"

"Hear what?" Hiccup asked. Who was he to turn down gossip on a Monday morning.

"Oh the new History teacher that is replacing Mrs. K. Seems he's supposed to be a hottie. Looks like you have some competition Hiccup." Alvin laughed.

"Competition?" Hiccup asked as he gave Alvin a weird look. Dagur and Alvin shared a look before merely patting their poor oblivious friend on the back.

Snotlout, the Music teacher, came barreling through the door while carrying a large tuba. "Well the new teacher seems like a jerk." He announced as he walked directly to the coffee pot and downed the contents.

"What happened?" Hiccup asked while Dagur started a new pot.

"Well Fishlegs was showing him around before bringing him here and I bumped into him." Snotlout explained. "I apologized and he gave me this sneer and look like I was beneath him or something. Didn't say anything before he asked Fish to continue with the tour."