An outcast among Outcasts. Ch 2
Revised
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Ch 2. Meetings
Hiccup's point of view.
As we approached the barren island I took note of how flat it was for the most part. With few trees and only one mountain to proved any kind of scenery or resources I could see why Alvin wanted to take Berk.
"Hiccup, what's the plan?" Astrid whispered to me.
"I don't know yet. But we will get out of here, I promise." I replied.
"No talking!" one of the outcasts barked at us. Astrid glared daggers at him, but we remained quite.
A few hours later we reached the docks. A large crowd had gathered to greet their leader. Astrid and I were untied from the mast but then our hands were bound behind our backs. Stormfly and Toothless were lifted by crane to a waggon that waited on the dock. A boy walked up to Alvin and bowed to him. He looked a lot like Alvin though he wasn't as thickly built, and didn't have a beard. He looked just a couple years older than Astrid and I.
"Welcome home, father." The boy said. Father? This boy was Alvin's son! I looked to Astrid to briefly see the same startled expression I had, although hers melted to an expressionless face quickly, after all Vikings don't show weakness to their enemies.
As we were marched up the island many of the Outcasts just stared. I heard someone cry to Alvin, "Who are they?" Another called out "That can't be the Dragon Conqueror can it?" We finally stopped in, what I guessed was, the village meeting hall. Alvin walked to the head of the crowed, while Astrid and I were lead up next to his side by a couple of the Outcasts from the ship.
"My fellow Outcasts!" Alvin addressed his people, "I have returned! Many of you probably thought I had died on my quest to claim Dragon Island." There were murmurs throughout the crowd at this. "I was unsuccessful this time at taking the island, but I have returned with the Dragon Conqueror and his dragon. With them, we shall learn to conqueror the dragons that plague us!" The crowd cheered, then dispersed to greet their families. Astrid and I stayed close together. Even though she wore a tuff expression I could see the slightest bit of fear in her eyes but that was only because I'd known her for so long now.
The boy approached Alvin again.
"Father I'm afraid I have some unfortunate news, the prison was destroyed in the last dragon raid. Where shall we keep the prisoners?" he said gravely.
Alvin growled then replied "Rocktooth, lock the dragons in the kill-ring," he glanced at us, " and take these two to the house."
"Yes sir." Rocktooth said with a nod.
Just then the doors opened to reveal a girl about Astrid and my age enter the room. She was pale, skinny and small with blackish brown hair and blue eyes. She too walked up to Alvin and bowed.
"Rueday, where have you been?" Alvin said angrily.
"At the back of the crowd," she said in a soft voice, "the doors closed before I could make it into the hall. I didn't want to interupt your speech so I waited." just as she finished Alvin slapped her.
"Don't lie to me." he hissed in a deadly voice. I noticed that Rocktooth had jerked forward a little when Alvin had struck the girl.
"Yes father, the truth is…" Rueday muttered hesitantly before Rocktooth stepped forward.
"I had sent her to go retrieve some herbs for one of the sick yacks. She must have dallied and not heard word of your return before it was to late." Rocktooth said firmly. Alvin turned and looked him in the eye. Rocktooth didn't flinch. A man came up behind Alvin just then and told him of an urgent matter that they needed him to see to. Alvin glared once more at Rueday before turning to leave.
As he headed out the door he called over his shoulder to Rueday, "Since you have time to mess around you can be in charge of the prisoners and the dragons." Rueday seemed crestfallen at this but replied, "Yes sir."
Rue's point of view.
I had hurried down the mountain but was to late to make it into the hall before the doors closed. I guess I'm lucky that he isn't making me clean the yack pens, but to watch the prisoners and their dragons! Its like he wants me dead! Guarding the person who killed the red death? I knew he hated me just not that much.
"Thanks." I said to Rocktooth with a small smile.
"You're just lucky I was here to intervene. Now you better get a move on or else I'll beat you myself. "he growled with a smile tugging at his lips. I laughed at this. There wasn't anyone in the hall now so it was ok to laugh. I looked over at the two prisoners that I was now in charge of. One was a girl with blonde hair and sky blue eyes, the other was a boy with red-brown hair and green eyes. They both appeared to be my age, of the two the girl seemed more threatening.
I walked up to them and tried to seem intimidating.
"Alright. My father has placed you under my care. I don't want any funny business! Got that?" I said standing up straighter to show I meant what I said. The girl looked like she was biting back a laugh, but I ignored her. Rocktooth and I plus two guards walked them to our home. Once there Rocktooth left saying if I had any trouble to send one of the guards for back up. I thanked him again and he left. The Guards stood guard outside the door while I lead them into the only unoccupied room, lucky for me it didn't have any windows, and cut the rope off of their hands with a small dagger that Rocktooth had given me for my birthday. I put the dagger away in its sheath at my belt. There was something about them that, well just made me relax a little.
"I am Rueday, but you may call me Rue. What are your names?" I asked as casually but still in charge as I could, I didn't want them or the guards to think I was weak. Neither spoke at first but then they to seemed to relax a little.
"I'm Astrid and this is Hiccup." the blonde girl finally answered bluntly.
"Is there anything you need?" I asked, my hand close to my dagger in case they tried to attack me or something.
"To escape would be nice." muttered Astrid under her breathe.
"Some food and water would be fine." Hiccup said with a small smile. He went over to one of the two cots and sat down, his prosthetic leg squeaking a bit as he moved. I left, locked the door and began to gather some food. I grabbed some dried yack meat, bread, and a pitcher of water with two mugs. The guards sneered at me as I carried the food past them. I unlocked the door, entered the room and left the food on the nearest cot. I exited quickly just in case Astrid decided to attack me. I locked the door and went to the kill-ring to check on the dragons.
The kill-ring was really just an old cave that had a deep pit in the back and a drip in two places in the ceiling that provided water, even in the winter time. The Outcasts had the pit blocked with two big metal doors, father was working on construction for deprecate rooms for dragons but for now it was just the pit. I passed the guards, then I went through the doors to the small ledge, it was too small for a dragon to perch on, then to the ladder used to access the pit.
The dragons where both still muzzled and everything, but that didn't stop them from growling at me when I entered. I eased toward them. They could still snap at you if you weren't careful but they couldn't open their mouths enough to shoot fire. I grabbed two baskets from next to the wall and managed to scoot it to them without being close enough to be in biting range. They knocked the lids off and started to eat the fish inside them. I moved slowly so I didn't spook them and unlocked their bindings. The instant they felt their bands loosen they jumped free of the rest only to be stopped by the harness around their necks causing them to choke a little.
"Wo!" I said worried that they would hurt themselves, "Take it easy! Let me finish getting that off you!"
They held still. The black one tried to snap at my hand once but let me undo it's harness. I undid the Nadder's and then quickly retreated up the ladder and onto the ledge. The dragons stretched their legs and wings. The black one tried to get the muzzle off but it was on too tight. The Nadder tried to help but it failed to remove it to. They looked up at me with pleading eyes.
"I'm sorry. I can't undo the muzzle." I said looking at my knees in shame. I hated to see animals treated this way, even if they were dragons. I got up and left the pit and returned back to the house. When I got there I heard a very interesting conversation.
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