Opposition (A Httyd Fanfiction)

Chapter 3: Family time

(Normal pov)

King Torsten awoke from sleep and sat up while rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, looking down at Sif, he smiled at his wife and placed a kiss on her forehead before getting out of bed and approached a water basin filled with clean water and cupped a handful of water and began washing his face off. The voyage to England was quickened due to the winds that promised bitter storms of snow, with winter fast approaching, it would seem that the gods favored Torsten and his allies, Vikings and Dragon Hunters alike.

After he finished washing the stench of sweat and sex off his body, Torsten got dressed, wrapped himself in a thick bear fur cloak, and made his way towards the deck of the Gnasher. Maeve's dreadnaught housed the Viking and Dragon Hunter leaders while their men sailed the rest of their fleet, their new beast of war plummeted several times into icy waters of the North Sea due to her not flying for centuries, the Red Death nearly drowned on several occasions and Torsten found that amusing, that beast is paying for her laziness every day.

Reaching the deck of the Gnasher, Torsten laid eyes on Maeve who had her Skrill dragon skin cloak wrapped around her body while looking out into the horizon. Approaching his ally, Torsten stood beside Maeve and exhaled heavily. "The wind is in our favor, with luck, we should arrive in England in four days," Torsten too looked out towards the horizon and then turned back to Maeve and inquired, "what are your thoughts?"

"I'm thinking about what kinds of dragons we'll encounter," Maeve said, "we know Haddock rides a Night Fury, but we don't know what other species dwell in England," Torsten grunted while Maeve continued, "we would be fools to underestimate our enemy. We have a sizeable force of man and dragons alike, it would be a shame to lose a great many of our pawns because of arrogance."

"Haddock's mind and intelligence is his greatest strength," Torsten admitted, "lucky for us, we have a mind that's just as, if not deadlier than Haddock's." Maeve turned hummed and looked at Torsten with a raised eyebrow. "Ivar?" Torsten grunted in confirmation and smiled lightly. "Ivar's mind is as sharp as a sword, he'll be our battle tactician and advise our warriors how and when to fight," Torsten nodded before continuing, "this battle is one our people need to win! Norway is dead; ravaged and molested by dragons!! But in England? It's the key to begin anew, to destroy the Christians once and for all!"

"I admire your optimism," Maeve said, "but as I said, it's unwise to underestimate Haddock and his people. They'll surprise in some areas and those surprises will cost the lives of many of the pawns we're going to send into battle." Torsten growled lightly while turning to Maeve and smirked at her. "Your concerns are unnecessary Maeve," The king of the Branded Brutes once more looked out towards the horizon and chuckled darkly, "the traitor Haddock has no idea what's coming to his shores."

(Hiccup's pov)

Spending time with my family was exactly what I needed after three months of battle in Wessex. After we had finished our breakfast, Rebecca and Gideon practically dragged me outside of the palace and we had a spectacular snowball fight, as I was being hammered with snowballs, I would pretend to act mortally wounded which caused Rebecca and Gideon to giggle all the more and continue their assault. One of my children's snowballs smacked me right in the face, causing me to fall to the ground and play dead. I could hear my children making their way towards me. "D-Daddy?" Rebecca asked, I then snapped my eyes open and playfully growled while scooping both my children in my arms, causing them both to shriek in surprise, but they then burst into laughter.

Elsa, Anna, and Valka joined in on the fun as well and what ensued was the most ferocious snowball I've ever had in my life.

We were nearly defeated since Elsa kept providing herself with snowballs, she would also form boulder-sized snowballs, causing us to quickly take cover or risk being engulfed in snow. The people passing by the palace smiled warmly at the sight of our family having fun and were pleased to see us taking a well deserved day off, the children of Arendelle asked if they could join in on the fun as well, many of which were Rebecca and Gideon's friends, and so the streets of Arendelle became a battlefield of laughter, joy, and incoming snowballs.