And the story continues!
"Hiccup? Is that really you?" asked Stoick
"Of course…though I am different then what you thought I was two years ago." Said Hiccup starting to walk around the clearing.
He moved slowly but threateningly also. He moved so gracefully for someone who lost most of his left leg. Stoick looked at Hiccup as he looked at each one of the buildings, as he felt the forge with a cut hand. Stoick couldn't help but watch as Hiccup shook his head thoughtfully.
Hiccup turned back to Stoick and walked up to him raising his hand. "I am Hiccup, Chieftain of Free Slaves and Dragons."
Stoick didn't shake his hand; he didn't want to touch the scars still healing on the poor boy's hand. "What…what happened to you?" he asked.
"And why would you want to know anything about my past considering you are the one who made it?" Asked Hiccup. Stoick looked confused and asked "What do you mean?" Hiccup chuckled coldly.
"I'd rather not speak of it here. People are starting to gather." Hiccup stated not even turning around as villagers started to listen.
Stoick nodded and said "Then can we speak in the great hall perhaps?"
Hiccup shook his head. "The chances of people listening are too great…How about on my boat it's nice and quiet. Only people there are four children and they are all playing games in their room."
Stoick didn't like the thought of going on to his son's boat but considering that whatever was bothering Hiccup had to be so private it must be important.
"Okay but I want Gobber to come." He stated and Gobber folded his arms in vikingly behavior.
Hiccup nodded and said "Of course. I also want five others to join us. Astrid Hofferson, Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston, Fishlegs Ingerman, and Snotlout Jorgenson."
The five jumped at the sound of their names and walked up to Hiccup hesitatingly.
"Yes?" Said Astrid once they got over there, the sight of Hiccup standing straight and proud nearly took the breath out of her.
"Don't worry, you lot. I just want to talk to all of you about war nothing less." Said Hiccup turning and walking to his boat.
The others followed obediently behind him as he walked up the docks. No one talked as they entered the boat Hiccup took them to a cabin where he ate.
"Toothless I'm back!" Called Hiccup pulling his cloak off and hanging it on a hook.
The group from Berk gasped as they saw Hiccup's clothes.
They were tattered cut and had blood stains and burns all over them, his sleeves had been ripped off showing long healing cuts running down his arm. Hiccup's leggings where cut near the knees and they could easily see where his prosthesis was tied to his leg. His tunic had been tore completely, by the look of it he had been whipped, cut by daggers or swords or both, and had been burned severely. He had two swords and three daggers dangling on his hips, his hair had grown so long it had reached the middle of his back (his cloak had hid it from sight)and Hiccup's auburn hair was streaked with mud.
As Hiccup walked over to the fire a Night Fury leaped out of a door on the other side of the cabin and pounced on Hiccup pinning him to the ground. The group from Berk watched horrified and at lost for what to do, as the boy lost his breath and was gasping for air under the weight of the body on top of him.
"Oh! The Night Fury attacks are back are they you useless reptile!" Gasped Hiccup trying to push the Night Fury off.
He wouldn't budge.
"Toothless! If you don't get off me this instant I will stop feeding you!" Threatened Hiccup, he didn't really look frightening since he was under Toothless's huge frame.
"Um… who's Toothlass?" Asked Snotlout
"Toothless the Night Fury…duh." Gasped Hiccup as Toothless shifted his weight on Hiccup's stomach.
Toothless let out a little bark and jumped off of Hiccup. But before Hiccup could stand up he was pulled back down by eight hands.
Astrid giggled lightly as she heard Hiccup bark orders to the kids (who didn't pay a bit of attention.) "Hiccup can you play with us?" Asked a blond haired boy.
"Claw! I said I wanted to ask him!" Yelled the red haired girl.
"You snooze you lose Flame." Sneered Claw and Flame jumped on him.
"Hey! HEY!" Yelled Hiccup over the cheers and screams. All the kids fell silent. Not for long though cause once Hiccup had got their attention they all leaped on him again. Hiccup let out a yelp as the air was pushed out of him again.
Ruffnut and Tuffnut who had started to get bored by the kids rough housing started to punch each other seeing if they could make one another see stars, they stopped at Stoick's quick glare. Tuffnut was still rubbing his jaw afterwards though.
"GET OFF!" Screeched Hiccup once he got his breath back. The kids jumped off him and stood hands behind their backs heads held high. All signs of fun vanished as they felt Hiccup's eyes burn into theirs.
"Sorry Chief." They all whispered ashamed.
Hiccup shook his head and stood up. Walking behind them he looked at the little group standing at the door.
"This is Flame." He said pointing at the red haired girl, she wore a burned tunic and ripped leggings, she had blue eyes and a head band keeping her red hair that wasn't in her braid, out of her face, she looked maybe around nine or ten.
"This…" He said pointing to the blond haired boy "is Claw." Claw's clothes were less tattered but still ripped at several places, his leggings were ripped down the legs showing scratch marks and bruises, his eyes were a hazel color, he was only about eight by the look of him.
Hiccup walked over to the two other kids.
He pointed first at a black haired girl and said "This is Dawn." Dawn's short black hair was pulled into a pony tail, she was the only girl in the group who wore a skirt and her tunic was not tore nether was her leggings under her skirt or her skirt it's self, her clothes were just dirty, and her eye's where a dark blue, she was about twelve or thirteen.
Hiccup then pointed at a auburn haired girl "And this is her sister Fawn." Fawn's auburn hair like Hiccup's was streaked with mud, her hair fell freely down her back to her waist, her clothes where tattered, ripped, and burned, Her sleeves had been burned off, her leggings had been tore near the knees, she had cuts and burns all up and down her arm, she didn't wear boots, she only had bandages around her feet and her hands, her eyes where green like Hiccup's but duller, from how tall she was she was only about fourteen.
"These kids where all slaves on Outcast island." He said.
They looked up at him and said in unison "Will you play with us?" Hiccup sighed and said "Later… Stoick would it be okay if they went on Berk for a bit." Stoick surprised at being talked to just nodded and Hiccup said "All of you except Fawn can go out to the woods on Berk if you want to play with your dragon's, if you go into the clearing make sure the dragons don't follow got that." Flame, Claw, and Dawn nodded.
"Dragons?" Squeaked Fishlegs eyes widening. Hiccup nodded and said to him "They won't bother you or the villagers." Then Hiccup turned on the three walking out of the room "Do not fly over those woods or over the village got that you three…no flying except to get there and back." The three nodded again and left.
"As you know Fawn since there is seven of them I'm gonna need to have at least one more person." Fawn sighed and nodded.
Hiccup remembered the people standing at the door and said "I am so sorry Fawn. These people are Stoick The Vast, Gobber The Belch, Astrid Hofferson, Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston, Fishlegs Ingerman, and Snotlout Jorgenson."
Fawn nodded to them and said. "So when can we start I don't think Cobweb can wait another second to fly." The people from Berk didn't have long to wonder who Cobweb was, cause just then a pure white Nadder ran into the room and squawked loudly.
"Hi girl." Whispered Fawn scratching Cobweb's back. The people from berk stepped back a couple paces and looked as if they were going to run, well except for Astrid she just stood where she was and asked Hiccup "So what is this about a war?" Hiccup looked at Astrid and said "Follow." He walked into a room behind him without another word and Fawn said "Comeon…you don't want to leave him waiting." She walked in after him and the villagers of Berk were pushed in by Toothless and Cobweb gently.
Hiccup was sitting at a long table, it had ten chairs, five on each side of the table. The table had a cloth over it that had been scorched and tore.
Hiccup was petting a Terrible Terror. Fawn was sitting next to him on the right feeding the dragon some fish. "I love Rose!" Said Fawn laughing as the dragon gagged down the fish quickly purring at her. "Well then you can keep her." Said Hiccup handing Rose over to her.
Fawn's smile broadened as Rose licked her.