And here we are again my fellow readers. Ready for another chapter. But first...
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The guards that managed to escape the dungeons spreaded the news all over the castle.
Soon...the whole palace knew they were there. No Nephene soldier would let their guard down until they were caught.
How hard could it be? A whole 100 Nephene trained soldiers against who?
Just a bunch of old royal people.
Not a difficult task right? Piece of cake.
Also some spoiled brats. Stupid Princes and Princesses, raised in gold and silk.
Against the royal trained soldiers? Is this a joke?
They are probably hiding somewhere like little rats. Frightened right now and scared for their lives.
"THOSE NEPHENE HEADS SNAP IN HALF LIKE WATERMELONS!" King Stoick shouted as he swinged his axe.
"I KNOW RIGHT? IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY MAKE IS EASY FOR US!" Oswald scrramed while his sword slided through a man's body.
Anyone could say that the kings and queens were definitely NOT out of shape. On the contrary, they were fighting better that the trained soldiers themselves.
"TAKE THAT!" Queen Mala jumped in the aor and landed on top of a large man, knocking him down.
"AAARRRRRHHHHH!!!!!" Astrid shouted as she easily defeated those soldiers one by one.
The same amount of screams and warrior shouts was coming from everyone around the castle.
And a fee moments later, the enemy seemed to be undefeatable.
"HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THERE?" Snotlout asked.
"IT'S LIKE THE LERNAEAN HYDRA!" Fishlegs sputtered.
"THE LERNAEAN WHAT NOW?" Spitelout punched another one with his bare fist, sending him unconscious.
"YOU KNOW! The Greek Monster? For every head chopped off, it would regrow two heads!?!?"
"OH YEAH! I DEFINITELY SEE THE RESEMBLANCE!"
"NO MATTER HOW MANY OF THEM WE KILL THEY JUST KEEP COMING!"
"HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THERE?"
"JUST KEEP FIGHTING!" King Stoick silenced them all. "WE HAVE TO SAVE AS MUCH TIME AS WE POSSIBLY CAN FOR HICCUP!"
...
Hiccup was shaking.
His finger trembling on the crossbow's trigger.
"Ohoho...so the young Prince has returned." Calder laughed and started to follow an invisible circle around Hiccup. "I have to say though, that I'm impressed that you managed to escape and sneak into my castle-"
"It's not your castle." Hiccup cut him off. "And it will never be. It's over Calder."
He laughed. All he did was laugh. Like he was already too many steps ahead of him. Like he outsmarted him. Like he knew that he would win.
"Oh you have guts I'll admit that."
With a snap of his fingers, a wooden door opened to reveal another man's silhouette.
He looked much taller than both of them and definitely way more muscular. His hair were dark locks falling over his huge back and he was wearing a dark robe. From the metal sounds he made while he was walking, Hiccup could tell that he was wearing heavy armour underneath.
"...but...like I said... you're not a leader. Just a boy."
Hiccup felt his throat tighten and his feet shaking. He knew the man in front of him was...
"Drago Bludvist."
The man let out a hideous laugh, sending chills passing through His body.
"THIS is the Prince of Berk?! The son of Stoick the Vast??! What shame he must feel..."
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As the time was passing, the Nephene soldiers were getting more and more. But our royal heroes wouldn't let themselves get tired.
"HOLD ON BROTHERS!" King Oswald shouted. "REMEMBER WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR!"
"Your Majesty! We can't hold them off forever!"
"There's too many of them!"
"We won't make it Stoick!"
"DON'T LOSE HOPE! WE MUST KEEP FIGHTING!"
Ruffnut was busy fighting two soldiers when another guard was slowly approaching her from behind.
"Lady Ruffnut! Watch out!" Thork jumped between her and the guard. He got knocked to the ground along woth the others.
Ruffnut couldn't process what just happened as the panic and chaos around her was too much. She stood there watching Thork's body laying unconscious on her feet.
"T-Thork s-saved me!" she cried out.
"Yep sure did. We outa here?" Tuffnut asked blankly as he stole a few items from the corpses around them.
"Right behind you bro." Ruffnut walked over Thork, stepping on his back and followed her brother.
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Hiccup was frozen.
He was standing there staring at Drago. His eyes were scanning him from head to toe, taking in his loathsome body.
His form was so creepy that he could hear himself gulp.
"I told you Drago." Calder crossed his arms. "He is a pain in the ass."
"Oh I don't think he's going to be a problem."
Drago took slow steps as he got closer to Hiccup. His eyes never leaving his, threatening his soul.
Hiccup's grip tightened on the crossbow's triger, making Drago laugh.
"Ohohoho save it kid. Don't fool yourself. We both know you don't have the guts to use it."
"Don't make another step!" Hiccup said nervously.
A little bit louder than he intended to sound.
"No matter how loud your voice gets it won't do you any good kid." Drago had almost reached him.
He stopped right in front of him. The crossbow barely touching his chest.
"Go on kid. Do it."
Hiccup's breath tightened. His throat felt dry as his fingers struggled to control themselves.
"Go ahead then. Kill me. What's stopping you?"
He was getting dizzy. His heart beating fast.
"Kill me and prove that you're worthy of being the heir. Prove that you are worth of being King."
Worthy.
Heir.
King.
How could he prove something like that? He didn't even believe it himself.
He wasn't worthy. He wasn't worthy of being the heir. He didn't even want to become the King.
But it was the right thing.
He didn't want it, he never asked for it, but it was the right thing. It was what should be done. It wss the way things were supposed to go.
"His hands are shaking look at him!" Calder laughed. "So much for the Prince of Berk!"
He couldn't do it.
He couldn't pull the trigger.
He couldn't kill him.
"Just like I thought." Drago said and turned around.
He made his way across the room and sat on the throne, leaving a huge relief sigh.
"Aahhhhh...at last." He stretch again the back of the throne. "I dreamed of this moment."
Hiccup wasn't speaking. He was frozen in place.
He couldn't do it.
He couldn't pull the trigger.
He couldn't kill him.
"You see kid, I'm not like anyone you've mwt before. I don't do things...the easy way. I've learned to earn. I always take what I want but... nothing is better than a good game."
"A game?" Hiccup finally spoke. "Is that what this is to you? A game?"
"You're right, I used the wrong words. How about...a hunt?"
" A War is not a game! A War is not a hunt! People are dying! Families are ruined! The Kingdom is not-"
"The Kingdom is nothing but miles and miles of land and stupid people who live on it. Kings concur it. I am a true King. I am concuring it. I am claiming it!"
"You cannot claim what is not yours! Berk doesn't belong to you!"
"And who does Berk belong to? You?"
No.
He didn't mean it that way. Berk doesn't belong to him, it doesn't belong to anyone. No... actually it belongs to everyone.
"Berk is more than just a place." Hiccup spoke. "It's the people. We are Berk and it belongs to us all!"
"Please... don't make me laugh kid. You're a fool if you truly believe that. A Kingdom is only as strong as it's ruler. And with me at the throne-"
"You want to sit on that throne so badly because YOU are the one who seeks power. You don't care about Berk. You don't care about making the kingdom stronger. You only want to give yourself as much power as possible. You don't need the throne to concur Kingdoms you need it to concur people. To control those who follow you. And to get rid of those, who won't."
Hiccup's eyes automatically fell on Calder, who seemed a bit concerned by his words.
Drago was using him. Just like he was using everyone.
"You think you two are partners?" He asked him. "What has he promised you? Money? Wealth? When he gets what he wants he will get rid of you."
Calder looked at Drago. For a moment he seemed like he was affected by Hiccup's words.
"You became a traitor for him. You killed family after family. You murdered your own King for God's sake. You are marrying a woman who doesn't feel the slightest thing about you. And all of this for what? He takes the throne. He becomes King."
"Don't listen to him." Drago said to Calder. "The kid is too scared to understand-"
"And what is left for you? What do you think he will do to you when he's done?"
Calder look like a revealing of his entire life appeared in front of him.
But he wasn't speaking.
"Enough of this kid." Drago got up from his throne. "Let me tell you the rules of this game go."
"I'm not playing any of your games Drago."
"Oh but you will. You see...you have no choice."
He was right.
He knew he was right.
He was sitting on the throne. He had taken the castle. Soon the whole Kingdom. His friends were outnumbered by all the Nephene guards.
And queen Eira...she was in danger. She was in his hands too and there was nothing ge could do to save her.
He just offered himself to him and he couldn't kill him.
He really had no options.
No choice.
"My army is waiting for you outside the walls at the bloody valey." Drago continued. "Like I said... it's all about a good hunt. And I never go without a fight."
Hiccup understood where he was going with this. A crazy, MAD man who enjoys battles. He didn't travel all his way here to just sit on thay chair.
He wanted a War.
He wanted a battle.
"You're sick."
"You're not the first who gives me that complement." Drago smiled. "You might be a coward bur you're a smart kid. I'll be waiting for you tomorrow at dawn. Then I can finish you off myself."
And with that, he got up and left the room, with Calder following behind him.
But Hiccup could have sworn, that he saw him looking back at him, seconds before they disappeared.
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After Calder gave the orders, the Nephene soldiers exited the castle.
Soon, their fighting was over as they emptied the whole place, leaving only the stuff and the proper Berk's guards inside.
Those who were left.
The gang was wandering around the endless halls of the palace while Hiccup was in his room, currently having a mixture of panic attack and anger outburst.
"I couldn't do it Astrid!" Hiccup slammed the door.
"What do you mean you couldn't do it?"
"He was standing right in front of me! I was so close but...I couldn't do it Astrid. I...I just...froze!"
"That is okay Hiccup. It shows that you're human. And that you wouldn't kill a soul. Even your enemy."
"It shows that I'm a coward!"
"Mhm."
"I am the worst heir this Kingdom could ever have!"
"Probably."
"How stupid am I? Why didn't I just killed that monster when I had the chance? That would be better for all of us!"
"Yup."
"UHHHH! I've never felt more useless my entire life."
"I can see that."
Hiccup stopped and gave her an annoyed look.
"Are you just gonna stand there and agree with everything I say?"
"I'm just waiting for you to finish the pessimistic self-rant." she laughed.
He sighed and run his hands through his messy hair.
"Are you done?" Astrid asked.
"Yes I am done."
"Good. That actually took you longer than I thought this time." she laughed and reached her fingers to touch him.
But instead of what he expected, she roughly pulled his ear.
"OW OW OW!" he shouted in pain.
"Now listen here dumbhead!"
"ARRR! IT'S HARD TO LISTEN WITH NO EARS!"
"You're not useless."
"I am."
"No you're not."
"How can you know that?"
"Because I know you. I was the first to believe in you. I might have been the only one who believed in you from the start. And I have watched you doubt weather you're worthy ever since."
He lowered his head and she gently raised his chin with twi of her fingers.
"But you know what? I am the person I am today because of you. I never told you that but it's true."
Her eyes were glowing again. Just like they did the first time he met her.
"If you had killed him, you wouldn't be any different than him."
And there she was again. Doing what she does best for another time.
Making his life better.
Making him happier.
"You are the bravest, most stubborn, most determined, knucklehead I know!"
She was the happiness in his life.
She saw in him what nobody else could. Not even himself!
She made him believe in himself by believing in him herself. She was making him stronger. She was his strength.
"There is no one out there who could ever be a better King than you. No one who deserves this more than you do."
She brought light into his darkness.
"Your people believe in you. I believe in you with all my heart."
An angel who was send to save him from this misery.
"You're not alone in this. You have people who love and care about you all around you. The army of Berk might be smaller than Drago's but they have faith in their leader. They will all follow you no matter what."
The sun was making her golden hair look like little sunshines. Like she was a Goddess.
"Your father chose you for a reason. Because he sees something in you. Something that I know is there."
Her smile brought goosebumps to his stomach. He felt his heart flutter like the first time they met.
"And now Drago is out there threatening you. Challenging you and your Kingdom."
He felt safe and strong when he wss with her. He felt like he was right where he was supposed to be.
"So? What are you gonns do about it?"
He smiled at her.
The most genuine smile he had ever given in his life.
"Probably something stupid."
The tension between them got bigger.
"Good but you've already done that."
The magnet that was pulling them activated once again.
"Then something crazy."
She returned his smile with an equally genuine one.
"That's the Hiccup I know."
And the electricity grew stronger.
The constant desire to connect.
And his smile grew bigger every second he was starting at her.
Silence fell between the two for what felt like ages.
And she couldn't understand what he had on his mind as he was staring at her like an idiot.
"What?" she rose an eyebrow at him.
Hiccup took a step towards her making her take one back. Her legs found his bed. She couldn't step any further. Behind her was his King-sized bed and inches apart from her was his mouth.
"You're fucking beautiful."
And with one gentle push, her back was laying on the matress. And his body fell on top of her as their burning lips couldn't stand to be apart any longer.
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Happy summer everyone! I'm of for my summer holidays! eeekkkk! I'm sorry it took me this long to write. But I had the greatest time of my life in the most beautiful island in Greece called Corfu! A real live paradise and my personal heaven to be.
I really needed this holiday. Firstly because this specific place has a special place in my heart for many reasons. Secondly I needed to calm myself down from all the stress I went through with my examination and find my inner peace. I'm glad to say that I found myself again and I am in a very happy place right now and i really wish the same for you too.
I Love you all! Thank you for understanding and for showing patience with me. This story is going to come to an end soon and I couldn't be more grateful for helping me get here.
You're the best.
