The only definite during this, like always, is that Siv is to remain safe. She is to be watched at all times by 3 of Viggo's men if Viggo is not around himself to keep her safe. At some point, Viggo is to leave the tent for the final move in his 'play' and Siv is to be nowhere near where he is at the time.
Viggo predicts that the fire cyclones from the Typhoomerangs will force the Riders to fly to the back and attack from there. Until then, it's still round one.
And Siv knew that it began as soon as she heard a loud and high pitched screech from the sky. She knows that sound... It was the sound that her old village used to call, "Death." They associated the sound with Hel herself, as that is the sound that was heard before a giant pillar came crashing down in the Royal Halls and crushed 10 villagers at once. The sound was followed by a flame created by pure plasma and instead of fire, it was almost spontaneous combustion, a blast of pure plasma; like a lightning strike.
The dragon was named the same throughout the entire Archipelago: Night Fury. And somehow, this young man managed to control one?
Siv poked her head out of the tent and saw 5 dragons in the air, all different. Monstrous Nightmare, Gronckle, Deadly Nadder, Hideous Zippleback, and the fabled Night Fury, which could barely be seen in the sky but glowed when the Typhoomerang's fire lit up the sky.
Those dragons were sure firing a lot and Siv bit down on her lip.
"Viggo, you know the Typhoomerang only has a 10 shot limit, right? With this rate, they'll be out in seconds!" She shouted over the loud roars of the dragons and Viggo barely looked up from his Maces and Talons board.
"The Typhoomerangs are just a distraction, love. They will enter from the back, and attempt to catch us off guard." He said as if it was obvious. Siv stared at him and made a face of pure confusion but stepped back just as she saw the dragons fire once again.
Once she was back inside, she approached Viggo and waited for a few seconds before speaking.
"Okay, I'm not doubting you or anything but... What if something goes wrong?"
"Such as?" Viggo finally looked up from the board and watched her eyes as she sighed with utter defeat and looked down.
"I know why we have the Flightmare, I know why we're keeping Heather and her dragon, and I know why you're doing all of this but... What if it's at too high a cost? Is the Dragon trade worth our lives? Your life?" Viggo had this look of concern on his face that he rarely had and stood from his seat, stepping towards Siv and putting his hands on her shoulders.
"Siv, darling, everything is worth our lives. I do what I do to be the best husband I can be. It's not a coincidence that I am with you-"
"Yeah, It's a contract. You mean to tell me that you have the entire world, and you still choose me? After everything I've done?" She looked down at her feet, refusing to meet his eyes. He roughly grabbed her chin and made her look up at him.
"What you have done in the past does not change my love for who you are now. I don't care that you were a whore. You're my wife now. And that part of your life is behind you- he is behind you. He doesn't have control over you any longer," Placing his hand on her cheek, Siv blushed and looked up at her husband as he finished telling her what she needed to hear, yet again. "Only you can control yourself. You're a free woman."
Siv looked down at the necklace she was gifted at the time of their wedding and felt the leather strap around her neck before shaking her head.
"I'm wedded. I'm not free in any sense of the sort,"
"Do you see me holding you hostage? You're here of your own free will, Siv. If you wanted to leave, there would be nothing I could do to stop you besides grovel at your feet and beg for you to reconsider."
Smiling brighter than she has in days, Siv leaned up and kissed her husband with as much passion as she could muster. Ever since she met Viggo, everything had been right with the world and she didn't want anything to change.
But the moment was interrupted by Ryker entering the tent and clearing his throat. Which was also followed by a loud explosion and the entire island shaking.
Viggo let go of his wife and looked at Ryker. "They're here, I assume?"
"Yes, but not the way you planned. They went through the fire, right down the middle of it." Siv looked at Ryker with wide eyes and then up at Viggo who smirked.
"Brilliant. Simply brilliant; that boy does know his dragons, I'll give him that." Feeling the fear begin to take over her body, she looked up at Viggo and shivered.
"This wasn't part of the plan. What will we do with the rest of the troops on the other side of the island?" She said, looking at Viggo and waiting for an answer. He simply kissed her forehead.
"My dear, what fun would a game be if saddled with an inferior opponent?" Viggo began walking out of his tent and Siv followed close behind, confused with what he was plotting next.
Dagur walked up behind them. "Um, there's a rumor goin' around that the Dragon Hunters broke through the Typhoomerangs."
"You're sure about that?" Viggo said, not even turning around.
"Yeah, I'm thinking the four Typhoomerangs flying into the horizon are a pretty good indication." Siv looked up at the sky and watched the dragons fly off towards the moon. She looked up at her husband and watched his face intently.
"Dagur, did you do what I told you to do with the prisoner?" Viggo asked him.
"Of course! But I'm still thinking that-"
"Stop thinking! All thinking has been done! You just need to do as your told, follow orders! Can you do that?" And with that, Viggo walked off. Siv stood there, confused with his unusual outburst. Viggo can usually put up with a lot and hearing him speak like that isn't normal. Stressed out, most likely.
Very quickly, she followed Viggo, hot on his heels like a duckling following it's mother. Viggo headed out of the spiral around his base and towards the hills where he kept all of the dragons in cages. He headed passed the dragons with Siv who was trying to not look at them all in cages.
She jumped when a monstrous Nightmare slammed its body against the cage. Turning to see the dragon, she approached it slowly and watched as the dragon snarled at her.
But as she got closer, the dragon seemed to stop acting harsh towards her. Siv stared at the dragon as it slowly lost the evil look in its eyes and bowed its head to her. What was happening? A dragon has never reacted to her like this before... It was always slaughter now, questions never. What's going on?
"Um, Viggo..." She turned to look at her husband who looked back and saw she was nowhere near him.
"I think this Monstrous Nightmare might be sick..." Viggo approached the cage and pushed Siv away from it slowly. Once Siv was out of harm's way, the dragon flared up again and began growling as usual and Siv stared at the dragon and then at Viggo who turned around and shrugged.
"Seems fine to me." He walked off.
"But... But!" Siv began but then stopped when she realized Viggo wasn't listening and she sighed, following him. They walked up to the cage where Heather was held and still had her double ended battle blades next to it.
"Now I want you to go that way. Away from the danger that is about to take place, understand?" Viggo pointed towards the bushes where a path lead to the cliffs above where his men were waiting beyond sight of the air. Siv nodded and ran that way, up the hills and where his men were hiding, waiting.
Almost instantaneously, she saw a body fly into the air and she gasped. The boy... he was so young. Nearly half Viggo's age and just a few years younger than herself. He had a sparkling shield in his hands and was missing a leg... Huh. Not what she was expecting.
His voice was high and squeaky. Also not what she was expecting.
"Heather, c'mon. We've gotta get out of here," There was a pause before Siv heard her husband speak.
"Welcome Hiccup!"
"Where's Heather?"
"Bad news, she won't be joining us tonight. But on the positive side, you far exceeded my expectations! Good on you!" Viggo's men finally came out of hiding, armed with arrows loaded into their bows and crossbows. Siv stood on her own in front of them all and watched the scene, making sure her husband wouldn't get hurt.
"So many guards, so little time," Viggo mocked. "But please... I am enjoying this. I'll give you a head start!"
"Why would you do that?" Hiccup raised his shield and narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
"Because I'm nothing if not a good sport," Well, he wasn't lying. "And if I didn't, the game would end here. And what fun would that be?"
That was it. Hiccup took off running. Siv quickly retreated back down the mountainside and next to her husband who was waiting for her. After a few minutes, Viggo began to follow him at a leisurely pace and Siv was confused as to why he wasn't moving faster until she saw the glow in the distance. The Flightmare.
Viggo took the high ground on top of a dragon cage and Siv decided against climbing, standing next to the cage would do just fine.
"There you are, Hiccup. Didn't get as far as I imagined," Siv stepped out and saw that Hiccup was standing face to face with the muzzled Flightmare and on top of an empty dragon cage was... The night fury. The most feared dragon across the entire world. It wasn't as big as she thought it would be though... And it seemed one of its tailfins was artificial. Curious...
"Game's over, Viggo!" Hiccup snapped as Viggo jumped off the cage with a surprising amount of grace.
"I'm so sorry you feel that way. Was I not a worthy adversary?" Viggo was now gloating. "Don't answer that. Your surrender speaks volumes." Narrowing his eyes and knitting his brows together, Siv gulped slightly and approached Viggo as he stared Hiccup down, clearly preoccupied.
"No one is surrendering!" Hiccup stated, glaring back at Viggo.
"Alright, then here's what I propose. Turn over what you stole from me; what's belonged to my tribe for centuries! And I will give serious thought to letting you and your friends go free." Viggo told Hiccup as he turned to see Siv approaching behind him, finally.
"You're talking about the Dragon Eye?"
"Dragon Eye... A fitting name! If you don't mind, I'll use that," Viggo smirked at the boy who approached his dragon slowly.
"Well, have it your way, Viggo. But don't say I didn't warn you," Hiccup mounted his dragon and it growled, baring it's teeth and staring Viggo down. But Viggo was faster. He looked at the two holding the Flightmare still and before Hiccup could react, The Flightmare sprayed them with it's paralyzing mist, turning them almost to stone.
Siv walked up to the dragon and narrowed her eyes at the beast.
"So this is the one that killed ten innocent lives in my village..." Turning to see Viggo approaching Hiccup, he smirked at the petrified boy.
"You and your Night Fury played right into my hands. To be honest, I expected more." Viggo looked down at the satchel on the side of Hiccup's saddle and opened it, wrapping his hands around the cylindrical object and thrusting it towards the sky for his entire tribe to see.
Among all the cheers and shouts of joy, all Siv could do was stare at the dragon that created something in her old village that was called the"Bewitching Hour Bloodshed".
"How... How can this dragon live with itself knowing that it has done so many horrid things..."
Viggo walked up behind Siv and placed his hand on her back, making her look up slightly but back at the dragon's bright green eyes.
"It can't hurt you, darling. While I'm here, nothing can harm you." Siv looked up at him and very slowly reached for the dragon that had caused her so much pain. She placed her hand on it's head and felt the skin of the dragon, the bumps of its scales slowly sliding over her fingers. She removed her hand and stood up, tearing her eyes away from the beast.
"Hiccup Haddock the Third, I've enjoyed our time together. I do truly hope we are able to compete again." Viggo gently took Siv's arm within his and she whimpered, staring down the creature that has caused her people so much pain... Whimpering slightly, Viggo traced his hand slowly up her arm and to the space between her shoulder blades.
"Do not worry darling," He kissed her temple and she blushed slightly before finally leaving the two behind and trying her best to forget the memories of her village and the lives lost. It was a story that Viggo has heard time and time again. He was slightly fearful to bring her before the Night Fury, in case it sparked an attack of great panic upon her, as dragons have done to her time and time again. After a while, other dragons didn't faze Siv at all but being face to face with a Night Fury was something completely different.
