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Hamish "Hiccup" Haddock had been on his own for a while now. Nearly fifteen, he had experienced much in his short life and none of it could be categorized as good. His parents certainly never won any parenting awards. According to his father, his mother, Valka had been a kind and gentle soul before they had emigrated to the United States from Scotland. Before he had been born. Once he came along though, the light in her eyes faded and she became angry and depressed. She began going out at all hours of the night, anything to get away from being around her baby. When Hiccup was just a year old, Valka ran off with some biker she met at a bar and never returned.
His father, Stoick was at a loss and desperately wanted someone to blame. He loved his wife too much to think ill of her and soon began to look at his own son with contempt. Had this hiccup never been born his wife would still be here. That is how Hamish Haddock became known as Hiccup. His father refused to call him anything else and reminded his son daily how a hiccup is an annoyance, an interruption to every day life and something that people want to rid themselves of. As years went by, Stoick grew more angry and began to drink heavily. At night he would take his rage out on Hiccup and no one took notice of the bruises that littered his body. If anyone did, they certainly never spoke out and no one came to help him.
Just before his fifteenth birthday, Hiccup had enough and finally devised a plan to get away. After stealing some money from his father, Hiccup bought a ticket and got the first bus out of New York City. He knew his best chance of not getting caught and sent back was to get out of state. Connecticut wasn't ideal with its cold winters and humid summers, but it would do. Living on the streets might be tough, but at least he would in charge of his own life and wouldn't have to rely on anyone. Hiccup knew that you couldn't rely on anyone, but yourself and vowed to never make the mistake of letting anyone get close.
This is a story of how that all changed.