A.N So hopefully I fixed how last chapter was formatted I don't know why it did that I'll do my best to fix mistakes like that anyway to the story.
Stoick's P.O.V: The stranger that came to my island three years ago today has always seemed a bit strange a bit off, an air to him that only warriors of old have, but regardless of the clarity that he wasn't to be trifled with my chief in training decided that Vincent has been freeloading off of us for long enough and has challenged him to a duel I tried to stop him but Snotlout is even more pigheaded than his father,... I just hope he doesn't get himself killed.
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Snotlout's P.O.V: "Gather round and one of you run up the mountain and get Vincent, it's high time he pays up for the years of living off of us!" Snot could be heard throughout the main square of Berk his shouting was so loud. "Once he gets here me and him are stepping into the kill ring and we will see who is better and if he deserves the resources we spend on him" after that some of the crowd began to cheer for Snotlout and soon began a chant that engulfed most of the villagers..
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Vincent's P.O.V: My my my Berk really is getting loud today I wonder what the occasion is, Vincent let his mind wander as he sat there on his porch watching out over the horizon as he plucked lightly at his mandolin, he grew lost in thought and didn't hear Fishlegs running up to him and telling him that snotlout wanted a duel."Vincent, Vincent are you listening I said Snotlout is out for blood he isn't happy that you don't offer anything to the village" fish spoke quickly still unsure if I was paying attention"Huh? What're you on about, Snotlout wants a duel because I don't contribute to the village? Let me ask you something fish, how bad were the dragon raids 3 years ago?"Once alert and aware of his presence Vincent spoke calmly" Well they were pretty bad we were losing sheep and fishing boats left and right"Fish spoke tenderly remembering the countless near death experiences he had experienced"And now we are raided what one or two times a month opposed to 7 to 8 times, my presence keeps the dragons at bay for the most part and did not build you ballista and teach to use it to take down flying dragons?" It was clear to Fish that Vincent didn't like being questioned and that he didn't want an answer from him"Well you don't need to convince me,... But what're you going to do?"There were minutes of silence Vincent stared at his ring knowing he tried and tried to put the sword up but he knows that if you live by the sword you will die by it there is no escaping it"I will do what I must"Vincent spoke with a coldness that sent shivers down Fishlegs' spine..
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Narrator: About an hour passed and the crowd around Snotlout had begun to disperse and he began to think Vincent wouldn't take his challenge so he might just have to march up there himself to drag the old hermit out. It was about that time that Vincent and Fishlegs reached the town square as Snotlout saw them approaching he called out"I see you aren't such a big chicken after all I was beginning to think you were scared"Snotlout mocked" You'll have to excuse me my old bones aren't what they used to be, Fishlegs here told me you wanted a duel? Has it been approved by Stoick I doubt he wants his chief in training to be injured in a duel" Vincent spoke as if Snot's words meant nothing to him. "Well I haven seen if Stoick approves and he thinks it a bad choice says to just live you be but you use our hard earned resources and don't give anything in return" just then Stoick comes out of the great hall and see's Snotlout and Vincent arguing about something he could only guess it was about the duel"Snotlout if you're serious about this then you two need to take it the ring and settle this like men"Stoick boomed surprising both Snot and Vincent, " So shall we head to ring Snotlout?" Vincent spoke in a calm and collected manner yet when he said his name there was a sharp tone to it as if he was spitting it out.
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Vincent's P.O.V: I really am about to go into a duel with a boy who claims to be a man, I have no doubt the warriors of Berk are fierce but Snotlout is a spoiled kid he didn't grow up in war he wasn't bred by it molded by it he doesn't know what he is doing and if I really fight he will die. Vincent was so lost in thought that he didn't hear any of the rules or regulations for the duel nor that the whole village had showed up to watch this fight, Vincent had never fought on Berk. He was shaken back to reality when Snots hammer came whizzing by his head at the last second I moved to the right dodging the hammer's heavy blow it hit the rock behind me and cracked it Snotlout isn't pulling any punches. Vincent backed up and made some distance assuming his fighting stance his right side forward his hand outstretched inviting his opponent in, Snot laughed and jeered at Vincent for not taking up any weapon"I won't need one against you boy"Vincent spat in a harsh tone that surprised many in his few trips to the village everyone assumed he was a well tempered old man but now the veil is lifting and they begin to see him for what he is, in a swift motion Snot rushes forward with incredible speed but Vincent sees his attack coming and steps inward grabbing snots wrist and striking the inside of his elbow hard and delivering a swift and hard kick to Snot's right knee hyper-extending it and causing a loud and shrill scream to erupt from Snotlout as pain seared through his body he dropped his hammer and fell to the floor. "People of Berk this is who you would have lead you after Stoick passes on?" He is weak undisciplined, untrained. He fights like a rabid dog striking fast without precision, He is not Worthy of leading!" Vincent began to feel years of unchecked rage build within him as a member of the audience yelled"And who are you an outsider a hermit who lives away from us all, to judge who is worthy to lead!" Many others cheered him on….after a few seconds and Snotlout passing out Vincent began to speak quietly many muttered asking what he was saying before the ground began to tremble the air around them changed their hackles stood on end"I am the last of my kin born in blood forged by it, trained in the art of war since I could walk my real father was murdered before I met him my mother hung and I was the result of her last dying breaths, Once I stood proud but now my crest has fallen like my kingdom,... I know you know the tales of the dread king Ophar how one mans greed lead to the downfall of Vesalon but I tell you they are not just tales and myth I also know that some legends carry on throughout the ages that many times man has risen and fallen"... A few seconds of silence before Vincent begins to chant and his appearance changes, his old blue cloak becomes longer and far more ragged growing a hood around his head and becoming blacker than night a sword with a cross guard fashioned from melted skulls a stench of rotting flesh and death hung in the air, large antlers began to form with a small black and green orb of fire appearing in the middle just floating, by the time his transformation completed many of the villagers screamed on horror others sat there shocked and some rushed into the arena to try and fight Vincent but before they reached him he spoke"I look around and see that you know what or who I am, which is good it means you will listen and you should know this that when the hours grow late and the enemy is on your doorstep you must look to the one you forgot and banished long ago" with a strange dual toned voice that shook the heavens and earth alike Vincent spoke and those close to him fell to their knees losing all courage to try and kill him, Vincent looked around once more before falling backwards into his own shadow and disappearing from berk…
A.N I hope its good people are reading it so I guess I'm doing something right my next update might take a little while I need to go back and read a good portion of The Boy Behind the Mask again, I want to do a good job of portraying the characters in it anyway thanks for reading.