Yay! I'm so happy that people like my story so much. So far there has been 577 views! (Maybe more because every month the website restarts from the beginning on views)Anyways in this chapter I tried my best not to be confusing. I might add Dagur. I have some plans for him *rubs hands together and grins evilly* Warning...this chapter has a slight Snoutlout POV which is the ONLY one that I will do besides the Seven and Hiccup. Anyway R&R. Shoutouts!
Ringmaster118: I just about died when I read your review! I was eating lunch with my friends and when I showed them the review they cracked up so loud the the teacher thought we were hurt XD (Because when we laugh we sound like we are crying...not kidding). And on top of it my friend popped a chip bag she was holding and scared the *bleep* out of me.
GurdianDragon98: I'm sorry if I add Dagur. I just want that idiot to pay for what he did to Hiccup and the others. I can't stand him! XP Don't worry...he gets a very good punishment.
NightsAnger: I'm glad that the last chapter was easier for you to read. I tried applying the same technic to this chapter. I agree with you that the Heros of Olympus series was kinda of hard to follow as well.
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Frank
Frank scanned his surroundings carefully. They were standing in a clearing surrounded by forest. Hazel was kneeling on the ground and studying some tracks. Frank knew she was doing her whole 'daughter of Pluto' thing.
"What is she doing?" asked Fishlegs.
Frank smiled at him and said, "Seeing if these tracks belong to that boy."
"Okay...can she teach me? All I know how to track is dragons," said Fishlegs sheepishly.
"That's impressive," said Frank.
Fishlegs shrugged and his dragon Meatlug gave him a big lick on the cheek. Frank still couldn't believe that she could hold Fishlegs aloft...let alone herself due to her tiny wings.
"The boy passed this way roughly ten minutes ago. What does he look like again?" asked Hazel standing up.
Frank glanced down and saw a tiny diamond pop up. He covered it with his foot before Fishlegs could notice. Meatlug snuffled at his foot for a few minutes but then lumbered toward a pile of rocks which she started eating with a gusto.
"Um...like a miniature Snoutlout," admitted Fishlegs.
He looked around nervously as if he expected Snoutlout to come out and wring his neck. Frank doubted that Snoutlout could fit his hands around Fishleg's neck.
"Okay...then. Let's just hope he doesn't act the same," said Frank recalling Snoutlout's attitude toward them.
All the teens except for Astrid and Snoutlout seemed to trust them. Astrid had given him and Hazel a suspicious look before they split up. Snoutlout was clearly unhappy that he had to go with Leo. In fact Snoutlout went as far as to having Hookfang attempt to eat Leo. Leo took care of it by summoning a very tiny, unnoticable flame and placed it on Hookfang's back. This seemed to calm him down much to Snoutlout's visable disappointment.
Fishlegs was about to open his mouth to reply to Frank's proclamation when a screeching sound pierced their ears. A bluish whiteish fireball passed over Fishleg's head; missing it by inches. He yelped and ducked while it made a tree next to them explode. Frank and Hazel followed his example. Frank sheltered Hazel with his body while fiery splinters rained down around them. He flinched as a glowing ember nearly struck his ear.
"What was that?" asked Hazel sitting up.
Her hair had flopped in her face and she brushed it away. The ends were slightly singed. Frank uncovered her and stood up looking in the direction the fireball came from.
"That was a Night fury blast!" shouted Fishlegs whose ears were probably ringing just like Frank's.
Fishlegs struggled to stand up. Meatlug helped him up with her snout. Then she trotted over to the dimond Hazel accidentally summoned and scarfed it up.
"What's a Night fury?" asked Frank cleaning out his ear to get rid of the ringing noise.
"That the type of dragon Toothless is! He is a mystery class! He is one of the most powerful dragon we know of and..."
"Got it," muttered Frank struggling to restrain himself from gagging Fishlegs.
He hated getting so much information at once. It made him remember when his father Mars/Ares was screaming in his head. Just thinking about it made his head throb.
"I hope Hiccup and Percy are not in trouble," said Hazel worriedly.
Meatlug waddled up to her and gave her a big lick. Hazel smiled and scratched her under the chin. Then Meatlug started into the undergrowth following the scorched trail that the plasma blast had left.
"Let's go see," ordered Frank preparing his bow.
Hazel and Fishlegs followed him reluctantly. Well...maybe just Fishlegs.
Frank stopped dead in his tracks making Hazel and Fishlegs bump into him. Meatlug had stopped as well and was growling deep in her throat. In front of him Hiccup, Percy, and Toothless were fighting some Earthborn. Puddles of mud surrounded Percy but Hiccup's sword kept going through Earthborn without harming them. Toothless 'plasma blasts' as Fishlegs called it seemed to affect the Earthborn pretty well. When it hit them, they looked like play-dough thrown through a fan when they exploded.
"What's with the mud monsters?" whimpered Fishlegs.
"Earthborn...um...mud giants as you can call it," said Hazel.
"They might be overrun soon. Fishlegs...you and Meatlug hit them high. Hazel and I will hit them low," ordered Frank knocking an arrow.
"Um...how about I sit back and watch?" asked Fishlegs cowering.
Then in the corner of the clearing a man with a ridiculous looking helmet stepped out from behind a tree. In his hands he held a crossbow. Desplaying crooked teeth he aimed the crossbow toward Hiccup's back.
"That's Dagur the Deranged! What is he doing here? I though Alvin threw him in the ocean when sharks were having a feeding frenzy!" gasped Fishlegs.
"I'm guessing he's crazy in order to have that name...to bad the sharks didn't eat him," grumbled Hazel drawing her sword.
"He probably would have given them a stomach ache," admitted Fishlegs.
Meatlug growled again and fire glowed at the back of her throat showing that she had immense dislike toward Dagur.
"Let me try something before your dragon sicks him Fishlegs," said Frank aiming his arrow straight toward Dagur.
Hiccup
Hiccup thought he knew weird. He had lost his leg fighting a giant dragon, he had been hit by lightning and survived, he had found his long lost mother and his dragon became the alpha of all dragons. But nothing was as weird as fighting mud monsters that stank so bad that the grass wilted. Not to mention that his sword went right through them without hurting them at all.
"At least you're having better luck!" he shouted to Percy.
"That's because my sword is made from a special metal! Your's won't affect them!" shouted Percy back slicing one of the mud monsters in half.
It melted into a puddle of clay. Toothless seemed to be having better luck than Hiccup. His plasma blasts were making the things explode all over the place. Clay covered the trees and about everything else including the boys' shirts and Toothless.
"I'm seriously going to need a bath after this. So does Toothless even though he dislkes water," thought Hiccup.
Then Toothless fired one last plasma blast and destroyed about ten mud men in a row. The remaining mud men hesitated before running forward. Percy shouted and a wave of water erupted from the nearby swamp and destroyed about twenty. The rest ran off grumbling after the earth shook slightly.
"Queen Dirt-Face must have called them off. Wonder why," grumbled Percy.
"At least their gone," said Hiccup placing his sword back in its scabbard.
That was a bad mistake.
"Well Hiccup...we meet again," drawled a familiar sounding voice.
Hiccup spun around and found Dagur leering at him. An arrow was loaded onto his crossbow and was resting neatly on Hiccup's nose. Dagur grabbed the front of Hiccup's neck and lifted him up into the air.
"Hello brother! Any last words before I dispose of you and take your Night Fury?" sneered Dagur.
Toothless growled but Hiccup signaled him to stay back. He didn't want Toothless getting hurt.
"Leave him alone!" shouted Percy.
His sword had disappeared. He held a rock which was the size of a rock that was usually tied to the end of a bola.
"Or what? You're going to throw that puny rock at me?" giggled Dagur madly.
"Percy...wouldn't the sword be a better choice? Or maybe a tidal wave?!" chocked Hiccup trying to loosen Dagur's grip on his neck.
Percy gave him a look that said 'work with me.'
"Let him go...this is your last warning," said Percy bringing his arm back.
Dagur pulled the arrow on his crossbow back in response. He leered at Percy. Before he could shoot Hiccup, Percy flung his rock and it smacked Dagur right in the face. Dagur staggered back clutching his nose. He dropped Hiccup to the ground. Hiccup scrambled to his feet and ran toward Percy. Toothless nuzzled him as he passed by him. Hiccup brought out his sword Inferno and stood next to Percy who had his sword back out.
Dagur looked up with sparks shooting from his eyes. His nose was at a crooked angle and blood started dripping slowly from it. Before he could advance toward them an arrow struck his shoulder. Then Dague shrunk...literally. He shrunk to the size of a field mouse.
"Die!" he squeaked.
He let the arrow go but it only felt like a pin prick when it imbedded itself in Hiccup's arm.
"What the heck?" asked Percy lowering his sword.
Hiccup did likewise and covered his mouth to keep from laughing. Dagur looked ridiculous. Percy gently tugged the needle out of Hiccup's arm and threw it into a bush.
"Jeez Percy...you have an awesome aim," admitted Hiccup.
"Don't know why...baseball isn't my type of game," said Percy shrugging.
"Baseball?"
"Forget it."
"Why aren't you dead? And how come you look bigger?" interrupted Dagur in a squeaky voice.
"Look in at yourself tiny," grinned Hiccup.
Dagur looked down and let out a shriek. Percy grinned and pretended to kick Dagur. Dagur shrieked and back up. Then Frank, Fishlegs and the girl Hazel came running to them.
"Gods Frank...where did you get a shrinking arrow? Those are rare," asked Hazel pinching her nose to keep the giggles from escaping.
"Found it in our armory," said Frank.
He bent down and picked up Dagur by the scruff of his shirt. Dagur brought his dagger and started swinging it but it didn't seem to hurt Frank. Hiccup cracked a smile when Toothless bounded up and growled at the tiny Dagur. Dagur screamed and fainted.
"Would someone explain what's going on here! And why is Dagur tiny?" demanded Fishlegs.
"Um...do I have permission?" asked Hiccup.
Percy nodded and said, "I Percy Jackson, give you permission to speak."
Thunder rumbled in the clear sky.
"To make a long story short...they are Greek demigods trying to save the world from a power hungry goddess made of dirt," stated Hiccup fingering his sword.
"Okay that is weird and what's a demigod?" asked Fishlegs.
"You don't know the half of it! And um... a demigod is part god part human...or the correct term is mortal. And not a word to the others," said Frank.
Fishlegs nodded his head rapidly and said, " My lips are sealed. Whose your father or mother?"
"Um...my dad is the god of war...Mars. Hazel's is Pluto...god of the earth and precious things."
Fishlegs eyes looked like they were going to pop out of his head. Before he could say something Hazel interrupted him.
"What about him?" asked Hazel her voice full of loathing.
She pointed to Dagur who had just woken up and was screeching angrily.
"Have Toothless smack him to Valhalla with his tail," suggested Fishlegs.
The four gave him a 'seriously?' look.
"What? It was just a suggestion!" stated Fishlegs trying to defend himself.
"How about this? I turn into an eagle and fly over to his armada. I drop him down...end of story. If he's wise he won't come around again. The spell should wear off in an hour or so," said Frank after Hazel covered Dagur's ears and eyes.
"You can turn into an eagle?" asked Fishlegs.
"Yes...and NOT A WORD! And please don't freak," said Frank.
He grimaced and transformed into an eagle carrying Dagur who was screaming his head off at this point. Frank took to the air and flew off.
"How can he do that?" asked Fishlegs amazed.
"Um...special gift from my dad," said Percy sheepishly.
"Your dad?" asked Hiccup.
"He's the god of the sea in Greek mythology," admitted Percy.
"Cool! That's why you were controlling the water! Can you also breath under water? Can you..."
"Enough Fishlegs! We have to continue to search for Gustav," said Hiccup.
"Don't even bother!" called a voice.
Hiccup and the others looked up as Astrid drifted down riding Stormfly. Annabeth who was riding behind her leapt down before Stormfly's talons touched the ground. She ran over to Percy and then backed up wrinkling her nose at the stench that was probably wafting off him.
"What happened to you guys?" she asked.
"Hiccup fell into some quicksand...I had to pull him out. One things for sure...we both need a shower," said Percy.
"And why is Toothless muddy as well?" asked Astrid suspiciously.
She brought out her ax and twirled it around with one hand.
"He kept trying to dig me out," lied Hiccup.
"So did you guys find Gustav?" piped up Fishlegs.
Astrid turned her death glare off of Hiccup and Percy long enough to say, "Yep...Annabeth and I found the little squirt hiding in a cave. And get this...remember the Monsterous Nightmare we had release?"
Hiccup and Fishlegs nodded.
"Well he apparently was training it in secret," finished Astrid.
"Oh Thor...now I know he is a mini Snoutlout," whimpered Fishlegs.
"Let me guess...Snoutlout is extremely stubborn," stated Hazel.
"You got that right...he tried kissing me but I showed him how it feels like to be judo flipped," smirked Annabeth.
"You almost broke my wrist doing that to me," muttered Percy.
"Where's Frank?" asked Astrid.
"Here," said Frank coming out of the forest holding his bow.
"AND what were you doing there?" snapped Astrid.
"Uh...going to the restroom," said Frank his face turning bright red.
"He's good at acting," thought Hiccup.
"Tell me the truth before I rip your..."
"That's enough Astrid," said Hiccup placing himself in front of her.
"Can we talk?" asked Astrid to Hiccup keeping her voice low.
Hiccup shrugged. She pulled him out of hearing distance before hissing, "Why do you trust them?"
"Astrid...must you always get worked up about things like this?" asked Hiccup exasperated.
"Oh really...you show up with kids who happened to be passing by our island by chance," snapped Astrid back.
"They got off course," protested Hiccup.
"Off course from where?" growled Astrid.
"We won't speak of this any longer Astrid. Let it go and we will not discuss this any longer," said Hiccup stoned face.
He gently pushed Astrid out of his way and strolled toward his friends. Astrid followed soon after fuming. She didn't trust these people and she intended to find out who and what they were.
Snoutlout
"You overgrown rat! What did you do to my dragon!" snapped Snoutlout.
"Hey bro...you tried to make him eat me! So I made something that would make it harder for him to bite someone! Someone could get seriously hurt with those choppers of his!" snapped Leo back.
The two boys were bickering in the center of town. Dusk had fallen and everyone was in the Great Hall eating. Hookfang had some type of strange bronze armor covering his snout and surprisingly he liked it. He kept admiring his reflection in a water barrel.
"He can't eat with his mouth like that!" hissed Snoutlout.
Then Snoutlout noticed a tiny flame ignite in Leo's hand. Leo looked down at it in alarm and shoved his hand in his pocket; extinguishing the flame.
"What was that?" asked Snoutlout spuriously.
"Nothing...I-I-I need to go," said Leo racing off.
He ran up the steps and almost fell on his face.
"That little...gah!" growled Snoutlout.
He started throwing a tantrum in the center of town. Hookfang snorted at him and waddled off.
"There is something going on here and I intend to find out!" snarled Snoutlout to himself.
Then a wadded up piece of parchment hit him in the head and bounced onto the ground. Glancing around Snoutlout bent down and picked up the parchment. On it was a note that read...
Snoutlout,
Meet me by Stoick's statue. And this doesn't mean I have a crush on you. Make a move on me and you'll have an ax shoved up your nose,"
-Astrid
Snoutlout rolled his eyes and glanced around. The town center was empty. Snoutlout raced up to the statue and found Astrid waiting impatiently in the shadows.
"You don't trust them do you?" asked Astrid.
Snoutlout nodded slightly and said, "They are weird. Especially that Leo kid. I swear I saw flames come out of his hands!"
Astrid's eyes narrowed and said, "When they first arrived they had a large grey dragon with them. It landed behind a house and Frank walked out behind it minutes later. No dragon took off from behind it. I believe the dragon was him."
"The others trust him. We should alert the village about this tomorrow when Hiccup and Valka are gone on that silly quest for Silent Sven and drive them out of here...ship or not," said Snoutlout.
"I can't believe I'm going to say this but...I agree. We'll do it tomorrow as soon as Hiccup leaves," said Astrid coldly.
Snoutlout could have sworn he saw Astrid's normally blue eyes flare a gold color. He blinked but they had turned back to their normal blue.
"Yeah...whatever. Let's go before they get suspicious," he grumbled.
Astrid nodded grimly and walked up the stairs leading to the Great Hall. Snoutlout glanced back at the ship that Gobber was repairing before joining her.
Phew...I admit this is a very, very long chapter. Some of my other chapters may be as long as this or maybe shorter. Anyway...guess who's back! I guess Leo didn't total destroy those 'things' in Rome. You'll see how this entire thing will work out in the next chapter. And fyi...Dagur may come back...he may not. Not sure yet. But if he does he is going to get an even bigger punishment XD. Oh...and any ideas of which dragons each demigod may get. I'm not sure if I will have them train dragons or not. Please help me by saying yes or no. If you say yes...please tell me which dragon. If you say no...PLEASE SAY IT NICELY! Anyways...in your reviews...constructive criticism is appreciated. Until next time demigods and mortals!
