Me: Hello people! This is chapter 2; last chapter was only a flashback
Hiccup: so is this where the real story begins?
Me: Yup, but you may encounter more flashbacks here. They are only for the sake of telling you what happened before so that you can easily connect it to the events of the story
Hiccup: okay, continue
Me: I have a question for you people at the end of this chapter; hope you could help me with that
Astrid: Dooms doesn't own anything that is not hers
It was raining hard
No one is outside this day since most daily activities were delayed because of the rain
But today is not any normal day, not for the residents of Berk.
He was sitting there within the comforts of his house, gazing at the shower outside. He is very aware about the date of this day, and to be accurate he wasn't very pleased about it.
"Oh, Hiccup" sighed while closing his eyes "It's been 3 years, son"
Returning his gaze to the rain, Stoick the Vast, remembering the event that happened 3 years ago; it was a very painful day to him, he dares not to remember
He wasn't the only one thinking of that incident, all of Berk was (or maybe most of it). The people can still clearly remember what happened that day, as if it was tomorrow; of course if it only happened a day ago, then they might be able from losing him but no, it happened three years ago. No use of thinking about the "what ifs" anymore, it's already happened
And there in the Hofferson's household, sits Astrid likewise near the window. She wasn't one of the most affected in the beginning but later on, she realized the problem of him staying away of her, one is that Snotlout is the next heir of the throne, other is that she gets to feel that there is a deep hole in her chest; it's too deep for her to bury, and too wide for her to ignore. Struggling to keep herself from crying, she can't help but close her eyes and remember what happened
*Flashback*
It was midnight; almost all of the people are asleep. Stoick wasn't able to sleep that night, although he was indeed very tired. He closed his eyes once more, trying to sleep; and once more, it wasn't working. Just then, and before he could try once more, he started hearing something from the outside. He exited his house and looked around, searching for the producer of that sound. After a moment, he recognized the sound as flapping wings. Only one creature could make this sound, it's a dragon, but what is a dragon doing here at midnight
Stoick followed the sound of wings until he reached the middle of the village; there he saw what he didn't imagine to see before. There was his son, lying unconscious on the floor, with a Night Fury standing over him. Stoick charged at the creature but with no avail, the dragon was very fast for him and it was able to use the darkness for it's advantage to escape. Stoick knew that it must be the dragon that flew away with Hiccup yet, he cannot be sure of that until his son wakes up. For now, it looks like Hiccup is injured and needs medical treatment so he has to stop thinking a lot about it and try to focus on the job at hand.
The next day, the elders had a meeting to figure out what is the proper action to be made for the situation. The whole village is waiting for the final decision; everyone have one question in mind, what will happen to Hiccup?
Meanwhile at the Haddok household…..
"Did he wake up?" asked Tuffnut
"For the last time Tuffnut, HE IS NOT AWAKE YET!" Astrid yelled
"Sheesh, no need to shout"
"That's what you get for being a dork" said Ruffnut
"Thud" was heard from the upstairs, "what was that?" Fishlegs asked
"It must be Hiccup!" Astrid said before heading upstairs, the teens raced to reach Hiccup's room. Astrid was the first to reach there so she quickly entered the room but she was surprised to see Hiccup lying on the floor, "he must've been dizzy to notice his prosthetic foot, I feel sad for him" Astrid thought while trying to help Hiccup on his feet
"Hiccup, are you okay?" she asked him
"Define okay" he replied with a smile when his vision got clear, the other teens were standing near the door while watching the duo.
"Dude, is that true?" shouted Tuffnut once he was aware that Hiccup is fine "were you really riding on a Night Fury?"
Hiccup's eyes got wide in the mention of the Night Fury. All of a sudden, he started looking around his room then he went to the lower floor of the house and continued his search for his friend
"Um, Hiccup? What are you looking for exactly?" asked a confused Fishlegs
"Toothless, where is he? Did my father kill him?" Hiccup asked while shaking Fishlegs
"I think I'm gonna get sick"
"Toothless? Who's Toothless?" Ruffnut asked
"Do you mean the Night Fury?" Astrid asked. When she realized that Hiccup's panicking eyes were looking at her, she said "then no, he wasn't able to catch it after it dropped you in the middle of the night"
Hiccup breathed a huge sigh of relief "Thank Thor, he's still safe"
"But what about that search party which went to the woods to look for the Night Fury?" Snoutlout asked. The twins, Fishlegs, and Astrid shoot glares towards Snoutlout "what? There is searching going on, so don't tell me that it's not happening"
Hiccup quickly headed towards the door, he was going to go and save his friend before his father finds him. But before he could reach for the doorknob, the door busted open revealing Gobber with a serious look on his face
"Hiccup, you are needed in the Great Hall" he said pointing towards the Great Hall, they all knew that it's not something to be looking forward to
They all followed Gobber quietly to the Great Hall, all of them expecting the worst to happen but none of them expected what will really happen
The doors of the Great Hall were opened revealing Gobber and the young teens. The elders and the chief were waiting for them to arrive, to announce their final decision. The place was dark, anything was hardly visible.
"Stiock, I brought him" Gobber yelled, obviously talking to the chief
Hiccup went to the center of the hall, awaiting his punishment. The elders were whispering something with each other; it looks like they are arguing over the final decision. It felt like forever before the agreed on what to say, Stoick later on came in front to where everyone could see him and cleared his throat.
"Hiccup Haddock Horrendous the Third (A/N: isn't it weird for a father to call his son's full name?), you are going to be punished for betraying your tribe and getting alongside with the enemies as well as not attending your final test" he said with a serious yet sad tone "you will be BANISHED from Berk and sent to dragon island to live there forever"
Gasps of surprise can be heard from the people who were there to witness the event. Hiccup was the most shocked from the news he just received, he can't believe that his father agreed to exile him from the village
"What?!" he wasn't able to help but shout "d-dad, I didn't betray Berk and I didn't mean to work with any enemies" the boy objected "the dragons are not enemies dad, they were just defending themselves. I've been to the nest and I saw the truth, there was a giant dragon controlling them and forcing them to bring food. If they don't bring enough food back, they will be eaten themselves" he took a second to take a breath and allow the information to sink in. The elders were whispering and arguing with each other about what they just heard; Hiccup took the chance to continue
"You might have seen me ride the Night Fury, or you may have even seen it drop me in the center of the village. That dragon is the one I caught in the last dragon raid, I was able to train it and it helped me to kill the Red Death" he said "dad, I know that you won't believe me but I am telling the truth. The dragons won't have any reason to attack Berk anymore" he tried to sound most convincing possible
"Are we supposed to believe that?" whispered one of the elders
"What he says doesn't seem to be realistic" another one whispered
"He should still be banished from Berk, there is no country for people like this" whispered another
"He left Berk to save the dragons, and he missed the most important test in his life" and another
"What is it that you decide?" asked Stoick
"The tribe is more important than saving the beasts; this will still be betrayal to us"
"He will still be expelled"
"Your punishment will not change since you have no clear evidence. You claimed that you went to the nest and killed the greatest dragon, but that doesn't mean that dragon raids will end" announced Stoick
"No dad, it does" he tried to defend himself "the dragons won't have any reason to fight us" but his protest did not reach through the hard heads of the Viking elders
"The meeting is over, prepare a ship to take him to dragon island" Stoick said, as if not listening to word said from the boy
Everyone's eyes were glued to Stiock, surprised that a father can allow his son to be cast out, not only his son but also the next heir of the throne. After a few seconds of staring, the people moved their eyes from Stoick to Hiccup, only to find that the young boy was gone.
"Where is he?" Fishlegs asked quickly
"Maybe in the bathroom" answered Snotlout stupidly, receiving a glare from Astrid
"I just saw him run towards the forest" Tuffnut said
"What! And you didn't do anything to stop him?" Astrid yelled at the boy "come on, we have to find him" she said motioning to the forest
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He kept on running at the top of his speed, holding a big bag full of various materials and objects "Toothless" he repeated the same word numerous times "Where are you bud" he reached the cove where the first met his dragon, and thankfully he was still there
"Oh I was so worried for you, the Vikings are looking for you" he said while getting something out of the bag, Toothless gave him a questioning look "and now, they are looking for me" he brought out an automatic prosthetic tail for Toothless
"Look, I need you to do something" he said while putting the artificial tail on the dragon "I won't be able to help you with that, and that's why I'm putting this on you" he was fixing the tail properly to prevent it from falling "don't worry we'll be able to see each other again very soon, but I want you to listen to me properly now" the dragon was all ears for his rider since he realized that he will be asked to do something important
"They'll pay for everything they did" he muttered loudly
Me: the continuation of the flashback will come in the next chapter. I'm sorry for being late, got some connection issues. Is that everything that I had to clear out?
Hiccup: you forgot the question
Me: oh right, thanks. I am going to make a crossover when I finish the 2 stories that I'm working on, the crossover will be about SRMTHFG & HTTYD; I got two ideas for the crossover and I need help with that
Astrid: she is wondering which idea would be best; Hiccup going to Shugazoom? Or Chiro coming to Berk?
Me: yeah, and I kinda need help with the choosing; give me your choice and I will be very thankful for you. I will appreciate all the help that you give me, you may even PM me, I don't mind. Thx again