He'd been waiting for his moment, the moment to strike. That beast took his wife from him and he was going to get his revenge. Hiccup hated killing dragons, but this thing was no dragon. It was a lazy, controlling beast. It made dragons raid, do her bidding. Hiccup had seen it a few times when he went on scouting missions with his patrol group. He made it his personal vow to destroy the queen of that nest and now it was time. Hiccup had it set in motion, he waited patiently for years learning how she controlled them, when the raids were at their highest and lowest, her weaknesses, and strengths. He was going to kill her if it was the last thing he did.
He was waiting in the hall for his report, he sent one final group to check the island. They were due back sometime today, Valka and Alvin sat with him, he wasn't saying anything. The kids were playing in the corner with Toothless and Sunflower. "Hi–Hiccup...Are you...sure you want to do this..." Valka asked him.
"We have been over this. That dragon is controlling the raids and giving all dragons a bad name. I'm taking her out." Hiccup stated firmly with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Can we not simply move her to another island that isn't close to here? This is suicide son." Alvin pointed out.
"She's too big to just move. As long as she is alive...no human or dragon is safe. I'm putting an end to it..." Hiccup closed his eyes.
"How are you going to destroy her, Hiccup...She controls dragons...Even on Toothless you won't be able to take her on alone. Let us come with you, at least we can distract her..." Valka said quickly.
"Out of the question." Hiccup said sternly as the door burst open and the leader of the group he'd sent came running in.
"Chief!" Called the male running in.
"Asger...Report." Hiccup ordered.
"She's still there sir. But we have another problem...And...it might be worse than the queen." Asger said seriously.
"Worse than the...What could possibly be worse than the queen?!" Hiccup asked loudly now. What could be worse than that thing? He didn't need a problem bigger than the queen right now. He had waited too long for his chance, nothing was getting in his way.
"Chief...The Hooligan tribe of Berk...found the nest...They plan to sail in 3 days to attack it in order to stop the raids." Asger said, Hiccup's eyes widened before turning to anger.
"WHAT!?" Hiccup yelled making Alvin, Asger, and Valka wince at his tone. No one like Hiccup mad. He glanced over seeing his kids look at him worried, he took a breath. "Mom. Take the kids to the house..." Hiccup ordered. Valka was about to protest but she saw the look in her son's eyes and nodded.
"Children...come with me please." Valka got up calling to them. Runa, Thora, and Viggo grabbed their things and left with Valka. Toothless came beside Hiccup, as did Sunflower.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY FOUND THE NEST!" Hiccup roared out as soon as the hall door were closed.
"Hiccup...Relax son...Let him explain." Alvin insisted to Hiccup. Managing to calm down Hiccup took a breath again and faced Asger, eyes still narrowed.
"Explain. Now." Hiccup ordered.
"When we arrived at the nest, it was quiet. We made sure to stay hidden from other dragons so they wouldn't alert the queen we were there. We didn't realize...we'd been being followed there...They must of had ships in the water heading West of Berk...We stayed for an hour to watch for any sign of the queen like you instructed sir, as we were leaving we saw a ship docked on the island. 10 men, 3 took the ship back and the crest on the ship belonged to the Hooligans. We heard them talking, about telling their chief that they finally located the nest and will be launching a full scale attack..." Asger explained calmly now.
Hiccup closed his eyes and slammed his fist on the table angrily. How could this happen? This made things a lot worse and once more what could he do? Let them go and get them selves killed? That only further proved dragons were bad, he couldn't allow it. "What are our orders sir?" Asger asked. Hiccup needed a plan and fast.
"Round up the defense teams. I want 3 with me. If I have to destroy their ships myself...I'm not letting them reach that island..." Hiccup said in a cold voice before walking away.
"Aye chief." Asger saluted to him. "You heard the man. Get moving." Asger ordered his men. Alvin walked beside Hiccup now.
"What do you plan to do?..." Alvin asked.
"Something I really hoped I'd never have to do again...Return to Berk...Get the men. I'll lead on Toothless, keep the dragons hidden..." Hiccup stated.
"Yes sir." Alvin said. Hiccup reached his house where his mother was with the kids.
"Hiccup!" Valka exclaimed seeing him enter. "Is...everything alright?" Valka asked.
"No. Its far from alright...Your idiot husband is going to get everyone killed going to that nest...and I am once again left to deal with it. Father, 3 groups from the aerial defense team, and myself are going to Berk. I'm going to attempt to reason with Stoick...I know its probably not worth my time but maybe...Just maybe..." Hiccup sighed heavily.
"I'm going with you." Valka insisted.
"I forbid it. I need you to stay here with the kids...Please..." Hiccup asked her. Valka sighed and nodded to him. "Thank you. I'll be back...as soon as I can..." Hiccup said as he knelt down to his kids and gave a smile.
"Where are you going daddy?" Runa asked him.
"Daddy...has to go an important mission baby. I won't be gone long, I promise...You have to stay here with you brother and sister, keep them safe for me okay?" Hiccup told her.
"A–are you leaving like mommy did?" Runa asked, Hiccup's eyes widened a little now.
"No...No sweetheart. Daddy isn't leaving like mommy did...I promise...I'll be home before you know it. I need you to be my big girl right now..." Hiccup told her softly. Runa nodded as she hugged her father, Hiccup hugged her back, and then Viggo and Thora too. He didn't want to leave them but this was too dangerous for them. Hiccup got to his feet and left the house, he got on Toothless and flew to the square where Alvin was waiting, so was the defense team.
"What's going on!"
"Are we under attack chief?"
"Everyone calm down...We are not under attack...I have to leave to take care of an urgent matter. You are all safe here. I'll be back soon." Hiccup announced.
"We're ready." Alvin told him.
"Lets move then. I want this done." Hiccup replied as he opened Toothless's tail and slid on his metal mask and raised his staff whirling it around as a roar emitted from behind Dragons Edge, it belonged to the bewilderbeast. Hiccup wasn't taking any chances, if they wouldn't listen to reason he would scare them in to listening. He was putting an end to this nonsense, no one was getting in his way of taking out the queen. "Set sail for Berk!" Hiccup ordered, "I want my defense team to fly around back and hide in the woods until I give the word!" Hiccup added.
"Yes chief!" They replied. Hiccup took off first, his aerial team following. His father was on the boat with the others. It was part of his plan, he'd fly there but when they arrive Toothless was going below deck and he'd make it seem like he was arriving on the outcast ship. His defense team would be hiding until needed, they were only a precaution and the bewilderbeast was his insurance.
(Berk)
They were in the middle of a raid, Stoick on the main lines fighting like always. Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Tuffnut, and Ruffnut were also fighting with Gobber. Stoick's only real joy was killing dragons now, for him it felt like things hadn't changed. "Stoick!" Yelled someone coming up to him.
"What, I'm a little busy." Stoick glared.
"There is an Outcast ship heading to the docks. Alvin aboard along with others and a masked young man." The male said.
"Oh that's just great...we don't need this..." Stoick grumbled. Meanwhile with Hiccup on the ship watching the controlled dragons destroy the village, the raids were this bad.
"You have that look in your eye boy..." Alvin stated to him.
"Yes...Yes I do...Time to end this...No one leaves the ship. Toothless!" Hiccup called out. Toothless came to the main level as Hiccup jumped on his back holding the staff. Hiccup opened his tail and they headed in to the village.
"NIGHT FURY!" Someone yelled out. The village almost came to a complete stop. A night fury? No one had seen one since the day Hiccup was cast out. Was it possible? Stoick's eyes widened as Hiccup hovered over them on Toothless, they didn't know it was him.
"Hic...cup?" Stoick breathed out. No one had seen one since the day Hiccup left, could it of been possible? Hiccup rolled his eyes not saying anything at first.
"Get back." Hiccup ordered He knew that look in Stoick's eyes, he was already under the impression that it was his long lost, cast out son. Hiccup snorted angrily turning his head from them and facing the swarm of dragons above.
"Who are you!" Astrid called to him.
"Right now, the only thing between you and those dragons destroying this village. You can either take my help or deal with it on your own. If you want my help, get back!" Hiccup ordered again as he raised his staff and whirled it around. The ground began to shake as people found things to hold on to, looking towards the water they saw a large white dragon emerge and stand on the beach. Their eyes widened with shock.
"Beard of Thor, what is that!?" Gobber yelled. Hiccup pointed his staff at the dragons swarming over head as the bewilderbeast roared out, its eyes turning to slits. The other dragons seemed to stop and land before him at his feet. Hiccup landed now near the beach edge as the bewilderbeast gave a nod.
"Send them away." Hiccup ordered. The bewilderbeast nodded again and roared, the dragons that had been attacking flew off. Hiccup lowered his staff, offering a bow to the king before facing Stoick who had come up behind him now.
"Hiccup...Is that...you?" Stoick asked him.
"Is that what you say to someone who just saved your ass?" Hiccup scoffed angrily.
"Oh...right...sorry...thank you?" Stoick said to him.
"Son!" Alvin called walking over towards them now.
"I thought I said to stay on the ship." Hiccup grumbled now.
"Sorry...We had stowaways..."Alvin stated, Hiccup faced him now but before he could ask who he saw 3 small children running his way.
"DADDY!" The 3 said together, Hiccup knelt down quickly.
"What are you doing here. I said to stay at home!" Hiccup said with worry.
"We wanted to help!" Viggo said as they hugged their father.
"No way he's Hiccup...This guy has kids." Snotlout laughed. Hiccup stood up now keeping his kids behind him.
"Why did...you help us?" Astrid asked him now. Hiccup said nothing, why did he help them. They were still the same group of ungrateful people he left behind. Curse his kindness.
"Gods...damn it. Savage!" Hiccup yelled out, Savage rushed up in a bow.
"Yes chief?" Savage said.
"Take my kids back to the ship and don't let them out of your sight...Your grandmother must be worried sick..." Hiccup sighed out.
"She's here too daddy. We run faster." Thora giggled, Hiccup's eyes widened now.
"Sorry son...I can't let you face that dragon alone. I didn't know they followed me..." Valka said coming up the hill now.
"You know...Its really hard to be chief when none of you listen to me. I gave specific orders for you mother to stay on Dragon's Edge with my children, and the rest of you to stay on that ship! I'll deal with this later...Everyone back on the damn ship! Now!" Hiccup yelled out angrily. No one challenged him. Valka and Savage got the kids and headed back to the ship, Alvin stayed beside Hiccup.
"Alvin...I didn't know you had a son..." Stoick stated.
"Ain't none of your business, Stoick. The outcasts and the rest of the tribes aren't exactly on good terms, we keep to our own." Alvin retorted.
"And your son...Is the chief...He's like what...19? With kids!" Tuffnut laughed.
"I'm 22 actually. Regardless, I came on business. My men saw yours on an island west of here. I came to tell you to stay away from it. You can't handle her, this is a promise." Hiccup stated firmly.
"No chance. That's the dragons nest, I've been searching for it since my son left and I'm not backing down now. I'll put an end to these raids once and for all. And what do you mean her? What's on that island!?" Stoick said roughly.
"None of your fucking business is what's on that island. She's not your problem, she's mine. I've been after her for 3 years and I'm not about to let a bunch of uneducated fools take what is mine. So back the hell off and stay away from that island. And for the record, your son didn't leave. He was cast out." Hiccup growled. People gasped and it went silent.
"How...do you know that?" Stoick asked.
"I had the pleasure of meeting him. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, right? He was...15 when you threw him out of the village for befriending a dragon, the very same dragon standing next to me in fact." Hiccup stated. Stoick's eyes widened.
"Y–you know my son?" Stoick breathed out. Was it possible, was Hiccup alive? Did this rider know where he was.
"I knew him a time ago. Why do you care? From what he told me you all hated him for what he did, marking him a traitor and if he ever returned you'd kill him." Hiccup glared.
"I–I made a mistake...I–I want my son home...Please tell me where he is?" Stoick asked.
Hiccup couldn't believe it, his father was sorry? For casting him out, he made a mistake and wanted him home? Toothless growled at these people, he knew what happened 6 years ago. This village tried to hurt Hiccup, and him. Alvin put his hand on Hiccup's shoulder now, "Strike? Son are you alright?" Alvin asked.
"I'm fine. Just disgusted, and disappointed. Unfortunately for you, Stoick...I cannot tell you where he is. We lost contact a long time ago." Hiccup stated turning from them now.
"Where...was he last?...On outcast island? How was he...Please tell me." Astrid asked stepping forward now.
"You must be Astrid Hofferson. The blonde with blue eyes, carries an double ax. Yes...You're the one who ratted him out." Hiccup stated coldly. Astrid bit back now, it was her fault.
"Give me one good reason why I should tell you anything about him." Hiccup asked now turning with his arms crossed over his chest.
"They want to know about him because they all realized after it was too late that Hiccup had the answer to end the war, by trusting, and befriending dragons. Hiccup didn't deserve to be cast out because of Stoick's personal feelings about dragons. His pain was noted about losing his wife to dragons, but his stupid actions also made him lose his son. Hiccup wanted to be cast out, because he knew Stoick couldn't accept his son was different, just like his wife." Fishlegs stepped forward now.
"You seem to genuinely care. You disagreed with the casting out?" Hiccup asked him.
"I did and still do. Hiccup could end the war, why fight dragons if we could have peace instead. If anything...Can you tell me if he's okay?" Fishlegs asked.
"And how long did it take for you to realize you made a mistake? Hm Stoick?" Hiccup asked now.
"After Fishlegs yelled at me for it." Stoick sighed looking down.
Hiccup wanted nothing more than to take off his mask and reveal who he was, but not to rest their fears that he was alive. To shove in their faces that he was chief of the former outcasts, of a village that accepted dragons and people who liked them, to say he hated his father and saw Alvin as his dad. And it took every bit of him not to do it, but no. He was dead to these people and would remain that way.
"Strike!" He heard his mother call out. Hiccup turned and looked at her.
"What's the problem now?" Hiccup asked becoming rather irritated.
"The queen...She's...headed to Dragons Edge...Following B-King..." Valka panted, she was wearing her mask so he wasn't worried about people finding out who she was. His worry lay with his mothers information.
"What!" Hiccup yelled. This was really bad, couldn't he catch a break! "How can you be so sure?" Hiccup asked now.
"The men who were stationed on the island from here just returned, she's headed right this way...You stopped her raid, she wants to know what's more powerful here to jerk her control on them." Valka told him.
"Oh for the love of Thor...Riddaris!" Hiccup called out. From the trees emerged his 3 defense teams, and they all assembled by him.
"What's the matter chief?" Asger asked him.
"Change of plans. Back to Dragons Edge...Our island is completely unguarded and the queen is headed right through here to get to it." Hiccup stated jumping on Toothless's back.
"Let us come! We can help..." Fishlegs stated.
"Not a chance in Valhalla. You have no idea what you're facing...You can't ride dragons, you don't know how we do things. You just stay here out of my way." Hiccup snapped angrily. "Move out!" Hiccup ordered them. His defense teams sped off, Alvin and Valka nodded heading back to the boat.
"We've dealt with raids before, we can handle it." Stoick argued.
"My island doesn't deal in raids. My island has peace with them, we don't kill dragons just because. You have no idea what you're up against. You would if you had listened to Hiccup. We did and that's why our island lives in harmony with dragons." Hiccup growled at them.
"Then teach us! We screwed up, we know that. Help us make it right." Astrid yelled at him.
"This is not a joke! Can't you follow the simplest orders?! Can you see I have bigger problems. There is a massive dragon headed to my island and no one there to defend it!" Hiccup yelled back. Stoick froze hearing those words. He said the very same to Hiccup, slightly different though.
"We'll do what you say! Just give us a chance, we won't hurt your dragons. We can help protect your village, please?" Astrid asked him with pleading eyes. Hiccup looked back at her, her blue eyes. For a split second he saw Camicazi there, begging him to let her help like she'd done before in the past before she died.
"Strike! Son, we have to go now or we won't make it." Alvin called to him. Hiccup's eyes darted left and right trying to decide what to do. He knew what this could do, they could find out who he was under the mask. His eyes tried to search for any lies in their eyes, he knew why they wanted to go. To see what Hiccup wanted to show them, peace between humans and dragons and in hopes they might find out more about Hiccup.
"Gods...damn it! You do exactly as I say and nothing more. The ship can't take everyone. You 7 can come. That is it. Move now." Hiccup ordered.
"Yes sir!" Fishlegs smiled as he, Snotlout, Gobber, Stoick, Astrid, Tuffnut, and Ruffnut all grabbed their weapons and headed towards the docks to board the ship, Alvin blocked them off but Hiccup flew over.
"I gave them permission father. Let them on. I'm flying ahead. Toothless is the fastest dragon we have...I'll meet you there." Hiccup called as he changed the position and sped off with a whistling sound. Alvin grumbled as he moved aside and let the 7 on the ship "Set sail for Dragons Edge!" Hiccup ordered.
"Aye chief!" Called one of his men. They were gone after that, sailing East towards their home. Hiccup didn't go to far ahead, he didn't know where that dragon was and if it attacked the ship he wanted to be close to it, his kids were on it. This was going to be a major fight and he only prayed Cami was with him, he would end the Red Death. No one was stopping him or getting in his way.