Me: Hey guys, hope you had a great Christmas and a happy new year!
Sorry for the late update. I was once again admitted in the hospital cause of an incurable infection they found in my system…like they did last year. I practically stayed at the hospital for about two weeks and went home with a picc line and IV antibiotics treatment for twelve days. I'm somewhat alright now, but I'm still recovering from lose of using my arm since I couldn't move it much with the picc line even though I was doing some exercises, but for some odd reason, when I had the picc line, it hurt like hell…as for the liver masses, they are not cancer, so some good news. I just have to wait to know if they are going to remove them or not since they are slightly small. Thanks for the support guys!
To those who reviewed: Mariah, Echoflight21, Vanitas' Queen21, CrisDLZ and zaylo267 – I thank you all!
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CrisDLZ: I know what you mean about authors that stop their stories after a few months or years even…but I'm not like that. The only reason why I don't update is cause I got sick and was admitted into the hospital once again. Or writers block. Or doctor's appointments I need to go. So if you notice that I haven't update, is one of those reasons.
Anyway, hope you had a wonderful year of 2018 and all you have an excellent year of 2019. Enjoy the new update!
Three months has passed and as promised, Hiccup would go back to Berk to visit Gobber with one or two of his friends during the night.
One night, Gobber asked Hiccup, Jack and Johnny to help him out of upgrading the villagers' weaponries. They agreed and within an hour they had finished about half of the town's weapons.
"Thanks for thy help lads," said Gobber.
"No problem, but why do you need to upgrade the weaponries?" asked Hiccup as Jack and Johnny were resting on nearby sits.
"The blasted Outcasts have declared war on us!" replied Gobber, angrily. "Ever since the dragons stopped raiding, Alvin and the Outcasts were trying to take Berk from us."
"Outcasts?" said Johnny.
"Bunch of no good former Vikings," said Gobber. "Their leader, Alvin was labeled a traitor a few years ago, before Stoick became Chief. Before a dragon raid, Stoick and Alvin got into a fight on how to repel the attack. Alvin didn't listen, resulting to several injuries. When your father became Chief, he banished Alvin and those who followed him during that attack."
"Seriously?" said Jack. "Just cause one incident, he thought Alvin was dangerous or something?"
"Aye. Stoick couldn't risk another," said Gobber, before looking out through the window, "You'd better get going. Tonight Astrid and Ruffnut are patrolling tonight."
Hiccup nodded before the three headed out of Gobber's house.
As they were flying from Raven Point, Hiccup looked down at the sea to see two stray ships, hiding behind a large mountain rock. He gave a silent signal to his friends to land. They flew to the top of the mountain rock and carefully lean their bodies to the ground and looked down at the ships.
"Report!"
"Nothing as usual, sir. Looks like their blacksmith is making new weapons through."
"Mm…then we strike before they know it! We attack by dawn!"
Carefully, Hiccup got up, away from the edge of the mountain cliff with narrow eyes. He looked over at his friends, "I don't know about you, but I'm not going to allow them attack Berk."
Jack crossed his arms, "Those bastards deserve what they get after what they did to you. Give me one good reason I – we should help them with their problem?"
"…it's still my home. It's the place I was born and…where Gobber lives," answered Hiccup.
Jack drowned his arms down before messing around his hair. He hissed, "If we die, I'm going to haunt you for the rest of your life, Ciel. Let's go before I changed my mind."
Hiccup chuckled, "Johnny, stay here. Be a lookout for us."
"Got it! Have fun knocking down some Outcasts," said Johnny.
-Scotland, castle grounds-
Ever since the Yule Ball, everyone in Scotland knows about Hiccup's origins. And there wasn't any hatred towards the ex-Viking since his own people treated him horribly just because he was different.
Currently, Hiccup, Jack and Johnny were at the castle grounds with the others and telling them what had happen last night which would explain why Hiccup and Jack looked like a mess.
"You two did what?!" said Olette.
Jack grinned, "We fought some nasty Outcast Vikings! And merlin, it was brilliant! They didn't even saw us. They thought they were fighting raging dragons."
"You shouldn't be worried, Olette. They were brilliant," said Johnny. "Since the two of them train together, they fought in sync along with their dragons."
Olette crossed her arms, "It's not that I was worried…"
"Then what?" asked Jameson.
Olette gritted her teeth, "I wasn't there beating the crap out of those bastards!"
Jack and Scot smirked, knowing how much Olette really wants to fight a Viking. Jack leaned over to her face, "Aw, does little red wanted to fight some bulky idiots?"
Hiccup, Scot and Jameson step aside from Jack as Olette leap onto him and started wrestling him. Rosaline and Anna giggled.
"Is it just me or does those two fight like a married couple?" whispered Rosaline.
"It's not just you," whispered Scot.
"So what are you going to do about the leader of the Outcasts?" asked Anna. "I don't think just one lost, they will give up just like that."
"You're right," said Hiccup. "This war between Berk and the Outcasts has to end, and the only way to do it is to finish off one party."
"And that party has to be the filthy Outcasts and Alvin," said Jack. He turned to Hiccup, "Should we tell our parents? Your dad and the elites can help us out."
"It would be wise, Ciel," said Scot. "We just barely started to learn on how to fight. While you are a fair match towards Jack, you still have trouble fighting Olette and Jamie."
Hiccup sighed, "You have a point there…alright. I'll tell my dad to have a meeting with his elites and to bring you guys along. Don't say anything until then, got it?"
Scot, Olette and Jameson nodded while Jack saluted.
Two days passed and Hiccup was standing next to his adopted father. His elites were standing next in front of them with their children.
"So what's meeting about General?" asked Irvin.
"Actually, this meeting was arranged by my son," replied Victor. His elites gave him a questionable look before their children walked over to Hiccup.
"There's…a war between my old homeland and an island of Outcasts Vikings," explained Hiccup, seriously. The elites got a surprise looked, but stayed silent. "…even though I shouldn't be bothered about it…there is one person I am worried about…and that is my old mentor, Gobber; he is the blacksmith in our little village."
"So you want us to fight these 'low life' Outcasts just to protect your former mentor," questioned Alexander.
"He's more than a mentor, sir," said Jack. He gritted his teeth, "He was the only one that listened to Hiccup. Gobber paid more attention to Hiccup than his own biological father ever did!"
"He practically raised him," said Jameson.
"We've…been sort of visiting him during a few nights for the past three months," said Olette. "And he's not that bad, once you get to know him. He's pretty funny."
The elites looked at each other with an uncertain look before nodding.
"Alright, so what's the game plan?" asked Jackson.
Hiccup and the teens smiled before laying out a few strategies on the table. After a few minutes, Hiccup noticed two figures entering the training grounds.
"Anna? King Charles?" said Hiccup.
"Charlie, what are you doing here?" asked Victor.
Charles laughed, "Why I'm here to join in the fun. I may be king, but I'm no slacker. You really think I'm allowing my best General and his elites go into battle alone – no, I am not. Count me – no – us in!"
"Us?" said Cyrus.
Pandora widened her eyes, "Princess, are you joining in the fight as well?"
Anna placed her hands onto her hips, "But of course. Just like my father says, 'I'm no slacker' either. I'm not allowing my best friends go into battle alone."
Victor smirked, "Like father, like daughter…alright, you two are in."
"Question, how are we going over there?" asked Francis. He lifts his eyebrow, "Only the kids minus Pandora and Victor have dragons, while the rest of us don't."
Victor and Hiccup had a mischievous smirk.
-Outcast Island, night-
"Is the ships ready?"
"Ay, Alvin and the prisoner."
Alvin smirked, "Perfect. Using that brat would make us victorious! Not even Stoick can't say no to an innocent child."
The Outcasts chuckled a bit before loading up their weapons into the ships. But as they were loading up their last cargo, a blast of two blue fireballs hit one of their ship sail. The two blasts burned two holes into the sail.
Alvin looked up and saw a few familiar figures, flying around their island. He gritted his teeth, "I thought those blasted beast disappeared a year ago! Forget Berk! Go to the catapults and kill those dragons!"
The Outcasts nodded before running into position where their catapults were at. They loaded up large boulders and started firing when they saw the dragons getting closer. That's when one of the Outcasts saw something unbelievable.
"S-Sir…th-there…th-there…"
"What is it?!" snapped Alvin.
"Th-There is people riding on the dragons…"
"What?!" said Alvin. He ran over to the highest cliff and looked up at the dragons. He squint his eyes and on one of the Monstrous Nightmare's back was a person. He widened his eyes, "How…is…that – possible?! How can someone control those blasted beasts?! What are you waiting for?! Knock one of them down!"
The Outcasts continued to fire while the dragons and their riders continued to fight. That's when some of the riders jumped down from the dragons and pulled out their swords and started charging at them.
Alvin didn't recognize any of the outfits they were wearing, but he knows that they were not from around here. They had heavy armor, larger and stronger weapons and one of men had an actually gold crown on his head.
"Attack! Don't hold back!" ordered Alvin.
Some of the Outcasts pulled out their axes and the other weapons they stole from other islands and started charging at the mysterious enemies.
Alvin went over and attacked one of the younger soldiers. He had a dark armor with a dark sword. The young teen had auburn hair and what looked like green eyes. "Come here you brat!" he shouted.
The auburn teen turned around and blocked his axe attack with his black sword. As he was about to attack again when the auburn teen swiftly used his sword to knock out the axe from Alvin's hands then he knocked him out of from the ground by kicking his legs.
Alvin gritted his teeth before using his leg to knock off the teen as well. The auburn teen barely saw this coming and ended up stumbling a bit before Alvin kicked him onto his chest. The auburn teen winced a bit before barely dodging out of Alvin's punches.
"Fight like a man, brat!" snapped Alvin.
"If that's what you wish, fine," said the auburn teen.
Alvin went forth and was about to punch the auburn teen when the teen was able to stop his hand by catching it. The Outcast leader was impressed by the strength of the skinny teen, but he was not planning to lose against him. He sent another punch with his other hand, but the teen somehow was able to use his arm as a lever to pull himself up and kicked his face. His nose cracked a bit and blood was flowing out of his nostrils.
"You're going to pay for that!" snapped Alvin, holding onto his bleeding nose.
"Go ahead and try," challenged one of the older men. He walked over to him and pointed his sword to his face, "Your men have fallen while the rest of them run like crowds. You are the only one that is fighting a losing battle."
Alvin gritted his teeth before letting out a scream.
"Tie him down. His sentence will be given in a week's time. We'll use one of their boots to sail back to Scotland."
Alvin widened his eyes, "S-Scotland?! You're-You're the king!"
Charles simply nodded his head before walking over to Hiccup and Victor. "Did you find anything in the loaded ships?"
"Just weapons…and surprisingly a young girl," replied Victor. "My men just let her out when she informed them that she and her parents were captured by the Outcasts a few weeks ago. We had two Outcasts to release them before we sail out."
"What's her name?" asked Charles.
"Heather," replied Hiccup. "Vincent and Alexander are getting a ship ready for her and her parents so they can return home."
"Then this fight was not a waste of time then," said Francis as he walked over to them. "The ships are loaded with the captured Outcasts and their leader. The reserved ship is ready for the young girl and her family as well."
"At least it gave us a decent fight," said Irvin. He smirked, "It's been quite some time when we had a serious fight. Good to know that Vicky's training is not a waste of time either."
Charles let out bark laughter while Victor's eyes twitched.
Hiccup step aside and walked over to where his friends were at. He laughed, sheepishly, "Um…Jack…I think your dad will be in a world of pain after this."
"Why?" asked Jack as he looked over to see Victor snapping at his father. He winced, "I get a feeling that he said something he was not supposed to say, correct?"
Hiccup simply nodded.
The others made a straight face, "Of course."
"Like father, like son," murmured Olette.
"Well, I think you fought pretty well, Ciel," said Pandora. "It's been only a year and you have improved quite greatly. Those lessons have been good for you, has it?"
Hiccup smiled, "Yea, they have. Not only I have been training with my dad, but I have been sparring with Olette. She's quite a fighter in her temper mode or not."
Olette smirked, "See Jack? Even Ciel admits who's the better fighter. And he doesn't cry like a little baby if he loses a match."
Jack gritted his teeth, "Ciel just started while we started when we were twelve. And I will not lose to you, Patterson! Not until we are even!"
"That's the day when pigs fly," murmured Jameson. Hiccup and the others were able to hear and started to laugh.
When dawn breaks, Jack had a few of the dragons to pull the ship with the captured outcasts and Alvin while Charles and his elites stay on board. The teens stay behind a bit to make sure that Heather and her family was alright.
"Are you positive?" asked Hiccup.
"Quite positive," replied Heather, a girl with black hair and light green eyes. "I would just like to say thank you for saving me and my parents. If it wasn't for you and your army…I don't know…"
"No problem, pretty girl," said Jack. "It's a knight's duty to protect to those who need it!"
"A…knight?" said Heather.
"We don't live around here, if you have not noticed," said Olette as Heather nodded. "We live in Scotland at the mainland by the sea."
"Oh," said Heather. "No Scotland people ever sail over these waters. Scotland and Vikings…don't have a very good history together."
"Well, that's from current history, but way back then, Scotland was made by traveling Vikings who wanted to make a settlement of their own," said Hiccup.
"Really? Then I guess I'll try…visit you guys in Scotland, if I can that is," said Heather.
"Oh, that would be wonderful," said Anna, happily. "And if you like, you and your family can move in as well. Don't worry; my people will welcome you as long as you are peaceful."
"Your…people – you're the princess?!" said Heather. "But-But why are you fighting?!"
Anna snorted, "A woman can fight as good as a man. I don't need someone – a man – to protect me all day. As long as I have hands and a fighting spirit, hand me a sword and I'll show you how good I am in a fight."
Heather was quite impressed with Anna's speech while Ciel shook his head with a smile.
"Well, we better get going," said Hiccup, mounting onto Toothless' saddle. "We will be able to catch up with the others if we go now."
The others nodded but as they were mounting onto their dragons, Heather stopped them.
"Wait, what are your names?"
"Princess Anna, but just Anna to my friends."
"Olette Patterson."
"Jack McKnight, at your service."
"Scot Reid."
"Jameson Avalon, young maiden."
"Pandora McClelland."
"…Ciel Ryder."
"Thank you…all of you. And I hope someday we will meet again," said Heather, softly. Hiccup nodded before they all flew to the sky. Heather watched as they faded into the sunset. Her parents walked over to her before they board the ship and headed back home.
-Break Line-
What you guys think? Should Heather move into Scotland and become one of Hiccup's new elites when he becomes King?