(I'm sorry for the late and I mean really late update, real life stuff happened, work, broken computer, etc. but now I'm back and I'll do my best with more updates for now on, they might take a while though since I've recently had surgery on my finger and it's becoming difficult to write but here is the next chapter and I hope you guys like it)
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(The Voyage)
The next couple of days were filled with constant work for the Berkians. A lot of repairs and reconstruction had to be done on most parts of the village as well as restocking supplies for the upcoming winter "Gobber! How's the repairs coming along?" Stoick asked his friend. Gobber turned away from what he was turning to look at Stoick "They're coming along well but we're having a bit of an issue with the restocking, a lot of the supplies have been destroyed or burned and the animals are too afraid to produce anything" Stoick rubs the bridge of his nose.
"Ok, ok is there any way we could calm down the animals?" Gobber lowered his head shaking it "We've tried a few things already, brushing them, talking to them and even bathing them, still nothing"
"(Sighs) fine just keep trying, what about the graduates, what are they up to?" Stoick was more concerned about the twins and what they were doing "I had them go get some more wood from one of our lumber mills"
"What about the twins?"
"They're over their" Gobber pointed his hook at the home of the twins "Their parents are keeping them in line so don't worry about them" Stoick let out a sigh of relief but then remembered something important "What about the Hofferson family, how are they?" Gobber didn't look at his friend "They're still mourning over their daughter, it's been eleven years today since she disappeared" Gobber spoke with a soft tone. I knew what he was going on about but I didn't want to acknowledge it.
"Well I'm going to go check out the rest of the repairs, I'll see you around old friend" Stoick left Gobber to go check out the rest of his ruined village. Stoick thought it was time to go check out the repairs on the ships to see if they're see worthy yet.
(Docks)
When Stoick arrived at the docks he saw a couple men working on the mast of the ship "Hey chief!" one of the men greeted "How's the repairs coming along?" Stoick asked looking over the ship they're currently working on "They're coming along great, we've got three ships left before they're all repaired" Stoick smiled 'At least something good has happened' he thought but his smile vanished when he noticed a ship anchored off in the distance.
"How long has that ship been there?"
The man turned to look at the ship "It recently showed up but it didn't come from the same direction as the one that showed up a few days ago" Stoick narrowed his eyes when he noticed movement on the ship. The person was wearing the same type of armor as the women from that new tribe that showed up a couple of days ago "Should we do something about them?" Stoick shook his head "No, as long as we don't cause them any trouble we won't have any problems with them" Stoick turned away leaving the man to the repairs.
'Are they really waiting for us or are they on Berk hiding somewhere and they're just using the ship as a distraction' a lot of thoughts and suspicion went through his head but his thoughts were torn away when he heard someone calling his name "Stoick!" Stoick turned to see that it was Gobber "Stoick, there's a ship docked…" Stoick rose his hand to stop him "I know, I saw"
"Who is it?" Gobber asked "It's a ship from that tribe that showed up a few days ago"
"How long 'ave they been there?"
"From one of the men at the docks they said it recently showed up"
"Do they plan to stay there until we're ready to go?" Stoick shrugged "I'm not sure but it's unnerving, have they been seen in the village by anyone?" Gobber shook his head "I 'aven't heard or seen them and how could we miss them with that armor they wear" Stoick knew Gobber was right but for some reason he felt uneasy and when they heard someone cough his uneasiness got worse, they turned their attention to see who it was. It was a girl with short black hair with a white cloth blindfold coving her eyes, standard viking clothing but what gave it away that she wasn't one of his people was the swords. They were ebony swords.
He narrowed his eyes at the women "What are you doing here?" he asked in a questioning tone "I'm here with an urgent message from the lord" she held out a letter with her left hand while her right was resting on her sword. Stoick hesitantly took the letter but kept an eye on the women while he opened it. He skimmed over the letter and his eyes narrowed at the women "What's the meaning of this?" he held up the letter "How come we need to leave right away?"
"That is between you and the lord" she quickly replied showing no sign of fear "He can't just order us to come to your island, dropping everything with a snap of his finger like dogs" he crumbled the paper throwing it to the ground. Stoick was mad that this 'lord' had the nerve to call them to his island 'immediately' as said in his letter "Tell your lord that we still aren't prepared for the trip and our island is still defenseless" she didn't seem intimidated by his yelling and that was somewhat irritating to Stoick.
"The lord thought you would be like this so he sent another ship for you and the people coming along in the next hour and for your villages safety, you have no worries about that" she held up her hand snapping her fingers. A dozen or so of people in the same black armor that, that Kalta women wore "The lord has sent some of our soldiers to help you out just in case you guys get attacked while you're gone and for your blacksmith" she snapped her fingers again. Another one of them came out from behind the blind folded women "She is one of our best blacksmith next to the one that personally works with our lord so you don't have to worry about weapon repairs either"
Stoick seemed impressed as well worried 'How come he didn't see them while he was walking through the village and how come no noticed them' he rubbed the bridge of his nose knowing that he won't win this one "Fine, let me grab the others and make sure to tell the village about your people" She bowed her head "Thank you for your understanding" she turned around on her heels making her way back to the docks. The others that showed up when she snapped her fingers were already gone before they knew it.
"Gobber, go get everyone that's coming along on the trip and while you're at it have everyone come to the Great Hall for a meeting" Stoick left his friend with a headache 'This isn't going to end well' he thought as he made his way to the Great Hall.
(Great Hall)
Stoick was waiting for everyone in the Great Hall and while he was waiting he was with his thoughts 'What could make this lord want us to hurry up and meet with him' he was thinking of a few reasons for this sudden action but some of them didn't seem logical. He thoughts were pulled away though when he heard people making their way into the Great Hall. He looked over the large group of people making sure that everyone was here before he started speaking "Is everyone in here?" he saw a thumbs up from Gobber that's in the back of the crowed trying to force his way to the front "E'eryone is 'ere Stoick" Stoick nodded taking in a deep breath "I know not a lot of you are going to like what I have to here but something has come up that's forcing us to meet with this 'lord' earlier than expected" murmurs started spreading throughout the hall but someone spoke out "What about the repairs?" "And protection?" "Who's going to repair our weapons?" more and more people started to speak out, Stoick held up a hand silencing the room "For all those concerns, the lord has sent us some…" he looked around the hall noticing some shadows in the back of the room "help" he finished.
The people seemed to have noticed his quick change of tone but when they looked around the hall they didn't see anything. Stoick shook his head noticing that his people were looking around, he coughs clearing his throat "That means that I and the ones who are accompanying me will be leaving in about an hour, those who are coming with me go pack now and meet Gobber and I at the docks" they didn't say anything as they left the hall.
"Now those who are staying you'll notice some people from the lord's tribe and one will be working in the forge for the repairs, that means you will NOT lay a hand on any of them, we don't need to make enemies with these kinds of people and I don't want to come back to Berk in ruins" the people wanted to protest but knew what he was talking about. They weren't ready for a fight especially in the disadvantage they're in.
"This meeting is over, go back to your repairs" everyone in the hall started to leave murmuring amongst themselves about his so called 'help' they're getting from the lord "Gobber, go get what you need and meet me at the docks"
"Will do Stoick" they both left the hall heading for their homes to pack up their things that they might need for the long journey.
(Time Skip)
(One Hour Later)
Stoick and everyone that was going on the trip plus the village people were all waiting at the docks watching the second ship pull into they're docks. The blinded woman was waiting next to the second ship but this time she was in the armor they excepted her to wear "You ready?" Stoick looked at the ship "We're ready" he simple answered. She moved away from the ramp leading up to the ship so the vikings could get on first then she'll follow right behind them.
Once they were on the ship they were met with what looked to be the whole crew. It was a crew of sixteen plus them 'Where was the captain?' Stoick thought but his question was answered when he heard someone speak "Time to set sail for home!" It was the blinded woman. Everyone on the ship scattered to go to their positions "Raise the plank and raise anchor!" She ordered as she walked up a set of stairs that lead to the wheel "Um… is she the captain?" Fishlegs asked sounding quite worried.
"It seems like, well, we're dead" Snotlout threw his hands up in the air. They felt a hard jerk "What happened and why are we moving backwards?" Tuffnut asked. Everyone ran over to the side and saw that it was the other ship pulling them with a rope "When did they do that?"
"Don't know but let's just go find where we'll be staying" Stoick turned around to be met with a tall man that towered even him "Follow me" nobody said anything but did as he said and followed him down below deck. They walked through the hall that had doors on each side "Wow, this ship is a lot bigger then what it looks like on the outside"
"Yea and this is just the first floor"
"Eh, it's not that impressive"
They came to a stop near the end of the hall "This is the room you'll be staying in" the tall man pointed to the door on the right opening the door for them. It was big for a room on a ship. It had six beds, two placed up against each wall, a dresser and a trunk in front of each bed for personal usage "You decide amongst yourselves who gets what bed, dinner will be in four hours, leave your weapons in your room" the man left the vikings making his way back down the hall and up to the deck.
"I'll take the one on the right!" Snotlout exclaimed running over to the first bed on the right. Fishlegs took the second one, Ruff and Tuff took the ones in the middle and Stoick and Gobber took the ones on the left. They placed their things next to their beds or at the front of them "So… what are we going to do for four hours?" Ruffnut was sitting on her bed looking bored.
"Would could go walk on deck, try to find out more about this lord" Fishlegs suggested "Nah, too boring, how about we try using one of those giant iron looking things that we saw when we came aboard" Tuffnut suggested talking about the cannons "Not going to happen, we're going to stay right here" Stoick exclaimed looking out the port hole (If that's what it's called, sorry I'm not sure if that's right) Everyone let out a groan except for Fishlegs "Come on chief, we're bored" Stoick narrowed his eyes.
"Do I have to remind you that we're not on Berk anymore, we're on a ship from a tribe we know nothing about, I don't plan on losing my life because you're bored"
"Chief… Are you… scared?" Snotlout started laughing "Stoick the vast, my uncle scared! That's priceless!" he continued to laugh but stopped when Gobber hit him upside of the head "Shut your mouth boy, the chief isn't scared of them, his being smart, right now we are in the middle of the ocean, on a ship with a crew of sixteen, some wearing that strange black armor plus those blades they 'arry around, do you really want to piss these people off to where they'll want your head" he let out a huff.
"If I was chief…" he didn't get to finish because Gobber hit him up against the head again "But you're not the chief so shut it" Gobber warned looking over to his friend.
"Well, I guess I'll take a nap" Tuffnut stated quickly laying down in his bed falling asleep followed by a loud snore. Fishlegs had a book out, Ruffnut was glaring at her brother for being so annoying, Snotlout was still mumbling about what he would do if he was chief. Gobber let out a sigh "What are you thinking Stoick?"
Stoick only shook his head "Nothing Gobber, just figuring things out" Gobber only stared at his friend but didn't push it 'What's going through your head Stoick?' Gobber questioned
(Time Skip)
(Four Hours Later)
A knock was heard on the other side of the door "It's dinner time" it was a female's voice. Stoick opened the door to reveal a small little girl "Time for dinner" she said once more before leading the way. The vikings reluctantly followed her somewhat concerned "Um… why is there a little girl on this ship?" "Tuff pointed to the little girl. The little girl had jet black hair with ocean blue eyes, she wore a red tunic with a spiked skirt, almost like Astrid's from when she was younger.
The little girl turned looked over her shoulder "I'm here because I'm in training" the vikings were confused "Training for what?" Fishlegs asked "To be captain of my own ship, daddy said I could but I would have to go through training first"
"Daddy?" the vikings said in unison "Um…"
"Rune, you can call me Rune"
"Ok Rune, um… would it be ok if I asked you something?" Fishlegs wondered, she nodded "Why are you training to become captain and who's your daddy?"
"It's because my daddy was once a captain of his own ship and still is and my daddy is the lord of Konawa island" the vikings gasped 'This is the lord's daughter' Stoick was quite surprised "Rune, what is your daddy like?" she turns around with a smile "Daddy is awesome, he goes around the world to help those in need pf a home, he and mommy went to a place called Rome and saved…" Rune was cut off by the sound of someone coughing.
It was the blind folded girl "Rin!" Rune ran up to give her a hug "I've brought the vikings like you asked" Rune was smiling at Rin. Rin patted Rune on the head with a smile "Good job little one" Rin looked at the vikings "Follow me" she simple ordered leading the group down to the third floor of the ship which was just one massive room with tables scattered everywhere. Some of the crew could be seen but they were all seating at one table or sitting at two tables made into one big one "You may go seat wherever you like, the food is over there" Rin pointed to a long table with plates of food laid out.
Rin left the group to go seat with her peers while the vikings went to grab their food. The food that was on the plate was some cooked fish, fresh bread, a bowl of chicken soup, and a couple of small green things (It's green grapes) the vikings didn't complain since they're hungry so they grabbed their plates and made their way over to a table in the far corner. They sat down at their table and stared at the food for a little bit before digging in.
"Hmmm, this is good" Fishlegs complemented tasting the soup first "'is right, I haven't 'asted soup like this in my life" Gobber joined in on the complementing. Tuff picked up one of the green balls then threw it at his sister. She sent him a glare and returned it with one of her own. The two started a food fight between the two of them but stopped when they heard footsteps. They turned to see that it was someone they haven't met yet. She was glaring at the two twins "Food is not meant to be played with"
"Um… who are you?" Ruffnut asked glaring back "Names Frey, and you must be the hooligans that the lord is making a peace treaty with" she sat down next to the male twin. Frey had long golden hair that reached down to her back passing her shoulder blades, beautiful violet eyes. A slender frame with curves where they're needed, she had a few scars but not noticeable to the human eye unless looked real close.
"Ok, Frey could you answer some of our questions?"
"Depending on the questions asked"
"Could you tell us a little bit about your lord?"
She thought about it at first but it didn't like it'll give away anything that could give them any hints on who her lord is "Sure, but I honestly don't know where to begin, I guess I could start with that's he's a honest man, he'll jump in to any situation that if it means he'll be helping someone, he goes around the world saving people and giving a second chance at life by giving them a home, food, supplies and someone to look up to" she took a deep breath.
"I was one of the first few that he saved and gave a second chance no matter what my background was, I was once a slave in a place called Rome, I was a slave for all my life until seven years ago and that was the first time I saw him"
(The next chapter will be based own Frey's backstory to when she first met the lord. I wasn't expecting to do a flashback but things happen. If you guys have any ideas for her backstory that you might want to see then PM me and we'll talk over the details.
Again I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll do my best with more updates. See you guys in the next one!
