Hello everyone ok so I know it's been a while and that this isn't any of the stories i promised to re write or update but i just have to write this right now cuz new ideas need to be written down,. So this is based on that race to the edge episode with heather finding about dagur being her brother, so I decided to make turn things around; and make them very very interesting. This story is set in the race to the edge timeline and yes i know things are going to be way off but hey that's life and fanfiction. Anyway enjoy. ;)
And believe it or not but this is a Snoggletog special!
P.S I don't know if I'l be able to update right away on this one since the other stories need updating soon.
"YOU CAN'T LET THEM TAKE MY NEW BABY BROTHER AWAY! IT'S NOT FAIR!"
"Son this is isn't the matter of fairness, this is to prevent a war between two tribes and a possible war against three siblings in the future!"
"But it wont happen! Just let us keep our brother and we can live our lives without going into war for stupid power over a tribe! Please just don't give him away, he's my first baby brother! And plus he's my sister's twin brother so you can!"
"You're only a mere child, what do you understand about peace, war, and negotiation! This is for the better good!"
"What good!? MY BROTHER IS BEING TAKEN AWAY BY STRANGE PEOPLE! You're only splitting us up!"
"I'd shut up about family splitting up if I were you son, unless you want your sister to be the next one to be taken away to a different tribe."
The young four year old was taken aback by the threat, despite being that young, he knew exactly what was going on in his surrounding and he was certain enough that his daddy was really going to fulfill that threat. His dark shade green eyes began to water but he held them back even though he could the innocent whimpers of his siblings who didn't even reach the age of one year!
"No...Please daddy, don't get rid of my brother or my sister...What would mom say?"
"Your mother would have wanted this, but she doesn't have a say since she's up in Valhalla! Listen to me son, you are going to grow up to be the chief of this tribe which leaves your siblings, mainly your brother, to have nothing and want to hurt you to be chief. But like I said, you're only a young naive child, you don' understand any of this."
"B-But what if he finds out later? All three of us have the dragon birthmark, just different dragons like the skrill, razorwhip, and a nightfury; then he'll have to come home."
"No he won't," The taller figure picked up a small jar to get some kind of gel substance out as he approached the crib of the tiny baby they've been arguing about, ignoring the confused look his eldest son gave. "Because his new family will make sure that he never finds out, or find that blasted birthmark." Without letting his son ask another question, the chief lifted the newborn from his crib, removing the blanket to reveal a small and yet noticeable mark in the shape of the strike class symbol or what most people claimed to be the nightfury and then gently applied the gel substance on the mark.
"Wait, you're getting rid of the mark? Why?! Brother has to come back home some day!"
"No, your brother has to go to his new home, live with his new family, and grow up to that tribe's chief without having any knowledge of this." Once he finished stating that, the birthmark on the newborn's neck vanished as he then put the infant back in the crib for a nap next to his older sister (who is older by three hours). "Such knowledge can be very dangerous, son."
"But those people don't want him, he's the runt of the litter to their eyes! They won't give him the love we can give him," The boy tried to come up with more ways to convince his daddy to get rid of this horrible idea. "I don't care if he almost looks like that woman and her husband who're going to claim to be his mommy and daddy! They'll treat him like an outcast!"
"It doesn't matter! Because in the end, your brother is only a new born; he doesn't understand or fully grasp his surrounding so he'll forget all of us by next month... Your mother passed away right after she gave birth to him so you can say that I'm banishing the traitor...But this is also an offering to the tribe with no heir, there will be peace once this is over with. Your brother will either know you as his ally, friend, hopefully not enemy, brothers by battle, a chief but never brothers by blood." He couldn't tell if his son's eyes widened in shock or the fear of the thought about being his own brother's enemy. "Son, this may be hard but when you get older, you'll see what I've done is for the actual better good." He walked slowly towards his son, kneeling before him to continue until they heard the horns blow from outside to signal that the other tribe has finally arrived to their island..."I guess this lesson will continue after the treaty..." He got up from his knees, turned around to grab his helmet before turning back to face his toddler son. "Let's get your brother an-WHAT IN THE NAME OF THOR ARE YOU DOING!? We need to hand your brother over now!"
In that split second, the young boy was beside the crib, protectively holding his baby brother and sister tightly, taking a step back when his father came forward. "NO! I don't want him to go, it's saying that we hate him and I don't hate him! WE DON'T DESERVE THIS! HE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS!"
"I don't care about what you want or if he deserves this but he's coming with me to be handed over to his new family! And he's going to go without having his only two siblings say goodbye to him! You two can just stay here and listen to me give him up!" Ignoring his shaking son's terrified face as he back himself up against the wall while the baby sister woke up crying to the sudden volume in the household then without any remorse he snatched the baby boy in the light green bundle out of his son's arms!
"NO! NO DON'T TAKE HIM AWAY DADDY!" The older brother brother didn't realize that his voice raised so loud that now his baby brother woke up only to begin crying from such disturbing volume. His father just gave him a cold glare before turning around to walk out of the house despite the desperate calls the toddler made as the crying became louder. "BROTHER! NO, NO, NO, NO! DON'T DO THIS DAD PLEASE LET BROTHER STAY HERE WITH US! BROTHER!? BROTHER!? PLEASE DON'T GO...BRRRROOOOOOOOTTTTTTTHHHHHHHERRRRRRR!" The boy didn't realize how fast his tears came down, how he dropped to his knees as he held his sister tight, knowing that their younger brother will never come back to be part of the family or have any memory of any sort.
The last thing the father stated before opening the door was, "This child will no longer part of the Berserker tribe, and he will not be your brother anymore.." Then the door slammed to hide the yelling as the chief continued walking with the baby boy who cried in fear and sadness, unaware of why there was so much screaming, pain, and grief as they made their destination to the great hall, where another tribe's chief and wife were waiting patiently to have this new treaty done.
"Don't cry little one, you're going to be very happy with your family and home," He whispered to the infant, unsure if he was trying to reassure the wee baby or himself but he wasn't going to show any regret or sorrow.
"You'll see, your going to love your real home and life that are waiting for you behind these doors."
Eighteen Years Later...
"Everyone! We just got an urgent message from Trader Johann and from the looks of this message, we have to hurry!" Hiccup came running in the Dragon's Edge meeting room with Astrid, holding a scroll as he shouted in his best commander voice to the bored group of dragon riders.
"And exactly what useful information did Trader Johann send us that's so urgent that he couldn't send it to the chief?" Snotlout slouched with boredom despite the tensity in the room.
"Dagur has been spotted just up south from the Edge, he captured and is holding someone hostage in the main ship. If we don't hurry we'll lose track of him and never find him until thor knows when!" Hiccup explained as fast as he could, until Tuffnut asked in confusion despite how stupid it sounds.
"Uh and what does that have to do with us?"
"Because the person he captured and is holding hostage is HEATHER!" Astrid shouted in frustration now at that moment in less than five seconds all riders were on their dragons, armed and ready for the rescue mission as they all flew out as fast as lightning! Every dragon didn't waste a breath or second as they flew faster, sensing the distress their riders felt when it comes to one of their own getting captured by a deranged lunatic.
"Wait how did Johann know that Heather was captured?" Fishlegs questioned with concern, afraid to hear the unhelpful reassurance that Hiccup was about to make.
"He said that while he was making his way to an island to trade he spotted Heather and Windshear flying as fast as they could away from someone until a bunch of chains caught them, bringing them down to one of Dagur's ships!" Hiccup answered, his focus on the spyglass he had, trying to spot the Berserker ships. "He was scared out of his mind and didn't know what to do so he used a terrible terror and sent it to us with the message explaining every detail."
"I swear if Dagur hurts my princess he is going to get a lot of fists up on his face from me!" Snotlout threatened with anger, cracking his knuckles as Hookfang, for once, didn't show any face of doubt.
"She's not your princess first of all and you don't have to wait any longer because THERE THEY ARE!" Hiccup pointed up ahead to a small blur in the ocean which was none other than the berserker ships. "Okay gang you know the drill-"
"ELEMENT OF SURPRISE!" Astrid interrupted and on cue the four teens directed their dragons up in the clouds, waiting for the right moment along with their leader's signal to attack as Hiccup and Astrid directed their dragons under water to get closer to the ships.
"Sir we just got a new shipment of weapons, do we put them below deck?"
"OF COURSE YOU IDIOTS! Where else do you expect to store new weapons! We have a whole armada to arm and create!" Dagur screamed before he tossed his soldiers into the ocean and then turning to the Savage. "Do you have any news about the location of Hiccup's little hideout and it better be good or else you'll be taking a swimming lesson with some sharks!"
"Now, now sir um unfortunately we still don't have a clue about their location but we do have some good news!" Savage quickly reported, getting a little sweaty at the sight of the axe Dagur was sharpening.
"And what exactly would that be? And this better be good."
"We managed to find the location of that library you've been talking about ever since you found your long lost sister Heather," The second in command reported, pulling out an old map and hand it over to the deranged man. "The one that holds all the records of the heirs of all the chiefs of all the tribes in the archipelago. But sir I don't see why you have so much interest about this kind of library, you already found your sister."
"Yes but I didn't tell those idiot riders that I used to have a brother...And I'm going to need all the proof I need to expose him infront of everybody!" As Dagur rambled on until he turned to his tied up hostage, Heather who kept glaring at him as she struggled through the chains. "Of course now you know sister that we have a brother, what a shame I was hoping for it to be a surprise but who am I to ignore my sister flying about near my ships."
"You must really be deranged if you think you have a brother!" Heather hissed in annoyance but couldn't hide her worry for Windshear, who was caged up in the dragon proof cages with no sign of escape. "But still I don't see why you would go through the trouble of capturing me, I'm not joining your stupid army!"
"That's true but how do you know, I'm four years older than you and when I manage to hold our brother hostage then the Berserker family will be complete for the reunion I've waiting for eighteen whole years! You just got the early invitation," Dagur chuckled, looking at the map before handing it back to Savage. "Hold on to this while I try to bond with my dear young sister who I haven't seen in a long time." Heather's eyes widen as she struggled again to back away since he was dangerously waving his axe around ready to chop something. "I'd love to see if you can dodge weapons as well as Hiccup can when I used him as a knife throwing target one time. Maybe after dealing with you I can try again with your little dragon friend over there."
Unbeknownst to him or Heather, Hiccup and Astrid were hanging from the edge of the boat while their dragons were swimming underneath, only managing to hear the axe part which obviously brought their anger up higher than one hundred so without waiting any longer, they both engaged in battle...Both making their dragon calls as they ran towards the startled berserker, and hostage! A nightfury and deadly nadder emerged from the sea depths with a lot of fury as they landed on deck to toss attackers overboard while their riders went for Dagur. Astrid of course was the first to reach him and give a good punch in the face which resulted him getting pushed to a bunch of barrels as Hiccup quickly got to Heather to unlock the chains!
"Hiccup!? Astrid!?" Heather gasped in shock until she saw the rest of the rider dive in to blast fire everywhere. "What are you guys doing here?!"
"Saving you and Windshear, now come on!" Astrid shouted, grabbing a nearby paddle to smack a soldier before she headed towards the cage to free Windshear with Toothless and Stormfly backing her up. Hiccup finally got the lock unlocked, removing the chains from her but before she could thank him, her eyes widen as she screamed in horror, "HICCUP LOOK OUT!"
Hiccup didn't need to told twice before he pushed Heather away as he pulled his shield out to block the direct blow of an axe Dagur was throwing, pushing the lunatic forward away from Heather. "You really need to practice your surprise attacks Dagur."
"True, I gotta admit brother, you are quite the strategist but I can't say the same for your fighting skills!" Dagur commented, grabbing his sword to try to hit Hiccup who kept using his shield to block, trying to keep him distracted from the dragon rescue Astrid was pulling. Despite not having a lot of fighting experience, Hiccup wasn't bad at defense while Dagur swung his sword on every direction as he chuckled insanely, "So say it again Hiccup! Say that I'm Heather's blood brother, say the little discovery you made about the origin of Heather's horn! I want to hear that whole half of the truth!"
"Half the truth..." Hiccup whispered, cornering Dagur with Toothless right there snarling with fury. "What are you talking about, that was the whole truth and it's an ugly with your insanity!"
"Really, so tell me brother, who told the truth of Heather's real family? I'm just dying to know. I bet my money that it was someone you can trust." Dagur smirked, the two males not noticing that Heather and Astrid were listening after freeing Windshear. However, Heather's eyes narrowed at every word Dagur spat, something strange about his actions and words was ticking her off.
"My father Stoick the Vast, who else could it be! He's the one who gave to horn as a gift to Heather when she was born." Hiccup and Toothless already had Dagur backed up to the wall of the ship, believing that it was just the teen being insane.
"Muhahahahaha of course, I just knew Stoick had something to do with this!" The lunatic laughed but backed away when Toothless stepped closer as he growled very dangerously. "I just hope your father was telling you everything, wouldn't want to find out that he was holding secrets now do we?"
"You're even more insane than the last time we faced each other!"
"Don't change the subject, I'm older than you Hiccup so I must know more than you do! Can you honestly say that your dear old father was giving you every last detail about my family, he didn't leave anything out? Your father has so may secrets to hide from you, I still have that offer opened, you know that one about eliminating your father so you can gain control? All family hide secrets, even the smallest kind no matter how much trust you have-"
"HE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HIDE!" Hiccup felt a rush of boiling anger he didn't know he had inside himself and punched Dagur to the wall with annoyance but instantly regret it a moment after. He wasn't the kind to use violence against his enemies, or even feel that enormous amount of anger despite the situation or who ever annoyed him! Shaking his mind out of those thoughts, Hiccup mounted on Toothless, turning to Astrid and Heather, ignoring their shocked faces at such an action he did. "Let's get out of here, now!" So without hesitation, the two girls mounted on their dragons as they all flew off to retreat with the rest of the riders as Dagur shouted with his hand over his purple eye..
"You won't win that easily, I will find a way to win! I always do! Just you wait!"
His threats were ignored as they flew far out of sight, leaving the burning and broken ships in the ocean, no one bothering to make a response to it. Heather and Windshear were flying beside Astrid and Stormfly, releasing a sigh of relief but looked back with concern as her hand slipped in her satchel as it held on to something she managed to take during the whole fiasco. She looked up and after a moment she spoke to break this awkward silence, "Hey thanks for saving me back there you guys... I thought we were goner back there until you all showed up."
"No problem, we're glad we could get to you before Dagur did anything to you," Hiccup responded, followed by more comments from everyone else:
"Yeah you got me scared there Heather."
"I wasn't scared, in fact it was fate that brought us here together again."
"We're glad you and Windshear are okay."
"If you need a hero, you know I'm your man."
"Don't worry we won't be seeing Dagur for a while," Astrid reassured, still trying to get used to the fact that Dagur was Heather's brother. "How did you wined up in his clutches in the first place?"
"Well after some thinking over some things, I was heading back to the edge but that was when Dagur showed up and decided it would fun to capture me," Heather explained but she couldn't stop recalling the scene when Dagur was intimating Hiccup about his trust to his father, and the response to that rant. Like Heather, Astrid couldn't shake it out her thoughts while Snotlout and the twins were arguing on who blasted more ship while Fishlegs tried to break them up.
Hiccup could sense the tension growing within Astrid and Heather, until he turned to them with a reassuring smile,"Look Astrid, Heather; don't worry about what happened or what Dagur said...He's just being his deranged self and saying stupid stuff to bring our guard down; he almost did a good job on that. Let's just forget about what he said alright?"
All the two female could do is nod in agreement while Hiccup flew ahead to stop now four teens from arguing; even though he didn't feel much concern over Dagur's words since he believes it was only the words a lunatic would say, Heather and Astrid felt something was very serious and suspicious that it seems that only the deranged chief of the Berserker tribe had the knowledge in this game.
END OF CHAPTER
so what do you think, is dagur saying something truthfully for once or is he lying like the scheming scumbag he is. What's with the italicized first part of this chapter? All will be answered later
P.s sorry of this seems rushed.