Disclaimer: I do not own How to Train Your Dragon.
Author's Note: Welcome to Scars! Hope enjoy! Also none of my stories are canon to each other unless I mention it is so "Scars" is not canon to "Island of Youth"
Time Period: Race to Edge after the season finale assuming all is well dandy.
The morning came as Astrid stretched awake and saw Hiccup still sleeping, but Toothless was awake as he watched Hiccup sleep. She walked over and requested, "Keep an eye on him while I'm gone. Take him to the Great Hall when he's ready."
Toothless nodded as Astrid walked down and headed to the Great Hall as she carried her axe still worried about the events from yesterday. She looked at the horizon as the sun began to rise as she commented upset, "That Stormcutter is still going to come back. What are we going to do?"
Astrid walked through the village in hopes to clear her mind, but when she arrived at the Great Hall her mind was still filled with the possibilities of what could happen today at sunset.
At the forge, Gobber setted up his tools for the day when he heard a booming voice greet him, "Mornin' Gobber!"
Gobber turned around to see Stoick with Skullcrusher right behind him as Gobber greeted back with a slightly wavering tone, "Stoick! You're back early!"
"Yes, apparently the meeting finished earlier then expected. So anything happen while I was gone?" asked Stoick as he dusted his hands off.
"Well, Hiccup and the other Riders are back," answered Gobber as he fiddled with his hook from his back as he didn't wish to tell Stoick about the other "thing".
"Oh, are they? Well, where's my son?" asked Stoick as he didn't see Hiccup in the forge.
"I'm not sure. Don't know if he's still sleepin' or hangin' in the Great Hall," answered Gobber as he hoped Hiccup was back to his usual self.
"Oh thank you Gobber," thanked Stoick as he walked in the direction towards the Great Hall.
When Gobber looked to see Stoick was out of hearing distant he muttered, "Let's pray to Odin that dragon doesn't come today."
Stoick entered the Great Hall when he saw the Riders, but no Hiccup, he walked over and greeted, "Welcome back Riders."
"Chief! You're back early," commented Fishlegs surprised at his timing.
"Welcome home, Chief," greeted Astrid as the other Riders waved at him.
"Is Hiccup around?" asked Stoick as he looked around for any sign of Hiccup or Toothless.
"No, I believe he's still-," started Astrid before the Great Hall doors opened and Hiccup and Toothless walked in. "Nevermind."
Hiccup saw his dad as he said shocked, "Dad? You're back early. What happened to the meeting?"
"Oh, just finished earlier than we thought. What about you why are you back on Berk?" asked Stoick as he gave a gentle, to him anyway, pat on the back to Hiccup.
"Oof! Uh Gobber actually sent us to help with a dragon problem," answered Hiccup as he rubbed his back from the "pat".
"Dragon problem? Gobber never mentioned any dragon problem to me," replied Stoick confused at this news.
"He might of just forgot at the moment," replied Hiccup as he didn't know any other reason why Gobber would not mention it.
"You're probably right," agreed Stoick as frowned at the thought of his best friend hiding secrets. "So is the dragon still attacking?"
"Uh yeah. We couldn't chase it off yesterday, but maybe you can help us today," admitted Hiccup as he rubbed his head embarrassed at the thought of what happened yesterday to happen again.
"Excellent. When does this dragon show up?" asked Stoick as he stroked his beard as he tried to think of strategies.
"At sunset. Our plan is to try our plan we wanted to do yesterday, since we had an unnecessary ahem mishap," answered Hiccup as he didn't wish to tell his father it was his fault they failed.
"You mean your panic attack?" asked Tuffnut as he wondered why Hiccup didn't just say that.
"Panic attack? What panic attack?" asked Stoick worriedly as Hiccup groaned quietly.
"It was nothing! I'm fine," insisted Hiccup as he didn't really want to talk about. "I swear it was a just a moment of weakness."
"Hiccup, be honest what caused it," asked Stoick as he didn't want Hiccup to hold out on him.
"I don't know," half-lied Hiccup as he at least had better idea at it then before.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Well, alright," said Stoick as he dropped the matter.
They then went back to their food as they talked about different topics but every once in while the Riders and Stoick looked at Hiccup worriedly.
When the sun setted the Riders returned to their position, with the addition of Stoick. Stoick stayed with Hiccup and Astrid as they waited for the dragon to arrive. Then came that familiar screech which made Stoick go stiff as he whispered in a deadly tone, "I know that dragon call anywhere."
Astrid grabbed Hiccup's hand as Toothless looked around protectively. When the Stormcutter arrived Stoick whispered, "No. It couldn't be."
Hiccup didn't look at the Stormcutter till Stoick yelled a war cry as he charged at the dragon as Hiccup yelled, "DAD! NO!"
Hiccup rushed over as he tried to stop Stoick from attacking the dragon as he said, "No! Dad! That's still an innocent dragon!"
"That dragon is anything but innocent!" yelled Stoick as he tried to swing at the dragon.
When Hiccup and Stoick jumped in the other Riders jumped in with their dragons as they tried to attack the Stormcutter. The Stormcutter screeched in anger as it breathed fire as Stoick and Hiccup ducked to avoid it. Hiccup felt the heat as he began to hear a more distant roars of dragons like in the days when they raided before he began to see the vision again. His breathing grew heavy again. It was getting hotter by the minute before suddenly all he saw was black.
Astrid saw what happened as she saw Hiccup go limp on the ground as she charged over as she went over and asked Stoick, "What happened?! Is he okay?"
"I don't know. That darn beast attacked us and Hiccup went out cold. Get him outta here!" ordered Stoick as Astrid grabbed Hiccup and carried him towards Toothless and Stormfly to a danger free zone.
Astrid brushed the sweat off Hiccup's face as she begged, "Please wake up. We need you."
She kissed his forehead as she stood up and turned to dragons and requested, "Watch him."
They nodded before she whispered, "We'll be back."
After the dragons chased off the Stormcutter once more but it still screeched in angry as a sign that it was going to come back. Astrid and Stoick rushed over to Hiccup to make sure he was alright.
"Hiccup!"
"Son!"
When they came by the dragons he groaned as he held his head and saw Astrid and his dad as he asked upset, "Did-did I black out again?"
Astrid nodded sadly as Stoick hugged him tightly as he whispered, "I was worried I might lose you to that dragon again."
The Riders went silent as Astrid asked, "Again?"
Stoick realized what he said as he sighed, "Yes, again. This is not the first time I had faced that dragon."
"When did you face a Stormcutter? Gobber said the last one that came to Berk was eighteen years ago," wondered Fishlegs intrigued at the history with the dragon and Berk.
"Yes, it was one of the darkest days that Berk ever had to go through," whispered Stoick as he still remembered that night vividly.
"What happened?" asked Hiccup as he wondered why he kept this secret for so long.
"Let's talk at the house," suggested Stoick as he began to lead them to the house. "I mean everyone, this is something you might wish to learn.
When everyone arrived in the home Stoick sat in his chair as he asked, "Did any of your parents act strangely when you arrived home, or perhaps tell you might've happened with the last Stormcutter arrived here?"
"Our mom smothered us for a good while."
"My parents kept checking to see if I was alright every once in awhile."
"My dad, just told me not to get too close to the dragon."
"Astrid? What about you?" asked Stoick as he hadn't heard her answer.
"I haven't really seen them much, but when I did they did seem more worried," Astrid admitted as she only saw them that morning.
Stoick nodded as he said, "They're probably worried they won't see you again."
That caught everyone's attention as Hiccup asked, "Why?"
"Cause the last time that a Stormcutter came on Berk it took something that no one could replace… a mother," answered Stoick as he took off his helmet and caressed it softly. "More specifically Hiccup's mother."
Everyone gasped in shock as Hiccup froze as he began to connect more dots in his vision as he asked, "What happened?"
Stoick sighed as he stared at the fire as he began to tell the story, "Most of you were just babes when this happened. In the days where dragons raided us, I was fighting them when I heard a crash in my home. I rushed in when I saw Hiccup crying and a Stormcutter cornering Valka. I threw an axe to help Valka escape but the dragon attacked and fire surrounded us. The Stormcutter was still cornering Valka, but Hiccup was closer so I saved him but before I could save Valka I saw the Stormcutter flying away with her as Valka screamed for me. Hiccup and I nearly died that night, but Valka wasn't so fortunate."
Everyone, both Dragons and Riders, stayed silent they couldn't believe the story. Toothless curled up by Hiccup as tears formed in his eyes as he touched the scar on his chin.
"Oh Hiccup," whispered Astrid at the state he, and to an extension Stoick, were in.
Stoick looked up from the fire as he saw Hiccup touch the scar as he said, "That's where you got that scar."
"All this time. I wondered why I was scared about that dragon, but it wasn't even that dragon. It was just it's species," whispered Hiccup shocked as suddenly his vision made sense. The sight of the Stormcutter made a small part him fear that he would die or taken.
"So what are we going to do with that Stormcutter?" asked Snotlout still feeling emotional about the story about his aunt.
"We still need to get it off Berk. Whatever happened in the past happened. I need to face the present, so when that dragon returns we're going to get it off Berk for good," answered Hiccup with grief in his tone, but it was overpowered by his determination.
A.N: Only one more chapter. See you next time