Chapter 1: To the skies, see Berk rise!"
All embrace me!
Its my time to rule at last!
15 years have I been waiting to sit upon my throne!
Hiccup put his pencil down not knowing what write next. At first he had planned to write a normal journal entry, then after starting at the empty page for a few minutes, decided to write a song. 'The story of me taking over Berk as it's first king' thought Hiccup.
It has been a month since waking up from a coma after fighting the red death. His wounds still fresh on his skin, not to mention the loss of his leg. He was alone at the moment, his father reluctantly had left two weeks ago on a diplomatic mission to a nearby tribe. This gave Hiccup plenty of time to think without his dad barging in on him every 12 seconds to see if he was alive.
Hiccup looked at the words he had written, the charcoal still fresh on the page. Hiccup thought 'If I'm going to be a chief, I won't swear an oath to anybody.' He picked his pencil back up and began to write.
No alliagence!
I will swear no oath!
Hiccup was about to write the next line when a thunderous knocking came from his door. Sighing he put his pencil and book down and walked to the door. Toothless lazily got up after the knocking started, he wasn't happy with whoever was at the door. Cautiously Hiccup opened the door only to reveal an extremely mad Astrid Hofferson. She wasted no time walking into the house. Toothless averted his eyes as the young Viking teen slammed her axe onto the floor. Hiccup winced when he heard the metal hit the wood. Slowly he closed the door and walked over to her.
"It's my father!" she said, anger dripping out her mouth
"What's going on now?"
"He wants me to get married to some merchant from Prussia."
Hiccup didn't say anything, he just looked down at the table. Secretly he loved Astrid but he didn't know how she felt about him. Yeah she had kissed him twice but he didn't know what to make of them. He knew Astrid wanted him to say something so he said the first thing that came to his head.
"Prussia is quite the journey from here."
"No shit Hiccup!"
Hiccup's eyes reverted back down to the table, he didn't dare look at her in the eyes. Astrid sighed muttering an apology.
"I didn't mean to snap. It's just, my father thinks he is doing what's best for me but it's not."
"Well, what do you want?"
"I don't know. A father that is so protective. A mother that actually cares about what's going on in her daughter's life."
"It's sounds like you want someone who loves you for being you. Someone that cares about what you are doing. Someone that you could put your trust in."
"I guess."
A silence fell between the two. The only noise in the house was the loud snoring of the Night Fury.
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"Everything, bringing peace with the dragons and Vikings, saving me, and-" Astrid didn't know what to say. For the past few years she had shut everything out of her life to become a better warrior. She shut out poor Hiccup Haddock was desperate need of a friend. He was bullied by the rest of the teens, excluding Fishlegs, and the adults were not much better. He earned himself the nickname of useless which made Astrid feel horrible. Then one night it changed. She followed Hiccup to the cove and discovered Toothless. She was going to rat him out to his father but a quick romantic flight changed her mind real fast. 'Was romantic the best word to use?' Astrid pondered for a moment, she didn't know how she felt about Hiccup. Yeah she had kissed him, but it was a spur of the moment decision. Eventually she would make up her mind but Hiccup interrupted her with a cough.
"Sorry, and for the wonderful flight the night before your trail."
Hiccup's face turned beat red, recounting the events of that night. Astrid laughed as Hiccup stumbled over what she thought was words. The conversation was ruined as the massive man of a chief busted through the door.
The two teens were startled as Stoick made his way over to the the two of them. "Lass, what brings you here" Stoick boomed.
"Nothing chief, just talking with Hiccup"
"I have some news you two so listen up. Berk has unfortunately caught in a unwanted war." Hiccup and Astrid we're terrified at the procoect of war against other Vikings. "It's not against other Vikings for once. A few Viking ships were sailing around when a British ship attacked them. They did there best to escape but only one ship came back. This is an act of war and I will not tolerate the actions of the British any longer."
For years the Vikings and the British were at each other's throats. It all started with the first Viking invasion back in the days when sword and shield were the only weapons. The back and forth fighting over the island had ended when William The Conqueror took over the island back in 1066. The age of the Viking was over and since then the two kingdoms lived in a unstable truce. For the next 500 years war would be close to breaking out but nothing ever came of it but now the British were at it again.
"Dad, I might not be qualified to be telling you this but doesn't fighting England sound a bit-"
"Insane" Astrid piped in.
"I know son but we must protect Berk, and we must do it in numbers. You teens will not be coming but I trust you to lead the village while I'm gone."
"Dad, it has been 500 years since the Vikings and British have fought. Don't you think you should, I don't know, find out what weapons they are using?"
"I can't son, the time to strike is now. We can't let the British threat the Vikings any longer. A chief protects his own. The Vikings of the archipelago are coming here to gather a war party."
With that Stoick left the house leaving Astrid and Hiccup alone in silence.
"He is gonna get himself killed Hiccup."
"I know but I can't stop him. When Stoick the Vast sets his eye on something, there is no stopping him.
Sorry for not uploading a new chapter/Story in a while I got a bit bored with writing. For all the when riders become wrestler fans a new chapter will be in the works soon so hold tight. A little background on this story. This story is inspired by the events of the kingdom of Sweden back in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The rise and fall of a 15 year old king who nearly brought his country to becoming a superpower. As for the many songs that'll pop up throughout the story are from a band know as Sabaton. The main songs that this story is focused on is from their album Carolus Rex. Particularly the latter half of the album. Other songs will be used as a plot device so I'm open for suggestions. So please enjoy the story on the rise of King Hiccup the first, First king of Berk. -Dilloncoll