Ch.12: Confrontations

Stoick the Vast has witnessed a lot of things. He has married a lot of couples on Berk, he has seen the damages the dragons left after each raid, he has felt anger, pride, sadness and happiness. But for the first time in his life, he was shocked as he witnessed his son marry the Princess of Corona, Rapunzel. Not only that, but he saw that his son has befriended a Night Fury, the most dangerous and feared dragon of all, which made him believe that Hiccup was the 'Dragon Conqueror'. When both Hiccup and Rapunzel said 'yes', Stoick felt a lot of different emotions: anger for his son befriending a Night Fury, happiness to see his son alive and pride to know how much his son has achieved over the past 6 years. It's true that everything was revealed, but he still needed answers from Hiccup.

Speaking of Hiccup, he and Rapunzel broke out of their kiss and stared at each other lovingly.

"I love you," whispered Hiccup.

"I love you, too," whispered Rapunzel back.

"Okay, everyone, please follow me to the backyard where the celebration will continue," said King Fredrik to the guests, before turning to the new couple. "If you want to talk to the Vikings, do it somewhere private and I want Toothless and Serenade to be with you."

"Okay, dad," said Rapunzel as Hiccup nodded.

Everyone headed to the doors as they made their way to the backyard. The Vikings were just about to leave when a voice stopped them.

"If you guys want answers, follow us," said a familiar voice.

They turned around and saw Hiccup, Rapunzel and their dragons by their sides. The Vikings nodded and made a way for Hiccup, Rapunzel, Toothless and Serenade. Hiccup motioned them to follow and they did.

After a few minutes, they arrived in Rapunzel's and Hiccup's room as the couple sat on a couch with Toothless and Serenade on both sides of it and the Vikings just stood at the doorway.

"Okay, so fire away any questions you have," said Hiccup and Fishlegs slowly raised a hand. "Yes, Fishlegs?"

"W–w–what dragon is that," asked the frightened Vikings as he pointed at Serenade.

"Her name is Serenade and she's a Death Song," said Rapunzel.

Stoick was about to ask another question, but the door of the room slammed open and in came Mary with Hookfang, Meatlug, Stormfly and Barf & Belch behind her.

"Mom, dad, that was amazing," cheered the little girl as she jumped in Hiccup's lap. "That was the most romantic thing I've ever seen."

"Glad you enjoyed it, sweaty," said Hiccup as he kissed his daughter on the forehead.

"Hey, that's the weird guy, who complained about Hookfang, Barf & Belch, Meatlug and Stormfly being 'their dragons'," said Mary as she gestured at Stoick.

"Well, technically, the place I brought Hookfang and the others is the place where these guys are from. At least most of them," said Hiccup.

"Does that mean they'll take them away," asked Mary in fear.

"What? No! No one can take them away from you," said Rapunzel softly.

"Not if they want any trouble," said Hiccup as he glared at the Vikings, who looked a little nervous.

"No, we don't want that. We just wanna talk," said Gobber.

"Okay, so what do you want to know," asked Hiccup.

"I think it'll be easier if you tell us everything from the beginning," said Camicazi and the other Vikings nodded.

"Okay. I suggest you sit somewhere, cause the story is a little long," said Hiccup and everyone sat on the floor. "Are you ready?"

The Vikings nodded and Hiccup began to tell them everything.

"Okay, so remember that night 6 years ago when there was a dragon raid before dragon training? That's when everything changed. That was the night I shot Toothless down with one of my inventions. I told you I had shot a Night Fury down, but none of you believed me and I'm glad you didn't. When Gobber brought me to the house, I snuck up from behind and went to Raven's Point where I found Toothless tied up in ropes. I was about to kill him, but I didn't because he looked weak and frightened just as I was, so let him go. He bounced on me, but didn't kill me, he just roared at me and flew away. That's what I thought until I went back after dragon training and noticed that one his tailfins was gone and that's why he couldn't fly away. The next day, after handling with Stormfly, Astrid told me to figure out on which side I was. Of course, I went to the cove to try to get closer with Toothless. After tossing my dagger in the lake, feeding him, eating a fish that was inside a dragon's stomach and trying not to step some lines he drew, we became best friends. That night Gobber said that a downed dragon is a dead dragon and since Toothless couldn't fly, he was pretty much dead. I knew that since I was the one who took away his ability to fly, I was the one who had to give it back, so I made him a tailfin and after several crash-landings we succeeded, but there was a one little downside, he needed me to control the tailfin. Over that time, I learnt a lot of tricks to calm dragons down so I used these tricks at dragon training and that's how I got on top of the class. When I won the 'honor' to kill Hookfang, I knew I couldn't do it, so Toothless and I left. After a few hours of flying, we heard a baby cry and found Mari on a nearby island, all alone. I didn't know what to do so I took her with me and Toothless and that's how she became my daughter. The following day was when we got here. We were shot down and Rapunzel found us in the forest. After a few months of being here, we eventually became boyfriend and girlfriend. During my time here, I started rescuing dragons from Viking villages, the first one being Berk, followed by Berserker Island, Outcast Island and so on. That's probably why you referred to me as the 'Dragon Conqueror' and that's pretty much it," explained Hiccup.

"Okay, but why did you run away," asked Astrid.

"I knew someone would eventually find Toothless and I didn't want that to happen so we left. We wanted to somewhere where both of us can be accepted. We weren't actually planning on staying in Corona, but after a few days of being here, Corona became our new home," said Hiccup.

"So you ran away to protect your dragon," said Astrid.

"In short, yes," nodded Hiccup.

"Look, Hiccup, while I'm glad to see you, you need to stop with this foolishness. You need to come back to Berk, so kill this dragon and let's leave this place," said Stoick.

"So, like always, you don't listen," sighed Hiccup.

"You know what, Stoick? If Hiccup doesn't want to come, that's fine," said Bertha as she headed for the door. "I'm going back to the ship. Come on, Camicazi."

"Actually, mom. I want to stay here," said Camicazi.

"So do I," said Dagur.

"And why is that," asked Hiccup.

"We'd like to train our own dragons," said Dagur.

"Yeah, I can already imagine what's it like to be up in the air," said Camicazi.

"Well, if you like to learn, you're welcome to stay," said Rapunzel and Hiccup nodded.

"I will not hear any more of it, Hiccup! You're coming back with us and that's final," said Stoick firmly, but Hiccup was fast enough and pulled out Inferno

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," said Hiccup. "There are 6 dragons in the room and if you do something to me, who do you think is gonna stop Toothless from tearing all of you apart?"

The Vikings looked nervous as Toothless growled and slowly began to charge a Plasma Blast, which made the Vikings even more nervous.

"Hiccup, tell your pet to stop," ordered Stoick.

"Now, that's where you're wrong, Stoick. Toothless is not my pet. He's my best friend! And you don't have any authority here. Not to mention that I don't need to listen to you as I'm older than 18," said Hiccup, surprising the Vikings. Hiccup has never been like this, especially towards his father!

"Hiccup, I'm still your father," countered Stoick.

"Oh, so now you call yourself a 'father'," asked Hiccup. "Well, let me tell you something. If you were really my father, you would've loved me, cared for me and accepted me for who I am! Instead, ever since mom was taken, you've never acted like a father to me. You always ignored me, like I didn't exist at all! You handed me over to Gobber just because you wanted nothing to do with me! And you want to be my father now, because… why? Is it because I killed the Queen Dragon? Is it because you're scared of me, the 'Dragon Conqueror'? Or is it just because you want to ruin my happy life? I wouldn't be surprised if the only reason you want me to come back is because you want me to Chief of Berk? Well, guess what? During these past 6 years, I found out I'm capable of a lot more than I thought. I befriended Toothless, I found Mari and adopted her as my daughter, I got on Corona and met Rapunzel, and I couldn't be happier. You're lucky I'm still talking to you. If you don't want to accept my new life, then you're welcome to go back to Berk. But if you even think of engaging a war on us, well, there are thousands of dragons here and all of them are under Toothless' command!"

After that speech, no one knew what to say. The Vikings were stunned by what Hiccup said while Rapunzel felt pity for her husband. The one, who was the most affected was Mari as tears were about to come out. The little girl couldn't take it any longer and launched herself at her dad and hugged him. Hiccup looked at his daughter and gently picked her up, and held her tight.

"Daddy, you won't leave mommy, the dragons and Corona, right? I don't want you to go," sobbed Mari on Hiccup's shoulder. "I need you, dad."

"It's okay, Mari. I'm not gonna leave you, Rapunzel, the dragons or Corona just because of these gyus," said Hiccup softly as he gestured to the Vikings.

"Hiccup, Berk is your home. It's where we all grew up," said Astrid.

"It was his home. Now, Corona is his home," said Rapunzel before Hiccup could respond.

"This is a family matter so stay out of it," said Stoick firmly.

"Last time I checked, I'm his wife," said Rapunzel.

"That's okay, honey," said Hiccup as he put Mari down and turned to the Vikings. "Listen carefully, Stoick. You better watch out how you're talking to my wife. As far as I know, she, Mari and Toothless are my family." He then looked at Astrid. "And she's right. I might've been born on Berk, but it was never my home. Home is where your heart is and my heart is on Corona."

"You tell 'em, Hiccup," cheered Toothless. "Can I blast them now?"

"No, Toothless, there'll be no blasting," said Hiccup.

"You can understand your dragon," asked Gobber.

"Of course. I've been able to understand what dragons say ever since Toothless and I left Berk, which only proves my point that Berk was only holding me back from becoming what I am today," said Hiccup.

"We will not leave without you," said Stoick firmly.

"If you want him, you'll have to go through us," said Rapunzel as she stood in front of Hiccup, followed by Mari and the dragons.

Camicazi and Dagur looked at each other and went up to Hiccup, before facing the Vikings. Bertha and Oswald couldn't believe what was happening, but eventually came to a decision, which shocked everyone.

"Hiccup, since Camicazi and Dagur want to train dragons, do you think if it could be possible to become trading partners," asked Bertha.

"I'll talk to the King and Queen about it and we'll see," said Hiccup with a smile and Bertha and Oswald nodded.

"You can't be serious," Stoick growled at Bertha and Oswald.

"You should think before you act, Stoick," said Oswald. "Take a look around. Do you really want to fight thousands of dragons just to get to Hiccup?"

"I'll fight anyone to get Hiccup back," said Stoick, taking even Gobber by surprise.

"Stoick, this isn't you," said Gobber softly. "You've gone insane!"

"I'm perfectly fine, Gobber," said Stoick and looked at Hiccup. "You're coming with me and that's final."

Stoick reached for Hiccup, but just as he was about to grab him, golden hair was wrapped his hand.

"Stay away from my husband," said Rapunzel with a glare.

"And I told you to stay out of this family business," said Stoick as he brought out his sword and was about to cut Rapunzel's hair, but the blow was blocked by a flaming sword. Stoick looked at the source and when he did, he was met with a glare that could even scare Alvin.

"If you lay even a finger on my wife, something very bad is going to happen," said Hiccup in a low voice as he held Inferno tight and gave a nod to Serenade.

The Death Song knew what Hiccup wanted to do and fired her amber at Stoick, immobilizing the Viking.

"I'm done with you," said Hiccup as he deactivated Inferno and called for the guards to take Stoick to a cell. He then looked at Gobbe rand the teens. "You can stay on your ship. Everyone is expected to sail away tomorrow."

"What about Stoick," asked Tuffnut.

"Don't worry. He'll stay in prison this night," said Hiccup as the Vikings turned to leave the room.

"It was good to see you, lad. Do you think we ca talk some time, just the two of us," asked Gobber.

"I'd like that, Gobber," said Hiccup with a smile and Gobber smiled back before leaving the room.

"Well, glad that's over," sighed Hiccup as he sat on the bed.

"Me too," said Toothless as he laid his head on Hiccup's lap.

"What do you think your father's gonna do now," asked Rapunzel.

"I don't know and I don't really care," said Hiccup. "He can try all he wants, but he'll never make me go back to Berk."

"I'm happy that you'll stay with us, daddy," said Mari with a bright smile.

"I'm too," said Hiccup and looked at Rapunzel, and stood up. "Come on, let's go join the guests. Your parents, Anna and Elsa are probably wondering where we are."

"Yeah, let's go," said Rapunzel with a nod as they exited the room, followed by Mari and the dragons.

To be continued…

Hey, everyone. Here's the 12th chapter. I'm sorry if you had to wait this long. I really hope you enjoyed it. Stoick surely found out that Hiccup has changed a lot during his years in Corona. The next chapter will be out some time in October. Until then, have a nice day.

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