Ch.4: Acceptance & Raid
It took them around 10 minutes for the King and Queen to make a decision if Hiccup, Toothless and Mari could stay and went back to Rapunzel's room, and they were surprised at what they saw. Hiccup was singing quietly to Mari while leaning onto Toothless, who was eating fish from a basket. Rapunzel couldn't help, but smile at how lovingly Hiccup was treating his daughter, even if she was his adopted daughter.
Hiccup laid Mari down next to him and Toothless turned his head to Hiccup.
"What is it, bud," asked Hiccup and Toothless spit part of a fish in his lap, much to Hiccup's shock. "Are you serious?"
"Hey, you haven't eaten anything since breakfast," said Toothless and gestured to the fish. "Now eat up."
"Okay, but this is the second and last time I'm doing this," said Hiccup and took a small bite of the fish, much to Rapunzel and the other's shock. Hiccup then looked at the Night Fury with a glare. "I just want to say that I've never tasted anything more disgusting than a fish that was inside a dragon's stomach! Not to mention that humans do not eat raw fish."
"Why didn't you say that the first time," asked Toothless.
"I was gaining your trust! Besides, how was I supposed to know that we'd become best friends," asked Hiccup and Toothless only shrugged when suddenly Mari started to cry. "Look at what you did? You make her cry!"
"How's that my fault," asked Hiccup as he picked Mari up and began smoothing her. "There, there, Mari. Don't cry."
"You were the one, who was yelling like an 8–year–old kid on a roller–coaster," said Toothless.
Hiccup wanted to say something in return, but too busy in calming Mari down. He then heard someone clearing their throat and looked up to see Rapunzel, her parents, Cassandra and the Captain of the guards standing at the doorway.
"I'm not sure if I should feel adored at how you handle Mari, or disgusted that you ate a fish that came out of a dragon's stomach," said Rapunzel.
"Well, as amazing as it sounds, there's something else we need to talk about," said King Fredrik and looked at Hiccup.
"What is it," asked Hiccup.
"It took us some time, but we decided to let you, and your dragon and daughter to stay in Corona," said King Fredrik.
Hiccup couldn't believe it. He was allowed to stay in Corona with Toothess and Mari!
"Thank you, your Majesty," said Hiccup with a smile and bowed.
"Not only that, but you'll be resending here, in the castle. Seeing how close you and your dragon are, he'll be allowed to stay in your room," said Queen Auriana and Hiccup smiled even more.
"But you'll need to do something while you're here. Are you good at something else than riding a dragon," asked King Fredrik.
"Well, I used to work for Gobber. He's Berk's blacksmith and I'm his apprentice," said Hiccup.
"So you can build things," asked the Captain.
"Yeah. After all, I'm the one, who built Toothless' saddle and prosthetic tailfin," said Hiccup.
"Very well. I'll talk to Xavier. He's our blacksmith and I'm sure he'll need some help," said King Fredrik.
"I won't disappoint you," said Hiccup.
"I don't expect you to," said Rapunzel. "If you can build a tailfin, then you make everything!"
"Thanks, Rapunzel. It means a lot," said Hiccup with a smile and Rapunzel chuckled.
Their moment was interrupted when an explosion was suddenly heard from outside. The King and Queen went up the window and saw several pirate ships at the docks.
"We're being invaded," said the King and turned to the Captain. "Captain, call all the guards! Those guards must not pass the gates of the castle!"
"Right on it, Your Majesty," said the Captain and left the room.
"Rapunzel, you and Hiccup will remain here where it's safe. That's an order! You will not walk out of this room until it's safe," said King Fredrik as he exited the room, followed by the Queen and Cassandra.
"We can't just stay here doing nothing," said Rapunzel.
"And we won't be doing nothing. Your father said we can't walk out of the room. He didn't say anything about flying out," said Hiccup and turned to the Night Fury. "Toothless, let's show these pirates that nobody messes with our new home."
"I was waiting for something to happen. I'm ready to give those pirates a small delivery from lighting and death," said Toothless and Hiccup opened the window and the two stepped on the balcony.
They saw that there were 4 pirate ships at the docks. Hiccup looked down and saw that the guards and the King were ready to defend the castle, but the pirates were moving fast. He knew that the guards will need some help against those pirates and what better help than a dragon? He got on Toothless' saddle and they were about to take off to the skies when Hiccup felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Rapunzel with a concerned look.
"Hiccup, please be careful," said Rapunzel softly and Hiccup nodded.
"Don't worry. We'll be fine. I want you to stay here and look after Mari while we're gone," said Hiccup.
"I will. Now go show teach those pirates a lesson," said Rapunzel as she stepped back to give Hiccup and Toothless some space so they could take off.
"We'll be back before you know it," said Hiccup and Toothless took of into the skies, ready to defend Corona.
At the castle's gates, the guards were ready with the King and the Captain in the front. They were about to charge at the pirates, who had just entered the castle grounds, but stopped when a whistling sound was heard. They and the pirates looked at the sky and saw Hiccup on Toothless flying with unimaginable speed downwards.
"Toothless, let's trap them," said Hiccup and Toothless fired two Plasma Blasts, which brought the arch crushing down on some of the pirates. "Let's keep it up, bud."
Toothless nodded and continued firing Plasma Blasts at the pirates, who decreased drastically in numbers after getting blasted by Toothless. The duo then concentrated their fire on the ships to prevent the pirates from escaping. The King, the Captain and the guards couldn't believe what was happening. At first they thought that the battle against the pirates was going to last for hours, but Hiccup and Toothless took out at least 30 pirates in a matter of seconds.
"Great job, bud," said Hiccup.
Unfortunately, their celebration didn't last long as the pirates used a catapult and launched a boulder, which missed Hiccup and Toothless and destroyed part of the balcony to Rapunzel's room, but Rapunzel herself was standing on the said balcony and the impact from the boulder caused her to lose her balance and to fall down from the balcony, much to everyone's horror.
"Rapunzel," shouted King Fredrik.
His worries increased the more Rapunzel was nearing the ground. He closed his eyes when there was a whistling sound and opened his eyes, and saw Hiccup and Toothless speeding towards the falling princess and caught her when she was less than 20 meters in the air, much to the King's relief.
"Are you okay," Hiccup asked Rapunzel as she got on the saddle, behind him.
"Yeah, thanks for the safe," said Rapunzel as she wrapped her hands around his waist.
"Where's Mari," asked Hiccup with slight panic in his voice.
"Don't worry. She fell asleep so I put her on my bed before stepping out on the balcony," said Rapunzel and Hiccup sighed in relief.
"That's good to know," said Hiccup and turned to his dragon. "Toothless, let's hit these pirates with everything you've got."
"I was waiting for you to say something like that," said Toothless as he started building up a Plasma Blast.
The Night Fury flew to the area where most of the retreating pirates were and fired his Plasma Blast. Nearly half of the pirates were affected by the powerful blast and were sent flying forwards, landing hard on the ground or crushing into buildings.
Toothless flew towards the castle and landed in front of the King and the guards so Hiccup and Rapunzel could get off.
King Fredrik ran towards them and hugged Rapunzel tightly and looked at Hiccup, who was petting Toothless.
"Hiccup," called the King, getting the attention of the boy. "Thank you for helping us with the pirates, and most importantly, thank you for saving my daughter."
"Well, we couldn't just sit back and not do a thing," said Hiccup as he continued petting Toothless. "Besides, Toothless wanted to protect the kingdom as much as I did. Dragons do have an instinct to protect."
"Then thank you both for chasing the pirates away, but the next time there's an invasion could you not cause so much destruction," asked the King, gesturing to the destroyed arch.
"Well, we can't promise, but we can try," said Hiccup.
"That's all I ask. Thanks to you the kingdom is saved and that's what matters," said the King.
"Glad we could help," said Hiccup.
"We need to rebuild the ruined houses and shops. It won't take long so maybe you could start working with Xavier next week," said the King and Hiccup smiled. "Until then, you and Toothless could help with the rebuilding."
"It won't be a problem," said Hiccup and King Fredrik nodded with a smile.
"I'll help out as well," said Rapunzel as she went up to Hiccup and Toothless. "It gets bored being in the castle all the time."
"Are you sure, Rapunzel," asked the King to which Rapunzel nodded. "Very well. Hiccup, you and Toothless make sure to keep her out of trouble."
"We will," said Hiccup and turned to his dragon. "Well, bud, it looks like Corona will be our new home."
The Night Fury showed his toothless smile and fired a Plasma Blast in the air in joy, and everyone present laughed.
To be continued…
Hey, everybody. Here's the 4th chapter. Hiccup and Toothless are staying in Corona. The next chapter will take place 6 months from now. If you're wondering, Rapunzel and her parents will also have dragons of their own. Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next will be posted sometime in December. Until next time, have a nice day.
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