My little Flower (HiccupxOC, part 1 of Grimborn Family AU)

Chapter 31 - Abduction

Lilly's POV

Feeling drips of cold water on my forehead, I slowly came back to myself. I groaned and tried to shift into a more comfortable position. "Shadow stop it, five more minutes okay?"

I could her a low voice chuckle wickedly. What?

Slowly I opened my eyes, blinking rapidly as another drop of cold water landed right in my eye. I inhaled sharply as my foggy memory suddenly came rushing back. Ryker and Johann had lured me into a trap, they had Shadow - somewhere. Viggo, they killed Viggo.

A faint sob crept up my throat as the icy hands of desperation clutched at my heart. I tried to move again as another drop hit my face, but found my hands bound to a wooden pole behind my back. Wriggling my hands, I tested if I could loosen the rope, but no chance. The wooden floor beneath me swayed back and forth, the sound of water slapping against wood drew to my ears. I was on a ship.

"Got enough beauty sleep, sis?" Ryker's mocking voice startled me.

I raised my head in a swift motion, but regretted the move instantly as I felt a stinging pain at the back of my head. My vision grew blurry and I hissed in pain.
Ryker chuckled again, getting up from his seating position and walked up to me.

"Ryker..." I gritted out through clenched teeth, the lump at the back of my head pulsating. "Why are you doing this?"

He knelt down in front of me, a smug grin on his face. "Oh, why shouldn't I? I want to."

My heart was pounding hard in my chest. I tried my best to hold his gaze. His cold, dark eyes seemed to look right through me. I never felt so terrified in my life.

"I'm your sister. Doesn't that mean anything to you? And what about Viggo - how could you..." I couldn't continue as I felt hot tears sting in my eyes at the thought of what Ryker did to our brother. Trying to hold back my sobs I felt like I would choke.
How has my life come to this?

Ryker laughed coldly.

"You want to know why, lil sis? I'll tell you! You have no idea what it's like to be constantly compared to your baby brother. Since the day he was born, everyone was so excited about him. Oh, look what Viggo did, oh look Viggo is so smart, Ryker maybe you can learn from your brother. Viggo, Viggo, Viggo, day in - day out. He enjoyed to outsmart me, to constantly embarrass me. And now I repaid him."

I shook my head in disbelief, not bothering to hold my tears back anymore. "You ..."

"NO!" Ryker bellowed and I winced, "You listen to me now! And then you came into this world, ripping our poor mother apart in the process. Now she's dead and you are alive, what a bad joke. I don't know what you've done to Viggo that he was obsessing over you so much, but you cannot trick me. I always knew there was something strange about you, something abnormal. And I have been right, haven't I? Dragon speaking witch! You destroy our tribe and defile the name Grimborn!"

His words were full of loathing. I couldn't bear it and turned my head away from him. Clenching my eyes shut I whispered: "You're wrong."

"What?!" he spat.

I felt rage boil in my veins and it gave me the courage to look at him again. Regaining my strength I spoke again, louder: "You're wrong! Our mother could speak to dragons too, she never wanted to hurt them. I don't know how, but she passed her power on to me, I guess. And she was a kind woman, who loved her children. All of us. It was her wish that we would care for each other..."

Ryker narrowed his eyes. "You're lying!"

I couldn't help but laugh. "If you don't believe me then please, take the notebook from my bag and read it yourself, it's her diary."

Ryker was about to retort but was interrupted by Trader Johann, who stepped under deck towards us, an annoyed expression on his face.

"Stop that bickering or do I have to gag you?!"

I glared at him, trying to hide my insecurity. "Where's Shadow?"

Johann chuckled darkly. "Oh don't worry about that, I swear we didn't harm her. Although her well-being all depends on you and how willing you are to cooperate."

He then turned to Ryker. "Get on deck. We're almost there."

Ryker turned to get up but stopped in his tracks as if he was thinking about something. He looked at me one final time and reached into the pocket of my skirt, revealing mothers notebook. Frowning he put it in his own bag and left Johann an me alone under deck.

I felt fear take hold of my body as the trader approached me, the same sinister expression on his face as on the island. He came close to my face and reached out to stroke my cheek. "Such a beauty you are. Do you know what happens to beautiful girls like you?" I hated the feeling of his hand touching me, glaring at him, I turned my head and bit down hard, drawing blood.

Johann screamed and looked at his bleeding hand in shock before he slapped me - hard. My head collided with the pole behind me, causing my wound to reopen. My vision spun but I could hear him hiss very clearly. "You better learn your place, your new master will not be nearly as gentle as I am."

"I have no master!" I hissed, panic rising in my guts.

Johann smirked devilishly. "Oh, you shall see very soon. And do you know why you are here?"

I stared at him blankly. He knew that I did know why I was here, but he enjoyed humiliating me with the fact anyway.

"Because your brother betrayed you, your own blood turned his back on you. What a shame, it must hurt so bad." Johann tut-tutted before he left me alone.

Bringing my knees to my face I couldn't hold back my sobs anymore, tears bursting forth like water from a dam, spilling down my face. I cried till I had no more tears left to shed. Oh how I wished this was just a nightmare, that I would wake up any moment with Hiccup's warm arms wrapped around me and Shadow licking my face. How I wished to hear Viggo's voice, to hear him call me little flower, but I shall never see him again. I didn't know how long we were sailing when I suddenly heard someone calling. "Land ahoy, we're here!"

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Hiccup's POV

Toothless sped over the dark ocean as fast as he could and finally we caught sight of Lilly's island. As soon as we landed on the shore I hopped off Toothless and ran to the clearing, screaming Lilly's name.

"LILLY! LILLY!"

Nothing.

My heart was racing as the feeling of despair swept through my body. I'm too late, she's not here.

Suddenly Toothless started to growl, his ears flat and his eyes thin slits. "What is it bud? Have you found something?"

Stepping closer I noticed what Toothless found, I picked it up and let the item run through my fingers. "A dragon root arrow. But what's that insignia? I've never seen it before."

Toothless growled again and I turned to him. "I know bud, whoever owns this insignia has Lilly and Shadow. We need to find them." Toothless eyes grew wide and he gave a heartbreaking purr. It was obvious that he was as worried as I was.

Falling to my knees, I looked up at the night sky and screamed on top of my lungs before I hid my face in my hands, tears running down my cheeks.

This is all my fault, I should have never let her go.

AN: So, any thoughts?