Chapter 8

Valhallarama waited patiently for Stoick and Hiccup, the mother figured once her son didn't come home that he was out chiefing with his father, begging the two finally talked through the problems, but all those hopes were dashed the moment Stoick walked through the door, alone.

"Aye, I have a headache." Declares the man as he removes two ice blocks and slowly massages his aching temples.

"Stoick, where's Hiccup?" Questions Valhallarama

Stoick turns to his wife "I haven't seen em since this morning."

Valhallarama's eyes open wide as she runs frantically around the house. "Hiccup! Hiccup, where are you, son?" The mother feels the empty bed of her boy as tears start to fall "Hiccup!"

Stoick had begun a mad dash around the village at the sound of his wife's anguished cries "Hiccup! Son!" The people were all awakened by the parent's cries for the boy.

"Have you seen Hiccup?" Questions the distraught mother to her tribe "Has anyone seen my son!?"

"The lad was at the forge earlier." States Gobber tiredly

Valhallrarma quickly takes off for the forge.

Gobber steps toward Stoick "Don't worry Stoick, we'll find him."

Stoick nods "Check everywhere on the island, no one sleeps until we find my son!"

"So now Hiccup's your son again, Stoick?" Questions Gobber. He knew he was treading on thin ice, but how Stoick had been treating his only son wasn't right, even if he was a hiccup.

Stoick glares, but walks away to join in with the search. His thoughts roaming through his head, what could have happened? Would Hiccup have run away? No! No child of mine would run from his problems, he'd face them like a chief. But then again, Hiccup was not that boy … No! Hiccup is still my son and he would never run away.

Alvin had lead the small boy to his hiding ship on the far side of the island, knowing full well the boy would be safely stowed away. "Here we are Hiccup."

Hiccup stares at the boat, he'd known that Alvin would be allowed to take him anywhere in the game, but the child did not want to leave Berk.

"You ready to play, Hiccup?"

Hiccup only stares ahead as Alvin drags him on to the ship, taking him below deck.

Alvin quickly spins Hiccup around so he can't see the chains attached to the wall. "There's one thing I forgot to mention about this game, Hiccup."

"What is it?" Asks Hiccup nervously

Alvin smiles and backs the boy into the wall before slowly grabbing the cuffs.

"You gotta be tied up."

Hiccup stares; he'd known from experience that being tied up is never fun, his cousin Snotlout had made sure he'd learned that lesson when he left him alone in the forest, tied to a tree.

"I don't want to play this game anymore."

Alvin laughs and leans in closer to Hiccup, staring into the child's frightened and darting eyes.

"What game?"

Before Hiccup can do any type of fighting back, the cuffs are locked around the child's small wrists, trapping his arms above his head.

"You lied!" Screams Hiccup as he tries to frantically get free.

Alvin smiles and moves to lock cuffs around Hiccup's ankles.

"You're a smart boy Hiccup, but not smart enough." Declares Alvin as the final cuff is firmly locked. The man stands and sneers at Val's boy, Hiccup really did resemble his mother.

"I want to go home!" Cries Hiccup as the poor boy attempts to run, but can hardly move due to his feet being chained to the wall. "Mom!"

Alvin places his hand securely over Hiccup's mouth "Mommy will be joining us soon Hiccup, but for now, it's just you and me."

Alvin stares into Hiccup's wide and frightened eyes, lost in his own world. He and Val could now start their own lives together; she would no longer have to fear being banished or leaving her only child.

Oh yes, declares Alvin evilly before sending a hard slap to the child's cheek; My boy will be coming with us.

The search parties had all returned empty handed, there was no sign of the young heir anywhere.

"Where could he be?" Question Valhallarama, her hands shaking at her sides, her head filled with images of her son hurt or dead.

"Someone's takin him." Whispers Stoick

Valhallarama's eyes rise to meet her husbands

"Someone's takin our son!" Repeats the father angrily

Gobber nods in agreement, the braided blond was just about to speak his mind of who the kidnapper could be, when the Great Halls doors open fiercely.

"What's goin on in here?" Questions Alvin as the man casually walks closer to the distraught parents.

Everyone turns to stare, how could he not know what's happened? There was no way Alvin did not hear the frantic cries for Hiccup! So where was he?

"Hiccup is missing." States Gobber as the man quickly approaches "And why do I have a feelin you're behind it?"

Alvin glares "What did I do?"

"I saw the way ya looked at him earlier."

Alvin begins to smile; the blacksmith had really been paying close attention to the boy.

" Ya even left the moment he did."

Alvin scoffs "Just lookin ain't any crime."

"But raping me is." Whispers Valhallarama, who is suddenly filled with all the anger she'd been suppressing. Anger at her husband, anger at her tribe for never helping her, anger at herself for allowing the rape to happen, but at this moment that anger had one central point. Alvin.

Gobber glares as Valhallarama speaks.

"You're a terrible person Alvin!"

The tribe and Stoick all remain frozen where they stand, the tribe wince as Valhallarama's eyes move through the crowd.

"You all knew what was going on! Yet you still let this monster do as he pleased!"

Stoick stared at his tribe, what had they done to anger his wife so much? Or better yet, what had they not done?

Valhallarama's eyes turn once again to Alvin, if looks could kill Alvin would be dead where he stood.

"I opened myself up to you! I told ya my fears! And what do ya do? You rape me and forced me to cheat on my husband!"

Stoick's eyes fill with fury as he throws Alvin against a wall, his vision is nothing but red as he bashes Alvin's skull into the wall repeatedly, screaming profanities at the man before him, no, not a man! Alvin was no longer apart of the Hairy Hooligan tribe. He was a coward and a traitor.

Alvin only smiles "Ya should take better care of your woman, Stoick."

Stoick moves to kill the man with his sword, but is stopped at Alvin's next words.

"Maybe, I'll do the same to your boy?"

Valhallarama slaps Alvin across the face "I may not have been strong enough to save myself, but I will not let you harm my son!"

"Hiccup looks so much like her; doesn't he Stoick?"

Stoick rams Alvin's body into the wall. This traitor had forced himself upon his wife and now threatened harm to his only child.

"Where is he, Alvin? Where's Hiccup!?"

Alvin smiles, his eyes drift to Valhallarama "Tied up good and tight, waiting for mommy to save him."

"Where is he?!" Cries Valhallarama, her hands shake Alvin's shoulder with bruising force. Fear filling her entire being for her boy's safety. He tied up my little Hiccup?! The last person who did that got grounded for many months. Val's eyes flutter as she remembers the promise she'd made to Hiccup that night.

Hiccup remained crying in his mother's arms as the last painful knot was undone and the boy was freed from the tree.

"Hiccup, are you alright, son?"

Hiccup shook his head, but couldn't bear to look at his mother, he was crying! Vikings don't cry. His father was right, he wasn't a Viking. Snotlout was right, he was a big baby! A curse from the gods. The village was right! Everyone was right!

"Hiccup. Look at me."

The boy shakes his head in disapproval, but eventually looked at his mother regardless, but what he saw …

Hiccup' eyes grew wide as many small tears cascaded down his mother's once rosy cheeks, her eyes stared at him, but not with anger or disappointment … Instead her eyes shone of pain.

"Mom?" Questions Hiccup as he slowly lifts his small hands to her face, wiping away her tears.

Valhallarama flinches at her son's touch, lost in all his pain; she couldn't understand why no one else saw just how special the child was! Why he was bullied and ridiculed by everyone? It was then and there she made a promise, a promise to protect her son no matter what.

"I will protect you Hiccup. No one will ever hurt you again, son." Val watched as hope filled her son's eyes, a small smile spread across his young face.

"I promise."

"It was too easy ta snatch him!" laughs Alvin, causing Val to be welcomed back to the present time. "All I had to do was get him to trust me."

Alvin leans in closer towards Stoick "The boy craved attention from a fatherly figure so much, he ran off with a complete stranger."

Stoick and Valhallarama glare, but anyone could catch the slight sadness in Stoick's eyes. Was it true? Had Hiccup willingly ran off with Alvin? All for the sake of feeling a fatherly love?

"I won't ask again!" Yells Stoick "Where is my son!?"

Alvin smiles, his head rises to scan the room before he speaks his next words, he knew very well the next fragment that came from his mouth could and would change everything Val ever believed.

"How do you know he's your son?"

Both parents stare in shock, slowly realizing where Alvin was going with his speech, the small moment where doubt filled each mind in the room.

The burly man smiled and laughed before continuing on, he knew he could just drop the bomb now, but what fun would that be? No, a little psychological torture aught a put him in the right mood.

"I mean, ya never really cared for the child before, Stoick."

Alvin basks in the moment, the moment he has been waiting for in years, the moment he changed everything.

"For all you know, Hiccup could very well be mine."

I am super sorry, but Thursday was my big sisters birthday and I couldn't miss that ;) plus my best friend is moving away and there's a good chance we will never see each other again … So I have been saying goodbye, helping her pack up, and yeah also, I have been having major issues publishing this chapter on the site, not sure why. I literally had to copy and paste every page here one at a time! Once again I am sorry, but I do have a question for you all, should I make Alvin be Hiccup's biological father? What would you all like to see happen? Let me know and your wish may just come true ;)