Astrid's P.O.V

I felt someone shaking me to get up, I look up to see Uncle Finn. "Ugh, five more minutes," I mumbled not wanting to get up. "Time to rise and shine Astrid or your going to be late for school." He said still trying to shake me awake. I bolted up from my bed and looked at the clock to see that it was 7:20!! I immediately got up running around to get dressed, my uncle suddenly busted out laughing. "What's so funny?" I asked curiously. "I was kidding, today's Saturday. I just wanted you to get up so we could spend some time together." He said wiping a tear from his eye. I glared at him at first but I stopped, it would be nice to spend some time together today. "Ok, so are we going to stay here or go out somewhere?" "We'll be going out to a restaurant today." He said.

"Really! What restaurant are we going to?" I asked excitedly. "It's a secret, now put on something nice to wear them we can get going." He said as he started to walk downstairs. I went to my closet and looked around, I don't really have a lot of nice clothes to wear. I then spotted a light blue knee-high dress, it was a nice simple light blue dress with lace around the skirt. I went to the bathroom and put on some makeup and grabbed white flats. I ran downstairs to see my Uncle already in the car. I walked out of the house locking the door and entered the car. He started to drive down the road.

At the Restaurant...

There was an awkward silence before I broke it. "So... What will we do after we leave?" He looks at me and gives a smile, "We'll be going to the Mayor's place." He said with an excited look. I accidentally spit out my food on the table, my uncle gives me a weird look. "I'm sorry, it's just that... I actually know the Mayor's son." I said with a nervous smile. "Now, how did you two meet?" He asked curiously. "Well... I was running a little itty bitty late for school, he was in a truck and almost hit me. But luckily he was able to stop, he asked if I was ok and offered me a rode. I accepted it and we were still a few minutes late for school." I said a little scared that my uncle would be mad at me that I was late. "Well, that was nice of the young boy." He said as he continued to eat his breakfast. I nodded my head in agreement.

Hiccup's P.O.V

I woke up in the room that my father threw me in last night. I noticed that I was leaning against the door, then my neck started to ache as to how it was positioned. I got up from the ground and turned towards the door, to see if it was still locked. I tried turning the door handle but it wouldn't budge, unfortunately. I sighed knowing that dad will come soon, the door was unlocked and I saw my dad dressed up in a suit. "I want you to look nice today son, we're having guests today. So that means I don't want you to mess up and embarrass me. Otherwise, you'll get another punishment and it'll be worse, I promise you that." He said with a threatening tone. I nodded my head and I walked around him to go upstairs to get dressed. I dressed up in a black suit with a red tie, I hear my dad greeting people downstairs. I quickly brush my hair and rush downstairs. When I go down I am surprised to see Astrid and some older guy with her.

"Must be her uncle." I thought as I went to the door and stood by my dad. "Hello, Astrid. Hello, Sir." I greeted as I hugged Astrid and gave a handshake to her uncle. "Hi, Hiccup. How are you doing?" Astrid asked as she looked around the house. "I'm doing good, how about you and... your uncle I presume?" I asked. "Yes, my name is Finn and Astrid has already told me about you," Finn said. I laughed nervously as my dad looked at me with a "you better not have done something you shouldn't have" look. "She did?" I nervously asked. "Oh, yes. I heard that you gave her a ride to school! Thank you so much for offering her a ride, I hardly have time to spend with her because of my job." Finn said as he had a look of sadness in his eyes. I felt sorry for both of them because they hardly have time to see each other. "Well, now that we're done with the greetings. I would like to speak with you, Finn. Son, you and Astrid can stay in the theater room while Finn and I have a little chat in my office." Dad said with a warning look to me.

I nodded and then led Astrid to the theater room.

The Theater Room...

Astrid's P.O.V

When Hiccup's dad told him to take me to the theater room, I thought I see him give Hiccup a warning look. I was curious as to why he did but I'm going to ignore it for now. "So, do you guys watch movies a lot in here," I asked as I looked around the room. "No, not really, not anymore at least. Hiccup said as he mumbled the last bit of what he said. " I'm sorry what was the last thing that you said?" I asked wondering if he was hiding something from me. "Nothing, so... What else do you have planned for the day?" He asked trying to avoid the subject. "I'm not sure what we're going to do after my uncle talks to your dad," I said. "So... What do you want to do Astrid?" Hiccup asked. I shrugged my shoulders as my response, having no idea on what I want to do. Hiccup suddenly sat up and started to wall out of the room.

"Uh... Where are you going?" I asked suspiciously. "I'm going to see if my dad is done talking to your uncle." He responded as he walked out of the room.

With Hiccup...

Hiccup's P.O.V

I finally made it to my dad's office, I was about to open the door when I suddenly heard my dad. "So Finn, you want me to watch over Astrid while you're away on a business trip?" I heard my dad asked with a little bit of anger. "Yes, Mr. Haddock. Please just watch over her, it'll only be two months no longer than that." Finn tried to reason with my dad. "Ugh! Fine, I'll watch her and you better be back after two full months or I'll send your niece back to your house alone with no one." My dad threatened. "Yes, sir. Thank you, sir! I'll be back before you know it." Finn said as he sounded relieved. I suddenly noticed that his voice got louder as he was walking toward the door. My dad then opened the door, before I could run away my dad saw me and grabbed the collar of my shirt. My dad quickly excused himself from Finn as he brought me upstairs. "Now what did I tell you?" He asked with a dark tone. "Not to bother you?" I asked inching away from his face.

"No, not to mess up. Do you know how you messed up?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. "By eavesdropping on your private conversation," I said nervously. "Yes! Do you know what you get?" He asked. "I get a punishment," I said as I averted my eyes to the floor. "Exactly!" He exclaimed. "Now I want you to go to your room and wait for me." He commanded. I nodded my head as he finally let go of me. I walked to my room and changed into a white t-shirt and gray sweatpants. I went into my bathroom room to brush my teeth and wash my face, as I was washing my face I noticed a shiny object sticking out of the drawer. I turned the faucet off and walked over to the drawer, as I got closer I noticed that it was a switchblade.

For some reason, I was drawn to the blade as I subconsciously grabbed it. I inspected the blade seeing all the sharp jagged edges of the blade, I lightly hover it over my wrist and gently placed it down on my skin. It felt weird at first, but then I slowly slid the blade across my wrist and applied more pressure as I slide it across. I hissed in pain as I suddenly noticed that my wrist had a thin line of blood trickling down from the cut I had just made. For some odd reason, I liked the feeling of that pain, I wanted more. I started to slide the blade across my wrist at different spots ten times, by now I have blood in my sink going down the drain. I turned on the water and ran my left wrist under the faucet, hissing in pain again from the many cuts I now have on my wrist. I suddenly heard a loud knock on my door, I quickly hid the blade and slipped on a black sweatshirt. As I sat on my bed, dad came in with an angry look, "So... What should your punishment be this time?" He asked me, more to himself though. "Let's see I have three options, one, I can lock you in the room again with no food. Two, I can still lock you in the room with you hanging from the ceiling by rope or I can just give you a beating. Which one do you like best?" Dad said as he had a more happy look as he listed out the things he could do to me.

I shrugged my shoulders as my response, not really liking any of them. "Well... If you're not sure I'll just pick... Number two. Hang you from the ceiling with rope, you'll be standing on your tippy toes and start begging for me to get you down when the rope digs into your skin." He said with a more sadistic look. I started to freak out on the inside, I was about to protest. But he already grabbed me by the hood and dragged me down the corridors to the empty room. He unlocked the door and shoved me in again as he followed suit, he closed the door behind him and locked it so I wouldn't try to make a run for it. He started to dig through the closet he has of tools he uses to punish me with. He finally found the rope and grabbed me by my wrists. I hissed in pain as my left wrist started to throb from the pain. He started to wrap the ropes around my wrists only three times, then he wrapped the rope between my wrists so it would be harder for me to get out. After he was done, he pulled the rope through a metal loop in the ceiling.

He tugged the rope hard as he started to raise my hands above my head, he did it so far up that I was standing on my bare feet. On my tippy toes, I tried to wiggle my hands out of the rope, but it only irritated my cuts more. My dad secured the rope to another metal hook that was in the ceiling too. Now I was trying to stay balanced as I swayed from side to side as I stood on my tippy toes. "There, now I don't want you making a lot of noise tonight since we have a guest over. So I'll have no choice but to gag you." He said with a gleam of craziness in his eyes. I shook my head as he walked over to me with a cloth, I tried to resist but my dad slapped my face and quickly tied the gag around my mouth. I made muffled noises into the gag as my dad was looking at me, as he complimented his own handy work. "Well, I'm off to bed. Have a good... I mean horrible night son." He said as he walked out of the room and locked it. I hang there trying to get my hands free from the rope and shaking my head to try and get the gag off, none of it worked though. I started to get tired, so I stopped struggling and let sleep take over me.