Cast Out
Hiccups POV:
It's been two months since Thora joined our group and in that time a lot has happened besides her getting to know me and the rest of the gang, which includes the animals. I have to say things have been pretty crazy with everything that's been going on. I've had to deal with more than a few events, which have occasionally resulted in me adding more dragons to my group and learn a few things about dragons that I couldn't find in the dragon eye or Borks notes. The new dragons lead to the need for me to expand my dragon stables. I had to admit I've had to deal with more than my fair share of problems in these past months.
To start off with there is my new female Scauldren dragon who has taken to Scaulder and I get the feeling that there might be a few baby dragons in the future. I had found this Scauldren when me, Toothless and Angel were patrolling for Berserkers but heard roars of pain. We followed the roars and found a beached Scauldren with her wing stuck under some rocks leaving her to dry out. I knew Toothless and me had to get her out fast since the island we were patrolling was Changewing territory and they didn't like other dragons invading their territory. To start off I jumped into the ocean to get the scent of the Ocean on me so I could get close to the Scauldren. After that I just bonded with her, removed the rocks and made her a sling since the rocks broke her wing while Angel kept the other Changewings away from the beach. Once she was done I took her back to the island so I could properly tend to her wing in safer conditions. It took a week for her wing to properly heal and by that time her and Scaulder had already bonded so there was no way I could send her away and once I knew this I gave her the name Scauldra which she was happy with. She now lives with the other tidal classes in her own underwater nest in the dragon stables.
If this event wasn't big enough there was the coldest week Berk has ever seen which left every Berkian stuck inside in order to avoid freezing to death. The cold didn't bother me since my island was protected from the cold but I really wasn't sure how. Of course, this came with the problem of multiple Berkians asking if they could spend their day on my island due to being stuck inside their own huts for days with nothing to do due to the cold winds. Honestly it was so cold the ocean froze and I know this because I saw it when I went to go and get Trader Johan who got trapped by the ice. Unfortunately, the frozen ocean formed an ice bridge that allowed a large pack of speed stingers access to Berk while I was rescuing Johan. When I first got back to the village it was completely deserted and gave me the spooks before I had Toothless fly us over the island looking for everyone. We eventually found everyone down at the cove where Gobber explained what happened to everyone. Finding out how the entire village overrun I got all my wolves to help search the ground for the speed stingers since they were flightless while me and Toothless flew over the island looking into every cave I knew. When there was only an hour before sunset, I got Speedy to help us out since he might know where they hid due to him being the same species but he was not happy about being woken up during the day since he was nocturnal. He screeched at me for five minutes before I was able to calm him down enough to hear me out on waking him up. When we got him to Berk he was able to lead me, Toothless, my wolves, Violet, Saphire and Scorch to a cave by the beach where the pack was resting. We were able to tie up the leader before it woke up but unfortunately as we were getting it to the cage it woke up and broke free before trying to attack me. Fortunately, Speedy cut it off and began fighting each other while the other speedstingers ran circles around the fight but never interfering since they knew it wasn't their fight. In the end Speedy was able to beat the other speedstinger and forced it to leave Berk and never return. It gave one last glare before I watched as it began running across the ice with its pack following it. When I turned around however I found eleven members of the pack remained with Speedy and glaring at me. After a long roaring and growling from Speedy they stopped and they calmed down so I'm guessing they saw Speedy as their new leader since he beat the other one.
Now Dagur has tried to attack Berk as well after he tricked Trader Johan into accepting a pile of scrap metal which unknown to anyone was full of Smothering Smokebreath hatchlings. This did cause some trouble since at night they stole everything metal from the village, which includes the weapons leaving Berk disarmed. Fortunately, with my armory I was able to resupply Berks armory. After the first night I stayed in the village with my speedstingers and Toothless to try and find the thieves. I left a large pile of scrap metal from the ship graveyard in the middle of town to lure the thieves in and waited on a roof for an hour before anything happened. It was then a thick fog came in and circled it before Toothless began flapping his wings to get rid of it unmasking the smothering Smokebreaths. After making this discovery we chased them back to their nest before I went and got my adult Smothering Smokebreaths to come take care of the little ones. It was in the morning that Dagur and his fleet began sailing towards Berk. I then realized he was the one behind Berk being disarmed so I got Smoky and his pack to return the favor. Long story short Dagurs ships were destroyed, everyone got their stuff back and my smothering smokebreaths got some new pack members and metal for their nest.
Finally, there was one of the most difficult tasks I've ever had to deal with and it all started when I was out on patrol for Berserkers with Toothless, Sapphire, Sharpshot, Scaulder and Thunder. We were just flying over some sea stacks while Scaulder kept an eye on things in the water but our patrol was interrupted by the sound of what I first thought were banshees. Turns out it was just three thunder drum hatchlings who when ended up following us home which resulted in a ton of chaos around my island. They blasted my sheep with their sonic blasts, chased my wolves around, knocked my monkeys out of trees and broke every glass window on my island. It all came to an end when they tried to hit Thunder with their combined sonic blasts only for it to have no effect on him. He returned their blast however with his own and that somehow calmed them down. They ended up seeing him as their father, which resulted in me telling Thunder to never let them out of his sight since this would at least make sure they didn't cause more trouble than the twins. Thunder was all too happy to accept this new responsibility and when I had them try to combine their sonic blasts I not only learned that they could possibly destroy an armada but also broke every glass window on my island again, temporarily lost my hearing and got a visit from my father who came to complain about the noise which, he had to repeat a few times since I couldn't hear him. After this I gave the hatchlings the names Bing, Bam and Boom since these names suited the little troublemakers just fine.
Presently I was doing a patrol with Toothless, Violet, Sapphire, Coal and Scaulder hoping to find some Berserker ships to take down since it's been a while since Dagurs last attack which just makes me all the more nervous since it means he could be planning something big. I just hoped we were able to capture him soon and bring this war to an end since I missed traveling to new places. I admit I've used my portals to visit Rome, Greece and Egypt much to the joy of many of the local girls but I could never enjoy these trips without the fear of Dagur attacking while I'm away which is why my trips last three hours at most and even then, I was worried to come back and find Berk in ruins. This of course made it difficult for me to enjoy my trips and even made it difficult for me to enjoy the local cuisines with some of my foreign friends. Then there is the Mayans who I've yet to be able to visit in recent times and I admit I miss their city, their food, their culture heck I even miss the girls trying to steal a kiss from me.
Besides that, I wanted to open a portal to the city so I could visit whenever I wanted and to see if I had the blessing of their gods but I doubted it since all I did was supply their people with new weapons, slayed a giant snake, saved the emperors daughter and took down a jerk. I had the feeling that it would take a whole lot more than that to earn the blessing of the Mayan gods. I also wanted to take my jaguars, monkeys and Ikan back to their home jungle since I wanted my jaguars and Ikan to find mates and possibly start families and if they were able to find mates which, might mean leaving them behind then I would since I didn't want to stand between them and their happiness. I was brought out of my thoughts by Toothless growling back at me to get my attention. I looked ahead and saw a small island, which looked to be mostly beach, rocks and dead trees. The thing that caught my attention however was the wrecked outcast ship. I gave Toothless a pat on the head and said.
"Good spotting bud!" I leaned forward on the saddle. "Let's go investigate!"
We all flew in for a quick check but I kept one hand on my sword as we came in for a landing. When we were on the ground I signaled my dragons to keep their guard up and to roar if they saw anything. Toothless remained at my side as I began approaching the wreckage but when I was a few feet away an all too familiar voice from behind me said.
"Don't even bother lad! You won't find anything in there!" I immediately turned around with my sword at the ready with Toothless growling as I saw a man I thought dead standing there.
"Alvin! And here I thought you were dead!" He chuckled as my dragons circled him.
"Well appearances can be deceiving Hiccup but I really am glad you're here." I pointed my sword at him.
"Why? So, you can try to kill me or force me to train dragons for you again?"
"Easy there lad I just want to talk."
"We'll talk back on Berk." I signaled Sapphire to come forward and grab him with her tail. "Enjoy the ride!" Sapphire then wrapped her tail around him before lifting him up as I mounted Toothless before we took off back to Berk.
Nightfall
I was sitting down in my private study going over everything that happened today after I got back to Berk with Alvin in tow. When my father found out he immediately had Alvin cuffed and taken to the great hall for a trial where Alvin told my father he had a proposition. My dad however being the stubborn Viking he was didn't even bother to hear him out. Later on, I visited Alvin in his cell on Berk to hear his proposal. Turns out he wanted my help to get his island back from Dagur since apparently losing everything makes a man see things differently and he was trying to change. When I asked him what was in it for Berk if we accepted his proposal he told me Dagur would be gone and we'd have the Outcasts for allies. I went to talk it over with my dad but he refused to hear me out and didn't even answer me when I asked him why he and Alvin were enemies. I shook my head and poured myself some water as I wondered what could have happened to make him hate Alvin so much.
I just shook my head and decided to check up on Dagur and sent out one of my golden falcons as I took a sip from my drink before spitting it out at the image that just came up. Dagur was at the old dragon kill ring with some wild dragons which consisted of a yellow and red hideous zippleback, a green monstrous nightmare and a brown deadly nadder. The dragons however weren't the only things in the arena since there were also the teens of Berk who were barely holding their own and in the center of it all was a large piece of dragonroot. I grabbed my sword and ran out of the study before calling Toothless and Coal since I needed Toothless to get there fast and Coal to take care of the dragon root since he was the only dragon I knew it had no effect on.
It didn't take us long to get to Berk and inform my father what was going on before he gathered some men to get to the ring as I told him I'd catch up to him in a moment. Once he was out of sight I ran to the prison and got Alvin after making sure he understood the consequences if he betrayed me. After that we both mounted Toothless with me at the front before we both flew as fast as we could to dragon training arena. When we got there my father and his men were already locked in battle with the Berserkers. I saw my dad was distracted trying to lift the gate allowing Savage to try and jump him. I was going to have Toothless hit him with a plasma blast but before I could Alvin yelled at my dad to duck before he jumped off Toothless and kicked Savage away. I'm guessing Dagur was surprised since when he saw Alvin he asked.
"You?" Alvin smirked.
"Well don't look so surprised!" He shrugged. "I don't go down so easily."
After that I believe my dad got over his mistrust and tossed Alvin a sword before yelling at him to fight which Alvin was all too happy to do. Now with the Berserkers occupied my dad was able to open the gate allowing not only the teens to escape but Coal to fly in and grab the root. While he grabbed the root Toothless and me waited just outside the gate for him so when he came through we could blast the gate shut to prevent the dragons from following him. It didn't take Coal long to grab the root and get out of there but unfortunately as he was coming out he accidently rammed both my dad and a Berserker who were fighting at the entrance. Once the gate was shut trapping the wild dragons inside I dismounted Toothless and ran out with my sword out to help with the fight. The second I reached the top I had to duck to avoid a Berserkers blade before giving him a hard punch in the gut knocking him down. I then used my sword to block another sword strike from another Berserker before slashing at his blade breaking it as if it were nothing and punching him in the face. It was then I heard Gobber yell my name. I turned to see him pointing and when I saw what he was pointing I saw Dagur and Savage on either side of my tied up father with their swords pointed at his neck. Seeing this I couldn't help but yell.
"DAD!" Dagur then said.
"Nobody make a move!" Toothless at my side growled as Alvin growled Dagurs name. "We'll be leaving now and if I see one dragon following us then you'll be looking for a new chief." He let out a laugh before pulling my father away. "We'll be in touch! Bye Bye!" I turned to face the men.
"We'll take the south path, cut them off at the beach and destroy their ships before-" Alvin walked up and cut me off.
"Don't do it Hiccup!" He shook his head. "If you back a man like that into the corner then you won't like the outcome." Gobber walked forward.
"Especially when that man has a one hundred ship armada that he travels with."
"This is my father we're talking about. I need to save him!" Alvin walked forward.
"Dagur is not going to hurt your father yet!" He sighed. "Stoick is not what he wants." Gobber then said.
"He's right!" I cocked an eyebrow.
"You expect me to trust him?"
"If there's one thing Alvin knows Hiccup it's treachery."
I sighed before looking out to the sea knowing we'd get my father back no matter what it took. After that we released the wild dragons and put Alvin into the cage which once housed the monstrous nightmare. We later learned the reason the teens were in the ring was because they were out walking together to talk about their latest plan to get me to teach them how to train dragons when the Berserkers captured them. I spent my remaining night keeping an eye on Dagur and my father using my golden falcons.
Morning
I was now in the Great hall looking over a crowd of angry villagers who were all yelling after Gobber told them all I was the acting chief since my dad was gone. I whistled for Toothless who was all too happy to come to my side and let out a plasma blast to get everyone's attention. I gave him a smile before turning to the crowd and said.
"Alright everyone it's true that my father who is also your chief has been kidnapped but we've been through much tougher times so calm down." This only got more yells from the crowd to take arms and man the catapults before Toothless fired another plasma blast to shut them up. "Listen to me people!" I sighed. "Attacking will only give Dagur the excuse he needs to kill my father and that is the last thing any of us wants since you lot will be without a chief and I'll be without a father even if he was a neglectful idiot." When they started yelling again I was getting angry as Toothless shot off another plasma blast. "Okay listen to me you lot I'm working on a plan to get my father back but I need more time so keep your tunics on because unlike my father I have no problems with breaking some bones after all the yak dung you lot put me through when I was younger." I saw everyone look down at this before Astrid ran into the hall with an arrow before running up and holding the arrow that I now saw, had a message out to me.
"This just came for you." I took it from her. "It's from Dagur!" As I read through it she asked. "What's it say?"
"It says we have till nightfall to deliver Toothless or my dad will be dead." I scrunched up the note and tossed it away as Gobber walked up.
"You do know it's a trap and if you got anywhere near Outcast island then you'll be-" I held up my hand to silence him.
"Relax Gobber I know exactly what to do."
"For all our sakes I hope you're right lad."
Three hours later
I was now on Outcast Island wearing my stealth armor making my way to the kill ring where they were holding my father. As I grabbed a Berserker guard from behind I went over how I ended up here now. After the meeting in the Great Hall I let Alvin out on the condition that he showed me how to get onto Outcast Island unseen since he used to rule there and if there's one thing a chief knows it's their island. Before we set off though I made it clear to him that if he even thought for just a second about betraying me then I would use every foreign torture method I know on him. He told me that he wouldn't and that he liked the burning fire in my eyes but to save it for the Berserkers. Along the way I was able to convince Alvin to tell me what happened between him and my father all those years ago and he told me that they used to be best friends until he disobeyed an order, which, resulted in a lot of chaos and damage. After that things were never the same and it was only a matter of time before he was banished. I admit it was an enlightening story and it kept Alvin distracted from the back up that was secretly following us at a distance. This back up was just Quake who I had taught to come at the sound of a whistle I made and he was only to be used incase we really needed him since he was a full blown weapon when he attacks.
We were able to get into the dragon dungeons by going through a secret underwater tunnel which Alvin told me had yet to be found thanks to his inside man Mildew. I admit I was hesitant to trust him since he betrayed me before but at this point I wasn't in any position to be picky with whom I worked with to save my father. After seeing Mildew however I noticed a whispering death surrounded by eggs and asked them if they also got a big red egg from the females clutch. When I got a confirmation I knew I had just found Quakes mother and I had a feeling he wasn't going to want to leave this island without her. I knew I'd be able to convince Alvin to let me have her after we got his island back but for now we went over the plan to save my father.
This brings us back to where I am now which is just outside the Outcasts kill ring with Toothless at my side and an unconscious Berserker guard at my feet. Me and Toothless hopped down through the bars into the ring to search a bit more but when we got closer to the center of the ring a bola came out of one of the caves. I unfolded a shield I had made for the armor which was painted completely black and used it to knock the bola away as Toothless dodged another one. Unfortunately it was at this point a cage dropped from the roof onto Toothless trapping him. I ran towards him but three Berserker guards came out with their swords drawn. I knocked two of them away using my shield but before I could take down the third ten more guards came in and pointed their weapons at me. It was at this point I surrendered knowing I couldn't fight anymore without risking Toothless and my father. I stood still and allowed them to surround me as Savage walked out in front of the cage and said.
"Welcome back to Outcast Island Hiccup." One of the Berserkers then took my shield, removed my hood and mask as two others held my arms while Dagur walked up and began talking to Toothless before I yelled.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE DAGUR!" He just turned to me and ordered his men.
"Put him with his father." They then dragged me away.
1 hour later
I was now back in the Outcasts kill ring but this time I was tied up next to my father who was also tied up and we were both watching Dagur talk to Toothless about his plans for him. As he gloated my father leaned towards me and asked.
"Did you bring help son?"
"Yeah I did."
"I take it you brought all of your other dragons?"
"No I didn't."
"Oh the Berk fleet?"
"No!"
"Do you have any plan at all?"
"Yeah I do but if it's all the same to you I'd just like to watch it unfold."
It was then as Dagur was going over his plan that the guard next to me got pulled into the ground. As Dagur then went over how much it'll cost to change all the sails, shields and his belt to be a nightfury instead of a Skrill that the guard next to my dad was pulled into the ground. Dagur then turned around and asked Toothless what he thought of the name Deathkiller before the two guards behind him were simultaneously pulled into the ground. When he saw Toothless didn't like the name he went how the name had to have death in it but it was at that moment a Whispering Death burst from the ground behind him and flew through the bars that made the roof of the ring. He was quickly followed by three more whispering deaths causing the ground beneath us to begin cracking open as if we were experiencing a quake. It was then in the entire panic one come back with Alvin holding onto its tail with Mildew. Alvin threw Mildew to the cage Toothless was in where Mildew quickly let him out and took off the muzzle he had on. As this was happening my dad asked with his eyebrows raised.
"Alvin, Mildew and whispering deaths?" He turned to me. "This was your plan?" I smiled at him.
"Come on dad I figured you'd have figured out by now." I turned back to the chaos. "When it comes to me always expect the unexpected."
It was then Alvin landed in front of us and untied us before I ran and got my shield. I then charged towards Toothless using my shield to knock over an outcast before I felt an all too familiar weight in my free hand. I smiled down at my star sword, which had just formed before I used it to block a sword strike from a berserker followed by a hard punch to his face knocking him out cold. I then used my shield to toss a charging outcast over my head before making another run for Toothless who was blasting and knocking men away. Before we could reach each other though the ground between us split open and then the ground Toothless was on sunk taking him, Dagur and multiple men. The sinking ground also caused the bars that were the roof of the ring to come down towards me. I folded up my shield, sheathed my blade before attaching it to my belt before I ran up to the edge and jumped up to the bars and grabbing hold to avoid the sinking ground. I looked down and watched Toothless fight off the men who came charging at him before Dagur was able to hop onto his back. When Dagur was on Toothless immediately tried to buck him off and after a few bucks was successful and flew onto one of the higher ledges where I gave him a nod to tell him to jump under me when I dropped. He just roared as I let go and fell before he caught me which allowed me to open up his tail and glide down to the bottom.
Once we landed we were surrounded and I knew it was time to call in the reinforcements so without hesitation I took out my whistle and blew into it as hard as I could. When I stopped the men were closing in and laughing at me before Quakes roar echoed through the pit followed by a large fireball coming down in front of them and knocking them back. It was then I saw the whispering death I recognized as Quakes mother roar up at him and I could tell they recognized each other. Before she could fly up to him though Dagur and four of his men lassoed her tail and pulled her down which got Quake to let out what anyone could tell was a roar of rage. Knowing how he could be when he's angry I turned to Dagur and said.
"Dagur let her go or we're all dead!" He just pointed a spear at her.
"And why would I do that?" He pulled on the rope. "Hello I'm deranged!" I then heard Quake go on a rampage up top. "Back off Hiccup! If I destroy her that thing will destroy us all." I gave Toothless a pat on the back of the neck to signal him to back up before Dagur smiled. "Good now I might be interested in a trade." I cocked an eyebrow. "Oh, really you didn't see this coming?" I reached towards the back of my belt where I hid five throwing knives.
"Here's your answer." I quickly pulled out five knives and one by one through each of them at the ropes cutting right through them and freeing the whispering death.
"Oh, come on how did you do that?" I gave Toothless a signal to toss me towards them and as soon as I was airborne I answered.
"Lot's of practice!"
Before I launched a midair kick into his chest knocking him into a wall. I followed this up by delivering a hard punch to one of his stunned men's faces which brought the others out of their shock. They charged at me before I ducked under one's sword strike and punched him in the gut followed by throwing him over my head. The other two the swung their swords together but I ducked underneath their blades as they ran past before I quickly turned around and slammed their heads together knocking them both out. I looked at the whispering death that was staring at me before I gave her a nod to tell her to go to her son. She gave me one last roar before flying up to Quake where they had from what I could tell was a heartfelt meeting between dragons. As they greeted each other I had Toothless fly me up to the surface where Quake was waiting for us. We walked up to the edge of the cliff where Quake looked down at us before giving out a loud roar that I could tell was a thank you. I just chuckled at him and said.
"You're welcome big guy now get your mother back to the island where she'll be safe."
He gave a growl and nod before flying away with his mother following making me smile but I was brought out of my joy by the sound of a battle cry. I turned around and saw Dagur charging at me with a spear raised over his head but before he could reach me Alvin put his arm out in front of Dagur which knocked him over. I saw Alvin looking down at Dagur with a smile that sent a slight chill down my spine. He looked at Dagur and said.
"Hello Dagur, remember me?" All Dagur could say was a simple.
"Oh no!" Alvin then picked him up by the front of his tunic as he screamed. "NO!" He then turned to me. "HICCUP!" Alvin then began to laugh like a maniac. "BROTHER!" I just rolled my eyes and had Toothless turn away to both asses the damage and because I did not want to see what Alvin did to Dagur.
3 hours later
I was now back on Berk with my father after him and Alvin finally made peace with each other resulting in Dagur cooling down in the Outcast dungeons, the Outcasts becoming Berks allies and me finally being free to travel again without worrying about Berk. I was looking out to the sunset with Toothless and my father as he said.
"You're going to be a great chief son. One of the best if I'm right." I let out a sigh.
"Dad we've gone over this I'm not sure if I'm going to take over as chief."
"Hiccup you're my heir and you can't change that."
"I don't live on Berk and I don't want to stay tied to Berk when there's a whole world to explore."
"I know Hiccup but there's no reason for you to stop exploring and in some ways your explorations can benefit Berk."
"How so?"
"You can possibly convince foreign traders to open up trade routes with Berk."
"Dad I hate to poke holes in your ideas but there are quite a few problems like the places I go to are weeks away so it would take a lot to convince the traders to do so and add to the problem that very few actually speak Norse so unless you've got someone willing to learn their languages and translate for others then you're out of luck."
"I get that Hiccup but please just think about it."
"I will!" It was then Gobber ran up.
"Stoick silent Sven has just broken his silence and you're not going to like what he has to say."
"Whelp dad looks like you've got chiefly duties to attend to and I have things to do back on my own island." He nodded.
"I guess we both have duties to take care of for our islands. Till next time son!" I nodded before me and Toothless took off to get back to my island to both help Quakes mother settle in and to plan my long overdue trip to the Mayans where I'd hopefully gain the blessing of their gods and be able to open up a new portal door.
AN: Finally done with the series until Race to the edge but I cannot tell you all what a relief this is for me. Now Hiccup can get back to seeing the world and I don't have to be bored out of my mind rewriting the episodes. A special thank you to my friend 'Red dragon 112293' for all his help with these chapters whether it was giving me new ideas or an honest opinion on previews. Don't miss the next chapter, which he is also helping me with where Hiccup revisits the Mayans only to be roped into an even bigger adventure. What is this adventure you may ask. Just wait and find out but I will say it's inspired from an old Disney Dreamworks movie from 2000 so if you wish try to put the pieces together and see if you were right about which movie in the next chapter.
