*I do Not own anything* my first story so hope you like it.
Three year old Hiccup was standing on the docks that morning with his father as his mother was getting ready to go on another quest at couldn't stand the fact that his mother is leaving for a few weeks while he had to stay, hoping and praying for her safe return.
"Hiccup,sweetie,"his mother began as she bent down to embrace him," Promise me you won't get into any trouble while I'm gone." "I can't promise you that mommy, I'm always causing trouble, even if I didn't mean to" Hiccup sarcastically answered in which ended up having them both laugh. Then his mother turned to his father with the same instructions she tell him every time before she left," Keep our son safe my love."
After some promises, the small family had one last hug before Val had boarded the ship. "I love you two, soooo much!" She yelled from the boat as it took off to the enormous blue sea. "I love you too mommy!" "So does daddy!" Hiccup yelled back to her until her ship was not in sight.
"Come on Hiccup" Stoick ordered, "We have our own duties to attend to or a dragon will get you before the next raid even starts." "Okay, see you later daddy." Hiccup answered as he ran back to the village to help Gobber in the forge. Stoick smiled before Hiccup entered the forge, nothing seems to upset his Hiccup really bad and that Stoick was glad because he loved to see his son a bright and happy boy.
"Daddy, when is mommy coming back ?" Hiccup asked one night at the dinner table. Stoick stopped eating for two reasons. One, he can't just lie to his son since Val had been at sea for more than three months and she was supposed to be back two months ago. Two, if he answered anything drastic, he was sure Hiccup can be extremely upset.
" I'm not really sure son, but there's always hope that she'll be back anytime," Stoick answered, being careful of his word choice. "Oh, okay." "Goodnight daddy ," Hiccup yawned after he finished half of his dinner and he headed straight to his bed. Stoick stayed on the table for a few more minutes until he went off to bed himself as he hoped Val would come home soon, for Hiccup's sake.
Six more months began to drag on and Hiccup's mother still hasn't returned.
This started to worry him very much and after another day of his mother not returning, he went up to his father to ask the most difficult question. " Daddy, did mommy...die ?" Stoick was stunned that Hiccup would ask such a question so he had no choice but to say " Of course not Hiccup, your mother will come back really soon but she is not dead, not in a million years." He hated to lie to his own son but Stoick couldn't bare to see Hiccup get upset to hear the possible truth.
After five more months, there was still no sign of Valhallarama's return and Stoick kept lying to his son that Val will come home soon. Mildew had seen Stoick lie to Hiccup and was getting annoyed as Hiccup kept talking that his mom will return to every villager in Berk.
" Stoick !" , Mildew screamed as he came straight towards the chief ,who was having a meeting with the whole village( minus Hiccup who was somewhere else...maybe) at the Great Hall. "What is it now Mildew ?." " More seeds for cabbage ?" Gobber sarcastically questioned . "It's that weak boy of yours Stoick , you need to stop giving the lad false hope or he'll keep giving the village that same false hope and it'll be a disaster like all of his other foolish ideas," Mildew complained and everyone was in shock but they nodded in agreement as they began to talk about it amoung themselves.
"Hiccup is not weak and he can't just assume that his mother is dead," Gobber defended ,"Right Stoick ?"
"But we can ," Stoick silently answered. Everyone looked at him confused and in shock, including young Hiccup who was hiding in one of the dark corners this whole time since he was trying to draw the Great Hall in his journal. Stoick gave Gobber a face that seemed to say," There's no other explanation " and boldly announced ," Valhallarama is gone for almost a year now, so there is no choice ...but to consider ...that she is... Dead."
Everyone gasped after he announced those words, even though it can be true but villagers began to shout,"But how will Hiccup react?!" "How can the lad go through this loss?!" " Who is going to tell him!?"
"No one !" Stoick shouted which quiet everyone down, " No one will say this to Hiccup, you can tell your children, but no one will tell him what we have concluded about Val." "You can only say that she will be back, but not now."
Hiccup silently gasped at the fact that not only his father will lie to him, but the entire village! "That still won't stop Hiccup from being a weakling since he calls you 'daddy' all the time and here is a deal. If Hiccup doesn't shape up when we all get to your house, I will try to overthrow you and have Spitlout take over" Mildew threatened and Stoick had no choice but to agree with that deal.
Hiccup was shocked that his father would agree to such a deal, so he quickly went through a little hole ,that leads him in or out of the Great Hall, and ran back to his home through the back door.
After a half hour, Hiccup heard Mildew, with his father , angrily knock the door. He gathered all the courage he could muster and answered the door asking, "Is something wrong..dad ?"
Both chief and the old man were surprised, including the whole village who were spying on them. " Nah...Nothing son, I was just going to give Mildew more cabbage seeds for his crops," was all that Stoick answered and he shoved a bag of seeds to Mildew and shut the door behind him. Mildew, still confused, decided to just let the situation go and head off to his old home.
"Hiccup ?" Stoick began and Hiccup interrupted asking ," Dad ?" "Is ..mom..dead ?" Stoick wanted to ask his son why he wasn't calling him "Daddy" like he used too but he decided not to and lied, "No Hiccup, your mother is alive out there, somewhere. You just need to have hope and patience."
That night, Stoick couldn't forget the moment he heard Hiccup answer him with " Dad". Why wasn't he called daddy anymore ? He drifted of to sleep, forgetting his questions but before he was sound asleep , he could have sworn, he heard young Hiccup cry silently upstairs in his room.