Freedom at Last

Chapter 10: An discomfort Talk

Stoick

As I was with my own Dragon, I felt someone tapped into my shoulder.

As I turned around, I was in total surprise that the person I would've suspect was my own son.

"Stoick, do you have a moment?" He asks, seemed to be discomfort of talking to me. The truth was I was feeling the exact way since this is our first official talk as Father and Son.

As we walked, the sixteen year old looked at me silently then I knew that I had to get something out of my chest.

"Son, there is something I had to say." I said to the Rider. He scoffed at me with anger in his eyes.

"Uh, Son?  You now decide to call me that after what you had done to me for sixteen years?!?

It seems a little late for that since you never concern about me. You were so caught up of being the great Stoick the Vast and you weren't there when I was doing so well in Dragon Training and turns out that I was a great Trainer when I trained Toothless."

He was right. I was so caught up of myself and I was too stubborn to admit the truth.

I said, "I... I'm so sorry! For everything, Hiccup. I know I wasn't the parent you expected, but I want to start over." 

Hiccup was silent as if he was debating on something.

Hiccup 

Can it really be what Stoick was saying? Was he really trying to apologize for what he had done to me, forcing me to live on my own and exiled me from the tribe and disowning me as his only child?

The Chief was looking at me, waiting for an answer. It still hurts of what he had done to me, but it turns out it already made me the person I am now.

"Stoick, it'll take me a while to gain your trust. For now, I will try to understand your reasons." I replied.

Stoick seems to be relieved of the answer. "Of course, Hayden." He replies then he looks at me curiously.

I asked, "What is it?"

He said, "I still don't get it. How did you know how to do sword fight? You never did that when you were in Berk before."

"Oh, that. Well, Tames taught me alongside with Ingrid. Ingrid was quite a swordfighter and when we spared, it was an even match."

"Tames taught you well, considering it was a year." Stoick said amazed.

"Well, it was either Swordfighting or cleaning up the Academy from all the Dragon poop." I chuckled, remembering my life in Dragon Paradise before learning Berk was in danger.

"Oh.. I see." Stoick said, and I hear the sadness in his voice. He must been depressed since the banishment.

I clear my throat, "So... I see that you trained.. a Thunderdum? How did you tame it so quickly?"

"It happened during the battle. He was cornered by Hunters and I defended him, in that moment, we kind of-"

"Bonded? I never thought that the great Stoick the Vast tamed a Dragon! What the odds of that happening." I laughed.

"Says the Rider who has a Night Fury." Stoick points out.

I blushed in embarrassment. "I guess you do had a point there."

"What you say, Hiccup? Would you come back to Berk, to the tribe once again?" Stoick asks so suddenly.

I gasped of the question. Is it the best choice to leave the home I've known for a year, the tribe that make me true person I want to be?

I run from the Chief, "Hiccup, wait!"

Tames

It is still hard to believe that Hiccup used to live in Berk, and Stoick the Vast, the Chief of the tribe, was also his father.

Still, it looks like Hiccup still doesn't want him to be part of his life since he was forced to become an Outcast.

As I was thinking in my thoughts, Astrid said, "Tames?"

I turned to the young Rider and smiled. "What is it, Astrid?"

"You know Hiccup when you accepted him in your tribe in Dragon Paradise. What was he like?"

I chuckled. 

"Well, he was first surprised of how Dragons and Vikings co-exist in the village. At first, I thought that he was afraid of taming a wild dragon, but in countless occasions , he determined to prove me wrong.

He was braver than any Viking I had ever encounter, and he was indeed quite an inventor. His previous invention helped us with how to feed the new hatchlings when they were born.

He also was great of taking very care of Ingrid. He was like a big brother figure to her and sometimes I almost considered him as my own son.

I know that you Berkians didn't respect Hiccup as much we did in Dragon Paradise. I know that changes may be scary, but you had to least give it a try for the better."

Astrid said, "I never thought of it that way before. Do you ever think Stoick can gain his son's trust again?"

I replied, "I really don't know for sure if they would make up. I know Hiccup. It would be tricky to gain his trust after it was broken."

"Oh." She said.

"Hey, it'll be fine, you'll see."  I said, trying to lift her spirits up.

Author's note: What you guys think of this conversation between Hiccup and Stoick? Find out what happens soon! - Jan