A/N: Here's chapter three! Things get a little weird between Hiccup and another character about three quarters of the way through it so you can skip that if you'd like if you're not comfortable with it. Hope you guys enjoy!
It's Back Ch3:
Third Person's P.O.V.
Today was the gang's day off from training so they were all off doing their own thing. Hiccup was in the forge with Toothless, checking over old weapons that were in the armory, and Astrid walked in, holding her axe.
"Hey Hiccup," Astrid greeted, "Hey Toothless."
"Hello milady," Hiccup said, placing the sword he was sharpening down on a table, "and happy birthday."
"Thanks Hiccup," Astrid asked, "Fixing old weapons?"
"Yeah," Hiccup said, "Does your axe need sharpening?"
"Yeah, I've been practicing with it out in the woods. Also, it doesn't feel right," Astrid explained.
Hiccup took the heavy axe and nearly dropped it.
"Having trouble there Hiccup?" Astrid asked jokingly.
"No," Hiccup huffed and laid it on the table.
He began inspecting it.
"It looks unbalanced and it does need to be sharpened," Hiccup pointed out.
He placed the blade between two rocks and tightened them so the blade was stuck. He tightened the handle and then removed it from the two rocks. He sharpened it while Astrid looked through the rest of the weapons that lay about the shop.
"Did you make any of these?" Astrid asked.
"A few. Gobber never really allowed me to touch the weapons unless he was out helping during a dragon raid," Hiccup said, "or when Dad was away."
"Oh," Astrid said, grabbing a sword from off another table, admiring it, "This is pretty cool."
"That's a piece of my handy work. Took me a while but I got it done," Hiccup said.
"It's light," Astrid commented.
"But strong. I made it out of some leftover Gronckle Iron," Hiccup said.
Astrid took a couple swings with it and twirled it in her hand.
"I think it would do great in battle," Astrid said, placing it on the table.
Astrid walked around the shop and came to a curtain and pulled it aside, peeking inside. It was a small room with sketches littering the walls.
"Uh, Astrid, that's a, uh, private room," Hiccup stammered, racing over to the room.
"Did you come up with these?" Astrid asked, gesturing to some designs for new inventions.
"Yeah, things to help out with the dragons."
"I gotta say, these are some great ideas," Astrid said, "Stables for dragons would be a good one for all the dragons who don't have homes."
"A lot of villagers were complaining about the dragons that would sleep on their roofs and then they would be woken up early by them banging or roaring," Hiccup explained.
Astrid looked at the other sketches and then her foot hit a small box.
"What's this?" Astrid asked, kneeling down and picking up the box.
"Just a little thing I made when I was bored."
Astrid opened the box and pulled out a dagger. It was made of some type of green and black stone, polished, and the handle looked like twisted rope.
"That's a cool looking dagger. When did you make this?" Astrid asked, taking it out of the box.
"A couple years ago. Gobber helped a bit with the carving so I wouldn't ruin the stone," Hiccup said.
"Where is the stone from?"
"I don't know. Found it on the beach. Gobber didn't even know what it was but he let me keep it and it was one of our little secrets."
"One of them?"
"I took an oath to not say any of these secrets."
"Except for the dagger. Looks like your oath is broken," Astrid said, "so now you can tell me these secrets."
"Gobber's probably gonna come back any minute," Hiccup pointed out.
"Then let's go to the cove where it's private," Astrid suggested.
"Okay," Hiccup said, placing the dagger in his belt and they walked out of the small room, nearly running into Gobber.
"Oh, hey Hiccup, hey Astrid. What were you doin' in Hiccup's workroom?" Gobber asked.
"Hiccup was just showing me some designs he had," Astrid said.
"Really?" Gobber asked like he didn't believe them.
"Yeah, she was really interested in them," Hiccup said, "We're heading to the cove to hang out."
"Okay but don't come back home too late. You're father wanted to talk to you later," Gobber said.
"Okay, we'll be back," Hiccup said and they headed out of the shop with Toothless.
They got Stormfly and they flew to the cove. The dragons went to play and fish while Hiccup and Astrid sat on a log.
"Let's get started," Hiccup said, "There was one time me and Gobber went camping. It was late and we were sitting by the fire and Gobber didn't wash the fishing net and so when he went to bed in our shelter that we built, there was a bear already sleeping in it. Gobber has a fear of bears because of something that happened to him as a kid so when he crawled in the shelter and realized it was a bear, he started screaming and running around, swinging his hand and his prosthetic around and this woke the bear. I had no weapons or anything to frighten the bear so I grabbed a burning stick and waved it around, yelling for it to go away. It left and it took five minutes to calm Gobber down and we had to get my hand bandaged with some ointment because I burned my hand. Then it took ten minutes to get Gobber to bed."
"Wow," Astrid laughed, "For some reason, I can imagine Gobber running around like that."
"He didn't want to seem scared to anyone in the village so he told me not to tell anyone, not even my own father. When I asked what to say about my burnt hand, he said to say that I just accidently burnt myself starting the fire and at that age, I really could've."
Astrid giggled.
"How old were you?"
"I think around seven or eight. I was getting burns all the time from the forge so my dad really thought it was just an accident. He did get a little mad though at Gobber for letting me start the fire."
"So Stoick still doesn't know about this?"
"No. If he ever found out, he would never let Gobber down for it," Hiccup said.
He started on another story and he had told almost all of them by the time the sun was close to setting.
"We should probably head back seeing as your dad wanted to talk to you," Astrid suggested and they stood up from the rock.
"Yeah. I also have a present to give you, a birthday present," Hiccup said, pulling out something wrapped in silk, "Happy Birthday Astrid."
"Oh Hiccup, you didn't have to get me something," Astrid said, taking the package and unwrapping it.
She gasped at the silver bracelet with a Night Fury head on each end of it.
"It's beautiful Hiccup," Astrid said.
"It was my mom's," Hiccup said and Astrid stared at him in shock.
"I can't take this," Astrid said but Hiccup put the bracelet on her right wrist.
"Dad told me that my mom would want me to give it to a special girl," Hiccup started, "Astrid, there's a, uh, question I've wanted to ask you for a while. Will you, will you be my uh, girlfriend?"
"Of course. I've been waiting for you to ask," Astrid said and kissed him.
They pulled away when they heard two roars and looked over to see Toothless and Stormfly wrapped in metal nets.
"Toothless!"
"Stormfly!"
The two teens raced to their dragons as Berserkers jumped into the cove. They pulled desperately at the nets, looking for a way to get the dragons free. Berserkers tackled Hiccup to the ground and Astrid punched one in the face and kicked another in the groin before they managed to restrain her.
"Looks like I've managed to capture the famous Dragon Conqueror," Dagur said as he got right into Hiccup's face, "And his girlfriend too."
"What do you want Dagur?" Hiccup scowled.
"You, of course."
"What, are you gonna sell me to the highest bidder?" Hiccup asked.
"No, I've done some research lately in some ancient tombs and libraries and found a prophecy that had you in it," Dagur explained, "You are the key to bringing the Red Death back to life."
Hiccup froze and Astrid glared harder at Dagur.
"You can't be serious Dagur? Bringing the Red Death back to life would be the stupidest thing to do!" Astrid exclaimed, "We all nearly died last time!"
"But this prophecy says how to control it after resurrecting it. All I need is to spill some of the killer's blood on the island where the Red Death died and it'll come back and follow who ever spilt the blood," Dagur explained, "So I'll be the one who will rule all of the Vikings!"
"Dagur, even if you could bring the Red Death back, it wouldn't follow you. It would kill you and everything in its path. Even though you're called Dagur the Deranged, this is way past deranged, this is suicide! You bring that thing back and we'll all die, including you," Hiccup explained.
"You're just trying to make sure I don't become an evil overlord. Let's go before their beasts attract attention," Dagur said, "Take the Night Fury but leave the Nadder."
"Stormfly!" Astrid exclaimed, struggling against the two Berserkers who held her.
Stormfly and Toothless roared and one took a thick club and hit the both dragons over their heads, knocking them out.
"No!" Hiccup yelled, watching as they lifted his unconscious dragon out of the cove with some pulleys and several men.
Hiccup and Astrid's hands were tied very tightly with rope and they were hauled up and out of the cove. They followed the Berserkers through the forest, purposely going as slow as they could and hoping that somebody would find them.
"Gobber, have you seen Hiccup?" Stoick asked as he walked into the forge.
"Last I saw him, he said he was goin' to the cove with Astrid," Gobber said, "Has he not come back yet? I told him before he left not to come back too late because you wanted to talk to him."
"No and it's dark out. I'm gonna get Thornado and go look for him and Astrid," Stoick said and left.
The Berserker group had to slow a bit when it got dark but they did make it to the beach where the boat was. They dragged Toothless' unconscious body onto the ship and then tossed Hiccup and Astrid on board.
"You know my father will get us back before you can resurrect the Red Death," Hiccup said as he glared at Dagur.
"It's different this time Hiccup. Stoick won't get to you, Berk and the other tribes will become my servants, I'll be their ruler, and I'll have my Night Fury and the Red Death. The best part is that you will finally break," Dagur laughed and the two other teens glared at him, "Get the girl and the Night Fury into their cages! Hiccup, you'll be coming with me."
Astrid and Toothless were taken by some Berserkians and Hiccup was grabbed by Dagur. Dagur led Hiccup into a room near the back of the ship below deck.
"I got you some special restraints," Dagur said, grabbing a leather collar with two leather cuffs attached with a chain.
He tightened the collar around Hiccup's neck to the point that he could at least stick one finger underneath it and then he cut the rope around his wrists. Hiccup used this time to punch Dagur in the face, hurting both Dagur and his hand, and ran for the door. Dagur recovered quickly and tackled Hiccup right before he reached the door. Dagur pulled Hiccup to his feet and pushed his back against the wall.
"Now, now Hiccup, I was hoping you would behave but I'm gonna have to use the other special restraint I got you. That door's locked anyway."
He tightened the leather wrist cuffs and then grabbed something from a box. It was a ring gag with a harness. Hiccup just glared at Dagur as the Berserkian chief turned towards him. He took a step towards Hiccup and Hiccup took a step back.
"Hiccup, you're only making things worse for yourself."
"Dagur, I may be your prisoner but I'm not your slave," Hiccup fumed.
"No Hiccup, Astrid and the Night Fury are prisoners. You are now my personal slave. There's always been something special about you Hiccup. You trained dragons in a world that hates them, you defeated one of the most powerful dragons known to Vikings, defeated Alvin the Treacherous multiple times while being this scrawny teen who can't live up to Viking expectations," Dagur said, getting closer and closer to Hiccup until the teen's back was up against the wall, "And you're cute."
Dagur was quick at putting the ring gag and harness on Hiccup, who was shocked, and grabbing the chain that acted like a leash for Hiccup's restraints. Hiccup tried to get the ring gag off but Dagur yanked his hands down.
"I wouldn't even try Hiccup. There's a special lock that only I have the key for," Dagur said, smirking while Hiccup glared, "And I have a better outfit for you."
Dagur opened a chest and pulled out a white skirt that was split up the sides and really short shorts underneath.
"Put it on."
"What? Why would I ever wear that?" Hiccup said almost incoherently.
"We do have a certain blonde that we could dump in the middle of the ocean," Dagur reminded and Hiccup tensed.
"Fine, give me the stupid skirt."
Dagur handed Hiccup the skirt.
"Turn around," Hiccup grumbled.
"Now why should I do that Hiccup? I'll be seeing you with no clothes on sooner or later."
Hiccup, very reluctantly, removed his clothes except for his underwear. He thought of Astrid's safety the whole time. He could feel Dagur looking all over his bare skin. He finally got on the skirt.
"Very nice Hiccup," Dagur smirked and Hiccup just glared at him, "Let's go, I need to take care of some things."
"I want to see Astrid," Hiccup said, nearly drooling all over himself thanks to the ring gag.
Dagur pulled out a small key and unlocked the gag from Hiccup.
"I guess you could see her before we have our fun," Dagur shrugged, grabbing his leash and pulling Hiccup out the door, "But if you let her take the restraints off, we'll toss her overboard."
He was led to a door further down the hall and Dagur opened the door. There were two cages, a smaller cage with Astrid in it, and a larger cage where Toothless, now awake, was chained and his mouth bound with a leather strip.
"Hiccup!" Astrid exclaimed.
"Astrid," Hiccup breathed, "Toothless."
The Night Fury made a sound in his throat. Dagur opened Astrid's cage and shoved Hiccup into it.
"I'll be back in a while to get you back Hiccup dear," Dagur said and left.
"Oh gods Hiccup. Did he do anything?" Astrid asked, "Did he try anything?"
"No. He only put these restraints on and made me wear this outfit," Hiccup said, pulling Astrid into a hug.
Astrid pulled away.
"What are these marks on your face from?"
"A gag he put on."
"That son of a half troll!"
"Astrid, calm down. I'm not hurt or anything," Hiccup said, putting his hand under her chin and lifting it so she looked into his eyes.
"I should probably get these restraints off," Astrid said, reaching for the buckle on the one on his neck.
"No," Hiccup said, moving her hands away.
"Why Hiccup?"
"He, he said he'll throw you overboard in the middle of the ocean and leave you," Hiccup stammered, "I can't let you die."
"Oh Hiccup," Astrid whispered.
She hugged him and didn't let go.
"Hiccup, how are we gonna escape?"
"Dagur has every key for everything on this ship and an extra for all the keys. I know what the key looks like for the cages, the one holding the chains on Toothless, and the one for his room. Tonight, I'll sneak out of his room with the keys and we'll get out of here on Toothless," Hiccup said.
"Okay," Astrid said, giving Hiccup a short kiss on the lips.
Hiccup scooted to the edge of their cage so he could reach Toothless.
"You know the plan bud?" Hiccup asked and the dragon nodded his head.
Hiccup rubbed his dragon's head and Toothless cooed, wanting nothing more than to curl up around his rider and protect him from Dagur. The door opened and Dagur stood there with a large, evil smile on his face.
"Ready for the fun everyone?"
More of Dagur's men came into the room. Dagur grabbed Hiccup's leash, two men grabbed Astrid, and four men grabbed the bound dragon. They were all led above deck where a large makeshift arena now sat.
"Today, we will be having Astrid, once the second in her dragon killing class, and the famous Night Fury, one of the deadliest dragons, fight!"
The Berserkians cheered but Hiccup's eyes widened and Astrid and Toothless glared at the chief. Astrid and Toothless were shoved in opposite ends of the ring. The chains around Toothless' feet were unbound but his wings and mouth remained bound and Astrid wasn't given any weapons.
"Dagur, you can't have them fight!" Hiccup snapped.
"And why not Hiccup? I am the chief on this boat and they are my prisoners," Dagur said, sitting down in a chair and pulling Hiccup into his lap.
Hiccup struggled to stand back up but Dagur held onto him with a firm grip.
"Remember Hiccup," Dagur whispered into his ear.
Hiccup stopped and tensed up.
"Now, let the fight begin!"
Everyone cheered but Astrid and Toothless didn't move.
"I said fight!"
Astrid and Toothless still didn't fight.
"Fine, I'll make you fight."
Dagur snapped his fingers and one of his men brought out a whip. He pushed Hiccup to the ground on his stomach.
"If you don't fight by the time I get to three, I will whip Hiccup," Dagur said, placing his foot on Hiccup's back so he couldn't get up, "One, two-"
"We'll fight!" Astrid yelled.
Dagur smirked and picked Hiccup up, placing him back in his lap.
"Let the fight begin."
Astrid ran towards Toothless, yelling. Toothless got in a defensive stance but didn't look like he would actually attack Astrid. She leapt onto the dragon's back and hit him all over, but wasn't hitting that hard. Toothless was trying to buck her off even though he could actually reach her body and bite her.
"This isn't real fighting!" Dagur protested and shoved Hiccup back onto the ground.
He raised the whip and Astrid and Toothless froze. All Astrid and Toothless could hear was the sound of Hiccup crying out in pain as Dagur hit him once.
"No!" Astrid screamed and Toothless roared.
"Then fight!" Dagur yelled, raising the whip again.
Toothless retracted his teeth and reached his head back, grabbing Astrid by the waist with his mouth which wasn't open very wide thanks to the leather strip. He gave her a good shake to confuse her and then tossed her to the floor. Toothless was on top of her in less than two seconds baring his teeth and growling but Astrid knew he was faking by the look in his eyes. Astrid gave him a few punches to the face to leave him dazed and then managed to get out from underneath him. Toothless roared and ran after her. Astrid dodged and whenever she could would punch Toothless everywhere. The fighting went on for about thirty minutes before Toothless faked passing out.
"And our victor is Astrid!" Dagur exclaimed and all the Berserkians cheered, "Get them into their cages!"
Astrid's hands were rebound in rope and the Berserkians lead them back down into their cages. When they closed the door to the room, Toothless opened his eyes and stood up, getting close to Astrid's cage, cooing to the girl as an apology if he hurt her in any way.
"It's okay Toothless, just a couple scratches," Astrid said, rubbing Toothless' head, "I'm sorry too."
Food was now being passed out to everyone as they sat about the ship, chatting. Dagur had two bowls, one for Hiccup and one for himself. He wouldn't let Hiccup have his bowl just yet. He ate his food slowly, hoping to taunt Hiccup. Hiccup wasn't very hungry and the new wound on his back hurt but Dagur said he would clean and bandage it back in their room. Hiccup shook at the thought of Dagur touching him but was shocked back into reality when he felt Dagur's arm wrap around his waist and pull him closer. Dagur took the spoon from Hiccup's bowl and scooped a spoonful of the chili they had reheated.
"Open up Hiccup."
Hiccup glared and didn't say a word, keeping his mouth firmly shut.
"Do I need to bring Astrid and Toothless up here for more fighting?"
Hiccup's eyes widened and he opened his mouth just enough for the spoon to go in. he chewed slowly and swallowed, nearly grimacing at the horrid taste of their chili. Obviously, no one knew how to cook. Dagur gave him another spoonful and then handed him a cup of water. Hiccup looked at the water warily.
"Hiccup, we didn't poison your water," Dagur said, "Why would we poison it if we need you alive?"
'Dagur has a point,' Hiccup thought and took a couple sips of water.
"See, no poison," Dagur said, giving him the last spoonful and accidently getting some on the edge of his bottom lip, "Whoops."
Dagur leaned in and kissed Hiccup, licking the chili off and enjoying the taste of Hiccup. Hiccup froze and then quickly pulled away, scooting a few inches.
"I thought we would be at the island by now," Hiccup said.
"We have to make a stop first at another island that we should reach by later tonight or early in the morning."
"Why?"
"Now dear, I can't spoil the surprise," Dagur said, standing up, "Let's get back to our room."
(A/N: Things are gonna start getting sexual here so you can skip if you want until the next bold typing.)
Hiccup shuddered and Dagur led him back to the room. He locked the door, left his keys on his desk, and grabbed some bandages and ointment. He spread some ointment on the wound, which helped numb the pain a little, and then wrapped gauze around Hiccup's upper back and chest, leaving lingering touches here and there. When he was done, he wrapped his arms around Hiccup, bringing him into a deep and heated kiss, quickly intruding Hiccup's mouth with his tongue. Hiccup tried to pull away but Dagur kept a firm grip on his smaller body. They somehow got to the bed with Hiccup on his back and Dagur over him, still kissing him. Dagur got his shirt off but thankfully kept his pants on but he was using his hands to explore every inch of Hiccup's body. Hiccup struggled to get out from under Dagur and kept pushing the bigger male's hands away. Dagur eventually removed the leather collar but not the bracelets and then held both of Hiccup's wrists with one of his hands. The other he used to explore Hiccup's body. Dagur began to kiss Hiccup's neck gently and moved down Hiccup's body, going back up when he reached the edge of the white skirt. Dagur used his one hand to reach into the back of Hiccup's skirt and that's when Hiccup managed to knee Dagur in the gut. It didn't hurt much but it made Dagur take his hand out of the skirt.
"I wonder when I'll be able to break you," Dagur whispered with a smirk in Hiccup's ear and then nibbled on it, making Hiccup shudder.
Dagur eventually stopped with the touches and the kissing and brought Hiccup close to him, snuggling his nose into his neck.
"Good night Hiccup," Dagur yawned and was out almost instantly and his grip lessened, making it easier for Hiccup to slip out.
(Now you may continue.)
Hiccup removed his restraints, grabbed the keys from the desk, unlocked the door, and left to where Toothless and Astrid were. There were no guards anywhere below deck so it was easy for Hiccup to get to his friends.
"Hiccup?" Astrid asked when he opened the door since their room had no torches or candles.
"It's me," Hiccup said quietly, kneeling next to her cage and unlocking it.
"They took Toothless' flying gear," Astrid said as she crawled out, "and threw it overboard."
"Okay, Dagur said we're supposed to be coming to an island soon so we can get off there and find a place to hide. It'll be our only chance to get away from them and if my father's on their trail, he'll spot their ship at this island and try to find us," Hiccup said, "I hope."
He unlocked Toothless' cage and his dragon nearly tackled him with joy. Toothless sniffed him and snuffed, glaring and nearly growled.
"He smells Dagur, doesn't he?" Astrid asked, already knowing the answer.
"Yeah," was all Hiccup said as they exited that room and headed for the deck, listening for anyone.
There weren't many Berserkians patrolling the deck and even then, the ones patrolling were chatting and gambling by some barrels. An island not too far out was in their sights and the ship was heading straight for it.
'The island doesn't look familiar," Astrid whispered.
"I don't think Berk has ever visited this island," Hiccup whispered back, "It's not that far off and we could swim there."
"Hiccup, you can't swim with your prosthetic," Astrid said.
"Then we'll need something that floats," Hiccup looked around the boat and saw some empty barrels, "Those barrels should float but Toothless will have to swim."
The barrels were close to them and they found some rope to tie around them so they could lower them into the water without making a sound. Hiccup and Astrid managed to lower Toothless down into the water with some ropes and nearly dropped him in because he was so heavy. They jumped into their barrels and Toothless grabbed the ropes tied to them in his mouth. The Night Fury began to swim. It took them about an hour to get to shore and Toothless was tired, he legs aching from the long swim and he collapsed on the sandy beach.
"C'mon bud, we have to hide," Hiccup said, trying to pull the dragon up.
"Toothless, please," Astrid pleaded as she helped get the dragon to his feet and they entered the thick forest.
It was hard to see with barely any moonlight but Toothless helped and their eyes eventually adjusted enough so they weren't tripping every two seconds. They didn't know how long it took but the sun was starting to rise and that's when they found a cave well hidden behind a thick curtain of vines. It was slightly damp thanks to a small stream running through it and Toothless collapsed next to the stream, taking a couple drinks before closing his eyes and sleeping. Astrid and Hiccup drank from the stream and sat next to Toothless, who was so tired that if you shook him, he wouldn't even wake.
"At least we found a place to hide," Hiccup yawned.
"Should we take shifts for sleeping in case they're nearby?" Astrid asked and Hiccup nodded, "I'll take first watch."
"You sure?" Hiccup asked.
"I'm sure. Now go to sleep," Astrid said and Hiccup laid down underneath one of Toothless' wings.
Astrid washed her face in the stream and looked around the cave, not really finding anything interesting so she sat by the sleeping Night Fury, watching as he breathed in and out.
A/N: Sorry for anyone who didn't like the whole thing between Hiccup and Dagur. I know some people can get uncomfortable with that type of stuff but I gave a warning at the beginning and when to skip in the story. There shouldn't be any more of this stuff between Dagur and Hiccup in the rest of the story but if there is, I will warn you at the beginning and when to skip in the story. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and remember to review/favorite/follow down below!