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Valka and Stoick were laughing as they chased a hyperactive infant who had just learned the wonders of crawling a few weeks earlier. The boy had hidden himself from them a few minutes earlier, and they decided to split up to search for the little boy. Near one of the beds there was a giggling sound and a small head of brown hair sticking out. Valka smiled as she walked over to her son and picked him up.
"You're a fast little one aren't you?" she asked and tickled him.
The baby just giggled a bit before yawning. "Tired from all that crawling?" Stoick asked while playing peek-a-boo with the boy over his wife's shoulder.
"I'm not surprised. He's been up since this morning." Valka answered
She laughed at the faces her husband pulled to entertain their son, it amazed her how many different ones he could make with the little bit of his face sticking out between his beard and hair. She shooed Stoick and lulled their son to sleep before laying him down in his crib, a few moments later she came out of the room to find Stoick leaning against the wall next to the door waiting for her.
"Waiting for me?" she asks, sliding her hand across his chest then up flicking he's nose and laughing and running away from him.
"Do you ever play fair, Valka?" he asked as he followed her.
"Not when it comes to you my large Viking!" she said as she slipped out of the house.
"I should have known she would pull this trick! She does it every time I don't expect it." Stoick grumbled as he went to sit in the chair and read a book.
Valka headed off to watch the sunset and enjoy her evening off, she had taken care of Hiccup all morning and afternoon while Stoick was out to do his duty. When she thought of Stoick working, she reconsidered leaving him for the girls night out, he was after all working just as hard as she was. Just so long he doesn't go and join the guys for his night out, but she would worry about that later. She laid back against a rock and watched the sun set over the horizon, almost dozing off.
That was, until she spotted a mass of black shapes heading in from the distance. She stared at the mass for a few more seconds until her mind finally caught up to what she was seeing, DRAGONS! They were coming in for a raid, and for the first time, she had spotted them far ahead of time and could warn the village. She ran towards the tower and yelled at the men to sound the alarm to signal that a raid was approaching.
Once she informed them, she went to get her weapons from Gobber before she returned home. She had made it to the start of town when the dragons swooped in and the utter chaos started with dragons setting buildings alit and Vikings chasing after them. Some grabbed food while others dragons distracted the Vikings, some were killed in by the villagers before they could flee with food. It was a gruesome and bloody scene everywhere, no place for a child or teen, but never the less there was a group of teens putting out fires and chasing off Terrible Terrors.
Stoick was torn between rushing out to protect his village and keeping his son safe, but his decision was made for him when a woman cried out and he set off in order to help her, leaving the little boy unattended. He prayed to Odin that Valka would forgive him for this, but he needed to protect the village, it was his duty fits and foremost. It wasn't long until a Nightmare set the house on fire with its fire coat, the heat and sudden light caused Hiccup to start to cry.
A large brown dragon had heard the soft crying of a baby and went to investigate it, finding Hiccup. The dragon nuzzled the baby a bit and it stopped crying and started to giggle and swat at the dragon. The brown dragon played for a while using its wing, until a creaking sound drew its attention and its head snapped in that direction. The roof was going to collapse putting the baby was in danger, and without a second the dragon blasted a gust of wind with its wings at the unstable blasting it away, before quickly protecting the baby under its wings.
Moments later the door creaked open and Valka stormed in only to stop and watch the dragon and her son play. She walked over to them slowly and cautiously not to scare the beast but she heard a shout and turned around when she reached them. Stoick was rushing towards them, scaring the dragon in the process. The dragon reacted by going into a defensive stance in front of the baby and its mother to protect it from what he assumed was a threat.
Stoick threw an axe at it to scare it away, but the dragon jumped forward dodging the axe and knocked him over, it spun around knocking Stoick away with its tail, grabbing Valka in the process. As Stoick got up and saw the beast making its way to the baby to take it, he ran and shoved the dragon away to get there before it got to Hiccup, but with that it also took Valka as it flew away.
The scene was forever ingrained in the memory of Stoick, his heart felt as if it was set on fire and ripped apart by the dragon, but his mind was filled with anger towards the beast. He vowed he would find that beast and destroy it if it was the last thing he did. His mind was filled with anger towards the beast, over clouding his better judgement and pushing emotion to the side. Like all those who seek revenge, it would come at a great cost, losing those who are closets to you due to your own actions.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but the way to open the gates of hell is through revenge. For the next few months Stoick searched for the Dragon's nest, but each time he would have no success. He missed his son's first birthday, but considered it was a small price to pay for making progress in finding that nest. He never knew that his son had spoken his first word that day, just like he couldn't see he was doing the exact thing Gothi had warned him about only a year prior.
Gothi and Gobber watched Hiccup grow for 15 years, becoming intelligent, innovative and curious. Unlike most male Vikings his age, he was thin and agile. The exception was Tuffnut, but that was due to him being part of a set of twins, there was also the fact that Tuffnut was just like his name suggested tough and rough like his sister. Hiccup on the other was not tough, but a great strategist and tactician, outwitting his peers when they would try to bully him.
Gobber had taken the boy to learn blacksmithing and Gothi had taught him herbology and medicinal arts. He had excelled in all of those and even took on wood crafting and leather making, this enabled the boy to do nearly anything by himself if he had the raw materials. His teachers were proud of him, yet concerned at the same time. He had met their every expectation, but not his fathers. They could see that the boy had tried to gain his father's approval by learning all this and doing more for the village, yet none of it had seemed to please the Chief.
Ruffnut had noticed the Hiccup and admired his work ethic and ability to solve problems. He had blown up a few things, the destruction he caused was pure art, but when he actually got his inventions to work, they were accurate and deadly. Sometimes he scared her with his vast knowledge and ideas, which seemed endless to her. She wanted to talk to him more often, but she was afraid she might be ridiculed by the others. He was a village screw up, and she was a promising young warrior. They couldn't be more different in social status, but in mind she thought they were more alike than the sun and the moon.
Every time she would admire him from afar, but never tell him the truth. Truthfully, she was crushing on his boyish innocent looks and behavior. He was the perfect mix of wild and genius for her, and one day when the village realises what great potential he has, she would make herself known to him.
Hope you guys enjoyed the second chapter. I must apologize for my leave of absence. Got a little frustrating to not write what you want to write, and having to change the chapter every few times. Hopefully my beta will accept my apology of skipping a month because of everything going on. I'll have to put some time aside to get back on track with the other 6 stories... UGH I buried myself in a lot of words and letters and symbols and stuff... So yah... I need to get going... Sorry again... Wow my excuses - even though valid - suck...