"Hey buddy." Hiccup greeted Toothless as the dragon pawed him awake from his slumber.
"I'm up. What is it?" Toothless sat up and wiggled his shoulders excitedly and pointed with his snout at the door. Hiccup glared at the lizard and swung his legs over the side of the bed.
"What time is it?" The boy yawned looking out the window.
Knock knock knock!
Hiccup rolled his eyes.
"Nobody has any concept of time around here." Hiccup complained angrily.
Hiccup hobbled down stairs still half asleep. Stoick was still practically in a coma. That man could sleep through anything. It was almost five in the morning and it was pitch black outside.
Hiccup smoothed his hair down, rubbed his eyes, and opened the door. "Hello?"
A sort of tall muscular girl with brown eyes and wild red hair stood in front of him. She leaned back slightly in surprise.
"Uh, who are you?" She asked slightly confused.
Hiccup raised an eyebrow at the girl. Who was she? He'd never seen her around Berk before.
" I'm Hiccup." The young Viking answered holding out his hand
" I'm Lillian." She explained and shook his hand nearly pulled his arm out of it's socket.
"Is Stoick here by any chance?" She asked politely. She ran her fingers through her fizzy hair.
Hiccup looked into the house and back.
" He's probably still sleeping. I'll just go get him." Hiccup ran to get his father.
"Dad. Somebody's here for you." Hiccup shook the chiefs arm gently.
"Alright. I'm up." Stoick leaned forward but fell back on his pillow.
"You're awake. Not up." Hiccup snorted angrily and glanced back at Lillian." Come on."
Stoick sat up for real this time." Now I'm up."
Stoick dragged his feet like a zombie as he followed Hiccup back to the girl.
"Stoick?" She raised her eyebrow at the large burly man.
"Uh, okay. Did you happen to know a woman named Bora did you?" She asked with a hint of worry in her voice.
Stoick's eyes widened.
"Hiccup go to your room." Stoick ordered.
Hiccup crossed his arms obviously refusing to do so. " I think I want to see what this is all about."
Stoick rolled his eyes and answered.
"Fine. Yes, I did know a Bora. She was my first wife. But only for a year. Then she left and I met a woman named Valka. And then we had Hiccup. Why do you want to know?" Stoick eyed her suspiciously.
Hiccup stared at his father in confusion.
"What?! You were married twice?! Why was I unaware of this?!" Hiccup shouted. Stoick winced at his sons suddenly booming voice.
"Because I knew you would get upset like that. It wasn't really very important. She died so I had to move on." Stoick tried to explain.
Lillian stared at Stoick.
"Well it was of some importance. I'm Lillian, your daughter." She chuckled in amusement.
Stoick's attention turned back to her."M-my what?" Stoick stuttered in shock.
She continued to chuckle and asked,"Yeah I'm the reason mom "ran away". She found out she was pregnant an you said that you didn't want kids so she freaked. But apparently that's not much of a problem anymore."
She gestured to Hiccup. She had to live without a father her whole life because he didn't want kids. Then she finds out that he had a son with a woman other than her own mother. This just wasn't fair.
Stoick rubbed his head. Still completely lost the chief invited his new daughter into talk about the whole situation.
All three sat down at the dining table.
"So what happened to your mother then? "Stoick asked concerned tilting his head.
Lillian looked down at the floor depressed. "She died in a fire. A few weeks ago. But she told me so much about you. So I decided to come meet you for my self. I don't really have anywhere to stay for now."
Stoick buried his head into his hands trying to soothe his head.
" Well this is a lot of information to get in a minute. Okay. You can stay here. For now. But I want real proof that you are telling the truth." Stoick informed.
Lillian nodded understandingly and reached into her satchel pulling out a ring. It was made of silver with a beautiful ruby in the shape of a heart.
"It's mom's engagement ring." She explained and handed the piece of jewelry to her father.
Stoick examined the ring and gulped. She was definitely telling the truth.
I know the beginning is a little rushed but it's meant to have that kind of effect because that's how Stoick is feeling right now. I need to give credit to my new Beta for this story, slowpoke09. Who is a very talented writer. Thank you for reading and please review.