A/N: Don't you just love Hiccup and Alvin's rivalry? I know I do! XD Yeah...this is for the new episode, but...yeah, Hiccup is having really bad angst with Alvin.
The Outcasts moved aside, revealing a grimy figure in traditional Viking rags, the cloak reaching his ankles.
The man looked down at Hiccup. His brown eyes were colder than icicles and he had a cold smile on his face, as though what he was watching amused him.
Hiccup immediately recognized the man and felt hatred run through his veins, making his blood boil.
Hiccup looked up from where he lay, struggling, and ceased the struggle. "Alvin," he whispered between clenched teeth, but whispering means soft and gentle, and Hiccup's voice seeped hatred and something harder, something that hinted at loathing.
Tension swirled in every dust mite in the air around them as boy and man regarded each other.
Then Hiccup said, "What do you want?"
"A dragon trainer," Alvin replied easily. "And by the looks of it, I have one!"
"I'll never train your dragons for you!" Hiccup yelled defiantly.
His words echoed around the lonely island, coming back to them at last, as though thousands of Hiccups were shouting bravely, I'll never train your dragons for you!
Hiccup thought with a pang of Toothless at the echo, and looked up to see what had become of his dragon.
Toothless was still struggling like a cod caught in a net, but the Outcasts had had the element of surprise on their side, and Toothless' reflexes had been slow and now his movements were growing slower.
Thor, I know I've asked a lot of you in my day, Hiccup thought to himself, but please protect Toothless if I don't make it.
The death promised in Alvin's eyes would be cold and merciless if Hiccup complied – if he didn't, long and painful, he was sure.
The hatred came over him again. I'd rather die, he thought fiercely, and Alvin will make sure I will.