He sat waiting in the healers tent, in the waiting area, his prosthetic clicking on the floor again and again as he nervously waited on hearing the news about his wife. He remembered the conversation on the way there the promise she asked him to make.

" Just you, me and mila, no one else. Don't tell anyone I've done this, not even our friends please, please just promise me this."

Them words went over and over in his head, he could hear the wobbly tone in her voice, over and over. He clicked his prosthetic again, looking around the healers tent as his mind played tricks on him. He sat in the entrance, which was also the waiting area the healers tent was one of the biggest tent in their camp other than the food tent and the chiefs tent. It split up into different rooms, one entrance which he sat in and then three healers rooms, the only thing keeping him from them rooms was a sheet of fabric. Astrid was in the room to his right, if he looked carefully he could see her shadow, she was laying on the wooden table while mila walked around examining her. He knew of one other room straight ahead, that's where the healers do their 'science' stuff. Blood testing, urine testing, making antibiotics creams. The things they do baffles him, but he let them do their miracles, since their miracles had saved lives.

He clicked his prosthetic again, and the opening of a sheet door caught his attention, however it was not the one to the right, but to the left. The entrance door opened wide and toothless' head popped in. Giving his rider one big gummy smile.

And hiccup could help but smile back, as his friend came trotting in and sprawled on the ground next to hiccup, placing his large head on his best friends lap. And soon enough hiccups hand was on his head, scratching his scales in all the right spots.

" I'm scared bud" toothless opened his big green eyes and looked at his rider.

" What - what if she can't bare anymore children, what if she is now barren" he gave a massive sigh causing toothless to sit up straight and look at the man, only to see hiccup place too elbows on his knees and rest his head in his hands.

" Or worse, what if all the things I keep thinking in my head, all these nightmares I think she had been through, what if they are true" the large dragon bent his head and snuffed closer to his friend.

" It's my fault" the two sat in silence, but not for long and that one room to his right opened, and mila walked out.

The two boys raised their heads and immediately mila looked towards toothless, the big eyesore in the middle of her tent.

" He can't be here, there are sick Viking's here" she walked off in the direction towards the testing room and hiccup had to deal with his big scaled friend.

" Okay toothless out," he scooted him out of the entrance to the outside, popping his head through the tents door he said to his friend," I'll be out in a minute, just wait here Okay" the dragon nodded his head and sat immediately waiting patiently.

He popped back inside, mila was no where to be seen. Until she walked out of the testing room holding a board with a sheet of writing paper on it, she immediately addressed him, placing her board on a near by table. She waited for him to walk up to her, and he waisted no time.o

" I've took blood, urine and fluid samples, they are getting tested now to see if your wife came have anymore, it should take a few hours, since our resources aren't the best, I'll come and find you two when they are done." He nodded his head, that's all he had expected from the body examination, he hadn't expected for what came next.

" These here" she held the board up with the paper on it and held it his way. " are your wife's injuries, from start to finish over the last two years. She asked me for you to read them, says she would rather you find out like this than having her tell you herself" he took the board but did not look just yet. Mila left him, and he sat back down on the bench he wasn't on before.

He slowly looked down to the paper and slowly looked over Mila's notes. Reading through his eyes scanned over, beaten, battered, whipped, stabbed, his eyes then scanned over burned, drowned, broken bones, broken ribs, beaten, finger nails ripped out, whipped, multiple bones healed wrong, raped, abused, sexually abused, whipped, fingers broken, toes broken, whipped, stabbed, abused, abused, raped, pregnant. He stopped and looked carful at the next bit.

' Victim fell pregnant through rape, then beaten to miscarriage'

Abused, whipped, pregnant, beaten, miscarriage, finger nails, burned, drowned, sleep deprived, raped, sexually abused, pregnant, whipped, beaten, miscarriage -

Ge places the board down, he couldn't read anymore, he had gotten to six months ago, if he had to read anymore he would have been sick. He felt sick.

His eyes scanned over to the entrance of the room where his wife was waiting, slowly he stood but, every step felt like it weighed him down and he made it to where the sheet was now in front of him, all he had to do was lean forward and pull the sheet back. But he waited, hesitated. Calming himself down he then pulled his hand forward and drew the sheet back.

She sat on the wooden table, wearing the long tunic dress the healers provided, he back was facing him, as She had her knees in her chest, hugging them with her arms, he could hear her silent cry's as he walked in, he would have come in quietly if it hadn't been for his leg, as he took a step, it clicked into place, causeing astrid To turn towards him and look at him through her now red puffy eyes.

" Did you read it?" He said nothing, only nodding. But he didn't even need to do that, he could see it in his eyes, as it told her what he had saw, since his eyes only showed horror.

Her tears fell again as he took slow strides towards her, " I told you once you know we can never go back, you'll hate me, you will never look at me the same" she curled up again, feeling violated, feeling rotten, feeling wrong.

He still walked up to her, waiting on the edge of the table.

" look at me astrid" she didn't at first, but slowly she did, her eyes still full of water, making it hard to read the expression on her husbands face.

" It wasn't your fault" pulling her into his chest with the arms she hadn't released that had wrapped around her, she buried her head into his neck, feeling his tears drop on the tunic she had on, and feeling his hot breath warm her up.

" It's not your fault sweetie, never was" he hugged her close, wrapping his arms around her even more, making it more possible for her to bring up her arms and wrap it around his neck, but making it impossible to them to break apart.

xx

After what seemed like hours of them sitting in silence and hold eachother close, hiccup took his loving wife back to their tent, giving her back her old clothes to dress in and she was now sat in the middle of their bed as she waited patiently for hiccup to come back with the food she asked for.

Now her past was out in the open with him, and knowing he still loved her after that, she felt a huge weight being lifted off her shoulders, but the food deprivation of not eating for the last two days was now getting to her, and after constantly saying she was not hungry she suddenly had the urge to eat a yak. Whole.

So hiccup being the loving husband he is simply replied to her request, " anything for milady" placing a long passionate kiss on her lips before leaving her still in the middle of changing.

It seemed like ages but really it was only ten minutes that he was gone, but as her stomach grumbled and ached with pain, you could imagine the delight that astrid felt when hiccup came back with a big bowl of beef broth, it sound horrible, cut up cow, potatoes and vegetables mixed in hot water with a hint a parsley. To any Viking it wasn't the best. But now astrid understood why snotlout nearly choked this down, cause this was heaven compared to the sick shit they had been eating for two damn years.

She hummed as soon as the spoon entered her mouth, she chewed on the potatoes and beef, finally something to chew on, and could feel the hot juice trail down her mouth. She could see when opening her eyes, hiccup sat facing her, smile planted on his face, leaning against the wooden pole that was at the side of the bed, the pole that kept the tent up like the rest. And she could see through that smile, he was truly happy to have her back.

" Thank you"

She said as she finished off her bowl, he watched as she placed it on the table beside the bed and the crawled over to him, till she was sat in between his legs and her back was pressed up against his chest with his arms wrapped around her securely.

" when was the last time you ate?" He asked as she snuggled into his tunic, " two days ago" she hummed.

" Why eat now?" His curiosity got the best of him.

" I don't know," she sat up but still hiccups arms stayed wrapped around her " I guess all this pressure was building up inside of me, the thought of tell you everything just started to bundle up. And then when you finally did find out the weight fell off my shoulders and I suddenly realised how hungry I actually was" she turned to look at him, he had that loving look on his face, the one he had on his and hers wedding day, he took his hand up to her face and brushed his thumb on her cheek, before leaning in and kissing his wife with another passionate kiss.

" I love you so much" he murmured against her lips, and then kissed her again and again, till she was sat straddled on his lap and her hands were interlocked in the locks of his hair.

He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer as she kissed him like she used too, pulling him in with the hands in his hair, she loved the way he moaned when her nails scraped across his scalp. His hands then suddenly fell to her waist, to her thighs, stoking them up and down as their lips collided together and hiccups weight falling onto the wooden frame.

" I missed you" he mumbled.

Their gasps and breaths got louder as their moment heated up and in the moment hiccup took the chance to lie her down on the bed and kiss her exposed skin. She stroked his head and the back of his neck, humming as his lips traveled down her neck to her collarbone.

" Chief! I oh - sorry" mila came barging in with paper work in her hand, but wasn't expecting to see the chief top on his wife on their bed. But they quickly separated as hiccup climb off sitting next to astrid as she flustered and embarrassed sitting up too.

" Mila, no no come on in, what can I do for you?" She walked in more, but still stayed a few feet away from the bed.

" I - err - I have your wife's results " she showed the paper work to the couple, and immediately hiccup felt astrids hand slip into his.

" Oh" he looked to astrid who's eyes didn't leave the paper work in Milas hand. " Astrid?" He looked at her until she finally looked back, through the tears in her eyes she nodded.

" It's okay mila, you can tell us" he gave astrids hand a squeeze and the two waited for an answer.

Mila looked down at the couple, she had no emotion on her face, so astrid couldn't tell if it was good news or bad. She was so nervous the nerves in hiccups hand was being cut off, since astrid was squeezing it to hard, but hiccup never noticed since his mind was busy else where.

" i took the test, it came back positive" she said, still emotionless.

" Positive what, can I or can't I still have children?" Astrid questioned. But she didn't need an answer as Milas blank face turned into a smile, " you can have children"

And all of a sudden that breath, that weight on their shoulders, the lot of it escaped in that one moment as the two embraced eachother with a hug, holding one another close. " I knew it, I knew it" Hiccup whispered into hair as she was clinging onto the back of his neck.

By the time the two pulled back to place a kiss on their lips, mila had already left, she left leaving the two to take in the moment by themselves. When hiccup saw they were alone, he pulled his long lost wife on this lap, hugging her more, letting himself fall back onto the bed, holding one another close, letting sleep finally consume the two.

xx

He could feel it under his arms, the shaking, the wriggling, the feeling of true terror under his fingertips.

As he stirred awake in his little temporary pop up bed. He looked through his blurred vision around his tent to see what had awoken him. He could feel it again, but this time the jolt from under his arms came with a scream, a scream of his wife, as she wriggled under his fingertips, mumbling, whimpering and screaming.

" no no no no! Please!" Her whimper became more clearer as he became more wide awake.

" Ast?" His mind said one thing but as he spoke, it came out slurred.

" No, no, no!" Murmuring in his night tunic, he could feel the heat radiating off of her as her dream escalated. He started to rub her back hoping it would wake her as he himself tried to properly wake up.

" Astrid?" She started to shake pushing against hiccups body, shoving his sides with her hands.

" Get off of me!" She yelled giving one finally push and falling off the tiny little bed the two had squeezed on, the fall, hitting the hard cold ground woke her from her dream. As she jolted awake, she looked to her surroundings, only to find she was not on the ship, but in her husbands tent. She looked up towards the bed where her hiccup looked over the side, concern written all over his face.

She immediately got up from where she was, walking away from the bed to the seating area not far. " Astrid?" He sat up on the bed, the moon light shining through the gap in the tent opening on to his skin.

" I don't want to talk about it" her voice mumbled as she sat on the wooden bench, back facing him.

" Astrid?" He fumbled around under the bed trying to find his leg, he had previously took off the night before. Finally finding it, he pulled it out and started to place it on, once secure he got up slowly and started walking towards where the blonde was sat. She didn't make a move when hearing his steps behind her, however she did flinch when his hand touched her shoulder. He sat next to her on the bench, yet still her back faced him.

" You wanna talk about it?" His had still lingering on her shoulder.

She didn't answer, only shaking her head. He moved closer, now wrapping his arms around her middle, pulling her back into his chest, and firmly resting his chin on her shoulder, but not before kissing that spot behind her ear as a sigh of reassurance.

Even when she tried to show no emotion, she couldn't help but fall into his husbands embrace, letting his arms hold her close, letting him make her feel safe, since they were behind closed curtains of their tent.

" It's okay, it's okay" he hugged her close, letting her small fragile frame sink further into his body, not minding the little pressure.

" It's not okay, I'm now afraid to close my eyes" she whispered quietly. He only kissed the side of her head before speaking up, " it's going to take time astrid, you don't always have to wear this armour, " he gestured to her body language " you can take it off, especially around me. It's only been a day astrid, it going hard, but I'm here for you, every step." She moved her head, so it was resting more into his neck.

" I love you, so much" and he brought her in for a deep kiss.

xx

Dawn was raising onto the calm and peaceful grounds that the Berks camp was based, there was no movement, no body awake, but as soon as the sunlight hits the openings of the campers tent, one by one the vikings awoke. Today was the day that they were to pack up and head home. So as dawn continued the people of Berk started to prepare.

" Right yer wee scallywaggs I don't wanna see anyone of yer lazy arses slacking this mornin, every man and woman up and out before I kick yer out with mi metal leg, yer hear" gobber yelled to all the morning people of the day, as men and women started to leave their tents.

" Yes gobber we hear!" Snot loud screamed as he and ruff were heading to the breakfast tent.

" Oh of course not you snotlout, orders off the chief to let the ex prisoners take it slow today" gobber said wide smile on his face, his moustache turning up at the ends. But snotlout only waved him off heading to the tent holding ruffs hand.

" Gobber?" Erets voice yelled from behind the long moustached man, as he turned to see, Eret and heather came running up behind.

" yes laddie"

" what's our orders?" He asked hands on his hips.

" Simple, just like we planned, start packing things up and put most of the heavy weighted on the remaining dragons, and anything else in the barrels we will push them the half way point. No important orders off the chief, when we get to the half way point we will meet up with spitlout and a few more villages from home," as he continues dagur tuff and fish legs listen in, " and our allies, their we will get a few more dragons to light the load and supplies to keep us going, be able to fly us home, should reach Berk but the end of tonight, hopefully"

" hopefully?" Fish questioned.

" Well its like hiccup said we could run into those who want their slaves back," He nodded over to the group of escapees as they all ate their breakfast and tried their best to regain their strength, val, snotlout and ruff being a few for example.

" Speaking of which were is the chief?" Dagur asked not coping Eret standing pose.

" That my friend is a good question" as the group looked to see their chief and his wife, mulch came running up to the group.

" Eret!" His name being called gained Eret attention, " Eret? You have to tell the chief something"

xx

" chief!" That word, that bloody word was the reason he has nightmares, as his title was yelled hiccup shot up from where he had previously lay in his bed, spooning ever so lovingly his wife.

" I'm up!" He yelled jumping up from his space, the sudden movement waking his wife in the process.

" sorry chief," Eret said as he entered the tent.

" No, whats wrong my friend?"

" Well act nothing, it's the rangers last night they spotted the survivors from the ship wreck, they were fleeing south, away from camp, away from Berk" his smile wider than ever.

" Good, and is everyone preparing to leave?"

" Yes, like you said we are letting the escapees take it easy, but every working men and women are up and started on taking the tents down." Eret was always good at being the chiefs second hand man, that's why hiccup pats himself on the back for giving him the position, even though gobber has his say, since being a second farther hiccup takes his opinions on board, he was getting on the the chiefs second hand needed to be young and alert. Like Eret.

" Thank you Eret, err could you give us a minute to dress and then I will be out with you in a minute" Eret looked at his friends eyes, the eyes of someone who hadn't slept very well, and as he glanced over to where Astrid sat, she too had the same eyes. Rough night. Nodding his head and slowly backing out Eret quickly said.

" Sure, but take your time, not need to rush," and yet again they were alone.

Hiccup turned to astrid who was not perched on the edge of the bed, " sorry for the rude awaking, but when someone wants something they usually just holler.

She giggled as he sat next to her, hands immediately finding hers. " I knew that before I married you"

" Yeah I guess, but everyone is so used to barging in, cause I'm -" He was interrupted.

" Because you were usually alone" she signed.

" Yeah. But enough talk, let's get up, we have a long day after all, but tonight will make all the walking and the lugging all worth it, cause tonight you get to see our son again."

xx

They walked out hand in hand, Hiccup dressed now he usual flight suit, the only difference was the chiefs fur cape he had pinned to his shoulders, when hiccup first became chief and started to wear his farther cape, Astrid had always said how sexy it made him, she still does. To this day only five minutes ago when he threw the cape over his shoulders she made the comment, " I was starting to forget how sexy you look in that cape, it was a real turn on, Still is".

Astrid was just dressed in some brown leggings with her normal fur boots on, making her legs look so tiny, which hiccup always seemed to love, she had a plain cream tunic, one of hiccups night tunics she had begged him for her to wear, but no one would see as she had a woolen coat made out of real goats fur to hide the tunic and to keep her warm from the autumn/winter morning breeze.

Walking out her eyes seemed to adjust to the bright light of sunlight, being stuck in a cage she seem to get used to the dull look of stone walls and cages. She could see her people, the people of Berk and a few men and soldiers from berserker island all walking about packing up camp.

" What time we looking at leaving?" She asked hiccup as the two walked through the camp.

" In about an hour, maybe two at a push, it's all hands on deck" the two were heading towards to were Eret and gobber were having a very heated conversation with his mother, and what hiccup knew about the Haddock women, they were so stubborn.

The two jogged over when they saw the little squabble between the three as they got closer they could hear the conversation become more clearer.

" Because Val it's for your own safety, chiefs orders" gobber said in his reassuring voice, hiccup had only heard that voice a few times in his life time.

" Chief orders or not, I'm more help with carrying boxes than sitting on my arse, I've sat on my ass for the last two years, I need to get up and do things, otherwise I'll just drive myself crazy."

" mrs H no disrespect or anything, we are just concerned of your health" Eret perked up from the side.

" Well laddie I have been perfect health for nearly fifty years so no disrespect to you but I'd rather not take orders from a boy" she spat using that mother voice she had learned to use over the years.

" Mom your not taking orders from anyone, it's just an option," hiccup said jogging up to his mother, Astrid behind him. " we are just think about your physical conditions that's all, if you or any of the escapees want to help then you can help out, but take on milas advice about your physical conditions and just take it easy please mom, that's all I ask." Hiccup said pulling her in for a hug.

" Okay son, that's all I wanted, so where do you need me?" She turned to gobber, who still had a concern look on his face, but one glare from Hiccup he immediately jumped to the task.

" Err well err we could definitely use help in the - the - the" He looked to Eret for support.

" Medical" he slipped out, as it was the first thing that came to mind.

" Yes medical" gobber agreed, " we could use help in medical, you know loading up the supplies to get ready to go. You think your up for it"

" I'm up for anything at the moment" she left the men to head towards the medical tent which was half way done from being all packed up.

" right that's one Haddock dealt with, please tell me your wife isn't going to be as complicated as stoicks" gobber said turning to hiccup, still not seeing the blonde stood behind their chief.

" Actually," Astrid poppednout from behind her husband and gobber had already regretted what he had just said." I was wondering what I could do to help"

The three men looked at each other as the blonde stood there, arms crossed, but no one wanted to take her on, so that's why when hiccup felt the two move slowly away from the couple, he felt as if he was left to talk to his wife, since he was the husband after all.

" Of course Astrid, of course you can help," he didn't want to anger the lion " we just want to make sure you guys take it easy that's all" he could still feel two sets of eyes behind him as the two talked. As hiccup looked over his shoulder he could still see gobber and eret stood watching.

" Err guys?" He glared through his eyes till the lads finally got the message.

" Oh right "

" I have places to be"

the two left, leaving the two alone.

" As I was saying, just be carful, be mindful to what mila said about your condition and don't over do yourself okay" that voice, that face, he only did that when talking to her, she secretly loved it, meant he cared so much. But being Astrid she did an astrid thing.

" Hiccup your doing it again, babying me like I don't know when to stop pushing myself" she crossed her arms once more but hiccup was already questioning her statement with a raised eyebrow.

" What? I can stop myself"

" Yeah and you also let people tell you what to do" his sarcasm slipping out.

" What ever hiccup, I know when to stop hiccup, I'm not as strong as I used to be" and yet again her arms found themselves wrapped around her body in that secure position. A position hiccup had learned was a sorta insecurity thing.

" Okay, and that's why I worry, but if you think you can help, then that's great," she gave him a warm smile and dropped her arms back to the side, as hiccup looked around the camp for any sort of job he could give his wife.

" Okay, your going to hate me for this but, their are men going to pack up our tent in the next fifteen minutes while I'm around camp being chief and all, but I'd really appreciate it if you could go and help, their are some stuff that is important, chief stuff, like maps and plans all in the trunks, so if you could deal with that, that would be great" he gave her a sorta awkward smile unsure how she would take it.

Astrid shrugged her shoulders at the thought, sure there was something better she could do, but right now she would take anything, like valka said, if she just sat down and did nothing she would drive herself mad.

" Sure, Okay"

He knew by that smile she was disappointed by the task, but at least he would know she was safe and not putting herself at risk with just packing up their tent.

" thank you" he placed a kiss on her forehead rubbing both his hands on the sides of her upper arms.

" I'll be here and there for the rest of the day, you need anything, come find me okay" He went to walk off but he got the sense he was leaving her rather upset, so he thought he best leave her in a high note. Stepping closer to her, he scooped her up in his arms and planted a kiss right on her lips. At first it caught her by surprise but finally she sunk into the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling her chief closer to her embrace.

" I really have to go, but I'll try and squeeze a few minutes in to come and see you" pulling her forehead closer to his smirk as large as hers.

" Okay, I'll keep you to that" and once again she watched him walk away.

xx

He should be stood there, he should be doing his job but he could help it. As the men took down the sheets and posts of his tent, he could see Astrid walking around, collecting all the bits of paper, like his maps and plan he had done over the years. He watched as toothless stayed clinging to her legs just like he had asked his best friend to do, helping her pack the clothes into the little pouches that was attached to his back. He should be at work, but as he watched Astrid walk around the remains of his tent, he could help his mind wandering to when he first lost her.

2 years earlier

The ship rocked from side to side, as the long Viking boat sailed through the rough waters of the archipelago. The waters were rough and strong as it hit the sides of the berks four long boats, but that didn't bother the chief. The moans and groans and screams of the wounded filled the air as healers rushed around to stop them from bleeding to death, but that didn't bother the chief. The cries of his son, from the crib that sat next to him, Screeching through the air, letting it travel to all those that could hear, and that didn't bother the chief. He left them, he left his people, he left his home, he left his friend and his mother, he left his wife there. That's what bothered the chief. His mind churned but he couldn't tell if it was the boat or not. The cries of his boy could be hear by everyone but not him, as he turned to the small babe, he could see the boy wailing but could couldn't hear it. He couldn't hear anything, not ever gobber, his farthers loyal friend and a guardian to him, shout his name three times.

" Chief?" No answer.

" Chief?" No answer.

" Chief?!" No answer.

He didn't hear any of it, all he heard was the voices in his head. You left them. You left them. YOU left HER.

It was only when the man hiccup saw as a second farther, crouched down beside him, hand on his shoulder and spoke his name.

" Hiccup?" He turned his head, eyes full of tears and for the first time since they had left the docks of Berk did he speak.

" I left them" the older man only wore concern on his face as he watched this boy he had known since birth question every decision.

" Oh lad, you didn't know-"

" I shouldn't have left them" he rubbed his shoulder for support.

" If we stayed, if you went back, you could have been caught, we all could have been caught, what kinda life is that for your boy, you made the right decision" at the mention of his son, hiccup turn to the still wailing babe, which now became more clear, and loud. A new borns screens could scare away any nightmares you had and replace them with new ones.

The two men now looked at the child." He needs his farther hiccup, he needs human contact. The little laddie has only just been born" gobber tried his best to get the boy to hold his son.

" He needs his mother, and I left her behind" still looking at the baby his mind flooded with guilt.

" stop hiccup, it was not yer fault, yer couldn't have done anymore, or that baby of yers could be spending his first few hours in a cage or worse, they could have killed him because of his importance to you and our village, he is the new hope hiccup, and right now it is yer job to keep that little hope alive. Cause gods help me if yer don't when we get you mrs back I will personally stand on the side lines and watch as she beats you half to death for neglecting you own bloody boy, yer hear?!" His voices raised at the end making him gain the hound chiefs attention.

Without saying another word, hiccup turned to the screaming baby, not knowing what he wanted. Or how to even pick him up.

He awkwardly leaned over, letting his arms come in front and wrap around the small frame of the new born. As he slowly picked him up, he prayed he didn't drop the lad, finally he pulled the babe up to his chest so the little frame was pressed against his flight suit, but the boy still cried.

He turned to gobber for some sort of help, and the older man made a little rocking motion, since when hiccup was a tiny dot gobber would rock him to sleep while his farther was out chiefing.

Following the motion hiccup finally got the hang of it, and the cries started to die down, which earned a thanks off many of the other Viking's on the boat as they could finally hear themselves think.

Hiccup soon got so confident as got up from where he sat and started swaying around the boat, nursing the boy into a hopefully deep sleep. The baby began to coo and gurgle, but ultimately was starting to drift off, and since no one else wanted the screens of the new Haddock member to fill the air, the rest of the boat stayed quiet, whispering and shuffling around.

Especially when Eret walked up to his best mate hugging his small boy in his arms and quietly tried to gain his attention.

" Chief?" He whispered.

Hiccup still swaying not wanting to wake the screaming banshee walked over to his second hand man slowly.

" Yeah" again he whispered back.

" We're here" and hiccup swiftly turned around taking a few steps forward to see, they had made it to berserker island.

xx

Of course the ships of Berk were welcomed in to berserker waters with open arms, and one by one the Viking got off the boats and made their way to the main hall, all wanting to know what will be the next plan of action.

Making their way in hiccup and a few trusted peopl were guided into the back to obviously meet the leaders of this island, and their friends. Eret was first to walk in.

" And who the fuck are you?" Dagur said holding his axe out towards the ex trapper ready to make a move, while heather sat on the side lines, waiting to see what this new face would do.

" Woah woah woah" fishlegs, the jolly, calm, peacemaking of a Man he is stepped in front of the armed man and his tattooed friend not wanting the first ten minutes on this island to become a blood bath.

" Getbout the way fishy, I wouldn't want to harm you beautiful face with my axe when I throw it at the intruder." Marking his aim, making Eret become more threatened.

" You wouldn't want to do that laddie" gobber was next to walk in, along with tuffnut as well, who was still in a daze at the thought of loosing his twin.

" And why is that?" Dagur being Dagur questioned.

" Because he's my second hand man, and also my friend" hiccup walked in behind the two, it had taken him longer due to the babe on his shoulder. As soon as he walked in Dagur dropped his weapon and heather shot up from her seat, seeing the tiny human in his hands. She walked over quickly, ignoring all the rest and came up to the two lads.

" Well hello" she spoke softly as he greeting was obviously meant for the little one.

" May I?" She gestured for her to take the baby off him and holding him herself. A bit unsure at first he slowly handed his son to her. His son, his boy. The only thing he had left of his wife right now.

" Oh hello cutie," she took the baby from him, holding his tiny frame in her arms rocking the still sleepy boy side to side.

" You look just like your daddy, maybe even cuter," she turned to hiccup at this stage, " what's his name?"

" Stoick" he answered, with a smile on his face as he now looked at his boy properly. A few gasps from the others for hearing his name for the first time.

" Hello stoick, Yes you definitely are cuter that your daddy, but I bet you have your mother's temper hey?" She held the little one close, but could feel tension rise in the room at the mention of the chiefs wife.

" Where is astrid?" She looked over to hiccup who's face fell. She then turned to the other who's faces did the same. " and ruff? And snot? Where are our friends? Where is your mom hic?" She now faced hiccup, who couldn't bring himself to look up.

" What happened at Berk? Why are you here?" He finally lifted his head, " we were attacked, they came out of no where. You remember that terrible terror I sent you the other month, about the slaughters and the slave trade. It was them, they came in the night and before we knew it we were surrounded and astrid was in labour. We didn't stand a chance." She couldn't read through the lines, she didn't know what that meant for her friends.

" Oh my god are they dead?"

" We don't know?" Tuff spoke up.

" And you left them?" She looked over to hiccup who had still kept his head down sheepishly.

" they could be killed, or taken, or tortured. And you left them?" She yelled at him, the baby still in her arms, none of them noticed that he began to stir.

" Easy lass" gobber said. That's when Dagur came up to her. " easy sister, war has casualties, but it's our job to get justice for them casualties." He put his hands on her shoulders easing her breathing down as well as her temper.

" There is no one that blames themselves more than me" hiccup voice spoke out, gaining the brother and sisters attention.

" I'm sorry, it's just you guys have been my friends for nearly 10 years. I'm sorry hiccup, I know how much astrid means to you." The small cries of stoick got everyone's attention as hiccup shuffled closer to his raven haired friend to take his boy back.

" Here, I got him" he took the small bundle off of her, pulling his son up into his arms. Which caused Dagur to maybe take some action with their guests on their island.

" I think we need to to get you guys some rooms, you need some rest, but hiccup tonight I will personally send out terrible terrors to our allies all around the archipelago, they attacked the heart of the archipelago alliance, you brought the six most strongest tribes together and now one of them tribes is down, we will bring the alliance system together, just like we sighed it for." He placed a strong, firm hand on his shoulder.

" Dagur," he started, but for once he was lost for words, he had forgotten the alliance system he had set up 2 years ago when they had first heard of these slaughters and slave trades going around the seas of the archipelago, it was actually astrid when they were just newly weds suggested that Berk and five other strong Viking tribes form an alliance against this threat, and it worked.

" No need to day anything brother, tonight you rest, but tomorrow, we will answer the drums of war. They can not get away with this hiccup, they will not get away with this, this drago will finally learn what the six tribes of the archipelago can do." All Hiccup could do was smile, as the exhaustion and sorrow was catching up on him, it had been a long, hard day. And now at like four in the morning, all he need was sleep, so he could regain his strength and figure out a plan to get his people back.

" come, I'll show you guys to your rooms, we will set up some tents for you" him and heather started to guide the other out, but as they walked out to were the tents were already being put up, Dagur dragged Hiccup and the new Haddock member a side.

" No brother, you can have my room for you stay here" confused at what his deranged friend was saying, Hiccup didn't know what to say.

" What?"

" You really think I'm going to let a new born sleep in a tent, no, the babe needs a warm room, you take mine and I'll take your tent. I insist." With one pat on the shoulder Dagur went to leave to help the rest but didn't get far as hiccups voice called him back.

" Dagur?" The Chief turned around to the other chief, " you can call him stoick, you are his deranged uncle after all" he shot his friend the famous hiccup smirk, as Dagur really took to heart the statement his friend had made.

" Thank you brother" and he finally left the two.

xx

The two haddocks walked into the chiefs house, and immediately hiccups eyes fell onto heather pouring him a drink, he stopped after closing the door, she walked up to him and handed him the steaming hot cup.

" It's herbal tea, supposed to help you sleep." She said with a smile, Hiccup gladly excepted, but as he did stoick began to stir awake in his arms and soon enough he was back to rocking his baby boy, trying to get him back to sleep.

" Got anything for him?" He joked, but heather only laughed, " unfortunately no, but I hear babies can be stubborn like that, or maybe it's just because he's a Haddock" the haddock boy only cried more as the two laughed at heathers little tease.

" I'll leave you too it then" she walked out leaving Hiccup with his son, but the moment she had left Hiccup suddenly felt really lonely, as the boy only screamed louder and hiccup felt a little more useless.

The boy cried for what seemed to be hours, hiccup tried everything that came to mind, rocking him, swaying with him, finally he placed him in the crib that Dagur had provided and slowly rocking him back and forth in that wooden crib.

But his son would not sleep it got to half five in the morning and hiccup had finally released he had been awake for 24 hours and he could feel it on his eyelids.

Finally as he felt it couldn't get any worse, the door of the bedroom opened and a familiar face walked in, Phlegma the fierce, she was know as a physiatrist, but hiccup saw her as a scientist as well, one who liked to take risks and test things for herself.

" Hello Chief" she said, she seemed well, like she had a full nights sleep, probably cause she did.

" Hi phlegma what can I do for you?" His groggy voice came out more quietly than he planned.

" Well it's actually what I can do for you, would you mind if I took him for a few hours, you could You the rest, and he could use the feed" at first he thought it was an amazing idea, sleep, something so simple but right now Hiccup would kill for it. But then the word 'feed' caught his attention and it got him thinking, stoick hadn't been fed since he was born, a new born was supposed to share that contact with its mother , guessing he won't be sharing that contact with Astrid for a while now.

" Right," he got up, picking up his son in the process, the babe still screeched loudly.

" He was supposed to share that with his mother" he still rocked with the boy in his arms, not knowing if he wanted his son to bond with another woman.

" I understand that Chief, but the poor babe needs a feed, he's starving. It won't be personal I promise, no bonding I'll just feed him and that's it." Hiccup looked between the two, but as the wailing got louder hiccup could only cave.

" Okay fine, when will you be bringing him back" he watched as the older woman took the boy off of him, he remembered her teaching him as a kid and now he was handing her his own child. His own child.

" As soon as you have had a good few hours sleep, I'll see you later Chief" she walked out the room, taking his son with him, and finally he could finally hear himself think.

xx

Phlegma brought stoick back to Hiccup around 11:30 that morning, he had got a few hours sleep, but once awake he had found that he felt much more energised and was ready for the next part of the plan to get his people back. But before he could bring himself in front of all those people that depended on him, right now he just wanted to see his boy.

As soon as she walked through the front door, hiccup shot ion from the eating area, where Dagur and heather had joined in for late breakfast. He ran over and immediately took the little boy from her arms hugging the boy close. He hadn't released how much he missed him.

" He's a little angel when he is all fed. I've fed him twice this morning, he was really hungry, I'll be here and there throughout the day when you need me Chief, but he shouldn't need feeding for a few hours anyway." She informed him.

" Thank you Phlegma, really I hadn't released how much he would actually need a mother more than me." He gave a sad smile but still hugged the boy close.

" No need for thanks chief, I've had three boys myself and if for some reason I couldn't have been there for mine I would have wanted someone else to be. And he does need his farther, more than you know. But just a little advice Chief?" She asked before continuing.

" Please anything"

" then next time you try to hush a baby to sleep, next time maybe take off you flight suit and even your tunic, babies like human contact, skin on skin. That way you can be mom and dad in one, if you get me" she said it quite awkwardly, not wanting to offend her chief about fartherinf a child. But hiccup was learning and took the advice on.

" Thank you, I will" and with one final smile she left, but Hiccup didn't return to his friends, he took the boy upstairs to have a little time with the boy himself.

" Hey buddy, I'm your daddy, you have been so brave these last few hours. And I know I'm not the best mom and dad, but I'm trying, I really am. You know it's hard being a parent, there is no book on being a parent, however their should be Hey. But listen to me buddy, I'm not going to rest until I bring your mother back to you, it might take years but I'm going to tell you I will bring her back. And I'm not going to let you forget her, I'll tell you a story every night about her, but no matter how long it takes, I will not abandon you, cause you are my boy, you are my everything."