Chapter 8 – The Battle of the Red Death
Hi guys sorry about the delay I've been really busy with my work and a few other things as well. Just so you all know I might update monthly because I really busy but if I get the time I will update weekly. I promise I will finish this story and I hope you all enjoy, thanks for all the support.
The morning sunrise light shined in Hiccups face as he was sleeping in the cave he and Toothless found during the night.During last night the storm had gotten worse so the pair had to take shelter in a cave on a small island near Berk. As Hiccup got up he could see Toothless coming into the cave, he got up early to get breakfast for him and Hiccup. As the pair were having their breakfast which was fish, Toothless stopped eating as he could he a dragon nearby. Soon Hiccup started to hear another dragon and so the pair exited the cave and went to investigate. As they got out they could see the sun high in the sky shining bright and no dark clouds could be seen, the only thing they did see was Sneaky flying towards them. Hiccup guessed that Astrid was sending a message to him, but he didn't know what it could be. Soon Sneaky landed on Hiccups arm and give Hiccup the message Astrid sent him.
"Thanks Sneaky, now head back to Astrid" Hiccup said giving the small Terror a scratch under the chin before he flew of. He then started to read the note Astrid gave him and Hiccup was in for a shock. His eyes were in shock as he was reading, the note said that the Vikings were using a dragon to lead them to the nest and were heading there right now. What made this worse is Hiccup knew dad was leading them and they were about to face the queen. The queen would kill them all and now Hiccup had to save them. Toothless looked at his rider concerned, he could see Hiccup was worried about something. Hiccup turned to Toothless to give him the bad news he just got.
"Bud, the Vikings on Berk are using a dragon to lead them to the nest, they're heading to the nest right now" Hiccup said in a worried voice. Toothless was shocked about this; he knew the Viking wouldn't stand a chance against the queen. Toothless soon turned angry at the thought of the queen he really wanted to beat her and free the other dragons. Hiccup too turned angry at the thought of the queen, they needed to beat her, or the Vikings would die. The choice was clear; Hiccup and Toothless were going up against the queen today.
"Alright bud, looks like we're going up against the queen a lot sooner than we expected" Hiccup said looking at his companion. "We going back bud, we're going to save everyone and free the dragons, so what do you say bud you in" Hiccup asked him with a smile already knowing what Toothless's answer was going to be. Toothless smile back nodded his head and also licking Hiccups face as well. "Thanks bud, you really are great Toothless" Hiccup said climbing into Toothless's back and flying into the air with his best friend.
It wasn't going to be an easy battle but they couldn't just do nothing, the queen was far too powerful for the Vikings of Berk too handle and the dragons were too scared of her to fight, it was up to these two to fight her and save both Vikings and dragons. Hiccup knew that his dad would be leading the fight and was scared about losing his dad. As strong as Stoick was he was no match for the red death, it was far too big. As they were flying Hiccup put his metal helmet on just in case anyone from Berk saw him while he was flying Toothless. It had been years since anyone on Berk saw him but Hiccup wasn't taking any chances, he couldn't return home, not yet. Hiccup soon came up with an idea on how to kill the queen, it won't be easy but it just might work.
As the pair was flying towards the nest the Vikings of Berk already found the nest and soon reached the shore and stared to prepare for battle. The Vikings unloaded the catapults and loaded them with rocks, they put spears and sharp sticks into the ground and got we're weapons ready for the fight that was about to come. As the Vikings were doing this, Stoick, Gobber, Spitelout and a few others were going over the plan to deal with the dragons. Stoick drew his battle plan on the ground showing them what to do.
"When we crack this mountain open, all hell is going to break loose" Stoick said finishing his drawing and moving forward to the mountain.
Everything was ready for the attack; all the Vikings were now wanting for Stoicks signal to begin the assault. Soon Stoick gave the signal and the attack began. All the catapults fired into the mountain, all hitting the same spot making a large hole into the mountain. Stoick slowly made his way in but it was too dark for him to see. Another catapult fired into the mountain but this one was on fire so it gave Stoick the chance to see what was inside. As light filled the mountain for a few seconds the Viking chief could hundreds of dragons all over the palace just sleeping. Stoick then let out a loud battle cry and stormed his way into the mountain. The dragons hearing the battle cry all woke up and flew out the mountain. As they were flying out Stoick and the others tried taking them down but the dragons didn't stay and fight they just flew away. Stoick and the others were confused about this the dragons always stay and fight so why did they leave. The Vikings soon started yelling in victory thinking that they had won the war but it was far from over, Stoick could still hear something in the mountain.
"This isn't over, form your ranks and hold together" Stoick yelled turning back looking into the mountain again.
At that moment a loud powerful roar was heard coming from inside the mountain. The Vikings were shocked at this and so was Stoick. Soon the ground started to shake and the mountain started to fall apart, the cave entrance was also collapsing as well. Stoick quickly go out before it was too late.
"Get clear" Stoick shouted as the mountain came apart. Soon all the Vikings ran back getting clear of the mountain before it came down them all. As the Vikings got clear something started to come out of the mountain. Stoick and others quickly looked back to see what was coming out. Soon a large head came out of the mountain along with its body and the Vikings watched and ran in fear and horror. The Vikings could now see what they had awoken, a massive dragon they had never seen before. If they were told about this dragon they would have never believed it, this dragon was nothing like they had never seen before. Stoick and Gobber couldn't believe what they were seeing; they never believed a dragon this size could exist.
"Beard of Thor, what is that" Gobber asked not taking his eyes of the Red death.
"Odin help us" Stoick said in fear, he had no idea how they were going to get out of this one. He knew taking out the nest wasn't going to be easy but he never expected this.
Soon the queen was out of the nest and was angry that she was woken up and somebody was going to pay. As she stepped on the ground it felt like an earthquake to the Vikings. They were all trying to get away; they were no match for the queen.
"Catapults" Stoick shouted hoping to distract the queen to help everyone get away. As the rocks hit the queen they didn't work, this only made her angrier. Soon she moved forward and destroyed the all the catapults that fired at her. The catapults were the best weapon the Vikings had; now that they were gone they had chance they had to get away.
"Get to the ships" one of the Vikings hoping they could all get away in time. They knew they couldn't win so their only option was too run. As they were running to the ships, Stoick turned back to see the queen getting ready to fire on the ships.
"Everyone stop, get back" He shouted at the Vikings just in time as the queen fired on the ships burning them all. The gronckle they had on one of the ships did get away but now they had no chance of escaping this island.
"Spitelout, Aaron lead the men to the far side of the island" Stoick said to warriors hoping his new plan would give the others a chance to escape.
"Right, everyone to the far side of island" both Aaron and Spitelout said hoping everyone will be safe for a while.
"Gobber we need to give the others a chance to escape, we need to distract that thing for as long as we can" Stoick said heading towards the Red death.
"Right behind you Stoick" Gobber said nodding his head. They needed to buy time and these two where the best one's for the job. They both started yelling at the queen and throwing spears right at her hoping to get her attention. Soon she looked right at them and was not happy that spears and sticks were thrown at her. The queen was about to let out her fire and kill both Stoick and Gobber but just before she was about to fire a large explosive hut her on the back of her head. Stoick and Gobber had no idea what did that but they soon got there answer. They all see another dragon flying past the queen at great speed so fast they had no idea that kind of dragon it was that hit the queen.
The queen was looking around trying to find the dragon that shot at her. All the Vikings including Stoick and Gobber were also trying to find the dragon as well. Soon they all started hear what sound like a night fury approaching. All the Vikings got down and took cover knowing how powerful night fury's are. As the night fury shot right at the queens and all the Vikings saw this, it was clear that the night fury was the one shooting at the queen. The Vikings were glade the queen was getting shot at and not them, but they wondered why and so did Stoick and Gobber. The night fury soon slowed down a little and the Vikings could now see the dragon. They had never seen a night fury before but that wasn't the thing that shocked them the most. What shocked everyone was they all could see someone right the dragon, it was now clear to them all that this was the Dragon Rider they had all heard of, the one man who was fighting Drago Bludvist. Stoick and Gobber like everyone else couldn't believe he was real.
"Thor's hammer, Stoick he's real" Gobber said not believing his eyes. He watched as the rider and his dragon let out another blast at the queen making her dazed and she was also losing her balance too.
"I can't believe it too Gobber, I never really believed he was real" Stoick said shocked as he and everyone were watching the rider and his dragon fighting the queen. He had heard the tales of the dragon rider but Stoick never really believed them, but now he did. He was also shock to see a night fury as well. As the battle went on all the Vikings were safe for the moment but it wasn't over yet.
Come Toothless, show her what you got bud" Hiccup said to him. Toothless soon went up in the sky again going high and then heading straight back down again getting ready to fire. As he was diving the Vikings could hear the sound of a night fury as it was about to fire but this time they all watched instead of ducking for cover. The night fury fired a blast at the queen's stomach causing her to fall on the ground in pain. For a moment the Vikings thought the battle was over but soon the queen got back up and she was pissed. Soon she was up and then let out her wings to chase the two and kill them. Hiccup looked back seeing they got her attention.
"Well looks like we got her attention, let's hope this works" Hiccup said as he and Toothless went into the clouds high up in the sky. The queen followed them into the clouds but it was dark so she could not see them. This was a huge advantage for Toothless; the queen would never see him coming. All the Vikings were watching from the ground just waiting for something to happen. Soon Toothless started firing again but this time he aimed at the queen's wings. This went on for a few minutes until the queen went crazy. She let out her fire everywhere trying to hit them in every direction. Soon Hiccup decided it was time for the final part of his plan.
"Alright Bud its time, let's do this" Hiccup said getting a roar from Toothless agreeing with him. Soon they went right up to the queens face making even more made. She tried to eat them but Toothless was too fast for her. The queen followed them as they were heading back down going at high speed. She was about to fire trying to kill the two but she was falling right into their trap.
"NOW BUD" Hiccup yelled. Toothless quickly turned around while still going down and fired a blast right into the queen's mouth as she was about to fire. After Toothless took his shot the queen saw they were almost near the ground so she tried to stop but her wings had holes in them and as she let her wings out the holes got bigger and she couldn't stop. She them hit the ground causing a huge explosion. The Vikings had to take cover as it was a big bang. Toothless was heading back up trying to avoid the queen's tail. At one point the tail almost got the two but Toothless split the fins on his back in half which gave him better control and managed to avoid the queen's tail and the pair got out safely.
One enemy has fallen but the fight is far from over.
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