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TW! Blood! Abortion/ forced miscarriage!

Hiccup and Dagur were settled on his chair that sat by his desk. Dagur was overlooking paperwork while Hiccup was snuggled in his lap. Hiccup's head was leaned against his chest while she was tinkering with a box.

"Are you sure you want to go through with the idea of allowing them all on the backs of dragons? Many of them are just going to play nice until they have what they want to learn. Many of them may even try to turn on us."

"I'm counting on the chiefs wanting to abuse this power but I believe that their heirs can change."

"They've bullied you for years, what makes you think that any of them can change?"

Hiccup looks up into Dagur's eyes, away from her tinkering and even sits up a bit straighter. "Dagur, if I thought that no one could change I wouldn't be in your arms right now. I would be halfway across the world on Toothless' back and we never would have looked back nor cared about the state of the archipelago. But I believed that you could change and I gave you a chance."

Dagur presses their foreheads together before he sighs. "Yes but I love you! I would follow you blindly to the ends of the Earth if that's what it took to prove my love for you. I was not a fan of Toothless when I first met him and even when you were in your coma the two of us kind of tolerated one another there for a while. I was only willing to change because of how much I love you!" Dagur gives her a quick kiss before he cradles her head in one of his hands, the other still wrapped firmly around her waist.

"I believed you could change in spite of that though. You could have just as easily decided that killing dragons was more important to you than your feelings for me."

"I didn't though."

"I believed you could change and I believe that they can change just the same. They just need to be away from the influence of their parents and I believe that they can thrive and change."

"But are they going to stay that way once they go back to their homelands?"

"It's a chance that I'm willing to take."

"Just how many students are you planning on taking on? The other tribes are going to insist on more than just their heirs coming along for the show. What about your idiot siblings as well?"

"I believe that they can all change, they just have to experience what I've experienced with Toothless. They'll experience freedom in a way that they never would have thought that they would have. They'll also feel what it's like to trust another being and never have to worry about being betrayed."

"So what exactly is this plan of yours? You still haven't told me all of the details of it."

Hiccup holds up the box she's been tinkering with. "You see this box?"

"Yeah, what does that have anything to do with them getting dragons though?"

"Well, all of the dragons in the arena have a key tied around their necks."

"When did you have time to do that? How did you even manage to tie a key around their neck without them hurting you?"

Hiccup smiles and gives Dagur a quick kiss. "I have my ways just as you do."

"So what's with the box and the keys then?"

"I've made boxes like this for all of the tribes and each one has a corresponding key to their box. They won't be able to open the box unless they have the key."

"Please tell me that these aren't a giant trap!"

"They aren't a giant trap. It's a small trap! If they open it without the key the contents will be destroyed and they'll be barred from dragon training. However, if they open it with the key there will be a set of instructions in it."

"What kind of instructions? Vikings aren't really big on reading."

"That's the best part..." Hiccup then begins to tell him all of the details about the box. "This will simply be the first step if they want dragons and they'll have no choice but to comply with it. Especially since we'll be leaving in a week."

"You're ready to get off this island, aren't you?"

"Yes, we still have a lot of sailing and I want to be able to spend an extra month with my husband while they all sail back to their home islands and we get a month to ourselves before dealing with all of the craziness."

"Who's all going to be coming from Berk? You can't possibly be thinking of including your idiot brothers and then all those who grew up bullying you!"

"They all have great potential Dagur. Besides, I'm hoping that instead of dragon training being about killing dragons it becomes about the young ones learning to ride and train their own dragons."

"I still think that it's a stretch but if you believe that they can all change, then I trust you."

"Good." Hiccup boops him on the nose before she sets down her box on the desk. She stands and pops her back along with anything else that will pop.

"You're just going to leave me?"

"Dagur, I want to take a nap before I have to deal with other people. You're more than welcome to join me but you have to remove your armor."

Dagur growls before he quickly removes his armor and picks Hiccup up by her waist and carries her like a sack of potatoes. He then carefully sets her on the bed before crawling in next to her. He claims her lips in his and they fight for dominance before Hiccup gives in and Dagur takes her breath away. "I love you, you know that right."

"I could never forget. I love you too Dagur, now sleep!"

"Don't you want your prosthetic off first?"

Hiccup looks nervous before she nods and pulls herself up to undo it herself. Dagur stops her and lays a kiss on her forehead before he removes it for her. Hiccup isn't looking at him or her leg. Dagur sets the leg aside before he grabs Hiccup around the waist and pulls her towards him. He gives her a few more kisses before reassuring her.

"It's ugly and deformed, nothing about it is pretty or beautiful," Hiccup whispers.

"You'll always be beautiful in my eyes, nothing will ever change that."

"You'd be the only one to ever say that."

"Good, then this can just be our special little scar that the rest of the world will never get to see."

"You say that as if it's a big secret." Hiccup laughs at him.

"It is a big secret! This is now my scar, no one else can see it bar the village healers! When we're on Talon maybe you'll get cleared for other activities and I can show you just how much I care about that part of you just as much as the rest of your body."

"You know very well I could be cleared right now. The only reason I'm not is because pregnancy would take a lot out of my body and it's still weak from losing my leg."

"Well, there are preventatives that could be used."

"Yes, but they aren't 100 percent effective or they could ruin any chance of conceiving at all."

"True. I'll wait for as long as I have to. I'll wait longer if it means you aren't quite ready for that step either."

"Dagur I'm more than ready for that step. But now we have to worry more than about ourselves and our future."

Dagur swoops down and plants a kiss on her forehead. "We could manage a baby if it came down to it, I know we could. If it affects the others and their dragon training, who cares? Growing a baby is hard work and if they refuse to accept that then they can leave willingly or not."

Hiccup sighs. "How'd you get so wise? You always know the right thing to say."

"I've learned from the best, now let's take a quick cat nap before Stoick decides to disturb us."

Hiccup giggles as Dagur buries his head in the crook of her neck, the two fall asleep not long after.

...

Dagur is the first to stir by the knocking coming from the door and he reluctantly moves from his spot. He makes sure that Hiccup is covered up by the blanket before he groggily moves to the door.

"What?" Dagur demands as he opens the door.

"Sir, Chief Stoick is here. Claims that you had dinner plans."

"Yeah, yeah, we'll be up in a few minutes. Thank you!" This shocks his soldier who nods before he leaves. Dagur crawls back into the bed and Hiccup lets out a little groan. "Come on Hiccup it's time to wake up. Unless you want to stay in bed and not visit Stoick. I'll be fine with whatever you choose."

Hiccup bolts up, nearly knocking foreheads with Dagur but he dodges. "Why didn't you wake me sooner?"

"I just woke up myself. Ivar knocked on the door to let us know."

"Dagur get off me, we have to get ready."

"I still don't see why you want to go to this thing. Kara and her gremlins are probably also going to be there."

"My father is making the effort so it's only fair that we do the same."

"If they decide to start something can we at least leave early?"

"Absolutely! Now get off me! Please?"

Dagur sighs before he slowly gets off of Hiccup. He gives her a quick peck before he gets off the bed. "Only cause you asked so nicely."

"Thank you!"

The two don't have to do much to get ready. Dagur places his weapons and armor back on while Hiccup straightens out her braid and her clothes. She also fixes Dagur's braid before she declares that they're ready to go. She grabs a hold of Dagur's hand and the two leave the cabin.

They leave the ship and meet up with Stoick. Stoick tries to give Hiccup a hug but she dodges it. Stoick then settles for a handshake from Dagur who reluctantly does so. Stoick grabs his hand with more than a little strength causing Dagur to put more strength behind his shake.

"Alright, that's enough!" Hiccup breaks the two apart.

"So Stoick who's all going to be present?" Dagur asks.

"Gobber, Kara, the twins along with the other children, and Gothi."

"Who prepared the meal?" Hiccup asks.

"Kara did of course!" Stoick states proudly. Hiccup and Dagur share a look.

"How is your wife?" Dagur asks trying to break the tension a bit more.

"She's doing fine. I just found out she's expecting again."

"Are you sure it's yours," Hiccup mutters but Stoick doesn't catch it.

"What was that?"

"We were just curious how far along she was," Dagur covers for Hiccup.

"Kara has known for quite a bit now. I asked Gothi for an estimate and she's about four months along."

Conversation dies down from there and then they finally reach the hut. Hiccup bends down with the excuse of adjusting something on her prosthetic buying her and Dagur time.

"What's this about?" Dagur asks her softly crouching down beside her.

"How can she be four months along? She hasn't even exhibited any type of morning sickness!"

"Well you know, not all women experience it right away."

"I should have, no, would have noticed. I think her and my father got in a screaming match and now she's trying to save herself from being kicked out."

"How would pregnancy save her?"

"He's always had a soft spot for her whenever she's pregnant. He treats her like glass and like she's the most precious thing in the world."

"How'd she get Gothi to cover for her if it's not true?"

Hiccup looks at a loss for words. "I don't know. I never know, but Gothi and Gobber have always sided with her and my father. She has to have something on Gothi..."

"You know what it is don't you."

"You said I was out for a month right?" Dagur nods. "What if it wasn't just because my body needed the extra healing?"

"Are you suggesting that...?"

"I can't know for sure, not unless I can get into her stash and check. Fishlegs never was the best gatherer so her stash of certain items would be more depleted than others."

"How exactly are you going to break into her hut?"

"I'll figure something out." Hiccup stands up. "Now come on before they get suspicious."

"You're the one-"

Hiccup cuts him off with a kiss, one that he melts into before the door opens.

"Come on you two love birds!" Gobber calls them in.

"If Kara made the food, watch as she dishes out the plates. Make sure they all look the same," Hiccup whispers in his ear before she pulls away giggling, trying it to make it look like she said something cute.

The two finally enter the hut before they're ushered to sit at the table. Kara hands over a mug of mead to Dagur before handing Hiccup a cup with water. She doesn't look all too happy about it and Hiccup scans Kara's body, checking to see if anything's different.

Kara notices this and turns away. "Dinner will be ready here soon enough."

The table is quiet, no one is sure what to say or do. Reyna tries to talk about herself but that backfires quickly. Stoick tries again to ask Hiccup how she's doing but is still rewarded with the fact that she's doing fine.

Kara then begins to dish out everyone's plate. Hiccup keeps a close eye on her but doesn't notice her doing anything different with anyone else's food. Hiccup stirs the food around, trying to decipher what everything is which is fairly simple since it's a stew. Most everyone is done or almost done with their food before Hiccup places what is wrong with the food. Hiccup gives a subtle nod to Dagur that it was safe and he begins to eat. Hiccup looked over to Kara and noticed that her bowl was already gone.

"What did you do Kara?" Hiccup asks causing the table to go silent.

"I don't know what you're talking about! How dare you accuse me!"

"There are juniper berries in here, their presence isn't very subtle."

"What does that mean?" Gobber asks.

Gothi herself even looks shocked. "You're not the only one who has read any of those herb books!"

"What does it mean Kara?" Stoick demands.

Kara doesn't get a chance to respond as she collapses, blood staining her crotch area. Hiccup takes charge first.

"Everyone out! NOW!" Hiccup roars at them and they all begin to scramble out. Dagur and Gobber pulling Stoick out.

"She killed our baby," Stoick mumbles.

"Why did you do it Kara?" Hiccup asks softly.

"Since your near death experience he has woken up and decided that you're important to him! That you actually matter and I'm forced to flee into the background along with my children! I won't allow it! You don't deserve a single thing that has been given to you! You deserved to die!"

"You wanted me gone so you tried to poison me, am I correct? You somehow paid Gothi off, didn't you? You wanted me out of the picture for good?"

"You always were too smart for your own good. I can't have you blabbing all of my secrets now that he'll actually listen to you."

"Kara as much as I don't like you my father has never hated you. He might now after what you've done but he's always felt some type of care for you. It wasn't all sex for him!"

"Maybe not but he doesn't know everything!"

"This pregnancy would've kept you safe from his rage, why end it?"

"I don't want another child for him to neglect! My children deserve the limelight, not forced to flee into the background because of some runt that he's finally decided to care for!"

Hiccup tries to keep Kara comfortable through the rest of the experience as Gothi tries to work on any type of solution but it's all for naught. Kara passes out sobbing and the life growing inside of her is lost. Hiccup shakes her head along with Gothi.

The two slowly walk towards the door and Gothi opens it up but Hiccup speaks. "She needs to be moved. Preferably to Gothi's hut, she needs to be looked over again."

"Why would she do this?" Stoick asks and Hiccup looks at him sadly.

"She wants attention, from you. I don't know if it's because she actually wants to experience your love or maybe she's just upset that she won't be able to get away with whatever with your attention focused on me. Right now that doesn't matter, she needs to be able to recover in peace."

"She did this to herself! How can you say she needs to recover?"

"She's a patient who needs to recover first and foremost."

"She should be locked in the brig for treason!"

"Please don't hurt our mom!" Reyna cries and Stoick bends down to pick her up.

Stoick sighs. "I won't hurt her but she needs to be punished for her acts. Justice needs to be served because without that the world won't spin."

Reyna still continues to sob and Stoick does his best to comfort her. Hiccup gets Dagur to enter the hut and he sees all of the blood. Hiccup wraps Kara in a sheet before Dagur picks her up and begins to follow Gothi to her hut.

"How could she stoop so low?" Dagur questions.

"There are many reasons it could have happened. I think she was threatened the most by her not receiving any attention. She was just wishing a few months ago that Stoick wouldn't return from his voyage, that she had too many kids to look after while also running a village. Maybe it got to her head."

"What are you hoping happens?"

"Maybe this is the straw that it takes for Kara to be a decent person and my father to care for her as a wife and not as the mother of his children."

"Promise me right now that if I ever stop giving you the attention you deserve that you'll never do anything this drastic."

"Dagur, soon enough we'll both be running busy lives but we'll always make time for each other. I love you and you love me. Even if we're both running in different directions on Talon, we'll always end up curled in the same bed at night."

Dagur smirks at her, "Don't you forget it or else I may just have to chain you there myself."

Hiccup rolls her eyes at him but gives his arm a reassuring squeeze.

They reach Gothi's hut in no time and Dagur sets Kara down before he is kicked out. Hiccup helps undress Kara before placing a clean sheet over her upper half as Gothi inspects the lower half. When Gothi is done she instructs Hiccup to clean up down there. After a few minutes that's complete and the sheet is laid on top of Kara. Gothi then dismisses Hiccup and she meets up with Dagur outside.

"I think we need to get a bath ready and just relax," Hiccup tells him.

"I couldn't agree more."

...

Dagur had gotten his men to warm up the water the two were now sitting in. Dagur was tracing the scars on her back while they both relaxed.

"She did all this damage to you and is worried about her own lack of attention?"

"Let's not discuss this Dagur. My scars are all ugly! Some of which healed fully when I was in my coma."

"I think they show just how strong you really are. It shows all of the struggles you've had to face before you got your happy ending."

Hiccup turns to face him, straddling his lap. "If I recall we haven't quite had our happy ending yet. We aren't even any closer to leaving this island and all of the other islands want their own dragons."

"No, but we're one step closer than we were before."

Dagur leans forward and captures her lips. "I'm ready if you are." Hiccup tells him and he nods before he grabs her and takes her over to the bed.

Together the two finally become one as man and wife should.

Hours later the two are curled up in bed thoroughly satisfied. Hiccup is tracing a tattoo that Dagur has on his chest. He has a hand on her back stroking his thumb along it while the other is fisted in her hair.

"I love you Dagur." Hiccup tells him before she closes her eyes and falls asleep happily content.

Dagur kisses her forehead telling her the same before he joins her in sleep.

TBC...