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Previously...
She was pregnant and Corey killed her! He killed my child and the love of my life in cold blood!
I then screamed at the top of my lungs and unsheathed my sword. I ran to the nearest tree and began swiping and slashing at the old oak.
I couldn't feel.
Not anything but the pain in my heart.
Hiccup's POV
I heard a blood curling scream and stopped in my tracks.
It wasn't a scream of fear but pain...undeniable heartbreak and utter anguish.
I had heard that scream only one other time in my life.
"What in Thor's name was that?" Astrid said.
"Ironclad" I whispered.
I turned to see Ari and the other Riders running up to me.
"We need to find Ironclad" I said and they all nodded.
"It sounds like it is deep in the woods. Ari, Helga, Astrid and Klint? Come with me." I said.
All four nodded and we ran to our dragons.
We flew until I heard the sound directly beneath us.
I pointed down and we all landed with our dragons.
I saw Ironclad, surrounded by a lot of fallen or cut trees. He was slashing his way through the forest without any clear motive or direction.
I looked to see Black Ice with pain in his eyes.
"What happened?" I said.
Black Ice then looked at Toothless and I did the same.
"He is releasing his frustrations out on the forest" Toothless said.
"And why? Is it because Corey is gone?" I said.
"It is because Black Ice just told him horrible news... I cannot tell you. It is not my secret to share but if you must know ask the riders of Sparks, Cutter and your mate" Toothless said.
I looked around to Ari, Helga, and Astrid.
"What do you three know. Why is Ironclad acting like this?" I said.
They all exchanged a series of confused glances then Helga had a look of realization followed by pain.
"He knows... how in Thor's name does he know" Helga barely whispered.
"He couldn't...I didn't and I know you didn't Helga...Astrid?" Ari said.
"No! I swear I never said anything!" Astrid said.
"Then how does he know!" Ari yelled and Helga looked like she might cry.
"Will someone tell me what is going on!" I yelled.
I then heard another scream from Ironclad and turned around to see him kneeling on the ground.
I slowly walked over to see him out of breath and his hands were raw and slightly bloody from holding onto his sword so tight and with such force.
"He...he took her.." Ironclad said.
"What happened? What did Black Ice tell you?" I said, kneeling beside him.
"She...she was going to tell me something the day she died but never could. Helga and Ari knew before I did. It was supposed to be a surprise" Ironclad said.
"You aren't making any sense. What happened?" I said.
"She was PREGNANT! Pregnant! Hiccup!" Ironclad yelled.
"What?" I said, shocked.
"Calypso was pregnant when she died...she was carrying our child." Ironclad said, his hands covering his face.
I turned around to see Ari, Helga, Astrid, and Klint all with different expressions.
Klint looked as shocked as I was.
Ari had a mix between anger and regret.
Helga looked like she was close to crying.
Astrid had a look of pain and sorrow.
"You all knew!" I yelled standing up and walking towards them.
"Not you Klint" I said shooting him a glare before he could speak.
"I..." Ari started to say then shut her mouth and lowered her hand, looking down.
"We...me and Ari knew when Calypso told us. She sent us a message saying it was important and that we needed to head to her tribe as soon as possible and so we did." Helga said.
"So when you two said you were scouting the day before thats what you two were doing!" I said.
"Yes" Ari said.
"Calypso told us and said she was planning a big surprise for Ironclad the next day" Helga said.
"And we flew back to the group and didn't say a word. It was because Calypso said she didn't want to raise suspicion if we headed over to early." Ari said.
"And then... Helga said, the tears were definitely about to come now.
"We decided to take this secret to our graves" Ari said "Astrid found out when we talked the other night. And we all swore to never say a word about it from then on"
"We thought we were protecting him and the everyone else." Helga said wiping away her tears.
I sighed and turned back to Ironclad and walked back to him.
"I...there are no words. I just... I am so sorry" I said.
Helga then walked over and hugged Ironclad and they comforted each other for a moment.
"She wouldn't want us living in sorrow for her passing. She would want us to celebrate the joy she brought to all of us. I am so sorry we kept this from you though. It was selfish of us" Helga said, wiping away her tears.
"You did what you thought was right. She asked you to keep a secret and you did. She would be proud" Ironclad said.
Helga smiled slightly and they helped each other up.
"Are you ok now?" I asked looking at the amount of destruction he caused in his blind rage.
There were probably 25 trees that were either knocked down or had large chunks missing.
Ironclad took a deep breath and the sadness in his eyes was replaced by a new determined fierceness.
"So can we head back to town and you not go into a complete rage and destroy the village?" I asked.
"I'll be fine Hiccup" Ironclad said. I couldn't read his emotions. The face guard around most of his face didn't help matters.
"Ok" I said.
I turned to Toothless and we all got on our dragons. We flew back to town and landed.
Once we got off I saw Stoick and Gobber heading towards us.
"Ohhh crap" I muttered under my breath.
"Hiccup I need to speak with you and Ironclad" Stoick said.
"Ohhh ummm...well you see" I started to say.
"I don't have time for this" Ironclad said, his voice ice cold, trying to push Stoick out of his way.
"Ohh no you don't!" Stoick said, grabbing Ironclad and holding him back.
"Ahhh! Stoick! Please don't do that" I said trying to move between them.
"What do you want" Ironclad growled.
"I need to know you didn't help the prisoner escape" Stoick said.
"I told you he wouldn't do that!" I said throwing my hands up into the air.
"Just let me go, I've got find Corey and kill him." Ironclad said.
That shocked me for a moment but then I realized what his emotions were actually saying. Ironclad now had a mission to avenge Calypso and his unborn child, and Odin help anyone who stood in his way.
Stoick seemed unmoved.
"I'm not buying your little act. I think you and him are working together" Stoick said.
"I would never work with that monster." Ironclad yelled.
"What Corey did to you that's so bad? Did he break your favorite knife? Did he call your dragon ugly? What in Thor's name did he do to make you so mad?" Stoick yelled.
"He murdered my betrothed and our unborn child. My child...I'll never see my child grow up...I'll never see the love of my life again because of what he did." Ironclad said looking down.
"He took her away...he took everything I had away from me" Ironclad said falling to his knees.
Stoick looked at me and I nodded solemnly.
"He's telling the truth, Corey killed Ironclad's betrothed, Calypso the Bloody of the White Light tribe. We only just found out that she was in fact pregnant when Corey took her life."
"Why?" Gobber asked.
I sighed and ran a hand through my hair "Corey wanted Calypso. He envied Ironclad and wanted her all to himself. When she refused he got angry. She loved Ironclad with her whole heart and Corey took her life because of that"
"Odin's beard" Gobber muttered.
"Now you know." Ironclad said, his hands gripping the ground beneath him as he glared at Stoick.
"Stoick?" Gobber said.
"Gobber, he speaks the truth. This man could never has helped Corey escape. Take away a mans family then he truly has nothing left to loose, seeing the lad like that well he's lost it all except maybe his beast." Stoick said.
Black Ice hissed a little at Stoick but moved to comfort his rider.
"Take care of him Hiccup. I can only relate to part of the pain he is experiencing now" Stoick said looking down then walking away with Gobber.
I turned to Toothless "Bud, what happened with Corey? Ironclad is going to hunt him down to the ends of the earth and we need to help him"
"The terror was a messenger. It said that the evil one and Bladerunner have been sentenced to exile. The human was left on a deserted island far from any form of civilization. The Bladerunner was also placed on a deserted island and far away from his rider. His wings are broken so he can never leave the island."
"They are exiled?" I said.
"Yes. They have no way of escaping their prisons. It is likely they will perish on their own islands soon."
I blinked a couple of times in shock.
I turned to Ironclad "Did you hear that? I mean did Black Ice tell you what happened?"
"What?" Ironclad snapped at me.
"Corey and Bladerunner were exiled. They are on separate islands, far away. Bladeruner's wings are even broken. They...they can never come back" I said.
Ironclad turned to Black Ice who was trying to comfort his rider.
"You did that for me?" Ironclad said.
Black Ice nuzzled into his rider and I turned to Toothless.
"We would do anything for our riders. You are more than a friend to us. We have the deepest bond possible" Toothless said.
"Thanks bud" I said, scratching the one spot behind his ears that he loved.
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