Berk
Hiccup fell to his knees, his eyes glued to pile of ash that now rested where his father had once stood. He was in misery, his mind was full of sorrow, his expression was mortified. Astrid slowly placed a hand upon his shoulder, she could see the many emotions rushing throughout his head through his eyes. Depression, sadness, loss. She could see them all.
Hiccup, he couldn't feel anything in his body, his mind was so focused upon the pile of ash that was his father, he felt coldness in his heart, a coldness created from the death of his father. He ached with pain, pain from this hellish act. This Omicronus had, in a single act, reduced his father to nothing but a pile of ash, he had brought him to his knees. A single act was all it had taken. And Hiccup, he was still processing what had just happened. Everything that had happened, had happened for a reason, but the question was, why? Hiccup had no idea. Of all his intelligence, he had no idea why this Omicronus had killed his father.
"Hiccup.." Astrid began, her voice soft and full of concern and worry. "Are you ok?" The question hung in the air, Hiccup remained still, his eyes refusing to move away from the pile of dust. Letting her mouth open a small bit, she let out a small breath. With a sigh, Astrid brought Hiccup into a hug. "Hiccup, you're going to get through this." Hiccup remained still, his eyes slowly moving away from the pile of ash. "Astrid..." Hiccup stopped, his mind racing to find the right words. "I, I can't, I can't go on." Astrid placed gave a small kiss to his forehead, pulling his head so that it was level with hers. Her gaze soon met hers. "Hiccup, don't say that."
Leaning her head inwards, their foreheads met. "You can make it, you need to believe, to honour him." Hiccup allowed a few tears to fall down his face. "He's dead, he killed him, that demon killed him. He killed him right before my eyes." Astrid gazed deep into Hiccup's eyes. She could see the pain he was going through. "Hiccup, if you give up, all you fought for, all you've done, would be for nothing, his death would be for nothing." Hiccup closed his eyes. His breathing was heavy. "I, I can't Astrid, he's done so much, if he can strike down my dad from anywhere, then why bother fight back." Astrid placed her hands upon his. "Hiccup, look at me." Hiccup opened his eyes. Green met blue. "I have nothing, I'm alone, weak, worthless." Astrid kept her gaze lovingly. Searching deep into Hiccup's eyes for something. But all she found was defeat. "Hiccup, he's getting to you, don't let him win, if you give up, he wins. And we all die." Hiccup glanced down. "I can't, it's impossible."
Astrid was quick to lift hiccup onto her shoulders, marching back up to their home. Asger watched from Dagmar's arms. "Aunt Dagmar, what's wrong with Daddy and Mummy?" Dagmar sighed. "Asger, something happened at the docks, but I'll let your parents inform you of what happened." Asger glanced up. "Why?" Dagmar closed her eyes. "It isn't my place to tell." Asger sighed, watching as everyone moved about with sadness.
Inside, Astrid placed Hiccup down, glancing right into his eyes, she sighed. "Hiccup, listen to me. You are not alone, you are not weak and you are not worthless. You are everything Berk needs, you're everything the Archipelago needs. Don't let him get to your head, don't let him win." Hiccup sighed, his eyes closed. "But he's already won." Astrid was quick to slap him. "He hasn't won, you're just allowing yourself to believe that." Hiccup ignored the pain, his eyes darting towards Astrid. He could see the worry and concern in them. It's useless, I can't go on." Astrid let out a deep breath. "Hiccup Haddock, get ahold of yourself. Do you even understand what your saying. Where's the Hiccup I knew, the one I married, the one who I had a child with. Where is he?" Hiccup glanced down in shame, his mind slowly processing his fathers death. "He, I. I'm sorry Astrid, everything has.." Hiccup paused. Placing a hand upon his forehead. "Everything has just happened so fast that I don't know what to do, I just, feel lost." Astrid placed a small hand upon his shoulder. Placing another hand upon the bottom of his chin, she lifted his head. Eyes meeting, green meeting blue. "Hiccup, you have friends, you have allies, you have me by your side, your mother, my parents, Fishlegs, the twins, Gobber, Spitelout, Boltar, Camicazi, Finn, Gustavo, Frode, the dragons, we're all here for you. You're not alone, and you never were." Hiccup nodded, his mind coming to peace with his father's death. "We, we need to organise my fathers funeral. Then we need to organise our defenses. Omicronus won't hold back, I can say that much." Astrid smirked. "There's the Hiccup I knew. We need to inform Asger of what's happened as well." Hiccup gave a small nod in confirmation.
Someone said that Stoick's death was a low blow. But look at the impact it had upon Hiccup, this is only the first day. But also part one of the first day.