Chapter 4

My heart was beating faster and faster. I could feel it in every fiber of my being that Hiccup was in trouble and that this was going to end badly.

"Daddy, where are we going? Do you know where Mommy is?" I heard Keir ask.

"No, but I have an idea of where she might be. It's just a hunch, so don't get your hopes up you two."

"Daddy, I'm scared. We will find Mommy right?" Keena asked on the verge of tears.

"As long as I still have a heartbeat and breathe in my body I will always find her." I vowed to them. "We will find her. And I will make sure that the ones responsible pay." I growled picking up a familiar scent.

'I thought I told you to stay away from here. That if I ever saw you again, I'd kill you.' I thought to myself. I knew who it was and I knew what he was up to.

"Daddy, what's wrong?" Keir asked snapping me from my thoughts.

"Nothing, just a memory of a past I'd like to forget." I answered.

It was at this point that I spotted the Island of Darkness, the island where all Dark Ones are born. The place I was born. Unlike other dragons who went to the Anatole to have their children, Dark One were very aggressive when they were born and had to be born separate from the other dragons until they calmed down. After my parents had me, no other Dark Ones were born, the Red Death wiped them all out. I was the only one to survive. Well me and one other, someone who would rather forget. We landed on the far side of the island.

"Keena, Keir, I want you two to find your mother and get as far away from this island as possible." I instructed them.

"What about you?" Keena asked fear very evident in her voice.

"There's something I have to take care of."

"We'll help you." Keir said trying to change.

"No." I said cancelling his change. "It's too dangerous. I just want you to find your mother and get away from here. I will return home once I take care of minor situation." I promised.

"Please be careful Daddy." They said as they ran into the forest.

I heaved a sigh of relief. I took to the air again and flew to where I knew the fiend who took my Hiccup would be. I kept flying until I reached the cave where I was born. I walked in and found a scent I hoped wouldn't be there. I saw Hiccup laying unconscious on the ground, tied up. To make matters worse, I could sense that the ropes were enchanted and that her dragon form was under a suppression spell. I rushed to here and worked quickly to undo the enchantment and broke the ropes. But before I could undo the spell to give her dragon form back, I heard someone coming. I turned around and saw the very one I swore I would kill.

"I thought I told you to stay away from me." I growled standing over my mate protectively.

"Is that any way to greet your brother." He sneered.