Chapter 13: I'm Sorry

Lyna's POV

My heart felt like it had dropped into my stomach.

"His arm...oh my gods what happened to his arm..." My mind screamed as I ran over to his unconscious form.

"What happened?!" I yelled at Toric as he carefully lifted Nico off Stormfly's back.

"I'm not sure he was wrapped in a bola and Stoick attacked him." Toric explained in his deep voice.

My heart felt like it was going to burst out my chest.

"Is he going to be okay?" I asked silently praying to every god I knew that he'd say yes.

"I...don't know Lyna he's been through a lot already and I'm not sure how much more his body can take before..."

"Don't you dare say it!" Lyna interrupted. "I don't care if its true or not but don't you dare say it!"

Toric nodded and walked off most likely back to his house.

I watched as Marcus and Hunter carried Nico's body into Diana's house.

"Oh Nico...why can't you just stay out of trouble for once?" I asked myself as his body disappeared from view.

I sighed and turned to walk back to my house where I hoped Astrid was awake.

Hiccup's POV

"Ow..." I moaned as I regained conscious. As I sat up I realised I wasn't in the cell I had been in before I been knocked unconscious.

"Where am I?" I asked the empty room.

"You're at Lyna's house." A feminine voice says.

"What the hell! Where did you come from?" It takes all my willpower to not let out a whimper...that really hurt my head.

"Sorry I didn't mean to alarm you." The girl apologised as she stepped in the house and closed the door behind her.

"My name's Lyna...I helped break you out of the jail."

"I'm Hiccup..." I say nervously...what was I doing here?

"If you're wondering what's going on then just ask." Lyna said.

"Okay why am I here and where am I?" I asked.

"Well to answer your second question you are in the 'Outcast's' village," She emphasised the word Outcast. My heart felt like it had dropped into my stomach.

"If you're wondering why then I'll explain." She sat down on a nearby stool and told me what had happened in the past couple of days.

"Is Nico okay?" I asked concerned for my friend after she'd finished.

"I don't know." Lyna replied and I swore she looked really upset about the subject.

"Okay so where's Astrid?" I asked trying to change the subject.

"Upstairs in the spare room I'll go check on her." Lyna told me as she started to get up.

"Wait!" I tell her.

She looks at me.

"You look like you're not telling me everything." I say slowly.

"That's because I'm not." She replies bluntly before heading up the stairs.

I watch her go wondering what she wasn't telling me.

Stoick's POV

I was barely containing my anger as the village argued with each inside the Great Hall.

"Silence!" I shout having had enough. "Now I don't know what to think about this either but for now we'll put it aside what I want to know is exactly what happened when I was gone?" I demanded determined to find out why my son and that boy were being classed as criminals.

Fishlegs slowly stepped forward flanked by the Thorston twins.

"Sir I can tell you what happened." His voice barely audible.

"He helped those two kids I say he's responsible too!" That drunken idiot Sven bellowed as he drew his axe and advanced towards the three teens.

I had had enough. I walked up to Sven and blocked his path to Fishlegs.

He narrowed his eyes at me.

"Get out of my way Stoick."

There were gasps no one disrespected the chief like that.

I tightened my grip on my hammer.

"Care to repeat that?" I asked clearly not in a mood to argue.

"I said get out my way Stoick!" Sven repeated, the stench of mead on his breath.

I punched him square in the face sending him flying backwards.

"Get him out of here." I shout at the Vikings surrounding him.

I turn back to Fishlegs. "Now son tell me what happened right from the beginning." I said a lot calmer.

The blonde gulped and started.

"What have I done?" I asked myself burying my face in my hands as Fishlegs finished.

"I should've let Nico explain himself." I hit my head repeatedly. "Why did I act so unreasonably?" I asked no one in particular.

"You know sir," Fishlegs piped up, "Its not too late to go find Nico and make amends for what you did."

I stopped hitting myself and looked at the bulky teen.

"Fishlegs...you're right I need to stop acting like a child and start acting like a chief." I announced as straightened my helmet and stood up.

"I'd like you to accompany me." I told him.

"O-of course chief." He stammered as he scrambled to get up.

I take a deep breath.

"I only hope Nico can forgive me...as well as Hiccup and...Lyna...I owe her an apology for sure..." I think as I push open the Great Hall's doors.

I look over the village...my village and see people putting out smaller fires and starting to repair the damage to the houses. Except there wasn't much damage this time only a couple of houses had been destroyed. The dragons hadn't even taken any livestock so younger children were busying rounding up stray sheep and chickens.

"Chief?" Fishlegs asked.

I shake myself out of the trance I was in.

"Sorry lad...lets get moving..."

Lyna's POV

"You should've told him!" A voice in my head shouted at me.

"I couldn't...its too soon and I want to get to know him before I drop that on him." I reply as I open the door to Astrid's room. Luckily she was awake.

"Hey Astrid...how are you feeling?" I ask as I close the door behind me and sit at the foot of her bed.

She groans and rubs her head.

"Like I ran head first into a rock." She replies bitterly.

I sigh and stare at the floor. I feel her eyes on me.

"You don't think its your fault do you?" She asks as she places a hand on my shoulder.

"It was though I should've stayed with you and then this would never have happened." I reply.

"Look at you," The voice in my head says, "You've gone from being a tough woman who didn't need anyone to a pathetic little girl who can't control her emotions, no wonder nobody wanted you cause deep down you know that no matter what happens you'll still be the little mistake that nobody wants or cares about." The voice says. "You didn't tell Hiccup because you know he'll reject you just like Stoick did when you killed his wife, you know that it was all your fault she died and yet he tolerated you but for what? Just to let you live this life knowing what you did and what you are? I don't know why you even both-"

"Shut up and leave me alone!" I scream as I cover my ears and close my eyes, "I don't care what you think and I don't need you anymore so just leave me alone!"

"Very well but when everyone you thought loved you leaves you then just remember what I told you and see that what I said was true and how stupid you were for getting rid of me because when I go I'm not coming back and you will truly be alone..." The voice laughs evilly before disappearing. I open my eyes and Astrid staring at me, her eyes showing hurt at my outbreak.

"Astrid I swear I wasn't talking to you when I said that!" I tell her.

"Then who were you talking to then?!" She demands.

"Great know I've gone and pissed off the only girl that seems to understand me." I think miserably.

"I..don't know...there was this voice in my head saying things about me and...and..." I take a deep breath and stand up. "It doesn't matter I'll just leave you alone." I say as I walk to the door.

"Wait Lyna!" Astrid calls but I don't listen I just leave the her calling my name and I just walk down the stairs and leave the house, completely ignoring Hiccup who looks like he heard my shouting.

I leave the house and sit on the step with my head resting on my hands.

I look at myself in a small puddle. Suddenly my reflection changes and a sneer appears on its face.

"What did I tell you, nobody likes you Lyna but if you accept that know I'd come back and it could be just like the good old times just me and you against the world." The reflection says.

"But I don't want it to be like it used to I was mean and horrible an-"

"And what? Who cares at least then you didn't have to depend on anyone we were perfectly happy and we didn't need a boy did we?" The reflection interrupts. "And..." It adds slowly, "We could go back to planning our revenge on those who treated us wrongly and get back at everyone! Don't you see life was better when it was just us you know that you're not supposed to be like this Lyna...you know that you're an Outcast and Outcast's aren't nice so we can't be nice and more than anything Outcast's never ever drop a grudge so neither will we." The reflection says.

I close my eyes and sigh.

"You're right..." I admit.

The reflection smiles.

"See Lyna just me and you no one else we don't need anyone else."

"Yes...just like the good old days..." I say as the reflection changes back to just me. I look at myself as an evil smirk takes over my face.

"It's good to be back the voice says." Back inside my head.

"Its good to have you back." I reply as I stand up and walk to the village armoury.

I kick the door open and walk to the faraway wall where a double bladed axe made from a black metal gleams wickedly. I take it off the rack that holds it up and run a finger lightly over each blade.

"Still sharp." The voice says, "Just how I like it." I say as a swing it around a few times before setting it gently on a bench.

I pick up a belt filled with small knives made from the same black metal.

I wrap the belt diagonally around me and position the knives so that they're on my the left side of my waist and then I pull out a shining black shield. I put it on my back and pull out a quiver of arrows and attach it to a strap on the belt that on my right shoulder blade.

Then for the final touches I pull out two gauntlets and two shin guards each made from a blood red metal instead of black. I attach them and then out of the bottom of the box I pull out the final piece...a black half mask that goes from my eyebrows to just above my mouth where it curves down over my cheeks a bit. There are two red strips on either side of the mask where my cheeks are. I smirk and crack my neck as I pick up the axe and a small pack that I would sort out later for now I had to get out of here and kill something.

"See isn't this so much better?" The voice asks.

"Yes..." I pause as I run to the forest and vault over a fallen tree. "So much better indeed." I agree as I brush past trees and bushes melting in with the night, swift as a gazelle and silent as a panther.
I stop and look over my shoulder at the glowing lights of the village I once called home and allowed one last moment of weakness.

"I'm sorry."

Yes I am back and I would like to apologise for my absence and I would like to say I've finally found my mojo which means that's right I will not be leaving for a few months before I update again though I won't give an estimation of when I will update again so yeah...

After some thought I've decided to dedicate this chapter to StoryGirl1997 who motivated me to get off my lazy ass and write this chapter.

So yeah unexpected twist in the story yeah I'm sorry I do love Lyna so I hope I've not annoyed anyone by doing this to her but I thought that it would be interesting to overcome one problem and add another. Being that Stoick is now going to listen to Nico's story and might consider making peace with the dragons but where would the fun be in a story where everything turned out okay before the story's even started? So I had the idea of Lyna having an evil conscience that helped her cope on her own for those years of her life but didn't like the path she was going down with Nico so decided to change that. So will Nico and Lyna sort things out? Will Nico be able to forgive Stoick and convince him to make peace between his village and the dragons? And will Snotlout grow up and stop being a munge bucket? Stayed tuned to find out!