Note: Thank you for all the reviews for the story, I really appreciate them. I play an online game called School of Dragons, which is the game for How to Train your Dragon. The image for the Great Hall comes from the game, and the cartoon series.

The Viking Life

Hans followed both Hiccup and Astrid to the place the savages called the Great Hall. The Great Hall was the largest of all the buildings on Berk, but still much smaller than what he was used to. The Great Hall had two massive Viking statues on either side of the door, and the door was just as large as the statues. Hans saw his men as well as the savages filing into the building.

I wonder if we will all fit.

Hans entered the Great Hall and saw long wooden tables with long wooden benches on either side of them. In between the wooden tables were fire pits, which kept the building warm. Further in the back, he saw three chairs that looked like thrones. On the walls were shields that depicted men with what appeared to be their sons. When Hans studied the shields he noticed that the boy pictured in one image was full grown on the next one with a son of his own. Hans spotted Hiccup standing with his father.

"I would like to welcome our guests from Arendelle and Weaseltown…" Stoick began.

"It's Weselton!" A voice interrupted.

Hans noticed that Stoick completely ignored him.

"They come to us with an offer of peace. Let us welcome our guests with open arms, and treat them with great respect and hospitality." Stoick continued.

Hans tuned the rest of the speech out, and waited for it to be done. Once the speech was done, everyone was seated, and food was brought out to everyone. Hans looked at the plate in front of him, and saw a poor excuse for a meal. The meal consisted of a chicken leg, a piece of bread, and some berries. The drink he was given was mead, and it was served in a tin goblet.

This looks do disgusting, but in order to stay on the good side of the Chief I will have to eat it.

Hans looked for some utensils, but did not find any. Everyone was eating with their hands! He reluctantly took off his gloves, and began to take small bites of the food before him. The savages, except for Hiccup, tore into their food with gusto. Speaking of Hiccup, Hans noticed that he picked at his chicken without taking a bite. His father noticed.

"Hiccup, eat your food." Stoick told him.

Hans watched as hiccup began to pull off tiny bites from the chicken before him. To Hans it looked like Hiccup was not too enthusiastic about his meal. The only reason Hiccup seemed to eat his meat was due to his father staring at him. Hiccup seemed more enthusiastic to eat his bread slice and berries.

"What brings you to our village?" Stoick asked.

"Arendelle wanted to extend their hand of friendship to the Viking tribes." Hans told him.

Hans watched Stoick nod his head, and then lean over to talk to his friend Gobber. It was too loud to hear what was said, so Hans did not know what passed between the two. After a few minutes, Stoick turned back to him.

"We would like to extend our invitation to your men to stay for a week. That way you can rest and gather supplies for your voyage home. It will also give us a good time to show you our way of life." Stoick told him.

"Thank you, you are much too kind to us." Hans replied.

The smile plastered on his face was genuine, only because it gave him more opportunities to kidnap Hiccup.

"We will discuss the terms of the treaty in the morning, your men and you must be exhausted from your long journey. Tonight you will stay in my house, your Weaseltown man can stay with Gobber, and the rest of your men can stay in the Great Hall, or a household of their choosing." Stoick told him.

"Thank you so much for your hospitality." Hans told him.

After the meal was done, Stoick and Hiccup led Hans back to their house. Hiccup guided Hans through the door and into his room. Hans saw Hiccup's room, and cringed at the sight of it. The room had a simple wooden bed with nothing, except for a blanket and pillow for any type of comfort. He noticed a slab of wood laying on the floor, and a large window next to it.

We can go through that window when we kidnap Hiccup.

"I know it isn't much, but it should get you through for tonight." Hiccup told him.

Hans had to hide his disgust, so that the Viking Prince did not get offended.

"Thank you for offering your bed to me." Hans told Hiccup.

Hans watched as Hiccup gave him an awkward smile.

"My dad and I will be downstairs; if you need us don't hesitate to ask." Hiccup told him.

Hans watched as Hiccup left his room, and then turned back to the bed. It was not much, but he would make do with it. He only had to suffer one more night, and then he would be off the island with Hiccup in his clutches. He slowly climbed into the bed, but he made sure to check it for any bugs, before he finally got in. He pulled the shabby blanket over himself, and lay on the rock hard pillow. He was not used to sleeping in his clothes. Eventually, he pulled off his shoes, and any badges that were pinned on his shirt.

I will suffer through this, because in the end I will get what I want, Queen Elsa and Anna will pay for what they did to me!

Hans began to drift off to sleep, but the sound of a loud snore woke him up. He knocked the sheets off of the bed to see where the noise came from. He was not surprised to see that it was Chief Stoick that was snoring so loudly. Hans spotted the Chief sleeping on a chair; a cloak was pulled around him, while his mouth was wide open. On the floor, not too far from him, lay Hiccup.

He's sleeping on a shark skin!

Sure enough the Viking boy was sleeping on a shark skin rug. His head was resting on one arm, and a simple sheep rug lay over him to protect him from the cold. The boy slept through his father's loud snores, and he did not appear to be snoring. Knowing he would not get any sleep any time soon, Hans went to look out Hiccup's window.

I can't wait to get off of this disgusting island.

Hans noticed that there did not seem to be too many guards around the village, he spotted some Vikings heading to their houses for the night, but that was it. Hans saw the boat they came on in the distance, and it stood out among the simple ships that surrounded it. He left the window for a moment to grab Hiccup's blanket. There was a chill in the air, and Hans was getting slightly cold. Once he returned to the window his thoughts turned to his plan.

The Duke of Weaseltown was not privy to all of his plans, only part of them. Hans was using him and his man to execute the first part of the plan. After kidnapping the Viking Prince they were going to reach a port that not too far from Arendalle.

It looks like I will have to abandon the plan to kidnap the beautiful savage, that trunk I commissioned can only hold one person.

Hans had some of his paid men at the port, and the Duke was under the impression that they would transport their hostage to a secret place to hold, so they could use him against his tribe. The Duke also came up with a plan to slit the boy's throat, not enough to kill him, but enough to render him unable to speak. He had also proposed a plan to injure the boy's arms, so that he would be unable to write for help.

I will go along with injuring the boy, just to keep my plans in motion.

The men at the port Hans paid had a trunk in their care, given to them by Hans himself. The Viking Prince would be brought to them, and placed in the trunk for transportation. Hans and the rest of the men planned to transport him in a sack until they reached the port. The Duke thought Hiccup would be transported to a secret place, in reality, the Viking Prince would be delivered directly to the Queen.

A gift from Weaseltown to the lovely Queen Elsa of Arendelle.

It was a crazy plan, but it would all work out in his favor. The Queen would be too focused on Weaseltown trying to figure out who was responsible, and not be so focused on her own protection. Also, if the Vikings went to search for their prince, they would find him in Arendelle's clutches. Hans grinned at the carnage that would probably follow, and he would get the best of both worlds.

I will be king of Arendelle and Weaseltown by combining them into one, and I will have a Viking village at my beck and call!

TO BE CONTINUED…

Note: The scene with Hiccup not eating his chicken until Stoick kind of made him is due to something I noticed in the movie as well as in the series. In the movie he had chicken in some scenes, but he picked at it without eating, and in another scene he abandoned it. In the series, he either packs fish or bread if he is going on a journey.

I also put Hans' entire plans in this chapter too, because I wanted to reveal it in its entirety. In the movie he had a rather complicated plan in place. The way Hans is planning, he will be completely innocent in the entire thing, and look like a hero. Around the next chapter or so, we will see his plans begin.