This Is It For Me Here
Chapter Ten
I Own Nothing
Hiccup and Toothless...
The darkness had come, two days from now Berk was going to be under attack. Time was literally slipping from my fingers, I don't know what was more terrifying, seeing my dad against for the first time in almost seven months or going up against a madman that could kill me in a blink of an eye. I know he's a dangerous man, a man who kills without thinking or mercy. He looked like a monster or something I would hear from a horror story or something.
It was going to be a blood bath on the battle field.
I used to be a stupid fifteen year old, full of dreams of impressing my father, trying my damn best just to make him proud of me, but of course nothing worked. I couldn't make that man happy no matter what, no matter how hard I tried to talk to him, it was like talking to a wall half the time, except a wall doesn't glare at you 24/7 and make you stay locked up in your room or in the forge until it's safe to come out. I didn't want to live that life again.
I only wanted to save Berk and never go back there again and that is all I want, nothing else.
But how was I going to plan our way of attack? We can't just show up in the middle of the night with all of our dragons and the alpha, and just expect no one to see us coming. No that was a bad idea from the start, we need to sneak in to the island and just play a stakeout. Watching closely and waiting for Drago and his little army to show up, we would have to attack first, try to draw them away from Berk.
At this point it was all going to be about stealth and secrecy, just hiding out until the battle starts, just trying to make sure my identity never gets revealed, that was the last thing I wanted to happen. If my father were to ever see me riding Toothless or even see my face again, it would result in me being killed. Once a traitor always one, I would probably be killed on sight, my only protection would be Toothless. I can see right now, just his jaw dropping, his eyes growing wide as if he was looking at a ghost, then his face would harden giving me a death glare and the next thing I know I'll probably get my head cut off.
Oh that was a awful thing to think about, the war hasn't even started and I'm already thinking about my dad killing me.
"Hiccup?" A soft voice spoke softly.
I turned and saw my mother standing there, slowly walking over to me. I turned away and looked back up at the pitch black sky, crusted and shining with stars as the moon light beamed down upon me. She walked over and place a gentle hand on my shoulder, trying to get me to come in.
"You stay out here any longer and you'll catch a cold." She slowly wrapped her arms around my shoulders, placing her head against mine.
"Would this be a bad time to tell you I'm scared?." I looked at her with tired eyes, I haven't managed to get any sleep for the last couple of hours, it was catching up to me.
My mom looked at me with softer eyes, taking my face and making me look up at her. I no longer felt like a tough young man, but a scared little boy.
"It's perfectly fine if you feel scared Hiccup." She said calmly, still holding my face." Believe me, I know what your feeling right now."
I pulled away, walking back into the den, grabbing one of my swords and holding the hilt of it tightly, looking at the glinting blade staring back at me. I was going to have to use this, I was going have to kill people and fight for Berk, even though I really don't won't too. But I wasn't going to just turn back on my village and just leave them to die like they are nothing, even after all the abuse over the years, I never waned to see anyone I know die.
"I almost died once." I said quietly looking down at the ground, digging my blade into the ground."And now I'm going on a crazed suicide mission to stop a madman from killing our village." I looked into her light green eyes as they locked onto my emerald." I know what my dad has done to me, neglecting me, not caring about me...but I'm not going to just sit here and let him and Berk just wither away."
"Your father loves you still Hiccup." She said to her son, trying to convince him somehow that dad still loved me. Even though Hiccup didn't want to believe it at all, it all just seemed like tall tales and lies.
I shake my head."Your just telling that because you don't want to believe it." I snapped walking away from her, but suddenly she grabbed my wrist, making me turn towards her.
"Don't you dare talk about your own father like that Hiccup." My mother said sternly, making me jump."He would give you his last dying breath just to keep you safe."
I glared right at her."Then if he loves me so damn much then why did he push me on to a point I almost killed myself!?" I screamed on the top my lungs, causing her to let go of me and stair at me with wide eyes.
"What?" She looked at me, she didn't believe what I just said.
"You heard me mom." I said coldly.
"W..why didn't you tell me dear?"
I closed my eyes, trying to hold back all my emotions, but instead I let my tears get the best of me.
"How was I supposed to?" I threw my hands up,"How was I supposed to tell you? Hey mom I love you and oh by the way I tried killing myself because everyone on Berk hates me?" I said harshly.
"Hiccup you can tell me anything and I won't judge you." She grabbed my hand again, holding me by my shoulders as she pulled me in to a tight embrace. I excepted the hug, wanting to feel some kind of compassion, some kind of physical contact. I felt her smooth hands running through my thick brown hair.
"I know your father can be stubborn and mean at times, but he's done a lot of things just to keep you safe." She whispered softly in my ear." I'm sure the moment he thought you died, his heart broke and now he's probably in deep mourning over you."
I just kept listening to her kind words, not wanting to let her go. I didn't if I could really believe her or not, I just felt so empty and sad over the fact my dad never showed me any affection over the last couple of years. The only thing I wanted was to be the perfect son, the son he always wanted, not the stupid pathetic runt that didn't be asked to brought up into this world. But I was still here, awake and alive an in the flesh, with everyone at home believing I was dead, killed by the legendary Night Fury.
"Do you really think dad misses me?" I asked trying not to sob.
She ran her elegant hand over my cheek." He misses you more then anything in this world."
I buried my head into her shoulder as she continued to kiss and coddle me, I was tired of being so stone cold, I just wanted to be a kid for once. It's so funny that it's so easy to forget I'm still considered a teenager, I should be running around hanging out with kids my age, but instead I'm getting ready to fight in a war. Yeah is totally the dream for every viking teen right now, not.
We had to be standing and hugging each other for a few moments, until I finally pulled away and sat in front of the fire.
I stared into the flames as they danced in the pit, embracing me with it's heat and welcoming warmth. My mother sat on the other side as always as I head Toothless and Cloud Jumper coming in from their daily flight. Toothless welcomed me with a few licks to my cheek as he plop down right next to me, covering me with his wing, I excepted his offer and huddle right next to him. If felt good having my only friend right next to me.
"We need o go over on how were going to take down Drago." I brought up suddenly."We need to find a safe place to attack for us and the Alpha, got any ideas?"
"Well.." She said quietly, wanting to say something but held back for a moment.
"What?" I said.
My mother looked down for a moment."You and Toothless could hide at Raven Point."
My eyes grew wide."No..no way."
Valka huffed."Well do you have any better ideas son?"
I opened my mouth getting ready to say something, but I held my breath.
" I thought so." She smirked a little but went back to being serious."I know you don't want to step foot on Berk Hiccup, but you really don't have much of a choice."
I sighed."Are you sure their is no other way of doing this with out getting caught?"
"You won't get caught Hiccup, people rarely go to Raven Point." She was right on that one, but it's been six months since I left, but hey you never know.
"But what if someone finds us mom?" I asked her.
"No one is going to find you, I promise." Valka said tenderly, trying to comfort her only child who was putting him self at risk. But what if someone finds us? if that happens I'm dead meat.
"So what you going to do while I wait back at Raven point?"
Valka shifted herself."I'll be getting the Alpha and the other dragons ready for attack, while you and Toothless wait at Berk." She then got up and started walking towards the nest, soon enough I got up as Toothless followed us as did CloudJumper. We rescued enough dragons from Drago over the last couple of months to make our chances better, it gave me some hope. The nest was full of dragons as always, it feels so much more fuller now since I got here, I felt a bit of happiness seeing all these creatures happy and free, but yet why couldn't I feel the same?
Valka walked over to her Alpha, he was wide awake as his blue eyes looked deep into hers, she jumped onto his tusk, placing her hand on his face. The White King has been nothing but good to her, always protecting her and the rest of the dragon nest.
I place my small hand on his ginormous tusk, feeling his hard tusk. I looked into his icy blue eyes, his beautiful ocean blue eyes. It was amazing how one giant creature could control the minds of other dragons, telling them what to do, like a leader of some kind.
Toothless bowed his head to his leader, showing his respects as always.
Soon we would be fighting together in battle against Drago, fighting for the freedom of dragons and innocent human beings a like.
Berk...
The dragon trappers managed to settle down onto the fields outside of Berk. Eret son of Eret and the rest of his crew were soon settled in, searching out the entire island, looking for Berks weak spots, places to hide and places to attack when the time comes, two days from now Drago and his men were going to strike there first village, taking over there first plot of land so they could have more room for there dragon army. They still couldn't believe Stoick would let them in so quickly, one Eret told them of the Night Fury and the dragon riders he wanted to learn more.
In an hour Stoick would hold a private meeting for Eret and some of his crew, wanting to learn more about this news.
Eret was going to lie through his teeth, continue to lie and tell him that these dragon riders were killers and dragon conquers, lead him on a cold trail so he would be to focused on those two as the war will break out, it was going to be a bit tricky, but if Eret used his skills and words right, he could get this all done before the war would break out.
All of the men huddle around the fire, desperate for warmth as the snow started to fall again, they didn't think the weather could be this cruel, but then again Berk snows almost 24/7 here, so this wasn't much of a shocker. But the villagers could have given them some blankets and some food, maybe later once the meeting is over they could ask, I mean Drago never really took care of his men, the only other way he would show any type of care is when he would brutally murder them and toss them over board like a fish. Thank god Eret wasn't near him right now, other wise he would have been killed.
Suddenly the black smith came wobbling over towards the outsiders.
"It's time for the meeting." he said calmly as he led them away and towards the great hall, Stoick was waiting for them all, waiting eagerly for this man to tell him about the Night Fury and possibly it's where abuts, Stoick only wanted the beast dead, he wanted to make it suffer long and hard. Stoick could just see it now, cutting the beast stomach open and cutting it's head off then burning it's body.
Once everybody was inside from the dreaded cold, Gobber closed the main doors, not wanting open ears to hear what was about to happen.
"Tell me what you know Eret." Stoick said sternly, not giving the man enough time to speak."Tell me where this Night fury is?" Walking over to the dragon trapper, looking deep into his brown eyes.
Eret stood his ground."We don't exactly know where it is, but we do know one thing." he held his hand up in defense."It usually comes at night, so it can feed and kills."
Stoick arched a brow, looking at him hard.
"I'm telling you the truth, that thing and that rider are after us." Eret tried making himself look like the victim in the situation."That madman is after us and won't stop until were dead. All his men nodded in agreement.
"So you and your men decided to come here and put my village at risk?" His voice roared in volume.
"That's why we need your help to bring him down chief." He said with a small plea.
Stoick clutched his hands into tight fist.
"Please, we can help you bring down this Night fury, with the help of your warriors and my trappers we can work together and get the revenge you want for your son." He said with a dark smirk, waiting for the tall red headed man to respond.
"How are we going to take out the speed of a Night Fury?" Stoick asked him."With the speed of that demon you can barely see it right before it hits." He pointed out to him.
"that's why we need you to distract it while we get the traps set up to catch it." Eret pointed out to him."Then once that part is over then you can do whatever you want with the creature, and the rider I suppose."
"Do you even know who this rider is?" Stoick asked him."Can you at least give me a description of him?" he sounded almost desperate to know who this man was, not know it was his own son.
"He's a short lad with auburn hair." Eret said quietly."Iv'e never seen his face, he always covers it with a black mask, one the resembles his Night Fury's."
Stoick's heart almost stopped for a moment, no no it couldn't could be? No he was being stupid.
"What about the other rider with the storm cutter?"
"We think it's a female dragon thief, but were really not so sure either." Eret replied.
Stoick nodded, running a hand over his face taking all of this in, soon the Night Fury would be here, first he would deal with the creature, then it's rider and be done so he could move on with his life. Even though it was still all too much for him, all the pain was getting to him.
"So when do you think they'll be here since there following you and your crew?"
Eret cracked a grin."In two days they should be here, it won't take them long to track us down." things were going according to plan, now he was reeling Stoick in for it. Just a little more coating it and it would finally be done.
Stoick clasped his hand gently."The lets get started then, we need to capture that Night Fury and put a stop to this, once and for all." He started heading towards the doors, Gobber following right behind him as Eret and his men tag along behind them, snickering in silence as they fooled the naive chief of Berk.
Soon all Hell would break lose, two days from now it would begin.
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Next chapter the battle begins and Toothless and Hiccup come and save the day, but their will be a price to pay!