Month Six.
"Hiccup?" I say and turn around, he stands up from his position of gathering water in a bucket and walks over to me. "How is my little sister doing?" He says and smiles at me, I giggle and nod my head to signal that I am good.
Astrid and dad laugh from their places on the grass, dad pulls out a bottle and pours everyone some juice Fishlegs made.
We all sit down and start talking, I sip my drink and watch all four of our dragons play. Astrid still can't ride Stormfly, but the dragon can always join us.
I turn my attention back to the rest of the family and snatch a piece of bread out of Hiccup's hand. "Hey!" He says, "Whatever." I reply with a playful wink.
Astrid puts her cup down, and I'm about to grab some more bread, when she lets out a terrible sound.
"Agh!" She cries, her eyes grow wide and glaze over, her mouth opens and she tries to breath, and then she falls forward onto the grass. Our jaws drop and Hiccup screams as tears roll down his face.
An arrow protrudes from her back, stuck in deep, blood pours out and stains her clothing, it drips down and forms a puddle on the ground.
Hiccup scrambles over to her and flips her, holding her head to his heart gently. He strokes her blonde hair, and sniffles back tears as best as he can.
Dad stands up, grabbing an axe so he can attack this murderer. But Hiccup and I's hearts pound as we see two arrows in the side of dad's neck.
The grown man falls with a thud, the axe underneath him, the blood sticking to his beard.
A voice I've once heard tell me, "I love you." Comes from the hills around us.
"See Belle, this is what losing someone you love is like. Do you feel my pain?" It yells down to us. I hate that voice, it rolls off the hills and echoes in my head.
"Toothless! Attack!" Hiccup says, I'm on my feet now, same with Hiccup. We turn in shock to see all four dragons dead. Hiccup looks like he is about to pass out, first his wife, then his dad, now his best friend.
The blood drips slowly from the black Night Fury. Hiccup turns to see Rye standing fifteen feet from us. My brothers eyes flash with anger he grabs a sword, slowly marches up to the man who took away our family.
"Hiccup! Don't" I cry out.
Rye laughs and grabs an arrow for his bow. "You've lost everything Belle, are you ready to lose the most important thing?" He asks me with a grin so malicious it could frighten a dragon.
"Rye! Please! Don't do this!" I scream and run toward my brother and former boyfriend. I trip and fall, I sit up on my knees and try to get back on my feet but I fail.
Rye draws the arrow back. Hiccup looks at me and shouts, "I LOVE YOU BELLE! I ALWAYS-" But he doesn't finish his sentence, he can't the arrow in his chest, directly in his heart, causes him to stop. A sputtering gasp comes from him, and then he falls. Just like Astrid and Dad. Dead.
My world is spinning, I want to collapse and cry, but I can't. I feel scared, and angry, and, lost.
Rye marches up to me, and grabs my hair, pulling me to my feet. "Revenge is beautiful isn't it?" He asks me rhetorically. He looks at me with his brown eyes, "Now Belle, you are a grown woman! You can have a choice, you come live with me on the open waters, or you and your baby die. You have one minute to chose." He says and lets go of me.
I shove my hair back behind my ears, the whole world looks different now. Cruel and bloody and punishing. I start panting, I'm going to hyperventilate.
I wake up. Sweating and panting. I start crying, "HICCUP! DADDY!" I cry out like a little girl. The tears mix with the sweat and roll down my face as I back on my hands.
Hiccup appears in my room almost instantly, a couple seconds later dad arrives, axe in hand.
Stoick drops his axe with a clang, he has never seen his little girl this upset. Or hear her cry out the word 'Daddy' like that before.
Dad steps forward and sits down on my bed, he puts an arm around me and holds me close. "What happened?" Hiccup says from his standing position.
I breathe in deep, almost choking on tears and the tightening of the muscles in my throat. "I had a dream. And Rye got revenge on me. And he killed all the dragons, and Astrid, and he killed you dad, and you to Hiccup, you were the worst of all! And he wanted me to choose between going with him as a captive for the rest of my life, or me and the baby dying right there with you!"
I cry some more as I finish explaining. Hiccup stands close to me and strokes my hair, dad hugs me and rubs my back.
"Rye, no matter what his emotions, wouldn't do that. I promise you." Dad says. "I heard you cry out like that. The first time you have ever called me daddy. I came running, I thought you were hurt, you sounded scared... Now, do you want to go back to sleep?" Dad asks me.
I nod, "I- I think s-so…." I stutter.
Hiccup and Stoick look at each other, Belle was in no way stable or ready to be on her own for now.
Hiccup clears his throat, "We'll take turns sleeping with you and watching you tonight. Just to make sure you are okay, and that Rye doesn't actually harm you." He says.
Dad nods his head in approval. "I'll stay with Belle for the first part of the night. Both my children need rest." He says. Hiccup kisses my forehead and hugs dad, then goes back to his own bed.
I feel so weak and helpless. I'm eighteen years old and need my dad to stay in my room while I sleep because of a nightmare.
This was pushing it for the 'T' rating. But I didn't want to give any hints if I said it might be closer to rated M. This was probably the hardest thing for me to write, all the blood and killing... The next chapter will be another one of month six. Much happier, it will make up for the heart attack I gave you in this one. Anyway, please review and I'll post another chapter when I can!