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196- trust in her

Hiccup and south adopted a 5 year old girl when they were 16 (she was found in the caves under the village during the episode 'what flies beneath' I may do a flashback chapter, or a flashback scene in this chapter. Meh) this takes place at the final battle to defend the king. Hiccup and south are not married.

Hiccup and south are 19, kari is 10

Hiccup's p.o.v

"Hey dad" kari says as she walks into the room. I turn around to smile at her
"Hey! Where've you been all day?"
"Training with Astrid." I arch my eyebrow at her.
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah. Mom said it was okay" I chuckle and nod.
"Right" I hold my arm out, and she walks forward, hopping into my lap
"Hey, hon, we're going looking for the king of dragons soon. I'm going to drop you in berk first"
"Dad... I wanna go with you" I furrow my eyebrows
"Where?"
"To save the king of dragons. I'm ready, dad! I've been training for this!" She says determinedly. I sigh
"Kari... fighting in this war isn't glory and praise. It's... it's painful, and long, and scary. I've seen people die... I've killed people. Do you think you're ready to see that?"
"I've seen you in battle before" she points out. I nod.
"Yeah, you have. But you haven't been up there with us." She hops off my lap and looks at me. She looks genuinely upset, not like a kid who got denied what they want usually would.
"Do you think I can't do it? That I'm not strong like you or mom?" I sigh
"No, sweetheart. That's not what I think. I think that you don't really understand what this battle is about"
"Then let me understand! Let me see for myself what it is that my parents do every day!"
"Look, kari. I... I couldn't live with myself if you got hurt. I understand that you've been training, and I hear you when you say you believe you are ready, but in myself, I couldn't live with the knowledge that I allowed you to fight in this battle and you died because of it. I may not be your blood kin, and I may be only nine years older than you, but you are my daughter. And I just... I couldn't live without you." She glares at me
"You think you're my father? Prove it" she spits before running upstairs. I sigh and rest my head in my hands. Toothless comes up to me and meals. I sigh
"It's okay, bud. She's just upset I won't let her fight in the battle" he grunts
"Don't you start, either. I've made my choice" he blows smoke at me and then goes upstairs. I just shake my head and leave the hut, heading over to the clubhouse where south is cooking.
"Hey! Dinners almost done, I just- hiccup, what's up?" I sit heavily on a stool and rest my head in my hand
"Kari wants to fight in the battle. She got upset when I told her she couldn't" south frowns and sets the stew down.
"Why can't she?"
"Oh gods,  it your as well. She's ten! She doesn't have a dragon, and she isn't trained to ride one either! If I let her fight in this battle and she got hurt, that'd be on my head. I'm her father, it's my job to protect her. I'd rather her hate me but be alive rather than if she was dead."
"So... you won't let her fight because you don't want to have to deal with the fact that by some chance she got hurt"
"That's not it, though. When we took her in and made her a haddock, I loved her. By gods, She is my daughter. I don't care if it isn't by blood, I love her as if she were my own."
"Don't you think I feel the same? I may not be married to you yet, hiccup, but she is my daughter just as much as she is yours. You have to let her be her own person. She needs to grow, and mature, and you need to accept she isn't that little girl anymore. She's growing up. She wants to see what we do, the risks we take. She wants to live that for herself. We can take every precaution necessary. She can go with you and toothless, and we can have her harnessed to him. If she gets too scared, or doesn't want to do it anymore, you can set her down with someone who will take care of her until the battle is over." I glare at her, before realising that she's right. I sigh I scrub my hand down my face.
"This is such a dangerous game. Gods..."

Kari's p.o.v

"He doesn't trust me!" I rant to toothless. He meals at me
"Y'know, I think he thinks I'm too weak, or I'm too young. I can do this! You believe in me, right?" He nudges me. I rest my hand on his head.
"Thanks, toothless. At least someone believes in me" I mutter. There is a knock at the door.
"If I call you dad, I really don't wanna talk to you right now!" I call. Whoever it is pauses, then the door opens. My dad looks around.
"Kari..." I just turn away and start petting toothless again. My dad walks in and sits down at my stool. I stay facing away from him.
"Kari please listen to me?" He says. I sigh and turn around.
"What?"
"First off, don't get an attitude with me, please. I'm trying my best here" He crosses his arms. I nod and sit on my bed.
"If we're gonna do this, you need to pay close attention to what I'm about to tell you" He says. I perk up.
"You mean-"
"Just listen. Your mother spent about 10 minutes convincing me. I still don't like the idea, but you're growing up. You're not that five year old girl I found in the caverns. Yeah, you're no grown up, but you are getting older. You need to learn, and experience stuff." He shrugs. Toothless nudges him.
"Don't give me that look" He raises his eyebrow to the dragon, who laughs and walks away
"Okay. We're leaving for dramillion island soon. As in, in a few hours. You do not have a dragon if your own, and even if you did, I would not allow you to fight in the battle alone. You will be riding with me and toothless. You will be harnessed to me. You have to do everything I tell you, when I tell you, no questions asked, okay?"
"Why, though?"
"Because this isn't training, Kari. There are real lives at risk. My life, your life, your mother life. If this mission fails, all of the dragons will die, and I will die. I'm not trying to convince you not to do this, but you need to know the score, okay?" I nod
"Okay. Thank you dad..." I stand up and sit back down in his lap. He wraps his arms around me
"Don't thank me, thank your mother. She convinced me, or more yelled at me." I giggle
"You let a woman boss you around?" He chuckles
"Your mother scares the living daylights out of me." This makes me giggle
"She's not that bad" he rests his chin on the top of my head
"I know she's not. She's my girlfriend. She still scares me though"
"Why haven't you married her yet?" I ask out of curiosity.
"Because I'm too much of a wimp to ask her, and anyway, between caring for you and sorting out the hunters, we just don't have time. It's not that important anyway. We know that we'll be together for the rest of our lives whether we're married or not." I nod
"Yeah, that makes sense" he sighs.
"Gods, you are so mature. It honestly scares me. When I was your age, I was walking through the forest, always drawing and reading, but you... you think about stuff. You see things differently. I like that about you. I'd like to think me and your mother raised you like that, but I think it's just in your nature" he sweeps some of my blonde hair out of my face. I smile up at him.
"No, it was definitely you and mom. I couldn't have asked for better parents, even if you're young enough to be my brother. People have asked me why I call you mom and dad, because you're only a little older than me. They say I should call you hiccup, because you're not old enough to be my dad, but you are. I understand what they mean, but I love you more than one would love a brother. You are my dad, through and through. Age and blood aside. You could have handed me over when you found me, scared and alone in those caves, but you didn't. You took care of me. How could I nod want you and mom as my parents?" He hugs me tighter.
"I love you, hon. Thank you" I whispers into my hair. His voice is thick.
"I love you too, dad"

I'm an asshole and I'm not gonna write the battle. I might make a part two. Who knows.