after along day hiccup played with the terrors a bit before putting them all away and letting them eat the rest of the fish before going to see gobber, he felt bad about not saying anything ... walking up to the forge hiccup knocked on the door and saw gobber's uneasy expression " oh , lad I was just going to look for ya..." hiccup looked away and rubbed his arm " can I come in?..." gobber nodded with a smile on his face " lad, I know you probably didn't want to do that to mildew... but I am sure some people would understand why you did it..." hiccup nodded not knowing what to say " and I know you don't like having to make such big grown up decisions early on but I just want to know if you think you made the right one..." hiccup nodded " yes.. he could have killed them and he would have gone after me with no hesitation or remorse..." gobber nodded knowing the lad had a point there, he laid his hand on hiccups shoulder and smiled " and I was wondering if you could get some of the villagers back they're huts... people can barely walk, and there is little room so some sleep on the ground me and gothi included" hiccup looked down looking close to tears
" i-im sorry...gobber" gobber bent down and gave him a hug " it's fine lad, just try and see if something can be done ok..." hiccup nodded, looking around he saw the sun going down " I should go gobber " he gave hiccup one last hug and kiss on the head as he walked to the door hiccup turned around " and gobber can you tell the other kids that they'll be able play with no guards around soon and no one will hurt them " hiccup turned and left running out the door
gobber sat there and blinked a couple times before getting back to work, he couldn't help but smile a bit, stoick and most of Berk may have let hiccup down over the years but seems hiccup is still to sweet to sour or rot, gobber didn't think hiccup would have thought about anything like that, he thought hiccup really was Turing into a mini Alvin, gobber let out a laugh thinking of it, there was no way he could ever turn out like him, hiccup is a sweet and gentle boy and Alvin a lying, lowdown Snake of a man though the thought alone was still scary to think about it, hiccup turning into Alvin it made a cold chill go up his spine, boy was he going to have nightmares tonight, walking along the forge he did crack a smile at thought of hiccup wearing Alvin's clothes that would be far to big for the small lad and he laughed as he worked on weapons and shoes , the thought of Hiccup wearing his helmet still fresh in his mind back when the boy had just turned 7 still too small to be wearing the Vikings over sized battle helmet, he smiles knowing he was caught but still giggled at him " gobber look , I look just like you now!" gobber swang him around " my goodness ya do!" they both laughed before, hiccup hugged him and snuggled close, the memory ends as he gets back to work he hated that he had to be sneaky with the wee lad
when the sound of knock derailed his thoughts opening the door he was surprised to see Alvin himself, gobber put on deep glare at him as he walked in " what do you want Alvin " Alvin turn to him with a smirk " i came here for an axe for mildews execution, ya mind making me one " gobber looked to be turning red slightly but sighed and looked at him " ok what kind of axe " alvin looked pleased and looked around at the weapons " something big with intricate engraving on it, something nice ya know" gobber nodded " ok I'll get right on that tomorrow so can i leave so i can rest ?" Alvin smiled as he left leaving gobber to clean up and leave for the jail for the night, his shackles undone and he was able to sleep for the night but he didn't sleep he looked around at everyone coming in " I think you all may get your huts back soon" everyone perked up , one of the of the more heavily pregnant women got close to bars " how!?"
gobber smiled shook his head " Bertha don't sound so shocked, all I did was tell him what was going on, about people sleeping on the ground thats it " gobber could hear everybody mumble about " as much as you all seem to think he's gone bad, he's still got a good heart and head on his shoulders" gobber smiled a bit and " the children soon will get to play outside regularly soon with no guards " everyone was ecstatic to say the least " we could break out easy" " would Alvin think its a bad idea?" " hiccup could have persuaded him somehow?" everyone was mumbling on what to do everything settled down eventually, stoick was quietly boiling with anger after hearing the news from gobber, hiccup was showing such great progress to, maybe it was trap of sorts to get everything to let their guard down and strike while the iron's hot so to speak
stoick looked around and didn't like that everyone was ecstatic about gobber's plan working but kept he's cool so to speak " ya sure, it sounds a bit to easy for me to believe" gobber looked at him for a second confused " aye I'm sure, hiccups easy to talk to if he trusts ya?" some of people look at him a little confused " what do ya mean if he trusts ya? " gobber straightened his back and try to end the conversation there " oh uh... nothing forget it..."
one of the women spoke up " no, please tell us what do ya mean?..." gobber let out sigh, knowing he'd been caught " hiccup doesn't trust many people like he used to when he was younger... so he wouldn't really talk as much..." they looked him for more answers " gobber what happened ?" gobber let out a big sigh " you all remember when hiccup was five and he was kidnapped by those outcasts? " some nodded while others looked more confused " no one told me about that..." the woman was Just married into the tribes so of course she wouldn't have heard the full story, gobber nodded and continued on " aye... we got a note saying they'd kill him if we didn't give them Alvin's War hammer in a short window of time, and so the people voted to let him die..." everyone around him grimace at the thought of letting a five old die and for a hammer really!?, gobber nodded after seeing their faces " as ya can see they didn't kill him, i nagged like hell to get the lad back even if he was dead so he could have a proper funeral at least" the women felt awful for being short with him now, he was still a boy barely old enough to fight but he had taken them down and now they knew a little bit of why he did it
" ya but he was different when he came back still plucky has ever but he never trusted anyone like he use to..." the kids heard this and felt awful they didn't know that had happened to him, they thought he was over some where training, at least thats what they were all told, many of them were still awake and heard the story of how hiccup met the outcasts ... Astrid all but cried as she silently let tears fall down her cheek " i was supposed to be his friend... and i let him down by pushing him away..." fishlegs hated he didn't put two and two together it was so simple... the twins and snotlout hated that their parents had just lied to their face and basically left hiccup to die... everything had settled down and soon everyone fell into a restless sleep praying that tomorrow will bring better days and hopefully a brighter future for all
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little hiccup
Hayran KurguHiccup is captured by the outcast when the ship is invaded when he his five, he's taken care of by Savage in some of the crew as they hear the horrible tale of what Berk has been doing this small boy
