Journal Entries

August 16, 1014

The gods hate me. That's the only possible explanation for how my life got here. Both Fishlegs and Astrid told me that I disgust them. I really like Astrid and I ended up crying when she ditched me. In response, she gave me a black eye and a split lip. Now all five of the kids use me as a punching bag. I hate it: not everyone has a desire to disfigure their bodies. I tried to tell my dad, but he wouldn't even to me: he just somehow ignored the fact that I'm covered in cuts and bruises.

August 16, 1017

The kids have been making my life Hell again: three years ago they started beating me black and blue, and then two years ago they started using me a a dummy to practice their skills with a blade on. Now they say that Mommy left because she hated me: after all, I am just a useless screw-up. I'll show them that they're wrong. I'll be the first to kill a Night Fury.

February 9, 1019

I know that I'm not a typical Viking: I never have been. But I don't get why everybody hates me for it. Today, I tried a new contraption to capture a dragon: an axe-thrower. Admittedly, there are some issues, but they can be fixed! Unfortunately, a dragon destroyed the pole I was hiding behind, and be default I was blamed. After my dad stormed away muttering about something, I heard villagers whisper things such as "That boy is useless! How is he the son of our great chief, Stoick the Vast?" and "That runt should do the village a favor and die." At least no one gave me any scars today. One day I'll prove that I'm not useless.

October 24, 1021

It's official: everybody except for Gobber hates me. I improved my axe thrower, finally. Unfortunately, a Monstrous Nightmare burned down a house near me, so I was automatically blamed for it. When dad asked me why I couldn't be a normal Viking, I told him that I have a different way of doing things. For some reason, he turned red in the face, started screaming at me, and dragged me to Punishment Square.* He then locked me in stocks and then beat me until I was crying and screaming as a whole crowd gathered to watch. I know it's been done to people before, but I never thought my own dad would do it to me. If I didn't know any better, I'd say he hit me with his war hammer. It's been over a week, but I still can't sit down without feeling a throbbing pain in my rear. Maybe if I can prove that I'm not useless, then dad might love me again.

July 10, 1023

Today, something happened. There was an ordinary raid, and as usual, I was blamed for what the dragons did. But I shot down a Night Fury! I tried to tell dad and the villagers to get a search party out to Raven's Point, but nobody believed me. Dad had Gobber send me home, but that doesn't mean I stayed. Heck, there are at least ten ways out of the house that I bet my dad doesn't even know about. Anyways, I found the Night Fury and was going to cut its heart out in an attempt to please Dad- funny thing was, I couldn't. I looked into my eyes and saw myself. So, being me, I set the dragon free. It pounced me and stared at me for a long time, but it eventually flew off. And of course my dad is putting me in dragon training. I don't know what to think...

July 11, 1023

Wow. Today in dragon training, a dragon almost got me. Gobber told me dragons always go for the kill. So I wondered why. I found where the Night Fury was and saw that it couldn't fly. It was missing a tailfin. Anyways, I decided to look up the Night Fury in the Book of Dragons. There is almost nothing on him! I think I might go back tomorrow.

July 12, 1023

I decided to go and see the Night Fury today. Turns out he hates weapons: he made me throw my dagger in the lake. He also has retractable teeth, so I nicknamed him "Toothless." I spent the day with him. He even let me touch his nose. Then Gobber said at dinner that a downed dragon is a dead dragon. So I'm going to do something crazy: build him a prosthetic fin.

July 13, 1023

Today I brought Toothless breakfast. Turns out he hates eels. Anyways, I put the prosthetic on, but he flew off. We ended up crashing, but it was so fun! I used the eel trick in dragon training today. The Zippleback didn't like it either. I'm definitely going to see Toothless tomorrow.

July 29, 1023

These last couple of weeks have been amazing. I've been going on practice flights with Toothless and learned more about dragons. I've used this to make it through dragon training. My new "fans" have been swarming me, giving me an excuse to escape. I know that if they knew the truth, they'd hate me: well, more than they already do. But on a better note, I just had my first real flight with Toothless today! Although I almost crashed to the ground... I lost my cheat sheet for the fin for a second. Well, I said "stop," so Toothless did. But my harness came unbuckled and I flew out of the saddle. I free fell for a while, but I was able to get into the saddle at the last second. Then we weaved through sea stacks. It was amazing!

'Oh Thor Almighty,' Stoick thought as he attempted to process everything he had just read. First he found out that his son was abused by the rest of the kids. Even the adults did it! Then he found out that his son was hurt by well, everything he'd done to him. Then he found out that his son was telling the truth about the Night Fury and was going to kill it to make him proud. Then he found out that his son had saved the dragon and befriended it. Heck, Hiccup probably spent more time with the dragon than in the village! On top of that, his son had just learned to fly on the dragon that day - and had a faulty flight - and had just fled the town on said dragon. He was most likely in mortal danger by now, all because Berk never accepted him. 'What have we done?'

Woohoo! All right people, how did you like it? I tried not to rush it. ;) Thanks for the good feedback! Also, if you haven't seen Disney's Sleeping Beauty, the you're going to want to... I'm going to incorporate it later, after Merida appears, of course. I think she should come onto the scene next chapter. Good day, and remember,

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