Two Alphas
*Dagur's Point of View*
Today's the day!
Today is the day I become chief of the Hooligan Berserker tribe. Well… co-chief. But I couldn't be happier with the person I would be sharing the chiefly responsibilities with. Hiccup Haddock is a good man.
At the moment he and I were in my hut getting ready for the ceremony.
"Gods, these cloaks are heavy," I muttered.
"Yeah? Well, these swords are a bit much, don't you think?" Hiccup laughed as he straightened his belt that held his sword.
The ceremony would be half Berserker and half Hooligan, just like Heather and Fishlegs's wedding.
There was a knock at the door.
"Come in!" Hiccup called.
Astrid and Heather peaked their heads into the door.
Hiccup and I smiled at them.
"Hey, handsome," Astrid said. She walked up to Hiccup and put her arms around his neck. She stood on her toes to kiss him sweetly.
"You nervous, brother?" Heather asked as she approached me. She straightened the buckle on my fur cloak. She and Fishlegs had returned the night before.
"Nah, I think I'm good. I'm more excited than anything," I commented.
She smiled at me. "Good. You'll be great," she said encouragingly.
"Thanks, sis," I said.
"Boys, are you ready?" Valka asked as she walked into the room.
"Yeah, mom," Hiccup said with a smile.
He and I walked out of the room, the girls following behind us.
The ceremony was being held in front of the Great Hall, and it was more crowded than I had ever seen it. Everyone was there. It almost looked like more people than there had been at the merger.
"Should I be offended that more people came to see my brother become chief than came to see me get married?" Heather laughed. Astrid put her arm around her and they walked over to stand off to the side a little bit. Since they would be our battle chiefs, they would stand beside us during the ceremony.
Gothi was already there. She had that bowl of charcoal with her. It would be a fairly short event, but definitely one of the most meaningful. Heather would be performing the Berserker half of the ceremony because she would be giving her rights as chief to me and Hiccup.
Gothi motioned for us to stand in front of her and Hiccup and I took our positions. She hit her staff against the crowd to get everyone's attention. This effectively got the vikings to shut up.
The silent old woman waved her staff over Hiccup's head, then my head.
"That means she wants us to kneel," Hiccup whispered as he turned a knob on his prosthetic leg so he could get down.
I quickly followed suit and got down on one knee. The little viking woman smiled and nodded at us. She motioned for Heather to come up first.
Heather stood in front of us and smiled down at us before looking up to the crowd.
"On this day, I relinquish my title as chief and all that goes with it, to Hiccup Haddock and Dagur the Deranged," she announced.
Yeah, I really need to get the deranged thing changed.
Heather took a deep breath then took the Berserker chief sword from its place on her belt and yelled as she struck it into the ground. Fishlegs and Snotlout stood up and took the swords from mine and Hiccup's belts and handed them to Heather. She took them and nodded for Fish and Snot to go back to the crowd. Snotlout went back to stand beside Willow, whose family had accepted the Jorgenson marriage contract. They would be married in just a few weeks time.
"These two viking men will share the responsibilities of being chief. They will have equal power and equal say in all that takes place within the Hooligan Berserker tribe," she said loud enough for everyone to hear.
I reached my hand out and grasped the hilt of the sword she had placed in the ground and Hiccup reached up and grasped it as well so that we both had a hand on the sword.
Heather stepped down and Gothi stood before us once again. She lifted Hiccup's chin with her staff and reached into her bowl, rubbing some of the soot between her fingers before drawing half of the symbol for chief on his forehead. Only the left half. Then she tilted my head up and drew the right half on my forehead. She smiled at us and motioned for us to stand up.
Hiccup and I stood, pulling the sword up with us. We turned to face the crowd, the sword between us, the drawings on our foreheads lined up so that if we stood directly next to each other it would make the whole symbol.
"Long live Chief Hiccup! Long live Chief Dagur!" Everyone shouted and cheered. Hiccup and I both smiled as we raised the sword up into the air, showing that we were a team. We would do this job together and not in rivalry.
The crowd was cheering so loudly it sounded like a roar. I laughed as I looked over my people. This right here is what I was born to do. It was always hard for me to be chief on my own. And then being king just didn't fit me. But I could definitely handle being co-chief. Especially if my partner was my best friend, my brother.
I don't think I will ever stop smiling.
Hiccup and I had to put the sword back on the ground as Astrid ran towards him and hugged him. He wrapped both his arms around her waist
If only Mala could be here for this. She would be so proud. As I watched Hiccup and Astrid I couldn't help but feel a wave of loneliness wash over me. There were many women in the tribe that I knew would jump at the chance to be a chief's wife. Some might even actually like me and not care about the title. But Mala was the only woman for me. She knew me inside and out. She was the mother of my children. No, I would never marry again. I guess I always knew that. And I was actually at peace with that fact. Eventually, my friends would start having kids, one was actually already on the way. Then I could be the best uncle to ever have lived!
I chuckled at the thought of tiny versions of my friends on the loose. I wasn't going to feel sorry for myself anymore. Mala, Ozzy, and Marina wouldn't want that. I took a deep breath and looked out over the crowd once more. This was a great moment for the Hooligan Berserker tribe. A moment that I would never forget it.
Hello Readers!
I hope you have enjoyed reading the last few chapters as much as I have enjoyed writing them. Writing this story has made me realize just how much I love writing from our Berserker friends' points of view.
The next few chapters will have several time hops, just so I can get to where I want this story to end. Don't worry, the time hops will be done in good taste and you will love the chapters that come from them.
Sincerely,
EverAfterWritings
