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Why do we Love
Natalia runs from alley to alley hiding from the rioting people. She passes by multiple people not stopping to even stand and gawk.
She's forced into a stop however as a group of people are blocking her path. 'Dammit! I'll have to wait them out' she thinks to herself crouching behind a burnt car.
She takes a peek at them to see one of the men inject himself with a strange syringe. The man screams out and suddenly runs at high speeds towards her. She widens her eyes and ducks, as the man quickly kicks the car flipping it over revealing her.
The man widens his eyes in shock at the sight of her. "What the?!"
Natalia wastes no time to grab the man and knee him in the groin. The man coughs up saliva. She then quickly grabs the man and slams him down to the ground knocking him unconscious. She turns around to see the three men rush her. She pulls out her baton and quickly knocks them all out.
She sighs in relief at being able to handle this quickly. Looking to her left she sees the syringe the man injected to himself. Picking it up she examines it and sees just a little bit of liquid left in the syringe. She puts it away and takes off not noticing a pair of eyes following her movement.
'I'm lucky I was able to take down that man so quickly.' She thinks to herself while running. 'Had I not caught him off guard that whole situation would have played out differently.' She says while taking a quick glance at the car the man flipped. 'Such power. To think someone created a drug like this.'
She passes by more burning building and cars. 'In the wrong hands this drug could potentially be a danger to an entire nation.' She looks around her to see the burning city. 'Is this how they quickly overwhelmed the police force?' She asked herself. 'Who created the drug, who disbursed the drug, and who ordered the drug to be made?' She asked herself.
She jumps inside the building as a car comes crashing through. The men driving start cheering and shooting bullets into the air. Once they pass she continues to flee Berk. 'There's only one person I could think of, of who would make this drug.' She's brought out of her thinking as the other brother of patchy makes his presence known.
He stands in front of her glaring.
'Tch, just what I need'. Before anything can happen a police cruiser comes crashing through. It's the rookie. "LIEUTENANT!" He yells while opening the door for her. She quickly jumps into the car, allowing the rookie to drive off.
Sideburns watches her escape glaring at the cars retreating figure.
"Rookie!? How are you alive!?" She asks. She gets a closer look at her subordinate to see him bleeding in multiple places and his face covered in blood.
"We were overrun, we had to fall back." He explains gasping for air. "I found this vehicle and started driving around trying to save as many of my comrades as possible, that's when I found you" he explains grasping his chest.
Natalia nods her head. "Pull over, I'll drive from here on out."
The rookie nods and pulls over allowing them to switch seats. Natalia starts up the car again and flees. "We have to get back to headquarters, we have to regroup and try to contain the rioting in Berk." She says.
The rookie nods in understanding but then grunts in pain.
Natalia sees this and frowns. "Don't worry, I'll get you to a doctor quickly."
"Don't worry about me, Lieutenant…I'm dead anyway."
"Not yet your not!" She speeds up the car with the full intent of leaving the fallen city.
Over in the Arendale household Iduna wakes up. She looks around to see her alone with Hiccup. Looking at her arm she notices her arm wrapped in a bandage.
The doctor is also there in the room writing some notes. "Ah Mrs. Iduna. Your awake. How are you feeling?" He asks turning to face her fully.
"I'm quite alright," she brings the focus to Hiccup. "And what of our guest, is he alright?"
The Doctor sighs and begins explaining. "We found a lot of trauma all around his body. He's got burns all around his body, both outside and inside as well. His insides appear to have severe cutting and burns. His brain has experienced burns as has his head. His left leg has been amputated for unknown reasons. However the worst part here is his heart."
"His heart?"
"Yes" he confirms with a stressed face. "His heart is badly damaged, if put in a serious situation involving the increase speed of his heart, it could potentially kill him." The doctor explains. "I don't recommend letting the patient get involved with the tournament otherwise he could die in the first round. And even if he doesn't participate in anything like that, he could probably only live for about another week at best. Maybe a month."
Iduna nods at this piece of information and sighs. "I'll talk about it with Agnarr" she closes her eyes looking down. 'Perhaps it's best we don't rely on Hiccup anymore. He's already done enough for our family.' She thinks to herself. She turns to leave but is stopped, her arm has been grabbed. She turns her head to see Hiccup holding her arm tightly and glaring at her. 'His eyes are glowing, I'm surprised there is still life in his eyes.' She thinks to herself.
The doctor sees this and calls in the nurses. They move too separate the two but are stopped by Iduna who raises her free arm signaling them to stop.
"I-" Hiccup struggles to pick himself up. "I will-" He sits up, still gripping her arm tightly. "I will see this too the end" he finishes glaring at her.
Iduna was shocked, 'such determination, there you sit dying and yet you still wish to fight. Why?' She takes a seat on the bed next to Hiccup. She starts rubbing his head in affection shocking Hiccup. It's been along time since he's received affection this way. "May I ask why do you want to fight?" Hiccup turns to her losing his glare but his eyes still glow. "I'm not sure you realize this yet but the doctor here claims that at this rate you're going to die. Your body is heavily damaged and your heart is at a critical stage right now. In other words you can drop dead at any moment." She explained.
Hiccup closes his eyes and smiles leaning in to her hand. "You idiot." The doctor and nurses all begin to sweat at what he said. Iduna only smiles. "I won't die, I can't die. Not until my questions have been answered." He says opening his eyes.
"Questions?" Iduna wonders.
"Yes, a long time ago my sister died. I had nearly forgotten about her, her name. Can you believe that?" He laughs to himself. "I had forgotten my own sisters name!" He finishes laughing, he holds his stomach in pain which causes him to chuckle at the pain.
"Your sister, you mean Jennifer Haddock?"
"That's right"
"But the news reported a few found suspects, it was a group of teenage boys that killed your sister."
"That's right, but I want to know their names, their faces and why they did what they did. For some reason I feel like a few certain people know more than they care to share." Hiccup answers.
Iduna understood what he meant. She did her own private researched as well and things weren't adding up at all with her death. "Yes, your sisters death was a little strange. Especially the events that took place after." She said trying to add information for Hiccup.
"Events?" Hiccup asks.
"After the death of your sister the police went to work to find the killers however they suddenly stopped. They completely dropped the case almost immediately."
"Hmm" Hiccup found this strange. "So someone didn't want anyone snooping around, do you know what my fathers reaction was?"
Iduna shakes her head. "No, after her death he was missing for a while. You did as well." She explained.
Hiccup furrows his brows together. 'So the old man went missing, did I go with him?'
"I'm sorry but that's all I was able to find out" Iduna says.
Hiccup waves his hand. "It's alright, I'll just ask the old bastard when I see him." He says. Hiccup moves to get off the bed but is pushed back onto the bed by Iduna. Hiccup falls to the bed on his back smiling, he tries to get up however he's restrained. He looks up to see Iduna, on all fours, holding him down.
The doctor and nurses don't know what to do. Normally they would try to keep the patient in bed for a while to heal, however Iduna's method isn't exactly what they would do to keep the patient in bed.
"Mrs. Iduna, I'm surprised by your boldness. I wonder what your husband would say should he find us in such a…compromising position." Hiccup whispers the last part into her ear.
Mrs. Iduna smiles seductively and leans in to his ear. "Easy there boy, your about twenty years to early to be playing those games with me."
"And I bet I can make you feel like your twenty years younger." He replies holding her close.
The nurses were blushing at the sight whereas the doctor was having a nervous breakdown. 'What do I do?! What do I do?! Should I report this to Agnarr!? No then Iduna will kill me! But if I don't say anything Agnarr will have me killed! Dammit! What do I do!?" He looks up to see both Hiccup and Iduna glaring at him intensely. The doctor backs up and falls on his ass. 'This…this intensity! It's suffocating me!' He thinks to himself while holding his throat as though he's being choked.
Finally they both let up. "Doctor." Iduna calls.
The doctor looks up in fear at her. "Yes ma'am?"
She smiles. "Make sure this man is in top shape for the tournament. I won't have this man dying on me." She says before looking back down at Hiccup.
"Oh? That's pretty generous of you to do." He smirks. "I wonder what Agnarr would have to say about that."
"Agnarr won't be able to stop this. He's been keeping secrets from me and has been preparing for something." She gives him a serious look. "Somethings coming Hiccup, and for whatever reason everyone's taken quite the interest in you."
"Perhaps it's my dramatic flare" he says not caring.
Iduna sighs and gets up. "Stay here and get better. I'll be back later to check up on you."
Hiccup nods and closes his eyes resting them.
Iduna looks at Hiccup and gives him a kiss on the forehead before leaving the room. 'If only I was twenty years no ten years younger.' She thinks to herself.
She walks down the hallway entering the living room to hear an argument taking place. She enters the living room to see Elsa, Anna, and Astrid glaring at each other with Heather looking down covering her eyes with her hair. Agnarr was nowhere to be seen. She walks over to Kai who has been observing the argument taking place.
Kai looks to Iduna and bows his head. "Mrs. Iduna, I'm please to see you up and well."
Iduna nods in confirmation and looks back at the argument taking place. "And how exactly did this start?"
Kai nervously sweats and begins to tell the story of how they ended up like this.
Flashback
Elsa and Anna where in the living room talking about the events that just took place.
"How could you just take my phone and rush off like that!" Elsa says reprimanding Anna.
"He needed help!" Anna explains herself. "I wasn't just about to leave him to die! You should've seen it, his heart rate was off the charts for a while there and then it suddenly just dropped! You would've done the same as I did!" She argued.
"That's not the point! Those are dangerous thugs after Hiccup and if Dagur's the one after him I don't want you involved anymore than you need too." Elsa says trying to reason with Anna.
Suddenly Astrid and Heather enter the leaving room gaining the attention of Elsa and Anna.
Heather speaks first. "Sorry to interrupt but we just wanted to say thank you for helping us out back there." Heather says while bowing her head a bit in gratitude.
Astrid doesn't bow but says "yeah thanks for that, honestly didn't think we'd make it out of there."
Elsa sighs and waves her hand. "No it's quite alright. Truthfully I do owe Hiccup." She explains.
"Owe?" Astrid asks.
"Yes, you see a while back he…helped my sister" she said after finding the right word to say.
"I see" Astrid says while Heather givers her a look for butting into their business.
"Um that was all we wanted to say, we'll go back now." Heather says.
"No please stay" Elsa says. "We we're just finished talking." She gives Anna a look.
Both Astrid and Heather nod and joint them. The silence is thick. Even Kai was unsure what to do.
Finally Elsa breaks the ice. "So…um how do you know Hiccup?" She asks just trying to get the conversation started.
Astrid speaks first. "I was one of his neighbors as a child. Still am I suppose." She explains. "We didn't talk much, if at all as children. But every so often he would follow me around shadowing me." She says teasing Hiccup who isn't there.
Elsa and Anna nod at this. They look at Heather.
"Um well I was training to be a nurse from a very young and then one day my teacher received a call about a boy my age. The kid was pretty injured so she was called in to help him out. She brought me with her so that I can get some hands on experience. It ended up being that, said kid was Hiccup. He had multiple cuts and bruises around his body so we quickly got to work on him. After that my teacher and I became his personal doctors I suppose. Every time he had an injury it would be us that patched him back up." Heather explained.
Elsa and Anna nod at this personal information with understanding face however her next words turned them both pale.
"After a while of constantly seeing each other due to his injuries we started going out. He asked me out and well I said yes. We probably dated for like about a year or so before breaking it off.".
"Why did you break it off?" Anna asks with a smile.
Heather returns her smile knowing a condescending smile when she saw one "His father didn't approve of our relationship so he forced Hiccup to end it, and then fired me as his nurse."
"I see" Anna says smiling.
Elsa glares at Anna.
"And now his father is trying to get me to marry him" She says smugly.
Astrid glares at Anna while Heather simply smiles it off.
"Anna!" Elsa yells. "I'm sorry about my little sister, she's a little brat but I hope you take no offense to her words." Elsa says trying to defuse the situation.
"Oh it's alright, honestly." Heather says while waving her hand. "I'm not so childish that I'll take every insult up my ass." She says smiling.
Anna glares at her.
Astrid not liking Anna's personality tries to bring her down a peg or two. "It was to my understanding that Hiccup has to marry the oldest daughter of Agnarr. Meaning Elsa will be the one to marry Hiccup and not you." She finishes smugly.
"Astrid" Heather says "it's not our business" she says trying to bring the tension down.
"What? I'm just saying." She says shrugging. "There's only one woman currently able to marry Hiccup right now and it's definitely not princess Anna-oops I meant Ms. Anna" Astrid says while covering her mouth with one hand as though she's a proper lady.
Anna glares at Astrid but then smiles. "Oh and what about you?"
Astrid looks at her. "What about me?"
"You didn't make an attempt to win over Hiccup's heart?" She asks smiling.
Astrid glares at Anna clearly not wanting to talk about that subject. Heather looks guilty for some reason and looks away from Astrid. It's clear to everyone in the room something happened too the both of them. Anna sees this and continues on the offensive.
"Oh my? Don't tell me…you asked him out and he said no?!" She asks laughing.
Astrid glares even more now at the little girl in front of her and stands up slamming the table with her hands.
"ASTRID!" Heather holds Astrid down.
"ANNA!" Elsa yells. "Apologize now!" She says grabbing Anna by her arm.
"Oh my what a brute, no wonder you can't get a man." Anna says looking smugly.
Astrid glares at Anna even more now and is about to shake Heather off but is stopped by Heather who says,
"Stop! If you attack her now they'll either kick us out or even Hiccup so calm down." Heather says trying to reason with Astrid.
Astrid calms down realizing their situation but she was never one for backing down. So if she couldn't hit her with her fist, she'd hit her with her words.
"I don't want to hear this from a little girl who throws herself at every man she can!" Astrid yells.
"What!" Anna yells. "No I don't!"
"Oh please it's all over the news! Little Anna off with another boy, little Anna off trying to steal another women's man, little Anna off trying to catch daddy's attention." Astrid mocks. "Let's face it, your all over the news and for what!? To catch Daddy's attention? To catch mommy's attention!? No, to catch your sisters attention!" Astrid says trying to dig a verbal knife into Anna's heart.
Anna is practically oozing killing intent, directed at Astrid.
"Let's face it, your older sister is the star of this show and little Anna is jealous. No one expects anything of you, no one, not your mom, your dad, or even your sister. Little Anna just sits and plays with dolls unable to grasp reality." Astrid says. "Let's face it little Anna, you have nothing."
"And what do you have!" Anna yelled. "You have nothing, you came from nothing and you will die with nothing!" Both girls glare at each other with Elsa and Heather watching this unfold, unable to do or say anything. "You are nothing! You have nothing to your name! All hail Astrid No Name!" She says with spite.
"And you?! All hail Anna Arendale! You're only something because of your name. Take your name away and you become like me, nothing." Astrid says.
Both girls glare at each other in silence. Elsa once again breaks the ice. "Anna-" however she's cut off.
"And you! Always Daddy's little girl! Always showing off your beauty, your talent and skill!" Anna yelled frustrated with her sister as well.
Elsa is hurt but doesn't show it. "Anna our parents love you just as much as they love me-".
"LIAR!" Yelled Anna. "Every time I tried to commit suicide not a single time did they come visit me in the hospital!" She yelled. "But whether you had an audition, a play, a tournament they would always find the time for you." Anna is letting loose tears.
Elsa didn't know what to say. Their parents did always attend her recitals and plays however, what Anna didn't know or at least understood was that they didn't come because they wanted too, rather to keep their public image. With Elsa being the oldest daughter of theirs, anything she did affected her parents reputation, so her parents had to show their support regardless of what Elsa did. Elsa truly did believe her parents loved them, it's just they did not have the luxury of being able to express it. Elsa was able to understand where her parents came from so she never gave them shit about it, but Anna was always too hotheaded to understand. Elsa knew what her father had done to get where he is right now, a lot of backstabbing and malicious deeds where done to keep their family where they are today. Their mother was just as malicious and secretive as their father if not even more so. Even now their enemies have begun to close in all around them, which is why they decided to ally themselves with Stoick who was feared all across the lands.
"I hate this family," Anna says looking at the floor. "I…wish I was never born" she said quietly.
Elsa widens her eyes at her words and without thinking slaps her across the face living a red mark. The action surprised everyone in the room. "Anna, I'm sorry I didn't-"
"SHUT UP!" Anna yelled backing away from her older sister. Anna glares at her with hate.
Elsa is hurt by her look and tries to reach out to her but is smacked away by Anna. As the two argue again Heather tries to avoid looking at them.
Heather looks at Astrid who is now glaring at the floor. "Astrid?"
"Heather" Astrid says making Heather gulp. "Do you remember a long time ago I told you who I liked?" She asked.
Heather seeing where this is going tries to defuse the situation. "Astrid that was a long time ago." Heather says. "And we're not dating anymore so there's no point in-".
"That's right your not dating anymore". She says smiling. She looks to her. "Aren't you curious how Stoick was able to find out about your little affair?" She asked as though knowing the answer already. "You guys were after all very secretive about it, with only two people knowing about your little affair other than you two, isn't that right?" She asks smugly. "Those people being Gothi…and m…e." She finishes mockingly.
Heather's eyes widen in shock. "You didn't"
Astrid's smile doesn't fade.
Heather now glaring at Astrid stands up meeting her face to face. "YOU BITCH!" She says grabbing her by the collar. "Do you have any idea what you put me through!" She yells with tears in her eyes. "My dream as a nurse vanished when Stoick found out! He made it so that no one would hire me!" She explains crying. "And Hiccup" she looks down crying. "I-I couldn't see him anymore".
Astrid shoves Heather off of her. "I'm sorry about all that, I didn't think he'd do all that" she says shrugging. "I figured Hiccup would've at least fought for you".
Heather glares at Astrid and yells "YOU STUPID BITCH!" Astrid just looks at her with a bored expression. "THERES NO WAY HICCUP COULD'VE DONE ANYTHING!" She gets her breathing under control. "Do you have any idea how weak and helpless you made him feel?"
Astrid face had confusion written all over it.
"He tried for so long to contact me and I…" she chokes back a sob. " had ignore it every single time".
"Why?" Astrid asked.
Heather glares at Astrid. "WHY! WHY DO YOU THINK! STOICK HAD A GUN POINTED AT MY FAMILY! Had I answered Hiccup's calls, text or met with him at all, then my family would've been killed." She explains with tears in her eyes. "And finally after five long years I made contact with Hiccup. It was stupid but I just wanted to say to Hiccup that none of this was his fault. But before I could reach his house I was grabbed and thrown into a van and taken to my home. My family and I were kneeling in front of Stoick with our hands tied and our mouths gag. All but one, my brother. Dagur then proceeded to rape our mother and then kill her in front of us. He then killed our father. But they left me alive. They said death was far to peaceful for me. So they left me alive so that I may remember what happened." She explains with a dead look in her eyes. "Astrid". She looks back up to her. "You ruined my life."
Astrid had no words to say. She didn't realize for the full extent of Stoicks brutality. But now she understood. She finally had an idea of just how brutal Stoick could be, and it was all caused by pity jealousy.
Heather turned to Elsa who listened carefully to what Heather had to say. "Elsa, if Hiccup wins the tournament you'll be marrying into his family. Their family is full of demons. There are things far more worse than death. You'd better hope Hiccup doesn't win." She warns.
Elsa was afraid. She'd seen what Hiccup was capable of and how brutal he can be but his father appeared to be worse. She wasn't sure anymore if she wanted Hiccup to win anymore.
"So what?". Anna whispered under her breath. This gathered everyone's attention. Anna looks at everyone, glaring at them. "You who were born in poverty could do nothing to retaliate. We on the other hand come from one of the most wealthiest and prominent family's in the world. I doubt Stoick the Vast" she said his name mockingly. "Would even dare to touch us". Anna said arrogantly.
"Careful there princess, the warriors of old are not meant to be scoffed at." Heather warned.
'Warriors of old?' Questioned Astrid in her head with a confused face.
Elsa on the other hand had a surprised look on her face. 'Where did she hear that phrase from!?' Elsa thought to herself. 'That's not a phrase that just anyone can say, especially when they don't know the real meaning behind it.'
"Tch, plz what can an old relic of the pas-" Anna is interrupted by Elsa.
"Where did you hear that phrase" questioned Elsa while moving in front of Anna.
Heather's eyes are shadowed. She doesn't answer.
Elsa glares at her even harder now at her secretive nature. "Where-"
"There are many secrets in this world, however a lot of them are known in the underground community. Isn't that right Anna?" Heather asks.
Elsa widens her eyes and turns to her sister who just stares at Heather gaping like a fish. "What does she mean Anna!"
Anna looks confused for a moment but then suddenly remembers the time Hiccup brought her to one of his underground matches. She begins sweating a bit.
Elsa sees her reaction, 'that reaction alone confirms it!'. She grabs Anna's shoulders. "What did you do?!"
Anna doesn't face her. "I-I didn't do any-".
"Come now Anna surely you remember" Heather exclaimed closing her eyes. Everyone's attention is brought over to Heather. "Hiccup took you to an underground fighting tournament back in Berk didn't he?" She asked slyly already knowing the answer.
Anna glares at Heather for revealing that information to everyone.
Astrid wasn't surprised by this revelation however she was surprised that Heather knew this information. She suddenly became a little more warily towards Heather and backed up a step. 'How does she know this? There are only two people who should know this information, one being me and the other being Hiccup. I didn't say anything and I doubt Hiccup did, so how did she find out?'
Elsa looked to Anna. "How could you be so stupid!" She screamed. "Do you have any idea how dangerous those places are! How dangerous Berk is!" She continued to scold however Anna wasn't having it.
"Didn't you travel to Berk with Hiccup a while back? Seems hypocritical too me." Anna defends herself.
Elsa not in the mood to play games with Anna replies back "Yes I did, however it was during the daytime and certainly not in an underground fight-club!"
"And yet you still found a way to get yourself attacked by a mob of gangsters whereas I didn't".
Elsa saw her point however that simply proved her point. "Exactly, I was attacked by a mob of gangsters even in the day time and with Hiccup by my side. Your lucky no one was able to recognize you otherwise I doubt I'd be talking to you right now."
"Tch I don't need your help!" She swipes Elsa's hands away from her. "I can handle myself well on my own."
Astrid scoffs. "Please you can't even kill your self on your own."
Both Anna and Elsa glare at Astrid. Astrid glares back with Heather simply looking down shadowing her eyes. The room becomes tense and cold. At this point Iduna walks into the room and walks over to Kai, but her presence is disregarded.
Present
"And that's how we got to this point" Kai explained.
Iduna nods and walks over to them. She coughs in her hand bringing all their attention to her. "If you're all done I'd like to update you on Hiccup's condition." Everyone tentatively pays attention. "Hiccup is finally in stable condition," everyone's sighs in relief. "However he's not out of the clear just yet." She explains.
The four women in the room show worried expressions.
"His overall body is in terrible condition, but the most worrisome thing is his hearts condition."
"What's wrong with it?" Elsa asked taking a few steps forward.
"His heart can no longer function properly. The doctor believes he can live for about another week maybe another month." Iduna explains. The three women open their mouths in shock, except for Heather. Iduna notices this and questions her. "Are you not shocked by this?" The three women turn their heads around facing her.
Heather looks at all of them and then sighs. "I was his nurse, remember? Of course I was familiar with his bodies condition."
"And you didn't say anything?" Astrid says.
"I wasn't aware that you were his legal guardians." She responded sarcastically.
"Not that, why wasn't Hiccup notified." Elsa clarified.
"Of course he knew, he just didn't care" she responded with a sad expression.
'Didn't care?' Questioned Elsa in her head.
Before anyone could dig further someone begins knocking on the front door. They all face the door watching as Kai opens it. Suddenly the door is slammed open throwing Kai back. They all watch in shock as a hooded figure enters the house. They notice his bloody fist.
"Well well well what a nice gathering of women." The man says smiling.
'What happened to all the guards!?' Iduna thought to herself though already quickly putting it together.
All the women in the room widen their eyes at the sound of the intruders voice.
"DAGUR?!" All the women besides Iduna shouted.
Dagur removes the cloak revealing himself. He laughs "That's right!" He walks forward menacingly. Astrid walks forward as does Heather but before anything could happen another voice stops everyone.
"That's enough Dagur. I told you we weren't raiding anyone yet".
They face the door again to see Stoick enter the house as well.
"Sorry to disturb everyone however it would appear a stray of mine has found himself here. So if you don't mind, I'd like to take him back." Stoick says calmly with Dagger smiling.
'Dammit! This is the worst situation possible!" Thought Astrid looking at Dagger and Stoick. Taking on Dagger alone would be difficult but with Stoick here it'll be impossible.'
'Stoick the Vast, he's a living legend among martial artist.' Elsa thinks to herself. 'I've done some research on you which is how I discovered the phrase warriors of old. I wonder, just what are you capable of.'
'Stoick, Tch why is everyone just ruining everything!' Anna thought to herself. 'He wants Hiccup but why? As far as I know he doesn't even care about him, so why now?'
Heather only had one thing in her mind. Rage. 'You son of a bitch!' With rage in her eyes she rushed forward, Everyone looks at her with surprise as she passes them with her fist cocked back. As she's about to hit Stoick she's kicked across the ribs cracking them in the process. She coughs, gasping for air while holding her stomach.
Dagger laughs while pulling his leg back. "Come now sis you didn't think it'd be that easy did you?" He asked while laughing.
Stoick didn't even bother to register her existence.
No one could say anything, no one could do anything. Not against the both of them. That is only one woman would dare say something.
"Sorry Stoick but Hiccup is under the care and supervision of the Arendale family. Once he's all better I'm sure we can arrange something." Iduna finishes smiling.
Dagger chuckles and rushes forward with his fist cocked back.
"Mother!" Yelled the two daughters.
Iduna still smiling shows no concern. Dagger moves to punch her across the face but is then grabbed and thrown down. He lays there in shock.
"M-mom?" Questioned Anna.
"I'm quite alright dears." She says while rolling her shoulder. "It's just been a while since the last time I've fought."
Everyone's except Stoick's and Elsa's eyes widen in shock.
"You use to fight!?" Questioned Anna.
"Along time ago, back when my family were at the bottom of the barrel in the rich elites." She explains still smiling.
Dagger picks himself up regaining his smiling expression. "I'm impressed Iduna, when this is all over I'll take good care of you." He says licking his lips.
"Apologies but Hiccup and I already have an arrangement." She says with a bashful expression looking to the side avoiding the peoples faces.
"WHAT!?" Yelled everyone in the room besides Stoick who's now walking forward towards Dagger.
"M-mother!" Yelled Elsa blushing.
"Oh? Sorry dear I know you had your heart set on him however we decided it would be best for him to marry-an experienced woman." She says teasingly.
Elsa and Anna blush at her implications.
"That's not fair mom!" Yelled Anna.
"Sorry girls you snooze you loose." Iduna says with a smile.
Dagger groans. "Urgh, it's always about Hiccup." He rolls his eyes. "We'll no matter, it's not as though I was asking for permission." He finishes grinning but before he can charge her again he's held back by Stoick.
"She's too much for you to handle without you killing her." Stoick says passing him. "I'll handle this." He stops about five feet in front of her. "I'll ask again, bring me Hiccup." He demands glaring at Iduna. The room becomes tense as the air becomes thicker. They notice Stoick's hair begin to rise a bit, like the way Hiccup's did backs at the party.
"No". Iduna says returning his glare and refusing to backdown.
"Damn, what a badass" Astrid says. The two daughters smile with pride. Astrid walks pass them and stands side by side with Iduna. "I hope you don't mind keeping us both company Stoick." Astrid asks cracking her knuckles.
Iduna gives her a slide glance. "Are you sure you want to do this?" She questioned. "Your body is still recovering."
"Yeah, besides our opponent is Stoick the Vast. It'll take more than just you to take this bastard down." Astrid says getting into her stance.
Iduna nods her head. "I doubt the two of us alone will be enough to bring him down." She says getting into a stance.
"Maybe not." Astrid smiles. "But let's get on with it."
A third member steps up with them. It's Elsa. She gets into a similar stance like her mother. "I'll be joining you guys as well."
"Woah there princess, we appreciate the meat shield but this isn't just some random thug." Astrid says.
"I am aware of who this is. But I was taught how to fight against our enemies, and right now…an enemy has invaded." Elsa says with conviction, hiding her fears well.
Astrid smiles. "Well how about that, I didn't realize the females in high society practiced martial arts."
"Normally no but I didn't want my daughter to be completely defenseless." Iduna explained.
Heather seeing everyone's resolve picks herself up and stands to the left of Elsa. "I'm not much of a martial artist, but Hiccup did teach me a few things. At the very least I can take a few hits for you guys." Heather said getting into a stance as well.
Iduna laughs. "My my my Hiccup has some reliable girls looking after him doesn't he?" She chuckles to herself.
Anna looks on in jealousy, she was never taught any martial arts. While Elsa was busy training she went off to go play. Anna mentally punched herself for not participating in Elsa's training sessions.
Stoick still looking bored nods his head at their determination. Suddenly the room feels like it's being crushed. All the women can feel the pressure that Stoick is emitting. Stoick gets into a stance and smiles showing his teeth.
The girls could feel it. The feeling of being prey in the presence of a predator. Anna was scared stiff. 'I-I can't move my body!' She thought to herself.
'We'll only get one chance!' Astrid thought to herself.
'So let's make this count!' Heather thought.
However before anyone can make the first move the sound of people entering the room draws everyone's attention. Everyone looks to see Agnarr and the doctor drag Hiccup into the living room. They throw him on the floor causing him to fall on all fours. Seeing this the four women rush to Hiccup however Hiccup stops them by raising his hand.
Hiccup picks himself up but is tired so he rest on one knee. He looks up at his father and glares. "Father".
"Son", Stoick looks down on Hiccup returning his glare. "Get up, we're leaving,". Stoick turns to leave but is stopped by Iduna's voice.
"I thought I told you he won't be going anywhere.". Iduna says moving and standing in front of Hiccup.
Dagger steps forward but is held back by Stoick. Stoick looks to Agnarr. "And you Agnarr? Does she speak for you?" He asks.
"She most certainly does not, take Hiccup and leave. But I expect Hiccup to participate in Heavens Tournament." Agnarr says while walking forward to pull Iduna away. Iduna glares at Agnarr and shakes him off of her.
"You are no longer the man you once were Agnarr. You were strong, cunning and above all else, terrifying." Iduna says still glaring at Agnarr. "I can no longer see that spark in your eyes anymore. Perhaps you should've died back then, perhaps the warriors death would've been better instead of this slow one." She says looking down solemnly.
Dagger laughs. "Hahahahaha! The warriors of old are all washed up already! It's time for them to die and let the new generation take their place!" Dagger says grinning.
"Do not speak of that phrase as though you know it Dagger!" Elsa reprimands him causing the attention to shift from Iduna to Elsa.
"What? And what would you know about it?" Dagger asks smirking.
"Not much, however I do know of the malicious deeds that were done by that generation." Elsa says.
Dagger smiles. "And what we're they?" He asks already knowing a little about what happened.
"Death, a lot of it." Elsa answers.
Agnarr closes his eyes frowning as he remembers all the horrors that happened. Stoick as well closes his eyes remembering everything however unlike Agnarr who's frowning, he's smiling.
Dagger laughs at her answer while Heather frowns. 'That's not all what happened, and yet that's the pretty good description of what happened.' Heather thinks to herself. 'I read a lot about what happened, that is from the books that remained.'.
'There it goes again! What this warriors of old shit!' Astrid thinks to herself. She looks at Hiccup, 'He isn't in any condition to fight right now, but how do I get him out of here!' She thinks to herself.
Anna was also currently under a dilemma right now. 'What-what do I do! I can't fight, and I'm too scared to move!' She cries to herself. 'Dammit! I'm fucking useless! All of them! All of them were willing to fight that bastard and yet…and yet all I could do was watch!'. She grits her teeth in frustration.
"Dagger". Hiccup calls drawing the rooms attention. "The warriors of old should die off already, yes." He says agreeing with him.
Stoick and Agnarr carefully watch Hiccup, for any signs of development. Dagger just smiles not caring however Hiccup's new words cause him to frown.
"But so do you and I." Hiccup says standing up now. "You and I, we're just killers. Monsters that just take. We don't belong in this world anymore," he says walking forward.
"And what of it? This is a world where the strong make the rules and the weak obey them." Dagger says smiling.
"No, this isn't our world. Not anymore." He stands directly in front of Dagger. "This world belongs to them" he points to the women behind him. "The people who can show compassion and love to others." He says smiling.
Dagger frowns as does Stoick. "You sound like your sister." Dagger says before realizing what he said.
Hiccup widens his eyes at what he says. "How do you know my sister?" He asks calmly.
Dagger laughs. "Oh God this is rich!" He says holding his stomach. "You know I was really surprised that you didn't try to kill me when you first saw me but I figured out why a while back. It's because you lost your memory." He laughs harder now.
Stoick takes a few steps back and watches the scene unfold with curiosity. No one notices him pull out a gun.
Hiccup's eyes widen. "The men at the park, it was-" suddenly he's shot in the neck with a needle. Everyone's eyes widen to see Stoick put his gun back into his pocket. They look back too Hiccup to see his skin turn red and his hair rise.
"What was that?" Questioned Iduna.
"An adrenaline shot, only this one doesn't only increase blood flow but speeds up the heart at such an accelerating rate which then speeds up the blood flow. Which is why his skin has turn red." Stoick explained.
The doctors eyes widen at this. "You can't!" Everyone turns to the Doctor. "His heart is already in such a critical state! Anymore of this and he'll drop dead!" The doctor explained.
Everyone's eyes widen with the exception of the two invaders.
"Ha! That boy won't die just yet." Stoick claims smiling.
Hiccup screams out roaring. He looks at Dagger and rushes forward with such incredible speed. He punches him in the gut lifting him into the air. Dagger coughs up spit and is launched across the room. Hiccup screams out again as his skin reaches an even further shade of red.
"What's happening to him!" Yelled Elsa.
"His heart is increasing speed!" Explained the doctor, "with the increase of blood flow comes his great speed! Think of his heart like an engine, the faster the engine the faster the car! But Hiccup's heart-no, no one's heart can handle this!"
"Then that means" Elsa is cut off by Heather.
"He won't stop till his heart does." Explained Heather.
"In other words he'll stop when he's dead". The doctor finishes.
Elsa glares at Stoick and walks up to him. "You bastard!" She slaps Stoick across the face. "How can you do this to your own son!? Life isn't something you just play around with!" She shouts forgetting for the moment who it was she just slapped.
Everyone looks at her in shock and fear. Agnarr is gritting his teeth. 'Dammit! Elsa get away from him!'
Stoick isn't fazed by her at all and raises his hand causing Iduna and Agnarr to rush forward trying to reach their daughter however they won't be able to make it in time.
Elsa's eyes widen as she realizes what she did. 'I-I don't regret it!' She closes her eyes accepting the hit however she's suddenly grabbed and carried away. She looks up to see Hiccup carrying her, his breathing is irregular. Elsa touches his chest. 'His body, it's burning up!'. She grabs Hiccup's face burning her hands. She winces but ignores it. "Hiccup! Listen to me! You have to calm down, your heart can't take this strain."
She's ignored however as Hiccup pushes her off him and turns facing his father. They both have a stare down.
Suddenly from behind Stoick, Dagur picks himself up and injects a needle into himself. His skin turns red.
Everyone looks at Dagger in shock.
'So he had one too?' Iduna thinks to herself.
Dagur is panting with saliva coming out of his mouth. "HICCUP!" Dagur roars out. Dagur and Hiccup make eye contact.
5…
They both stare at each other neither making a move against each other.
4…
Dagger clenches his fist.
3…
Hiccup shifts his feet.
2…
They both crouch a bit.
1…
Suddenly an explosion is heard from both ends as they rush each other, both land a strike against each other across the face right in front of Stoick, who watches in amusement. Both begins to launch blows upon each other each strike hitting their marks. Neither fighter is backing down.
"This is insane!" Cried Anna.
"Seriously!" Astrid agrees.
Both continue to hit each other without a care in the world but then suddenly two new guest arrive.
"Who are these people!?" Questioned Anna.
Astrid and Heather look at the door. And exclaim "Gobber! Gothi!" They both yelled.
Gobber runs over to them with Gothi on his shoulders. "What happened!?" Questioned Gobber.
"What are you doing here!?" Astrid asks.
"I got an anonymous text to come here. Saying that Hiccup was in trouble." He explained. "That's why I brought Gothi." Gothi waves her hand.
"Who are these people." Iduna asks.
"This is Gobber, Hiccup's mentor" Astrid explains.
Elsa widens her eyes at his name. 'Gobber!? I read about him! He's part of that generation! He's part of the warriors of old.' She thinks to herself.
"And this is Gothi, Hiccup's personal doctor and my former teacher." Heather finished.
Iduna nods her head. "You said someone texted you to come here?"
"That's right" Gobber nods. They look over to Hiccup to still see him clashing with Dagger, both are bleeding all over the place and yet both of them are smiling manically. They're both blinded with excitement.
"What's happened to him!" Gobber asks.
"Stoick hit him with an upgraded adrenaline shot." Heather explains.
Gobber nods and glares at Stoick. He's about to walk over to him but is stopped by Gothi who smacks him on the head with her stick. Gobber puts her down and asks. "What?"
Gothi signals with her hands. "Now is not the time." She says. She then points to Hiccup. "First we must help him" she finished.
Gobber sighs but agrees nonetheless. "What do I need to do?"
Gothi explains "I can calm his heart back down but I need him to stay still" she explains.
Gobber nods. "Leave that to me." He turns facing the two raging fighters. 'I can only stop one of them, but that leaves the other fighter. If I grab Hiccup, Dagger will continue to attack but if I stop Dagger, Hiccup will continue to attack. How do I do this?'
"I'll back you up" Astrid says walking up to him. "If you can grab Dagger I can restrain Hiccup." She says.
"You'll need help to bring him down" Heather says walking forward.
Astrid looks back at her. "I was under the impression you hated me?"
"I do" she nods. "But I care about Hiccup more than I hate you". Heather says causing Astrid to nod in understanding.
Elsa and Iduna walk up to them as well. "Don't count us out either" Elsa says.
Gobber widens his eyes at this not expecting for them to participate.
"My mother and I practice judo" Elsa explains. "We'll do out part and throw him down, just make sure you restrain him good."
Astrid and Heather nod.
"Well alright then! Let's do this."
"Yes!" The women shout.
Agnarr watches on with solemn eyes. He looks at his hands and then to Stoick. His own hands had become weak whereas Stoick's hands still remain as strong as ever. None of them notice Anna sneak off in the back.
Gobber takes the lead and grapples Dagger holding him close causing Dagger to shout in rage. Dagger faces Gobber and starts unleashing strong heavy blows into Gobber's ribs. Gobber winces in pain but doesn't let go.
Hiccup looks at Gobber in confusion not realizing his arrival. He shakes his head and moves to attack but is then grabbed and thrown down. He looks up to see Iduna hold him down.
"Quickly grab him!" She ordered. Everyone quickly rushes to him however he shakes Iduna's grip off of him and pushes her away. He gets up again but is grabbed and thrown but this time he catches himself. He grabs his assailant to see Elsa was the one who threw him. He widens his eyes in shock giving everyone a chance to grab him. Astrid puts him into a chokehold while Heather grabs his legs holding them together.
"Stay down Hiccup!" Astrid ordered.
"Where here to help you!" Elsa explained
Hiccup couldn't hear them however, all he was hearing was Dagger's taunting voice. With more rage he's able to shake them off of him. He rushes forward to Dagger shocking Gobber. 'Dammit! I won't be able to stop the two of them!'
However before Hiccup can reach him he's grabbed and tackled to the floor. He looks up to see Agnarr is the one holding him down in a choke hold.
"Stay down Hiccup. I've decided to go against Stoick in order to protect my family! I'm gambling my family's safety for your survival, don't make me regret this!" He says squeezing tighter.
Hiccup glares and shoves his hand onto Agnarr's face trying to get him off. This gives Gothi time to walk up to him and check on his condition. After confirming his condition she motioned Agnarr to hold him with his front facing the ceiling. Agnarr nods and rotates his body forcing Hiccup to face the ceiling.
Gothi climbs on top and using her staff hits Hiccup's heart, touching it.
Hiccup's eyes widen as he coughs up blood. He then falls unconscious.
Agnarr sighs in relief letting Hiccup go. His family and Hiccup's friends rush to Hiccup while Iduna smiles at Agnarr who frowns back at her. He turns his gaze frowning.
Gothi walks over to Dagger and does the same thing forcing Dagger unconscious however Dagger doesn't cough up blood.
Gobber then throws Dagger over to Stoick who looks on disappointedly. Stoick walks forward stepping over Dagger's unconscious body. "I still want Hiccup".
"Over my dead body". Gobber replied walking forward in front of Hiccup.
Stoick and Gobber glare at each other and before a fight can break out Anna appears escorting a group of officers into the house.
"These two men are trespassing" Anna explains to the officers, pointing to Stoick and Dagger.
The officers nod but they take a look at Stoick and tremble. Anna follows their gaze and sees what making them tremble. It's Stoick and he's glaring at them with such a heated gaze. Anna also trembles and falls to her knees. 'Such-such anger!'
Agnarr steps in. "Stoick!" He calls, drawing Stoick's attention. "It's over, please leave." He begs.
Stoick simply stares at the man.
"Please," Agnarr begs.
Stoick looks to Agnarr and then to Hiccup. He grins. "Very well, I'll leave on one condition."
"Name it" Agnarr quickly says.
He walks over to Agnarr and towers above him. He whispers into Agnarr's ear, "summon the warriors of old, the time for another war is upon us." He turns and leaves a shocked and sweating Agnarr. Stoick grabs Dagger and drags him away not at all looking back. Finally when he leaves everyone let's loose a sigh of relief. They all survived the night.
Elsa checks on her family but then sees Gobber and Gothi lift Hiccup and walk away with him. "Wait!" She calls out.
Gobber turns his gaze but Gothi doesn't.
"He needs rest, we should take him back to the room for healing." Elsa explained.
Gothi signals something to Gobber. Gobber then translates, "uh she says, not to worry little girl Hiccup will be in safe hands with us."
Elsa not wanting to back down argues. "Stoick just attacked one of the most prominent and wealthy families out here, what makes you so sure he won't attack your place."
Iduna steps in. "My daughter is correct. Hiccup should stay here to heal, we'll keep him safe from harm."
Gothi turns and glares. She signals Gobber again. "Uh she says, that it's your people's fault that Hiccup has been dragged into this mess in the first place. You guys only care that he's healthy enough to fight in your tournament."
Elsa defends her family, "that's not true! I care about Hiccup's health more than this stupid tournament!"
"You care?" Iduna asks teasing her eldest daughter.
Elsa realizing what she said grows red with embarrassment. She hides her face.
Gothi not impressed signals again to Gobber, "uh, teenage hormones don't interest her".
Elsa goes scarlet. "I'm not a teenager anymore" she says pouting.
Gothi rolls her eyes.
Heather and Astrid take Gobber's side. "Look we appreciate everything you guys have done for us, but" Astrid looks at Hiccup's sleeping face. "I think it's best that Hiccup goes with people who know what they're doing."
The Arendale family took offense to this and continued to argue back ignoring the police officers currently present.
Anna sighs and leaves the matter of Hiccup to her family. She turns to deal with the police. "My apologies officers but it looks like we managed to handle the situation. Kai please show them out." She orders.
The cops look at her dumbly, "don't you want to press charges?" One of them asks.
"No, besides I doubt you'll be able to arrest that man." She says giving them a knowing smile.
The cops felt embarrassed. At the sight of that man they were left speechless and motionless. He could've killed everyone there and they would have not moved a muscle. They bowed their heads apologetically and leave the premise.
Anna sighs to herself and heads back to the living room where the two groups are still arguing on what to do with Hiccup. Anna looks at Hiccup and sees him squirming, she feels guilty and walks to the center between the two groups drawing all attention to her.
"That's enough already." Anna says. "We'll leave Hiccup in your care" she says bowing her head. "Please keep us notified on his condition, and if possible…allow us to visit him." She says smiling sadly.
Gothi looks at her with a curious expression but nods her head in agreement. She smacks Gobber on the head signaling for him to leave. Astrid and Heather look at her with a surprised expression but thank Anna before following them out.
Anna turns to see her family look at her in shock. "What?"
"Why did you do that?" Elsa asked. 'I figured she would be the number one person here who wanted Hiccup to stay here to heal.' She thought to herself.
Anna sighs and explains herself, "I did want Hiccup to stay, but I also wanted him to get better. Our doctors can't help him."
The doctor was about to refute that statement but is stopped by Anna.
"Doctor, do you think you could've stopped Hiccup in the state he was just currently in?" She asked.
The doctor thinks for a moment and shakes his head. "No mistress Anna, I could not."
Anna nods and adds, "we don't know what's going on with Hiccup but she does." She thinks of Gothi. "That old woman was quickly able to help Hiccup, all of you were." She thinks back to when they were all about to attack Stoick. "All I could do was watch in awe." She holds her arm tightly and starts crying. "I really am a pathetic girl. I'm just a stupid selfish girl who only ever thought about myself. Even in regards to Hiccup I simply thought of myself not once regarding Hiccup's own feelings on the matter." She looks to Elsa smiling sadly. "Elsa, let's just forget about the stupid competition".
Elsa eyes widen in shock. "Anna-".
"What competition?" Questioned Iduna crossing her arms while looking at Elsa and Anna.
Elsa and Anna blush realizing they never once brought this up with them. They both look away from their mothers burning gaze.
"Don't tell me you guys actually-". Iduna is cut off by Agnarr.
"Does it matter? Elsa will be the one to marry him in the end." He says waving his hand.
Iduna glares at her husbands uncaring nature towards Hiccup, "Does it matter? It matters because I did not teach my daughters to treat another humans as a objects to be betted on." She says angrily. "Especially on people who have helped us." She gives her daughters disappointed looks. Anna and Elsa look down guilty.
"I'm sorry mom" Elsa says.
"I'm sorry too mo-mother". Anna says awkwardly.
Iduna notices this and frowns. She realizes she wasn't the best mother towards her daughters however she didn't have a choice. She needed her daughters to be strong and she only had time to take care of one of her children. As fucked up as it was she decided to focus her efforts mostly on Elsa as she would be the one to bear the most responsibility.
Agnarr himself understood this as well. The only difference was that he expressed his love differently. Agnarr grew up with an aggressive father, he believed that his father loved him and showed it through his harsh words and teachings. So he felt like he could connect with Hiccup on that regard. However he also understood that Stoick held no love for his son. Seeing Hiccup's relationship with Stoick was a slap on the face. That was not the relationship he wanted with his daughters.
Iduna sighs and bows her head to her children surprising them. "I'm sorry" she says with tears in her eyes. "I've failed you as your mother, I won't ask for your forgiveness." She finishes.
"Mother" Anna says with tears in her eyes.
Elsa frowns, she knew already the reason why her parents could never show affection. She never resented them but, for once she would've liked them to act like an actually family. She covers her mouth and leets loose tears.
Agnarr coughs in his hands drawing everyone's attention. "I'm…" he sighs, not once in his entire life had he ever apologized for anything, except for one time as a child. He was then slapped across the face by his father for admitting his own weakness. "I'm sorry. I was a horrible father and a horrible husband. There is nothing I can do to change the past, but I can change the future. Your future that is." He says with solemn eyes.
Iduna looks down with solemn eyes.
Elsa and Anna look back and forth at their parents. "What do you mean?" Elsa asks with Anna nodding.
Agnarr leads them to the living room. He signals everyone to sit. "I made a compromise with Stoick just now as you all just saw."
Everyone nods.
"He left under the condition…under the condition that I summon the warriors of old." Agnarr explains.
Iduna closes her eyes while Elsa widens hers. Anna just looks confused.
"I-I don't understand who are these warriors of old?" Anna asked.
Agnarr looks to Elsa. "Elsa, tell us what you discovered."
Elsa nods and begins explaining. "I don't know much, but from what I learned the warriors of old are a group of people who fought in a war."
Agnarr nods his head in confirmation.
Elsa continues explaining "anyone that was in that group was considered a monster among humans, they participated in the war without the use of any weaponry". Elsa explained causing Anna's eyes to widen.
"No weapons!?" Anna exclaimed. "But that's not possible!"
"Anna" Elsa looks at Anna with a serious face. "You've already met five people like this Anna."
"Huh?"
Elsa then list off names, "Stoick the Vast who's martial arts is unrivaled and his brutality is known across the lands." Anna nods remembering his intimidating presence. "The next is Dagger the Deranged who's name is feared amongst our generation." Anna nods while glaring at the sound of his name causing Agnarr to chuckle. "Next up is our very own father who is also part of the warriors of old." Anna looks shock and turns to her father who nods silently. "Next is that man we saw today, Gobber. I don't know much about him but with his wounds I doubt he can participate in any battles anymore, even if he's part of the warriors of old." Anna nods remembering the man. "And last but not least is Hiccup Haddock, his style unknown, his history unknown and yet this man has proven time and time again that his skill is on par with the warriors of old." Anna remembers Hiccup's match against Eric and how he won so easily.
Anna suddenly realizes something, Elsa mentioned who was part of that group but never mentioned if Stoick was part of the group. "Is Stoick part of that group?" She asks Elsa curiously.
Elsa looks unsure for a moment on how to answer the question. Agnarr steps in.
"He's part of the generation but he does not belong to the group. At least not anymore. Or better yet on paper he no longer is part of the group." Agnarr explained.
Both Elsa and Anna look to Agnarr wanting him to continue.
"A long time ago we fought in a brutal war. The war took many lives, a lot of good people died. But not just soldiers, even civilians died." He closes his eyes remembering what happened. "There were multiple divisions and the leader of each one ended up being part of that generation. Stoick was in charge of a different division than mine so I can't say for certain what happened, only that the village they went too was completely obliterated. There were no survivors." He opens his eyes. "Even our own men were killed. Stoick had massacred them all". He explained
The two girls look at their father in shock. Iduna was also shook however she hid her expression well.
"Stoick was discharged and relived of duty. He was then sentence to death, however for whatever reason he was pardoned and let go." He explained.
"How could you strike a deal with such a monster?" Elsa questioned.
"Yes dear, why don't you explain that to us?" Iduna agrees.
Agnarr glares at her but relents. "For protection." He said with a sigh. "Our enemies are closing in around us and they want our fortune, and you Elsa." He explained looking at his eldest daughter. "Elsa you've felt it haven't you? The feeling of everyone staring at you." He asks.
Elsa remembers multiple events in her life where people have stared at her, the most memorable being the time at the party and the time at the Coffee shop. She was fortunate Hiccup was with her each time.
"Elsa," Agnarr calls causing Elsa to look back up at him. "Everything I've done has been for you" he looks to Anna. "And you". Anna's eyes widen in surprise. "All I want is your safety which is why I made a deal with Stoick a long time ago."
Elsa was confused, she was under the impression the deal didn't happen all that long ago.
"The deal I made with Stoick happened almost 25 years ago." Agnarr explained.
The three women widen their eyes at this information.
Agnarr looks down guilty. "Stoick promised me protection under one condition." He looks back up to them. "I'd help him start another war."
All the women stand up in shock.
"What are you talking about?!" Questioned Iduna angrily.
Agnarr closes his eyes and signals Kai to turn on the news. Kai nods and turns it on only to gasp and drop the remote. The three women turn their gaze to see the city of Berk in flames.
"What have you done?" Questioned Iduna.
"I started a war, Berk has been slowly deteriorating thanks the the efforts of the wealthy class. The people have finally had enough and have begun rebelling. It took over twenty years but the deed has been done. War is now in Berk." Agnarr explains.
"Why?" Elsa asks. Agnarr looks up at her. "Why would Stoick want this?".
"I don't know" he answered honestly.
"You don't know and yet you still agreed to help him?!" Iduna yelled.
"I didn't have much choice. It was either that or sell my daughter to some pompous idiot."
"What was the price?" Questioned Anna. "I'm not as smart as my sister but I do know that with every deal there's a price. What was the price you paid?"
"My guilt." He answered. "We closed the deal with the arrangement that Hiccup would marry Elsa, however Hiccup is suppose to die after the marriage." He answered explaining his guilt.
Three three women glare at Agnarr.
'Is this what he meant at that time?' Iduna thinks to herself about the time Agnarr told her to stop investigating their family. 'Is this what he meant when he said Hiccup was fated die.'
"What do you mean, he's going to die?!" Elsa yelled.
"I don't know what Stoick did but you heard what the doctor said already haven't you?" They nod. "Hiccup's heart is in so much strain right now that the slightest increase can cause it to fail and stop, killing him." Agnarr explains.
"So let's get him a new heart!" Elsa says. "We can have a donor by the hour and quickly replace Hiccup's heart!"
"I'm afraid that's no longer a possibility." He says frowning.
Elsa frowns and glares "Why not?!"
"Doing a heart transplant burdens the body enough as it is, Hiccup will most likely die during the operation. And even if he survives the operation, there's a chance his body will reject the heart and kill him anyway." He explains. "The best solution for him is to live as peacefully and calmly as he can."
"But Heavens Tournament is in a few days!" Anna exclaims.
"Yes, which is why he's going to die soon." Agnarr clarifies,
"Then we have to pull him out" Elsa says.
Iduna steps in. "I'm afraid that's also not a possibility".
Elsa and Anna look at her in shock. Agnarr is shocked as well at his wife's answer believing she'd agreed to taking Hiccup out of the tournament.
"I've already discussed it with Hiccup. He's determined to see this through to the end." She explains.
"Why?" Elsa asks. "Why is he willing to go so far? What could possibly be worth dying for?"
"He wants answers." Iduna explains. "He wants to know who killed his sister and why. Although based on today's events he's most likely already discovered who killed his sister. Now he wants to know why."
"Dagger." Elsa grits out.
"Indeed." Iduna confirms.
Elsa looks to her father. "Tell me more about the deal you struck with Stoick."
Agnarr nods. "The idea was that Stoick would introduce Hiccup to you and then you'd formally have an arrange marriage. Of course no one but me and Stoick knew the truth. This marriage was arranged over twenty years ago already. However we never predicted that Hiccup would meet you two on his own. In fact I was surprised to hear that Hiccup Haddock was the one who saved you Anna."
"So his meeting us wasn't planned it was completely coincidental?" Elsa asked.
"That's right, as far as I know Stoick never told him of the plan. Stoick treated Hiccup as a pig bred for slaughter." Agnarr said.
Elsa frowned at his words. She then thinks to herself of the moments Hiccup and her shared. 'So none of those moments where fake?' She asked herself.
"Elsa" Iduna calls forcing Elsa to turn to her. "I'm not sure what you and Hiccup shared but, don't read too into it." She warned. "You too Anna."
Elsa furrows her eyebrows as does Anna. "What do you mean?"
Iduna frowned. "Im not sure if you've notice but Hiccup has something close to split personalities." She continues to explain, "or in better words masks. He wears different mask because he doesn't know who he is. Perhaps he's forgotten himself within all the mask. I'm not sure, but whatever Stoick did to him caused the real Hiccup to enter a deep sleep. Of course the Hiccup you see now is indeed Hiccup, he's just incomplete. Without all his memories or experiences he can't be complete. After all a persons personality is made up of his or hers memories and experiences." She explained.
"How do you know this?" Agnarr asked.
Iduna smiled at her husband. "Him and I had a nice conversation."
Agnarr glares at her answer but leaves it at that.
"So," Anna gathers everyone's attention on her. "What's the plan?" She asks smiling.
Iduna answers her question. "We gamble everything on Hiccup. Until the day of the Tournament arrives, no, even during the tournament Hiccup is to receive our full support." She looks at her husband. "We're going to war with Stoick, I refuse to let him have his way. I've grown too fond of Hiccup to let him die now." She says with absolute authority.
Elsa and Anna smile nodding excitedly. Agnarr on the other hand sighs. 'I'm gambling everything on your survival Hiccup. Don't you dare die on me just yet!' He thinks to himself.
Over with Hans he can be seen talking with someone over the phone. He's pacing back and forth. "Yes sir I-"
"We've invested a lot into your operations, you better show some profit soon!" The voice on the other end said.
"Yes but if I could just have a bit more time" Hans pleads sweating.
"You're out of time Hans". The voice says about to hang up.
Hans is sweating profusely now. He yells "WAIT! Heavens Tournament is about to commence. Give me some time please,"
The other voice on the other end laughs. "Hahahaha, what? Do you intend to challenge everyone in order to pay back your debts?" The man asks mockingly.
"No, Agnarr has changed the rules of the tournament". Hans explains.
"Oh? And pray tell what exactly has changed?" The man asks.
Hans sighs and begins explaining, "Agnarr has changed the tournament where everyone will be forced to participate. The winner marries Elsa, heiress to the Arendale fortune."
The voice on the other end chuckles to himself. "And your plan I assume is to win the tournament marry into the Arendale family, gain their wealth and then pay back all your debts?" He asked amusingly.
Hans nods his head. "Yes, I will win this tournament and I will square off all my debts." It's silent for a moment, Hans is shaking in fear until finally the voice speaks again.
"Very well then, if you win this tournament of theirs and pay your debts, I'll let you live a little while longer. However long that'll be". The voice laughs and hangs up the phone allowing Hans to collapse to the floor.
He starts laughing to himself nervously. "Hahahahaha, I…I avoided death somehow.". He looks at his desk to see an envelope labeled, 'USE ME'.
He opens up the envelope and pulls out a needle with a strange liquid. 'This was left to me on my own desk.' He walks over to his chair and takes a seat. 'None of the servants brought it in, meaning someone managed to break into my home and deliver it undetected.'
He shakes the envelope and out comes a note. He grabs it ands reads the note.
Use me should you feel
defeat is imminent
from, Dagger
*smiley face*
"Is this suppose to be some kind of joke?" He asks himself. "No matter, I'm pretty confident in my skills." He said but then remembered back in the party where Hiccup and Dagger showed their skills and their overwhelming presence.
Hans grits his teeth. 'I'm positive I can handle everyone else, but Hiccup and Dagger are going to be troublesome.' He closes his eyes. 'I may have made a deal with Dagger, however I'd be a fool to trust him fully.' He plays with the syringe in his hand. "I suppose I'll have to make plans to get rid of them both before the Tournament arrives." He says with a smile.
Back with Hiccup and the gang they can be seen driving to an unknown location.
"Wait!" Astrid yells. "Why aren't we entering Berk!?" She questioned as Gobber makes a few turns into an unknown location.
"Haven't you heard?" Gobber asks. "Berk has fallen into chaos." He explains.
"What!" Heather and Astrid yell.
"That's not possible, it hasn't even been that long since we left Berk." Astrid says.
"Yeah well Berk has pretty much been cast into a war zone." Gobber explains.
"Then where the hell are we going!" Heather asked.
"We're headed to one of the nearby city of Corona." Gobber explains.
"Corona? Why there?". Astrid asked.
"Because I know a guy there and he's willing to to help us. That and" he takes a look at Hiccup's sleeping face in the back. "There's a women there who practices medicine. They might be able to help us." He explains.
They sit in silence for a while but then Heather ask another question. "Gobber, do you really not know who told you where Hiccup was?"
Gobber sighs. "Yeah, the message was from an anonymous person."
"But who could've known where Hiccup was and that he was in trouble". Questioned Heather.
"I'm not sure, but I'm grateful they did." Gobber said.
Heather and Astrid nod in agreement, silently thanking their anonymous friend. Their bolted however as a familiar black cat jumps over the seats and onto Hiccup's chest.
"Toothless!?" Heather called out.
"What are you doing here!?" Astrid asked.
"We found him chilling outside their house." Gobber explained. "Looked like he had one hell of a time. When we get there let's get him looked at." He said smiling.
Heather and Astrid smile nodding as they pet Toothless who's currently purring into Hiccup's chest.
Over with Valka Haddock she can be seen talking with someone over the phone.
"The end of this story is near." Valka says looking out the window.
"So it is," the voice replies. "Stoick is doing whatever he pleases as usual, and you? What do you intend to do? You who have forsaken motherhood in favor of wife hood." The voice says mockingly.
Valka closes her eyes and sits on the chair. She leans back. "Who knows?" She looks behind her at a photo of Jennifer and Hiccup. "The end for the both of them is near."
The voice on the other end laughs loudly annoying Valka. "And with their deaths comes the age of a new era. My era" the man says grinning.
Valka smiles. "Sorry, but your era won't be coming at all either." She says smiling.
"What?" The voice grits out.
"The end of our era is nearing and the time for the next generation is coming soon." She says, "and Hiccup will be the one to set things back into place." She says smiling sadly.
"For a woman who's forsaken her duties as a mother, you sure do talk sweetly about your child." The voice sarcastically adds.
Valka smiles, "this will be the last time I speak with you like this. The next we meet, one of us will die," she finishes smiling.
"Very well then" the voice hangs up.
Valka puts her phone down and stares at the ceiling. "So many people, so many agendas." She closes her eyes still facing the ceiling. "And too think this all started because of Hiccup's lost of memories." She stands up and walks away. "Perhaps if he had still had his memories none of this would have happened. Maybe he could've done something before it was too late." She closes the door behind her. "No matter, the die has been cast. Winner takes all and "his" opponent holds the joker." She says emphasizing the word his. She walks away and exits the building, the building catches fire. She looks around to see her surroundings also begin to catch on fire. She smiles and enters her car leaving the area.
A/N: ALRIGHT! Sorry for the long chapter. This is probably my first longest chapter I've ever written. Again sorry about that but there was a lot of information to go through and I still have yet to fully explain everything, not to worry though with every chapter more will be explained. But without further ado I hope you enjoyed the chapter and leave a review, I'll see you all later.
P.S. I fix the earlier chapters a bit so if you want to go back to read them feel free. I didn't realize you could actually go back and edit the chapter. So I did it and made it so that it is easier to understand who exactly is the one talking.