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"So hows it going with you and the pirates?"Asked Hiccup.
"Not good their attacking us almost every month never leaving us enough time to grow crops or prepare ourselves." Said Alastair.
"Wait pirates?" Spoke Stoick confused.
"Ya they've been attacking us for a few years now."Said Alastair.
"I was tempted to join them once." Began Hiccup smiling slightly. "They almost cut my tongue out." He snorted and covered his mouth trying to smother his laughter.
"Whats so funny about that?" Asked Stoick.
"You should have seen what the pirate looked like once I was through with him."Laughed Hiccup.
"Yes…Now back to the business at hand. Do you think that Alvin and Dagur will attack you again?" Asked Alastair.
"Dagur won't I know it, he may be deranged but he's a coward by heart." Sneered Hiccup.
"What do you think Alvin will do next?" Asked Stoick.
"He's going to team up with the pirates and try to destroy Berk."Said Hiccup.
"How do you know?"Asked Alastair.
"Think about it. He can't trust Berserkers, He's going to need more men, and pirates are practically like Outcasts."Stated Hiccup. Axel, Alastair, and Stoick thought about it and it made sense.
"Now I have a question for you." Said Hiccup looking across the table. "How did you know that we needed a ride?"
"You charm." Stated Alastair.
"My charm?"Replied Hiccup.
"Your necklace. When your blood touched the Night Fury charm it sent a message to use telling us you needed help." Explained Alastair. Axel nodded and pointed at the exposed necklace.
"Why did it feel like I was being shocked by Thor himself then?" Asked Hiccup lifting the bloody charm.
"It would have distracted the enemy enough, for you to understand that we got your message and were coming." Said Alastair.
"Well that could have been helpful if you told me." Growled Hiccup.
"What's the point in that?"Asked Alastair good naturedly.
"Whatever…So Stoick do you want to go back to Berk first or do you want to send a letter there telling them that your still alive first?"Asked Hiccup turning to his ex-father.
"Send a letter." Said Stoick.
"Got it." Replied Hiccup pulling out a blood stained parchment and scribbling on it. Once he was done he stuck two fingers in his mouth and whistled sharply. Rose flew in through an open window and landed on Hiccup's shoulder. "Good girl." Smiled Hiccup tying the note onto her front leg and whispering where he wanted her to go. She took off and flew back out the window.
"Well now all we need to do is to take you back to Berk then you can prepare for anything that comes your way." Said Alastair.
"Great." Said Hiccup cheerfully.
"But remember Hiccup." Spoke Alastair softly. "You may have won this battle but the war has just started." Hiccup looked at him his features darkening.
Silence followed after.
"Of course Alastair." Replied Hiccup his voice cold.
….
"You can run but you can't hide Runt." Spoke Alvin softly walking up the bridge looking into the cages. Looking for auburn hair. Looking for terrified green eyes. Looking for…
Hiccup.
He came to the last cage and smiled as he saw the 15 year old curled up in the back of the cage, sleeping in his own blood. The Outcast chief shook the cage sending the young boy shooting up right and staring at him horrified.
"Miss me?"Asked Alvin.
"Please…no more."Begged hiccup his voice raspy after screaming all day.
"Teach me how to train dragons then." Snarled Alvin.
"I can't." Replied Hiccup.
"Why not?" Asked Alvin.
"I'm too weak to even stand Alvin. How am I going to be able to train a fire breathing dragon." Snapped Hiccup instantly regretting it. Alvin smiled and unlocked Hiccup's cage.
"No! Please! I'm sorry!" Screamed Hiccup trying to back away from Alvin's beefy hands.
"You should have thought of that before Hiccup." Growled Alvin pulling the boy out by his arm. Hiccup screamed in fright and tried to get loose of Alvin's grip. Millions of pairs of sad eyes stared at him as he passed cages getting pulled roughly by Alvin.
"Please! Help!" Screamed Hiccup. A slap to his face made him shut up and he just let Alvin pull him to the beating chamber.
He was thrown onto his hands and knees his back facing Alvin. Hiccup heard the metallic clank of the whip that was used against dragons. The one that was made with metal, instead of leather, so that it would break through the scales.
The sound of something swishing through the air alerted Hiccup a minute to late and he screamed bloody murder as his skin was ripped open. Blood leaked down his sides soaking his shirt.
"Oh that tunic won't help will it?" Said Alvin throwing the tip of the whip at Hiccup's back and easily breaking the tunic so it fell off with a flutter.
With his back exposed Hiccup shivered in fright as he heard Alvin chuckle hungrily. He blind folded him with his own rag of a tunic and called for a Outcast. Hiccup heard footsteps hurrying towards them and he also heard Alvin speak to the person in Outcastese, which he had learned how to speak after being there long enough.
"How about you play with him for a bit while I have my own fun." Growled Alvin.
"yes sir." Replied a feline voice he somehow recognized. He felt someone lift his head up and press their lips to his. He felt at bliss the person's tongue traveled through his mouth and he savored every moment of it. All of a sudden pain split across his back as salt water was thrown onto his wound. He jerked back but the female across from him kept him in the same spot.
He didn't want the person who kissing him to be near him anymore. He wanted to pull back and scream in pain, he wanted to rip the blindfold away and run, he wanted to get as far away as he could from these people.
Once the person across from him leaned back to take in a breather Hiccup pulled away and struggled against the pain to stand up. But once he had finally stood up he was whipped back to the ground. He screamed and ripped the blind fold off and stared at the female across from him.
Alana
"N-no!" Screamed Hiccup pulling away from his once beautiful friend.
Alana was a fifteen year old girl with beautiful brown curly hair, tan skin, and brown eyes. She had her hair in small braids and long Nightingale tail feathers at the end of each of her uncountable braids. She wore a torn up purple tunic with black leggings. Her breast bindings were showing through her rags of a tunic proving to Hiccup that she had been tortured.
"I'm so sorry Hiccup."Cried Alana, in the language she and Hiccup had invented, her eyes filling up with tears as she slammed her lips into his and kissed forcefully. The whip cracked behind him and he screamed against her lips as pained rippled through him. Her tongue pushed past his lips and she tried to calm him down with her kiss. But he was fighting her and she had to hold him where he was. Another crack. Another scream. But this time it wasn't from Hiccup.
It was from Alana.
A different Outcast had come and taken the leather one off the wall to whip Alana for something, and Hiccup stared as the girl he had once cared for gripped him tightly. "Please say you forgive me." Cried the girl, once she had leaned out of the kiss, to Hiccup. The language sounded like a Dragon talking back and forth to each other.
"I can never forgive you." Whispered Hiccup his eye lids half lidded as Alvin whipped his scarred back again. Alana cried and covered her face with her hands sobs racking her body.
"I'm sorry."She repeated. "I-I love you Hic." She whispered only loud enough for Hiccup to hear her even though no one could understand her. Another scar on both their backs, in sync screams, and blood trickling down both their backs.
"Never say that to me again."Snarled Hiccup the scars on his back getting deeper and deeper until…
…..
A scream echoed into the night as everyone slept. It had been a few hours since everyone had went to sleep. And still everyone slept except for Stoick who jumped out of the fur blankets and quickly made his way to the room next to him where Hiccup was sleeping.
The small Island people had given each of them a room for themselves. The dragons where well fed and on their own boat as well.
He was sure that was where the screaming had come from and he knew he was right when he saw Hiccup thrashing on the ground tangled up in his own coverings. His hair was plastered onto his forehead in sweat and his eyes closed tightly.
From what could be seen his shirt was drenched and his pillow soaked. Hiccup was panting as if he was running and he flinched continuously his back arching as if he was getting whipped.
Stoick knelt down unsure of what to do, but before he could do anything Hiccup started to whimper quietly. Stoick watched transfixed as Hiccup cried in his sleep tears falling down quickly. The boy screamed again but this time he shot up and stared straight ahead breathing hard his face flushed with tears. He looked over at Stoick and to Berk's chief's surprise the small boy threw himself into his arms.
"Da-daddy please never let him hurt me again." Cried Hiccup his arms wrapped around Stoick's neck, his shoulders shaking continuously. "He turned my friends against me…a-and b-b-b-beat me!" He was disoriented and Stoick knew it. He didn't remember what had happened to him two years ago and he was just trying to find comfort in whatever he could.
Stoick didn't dare speak to him as he cried he only wrapped his arms around his ex-son's body holding him close. He knew he probably shouldn't have been holding him like a son but he didn't care right then all he cared about is that Hiccup had, had a nightmare.
"I-I can't believe she betrayed me." Murmured Hiccup quietly. "It's all Alvin's fault." Growled Hiccup starting to bawl loudly. "I-I loved her daddy. I l-loved her so much."
"It's alright son." Began Stoick but when his voice spoke up Hiccup gasped and pushed away from him. Great he had just ruined a perfect moment.
"I'm not your son now go." Growled Hiccup pointing at the door.
"Hiccup who is she?" Asked Stoick.
"Go." Ordered Hiccup.
"Hiccup tell me who she is!" Said Stoick.
"GO!" Screamed Hiccup.
"No." Said Stoick calmly. Hiccup stood up but instantly fell back down his lanky arms wrapped around his stomach his fingers brushing his back as if reaching for it.
"Just leave!" Bellowed Hiccup chucking his pillow at Stoick. The Berkian chief grabbed it before it could hit him and he set it aside.
"I'm not leaving until you tell me what I want to know." Replied Stoick. Hiccup looked at him then burst into tears. He covered his face with his hands sobbed forcefully. Stoick scooted forward and pulled Hiccup into a warm hug. The boy tensed up greatly before falling apart in his arms. "Shh…It'll be alright." Shushed Stoick gently rocking Hiccup back and forth.
"It hurt so badly." Cried Hiccup. "Sh-she told me she loved me and I *Hic* told her never to say it to me again." Stammered Hiccup clutching onto Stoick's shirt.
"Who is she?"Asked Stoick confused.
"Alana… Alana the Artistic." Replied Hiccup. Stoick had heard of this young lady, in fact he had seen her not long ago. He couldn't quiet remember when but he did now that the name rings a bell.
"What did she do?"Asked Stoick, instantly Hiccup stopped crying so loudly and leaned away from Stoick turning his head away. "Hic-?" Began Stoick but was interrupted by Hiccup.
"She distracted me while Alvin whipped me." Replied Hiccup shakily. Stoick knew Hiccup was holding details back but he didn't prod him on it.
"She was with the Berserkers." Spoke Stoick all of a sudden remembering where he had seen her.
"What?" Sniffed Hiccup wiping his nose miserably on the collar of his tunic.
"Ya she was all tied up in chains. She looked pretty broken. It was when Dagur came looking for you, she had cornered me and asked when the last time I had saw you and I answered her truthfully saying that I hadn't seen you in two years." Spoke Stoick. Hiccup looked at him and smiled a little bit.
"Thanks da- Stoick." Said Hiccup quickly fixing his mistake.
Silence
"You know Hiccup I do regret exiling you." Stated Stoick quietly.
"I regret giving you a reason to exile me." Joked Hiccup. They laughed quietly and it wasn't until then did Hiccup realize he really did miss calling Stoick 'dad'. "Stoick…um…can we act like nothing came between us those two years ago just for tonight?" asked Hiccup unsure of how he could put it.
Stoick understood what he meant, he missed calling Hiccup 'son' and the boy calling him 'daddy' brought back memories of when he was younger. He nodded and Hiccup threw his arms back around Stoick's neck and murmured disoriented words into Stoick's ear.
"I missed this." Stated Stoick hugging the boy.
"How can you miss something we only just tasted?" Asked Hiccup quietly. Stoick shrugged and closed his eyes as tears threatened to spill out. Something light and wet landed on his shoulder and he heard a sniff. Cracking his eyes a little he looked at his temporary son and saw that he was crying silently.
"I can't believe this." Cried Hiccup.
"Ca-can't believe what son?" Asked Stoick tears started to leak out of his eyes.
"I can't believe that I always wanted this dad." Spoke Hiccup quietly.
"Oh son…" Replied Stoick rocking Hiccup ever-so slightly.
"Well now that, that's over with…" Began Hiccup pushing away from Stoick suddenly after a few moments of being in his embrace. "I think I'll be able to get some sleep." Said Hiccup not looking at Stoick.
"Hiccup…how long can you stand the pain?"Asked Stoick. Hiccup's head jerked slightly his way listening. "How long will you hide your face?" He continued watching closely as Hiccup shuddered slightly. "H-how long will you be afraid?" He asked then he was struck with pain in his heart. "Are you afraid?"
Hiccup looked at him and Stoick was surprised by the pain and coldness in them. "Where were you when my heart was bleeding?" Asked Hiccup quietly. "Where were you when it all crashed down?" He continued his voice rising. "Never thought you'd deceive me…where are you now?" Asked Hiccup breaking down. Stoick scooped him up and hugged him tightly.
"Hiccup is your would just a broken promise?" Asked Stoick.
"Is your love just a drop of rain?" Replied Hiccup.
"How long will you play this game?"Asked Stoick tears pouring out of his eyes.
"Will you fight or just walk away?" Growled Hiccup.
"How long will you let it burn?" Asked Stoick referring to his sons trust.
"Let it burn." Repeated Hiccup.
"Let it burn." Thought Stoick tightening his grip. Hiccup closed his eyes and he moaned as his leg started to throb. He hadn't felt his leg hurt this much since he had first had it amputated. "Hiccup what's wrong?"Asked Stoick.
"My leg." Replied Hiccup.
"What's wrong with it?"Asked Stoick quietly.
"It just hurts." He spoke so softly and Stoick smiled.
"I'm sure it will feel better soon."Replied Stoick. Hiccup snuggled closer to him and gripped his tunic in his hands.
"I'm so sorry for not telling you about Toothless dad." Whimpered Hiccup starting to doze off.
"I'm sorry for not listening." Was the reply.
Silence
"Goodnight dad." Murmured Hiccup looking at Stoick his emerald eyes staring up at Stoick in the darkness.
"Night..." Replied Stoick as Hiccup fell asleep. "Son."