(Stoick's pov)

"You did what?!!"

Snotlout and Tuffnut winced at my tone as I had questioned them why they looked uncomfortable in their own skin when Valka had revealed Hiccup was raped. So I questioned my nephew and the Thorston boy about the subject and they tried lying to me, but I told them if they didn't tell me the truth? The consequences for lying to me would be dire.

So they revealed what they did to Hiccup on his fifteenth birthday late that night. How they raped him for hours and threatened him if he told anyone, they'd rape him again. I let out a disbelieving cry of rage as I flipped the nearest table, mugs and jugs of ale spilling everywhere and clattering on the ground. Turning back to these two idiot boys, I then snarled out. "Get out of my sight! NOW!!!" They winced at my tone and fled my sight in the blink of an eye, crying out in disbelief and rage I punched the wall of my home and huffed and puffed. 

Taking a seat near my fire pit, I place my face in my hands and shake my head in utter disbelief, disgust and outrage towards Snotlout and Tuffnut. I-I could've prevented this, all of this! If I just did my duty as a parent and actually raise Hiccup, none of this would be happening! 

A knock on my door caused me to sigh and get up to answer, when the door opened, I was shocked and surprised to see Gobber the Belch standing before me. The man had been out traveling the world for so long, none of us thought he'd ever return to Berk, especially now. "Gobber. Come in." I said, the man nodded and entered my home, he noticed the flipped over table and mugs and jug of ale on the ground and turned to me. "Another day in paradise eh chief?" He asked jokingly, I however grunted and closed the door before turning back to my life long friend. "Why have you come back Gobber? Surely you've heard about Hiccup by now." 

"I have. I came back because... I need to see with my own two eyes what kind of person he's become. And... and attempt to give you and Berk a second chance." Gobber replied, the man then removed his thick heavy fir cloak off and sat next to the fire while poking the burning logs with the poker, I sat next to my friend and watched the fire dancing before my eyes. "He won't spare us Gobber. Any of us." I murmured out, he turned to me and nodded. "Maybe. Or maybe you and this whole bloody village ought to swallow their pride and accept the fact that what you did to your son was wrong and apologize to the lad." 

"He won't accept my apology!" I growled out before continuing. "I know he won't accept my apology. He'll destroy us all for what we all did to him." Gobber then looked into the fire and scratched his bald head before speaking again. "He's close by Stoick. The ship that brought me back said that millions of Danish ships and swarms of dragons are heading straight for Berk." Turning back to me, he cocked his head. "Have you asked for support to Berks allies?" I nod in confirmation. "Aye. The latest to join us is Ivar the Witless, chief of the Stone-head tribe, they along with the Bogs, Meatheads, Thunderhead and Tree-root tribes have pledged their support to us."

"Hiccup will have a million more warriors." Gobber stated, sighing heavily, I pinch the bridge of my nose and nod. "I know." Shaking my head once more, I murmur out hoarsely. "It is useless. Hiccup doesn't wish for battle. He wishes to wipe us out!" Gobber patted my back as a gesture of encouragement and support. "I wish I could tell you everything would be alright Stoick, but that would be an outright lie." Turning to Gobber, the man gave me a light smile and shrugged. "I don't know what to tell you old friend." Snorting lightly, I return Gobber's light smile and nod in agreement. 

"Me neither my friend. Me neither." 

(Astrid's pov)

Having finished my training for the day, I was sleeked in sweat and approached a barrel full of water and began to wash the sweat off my body. The early morning was freezing and the water was even more so, but as Vikings? We're used to pain, hardship and harsh climate, so I didn't let such things slow me down. 

I had heard the news that the long thought to be dead Valka Haddock turned up here just yesterday and that she rode a dragon and was branded a traitor like her son. The thought of bonding with dragons? It was utterly ridiculous and a fools gambit!! Those devils deserve to be hunted down and killed and they should learn to fear a Vikings wrath. 

After washing away the sweat off my body, I dry off and wrap myself in thick white wolf fur and exit the training arena and look out towards the horizon. The sun was slowly beginning to rise and its rays illuminated the ocean, it was a beautiful sight, knowing that Berk is still of Midgard for the time being. I shiver as a cold breeze whipped past me, I then decide to make my way to the Great Hall and have breakfast. 

We have all heard the news that Hiccup and his hordes of Danes and dragons have returned to Norway and are advancing ever closer to our doorstep, Stoick has ensured all our allies are prepared for the fight ahead of us. I was more than ready, training for hours until it felt like my bones would snap, muscles ached to the point where I had to stop and kept pushing myself until I was too wasted to breathe. But all the pain of my training was bearing fruit, my skills and prowess as a shield maiden had increased over the years and I knew I would need every ounce of my strength to fight Hiccup when he returns.

How did it even come to this?

It seems like a lifetime ago when we were but children and the best of friends. We did everything together-- play tag in the plains, hide and seek in the village, spar with wooden swords and other foolish games that children play. But when my Uncle Finn was killed by a Flightmare? That was the end of my friendship with Hiccup. I cast him aside to become Berks finest shield maiden, and in the act? I attracted the eye of Sihtric Odinson, the man I love. 

Watching Hiccup suffer through the years should've made me angry at the village for treating our prince in such a way, but then I realized it was necessary. Hiccup was not fit to be called a Viking. He was thinner than a weed, weak in body and strength and deserved to be cast out of our village for being such a disgrace, even before he bonded with that Night Fury. 

Finally making my way inside the Great Hall, I could see the whole village inside eating their morning meal. I noticed Sihtric and the rest of the gang at our usual table, I grabbed my plate of food and sat beside Sihtric and was greeted by him with a kiss, returning his kiss, I then turned to Fishlegs finished his morning meal and then spoke his mind. "Does the chief know that it doesn't matter how many tribes are allied with us? Hiccup has the advantage in both numbers and strength." 

Snotlout scoffed at Fishlegs and barked out. "Who cares! We will choose a battlefield of our intimate knowledge and when Useless returns? It won't go great for him and his forces of Danes and dragons." He spat out the words like it was an insult, he then continued to devour his food while Fishlegs scratched his head and sighed out. "Do you think he'll spare any of us?" Ruffnut snorted and answered. "Of course he won't Fishface! We made his life a nightmare. Why would he want to spare us? And I thought you were the smart one." Tuffnut barked out a laugh at his sisters words and chimed in. "Yeah Fishy! I mean you're smarter than all of us combined and you asked such a stupid question? Even I know little Hiccy won't spare me. Especially me and Snotlout." 

Cocking my head at Tuffnut's words, I could see Snotlout giving Tuffnut a murderous glare and the male twin immediately shut his mouth, I then leaned in and asked out. "Alright. What did you two idiots do to him?" Tuffnut shrugged and asked. "Don't know what you're talking about Fearless Hofferson." I growled at the male twin before turning to Snotlout. "Answer me Snotface! What did you do to Hiccup?" Snotlout swallowed a mouthful of food and looked into my eyes and answered. "Tuffnut and I raped Useless." Those words caused Fishlegs to nearly throw up, Ruffnut's face twisted with shock, Sihtric and I had our mouths gaped open in disbelief. 

"No you didn't." I seethed out, Snotlout shrugged and replied back. "Oh, I did. We tricked Useless and told him we were all throwing him a party on his fifteenth birthday, you should've seen how easily he bought that!" Snotlout said while chuckling, Tuffnut too joined in with Snotlout's chuckling before he turned to me and continued the story. "But instead, all Useless got was two cocks up his ass and in his mouth." 

Fishlegs quickly turned away from the table and threw up in utter revolution, Ruffnut too looked like she'd throw up, Sihtric and I covered our mouths to keep the bile that was rising up our throats to stay put. I swallowed thickly and shook my head at Snotlout and Tuffnut. "I... I can't believe you two! How could you?!!" Snotlout scoffed at me and then pointed a finger at me. "Please, you're guilty of making Useless miserable just like the rest of us! So don't pretend to be so high and noble." I snarled at Snotlout's words and shot back. "I least I wouldn't stoop so low as to rape someone who couldn't even fight back!!" 

Sihtric held me tighter, already smelling a fight brewing in the air, he then whispered in my ear. "Now is not the time or place Astrid." I rip Sihtric's arms off me and glare at Snotlout, he returns my glare and finishes his morning meal and grins smugly. "It doesn't matter how many Danes or dragons Useless has, what matters his that Stoick and our allies have chosen a battlefield we're all intimate with and when battle comes? We will win and see another sunrise." The cocky Jorgenson then took his thick bear fur cloak off the bench where he was seated and wrapped himself around it before exiting the Great Hall. 

Fishlegs wiped away the bile that slid down the corner of his mouth and he stared at the door in disbelief and horror and murmured. "Oh gods... Hiccup was raped?!" Tuffnut too had finished his morning meal and smacked his lips loudly before answering Fishlegs. "He was. And it was very enjoyable watching that weakling squirm, attempting to cry out for help and begging for us to stop. I reveled every second of it." He too picked up his white wolf fur, draped it around his body and exited the Great Hall. 

"I never knew my brother and Snotlout did... that." Ruffnut said with disgust and disbelief, Sihtric merely sighed heavily and spoke out. "Whats done is done. All we know now is that Hiccup wants us all dead for what we all did to him. And I'd rather focus on staying alive rather than wallowing in nostalgia." My lover then pecked my lips before getting up and wrapping his fur cloak around his body and leaving just me, Ruffnut and Fishlegs alone. 

Ruffnut couldn't finish her food, neither could Fishlegs, since they lost their appetite at the hearing of Snotlout and Tuffnut raping Hiccup. I couldn't blame them, I knew we all did terrible things to Hiccup, but hearing how he was raped? As if killing his pet dragon wasn't bad enough. 

"S-Sorry guys, I... I gotta go." Ruffnut said as she took her white wolf fur cloak and wrapped it around her body before leaving me and Fishlegs alone. I turned to Fishlegs and saw the man crying, getting up from my seat, I then sat next to my friend and placed a hand on his bulky arm. "Fishlegs? Whats wrong?" I asked, the man turned to me and scoffed at my words. "What do you think? We're all going to die for what we did to him! Even though I never partook in humiliating, torturing or beating him into a bloody pulp, I did nothing to stop the rest of the tribe to leave Hiccup alone. Doing nothing may be worse than actually partaking in his suffering." 

I frowned as Fishlegs began crying again, I could see many of the people looking at us and murmuring amongst themselves, they had all heard our earlier words, and when the subject of Hiccup being raped was heard? The people turned our way with shock, disgust and horror etched other faces. But they weren't really sorry for what they did to Hiccup, instead they expressed these emotions because this was the first time they heard this news. 

Turning back to Fishlegs, the man murmured out hoarsely. "He has every right to wipe us out. We... we're animals!" He then turned to me and shook his head before asking me. "What have we done?!" I pursed my lips and sighed heavily while looking down on the ground. "We're... we're Vikings." Was all I could say, but Fishlegs slammed his fist on the table and snarled out. "Stop using that as an excuse to evade the question! We did what we did because Hiccup was... a hiccup; the runt of the litter. And instead of giving him a chance to be... himself. We all lashed out at him and made him our personal punching bag." 

The bulky Ingerman rose from his seat and draped his thick heavy bear fur cloak around his hulking frame and turned back to me and said. "Our past has come back to haunt us. And I fear none of us can escape Hiccup's wrath. Even those who didn't hurt him. People... people like me, Gobber and Gothi." He then left the Great Hall and left me alone to absorb Fishleg's words. 

He was right. 

Gods, we never gave Hiccup the chance to prove himself to us!! We judged him for being himself and made his life absolutely miserable. And now five years later? I can't imagine what he has become now. A being consumed by unadulterated hatred towards us. The people that were supposed to stand beside him rather than against him. I run a hand through my hair and could feel my fear returning in full force and tears stinging my eyes, I then race out of the Great Hall and look up towards the morning skies

"Odin help us all."

(Hiccup's pov)

 ::So, this is the place my brother was murdered?::

I grunted in confirmation at Blaze as we hovered high in the sky and looked down towards the hellhole I once called home. I could see ships that held the Bog, Meathead, Thunderhead, Tree-root and Stone-head tribe colors, scoffing at the sight, Stoick believes by extending the invitations to those tribes will buy himself and Berk time to still my wrath. 

It will not. 

I have millions more Danes and dragons to wipe out all of them off the face of Midgard.

::Do you wish to present yourself to the animals who tortured you and murdered my brother Hiccup?::

Blaze growled out, I patted my bonded dragons neck and nodded. "Yes. Let them know that their deaths are on their way." Blaze then dive-bombed towards Berk and as we dove down with high speeds, I didn't even feel the cold blowing through me, I kept my sleek black riding helmet over my face protected my face from the blasting winds and I kept a vise like grip on the saddle around Blaze's body as we needed the ground. 

Finally touching down, I couldn't see a single Hooligan or any of their allies in sight, no doubt all of them are in the Great Hall discussing plans of defense, I then urge Blaze to move towards the Great Hall, my Night Fury nods and advances. Blaze too has had a bloodlust that rivals my own, all of Toothless's siblings thirst to avenge their fallen brother, and I would deliver Astrid Hofferson to them to tear her apart piece by bloody piece. 

As we finally stood at the doors of the Great Hall, Blaze turns his head around to me and I nod in giving him permission to blow the door down, the Night Fury's maw glows with crimson plasma as he fires and blows the doors down. Smoke covered my vision but Blaze slowly walks inside the Great Hall with me still on top of his back, the Vikings inside all gasp in shock, horror and fear at the sight of me and Blaze. 

Stoick who immediately rises from his throne at the sight of us stammers out. "H-Hiccup?" Letting out a dark chuckle, I remove my riding helmet and run a hand through my hair and nod in confirmation at Stoick's words. "Hello... "father" long time no see." I say coldly, every warrior inside the Hall raised their weapons and formed a shield wall to surround us, Blaze expands his wings and roars out menacingly and I could hear the cries of fear from the children and the fear in their voices sends a shiver of pleasure down my spine. 

They will all fear me and my forces. 

I then notice archers nocking their arrows and were preparing to open fire, but I snapped my fingers and Blaze fired a warning shot at the archers, sending flying into the walls and groaning in agony at the second degree burns they received from Blaze's plasma. Turning back to Stoick, I snarl out. "A wasted effort bringing together your allies. My forces of Dane and dragon are vast! You would be wise to give up now." 

Stoick shook his head at my words and replied back. "I made a mistake son--" Scoffing as he referred to me as son, I give the Hooligan chieftain a murderous grin and shake my head. "A mistake? Yes, and a costly mistake at that!" Blaze took three steps closer and the Vikings shield wall tightened and they had weapons at the ready, but a snarl or growl from Blaze caused the Vikings to back off. I look into the crowds and I could see Astrid, Sihtric, Fishlegs, Ruffnut, Tuffnut and Snotlout, all of them had shocked looks on their faces, whether or not I am indeed alive, how much I've grown or how different look. 

Perhaps all of the above. 

Either way, I then extend my hands out and speak for everyone to hear me. "I made a sacred oath to the god of vengeance, Vidar, that I will not rest until all of you are lying dead on my feet for what you all did to me and for what you did to Toothless-- my first bonded Night Fury and in fact the brother of the Night Fury I'm sitting on." Looking down on Blaze, I smirk and pat my dragons neck. "Would you like to say hello Blaze?" Blaze let out an ear piercing roar that caused everyone in the room to tremble in fear at such raw rage and hatred displayed by Blaze. 

"You will all know what its like to suffer. You will all lose everything-- your lives, your reputation, your home and everything you've accomplished will be utterly forgotten." I then turn to Stoick and bare my teeth at the man. "Be prepared to die! You and all of your... animals that dare to call themselves Vikings!" My anger was at a boiling point that I felt as if I myself was engulfed in flames, I then place a hand on Blazes head, my bonded dragon fires a plasma blast up in the ceiling and blows it wide open, causing people to scream in terror and panic as they clear the way as debris comes crashing down. 

"Hiccup!!" 

Before I take off, I see Stoick pushes through his bodyguards and slowly extends a hand out for me. "Forgive me son. Forgive us." I gave the man a cold glare before I noticed Gobber beside Gothi and the rest of the Hooligan council, I had not seen the man in years since he was out traveling the world. It was good to see him again, despite the circumstances, but I made an oath and one I intend to keep. So, turning back to Stoick I inhaled sharply and spat a wad of spit on the ground by Stoick's boots and seethed out. 

"Its too late for an apology. The only thing I'll accept is every last Hairy Hooligan on this island lying dead at my feet and this... place burned to the ground." Patting Blaze once more, my dragon let out another roar and took off in the blown out hole in the ceiling, I could hear both Stoick and Gobber calling out for me to come back, but my jaw was tensed, my teeth grinding inside my mouth and my anger and hatred for Berk and its inhabits returning in full force. 

That place and those who inhabit it? They ruined me. So now I'll destroy them and everyone they love, and I'll savor every second of their suffering.