AN: Here's the next chapter. Um. Hiccup and Matthew talk. Hiccup get's taken to the dungeons and Jack. Well. Let's just say he has some winter up his sleeve. ~ Enjoy! And please review! ~
When the two males entered the throne room, King Matthew was waiting for them. He sat down as Hiccup came before him and bowed respectively. "Good health to you. Your Highness," Hiccup said,"I am-" "I am well aware of who you are, Hiccup Haddock," Matthew replied,"Tell me, how is Stoick? Is he not still depressed over the loss of his beloved wife?" "My father is of good health and is in no such state," Hiccup replied simply. Jack just stood to the side, yet he was there for Hiccup at any given moment.
"Then tell me," Matthew continued,"What is it like, to eat till your full?" Hiccup looked at him puzzled, then he was gestured to look out the grand window beside him. Hiccup saw that families were on the street. They were feeding their children what was to be soup. And that was all. No meat. No vegetables. Just imposterous soup. Filling the stomach of the youth of the village below. "What is it like," Matthew continued,"To ware fresh, clean clothes everyday?" Hiccup saw that what the people wore, resembled rags in his sight. "It's deceitful, isn't it?" Matthew questioned,"To live rich, while others," he gestured to the people,"Are living below poverty."
Hiccup sensed that Jack was to wield his sword, yet he looked back at him with assurance that it wasn't going to be necessary. "Actually," Hiccup replied,"It's not as deceiving as you take it, Your Highness." Matthew gave him a confused look as to what he meant. "All day long. You sit here," Hiccup continued,"Thinking on the wrong you've done. Instead of the good you should be doing." "What are you saying? That I'm not capable of leading my own kingdom?" Hiccup smirked at the King's questions. "I believe you know exactly what I'm saying," He said crossing his arms in front of his chest, his smirk still in tact to his lips,"And I believe your brother does to." Matthew's eyes widened in disbelief and pure shock.
"Only Valka-" "My mother." "Knew that. How is it that you know?" "Well," Hiccup clasped his hands behind his back as he moved from the window,"Being the son, of the Dragon Queen, has it's perks. For all I can tell you." "You little sneak!" Matthew shouted,"Your dragons told you. Didn't they?!" Hiccup chuckled,"Only if they could speak our language." "Guards!" Jack wielded his blade as others surrounded Hiccup and himself. "Your Highness," Hiccup said with a utter serious tone in his voice,"Isn't time we talked like actual men? And not as barbarians-" "Your not a man Hiccup Haddock," Matthew interrupted,"Your not even human."
Hiccup stared at him dead in the eye. "What?" He questioned. Matthew only gave a sly grin,"No human can ever control those reptilian monsters. Then, of course, came the legacy of your mother," He explained,"And when she got pregnant. I knew that her child would be just like her. Strange. Ill tempered. Pathetic. And, inhuman." "My Mother was an extraordinary woman!" Hiccup shouted,"She protected the dragons with her life!" "Which is exactly why she was pathetic. Always placing her trust in something that could never help her,"Matthew replied. "That is where your wrong Matthew!" Hiccup shouted in a feminine voice, which is when he covered his mouth in utter disbelief. Matthew stared at him. The guards had backed away as well as Jack. Though the moment was silent, Hiccup continued to speak, in his mother's voice.
"How dare you say that about such wondrous, agile, and mysterious creatures?! If I had known better, which believe me I do, I'd say that your brother has already swallowed you whole! Right now, I don't see the man whom lead this kingdom high in prosperity, I see his evil twin whom brought it down hard to be placed on it's ass! Right now, I don't see Matthew Moon. I see Komotise Pitchner. I see the devil." Everyone was speechless upon the words of Valka Haddock which came from the mouth of her son,"This land would be better off dead, in your rule! Cause My curse. My prophecy has long been upon it. You have brought your country to war. To poverty. To ruin. And there is no way for it to be stopped by your hands. So. This is what's to happen Matthew Pitchner. Are to change your ways and revive your country? Or are you just going to let it rot and burn away? Cause right now, that the damn path your leading it down. The dragons have had nothing to do with your choices. I advise you stop blaming them."
When Hiccup was done speaking, he tripped backwards, beginning to fall to the ground. Yet, Jack caught him before his head came in presence with the marble polished floor. "J-Jack?" Hiccup called, once he knew he had his own voice back. "It's okay Hiccup," Jack replied holding the other in his arms with the other's head in his lap,"I'm right here." Matthew watched this interaction and was outraged. The two had fallen for each other, just as Valka had said. Just as she foretold. The Dragon King and the Frost Soldier. A couple for the world to see. Matthew glared at them and called to his guards. They broke up between the two boys and brought the Dragon King in front of their king.
"Hiccup Haddock the III," Matthew said as he used the tip of a sword for the auburn male to look at him, he then stole a quick look to Jack to be sure that the soldier was watching,"You are charged with utter destruction upon Burgess, for sending monstrous reptilian beasts upon this lands people to lead them to their demise. For this you are sentenced to die!" "No," Jack screamed, he tried to run over by Hiccup's side, yet the guard which kept him from doing so, had a damn strong grip. "Two weeks of prison containment," Matthew continued,"Until we can figure out your death path. Take him away!" With that, Hiccup Haddock the III, the Dragon King of Berk, was hand cuffed and lead down to the dungeons.
Jack elbowed the man whom held him and ran towards Hiccup. He only stopped when a door slammed into his face. "Pity," Matthew said as he sat back on his throne,"And to think he'd fight back." "What the hell," Jack said as he marched before Matthew,"Is wrong with you?!" "I did what had to be done Jack," He replied simply,"For the good of Burgess." "For the good of Burgess, my ass!" Jack yelled back,"More like the good of your own damn self!" Jack was about to storm out of the room when he glanced down at his gloves. He had worn them ever since he was seven. Ever since he got his frost powers.
"And by the way, Your Highness," Jack remarked, the last to words with mockery,"I don't need these anymore." "What are you doing?" Matthew questioned,"You aren't thinking of taking those gloves off are you?" Jack looked at him and sighed,"Y'know, That just may be the most sense you've had all day." Jack took off his gloves and feels relief. The cool air surged through his veins and for the first time in forever, he had a purpose to use his powers.
Jack lifted his hands. The gloves long forgotten. Ice started to form on ceiling. The guards surrounded him. Yet a strong wind and ice shards held them back. He made a sword of ice and charged at Matthew. The ice on the ceiling, now running down the marble columns. The ice hit the floor as Jack held the sword to Matthew's neck.
"Put the sword down mate," another soldier called,"We both know you can't win this." It was Aster. Jack's anger boiled. They took Hiccup away. They sent his father' into the battle front for slaughter. They all were murderers. Every last one of them. Jack backed away almost tripping down the steps. "Where's North?" He saw Aster chuckle and it made his stomach twist. "That ol' softy?" Aster remarked,"He's Dead." Jack fell to his knees and dropped the sword. He wasn't going to need it. Though the room was gonna be a winter waste land when he was finished.
The room started to swarm with frost and snow and ice. Jack stood up as he glared at Aster. "How could you?!" He shouted,"North was a brilliant soldier. And you murdered him like he was nothing!" Aster didn't say anything, he just kept his smile on his face. Yet that smile wasn't helpful when Jack forced a shard of ice into his chest. Matthew smirked and Jack could hear the words of the devil which had corrupted his brother's heart. "Good Jack," He said,"Feel your fear. Make them suffer the same way you've suffered." He was about to say more, when Jack screamed, the frost and snow spread to different places of the room, and a bright flash of light lit the room. Forcing King Matthew to run to a different part of the castle.
Jack looked up as he felt a soft hand upon his shoulder. "W-who are you?" He questioned, to the feminine figure that had appeared to him. She smiled warmly at him. "I'm Valka Haddock," She said,"I'm the Queen of Dragons, wife to Stoick of Berk." Jack's eyes widened at the next words that left her lips. "I'm Hiccup's mother." ~
AN: CLIFFHANGER! Okay. In the next chapter. And I'll have to consult HoneyBeeez on this. Hiccup is told how he is to die. Jack and Valka have a rather small chat. Jack gathers the dragons. And news of Hiccup's coming execution is spread out through Burgess and Berk. ~ Anyway, Please review and we hope you all enjoyed. Two more chapters and an epilogue. And possibly, if HoneyBeeez and I feel like it, a sequel. We appreciate the support and the next chapter is to be posted, hopefully, later today. ~ Bye Guys! ~
