ROTG: A Frozen Point in Time

Chapter 9 Part 1

POV: Hiccup

"How long till we arrive?" I shrug my shoulders and continue rubbing Toothless' forehead. "Did you hear me boy?"

"I don't know, the maps are old Dad." He gives me a hard look before turning back to his crew.

"Row faster men! I want to arrive today." My eyes narrow as the Stabbington Brothers move to his sides, looking like ridiculously dressed body guards. It would be funnier if I didn't suspect they were controlling Dad somehow.

Wait, controlling Dad? They're controlling Dad? "Oh hush..." I mumble to myself.

Since I've arrived in the past, my past self and I have been fighting over who controls the body; we finally reached an agreement after I was able to make him see how much danger we're in and how much worse the outcome would be with him controlling the body. I'm usually not very persuasive, but I occasionally have my moments.

Look, no one else is around. You need to clue me in about these creepy Stabb...knife...twins. I glance to the other vikings, too involved in their work to listen to the ramblings of the Chief's son. "Alright, I don't really know much about these guys, but they are bad news. Rapunzel, she's this princess from another country, there's no need to worry about those details now, but she's faced them before. They are usually only in it for the money; hired hitmen, not much to worry about. However, this time they have teamed up with a very powerful, very dangerous ally, and they're in it for revenge." So...they're now a force to be reckoned with? I don't see what revenge has to do with any of it. "You'll take a psychology course in the future and it'll all make sense after that..." I answer, much to my past self's confusion. "Look, just know that they have a reason to hurt Dad, and also a reason to not ditch their mission if things start looking South. They're in this thing to succeed." Why are they not working for money this time, though? What's their gain? I smile, "Always so curious, like a little child," Hypocrite. "Wow, that was offensive. Let's try and focus now and leave the petty insults for later." You are just jealous that I am wittier than you. "I AM you!" I sigh and rub my forehead. "Okay, focusing now. The Stabbington Brothers used to work with Eugene Fitzherbert, AKA Flynn Rider. They had a plan to steal the crown, Flynn betrayed them and took the crown for himself, and then fell in love with Rapunzel, who ended up being the Lost Princess...anyways long story short Eugene and Rapunzel got married, the crown was returned, and the Stabbington Brothers barely escaped with their lives. Needless to say they are very eager to cause harm to their ex-partner in crime." I continue rubbing Toothless in silence while my past self takes in the new information. How are they controlling Dad? And why? I shake my head as the dreaded question is finally asked. "I don't know, Pitch Black, that's their powerful ally, probably gave them a spell or potion to do so, but I have no idea of the reason behind it, nor the means." So we can't stop it? "We need to focus on more important questions now, like why is Dad suddenly interested in declaring war on Scotland?" That is a bit of an exaggeration, he merely wants to discuss the treaty with King Fergus. "You and I both know Dad is not here to discuss, those Stabbington Brothers are putting him up to this... but what could be gained by raising tensions between our people?" Well...this Pitch character seems inclined to cause as much chaos as possible- "He feeds off of fear," I interrupt, feeling the annoyance from my past self. I am talking now, thank you very much. Maybe...I don't know....maybe he's trying to change the past. "What do you mean?" Well he is defeated at some point in history, maybe he wants to change that. "By the gods...." I breathlessly realize, "I am a genius. We have to-" Warn the others, blah blah blah, just let me out so I can cause a distraction. "I like my thinking." I smirk, reading my past self's thoughts. "But I can't trust you." What? No, Hiccup, I need to do the distraction, it is the most logical approach because I know this ship- "As do I, don't forget, I am you, and I also know that if I was stuck in my own head I would do anything to get out." You are being unreasonable and you need to trust me!!! Wait what are you doing...wait stop you don't understand I need to help Dad I need to get out let me out let me out let me- I mentally lock the door to my past self's thoughts; the guilt from not trusting him eats at me but I ignore it in favor of the plans for my next task: getting the heck out of here and finding my friends.

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AN: Hey guys so the rest of this chapter is still in progress but I just wanted to give you guys an update....sorry it's taken so long.
Love ya!
-Tooth Fairy
"True love will triumph in the end- which may or may not be a lie, but if it is a lie, then it's the most beautiful lie we have."
-John Green