War is Waged When Love is New
I send special thanks to my friend Blue-Eyed Cat; she has helped me so much with this. I am eternally grateful.
-Hiccup-
I had loved Merida ever since I had first layed eyes on her, but she would never feel the same. I mean, who would love the failure of Berk, the reason for it's downfall? Yes, I was at fault. I mean, had I just sacrificed myself to Dagur and Alvin... My family would have lived. Astrid would have lived. My annoying cousin would have lived. But my refusal to submit to Dagur the Deranged got them all killed.
My mind flashed back to the destruction of my village. I watched helplessly from the back of Toothless as the villagers were slaughtered mercilessly. The first of the mighty Riders to fall was Fishlegs... I remember Dagur relishing the screams of Fishlegs as he fell to his death. Instead of dying on impact, he survived. This infuriated Dagur, and Dagur beheaded him.
The next to plummet were Ruff and Tuff, Alvin hadn't been fused yet, and he rode the Screaming Death. He shot Barf and Belch down to Earth with a mighty swipe of the tail. I remembered screaming "NO!" as the two snapped their necks on the ground. Meatlug, Barf and Belch had been killed, along with their faithful Riders.
Next to fall was Snotlout. As much as he annoyed me, he was my cousin. His death was one of the hardest to take. Hookfang desperately tried to save his Rider, but to no avail, as Snotlout crashed into the Earth with a mighty thud. One would have thought that a Viking that mighty would have stood again... He didn't. I watched with a heavy heart as Alvin roasted Snotlout's still living body to a crisp with the Screaming Deaths flames.
That left me, Astrid, and my father as the last three standing. I hadn't seen Gobber, but I assumed he'd burned in the Smithy fire. I never learned otherwise.
Astrid was knocked out of the sky forcefully towards the ground. I rushed as fast as I could to save her, but saw Dagur catch her, giving her body a longing look. I hadn't told Merida about what happened to Astrid... She became the Cheiftess of the Berzerker tribe, but under force. She had thought I'd lived, and that if she didn't do what he wanted, Dagur would kill me. So she obliged.
My father saw this and raced past me, clambering off Thornado. He lumbered towards Dagur with speed I didn't know he possessed, and attempted to attack Dagur, but to no avail. Some of the Berzerker men held him down, and Dagur beheaded him before my very eyes. I screamed in pure rage, hurtling towards Earth will blinding speed. I shot down many of Dagur's men, but to no end. Alvin managed to hit me down, but not before Toothless had shot a plasma blast at him, causing him extreme pain. I fell to the Earth and landed with a thud, but managed to stand. Not enough of Dagur's men were left to hold me down, so Dagur launched at me, running his blade through my stomach before I could react.
I blinked tears away from the memory, knowing that Merida would call me a coward if she found out. And that's why I was determined never to tell her.
So, this is Hiccups backstory. The next few chapters will be the backstories of Merida, Rapunzel, Hans, and the mystery person. Wait, I already told you who it is, it's Anna. Oops. Well, yeah, they'll be in their POV. See ya next time, keep the fire burning!
