new chapter guys!
Thank you guys who have been reviewing and showing support, Thank you very much. And I will try to update as fast as I can but with school coming soon, two chapters a week will be the update schedules for this story.
So without any more distractions or interruptions, here is the new chapter so enjoy and be prepared for anything ;)
"We're Vikings, it's an occupational hazard."
All Eydis could do was just stare in utter shock at her youngest son as he stood defiantly in front of her. "You're...You're not joking are you?" She whispered, he body was trembling but not from fright. Her mind was full of thoughts trying to process what she just witnessed. One of her own flesh and blood just turned down the offer than anyone who was in his spot would instantly agree to that offer without question! No way...Did Stoick actually did a good job in raising my son that now he thinks he's really a Haddock?! "You're not serious Hiccup are you?" She forced a smiled as she grabbed his hands in hopes she can try to convince him out of his decision, but what she failed to realize was that Hiccup was too stubborn just like Valka and Stoick.
"I'm dead serious," Hiccup responded with a stern tone. "I'm not going with you...I'm staying here, or at least continuing my life on dragon's edge for a bit."
"B-But you're not even Stoick's real son!" Eydis insisted, then she gestured to herself. "I-I'm your birth mother! Your real father is dead, but he was a great man and could have been a wonderful father if I hadn't been so stupid to jeopardize your lives! You do realize that once I go with your siblings, we'll hardly see one another! Do you want to put Dagur and Heather through that separation again?"
That question was so familiar, in fact, Hiccup remembered that he himself was asking the same thing a few nights ago.
"Hiccup, no one is going to ask you to choose anything...I mean knowing you, your obvious choice would be staying in Berk with Stoick. You lived in Berk your whole life. But that doesn't mean mom won't be understanding with your decision."
"I know I was raised in Berk my whole life, it's really my home but seeing how guilty mom was about everything she's ever done...She deserves a chance," Hiccup sighed. "I never met either of my mothers and what kind of son would it make me if she asked me to go with her only for me to say no to her. What if she starts causing trouble, at least I hope she doesn't, but she went through a lot to try to meet us...And if she does want us to move away, and if I stay behind then I might never see you or Dagur again...But if I leave Berk, I'm leaving my father, Gobber and, my friends. I don't know.."
"Hiccup," Heather and Astrid whispered from what they just heard. It was indeed a dilemma if such a case were to happen but Astrid then spoke up. "It really doesn't matter Hiccup, whether you choose to leave or not it's really up to you...The both of you. And remember that your mother returned to also earn your trust so if she doesn't then you can stay but if she does then that's when the real trouble in deciding starts. However, no matter where you go, Berk will always be your home as well as you two will still be twins and Dagur's younger siblings. Just don't think about it a lot, remember that you choose what makes you happy because I'm sure Stoick will want you to be happy and he'll never disrespect any choice you make. You just gotta trust yourself in here," She placed her hand over where Hiccup's heart laid.
"I don't," Hiccup finally spoke up, as his mother's hopes raised a bit. "But I know that they'll want me to be happy with the choice I make for myself. Just because I decided to stay here Berk does not mean I'm no longer your son, or Heather's and Dagur's brother. You have to trust me on this mom, and you don't have to worry about me." Eydis's hopes went downhill at that point. "Sure I've done a lot of crazy stunts in my life, and I'm pretty sure there are more to come but I'm not alone. You have to understand that we're still trying to get to know one another." He placed his hand on his mother's shoulder in hopes of comforting her. "I'll airmail with guys, I'll come and visit you as many times as I can so we can still catch up. We're not really saying goodbye to anyone. I'm really sorry, it hurts me to say no to you, to leave you three but I want to stay in Berk...It's where I belong."
Eydis was silent, she was still trembling as her teeth clenched, her eyes narrowing to the ground until she finally looked up at Hiccup with a new face that he had prepared to see. His mother's face of fury, her eyes were burning with anger as she trembled to prevent herself from doing anything rash. She gave him a cold glare as she whispered in a wicked tone. "I'm sorry, son, but I'm afraid that won't be possible." She snapped her fingers which got Hiccup's guard up, much to his despair.
"I was afraid of my suspicions being correct," Hiccup sighed as his hand reached the shield he had behind his back. "I really was hoping for them to be wrong."
Eydis forced out a small chuckle. "Well, unfortunately for you, they were correct...You really are related to my side of the family." She then gave him a sad smile. "I had hoped I'd convince you, but I'm afraid you won't be making any choices here son. You're coming with me whether you like it or not." The bushes began to rustle as hushed muttering could be heard as Eydis held her hand out in front of him. "You really are a smart boy son, now hand me the evidence that convinced you foolishly to come here alone." With a sigh, Hiccup reluctantly handed his mother the said evidence that he had in his pocket.
Two broken pieces of the dragon hunter's arrows coated in dragon root.
"You really haven't changed have you?" Hiccup hissed as Eydis tossed the two pieces to the ground so she can crush them to smaller bits.
"Oh I've changed but only a little," Eydis reassured with that same fake smile on her face. "But it's not the kind of change you were hoping for." She then gave her first set of orders to the people behind the bushes, since she had a feeling Hiccup knew who was here. "Get him."
On cue, Hiccup ran the opposite direction.
DRAGON POV
Toothless finally made it to the Haddock household, leaping through Hiccup's room window only to see that the mysterious satchel was on the floor and that no one was in the room. However, what he did find was not entirely fresh, but good smells of Heather, Windshear...And Dagur?
He knew his nose never lies, that the third scent he is smelling did in fact, belong to Dagur. But what confused him was the same fact that Dagur was in the house with Heather even though he and his mother were missing ever since the night before. "Something's not right," He huffed underneath his breath. His attention was soon turned to the satchel on the floor, it looked like someone went through it, and judging from the extra scents, they were definitely Heather and Windshear. He used his front claw to open the satchel only to see arrows roll of it, but they weren't just any arrows...
"DRAGON HUNTERS?!" He shrieked, then he realized that they were the same as the one Hiccup found in the forest. "Oh no..." If Hiccup knew that the arrow he had belonged to the dragon hunters, and that Heather was in trouble along with the fact that their mother could have some connection with them then why did he go to her alone? We both could have taken out those hunters, what was his...That's when it hit him, he knew that together, he and Hiccup could have stood up to the hunter! But what he realized was that Hiccup had a suspicion of the hunters being a step ahead of him and have more numbers of arms hunters ready to seize the both of them. But if there's only Hiccup in the scene, then that would mean... "THAT IDIOT!"
Toothless bolted out the house as if lightning was chasing him as he ran into the forest, and flew low around the area to find Hiccup, Heather, or even Dagur! He was sniffing the area for any signs of then while he was getting worried beyond his limits about Hiccup's wellbeing! So far he's found nothing while he cursed underneath his breath. "Hiccup knew! He knew his mother was up to no good and that they were prepared to take down both of us so he sent me away to protect Heather and me! While he is over there handling the hunters all by himself!"
However, what didn't make sense to Toothless was Dagur. "Why would Dagur bring Heather out here if it's crawling with dragon hunters..." Before he could come up with some theories, he heard a familiar dragon cry coming from the east of the next few trees and rocks.
"GET ME OUT OF THIS! HELP!"
Windshear? Toothless ran towards the direction of his dragon friend but only to find her tied down to a lot of nets and bolas as she was struggling to break free. "What happened to you?! Where's Heather and Dagur?!"
"How did you know Dagur was with us?" Windshear asked in shock as she struggled. "And why are you here alone without Hiccup?!"
"I can smell his scent here," Toothless explained as he began to rip the ropes up but several of ropes has dragon proof metal withing the string which made it a bit difficult to rip it up easily. "And Hiccup somehow had this feeling that Heather was in danger so he sent me to find you guys and protect you but I'm afraid I was too late on that." He sighed, but then looked down at Windshear. "But answer my questions Windshear!"
"Heather and I were in the chief's house, looking for clues and when we found what was in the satchel, Dagur came in the house," Windshear began to explain as she eyes narrowed. "He said that their mother was in trouble so we followed him out, ignoring Heather's suggestions of going to the other riders for assistance. Then out of nowhere, I was caught in these traps; Heather wanted to help me but Dagur held her back then...Then I saw them come off the bushes! Dragon hunters! They held Heather down, tied her up and dragged her away...And Dagur, he just stood there and allowed them to capture her then he just followed them to Thor's knows where!" At last, Toothless finally got the last of the ropes off of Windshear as she stood up and gestured to the sky. "We've got to warn Hiccup, and save Heather! Now!"
"Agreed!"
Unfortunately, before they headed up for the sky, a small group of hunters came from out of the trees and were ready to capture them both, mainly Toothless! However, Windshear charged towards them, much to Toothless's shock as he was about to go help her but she roared at him to stay back. "GO! YOU HAVE TO WARN YOUR RIDER SO YOU BOTH CAN SAVE MY RIDER! GO! I'LL BE FINE!"
"YOU BETTER!" Toothless shouted back, and with much regret, he fell away from harm's way praying for his friends to be safe and not get caught. "Just hold on Heather...Hiccup...Please."
END DRAGON POV
"Gotta find a place to hide, a place to hide," Hiccup whispered to himself as he ran aimlessly through the forest from pursuing dragon hunters. He knew the forest like the back of hand, he knew every spot, every hiding spot, and good spots to trick the enemy so he had the advantage but he knew that it could be his disadvantage. With large numbers of hunters, the chance of him being found was high if he didn't choose the right hiding spot. He slid down slopes that led to small coves as he ran through more bushes but it was getting tough to run more when his left stump was beginning to pinch and burn a bit more than usual.
Heather and Dagur are fine! I just gotta find them! Heather and Dagur are fine! He kept repeating to himself until he finally climbed a tree to hide amongst the leaves to see if he can spot anything or anyone. So far he spotted several hunters looking for him in the opposite direction he was in but he knew he wasn't safe in the tree for long. He remembered a year when the Berserkers came to renew the treaty and when Dagur wasn't so deranged as he was, that he and his older brother were climbing these same trees. Well, that and Dagur teaching him how to jump to other trees from the very top which shockingly was one of the best lessons he had. Sure he'd miss and Dagur was there to catch him but that was when he was six years old. I hope after all these years actually changes something...Hiccup thought to himself as he took a deep breath, then he leapt from the tip of the tree and reached out to grab the other tip of the closet tree.
He grabbed it and pulled himself closer to get a tighter grip as he climbed down to the middle to make sure no one noticed anything. Thankfully no one noticed, however, his moment of relief ended when he suddenly spotted Toothless sprinting towards his direction, and a group of dragon hunters walking straight towards him! Great, oh the gods definitely hate me now! The hunters would see Toothless, stop to prepare their weapons and then catch him...Unless they get distracted... He remembered that he always carries a patch of pine needles in case Toothless's saddle needed some fresh scents as he took out that patch. And unless I trick a nightfury as well. With a heavy sigh but sly smirk, he , quickly ripped a good chunk of his shirt, then rubbed the pine needles around himself, and climbed down back to the ground picked up a nearby rock and when he can hear the footsteps of the hunters just several feet away from him, he stood up from where he hid and threw the stone at the first hunter he saw.
"Hey you! Stop right there!"
Hiccup didn't say anything but he only waved at them and then ran down the path they were coming from while making sure he tied the cloth around another stone and tossed that one a set of bushes farther than where they were without getting seen. According to plan, they chased him down the path as he continued to run while he hoped his plan to deceive Toothless was working.
DRAGON POV
"I got you now Hiccup!" Toothless cheered as he got closer but he suddenly lost the scent to the scent of pine needles! "Pine needles? Then where's-" Hiccup's scent was caught again but somewhere farther than where the scent originally came from. He was suspicious but at times like this, he had to check every inch of this forest. "Why do I get the feeling that something is way off about this."
"Wait..." Toothless stopped on his trails. "Pine needles...MY SADDLE!" He looked down at where he stood only to see a rock that was wrapped around a piece of Hiccup's clothing. "Of course, Hiccup always carry around some of that and rubs that stuff on the saddle!"He turned around and headed to the strong scent of pine needles. "Leave it to Hiccup to try to trick me to get me out of danger while he attracts the danger to himself." What he didn't notice was two shadowy figures following him.
End of chapter