Chapter 3 - 7 years later and Drago Bludvist
Hi guys I'm back, sorry about the spelling mistakes I made in the last chapter. Like I said I'm new to writing. I will try and make fewer mistakes in the future. Anyway here's the next chapter, if you have any advice on how to improve my story please say, I want to make this as good as possible. Anyway enjoy and please leave a review.
A lot can happen in seven years and for Hiccup and Toothless a lot had changed. The young dragon rider and his night fury companion were rapidly becoming legends. Hiccup and Toothless in the last seven years had started to explore the entire Archipelago. They had seen every village in the entire Archipelago, of course when they went near a village they made sure they weren't seen by anyone. The only time anyone people would ever see the amazing pair is when outcasts, pirates or invaders ever invade a Viking village. They protected every village in the Archipelago and saved thousands of lives while doing it. Hiccup and Toothless were not just protecting Vikings they were also protecting the dragons. Any dragon that needed a home, or that was captured or injured was saved by Hiccup and Toothless and then brought back to the sanctuary.
Hiccup and Toothless were not the only ones saving the dragons, over the years other dragons decided to join the pair in saving their kid and proving to Vikings they weren't killing machines who attack without reason. The group of dragons that joined them were some of the first dragons Hiccup trained himself. These dragons were very close to the pair and Hiccup had giving them all names. The stormcutter was called Cloudjumper, the rumblehorn Skullcrusher and the hotburple Grump. These three dragons came with the pair on their missions after about a year when Hiccup and Toothless came to the sanctuary. A few years later after those five more dragons joined the missions. Hookfang a monstrous nightmare, Stormfly a deadly nadder, Meatlug a gronckle, Barf and Belch the hideous zippleback and a terrible terror named Sharpshot. Hiccup used Sharpshot to deliver messages to the dragons in the sanctuary in case he needed back up. All these dragons went on missions with the pair but when they did exploring it was just Hiccup and Toothless.
The first time they were seen by other Vikings was when invaders were trying to take over the island that was home to the meathead tribe. The invaders had large numbers and could have taken over the island and the meatheads knew it. However the invaders were not expecting a dragon rider to come to the aid of the meatheads. Soon the battle on the island was stopped at the whistling sound of a night fury approaching. "Night fury" one of the invaders screamed," Get down "by another invader. The night fury destroyed several ships belonging to the invaders, only a few ships remained intact. "RETREAT RETREAT WE CANT GO UP AGAINST THAT NIGHT FURY GET BACK TO THE SHIPS" the leader of the invaders shouted. The meatheads were confused in that battle the night fury didn't attack them once why. They got the shock of their lives when they saw a human riding on the night fury. "By Odin I can't believe what I'm seeing" the chief said in shock. Nobody had ever seen a night fury before and to see a dragon rider was a sight to remember. The chief wanted to say thank you to the dragon rider but they took off before he got the chance to say anything. Hiccup was still worried in case they harmed Toothless which is why they left in a rush.
Soon word of the dragon rider and his night fury spread like wildfire, they were talked about from all over the Archipelago. Soon other villages came under attack and like the meatheads they were all saved by the dragon rider. Even after seven years of protecting everyone some people say that the dragon rider is just a myth but most people knew he was real. Word had reached about the dragon rider at Ironguard city too. Ironguard city was one of the biggest places in the Archipelago and was ruled by a peaceful and fair king. When news of the dragon rider reached the king he took a great interest in the dragon rider. You see the king wanted the dragon rider's help for the king had discovered that an old enemy of the Archipelago was coming and Hiccup knew who this enemy is. Drago Bludvist.
Drago Bludvist was a mad man without mercy; he was a killer and one of the most feared men to walk this earth. Hiccup had discovered him during his first year in the sanctuary. He found out that Drago had 10 army's with thousands of men in each one and was planning to take over the Archipelago and then the world. He also found out that Drago was using dragons to build his army as well. This was a shock to Hiccup and Toothless. One day they decided to go and spy on Drago and his men. They saw armoured dragons all over the place it was a scary site. As Hiccup was looking he soon found who he was looking for. He saw Drago heading towards the new dragons his trappers got him. As he see was watching Drago started yelling and swinging his bullhook weapon around looking towards the sea. From the sea another bewilderbeast came up bowing his head to Drago. Drago ordered the alpha to get the new dragons under control and the alpha did just that. Hiccup and Toothless couldn't believe it, Drago had his own alpha and the alpha listened to him. After seeing this they headed back to the sanctuary. Hiccup soon learned that Drago found that alpha when it was just a hatchling and Drago raised it to become a war machine. This only made him work harder and faster when going out on missions with the dragons. He however did have a few advantages that Drago didn't know about. One was Drago had no idea that Toothless couldn't be controlled by any alpha, two Drago didn't know where Hiccups nest was and three he didn't know that Hiccup had his own alpha. Hiccup had told his alpha about Drago's alpha and they both agreed that when the time is right they would go head to head with the evil pair and stop them.
In the present day Hiccup, Toothless and the rest of their group has just returned home after saving more dragons from Drago's trappers. With a large group of dragons saved today the pair could get a good night sleep after a hard day's work. Hiccup was now 15 years old and had grown quite bit. He was still a bit skinny for his age but he was solid muscle and very strong. Over the years he managed to teach himself how to fight and get his hands on fighting and blacksmith books as well. In his spare time Hiccup also wrestled with the dragons and the dragons were a lot stronger than Vikings so when it came to fighting outcast, invaders, or Drago's men he would beat them very easily. As for his clothes not much had changed, he only made a larger helmet and riding vest as he grew bigger. The only used a sword in battle but the sword was made from gronckle iron which he discovered about 5 years ago. It was a lot stronger than steel. I guess you could say Hiccup gets his fighting skills from his father as well as his leadership skills too. Yes life was going very well for Hiccup; the same could not be said for the trappers that were returning to Drago's hideout.
The dragon trappers for Drago Bludvist had a really bad day and was about to get a lot worse. The dragon rider stole the shipment of dragons they had for Drago and at this moment they were approaching Drago's hideout without any dragons. All the men on board were scared they knew that Drago did to people who fail him.
"Settle down lads settle down" the captain of the ship shouted.
"Look men I know you are all scared but nothing bad is going to happen" the captain with confidence, he believed Drago would listen to reason.
"Sir this is Drago Bludvist we're talking about, a man who kills people for just looking at him wrong, we're dead men, we don't have any dragons" one of the trappers said.
"Look men the dragon rider is the one to blame here not us, all I have to do is to explain to Drago what happen and he'll let it go I'm sure" the captain replied.
The captain's men looked at each other unsure they knew what kind of man Drago was.
"Look men you don't have to leave the ship I will go and talk to Drago alone and everything will be fine" The captain said. His men when started to settle down a bit knowing they didn't have to go near the man they all fear.
As they were sailing they did settle down and soon they were entering Drago's hideout were his main army was. Drago's hideout was just outside the Archipelago and his other armies were more in the dark lands were Drago and his men came from.
The captain and his men docked the ship and as the captain got of the ship his men started to get scared again.
The captain however did not notice this as his full focus was on the man he was approaching.
"Drago sir can I have a word" the captain asked. The captain was sweating; he was starting to get nerves.
Drago who was talking to one of his generals turned round with an annoyed look on his face.
"What is it" Drago said. As the captain was about to speak Drago notice the captains ship had no dragons on the deck. He when started to see red as rage built up in him.
He grabbed the captain by the throat. "Where are the dragons" he said in a deep and slow voice looking down at the captain.
He loosened his grip a little to let the captain speak. "I'm sorry sir the dragon rider stole them he…"
The captain didn't get a chance to finish as Drago tightened his grip again around the captains throat.
"So you come to me with an excuse and just expect me to let you and your men go" he said in anger. The captain nodded his head a little.
"YOU AND YOUR MEN ARE WORTHLESS" Drago shouted. He then started to walk to the captain's ship still holding the man in the air by the throat. Dragos men followed their leader with crossbows in hand as they knew what was about to happen.
The captain's men started to shake in fear as they saw Drago coming to the ship holding their captain by the throat. He threw the captain into his men as they all fell down.
"You and your men have out lived your usefulness "Drago said as he turned around heading back to his ship.
"Kill them" he shouted to his men.
"Wait Drago please give us another chance" the captain begged.
"I don't give second chances" he said to himself. His men at that moment fired their crossbow killing the captain and his men and then burning their ship sending it to the bottom of the sea.
As Drago was walking back to his shop he stopped to talk to one of his scouts who deliver messages to Drago allies.
"Commander" Drago said
"Yes sir how can I help" he said as he turned around to speak to Drago.
"I need you to deliver a message to Eret, tell him I want twice as many dragons in his next shipment" he said to the commander. Eret son of Eret was Dragos best dragon trapper; he and his had their own fort which was useful for trapping dragon and keeping them locked up in.
"Yes sir, any other messages you want delivered", the commanders asked.
"Tell the bounty hunters the price on the dragon riders head is now tripled" Drago said walking away.
"Yes sir as you command" the commander said bowing his head.
Drago walked back onto his ship with anger still inside. The dragon rider had cost him hundreds of dragon over the 7 years; the rider had also destroyed four of his armies as well. He still another six armies at his command however his plans to take over the Archipelago were delayed because of the dragon rider.
As he walked to his quarters the dragons on his ship bowed their heads down at him as he walk by. Ever the dragons feared Drago, they all knew what would happen if they didn't bow to him. As he entered his quarters he grabbed his bullhook weapon and took it over to the grinder to sharpen it. As he was sharpening his weapon one of his generals walks in to talk to him.
"Sir if you don't mind me asking, why did you have those trappers killed" the general asked. Drago didn't respond right away his focus was on his weapon.
"They failed to stop the dragon rider and they failed to bring me dragons, I have no use for men who fail me". Drago said as he walked up to place his weapon back on the wall.
Drago then continued to talk to his general. "The rider has cost me so much over the last 7 years, we must find and kill him at any cost "he said slamming his fist onto his desk.
"I know sir but there's something else I need to discuss with you" the general said coming over to Dragos desk.
"What is it now general"? Drago asked.
"It's to do with Ironguard sir there's something you should know" the general replied
The mention of Ironguard had Drago interested; Ironguard was the city he wanted to use as his kingdom.
"The king of the city has called a meeting; he has called all the chieftains of the Archipelago to come to the city to discuss the threat they all face, you" the general explained.
"Really there hasn't been a meeting of chieftains for a very long time" Drago said with a small smile. Years ago the chiefs came together to discuss the dragons. While the meeting was going Drago came in the meeting saying he alone could control the dragon and he could keep them safe if they all bowed down and follow him. All the chiefs' just laughed at him. As Drago turned and walked away in anger he said," then see how well you do without me. As he said that he ordered the dragons to burn the hall to the ground and kill everyone. That was the day Drago became the most feared man in the Archipelago.
"If I recall the last meeting didn't go very well for the chief's, did it sir" the general said with a small smile knowing the answer.
Drago let out a laugh," That was the day they all started to fear me and now that they have called another meeting its clear they still do". Drago said looking down at his map while smiling.
"Indeed sir, anyway I'll get back to work" the general said walking out the door leaving Drago to think.
He leaned back on his chair thinking about that day he had all the chiefs killed. Something Drago didn't know was one of the chiefs who went to the meeting survived the attack. The chief who survived was Stoick the vast chieftain of Berk and the dragon rider's father. At this moment Stoick and a few others from Berk were sailing to Ironguard for the meeting. Stoick only hoped it wouldn't end like last time.
