Chapter #9
AN: I didn't think this story would turn into a rated M story because of this chapter, but it did. So warnings are on the bottom to let you know what's going to happen. Enjoy with caution :D.
Warning: Gore/Blood, Death, language, abuse, and mention of rape
~Surrender~
~Dagur~
Dagur had everything in his hand, Merida, Hiccup dead and now news from Alvin saying he was surrounding Berk as they speak. Now was the time to act, to get everything he wanted.
"Dagur!" One of his men called.
"I just got word that the King and his me, are preparing to leave the castle soon."
It was midday noon, dawn will be hitting soon making it a perfect cover for Dagur and his men to stay hidden in the shadows.
"Perfect, now we move to our positions to strike!" All Dagur's men cheered to his calling, all expect his prisoners who were all gaged.
"Mmmm!" Astrid yelled out.
"Mmmm!" Eret yelled next. Heather and Aadolf did the same as well only to have Dagur give his devious smile.
"Oh sorry didn't hear you, could you say that again?" Dagur taunted.
Astrid and everyone else gaged did the same thing again.
"Nope didn't get that... Oh, wait your wondering about Hiccup aren't you?" They all stopped talking/moving.
"He's dead, HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Dagur laughed dementedly.
"Hmm!"
"Oh, you don't believe me, here!"
Dagur tossed forward Hiccup's flame sword as well as his helmet. Astrid and the gang looked towards Hiccup's belongings in disbelief, shaking their heads knowing that this is some sort of trick. Dagur laughed at their childish stupidity, and roughly yanked Merida towards him. He then pushed her to the ground, forcing her to looked at Hiccup's friends.
"Why don't you tell them what you did, ginger?" Dagur commented. Astrid, Eret and Heather stared at Merida, hoping this wasn't a joke. She only looked down at her hands letting tears fall with her hair.
"I-Ie... Ie didn't know... Ie couldn't..."
"I'm sorry what?" Dagur yelled out.
"I think you need to be louder!" Dagur yelled out.
Merida could bring the words out as she shifts her weight on her legs allowing her hands to cover her face.
"You are worthless. You can't even tell his friends without tears, oh well guess I'll tell them." Dagur commented harshly.
"She killed Hiccup, with a sword. Stabbed him right through his chest, twice! It was a wonderful sight to see. Too bad for Hiccup, being clumsy and all made him fall into the ocean. No ones coming out of that alive especially when you still have a sword in your chest." Dagur informed everyone. Everyone one looked at Merida in disbelief seeing that, this princess would do such a thing.
Even if Astrid wanted to attack Merida right now, her hands were tied behind her back and tied to Eret and the others. Struggling against her ties only made her waist her energy since Astrid wouldn't be moving anywhere.
"Man I love this energy, betrayal, death and blood." Dagur commented.
"Defenders of Berk, you disgust me." Drago commented.
"Well, we can kill them later."
"Why not now?" Drago questions.
"We have other things to worry about, right now we-" The sounds of war bagpipes filled the air from afar, letting them know the war is nearing.
"Now. We attack!"
~The sounds of war~
As the sounds of bagpipes fill the air, men marching along the hills towards the battle field of war. Stoick didn't have time to prep for war with all the riders he had since he never realized Fergus would act so quickly. He had to think fast since, he didn't get a letter back from his home from his wife.
"Stoick what are we going to do? There's only six of us and six dragons." Gobber questions.
"We have to buy time."
"Buy time? You crazy?" Ruffnut commented.
"Crazy? I like crazy, only if we get to burn stuff."
"Yea burning stuff is fun." The twins spoke out.
"You two really think burning things is going to help when a whole army is coming after us?!" Snotlout scolded to twins. But is was too late, the King and all of his men had already gathered not far from the riders.
"Stoick!" Fergus called.
"I thought you were going to let me gather my people?"
"Ie did, but now I've changed my mind." Fergus answered. Stoick cursed to himself knowing there's no way they can handle these guys will all six of them.
"Ie want my daughter back!"
"Then release my son!"
"Nut until Ie get mei daughter back!" Fergus yelled back.
"Then here!" A voice called at the two leader as sound of charges crossbows were all aimed at them.
"Dagur? Drago? Your alive?" Stoick said in disbelief.
"Surprise!" Dagur commented.
"And looky here!" Dagur was holding in a neck lock grip, showing the two that it was him all along.
"Merida!"
"Dad!"
"Blah blah blah! Boring!" Dagur yelled out.
"Just to move this along, yes it was I Dagur the Deranged who stole your supplies and sent those threat letters." Dagur informed the two.
"Then it wasn't-" "Hiccup? Oh whoops did I misplace that bow? HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Dagur laughed dementedly.
"Where is my son?!" Stoick demanded.
"Oh him hmmm, he's dead." Stoick shook his head.
"Yea, I really don't know how he got help escaping his prison, but oh well. He came back trying to help his poor and helpless ginger only to get himself killed." Dagur informed the two.
"He tried to save her?" Fergus questions.
"You death or something? I just said he tried to rescue his little highlander whore." Dagur commented.
"Don't ye called mei daughter that!" Fergus threatened.
"Is it really a good idea to threaten the leader of a whole armada? Especially since we outnumber you." Dagur commented.
"Your lying!" Stoick yelled.
"Fine, Savage!" Savage threw Hiccup's sword and helmet just as Dagur did early to Hiccup's friends.
Stoick eyed the items that he knew were Hiccups fell on his knees and held both of them to his chest.
"Your old friend Alvin is all the way back home, holding your special wife alive." Dagur informed Stoick.
"Now surrender, or feel the wrath of our army Stoick, as I did with my Bewilder-beast." Drago spoke out. Dagur rolled his eyes since he wanted to say that.
"You can also surrender too if you want your lovely daughter alive." Dagur commented. Fergus didn't want anything to happen to his daughter, let alone allowing this Viking to toy with him. But he knew if he was able to kill Stoick's son he wasn't lying about killing his daughter off. Fergus threw his sword to be ground, kneeling to floor. His men along with the clan leaders did the same thing.
Stoick turned around and nodded his head letting the riders know they must do the same. All of Dagur's men ran up and tied up everyone and pushing them all towards the castle of Dunbroch.
~In the Dungeons of Dunbroch~
"I hope Hella, takes your soul and drags you down to the depths of hell!" Astrid yelled out to Merida as she was sitting down knees to her chest with her face Buried in them.
"Astrid enough!" Eret yelled to Astrid in hopes to calm her down.
"Enough?! She killed Hiccup Eret!"
"Yes, and it's not helping the situation!"
"Oh, now you cared about what's happening!"
"I'm only trying to get you to save your energy, yelling at her is not going to help us!" Eret yelled back. "Why didn't you see him wonder off?!"
"Why didn't you?!"
"Shut it!" Everyone stopped yelling and turned around seeing Merida standing her full height.
She looked as though she just finished crying letting her fears out as well as some feelings she has.
"Ye don't think it haunts mei letting mei knuw Ie was the one who... Ye might nut believe mei, but I didn't even know Dagur put me under a spell... He ordered mei tu... Tu..." She started to shake violently and letting herself crouch down onto her knees. Heather went to kneel next to Merida rubbing her back to comfort her.
"Some excuse-"
"Stop it Astrid!" Heather yelled to Astrid. Astrid was stunned seeing that Heather was taking her side.
"Ie-... I'm scared... Ie don't want anymore bloodshed..." Merida spoke softly.
"Mum, Dad, boyis..." No one wanted to say anything.
~Fergus~
The King was standing before the Viking who forced him to surrender, nothing more than a Savage man wanting to torment others for his own deeds. He was locked in his own chambers with Dagur and two of his men inside the room.
"Stand outside." Dagur commanded his men. The two guards left, and stood by the door, closing it.
"Ye will leave my wife and children out of any deeds ye wish tu do." Fergus deemed.
"Yea, yea sure. You forget I'm the on whose in charge."
"Ie can see that."
"Well, you're not a very clever King are you?" A nock came from the door, sounds of the doors hinges opening. In came Drago, with his head held high and a smile plastered on his face.
"Alvin said its done." Drago informed Dagur.
"Great! Now on to business." Dagur spoke out.
"Either you commanded the clans leaders to do as I say or we might have different circumstances." Dagur laughed at the end.
"Ie will do as yu say only if my family is left out of this, but Ie can't guarantee they will do as I say. They are loyal tu mei."
"Right right, that's going to be a problem."
With the swift of his hand, Dagur pulled out his sword pointing it as the Kings throat.
"Do you think this is wise Dagur?" Drago questions. Dagur rolled his eyes at Drago's comment and started at him.
"Like I said, Drago. There are other ways to get people to do want you want!" Dagur thrust the sword through Fergus throat, having him choke on his own blood coming out.
Dagur pulls the sword out quickly, using force to pull the king down to his knees. This allowed him to walk beside the King, raise his sword upward and beheaded the King in one swift movement. Fergus's head rolls down onto the floor as his headless body limps onto the floor allowing all the blood within. His Body to soak the floor.
Smiling through the whole ordeal, Dagur walks towards the decapitated head, kneels down and picks it up. With not only blood going onto his hands and arms, but staining his clothes as well.
"Hahaha... Hahaha... HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Dagur stood holding the head up high allowing the blood drip down onto his face.
"This is wonderful! Let's show his precious loyal men what happens when you disobey."
~Throne room~
Being the man he is, he sat in the throne chair with his head held high, as the three Lords were forced to walk down the hall. Finally, as they reach near the stairs, their acre forced kicked down onto their knees as they struggle against the guards. Drago, walks around the three Lords, smiling deviously at them all as he reaches the top of the stairs.
"Ye won't make us kneel tu ye deeds demon!" Lord Dingwall yelled.
"Not tu thei likes of yu!" Lord Macintosh yelled next.
"Wei will always bei loyal to our king!" Lord MacGuffin yelled out. The three of them were about to scream more words, until seeing the blood on Dagur's clothes, face and arms.
"Oh really?" Dagur questions, Dagur's stands up goes behind his chair picking the head he decapitated.
He slowly walked to the front showing off his special prize he won at the games. The room froze as all eyes stared at the horrors of the King's head dripping down. Dagur dropped the head letting the head bounce down towards the Lords. Lord Macintosh and MacGuffin let their last meal thrown out of their mouths as the head stops at Lord Dingwalls knees.
Shock, terror, and silence. Three things to describe what's happening, nothing can let happiness run through the walls with he cold chill. Only a maniacs laughter filled the room making it colder, causing shivers. Drago smiling through the whole ordeal, as he sees the two Lords finishing up their throw ups, turn back seeing their faces with horror.
Dingwall hasn't said a word since his friends head, was now stuck to his knee, shaking violently, tears are falling. Nothing but tears, fears and silence as stars all focus onto Dagur's face.
"How about now?" Dagur questions. Nothing, nothing at all. What's going to happen? Nothing.
"Is no one really going to say anything?" Dagur stood impatiently waiting for someone to say something.
"Fine. If they're not going to say anything, we'll just send you to prison." Dagur snapped his fingers, calling out to his men to bring all three of the lords down to the cells where the others were waiting.
"Ye a monster! A DEMON!"
~In the Dungeons of Dunbroch~
Merida finished her tears as the other riders were having a conflict with each other. Soon footsteps were heard down and three men were thrown into the cells across Merida's. Afterward, Merida stood quickly and ran towards the bars seeing the Lords on the floor in their cell across from hers. "Lord Macintosh, Lord MacGuffin, Lord Dingwall!" Merida calls.
"Princess." Lord MacGuffin spoke softly.
"Wheres mei father? Where is he?" Merida demanded. All the Lords all looked at each other, contemplating on whether they should tell the princess or not. She caught on their faces as if they've seen a demon raising the dead.
"What happened?" Merida questions.
"Princess-"
"What, happened, tu, mei, father?!" She yelled.
"H-he's... Dead..." Lord Dingwalls finally speaks out. "W-what?... N-no... No! Ie won't! I will not-..." Nothing like breaking a shell that was already shattered from the inside. Tears falling once more, as her body fails to keep herself up letting her fall to the stone floor as she hugs herself.
~Elinor~
SMACK! The loud sound, as the Queen, get smack across her face. "I know you've hidden your other children somewhere woman." Drago calls her out. Her eyes scorn Drago's as she looks back at him.
"Why should Ie tell ye where theyi are?" Elinor spat back.
"One way or another your children will come running back here to save you."
"Their smart boyis... They won't fall for ye tricks..." Drago didn't give his response, only starring at her with scorn eyes.
PUNCH! She fell to the floor having her head hitting the ground, as she stares at her aggressor. Her sight was spinning as did her world around did, nothing but yells come from Drago she couldn't focus on.
"Why don't you fight like a man Drago?" Stoick yelled out to Drago, being tied up.
"He, I forgot you were here." Drago commented as he turned his attention to Stoick.
"You think our dragons will follow you? Dagur, Alvin and you won't get want you want." Drago slowly made his way to where Stoick as tied, and punched his stomach. Stoick fell over, coughing out the air in his stomach as he shuts his eyes closed.
"Fear rules all. And it's something you will learn very soon."
Drago, pulls at Stoick's beard making his face run into his fist as he kicks his legs. Stoick is left on the floor leaving Drago to grab a wooden club sitting against the wall not too far.
AN: BrawlerGamer from suggests to play this music when reading these parts in the story: when Merida confessed to her mother what she did - Yu Yu Hakusho unrealsed song - Sad Song (go on YouTube and click the one that is 1:36 long)
~Merida~
She was forced out of her cell, and into a room where she would be locked in for a couple of hours. Passing through the halls and room, her eye catches a servant she knew being forced into a room by one of Dagur's men. The door shuts and screams are heard from the other side.
She's pushed to her room as the door closes behind her, being locked behind her. She turns around only to hear sounds of screaming not too far from the room she saw the servant. She falls onto her knees hugging herself, as her fears take over her thoughts, knowing what's happening to the servant she saw.
Prayers are now the only hope she has of ever going through troubles, prayers only to be heard or not through the whispers of a voice. As foots steps become louder and louder until they stop at her door, her prayers become or faster and urgent than the next as her hands hold each other.
Then the door squeaks open, as the sounds of someone pushed down to the ground opens her eyes seeing her mother on the floor. She doesn't bother to look at the evil man who did this to her mother, only to quickly go to her mother's side. The doors close and locks, as she pulls her mother to her.
"Mum!" Merida calls.
"Mum?"
"M-merida? Your alright?"
"W-what happened tu ye?"
"N-nothing dear, I-... Uh.." Her mother almost collapses as she tries to stand herself up.
"Ye not fine mum!"
"Drago hit my head. I-I'm feeling dizzy... My head hurts."
"Mum..." Merida quickly helps her mother onto the bed that was currently in their room.
"Mum..."
"I-Ie... Ie miss him tuu dear..."
"Mum... Please..."
"Remeber thei song we sang when ye were a little bear?" She nods her head.
"Ie know it's hard for you Merida, but I need yu tu bei brave. Will you du that for mei?"
"Yes mum." Merida answered.
A naoidhean bhig, cluinn mo ghuth
Mise ri d' thaobh, O mhaighdean bhàn
Ar rìbhinn òg, fàs a's faic
Do thìr, dìleas féin
A ghrian a's a ghealach, stiùir sinn
Gu uair ar cliù 's ar glòir
Naoidhean bhig, ar rìbhinn òg
Mhaighdean uasal bhàn
With tears staining her eyes along with her mothers, Merida joins in to sing along with her mother.
A naoidhean bhig, cluinn mo ghuth
Mise ri d' thaobh, O mhaighdean bhàn
Ar rìbhinn òg, fàs a's faic
Do thìr, dìleas féin
A ghrian a's a ghealach, stiùir sinn
Gu uair ar cliù 's ar glòir
Naoidhean bhig, ar rìbhinn òg
Mhaighdean uasal bhàn
"Mum..."
"Don't worry about mei dear, I just need rest."
"I love yu mum."
"I love yu tu Merida."
"Wei will get out of here. Ie will make sure of that." Elinor informed her daughter.
"Mum... I'm scared." Merida spoke softly.
"Shhh... Mei tu dear... But we both must be brave. For yur father, and for everyone."
"B-but Ie can't mum... Ie can't..."
"Yes you can! My sweet Merida, as stubborn as you were when ye were little; ye still the little bear I know and love."
"But mum... Ie can't... I've-... Ive-.."
"Shhh, yur father had much faith ye tu be a great leader someday. Ie know ye can." Silence crept around the two as nothing was spoken or heard.
"Mum?"
"Yes dear?"
"Will Ie ever bei forgiven for my sins?" Elinor stared at her daughter, wondering on what happened to have her occur these thoughts.
"What du ye mean dear?" Her mother asked.
"Ie-... I killed someone mum..." Her mother did the best she could, sitting up and wrapped her arms around her daughter.
"Tell mei what happened." Her daughter didn't say anything until.
"Dagur... He-... He forced me to drink a spell... Ie didn't know Ie was under his control... He... He... He commanded mei tu... Ie killed Hiccup..." She sobbed and sobbed thinking nothing else as the horrifying memories replayed in her mind.
"Hiccup? Stoick's son?" "Yes..." She hiccuped and sobbed knowing too well what she had done.
"Ie know ye will be forgiven, Merida. He will know it was against yur will." Elinor comforted her daughter.
"How du ye know mum?"
"There are things wei du that are within our will or against our will. If Wei knows it was against our will we can bei forgiven." Elinor spoke softly.
Her daughter hugged her mother back, sobbing into her chest. The two hugged each other as if it would be their last day there.
Somethings can't bring happiness within a Deranged situation, but there are things one person can hold within these times. Hope. But for how long can ones hope last till they've lost all humanity? As each day passed with Drago's, Dagur and soon Alvin controls, all the people of Dunbroch began to lose hope.
Alvin sent all the prisoners from Berk to Dunbroch where they were all sent to either confinement camps they settled up or in the dungeons. Three days passed, no sign of Hiccup or anyone stopping Dagur, Drago, and Alvin from their wraths. But as the third sun began to die something happened.
She sat on the bed she shared with her mother, only to use whatever is within her reach to help her mother recover. She wasn't getting any better, this began to scare her. No one came into conflict with Merida and her mother, well only to bring food and water for the two to live on.
Most of the water Merida used was to help her mother's recovery along with her share of food. "Her mother scolded her daughter to eat or drink something but she refused. She only wants her mother to recover. Eating nothing again, was causing her headaches along with dizziness, but nothing stopped her from taking care of her mother.
"Please, Merida eat! You must eat something!" Her mother yelled.
"I-I'm fine... My heads dizzy." The doors opened revealing Dagur, walking to the room.
He closed the door behind him, making sure it was locked so no one could run away. Merida was sitting away from the door next to her mother, fearing what's to come to her.
"W-what do you want?" Merida demanded.
"You.." She started to shake to those words that left his mouth.
"P-please, nut my daughter please..." Her mother pleaded.
"I'm going to propose something to you, Princess. Since I know you're now the heir to the throne, how about this. You can stay here live a happy life with your mother, as long as you don't give me trouble." Dagur informed Merida.
"Then I won't have to kill you both in the future." Dagur smiled at the two.
"Ye must promise ye will leave mei and my mother alone." Merida demanded.
"Right right sure. Just as long you don't escape with your little brothers." "W-what du ye-"
"YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN!" Dagur screamed at the two.
"I know you have three little brothers hidden somewhere. I've been trying to find them! And how is it that they've somehow gotten out of the castle as our attack happened?" Dagur questions. The two women didn't say a word to him, leaving to sigh out loud.
"Fine, very well." Merida couldn't tell what happened since it happened so fast.
She was forced to look at his face, then brutally beaten down to the floor. Only to have her mother, scream out to Dagur to stop. Dagur stopped his fifth punch to Merida, and turned his attention to her mother. He then yanked her out of bed and started to beat her up as well. He threw her to be ground, letting her body hit first. As she tried to get up she was beaten down.
Merida sat on the floor screaming, yelling out for someone anyone to help. She screamed and screamed but nothing happened.
"Where are they!?" Dagur screamed, seeing his victim laying limp on the floor.
"I know you can hear me bitch! Where are they!?" Merida was crying through the whole ordeal, knowing her weak state wouldn't be able to stop Dagur from his wrath.
Dagur finally stopped his beating and turned around to Merida. She saw his anger within his eyes, he yank her arms. Gripping them to the point where she get a bruise.
"Where are your brothers?" Dagur asked calmly. Merida stared at his face, shaking in fear.
"I'm not in a good, mood! As you can see. Now where are they?" She didn't say anything.
He pulled her to the bed and climbed on top her pinning her arms down.
"Time to teach you a lesson." A smiled appeared on his face. Dagur pulls up her helms of her dress, but before he could take action, a knock interrupted him.
"Dagur sir!" A voice called behind the door.
"I'm busy!" He screamed back.
"It's important sir!"
"Fine!" Dagur yelled. He looked back at Merida who was still had tears flowing down her cheeks. He bent down to her ears whispering only for her to hear.
"You're lucky, this time." He pushed himself up leaving her there in horror. Dagur unlocked the door and walked out locking the door behind him. Merida still stunned to what happened hugged herself as she rubs her arms.
"Merida?" She never thought she would hear those voices again. See looked up seeing her three brothers staring at her through a stone trap door, opening to a secret passageway.
"Boys?" All three of her brothers hopped out, with two others she recognized.
"Heather? Aadolf?"
"Oh god..." Eyes starring at the Queen.
"Mum... Please help her..." Merida pleaded.
Aadolf quickly took the Queen into his arms carrying her up with help from Heather.
"I can take her." Eret's voice came from the secret passageway. Aadolf helped the Queen to Eret where he would help her walk along the way down.
"Ie, didn't know we had this." Merida finally spoke out. "Your brothers were digging this passageway out to find you and your mother." Aadolf answered.
"How?"
"With help from us." Three faces she saw brought tears of joy to her, Lord Macintosh, Lord MacGuffin and Lord Dingwall were all standing fine smiling at her. She did her best to stand up and ran up to them all to give them three a group hug. All smiles and tears were given to the moment.
"We have to get going." Heather spoke out getting everyone attention. They all nodded, following down to the passageway they created to save Merida and her mother.
AN: I really didn't think this story was going to turn into a rated M story, I really thought this was going to stay as a Teens story or PG-13. But after writing this chapter that never happened. So not only my friends think I'm crazy now but this is the ending of all the bad things that has been happening. Or not. IDK depends on how I write the next chapter :3.
