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~True Love's Kiss Chapter 1~
The beginning
Once upon a time, there was a princess…
No scratch that…
A prince actually… was born into the vikingdom of Berk. It was the main vikingdom in the entire barbaric archipelago, since there were a lot of other vikingdoms too. The ruler of the vikingdom of Berk was King Stoic the Vast, who is married to the most beautiful Valhalarama. The whole kingdom rejoiced when the king and queen finally had a child they so wanted… however it was ended once the queen died giving birth to her only son, which she only held for a fraction of a second…
Four years passed and the prince grew up to become the most troublesome prince ever… he was always getting into trouble and scolded, but all the more he was already in a ripe age to choose his own dragon… and his name was Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III… well we all know what a great name it is…
"You'll be a great dragon rider someday Hiccup." Stoic beamed at his four year old son who he had placed on his shoulders…
"How do you know I'll be a great dragon rider?" he asked curiously towards his father…
"Well, you're named after one… no… two actually… the Hiccup the first was the first to ride a dragon… while the other one… Hiccup the second was the first to make a dragon academy." Stoic said thoughtfully, "Who knows, maybe someday you'll do something no one has ever done too." That got Hiccup thinking for a while…
"I know! I'll be the first to ever ride a night fury!" he exclaimed and Stoic laughed…
"Aye lad, maybe you'll be the first to ride one…" and they entered the kingdom to look for a dragon his son would have for the rest of his life. However no matter how many his son have managed to tame, still he would not pick one until the day came where they'd have to stop and go to another vikingdom to present him…
They sailed towards the island that was once known as the Outcast island, but the occupants weren't really barbaric… they were just as strong as the others, but their features are quite misleading… if Hiccup had not been his son then he would probably belong here, but no matter…
"Greetings Stoic!" Alvin greeted and then stared at Hiccup, "This is your son aye?" he said and picked up Hiccup rather roughly and looked at Stoic and Hiccup back and forth, "Well… he still has lots to grow doesn't he?" Hiccup pouted at the comment… he knew he was indeed smaller than the rest of the kids his age, but he was really working on it, had his father not been too uptight about keeping him around… which in turn made him smarter than the rest of the kids his age… well that's what you get when you hang around older company…
"Thank you for having us, Alvin," he said as he shook hands, "But where is your daughter?"
"Oh, that girl is tricky, just like her father," he said and winked, "Savage!" he yelled, "Go find me daughter!"
"Aye, aye sir!" and some of them left to find the princess. As soon as the issue of finding the daughter was gone, they were led into the great hall where there were many Vikings and villagers going out and about the hall. Hiccup was getting bored and looked around… of course as a kid he was really very imaginative, but he could've sworn he saw something move behind the bushes… well curiosity got the best of him and he followed it… forgetting the fact that he was suppose to not wander around grounds he doesn't know…
Not too far away from the celebration though was the village of the Outcasts. They were also awake since their family members were still at the palace watching out for certain dangers…although, in one hut, that didn't seem to be the case…
"Astrid, Ruffnut! What in Thor's name are you doin' up there!?" Astrid's mother shouted as she stormed up the stairs and into the room of her daughter and saw them with stick swords and all. She let out a sigh and took it from their small hands and place in somewhere high up where they won't be able to reach it…
"Aw," Ruffnut whined, "Come on Mrs. Hofferson we'll promise to sleep afterwards!" they pleaded, she shook her head…
"Nu-uh, you girls better get to sleep. I promised your mother Ruffnut I'd look after you while you're here." Both girls pouted as they were tucked in bed. The moment door was closed both threw the covers off of themselves and stared out of the window…
"Aw, look at them… I bet the princess and prince is having the time of their lives having to stay up late for that." Ruffnut whispered to Astrid, who too was looking longingly at the palace…
"Sigh," she sighed dreamily, "I wonder what it's like out there."
"I dunno," Ruffnut said, "But I bet Tuffnut is having the worst time back at home!" they both snickered, and Astrid took a peak below her window…
"I got an idea!"
"What?!" she piped in excitedly…
"Mom will be falling asleep not long from now, let's sneak out by then!"
"Alright!"
Though after waiting, it was only Astrid who stayed awake. She pouted for a bit and checked outside her room… the lights were turned off and her mother was sound asleep. She went back in and tugged on Ruffnut who only shoved her hand away…
"Ruffnut come on!" she whispered, "Mom's asleep!"
"You go… sneak away… I'll be here sleeping." She managed before falling right back asleep. Astrid shrugged her shoulders and did sneak out as quietly as possible. As soon as she got out she went to the direction of the palace and run in full speed with twinkles in her eyes. She was so gonna rub this in Ruffnut's face tomorrow…
She roamed and roamed until she didn't notice that she was nearing the palace. She saw something move in the corner of her eye and she whipped her head to see what it was that moved, but saw nothing. She shrugged her shoulders and continued walking… a bit lost she was in reality. She never travelled to the palace at night. She turned and took another way, but stopped after sometime when she still did not recognize the surroundings…
She gulped and turned a different way again and started to wander off… in the meantime, Hiccup was also wandering around the woods trying to see what it was he was following, but he couldn't see a thing… perhaps if it was actually daylight already, until that's when he noticed…
He couldn't hear any laughs or music at all, he turned around and everything was dark. His eyes widened for a bit and eventually fainted…
Astrid was really going to get in trouble if her mom wakes up and finds only Ruffnut in bed. She bit her lip and continued walking. Forget about the palace, all she wants is to go home. She kept walking and eventually slipped on a wet rock and splashed on herself. She regained her stance and quickly climbed to the bank and gulped for some air and shivered… it was freezing cold! She hugged her knees to her chest and rocked her body back and forth, until she heard something move in the bushes…
She stopped and squinted her eyes in the dark, but it was useless she couldn't see anything, until she saw it… two slits inside huge green pupils, shivering with cold, she managed to get a word out of her freezing lips…
"D-d-dr-dra-dragon." She whispered, and it began to charge towards her and she was forced to flee away from the dragon. Back in Outcast Island were a lot of dragons untamed and unused to human company… so it was safe to assume, neither the people were accustomed to dragons. She ran for her life as the dragon let out a sound not really that loud, she was momentarily confused… that sound was a bit familiar… she wonders where she heard it before…
She looked back, and could see nothing but a fireball coming right at her and she tripped… missing the fireball a few inches from burning her head. She quickly looked around and grabbed a large branch and swung it to the dragon who she managed to hit. Just as it was about to charge again at her, she readied herself to swing the branch until eventually someone came between them…
"Stop!" said the little boy who held both palms open to the dragon and to her, "its okay…" he whispered to the dragon, "You scared her that's all." She dropped the branch and stared at him in confusion. What the hell was he doing? "I don't know how to speak dragoneese yet, but I'm still learning." He said to the dragon and continued to hold out his hand, "I'm a friend… really…" he said. Eventually it was starting to get near him when it growled to someone behind him. He turned around to look at the other child with him…
"Oh… hi!" he said giving her a goofy smile, "Why are you out here?" he asked, yet she eyed him in confusion as her eyes drifted from him and to the dragon, "Don't tell me you don't understand me too." He said in horror, and she glared at him and crossed her arms over her chest…
"Of course I do!" she hissed, "What I don't understand is that why you are talking to a mindless beast!" the so-called beast growled at her and she tripped back. He chuckles at her and came towards the dragon, "What are you laughing at?!"
"Nothing really," he admitted and the patted the dragon, "I just think you are rather amusing."
"What?" she asked in confusion, "Why?"
"You're out here wet… and cold… in nothing but your sleeping dress, and still you have the guts to defend yourself against a dragon… you're pretty cool." He said and she blushed… thankfully it was dark so he didn't notice it. She stood up and watched him in amazement as he circled the dragon…
"What are you doing?" she asked as she inched a bit closer…
"Well, I'm still trying to figure out what dragon this is though," he said, "But if my guess is correct based on the sound he made a while ago, this is the great night fury." He said and scratched the place behind the ears, "You need to go back home right?" he asked her and she nodded at him, he then got on the dragon and held out his hand to her, "Well come on, I'm going to be in trouble too if I don't get back soon."
"Uh… no thanks?" she said unsurely and he rolled his eyes at her and pulled her up anyway…
"Trust me… come on bud, you ready?" he asked and the dragon grunted, "I'll take that as a yes." And not a moment later they bolted to the air with Astrid screaming her lungs out and held onto dear life at the boy, "Whoa, slow down bud, we have a first timer here." He said a bit dizzy, "I knew you were fast but not this fast." He commented and turned to look behind him, "You alright back there?" he asked gently…
"No… please, get me down…" she whimpered and he just chuckled…
"Down?" he paused and looked around, "But it's just so beautiful up here." He whispered and looked around. Curious, Astrid bested herself by looking up and was indeed amazed by what she saw… stars were everywhere and down below were the lights… she could see the whole island up here and the places she never saw… she looked back in front of her and saw him looking around so peaceful at the sky. She bit her lip and looked down…
"No one in this place knows how to calm a dragon…" she said, "You're the prince aren't you?" she said and Hiccup slumped his shoulders in defeat…
"Yes…" he said and stared at her, "You mean you don't have like dragon academies here?" he asked her curiously and she shook her head…
"Nope… that's why Berk is the main Vikingdom in the entire barbaric archipelago… that's their distinct feature." She said, "So does everyone in Berk really have dragons?"
"Yep… don't you too have dragons?" she shook her head…
"Only knights have one… the rest have ponies… or parrots…" she replied. Hiccup nodded and looked down…
"Didn't you say you needed to go home?" he asked and she nodded, "Well… hold on." And they dived down, this time Astrid kept her eyes open, embracing the prince tightly… she never thought she'd meet him… he wasn't really that bad at all… she absentmindedly smiled as she stared at the prince's back… she hopes someday she'll meet him once again… they arrived at her hut, and she passed through the window of her room… she looked out and saw him fly away and she knew exactly what she wanted to do later on…
She was going to be a knight one day… and ride a dragon… and go see the Prince one day…
As soon as Hiccup dropped off the girl, he went back directly to the palace. He stared at his black dragon and smiled at him, "I wonder what I should call you." He said and then shook his head, "Nah… I'll think about it tomorrow." They sped up and went to the palace again where everyone was shocked, amazed, terrified and everything else at the sight of him riding a dragon no one ever seen before. Everyone was silent for a while and even Stoic was speechless until he let out a chuckle and laughed, followed by some of the people he had with him…
"Good job boy!" he beamed at his son and scooped him up, "May I present my son, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, who really lives up to his name… as the first to ever have a night fury as their dragon!" and everyone in the palace rejoiced for another more hour to congratulate and flock over the hatchling night fury…
As soon as they returned back to Berk, the whole island was silent for a little while as their king delivered to them dreadful news about the Vikingdom Berk… on the fourteenth birthday of the prince, the Vikingdom Berk will fall into a deep sleep. A forest of thorns will rise around the palace and keep the dangers within and the people out of Berk. However, King Stoic told each of the kings with daughters or nieces that if one of them wakes the prince up through a kiss, then the curse is broken…
No one knows when the curse took place… but one thing was for sure… whoever wakes up the prince will be immediately betrothed to him, and the vikingdoms will merge into one great empire. Starting from that day, Astrid trained and trained hard to be able to become a knight and help the curse be broken… and see Prince Hiccup awake and smiling… gliding through the skies with his mighty dragon… the night fury…
Years passed by and Prince Hiccup was told of the curse, and he was greatly saddened. It seemed like his fate was sealed. He turned to his dragon and went out for a fly around the island. This went on day after day ever since he knew about his fate. Every single day that passed by, it took longer for the prince to return, and more and more he forgot about the people he had met from around the barbaric islands. He would go out and sketch every single moment until the books were filled with drawings of things he'll know he'd go back to once he would wake up… if he'd wake up…
Berk was preparing for years they know they'd miss out, for only time could tell when they would really be up and about. They'd be falling asleep as the prince will be too…
These were sad times for berk…
"Hiccup, are you alright?" Stoic asked his thirteen-year-old who was now sulking inside his room, "Do you want anything?" he asked. Hiccup stared at the sun which was beginning to set and then back at his father…
"Did mom knew this day was coming?" he asked and looked back out, "Is that why-"
"No Hiccup," his father said as he walked in, "She would have stuck with us throughout the way had she been given the choice." He replied and let out a dejected sigh, "I'd do anything to stop it Hiccup if given the chance… but preventing a day to come is something I couldn't do." And with that he left his son to ponder on his thoughts. As soon as he left, Hiccup went to sit in from of his spinning wheel and spun his wheel… a few moments later there was a familiar flapping of wings heard outside the window and Hiccup beamed at his dragon…
"Toothless, bud, AW!" he said as he pricked his finger, he sucked on it for a while and then stared outside and snatched his sketchbook, "Just in time for sunset bud, let's go."
They flew around and around the island and Hiccup almost forgot what day it was…
Tomorrow was his fourteenth birthday, and he wished he could stop time at this moment. He sketched and sketched the night view he was seeing and savoured each and every moment of his last day… you'd think he was going to die, but who knows when he'll wake up? Might as well enjoy every moment… but time was nearing and he had to get back…
"Alright bud," he said patting the dragon, "Time to head back." As soon as they arrived Hiccup landed outside the palace doors and cuddled with Toothless who let out a whine, "I'm gonna miss you bud." Hiccup whispered to his dragon, "I hope we see each other someday."
Of course, even if dragons were part of the kingdom, they weren't part of the curse. They were the dangers locked inside the forest of thorns that would surround the kingdom, therefore, whoever goes in is sure doomed to die if they don't know what they're doing… after all… dragons could only live so much…
For all Hiccup knew, Toothless won't be around when he wakes up…
He went up the stairs and felt every wall. The guards already locked up the doors and stood guard. Maybe if he won't sleep then the kingdom won't fall asleep… but that would be impossible, he won't be able to stay awake for one whole day. Until he got an idea…
"What if I sleep now and wake up an hour before midnight and then stay awake… surely I can be awake for one whole day!" he said and then dashed to his room to get that much needed sleep of his, "This please work." He muttered to himself before bumping into one of the palace maids, "Whoops sorry!" he apologized as she fell to the ground, and he helped her get up…
"Oh, nonsense my prince," said the maid, "Why such hurry?" she asked and he answered her truthfully and told her about the plan, "In what way may I help?" she asked him and he got a brilliant idea… in this case means it would have been brilliant had he spoken it to the correct person…
"Wake me up an hour before midnight." He said and dashed to his room. He missed to see her smirk to herself and slowly shed off her disguise…
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that dear prince…" she said as she went out the balcony and stared at the starry skies, "Tomorrow's the day I'll get what I want… and you won't foil my plans no matter how brilliant it is…" she raised her hands and began to chant her spell…
"Thy prick on thy finger on the spinning wheel's needle, shall be the reason your great plan shall crumble… thy wound shall place you on a sleepy trance, therefore you will lose your chance… what's supposedly mine she claimed as hers… now all of you shall suffer under my curse…"
And with that rain was poured down onto the kingdom as she melted away with each raindrop that felt onto her and slowly disappeared. Prince Hiccup never woke up as he had planned for the needle was enchanted by the witch herself as well. It was there as insurance, to make sure her plans worked out perfectly well…
Days passed and new weeds sprouted up slowly and were rapidly growing as each rain passed… even through the snow it grew and grew until it almost reached the highest tower in the castle… and eventually grew taller than the palace itself…
People tried to get in the island, but even with the palace dragons, they couldn't get it. There were too many thorns, and the only way in was to walk through the thorns underneath, but as many people went in… no one ever got out. All they could hear are the screams and roars of what seemed to be a deadly monster guarding the palace from intruders…
Rumours had it that the kingdoms had given up on their ventures for the prince… and some said that there was more to the curse then ever let on by the sleeping king inside his sleeping kingdom, however, needless to say there were two kingdoms who never went to the palace directly…
The Bog Vikingdom and the Outcast Vikingdom…
The Bog is a vikingdom filled with only females. Males have no place in their island and are enslaved. Their queen, Big-boobied Bertha has her daughter training along with one of the rarest dragons, a mood dragon, before she goes and greets the prince ever since King Stoic visited them when the children were still three.
Camicazi was a fierce and headstrong girl; she never let anyone look down on her, and would never back out in a fight. As soon as she heard about the impenetrable vikingdom, she trained hard all day long and encountered every challenge there was to face… but the ultimate goal was to reach the top most tower and wake the prince… but no one had gotten past the demon guarding the palace that was rumoured to be the dragon Prince Hiccup owned…
"As soon as I get to that dragon I'm gonna skin it alive and cut off its head!" she exclaimed…
"No… don't kill it… if you wake the prince up and he'll realize that you killed his dragon then it could start a war between Berk and Bog."
"But I thought it meant an alliance?" she asked confused…
"No… the alliance is only formed if you will agree to marry the prince."
"That little toothpick?" she said in disgust, "Never in a million years, I won't go then!" she said
"If you do this, you're letting Heather win!"
"Who?"
"Alvin's daughter… Princess Heather… I hear she's determined to get to the Prince before you."
"Well, would you look at that?" she said, "And here I thought she was such a sissy."
"Well, if it'll bring you comfort, she has created some of her own knights of rounds to accompany her to her quest."
"Yep, she's a coward alright."
"Coward yes… but wise too." Bertha then went to whisper to her daughter's ear. Camicazi's eyes widened and stared at her mother…
"You want me to what?!"
"She hasn't met you… only Prince Hiccup did."
"Aye that's true but become her knight!?" her mom gave her a glare that she groaned in defeat, "Fine… but how do I get before she does?"
"That'll be entirely up to you… this time; all they know is that you are here, training."
"But I'm fourteen… will you think she'll believe me when I say I can fight?"
"Well, she'd be very unlucky if she weren't to choose you." Bertha then smirked at her daughter, "This time… we'll be ahead of them."
Okay so there was an instant time skip there… so to summarize what just happened, Hiccup was born and by four years old he is able to pick his own dragon, but he chose Toothless who he had met with Astrid… so years later he forgot about the people he had met because he was too busy savouring his years at home by flying with Toothless… on his fourteenth birthday the entire kingdom was put to sleep…
And now, the entire barbaric archipelago is having a race as to who will be able to reach Hiccup first and merge with Berk…
Question is… how did Stoic know about the curse? When did it happen? Who cast the curse? Why was there a curse in the first place? Who'll get to be in the knights of rounds of Princess Heather? And who will get there first, is it Camicazi or Heather? And what happened to Astrid?
Hold on to the next chapters to see each of the mysteries uncovered and solved…
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