Chapter Four
The Repercussions
Once the funerals for Hookfang and Snotlout were over Hiccup and his family went straight home. Mildew tried to turn the village against them, but no one listened to him at all. The other teens had some questions for Hiccup, so they followed after him, not in a hurried way, while their dragons mourned Hookfang's murder at the hands of his rider
"Hiccup can we talk to you?" called Astrid as she knocked on the door "I see why not, and you guys aren't going to leave me alone until I answer your questions anyway" answered Hiccup as he opened the door
"So, you are really a Night Furry?" asked Fishlegs as they came in "Made that obvious last night when I changed into one and went to bed" said Hiccup sarcasticly "Right, but how did you die in the first place?" replied Fishlegs "Painfully, I was shot down by a stray ballista bolt while flying near a village beeing attacked by vikings" answered Hiccup "Ow" said the teens together "Ow is right" agreed Hiccup as he rubbed the spot on his side where he was hit "I get phantom pains from it time to time"
"Do you know why we get raided for food?" asked Astrid "I can answer that" said Stoick "Hiccup told me that a monster the size of a small mountain forces dragons to bring it food or they become food" "Then why don't the dragons fight back or leave?" asked Fishlegs "Mind control, the thing has mind control powers" answered Hiccup "That's why most dragons avoid being near that nest, they don't want to become that things slave"
"Hiccup what are you going to do when we're older? Other tribes aren't going to take you having a dragons family very well" asked Astrid "Transformation magic" answered Hiccup "All dragons have a degree of innate magical power, but non know how to transform unless they are reincarnated like I was" "So, you can teach Shade and Toothless how to transform into humans so no one's the wiser?" asked Fishlegs "Yes, but it will take some time for them to pull it off properly" answered Hiccup
"Can you use magic besides transforming?" asked Astrid "Sure, I learned quite a bit of dragon magic before I died" answered Hiccup "I just never really needed to use them" "What kind of magic can you do?" asked Fishlegs "A wide range of spells, but why do you ask?" replied Hiccup "Well you know some vikings do use some magic here and there, but I want to learn more" answered Fishlegs "You mean like Gothi?" asked Hiccup "Yeah, like Gothi" answered Fishlegs
"Could we turn into dragons?" asked the twins suddenly "No, you are unable to do such a thing" was the quick reply "Awww" complained the twins
"Hiccup, what are you going to do now everyone knows the truth?" asked Astrid "Since no one's given me any grief so far, nothing" answered Hiccup "I'm just going to carry on like normal" "Well considering the way people found out, I'm not surprised" said Fishlegs "I mean Snotlout killing Hookfang so he could swipe Toothless and force him to be his dragon and you chasing him down the way you did, would make most people understand" "Plus they know just how dangerous an angry dragon is" added Astrid
"Hiccup, I've been meaning to ask, but why were you brought back?" asked Stoick "From what the higher powers told me, they want me to end the monster in that nest" answered Hiccup "Higher power, don't you mean Odin or Thor?" asked Astrid "I'm not sure which higher power brought me back, considering there are more gods than just the ones vikings worship" answered Hiccup "I should know, since in my old life I traveled very far south and found many other gods, plus there's the dragon gods to consider"
"Oh, I had no idea there were more gods than just ours" said Fishlegs "But was there any signs pointing to which one it could have been?" "Nothing I recognized" answered Hiccup "The closest thing was from a newer faith that's sprung up" "How could you tell?" asked Astrid "I've encountered divine powers before and each one is different between groups, and the presence I felt was almost as mighty and righteous as the ones from this new faith I encountered. Non of the other powers I came in contact with came anywhere close"
"You're telling us that there are gods more powerful than our own?!" asked Fishlegs in alarm "Three, there are only three divine powers I felt that are far greater than all others that I encountered" answered Hiccup "What do you mean encountered exactly?" asked Astrid "I mean that literally, I encountered the gods or at least their presence in my old life, I did say I traveled a lot before I died" answered Hiccup "I didn't speak to them or anything, I was just passing through the area they happened to be in at the same time"
"By Thor, that's something isn't it" said Stoick in awe "Meh, I'm not the only dragon to have had the same kind of encounters, but yeah it's something to be that close to higher powers and come away still alive" said Hiccup with a shrug
"So getting back on track, how are you going to kill that thing in the nest?" asked Stoick "I can't do it alone, but with enough dragons and riders it should be doable" answered Hiccup "and add some high powered spells that the beast should go down" "What kind of beast is it?" asked Astrid "It's called the Red Death, it's technically a dragon, but from what the higher ups tell me, she might as well have come from the pit" answered Hiccup "She? Dragon? What is she exactly?" asked Fishlegs "She'd be classed as a Bolder Class dragon" answered Hiccup
"Wouldn't she take control of our dragons if we tried to attack?" asked Astrid "No, with a rider a dragon is able to resist mind control if the bond is strong enough, though no dragon will admit it" answered Hiccup "But you just did" pointed out Astrid "You got me there, but another thing is that I will be there" said Hiccup "What will you being there change? You have no rider" asked Fishlegs "I'm going to ignore that statement and tell you that the power of mind control is not limited to just that monster, other dragons have that power as well so long as they are an alpha" answered Hiccup who gave Fishlegs a hard look
"Wait you mean you have that same power?" asked Astrid "Yes, but I don't use it often since I don't have to" answered Hiccup "all the dragons on Berk respect me and are for the most part my friend" answered Hiccup "How do you think I got them to listen in the first place?" "You mean you just asked them to obey you that day?" asked Fishlegs "All I asked was if they wanted to help show Berk that dragons could be helpful and they all agreed" answered Hiccup "Wow, I didn't know that" said Fishlegs
"So now that we know what we're dealing with and are on the same page, how do you suppose we kill this Red Death?" asked Stoick "Frontal assault, get her to come out of her den where she will be the most vulnerable" answered Hiccup "However, once she's dead I'm going to have to help the nest recover and find them a new alpha and that might take sometime" "Well, we'll deal with that when we cross that bridge, but we need to make a plan of attack" said Stoick "Right and since we have some dragons that we freed from that nest, they will want payback and help in any way they can" agreed Hiccup
So it was settled, Berk was going to end the war between dragons and vikings with both sides coming out as allies and the cause of all the bloodshed dead. The people of Berk were shocked to learn the truth behind the attacks and were willing to end it once and for all. Hiccup also started teaching Fishlegs some other spells that most vikings didn't have, with help from Gothi who was more than happy to help
A few nights latter Hiccup had a strange vision. Everywhere he looked there was radiant light flowing past him "Hello? Where am I?" asked Hiccup "Hello again, young one" called back a voice "I see the mission I gave you is at hand" "Who are you?" asked Hiccup "I am mightier than all the gods most mortal men worship, only two are greater and the strongest created me" answered the voice "That doesn't answer my question" said Hiccup "I was not finished" retorted the voice "Sorry, continue" apologized Hiccup "As I was saying, my domain is not clear to most as I reside outside creation, though I am the spirit of creation. I left to create what I wished to create, but not interfere with my creator's work, so I spoke to him about it and he agreed that I could create something of my own so long as I did what he asked. He even offered to make me all knowing, but I turned it down saying I wanted to learn from my mistakes and grow as a being. My creator was impressed with my conviction saying any other being would have jumped at the offer, and that a betrayer tried to steal the knowledge before I was even brought into existence. And boy have I made some mistakes, I foolishly created magic as a tool for mortal kind, only for it to be used as a weapon by evil, and I can't get rid of it due to how I created it, plus on top of that magic has integrated itself in the fabric of reality, so getting rid of it would cause major compactions in all of creation. The best thing I can do is cut the supply from my reality to the others since the source lies in my reality and I have complete control over it"
"That's a lot to take in" said Hiccup who's head was still spinning "Sorry, I got carried away, but just know that mankind knows of me, but not everything so don't go around telling people about it" said the voice "What's your name?" asked Hiccup "I am not a liberty to tell you, figure it out" answered the voice "Just know that what people call me is correct, but I have a different name that I use that means that same thing"
Note: I know who that voice belongs to, but he's part of a original story that I have written out and am almost ready to send out. The story is in his reality and NO ONE can claim it, fanfictions of it after it comes out are fine, but that's a long way off