"So how does this work? What's gonna happen know?" Hiccup asked, not realizing that he was shrinking.
"You're going to be sent back in time. You won't remember most of this conversation but there will be some that you do. I'm sending you back further than the witch intended, and I'll also be changing a few things..." She began.
"So we're back to being vague. If I'm not gonna remember this what's the point?" Hiccup interrupted stamping his foot. That's when he noticed that something was different. He looked down at himself, "What the heck!" he yelped.
"I did say I was sending you back earlier. Didn't I? I'm sending you back to when you where ten years old. Your going to need the extra time, believe me. Where was I? Oh yes! One of the things I will be changing is that you are going to have a lot more training. But you won't remember any of this conversation. However, you will remember this," and with that she snapped her fingers. Hiccup-now a ten year old- looked up at her as if seeing her for the first time.
"Who are you?" he asked stuttering and shaking.
"It's alright, I'm not here to hurt you. I have a very important message for you that I don't want you to forget. You are a very important person. You have a destiny far beyond your wildest dreams. The people on Berk might call you useless now, but there will be a time when you will not only prove them wrong, you will surpass them all. You have already earned my help. You may not see me, but know that you will never be forsaken. Your path will be long and hard, but it will be worth it. Just remember; I will be watching out for you, except help from unexpected places, and never give up. You are meant for great things."She said.
"Who or what are you?"he asked in wonder.
"I'm a Valkyrie. I'd advise you only tell this dream to someone you trust completely. No one else will believe you. You will know who to tell when the time is right. Good luck child." she said as the white world Hiccup was in faded away.
Hiccup jerked awake and looked around. He was in his bedroom, just like usual. So why did it feel like this was anything but normal? Must be remnants from that strange dream. He got up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Normally he would go to the forge, but his dad decided he was spending to much time with Gobber and told him he needed to hang out with the kids his own age more. Of course what his dad didn't realize was this meant he would be spending a lot of time alone.
He walked out of his house looking around. He could either go into the forest or just walk around the village trying to blend in. He looked towards the forest. Ever since the rumor that an old assassin had moved onto the island most people stayed away. His dad had told him not to go very far in the forest too, so there actually could be something to that rumor. He finally decided to sit under a tree right outside the village to draw. He had a great new idea for a catapult that would make it shoot twice as far. He was so caught up in the design he didn't notice a certain group of kids sneaking up on him.
"What ya doin now useless?" Snotlout said standing over him suddenly. Hiccup slapped the book shut and tried get up. Snotlout just pushed him back down. On either side of him was the twins, all three of them wearing identical expressions.
" I was getting pretty bored. Then I saw you just sitting here and decided hey, why not liven up useless's day?" Snotlout said punching his hand. Hiccup just looked at the three of them and subtly slid his book further into the woods, if they noticed it they would just rip it up or something along those lines.
About an hour later Hiccup limped into the woods. He was done with the village for today. As he wandered around he thought about why he was even born. The dream was still fresh in his mind but he just could not see how it could be true. Who knows. Maybe it really was just a dream, based off wishful thinking. He thought.
When he looked around he realized he had no idea where he was. He'd never come this far into the woods and he'd been so lost in thought he hadn't paid any attention to where he was going. His injuries were really beginning to hurt to. He saw a fallen tree not far from where he was and went to sit down on it.
As he sat he began to think over the meaning of his life. Ever since he was four years old it was obvious, even to him that he was different. While all the other kids would run around screaming and pretending to kill dragons, he would be looking around watching the people of the village go about their lives. While all the other kids took everything as a given, he would ask questions about everything. That's honestly where he got his nickname. One of the times he was asking his dad a question, his dad had snapped at him yelling, "Stop being so useless, asking all these questions. You're just getting in the way. Go play or something." After that the entire village started calling him 'useless'.
All of these things made him wonder why he couldn't be like everyone else. He had tried to blend in but that just seemed to make things worse. The more he thought about it the more he wondered if there really was a thing called 'mercy'. He certainly had never had any. The village constantly berated him, he'd lost count of all the beatings he'd gotten, and not just from Snotlout and the twins. Everything that went wrong was always his fault even if he had nothing to do with it. As far as he could remember the only one in the village who had shown him mercy was Gothi. She had seen him limping pretty badly once and grabbed his collar dragging him into her hut. Then she treated his wounds and sent him away. After that though he learned to hide his injuries. His dad had gotten on to him as soon as he heard telling him not to be so clumsy. His dad had shown mercy to everyone else in the village, except him. I guess the village mistake doesn't deserve mercy, Hiccup thought.
Not far from where Hiccup sat, a man was sitting, watching him.