Part One of Two (part two will be out later since I haven't finished some scenes. Most likely around some time next week).
WARNING: This chapter does sum up to some pretty dark stuff so beware. It's only near the last bit though.
This is the last chapter of Flight and originally this whole chapter was supposed to be three separate long chapters but I decided against it since I want to be done with this as soon as possible.
This is in third person for the whole chapter. Also I have decided to rewrite the rest of my chapters eventually someday all in third person.
And a big heartfelt thank you to all of my readers and stuff for liking my stories, it mean a lot to me. But anyways read on and enjoy! And review if you would like ('cause it's awesome when you do).
Oh and HTTYD is © to DreamWorks Animation.
"Sir. We have captured Alvin. Outcast Island is under your command now, Dagur. But what do we do now sir?" a voice called out, echoing off the jagged rocks in the meeting room.
Hookfang growled quietly, fangs glinting menacingly as Dagur pacing back and forth in front of his subordinate, muttering words of annoyance.
"Calm down Hookfang," Snotlout snapped as Dagur glanced suspiciously in their direction, slowly lowering his axe to his side as he walked closer to where the Nightmare and his rider were hiding.
Hookfang slunk backwards, wing talons grasping Snotlout's bear-furred cape, pulling him backwards into the shadows, as Dagur stopped a foot away from where the viking and dragon had been sitting a second ago.
"I guess it's nothing," Dagur said, confusion showing in his eyes as he turned away from the dou and walked back to where his second-in-command was waiting for him. Waiting till both of the Berserk soldiers seemed distracted Snotlout shoved Hookfang's talons off his shoulder, gaze burning angrily into Hookfang's eyes. Hookfang shrugged lightly as Snotlout shook his head, turning away from his dragon to listen in to Dagur's
As I opened my mouth to reprimand Hookfang, he suddenly twisted his head around and snarled, back spines bristling.
"What is it?" Snotlout whispered to Hookfang as he glanced around, smoke hissing from his nostrils. Noticing nothing out of the ordinary, Snotlout turned back around with an exaggerated roll of his eyes. As Snotlout turned around he failed to notice a towering Berserk smash his hammer into Snotlout's chest, knocking him out immediately.
Murky light seeped through Snotlout's half-open eyes, blinding him slightly. What happened? He wondered as he rubbed at the back of his neck, which was still stinging from the Berserk's punch.
"Well, well. Looks like sleeping beauty has woken up finally." Snotlout whipped around, nerves spiking erratically as the deep voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Alvin?!"
The man raised an eyebrow sarcastically, muttering something that sounded like, "Who else would it be? Moron," which caused Snotlout to bristle angrily.
"Why are you locked up Alvin?" I asked as he got up from where he was sitting on a small stool deep within the shadows and marched over to where I was now standing, rubbing at my head which still throbbed from when the Berserker hit me in the head.
Alvin sighed wearily as I watched him curiously. "You have to escape. Dagur is planning on attacking Berk tomorrow. He knows how weak and unprepared Berk is now."
"What? Why would you care Alvin? You hate the Berkians," Snotlout snapped as Alvin, who raised an eyebrow at him, turning his head to look outside the prison the two were stuck in.
Alvin nodded as he turned around, eyes glittering with obvious malice. "I may hate Berk but I hate Dagur more. Now listen. Dagur has your dragon locked up in one of the underground dragon cages. You will need to get down there and break him out or else your dragon will be killed and you're gonna be stuck living here. I have an idea of how we might be able to get you out of here and in time to warn Berk of Dagur's attack."
Live here? Hel no. Shuddering slightly at the thought of actually living in a prison for the rest of his life, Snotlout grouchily listened to Alvin's plan.
The rosy pink dawn glowed on Stormfly's wings as she dove through the clouds.
"Yes!" Astrid yelled, pumping her fist in victory as Stormfly stalled in the air, folding her wings to her side and fell towards the ocean. The wind tore at Astrid's eyes, throwing her bangs to the side of her face, as Stormfly snapped her wings out and inch above the ocean waves, jerking Astrid forwards in her saddle.
"Easy there girl! Almost killed me there!" Astrid said sternly, though her voice held little threat at all.
Stormfly cooed at Astrid apologetically as she pumped her wings upwards, heading back towards the clouds. As the duo passed through the clouds, Stormfly heard something strange from above their position. Growling threateningly, she turned her head back and forth looking for whatever had turned her spines into a threatening position.
"Stormfly? What's wrong girl?" Astrid asked, worry deeping in her voice as she patted the neck of her Nadder. Stormfly shook her hand from her neck and growled, tail spikes spiking outwards fearfully.
Suddenly something large zoomed past them, a streak of red that was lost from their vision almost immediately.
"Hey!" Astrid yelled, urging Stormfly to follow whatever it was. Stormfly folded her wings to her side and zoomed after whoever it was, spines raised, ready to shoot if whatever they were chasing turned on them.
Astrid narrowed her eyes as she and Stormfly closed in on the creature, which she was only just being able to distinguish as a dragon. Wait….is that?
"Snotlout! Where are you going!" Astrid screamed as Stormfly caught up to Hookfang and Snotlout, who were speeding along the top of the ocean. Snotlout looked up at Astrid, and to her shock she saw an amount of fear she had never seen before in his eyes.
"Stormfly follow him! Don't stop him though…. We don't know what he's running from…or to," Astrid said, ducking into Stormfly's back as she chased after the Nightmare.
Astrid followed Snotlout for what seemed like an hour till Hookfang started to slow, flying higher into the clouds to catch the hotter drafts of air that were present in the clouds. As Stormfly leveled out beside Hookfang Astrid looked over to Snotlout, who still held a look of fear on his face.
"Snotlout. Tell me what is going on. Now," she snapped, giving Snotlout a stern glare.
Snotlout sighed, brushing a bang of his hair out of his face, and turned towards her. "Dagur is assembling an army of Berserkers and even some of Drago's army to attack Berk. I have been flying since I escaped Outcast Island to warn you guys."
Astrid gritted her teeth as she realized what this meant. "Berk is not prepared for this. We had a sickness that wiped out lots of our healthiest warriors just a month ago. Most of us are still weak from the sickness as it is. We have no numbers to fight this battle. If—no, when-it comes."
Snotlout nodded as he looked towards her, "I know. I watched when the sickness came. I found some of those herbs, with Ren's help that is, that helped heal you guys."
"What? That was you? How? None of us knew who had brought us those herbs…but they saved us all. Even Hiccup… You saved Hiccup, Snotlout. Thank you for that…" Astrid said, her voice quiet as she realized how much it must have hurt knowing that Snotlout couldn't come to Berk when they needed help the most of all.
Snotlout looked away from Astrid, a mix of emotions burning in his ice-blue eyes as he urged Hookfang to dive down. Hookfang nodded, and with a soft growl, folded his wings to his side as he rocketed down to the island that was below them.
Astrid watched as her old friend and his dragon fell to the island below. I can't believe Snotlout would still help the same island that banished him. I guess he isn't as bad as I always thought he was…
"Stormfly," Stormfly looked at her curiously, "dive!" Stormfly nodded and with a happy coo dove after Hookfang. The duo finally pulled up to Berk, Stormfly extending her feet to land and smashed to the slick grass below herr.
Astrid leapt of Stormfly and ran up to where Hookfang had landed by the Great Hall. As Astrid ran up to the Great Hall, she could hear people muttering curiously. She was stopped in her tracks as Fishlegs stepped in front of her, his wife, Rosethorn, standing beside him.
"What's going on Astrid? Why is Snotlout back?" Fishlegs asked, glancing towards where Hookfang was resting.
"Dagur is coming, and fast. We have to prepare for any kind of attack at any time," Astrid said, pushing Fishlegs aside so she could catch up to Snotlout, who by now was inside the Great Hall.
Opening the door to the Great Hall, Astrid ran inside, skidding to a halt beside Snotlout.
"Who are you looking for?" Astrid asked, looking down at Snotlout.
He glanced at her, one of his eyebrows raised mockingly. "You're boyfriend."
"Oh… He might be out on Toothless, right now," she admitted, much to Snotlout's annoyance.
"Is he ever not out doing non-chiefly duties?" Snotlout snapped, anger smouldering in his eyes as he turned back towards the doors of the Great Halls.
Just as Snotlout reached for the door handles, they were slammed open, smashing into Snotlout, throwing him to the ground.
"Astrid! Why is everyone gathered outside? And why is Hookfang here?" Hiccup said, running up to Astrid, who glanced towards where Snotlout was rubbing at his face slowly.
"Hiccup. Slow down. You smashed Snotlout in the face. He's the one who knows what's going on now," Astrid said, pointing towards the direction of the door of the Great Hall.
Hiccup winced when he looked towards the direction of the doors and saw his cousin just starting to stand up from the floor.
"Sorry Snotlout," Hiccup said, his voice apologetic. Snotlout shook his head, shrugging his shoulders noncommittally.
"Not your fault, Hiccup. Just an accident."
Hiccup sighed, relief filling his forest-green eyes as he walked over to his cousin. "So what is wrong Snotlout? Why did you come back so fast?"
"I only want to explain it once so lets go outside so I can tell everyone," Snotlout said, already heading outside to where every villager was gathered before them.
Hiccup glanced towards Astrid, confusing clouding his eyes. Astrid shook her head and pointed towards Snotlout, not wanting to explain what Snotlout had told her before.
Hiccup walked outside, standing beside Snotlout, who was flinching slightly from the hate filled calls from the villagers.
"Murderer! What are you doing back! Hiccup kicked you out and you come back? Do you not understand banishment?" Astrid glanced into the crowd, hoping she could figure out who was yelling out the hateful words.
Snotlout looked into the crowd, anger smoldering in his eyes. "I came back because I am the only person who can help you. I know about how weak you guys really are since the sickness."
The voices all heated up as somebody screamed out, "How can you know about that? The only one who know are us?"
Snotlout sighed, closing his eyes slowly, "I was the one who bought the herbs that saved you. I was the only one who could save you, since you and your dragons were all stricken because of the sickness."
The crowd quieted, though Astrid could hear some people muttering in shock.
Then she heard a different voice speak up, "Then we are grateful for that, Snotlout. Though that can't be the reason you came here?"
Astrid watched as a black-haired female Viking stepped out from the crowd, her eyes flashing with gratitude. Astrid was shocked when she realized it was Tuffnut's wife, Grimhilda, one who hardly ever talked during town meetings of any kind.
Mutters ran through the crowd as Grimhilda looked around, a slight look of haughtiness coating her features. Hiccup nodded wordlessly, silently agreeing to the black haired women's words.
"Now tell us Snotlout. Why did you come here?" Hiccup asked, turning to his cousin with a spark of fear in his eyes.
Snotlout sighed as he stepped forwards, past Hiccup and stood at the top of the steps to the Great Hall. "Dagur is planning an attack on Berk. And he is coming now, he might even be here in an hour or two."
"What?! I thought he gave up his pointless dream after we defeated him so easily two years ago," Hiccup said, forest green eyes widened in shock.
Snotlout shook his head ruefully as he shot a look towards his cousin that seemed to say really Hiccup? You think that Dagur of all people would give up?
Hiccup shrugged guilty, turning towards the villagers. "We must prepare for a battle. I do not know if we will be able to defeat them but we can try. Ruffnut, Tuffnut, prepare the Zipplebacks for the first assault. I want them to do the first attack, and hopefully they might sink some ships." The twins nodded, running off towards the dragon stables, hunting for any Zippleback.
"Fishlegs, Rosethorn I want you two to go to the armory. Find all the weapons you can and bring them out here," the two mentioned nodded, turning and leaving, a few other villagers following to help them."
Astrid watched as Hiccup assigned the rest of the villagers roles and then he turned to her.
"Astrid, I want you to organize a diving attack with your Nadders after the twins deal with their attack. Attacking from straight above would be your best option. Just be safe," Hiccup muttered, glancing towards Astrid worriedly.
"I'm going to be fine Hiccup. Stop worrying about me," Astrid said, punching Hiccup in the arm lightly.
Hiccup smiled at Astrid, planting a swift kiss on her forehead. Astrid giggled as she pushed Hiccup away from her, though she was doing so playfully.
"Excuse me? I'm still here."
Astrid and Hiccup pulled away from each other as Snotlout's voice, filled with obvious sarcasm, interrupted them.
"You have given me no instructions yet Hiccup. Why?" Snotlout asked, crossing his arms over his chest as he leaned against Hookfang, who looked down at him out of the corner of his eye and huffed.
Hiccup sighed. "Fine, Snotlout. You go...I don't know. Maybe you could help get all the young people in the Whispering Death tunnels and keep them safe there?"
Astrid noticed Snotlout's mouth twitch in annoyance at Hiccup's command but he turned away from him, leaping onto Hookfang's saddle and taking off.
"He didn't like that order did he?" Hiccup said wryly, looking towards Astrid, who shrugged as she whistled for Stormfly.
As Stormfly landed near her Astrid turned towards her dragon, rubbing at her chin scales. "You have to figure that out on your own Hiccup."
Snotlout had just herded the last child into the Whispering Death tunnel;s when he heard a huge blasting horn. That is no Berk horn…
"Hookfang! Get down here now! Dagur is here!" Snotlout called, watching as his dragon leapt off from the ledge he had been resting on and landed beside him.
As Snotlout settled in Hookfang's saddle he heard somebody call out his name. Turning to look he was surprised to see Grimhilda run over, something in her hands.
"Give his to Tuffnut when you see him. It will keep him safe...hopefully," Grimhilda turned away from Hookfang's rider as he grabbed the large object from her.
Snotlout nudged Hookfang and held onto his horns as the huge Nightmare took off, wings beating wind into the faces of the children, and elderly staying hidden in the tunnels.
Hookfang snarled as he shot above the water, which was still flecked from the ice of the winter, glaring at the huge armada of ships heading towards Berk.
Snotlout watched as Hookfang flew up to the top of Berk where the others from the gang were waiting.
"Here Tuffnut. It's from your wife," Snotlout said, handing the package to him.
Tuffnut's eyes lite up as he hugged the bundle. "Macey!"
Snotlout shook his head, rolling his eyes disapprovingly as he looked out towards Dagur's army.
"Wait… Is that an army of dragons?" Snotlout squeaked pointing towards a huge mass of flying objects.
"Oh holy Thor…" Hiccup breathed, fear bristling in his green eyes. "We didn't plan for this…"
Astrid glanced out towards the incoming army of dragons, eyes narrowing in on a single dragon.
"Guys… Dagur tamed a Skrill. And he's riding it right now." Hiccup's mouth fell open in shock as he took in the sight of Dagur sitting atop a large dark purple Skrill.
"That's the same one we froze in the ice years ago," Ruffnut said, awe and terror apparent in her voice.
Tuffnut said nothing but nodded along with his sister's words, eyes gleaming mischievously as he gazed at the Skrill.
Hiccup shot an almost unnoticeable glare towards the twins as they babbled on about destruction and chaos quietly under their breaths. "Ok gang, here's the plan. Since Dagur already has an entire army of dragons we can't stealth attack him. It would be foolish and most likely his dragons would notice us coming a mile away."
Fishlegs sighed. "Then we have no chance in this battle do we?"
"Apparently not," Tuffnut replied, his voice now deadly serious in comparison to what it had been a second or two ago.
Astrid watched as the armada closed in on Berk, the ships lagging slowly behind the dragons. "I have an idea."
Hiccup and the rest of the gang turned to her, confusion evident in their eyes, though Snotlout seemed to nod slightly in approval at Astrid's proclamation.
"If we are able to scatter his dragon army we could maybe have a slightly better chance at sinking the ships and weakening his army right?" Astrid said, rubbing at her chin thoughtfully.
"It could work," Fishlegs said, understanding where Astrid was going with her thoughts. "If we drive into them from above then we could scatter them and open up a hole for Ruffnut and Tuffnut to blast his hips with the Zipplebacks. Right?"
Hiccup smiled. "Let's do it."
Each one of the dragon riders clucked to their dragons, taking off to separate e parts of Berk to summon their assigned dragon armies.
Stormfly landed next to a pack of Nadders, all of whom were milling around, bored expressions haunting their golden eyes.
"Ok Nadders, let's go!" Astrid yelled, Stormfly copying her with sharp barking coos of her own.
All of the Nadder's head shot up, looking towards Stormfly and her rider. Astrid watched curiously as a large one, red and black in color, stepped forwards, turning towards it's Nadder friends with a sharp growl. Instantly ever Nadder took off, wings beating the air as they flew towards the top most spire of Berk.
Stormfly and Astrid followed, stopping in front of the flock of dragons. "We dive bomb the dragons-the ones led by the Skrill-and let's hope we can split them up."
Stormfly growled angrily, folding her wings to her side and shooting downwards towards the armada of ships and dragons. Astrid looked back and marveled at the amazing sight of every Nadder following suit, tail spines raised and nostrils smoking, towards Dagur's army.
Dagur growled. Damn Berkians. Making this way to easy for me. I want to kill something but I guess not.
Dagur could feel the Skrill's body coursing with energy, spines raising subtle as she turned her head to the left and right, looking at the dragons following her lead. Hers. All her's.
Suddenly Dagur felt his Skrill tense up, muscles straining with wariness and fear.
"What is wrong with you dragon? You are not supposed to be scared! You are under my command!" Dagur roared, pulling at the chains wrapped around the neck of the dragon. THe Skrill's body shuddered fearfully as she felt the chains tighten slightly on her neck.
The Skrill turned her concentration back towards Berk with a soft growl. Dumb human thinks he's all that. I'll show him eventually=, but not now… I need my revenge on that black dragon.
Dagur sighed in quiet relief as he watched the Skrill, who admittedly even scared him sometimes, released her tension and flew on.
"Goo-" Dagur was interrupted when a huge blast of sparkling flame smashed into the dragon beside him, melting it's wings to till the thin membrane was nearly gone, and with a screech the Monstrous Nightmare fell. Dagur glanced upwards as more shots of bright, hot flames poured from the sky, hitting many dragons and even grazing off of his back, though he was unaffected due to a cloak f dragonskin he had put there purposely for fire protection.
"Nadders!" Dagur proclaimed, a spark of admiration in his heart as he watched the huge flock of Nadder's break up and chase dragons from his army. Smart move there Hiccup. But not smart enough.
"Ships! Launch the weapon!" Dagur roared pointing towards a huge ship adorned with large, unusual weapons reminiscent of the kind Drago had used against Berk five years ago.
Stormfly ducked as a large Nightmare lunged at her, jaw snapping furiously as flames spewed from it's mouth.
"That was to close-" Astrid said, stopping when a huge metallic grinding sound broke through the sky. Stormfly hovered weakly, wings attempting to keep her up but the sound was to painful, and with a screech the blue Nadder fell into the sea.
"Stormfly! Righten yourself!" Astrid yelled, tugging at her friend's horns and slapping her scales in an attempt to focus her mind on flying straight. Oh no, Astrid thought as the ocean waves, and spiky rocks, zoomed up to them. Closing her eyes, Astrid suddenly felt something grab her, teeth digging into her armor lightly.
"Thanks Hiccup!" Astrid said, though as she looked up her eyes widened in shock. Groundsplitter? The Screaming Death is back?
Groundsplitter landed, gently placing Stormfly and Astrid in a small meadow, and with a roar that shook the ground she took off, back towards Dagur's army.
Astrid watched for a second then turned to Stormfly, who seemed to just be recovering from the sound of the metallic weapon.
"C'mon girl, let's go find somebody to fight," Astrid said, leaping back onto her Nadder's back and with a whoop of crazy, adrenaline-filled terror, the duo took off.
Toothless dodged another steel net as he and Hiccup dove towards Dagur's ships alongside the twins group of fifty something Zipplebacks.
"Ok! Ruffnut, Tuffnut! Blast them!" Hiccup roared out at the same time signaling for Toothless to let loose his plasma blasts.
Toothless shot two plasma blast off, hitting a ship in the sail and hull, causing a small hole to appear in the side of the ship. As the men on the ship jumped off the ship fearfully, Hiccup saw a huge cloud of gas starting to form around many of the ships.
"Toothless dive!" Hiccup said just as he saw Belch open his mouth near the cloud of gas. Just as Toothless ducked behind a ship a huge explosion rocked him and the ship to the side. Hiccup brushed a strand of hair out of his face as he peeked upwards, a small smile creeping on his mouth as a large portion of ships slowly began sinking; the men aboard leaping off the side of the ships and swimming away swiftly.
"Good job guys!" Hiccup called out, pumping his fist in excitement.
Hiccup was interrupted when he heard something stall beside him. Turning to the left he raised an eyebrow as he saw Snotlout, who seemed to be glaring slightly at him.
"Where is Astrid Hiccup? Wasn't she supposed to rendezvous with us after her attack run" Snotlout asked, a note of anger in his voice.
"Yes… She was… And now that I think about it were is Dagur? And the Skrill?"
Astrid gasped painfully as Stormfly's spikes pressed into her stomach.
"Well, well. Hiccup left you undefended Astrid. Foolish move."
Astrid pushed Stormfly's unconscious body off her and leapt up, pulling her axe to her side as she cast Dagur a glare of loathing.
"Oh you want to fight? Fine then," Dagur said, shooing the Skrill, which had attacked Astrid and Stormfly from nowhere, causing Stormfly to fall unconscious and took off.
"You will regret wanting to fight me," Dagur said as he ran towards Astrid, a cruel smile masking his already creepy face in a dark shadow.
Part Two will be later.
Haha and Part Two is evil. Truly evil.
OH and Groundspillter returned from the prequel to his which is My Own Destiny if you didn't know.
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