Deranged Obsession; by KaliAnn

7. Hostage Wedding

By KaliAnn

It was an hour after the betrothal had been made official and Nissa wasn't responding to any stimuli. She was listless and quiet, pretty much ignoring everything around her. In her mind her thoughts continued to cycle around and around making her more depressed by the minute. She couldn't marry Dagur. It wasn't because she didn't love him; she was starting to see him as a potential friend. The problem was that if she married him she be forced to stay forever here never to return to Xanadu. Her people needed her to help maintain their nature and to keep the island intact. It was her responsibility to carry on the traditions of Daypeaces keeping their legacy going. To her knowledge she couldn't reproduce with a human and the thought of being married to someone she hadn't even bonded to was cruel.

"Nissa? Nissa? NISSA!" the voice jerked the princess out of her thoughts and she looked up startled falling backwards. In an instant her surroundings came into focus. She was outside near the forge where Hiccup had been working on creating some new glassware. She had been dangerously close to the fire which is why Hiccup had alerted her to the danger. The guards had stood around doing nothing. Now they were rushing over to help her up and roughly examining her; checking to make sure she hadn't hurt herself.

The emotional Daypeace didn't like that one bit. She let out a roar and kicked them in the shins. Snatching a mace from the weapons table she swung it with all her might. The guards went down hard nearly being brained to death. The commotion brought more people hurrying over to the forge causing more stress. Nissa went on the offensive swinging her mace striking down the men in the arms, the chest, and even gave a few good kicks to the groin. Her eyes were wild, hair messy, and sweat was starting to trickle down from all over her body. She panted hard digging deep into the soil. Hearing footfalls behind her she raised her weapon ready to strike down her foe only to be tackled to the ground. "Get off me! Let me go!"

"Nissa calm down its me! Focus on me its going to be okay!" Hiccup shouted. He was on top of her pinning her to keep her from flailing around. He tried to keep calm reaching out with their bond pouring all his feelings of serenity and peace into her. He felt her starting to relax as she stopped struggling. "Take a few deep breaths. In and out, in and out. You'll be okay."

"What's going on here? Who did this to my men? Hiccup why are you on top of Nissa?!" Dagur growled a dangerous look in his eyes. His hands were itching towards his knives ready to carve up someone. Hiccup slowly backed off his best friend. She pushed herself to her feet dusting off her clothes. She picked up the mace she had used and handed it over to Dagur who was confused.

"Deranged One, your betrothed went crazy. We only tried to help her after she fell, but then she began to go wild on all of us! Look at what she did to us! I can't even feel my arms because of her!" one of the guards complained. It was true the guards had been disabled and the other men had open wounds with blood dripping. It looked like one guy had a broken arm.

Dagur appraised the situation a grin on his face liking what he was seeing. He knew that when backed into a corner Nissa could be quite dangerous, but he hadn't seen her rage before. "Looks like you caused quite a bit of damage to my men. Elder Inga is going to have her hands full for the time being dealing with their injuries. What could have possessed you to react this way?"

Nissa didn't want to talk about it instead looking away ashamed by what she had done. She didn't mean to hurt anyone she just wasn't herself. Hiccup gave her a hug letting her know it was okay. She tensed up, still a bit agitated, then relaxed knowing she was safe. A look of what could have been compassion was forming on Dagur's face. "You've been through a lot this morning with our betrothal becoming official and setting our wedding date. I think you need time to process it. Hiccup, take her home and make sure she takes a hot bath. That should calm her down a bit. I'll check in on you two later okay?"