Chapter Seven: Cannot Escape

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My apologies about taking a while to get this chapter out. I've been busy with other things lately.

I've re-read all the chapters I've written in this story thus far, and noticed the description is gradually declining. So! I shall start to make a more conscious effort to include more description without letting the action and dialogue suffer. Also I noticed I've been making Tuffnut a bit of a nancy-boy, don't worry, there's still some good 'ol Tuffnut moments to come. I just wanted to establish his emotions towards the OC.


"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took at avoid it." ~Jean de la Fontaine

Such a saying that had not yet come to be in this era couldn't be more true for this tale. With the island of Berk still clueless about the entire reason why Millia and the egg were there, suspicion has been growing. As time went on, new weapons were created, and the villagers and dragons trained for the coming onslaught; many villagers grew curious of Millia's secrets. Whispers emerged among the men and women, making up stories as to how she ended up in their midst. All of course were rumours created from the over-imaginative, and the overly curious. Millia paid no attention to them. She knew what was coming and she wanted to protect the village to the best of her abilities.

"I don't care if you would rather fight them. They aren't after any of you. They just want myself and the egg. We must go with the initial plan! I couldn't bare to put any of you in danger. A fight is not necessary!" Millia hollered above some of the out shouting voices. Some of the elders thought it best to just outright fight them instead, and took it upon themselves to convince the rest of the village as well. It had been a week since they started preparing for the arrival of the armada. Millia had gotten her strength back and was fully healed, walking normally. Tuffnut partially wished she hadn't so she could continue leaning on him for support. Sometimes, he got to carry her if it involved going up or down any stairs. He liked being close like that to her. Though he hadn't known her for very long, when this was all over, he wanted to ask Millia to be his woman. He was of age now to do so, freshly coming into adulthood and all.

Stoic piped up, upset that the village would rather risk throwing their lives away when it wasn't necessary. "That's enough!" raged Stoic, and the entire village quieted again. Millia and Birna both admired how Stoic was able to do that. Birna in particular. Millia noticed the dewy eyed gaze she developed when ever it came to the chief. Millia chuckled at the schoolgirl crush she witnessed right in front of her.

"We go with our initial plan. Fighting will only be our last resort. This meeting is dismissed." he finalized the plans then and there. The elders couldn't bring themselves to argue much further. Millia leaned back in her chair and sighed with relief. That was a little too close… she thought to herself before getting up. Unfortunately, the others Millia's age were not permitted in that meeting. Tuffnut and the others waited outside impatiently.

"Aren't they done yet?" moaned Snotlout, sitting on a log trying not to fall asleep. Ruffnut and Tuffnut teamed up to go on each others shoulders to try to look inside, but the twins couldn't agree who would be on the bottom and who would get to look through the window, so they spent the majority of the time fighting over it. Fishlegs was going off on a tangent as usual about his imaginations on what the enemy would be like with Astrid and Hiccup being forced to listen.

As the adults began to file out of the meeting hall, the group stood up anxiously, waiting for Millia to emerge out. Tuffnut had managed to push himself to the front of the group, something both Ruffnut and Snotlout took a great notice in. Astrid and Hiccup knew how much Millia and Tuffnut have been spending time together. In fact, they had a running bet to see who would confess to one another first. Fishlegs really didn't care about it all. He was more interested in studying the dragons and amending the classification books. Snotlout on the other hand, felt stabs of jealousy. Over the last week or so, he's become less friendly to Tuffnut in a very subtle way, especially when it came to Millia. Speaking of which, Millia finally emerged from the hall and became surrounded by her new friends

"Well? How did it go?" asked Astrid. The others mumbled in echo of her question. Millia had a worried look on her face at first, but it quickly softened into a small smile.

"Crisis averted. We're going to go ahead with the original plans." replied Millia. The group seemed to sigh with relief just as she had earlier.

"So Millia," Snotlout began. "About our date. I was thinking a lovely stroll in the forest, maybe have a picnic, you girls like picnics right?" he intervened, side-checking Tuffnut away from Millia. Unfortunately it was a little too rough and Tuffnut took a bit of a nose dive into the dirt. Snotlout and Ruffnut both chuckled, but Millia rushed to his side, ignoring everything Snotlout just said.

"Tuffnut? You okay?" asked Millia. Tuffnut sat himself up and adjusted his helmet to fit properly again. Millia dusted him off a bit. Astrid and Hiccup couldn't help but chuckle, to them the love was so obvious.

"Yeah I'm fine." replied Tuffnut. However, not liking what he just witnessed, Snotlout pulled Millia back onto her feet.

"Millia, we have a date remember?" he attempted to pull her attention away from his friend on the ground. Millia yanked her arm out of his grasp angrily.

"I heard you the first time, and I never agreed to go on a date with you. Stop assuming." growled Millia. Which in her case wasn't the greatest of ideas. Not only did it infuriate Snotlout, but it also made him want her even more, something about always wanting what you can't have. Snotlout scowled, grabbing her arm once more.

"By the time this is all over Millia, you will be mine. I guarantee it." threatened Snotlout. The young Viking let go of her arm and stormed off. By this time, Tuffnut had gotten back up, brushing himself off of what was left of the dust clinging to his brown fur vest.

"Sheesh, what crawled up his butt and died?" asked Ruffnut. Tuffnut waved a hand in front of his face, making a sour expression.

"What ever it is, it's letting off quite a stink. Pew!" joked Tuffnut. Every one in the group knew Tuff was referring to Snotlout's bad attitude and chuckled. All laughed but Millia and Astrid that is. Astrid never laughed at most of the jokes, unless they were extremely funny. And as for Millia, she was more worried about the threat. While Tuffnut's joke helped put her at ease a bit, she wondered if she was truly safe on the Berk. Astrid took notice and patted Millia on the shoulder.

"Don't worry about Snotlout. He's just frustrated because he's been trying to get a girlfriend for years and has failed every time. He's actually pretty harmless." cooed Astrid to their new friend. Millia gave her a small smile, though forced. While Millia believed Astrid's words, her gut was turning into knots. Something about it didn't feel quite right, and for people who knew Snotlout for a long time, would just easily dismiss it. Hiccup decided to approach Millia about the situation about the egg.

"Millia? Just why is your people after you and that egg? What's so special about the two of you that they would send an armada of ships?" asked Hiccup. This change in subject caught Millia a little off-guard. The rest of the group fell to silence. Millia might as well tell them, so they would know better as to what they are dealing with. She knew she couldn't keep it a secret forever…

Meanwhile, on the main land, the armada had stopped over at a northern port to refill their supplies and gain more intelligence. Wilfred was busy paying merchants of that city for food and other miscellaneous items they would need to continue their journey. Larzel on the other hand, was busy talking to some men of which he had connections to.

"I'm sure you've heard of our mission by now." said Larzel to a very shady-looking character. The man nodded in compliance.

"Yeah, we heard. You're looking for that girl. What's her name… Mia-something." muttered the man. Larzel sighed and shook his head.

"It's Millia. And she had a very precious piece of cargo that she stole from us. Has there been any sign of her here." demanded Larzel. The man shook his head, however a smirk ran across his face.

"Naw, not here sir. However, I may know where she might be. A few days ago, there were some Vikings here that seemed very interested in your armada and it's location. Of course I didn't tell them anything." explained the man. Larzel perked up. Was this a lead to the location of the girl?

"Tell me, my dear friend…where do these…Vikings live exactly?" asked Larzel, wrapping his long lanky fingers around the man's opposite shoulder, guiding him into a back room of the port building they were in.

"They live on some island to the far North of here. It's at least a few days by ship. I can have one of my men take you there." he replied, feeling a little apprehensive about allowing Larzel to take him further away from the main door. Larzel had a very large grin upon his face and took some steps away from his accomplice.

"My dear sir, you have been most useful to me. But your services are no longer required, you are relieved." proclaimed Larzel in a very sinister voice as he signalled two of his men. They approached the man with their weapons ready. Upon realizing what was about the happen, the man panicked and begged for mercy. Larzel watched with great pleasure, behind him all you can see was the silhouette of the man being slaughtered, with his blood spraying across the wall.

"You were most useful indeed Sebastian…" Larzel jeered with a twisted cackle as he snaked out of the building and back to the army of ships that were nearly finished restocking, grabbing one Sebastian's men along with him. "Take me to the Vikings, nave."


Alright! End of Chapter 7! Let me know if my story rating is inappropriate for the content in this chapter and I'll adjust it accordingly.

See you guys in chapter 8!