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Toothless was more than reluctant to allow Dagur on his back. It had taken a lot of coaxing on Hiccup's part to even have the dragon consider it. Well that and some salmon had been needed. But eventually Toothless allowed Dagur on his back, just in time because Dagur looked as though he was getting irritated with the dragon for his stubbornness. Hiccup mounted in front of him, hooking her feet into his saddle. Dagur tensed for a moment when the muscles shifted under them both. The he took off like a rocket. Hiccup had a huge smile on her face at the familiar feel of wind on her face, pulling her hair loose like Dagur did. She couldn't help but laugh at the grip Dagur had adopted during launch.

"This is amazing!" He crowed from behind her. Hiccup only rolled her eyes fondly. The feeling of flight was unlike anything she experienced, and Dagur obviously felt the same way. He rush, the clear air, the clouds, it was amazing. They flew and flew until they saw the sun set. Just before the sun vanished beneath the horizon, Dagur got a hold of her chin and turned her head enough to kiss her.

"You're amazing, Silver-tongue." Hiccup felt a smile etch onto her face; she was giggling and laughing, pressing her cheek against his. No more lies, none, her soul had never felt lighter.

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The village was a little less than pleased for their chief and his wife to appear in the middle of the village on the back of a nigh fury. Well, they were shocked more than anything, seeing their chief and his little wife calmed them down. Dagur gave some hyper explanation of his wife bringing glory back to the Berserkers through dragon training. Although there were some naysayers the tribe quickly became accustomed to the idea. Mostly demanding Hiccup train dragons for everyone. But Hiccup kept brushing them off. For now she wanted to enjoy the friendship she had with Toothless and her increasingly affectionate relationship with her husband.

She knew well that a true chief was a leader first and man second, but there had to be in exception for young couples, enjoying a good marriage. Well maybe not, but Hiccup did like how much they seemed to be flourishing. Her days were spent teaching villagers her tricks and riding Toothless and spending her nights in Dagur's arms. Wiry Vessa's help, she was teaching people to ride dragon as she had, as companion, like a loyal hound. Vessa even claimed her own dragon, a purple Nadder she called Cassia for the beast's vanity, and they got along well. Dagur had yet to bond with one though, most shied away from him, but he seemed to take no offense. Hiccup had never been so happy in her entire life. But it seemed happiness was never to last for her.

Because it wasn't long until she found the nest.

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It had been a standard flight. Dagur understood that Toothless didn't like him, and it was fairly mutual so he respected the fact that Hiccup liked her solo flights. Since they usually took place in the early morning, it didn't interfere with her duties. The sun had barely risen and the sky was beautiful and clear. Hiccup felt at ease in flight, despite being so far from the ground. She didn't know why it felt so right. She had flown much farther than usual; so far she almost began to see landmarks of her home land. But her peaceful flight turned sour rather suddenly. Toothless started getting tense and fidgeted.

"Toothless?" Toothless' frills flattened and he started making strange rumbly noises.

"Toothless?" Then he jerked from their path and into another direction entirely. Hiccup could only cling to the saddle as he started taking rapid turns and flew through the mist. Hiccup bit her lip to stop from yelling as Toothless narrowly avoiding rocks. Then it happened, Hiccup looked up and saw a monstrous nightmare. Her eyes widened and she hunched down until he was lying flat against Toothless. The dragon refused to yield, to her commands and suddenly the number of dragons exploded and there dozens, hundreds maybe. The mist interesting part was that they were all carrying food. She turned as they came to an active volcano. Realization came over like a tidal wave.

The nest.

Despite he whispered protests, Toothless took her to the very heart of the volcano and she could only hope Dragons didn't like swimming in lava. Once inside the cave, she found the walls literally covered in dragons of all species. She was cared and rightly s. then Toothless landed at the ledge near a pit, filled with hazy red light. Hiccup watched the dragons dropped their pilfered food down it. Hiccup watched in awe. They weren't eating any of it. Just dropping it down the hole, were they storing food for winter perhaps? Then she watched a gronkle hover in and drop a single fish down into the red mist. Then it came.

Out from the mist came the head of a dragon, the massive jaws snapped shut over it, one bite for dragon. It was bigger than anything she had ever seen. It was nearly as big as the mountain itself. It's head alone was twice the size of a mead hall. Hiccup frozen stiff, like and animal being hunted. Then one of its many eyes turned on her, it saw her, and she was not welcome. I turned on her ready to bite, to devour her and the dragon whole.

"Toothless, Toothless please, get us out of here." At first the dragon didn't respond.

"Toothless, buddy." She whispered desperately, it was then that Toothless snapped out of his trance and flew. He flapped his wings again and again until they emerged from the top of the volcano. Hiccup looked back and saw an unfortunate zippleback take her place in the maw of the beast.

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Hiccup was half in tears; Toothless didn't stop flying for a moment until she saw the first signs of Skrill Talon. She all but crash landed onto the nearest island. The villagers saw her and immediately ran to her aid. Hiccup couldn't even speak she was so scared. Toothless was snarling at anyone who got too close. Hiccup couldn't believe what she had seen, a flight that would have taken hours felt like mere moments to her. What had happened, what had she seen there? She vaguely heard villagers yelling to get the chief. She remained unaware of anything until Dagur's hands came to her shoulders and started shaking her.

"Hiccup, what happened, tell me now!" She looked up at him, registering his presence for the first time.

"Dagur?"

"Hiccup, come on, are you hurt? What happened?" He knelt down to meet her at eye level.

"The nest, it was the nest, by Odin; it was there it was huge." She whispered, her eyes going out of focus.

"You found the nest?" She didn't respond to the question.

"It was there, and it was huge."

"What was?"

"I don't know what it was, it was a dragon, but it ate dragons, it was as big as a mountain Dagur, so big." She seemed to notice him again, speaking to him directly.

"A dragon."

"It's like their queen, they feed it, so they don't get eaten, Dagur, it ate two dragons." Hiccup spooked and grabbed onto him while she was rambling and trying not to cry. It was then Dagur noticed the villagers murmuring to each other.

"Hiccup, come on, let's go home. I'll discuss this with the rest of you later." He lifted her to her feet and led her away, his arm holding her body against his own. Toothless followed with his mournful bleating. He stopped one they were inside, sitting her down and pulling up a chair so he could sit across from her. Toothless curled himself around Hiccup's chair. Dagur held her hands in his and then used one to cup her face.

"Hiccup, talk to me, Silver-tongue. Tell me what happened."

"I was out flying with Toothless, we had gone farther than usual, and I was even near Berk. And well, suddenly Toothless started acting weird. He flew in another direction. Then we were in mist and there were dozens of dragons, all carrying livestock. They led me to a volcano, and the dragon dropped the food down the center. Then a dragon came out, and by Odin I swear it was nearly as big as the mountain itself. It ATE dragons, Dagur." His had pushed some of her bangs from her face. When she looked up at him, he wasn't anxious he was smiling.

"Dagur?"

"This is wonderful, don't you see?"

"What are you talking about?" Fear was gripping her guts at his expression.

"We can finally bring glory back to the Berserker tribe! All thanks to you! We will set out in the morning!" he stood up, holding his hands out in excitement.

"Dagur, were you listening? We can't fight this thing!"

"For fifty years, our tribe has withered under the rule of my father and grandfather, but you and I, the blood of true chiefs, we will show the world what the berserkers are capable of under our command."

"We can't fight it!"

"Of course we can, we can kill anything!"

"Dagur, if you ever listen to me in our lives, it's now! That thing is a monster, it will swallow us alive."

"Don't be silly, in fact. I should probably go discuss this with the armada right away. You can stay here love. I'll be back soon." Hiccup tried several more times to stop him but Dagur would hear nothing of it. She could only stand there as the door shut behind him.

"Hiccup?"

"Vessa, he's going to get us all killed."

"Is it true? Is there a dragon as big as a mountain?"

"Yes, there is."

"By the gods."

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Hiccup waited for Dagur by their fire, in the nightshift, wrapped in a heavy fur. Vessa was already asleep in her room. She could hear Dagur approaching from his heavy footfalls. He opened the door with a gleeful expression. He ran in and lifted her up and spun her around, lacing a heavy kiss on her mouth. He set her on her feet and moved his mouth down her neck. His hands were wandering all over her tiny hips and waist. Hiccup couldn't help her submission, his touch was intoxicating. But after he pulled her shift over her shoulder, she remembered she had to talk to him.

"Dagur." She whined. He bit harshly under her jaw.

"Hmmm?"

"We have to talk." She insisted, pushing him off a bit.

"About what?" He mumbled, not giving in.

"Dagur, the dragons." Dagur pulled away

"What about them?"

"What are you going to do?"

"The tribe is setting out in the morning to kill them all." Her body stiffened, her grip increasing.

"No, you can't!" She cried.

"I am going to bring glory and honor to our tribe, our names." He insisted, petting her hair to calm her down,

"You're going die, you promised you wouldn't die!" She whispered desperately, keeping eye contact.

"I won't die."

"I don't think you understand what is waiting for you." Dagur grit his teeth and slammed her against the wall, all but cracking her head against it.

"I have made up my mind." He told her darkly. Hiccup knew that tone; she knew it from her father when she protested her marriage. He was serious about this, and there was nothing she could say to stop him.

"I understand." She whispered.

"I'm setting out tomorrow. You will stay here." Oh that would not do.

"Oh like hel I'm staying here, I'm not staying behind."

"I'm not losing you!" He shouted at her, getting in her face, but Hiccup didn't back down.

"Neither am I!" She grabbed him.

"You'll need Toothless to find the island."

"We don't need you there. What we need is you here and safe."

"Toothless only listens to me! You need me there! I promise I'll stay with the ship! But don't ask me to send you off to your death. I am your wife, I stand with you no matter how bad things get. I want to be there. Please."

"You will stay at the ship."

"I promise."

"Good, good, neither of us is going to die. We'll bring glory to our tribe." He tucked his face back against her neck. Hiccup tipped her head back, closing her eyes.

"Yes…"

"Let's make this night last."

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Hiccup was not going to be staying on the boat like she said. Dagur was blinded by the promise of glory, too blinded to remotely see sense. She had to stand by him, and save his sorry ass when things inevitably became too much for him to handle. Dagur was an amazing swordsman and could take on any man and most dragons, but this was not most dragons or a man. This is the god damn queen of dragons. And even the entire Berserker armada had no defense against something of that scale. It would be up to her and Toothless. No doubt she would catch hell from Dagur for disobeying him, but she could do what needed to be done.

She stood on the deck, kneeling next to Toothless watching as he guided the great warships to their destination. Hiccup was tense, and her body only got tenser the closer they got. She did nothing but take deep breaths and steady herself against her friend. The mist got thick enough that Hiccup could barely see the bow. They barely kissed the great crags of rock that felled many of the ships that belonged to her kin. Hiccup wouldn't speak, nobody was speaking at all, and even Dagur was quiet. Then the mountain came into view. Dagur got excited, was pacing the bow back and forth cackling to him4self.

Hiccup watched with solemn eyes as all the men dismounted and she stayed behind o the hip, waiting for things to go to hell. She kept breathing, it was she could do. No one would listen to her so she would have to watch as they made the biggest mistake of their lives. Dagur gave the signal the catapults threw their stones into the walls. It created a hold the size of a village center, and Dagur walked to the edge, throwing a torch inside. He warriors saw the sheer multitude of dragons lining the walls. Dagur's face split into a grin and Hiccup flinched, praying to every god, especially Loki, she could think of to keep him safe through the coming ordeal. Dagur gave his signaling battle cry and surge forward with his men. She closed her eyes when the flood of dragons came forth, she had to keep breathing. Toothless was all but cowering against Hiccup. She got to her feet, moving to mount Toothless.

Dagur stared in utter confusion when the dragons flew by without even seeming to notice them. There was a rather awkward pause, and of this was truly how he was meant to bring glory back to his damn, this was far more anticlimactic than he expected. But then it came, the roar that was deafening to his ears and force that even pushed him back a few steps. He began backing up, this was more than he expected, and this was perfect. But his people began showing doubt; whatever made that noise was more than any dragon any of them had ever faced. But something was coming and even Dagur knew it was time to back the Hel up. He was dashing backward and laughing all the while.

The face of the dragon emerged, pushing through the stone like sand. It roared and everyone could only stare in shock. Hiccup was sitting on the saddle, and she was ready. The beast stormed forward, everyone too afraid to get caught under one of the massive feet. Dagur saw many of soldiers turning and running for the ships. Dagur saw the dragon's line of sight follow them all the way to the ships. He reached to call out but it was too late. The dragon lit them all on fire, destroying them with its hel breath.

"No!" He screamed, hiccup had been on that ship. Damn it, Hiccup was on that god damned ship. He felt the rage his people were known for fill his whole body. He may only be the size of one of the monster's eyes, but that was not going to stop him from taking his revenge. He stormed forward, crossbow from hiccup, being aimed. He shot one bolt, another, nailing it in one of its eyes. The dragon turned its attention on him and moved to swallow him whole. Dagur was ready to die this way; he was sure Hiccup as waiting for him outside the gates of Valhalla.

But the dragon was foiled by potent blast to the head, it reared back and Dagur looked at the black shape flying through the sky. His jaw fell open, and then he laughed. The dragon turned all its attention on Hiccup waving its head around trying to catch sight of the fast black shape.

"Hiccup?" The pair blasted the dragon, harder this time, knocking it on its side. Whatever she was doing, he just hoped it was what she was planned. The dragon was angry, and it had her in its crosshairs, he could only hope she had a plan at this point. He watched in awe as the huge beast took flight ad followed Hiccup through the sky. The whole armada watched in awe as Hiccup zipped by the beast following her.

"You sir, have one hell of a wife." Dagur could only nod in agreement. I was easily the most remarkable thing he'd ever seen an probably the same with his men, watching Hiccup lead the behemoth into the clouds.

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Hiccup was hoping that her plan would work; they led the dragon into the clouds, where she and Toothless would have an advantage, being smaller and naturally hidden. Once they lost the dragon they flew in circles around the dragon blast it in the wings and face, praying it would make a difference or better yet make it angry. It worked because the dragon started spewing fire in every direction. Hiccup did her best to evade and seemed to succeed until she looked behind her and saw Toothless's protect was on fire. Damn it, time was up. It was now or never. So she flew directly at the dragon, catching its attention again and baiting it to chase her. It did, the dragon was following her and her heart was pounding. This would be her great achievement to both the tribe and her bloodline, but yet it wasn't really what her opportunity was at the moment, the only one she had was to stay alive, so she flew faster harder, pushed Toothless to his limits. And she waited, waited for the opportunity. The tailfin was all but gone at this point, but he just had to hold on for a little while longer just a few more moments, just a few and…

There it was!

She had Toothless spin around and fire at the gas gather in the dragon's maw. And it worked, by Loki, it had god damned worked. She wanted to laugh more than anything else. She watched the dragon's belly lit up like a Snoggletogg tree and it was a beautiful sight, in a twisted sort of way. It crashed into the earth with her tribe as an audience, but the idea of escaping came to her a bit too soon. She flew straight up, trying to outrun the blast. But it was too late, far too late. She couldn't escape the flames and she couldn't escape the bludgeoning tail that came straight for her. The pain came suddenly knocking her right out. She was falling, such a strange feeling. Her head was buzzing, and ringing, the world stopped making sense and everything was gone except for the feeling of falling.

Toothless tried to turn, do anything, he could survive the flames, but his rider couldn't. But it was simply too late and the tail smacked them both. Hiccup was knocked right his back, and Toothless had few options, but it was a clear decision. He needed to catch his rider, it he couldn't, and he was content to die with her.

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Princess: Bet you were all wondering when this fight was going to happen. I feel I might have glossed over the flight, but their moment has already happened, so I didn't feel the romantic flight was necessary. There is a lot in this chapter so I hope you guys like all this.

Reviews:

Anie6142: That would have been a neat little twist but I think Hiccup knows his better than that. And as for the rating, I won't be getting more explicit than this but if you feel the rating should be upped, I'll take it into consideration. I'm too embossed to be more graphic than this.

X-Jinx-X: Well, keep reading.

Wikisorcerer: Yeah, took a little risk there, I don't want ti to be the same as the movie because you could just watch the movie.

StoriesOfAnInsomniac: He does love power and a powerful wife has value to him. As for his own dragon, well just think it through.

Viking Lady: Dagur is still a human and capable of feeling loss, from the Night and the Fury, you see a moment after he learns Hiccup lied to him that he is genuinely hurt by it. That's really something that defined his character to me.

REBD: Really, why a rubber tree?

Strawman: Well Dagur does respect her own power, but he can get over protective from time to time.

Twistedsister-emogirl: Well you'll see.

Wolfgirl811: Keep reading.

Yoaishipper4eva: Well, here was the red death.

TGirl15: You're not pushy, don't worry, just keep reading.

Weirdsquirrelgirl: I very well might use an incarnation of that.