Ahhh, here it is! The chapter list! Admittedly not very well written, but you guys will get the point.

Hope you enjoy…!


Chapter Sixteen: No

Hiccup, realizing he has no other choice, tells his friends he's moving away at their study group the next day (which takes place at Snotlout's). They are in shock, each having their own questions for him. They promise they'll do everything they can to help him not move. Hiccup is grateful but skeptical. He knows they all cannot do much to sway his father. Hiccup goes home and sees a for sale sign up in their yard, full of flyers about their house. Hiccup reads one, then angrily stuffs it in his pocket. He takes the rest out and hides them in his backpack, not wanting to move. Stoick later mentions happily that all the flyers are gone and they should be getting some offers soon. Hiccup thinks not. The next day, Hiccup sees more flyers are back in the for sale post. He angrily shoves them in his backpack and then kicks down the post for good measure. One thought was in my mind: No. I wasn't going to stand aside any longer. Not while I had a say in it.

Chapter Seventeen: 229 Berk Lane

When a couple comes over to inspect the home while Stoick and Hiccup are there, they ask if Hiccup likes the house. Hiccup casually replies with a yes, he does, except for sometimes the neighbors can be noisy, the house makes a lot of sounds in the night, and because it's at the end of the street it's the target for break-ins, etc. The now-dubious couple looks around more, obviously don't like the house anymore, and say they'll think about buying and then leave. Stoick is furious and gives Hiccup the cold shoulder the rest of the week. Hiccup, however, is fairly happy anyway.

(Fun fact: I chose the 229 house number because it's Hiccup's birthday, 2/29!)

Chapter Eighteen: Sunset Stroll

Astrid invites Hiccup on a walk with their dogs around a nearby lake and they talk more. Hiccup reveals that he doesn't want to move and he's having problems with his father. Astrid comforts him. (Basically, the scene resembles something like "Romantic Flight" from the movie.) Hiccup comes home and finds Stoick grinning. "Somebody took the offer on the house," he says. "In a few days, we may just not be the owners of this home anymore."

Chapter Nineteen: Pros and Cons

Hiccup lists the pros and cons of moving and is dismayed to find there are many more cons. He tries to call Gobber for support, but he is unavailable. Later, he tells his friends about the offer on the house and asks what he should do. They are all quiet. They have given up, he realizes. Even Astrid.

Chapter Twenty: Hidden Sins

Hiccup wakes up with a bad cold and slight fever so he stays home from school. His father needs to leave on mayor business for the day and he finds himself home alone. He then gets an idea. He emails the couple who made the offer on the house on his dad's computer (sneaky little bugger) and says that they've unfortunately had a better buyer and can no longer sell the house. Hiccup presses send, and then calls their realtor. He says due to personal reflections, they no longer want to sell the house but they thank him for his time. Hiccup hangs up, feeling pleased, but then gets a bad feeling in his stomach about what he's done. He's also feeling a little sicker than before and decides to go back to bed. He is walking towards the stairs when he starts feeling sick and lightheaded, then his knees buckle… and he blacks out.


BONUS (I PRE-WROTE THIS SCENE EARLIER BECAUSE I LOVE HICCUP WHUMP SO MUCH, SO HERE YOU GO!):

I was really starting to feel sick now. The world was spinning around me and I couldn't seem to catch my breath as I stumbled towards the stairs. I knew something was seriously wrong with me, but my thoughts felt so sluggish I couldn't figure out what.

My eyes swept the room and I spotted the home phone resting on the counter. I needed to call someone... Dad. I needed Dad.

I pushed my way towards the kitchen, the world swaying with my footsteps. I grasped the wall and furniture around me to steady myself. The phone was only a dozen feet away, but it felt like miles. My prosthetic only dragged me down.

Finally, finally I reached the counter, but by then I wasn't even sure if I had enough strength left to dial in Dad's number. My heart thudded loudly while blood roared in my ears. My trembling hands picked the phone up and managed to type in the numbers before my legs started to give out beneath me.

The world turned black just as my father answered the phone.

"Hiccup?"

But this time, I was unable to answer.


Chapter Twenty-One: Sick Trip

Hiccup wakes to his father shaking him awake, who is horrified. "Hiccup, you're burning up. Why didn't you call me?" Stoick helps Hiccup onto the couch and then makes a call to the doctor. Hiccup learns that he must go to the hospital because his immune system is weak, and they can't take the risk of it getting any worse. Stoick also guesses that he has the flu which could be dangerous with him so fragile at the moment. Hiccup is stuck in the hospital for the next three days and his friends come to visit him. However, he starts to feel guilty about what he's done on the computer, and it takes some time to get back up on his feet again.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Something Furious This Way Comes

A few days later, once home, Hiccup is ready to go back to school again. He's still a little weak, but he wants to steer clear of his father while he can. While at school, his friends ask why he's not emptying out his locker, seeing as he'll be moving soon, and he pleasantly responds that he doesn't think they're going to move just yet. He comes back home, goes up to his room, does homework, comes back downstairs for dinner… when his dad silently, but furiously, holds up a picture of a printed out email from Hiccup to the people interested in buying the house saying that they had another buyer. He grabs Hiccup by the shoulders and yells, "What did you do?"

Chapter Twenty-Three: Listen

Stoick once again yells at Hiccup, asking what he did, and Hiccup tells him about his sending the email and canceling their agent. Stoick is brimming with anger, saying that he trusted Hiccup and he knew what was best. He angrily snaps that his mother would've understood, if she was still around. But she's not, thanks to Hiccup. Hiccup is taken aback and tries to tell himself that his father didn't mean it. The voice in his head only taunts him more. Hiccup goes on to say that he himself has been so focused on what he lost that day in the car wreck that he forgot that he had gained something: his father. However, Stoick doesn't understand. Hiccup feels useless and gives up trying to explain. He says that his father's won- he'll move away after all. But he needs some time away first. He grabs his backpack from the doorway and leaves the house as Stoick shouts after him angrily, planning to head over to Snotlout's in hopes his cousin won't give him up.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Runaway Blues

After some tense explaining, Snotlout agrees to let Hiccup stay the night. Hiccup stays in the basement and it's a little tense trying to get him past Spitelout unnoticed. Snotlout doesn't really know what's going on between him and his dad but stops asking when Hiccup snaps back that he doesn't want to talk about it. Snotlout agrees to not tell Stoick or Spitelout where Hiccup is, but only until Sunday night. Then Hiccup will have to face his father. A day passes, and Snotlout says his father is getting really worried about him. Hiccup doesn't care. He gets a few updates as the days go on about how worried his dad is getting but can't find himself to care. Finally, Sunday night comes and Hiccup realizes that he needs to tell his father how he feels in last hopes of them mending their bond. Snotlout and him bid farewell, and Hiccup leaves, walking the way home when a car comes down the road… it's Stoick. The car parks beside him and Hiccup can't see his expression as his father gets out of the car.

Chapter Twenty-Five: More Than I Seem

Stoick rushes over and hugs him, to Hiccup's surprise. He asks where he's been, but Hiccup asks, "Why would you care?" Stoick looks hurt and asks why Hiccup left. Hiccup explains and goes onto say he doesn't want to move. He has a life here, friends, Toothless, a chance of repairing his relationship with his father, and his mother is still here. Finally, after Hiccup makes a point that he's "more than he seems," Stoick finally understands. Hiccup says he'll move away with his father if he truly thinks that's best, but he wants to wait until the school year's finished. Stoick shakes his head. "Hiccup, if you come home right now, then I promise… I promise that we won't move unless both of us are ready to." Hiccup agrees, and the two head home. After all, Hiccup thinks, Toothless would be missing him by now.

A FEW MONTHS LATER….

Things are returning to normal. Or, normalish. The bullies aren't as bad, Hiccup's now in high school and taking all honors classes where he can geek out with Fishlegs even more. (YAHOO) He's turning into a handsome young man and notices more girls staring at him. (*wiggling of eyebrows*) Astrid, however, claims him as hers. (Hiccstrid forever BOOYAH) Snotlout and him form a mutual respect for each other, and Hiccup helps the twins with their crazy lab experiments when he can. Life's good, he realizes. And his father... their relationship is better now, and Stoick's regularly visiting Valka's grave. He has gradually accepted her death and stops blaming Hiccup for it. They have no further wishes to move, and Hiccup realizes that only once he and his father accepted the life they'd been handed were they finally able to move past the bad stuff. He misses his mother, but he has his friends and family to help him through it, and it's hurting a little less every day. And finally, he comes to the realization that he's more than he seems… and always has been.


EXTRA BONUS SCENE- THE ENDING:

At first, they all thought I was just as I was seemed. Nothing special at all - just an ordinary boy with an ordinary life. But now… now I had a father who cared, friends who stuck by my side, and a very loving dog who, frankly, I couldn't live without.

If you looked at me for a moment, you probably wouldn't be able to guess any of this. But if you cared to stop and ask, I'd tell you.

At first, I might have thought that my only choices at first were to swallow my anger about life and then throw it in someone else's face, but there is another option. I could just let it go. Only when I did that was when it was really gone… only then was I able to move forward.

I'd finally realized I was more than I seemed. And, looking back down the path that got me here, I realized I always had been.

_THE END_


Whelp. It's all over now.

Wow, this has been a… very long ride. This fic has always been special to me since the day I posted it and I remember thinking about when I'd finish it and what it'd be like… I just didn't really expect it to be like this. Again, I am SO SORRY I was not able to write all of this out, but I'm just glad I pre-wrote the plot (even if it is a little iffy written, heh) so you could at least read it! :)

Thank you so much for your support for this story for… woah, almost two years now! Seriously, every single one of your reviews counts and I always smile when I look back at them! I never really thought my writing was all that "good" but you guys, being the amazing people you are, really helped boost my confidence when I was feeling down! Now that I'm getting back into fiction writing, I have to say, the writing skills I've learned on here have definitely helped me improve.

With that… I guess there's not much left to say! I hope this is (somewhat) of a plot you guys would've liked to read, and I'm sorry it's not in better format, LOL. To be honest, I cleaned these up from what they were written like before, and I'm really glad I did because they were all over the place. XD

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