Chapter 9

-Amber's POV-

After flying for a little bit, dad slipped off my shoulders and fell towards the ocean. He morphed into his night fury form and pulled alongside me. "Man it feels good to stretch your wings." He said. I chuckled a little at his comment and we flew in silence while dad had the three tracks that he had on the 'phone' playing. He then turned to me and sighed. "You think I was too hard on them?"

"I don't really think so to be honest. We were following that trader and he happened to lead us into a hunter attack force, and it's like you said, we don't answer to them." I replied. He then rubbed my snout with his paw.

"That makes two of us baby girl." He said. I pouted at the nickname he gave and he chuckled.

"So what are we planning to do now?" I asked him.

"I was thinking of going on the hunt for a certain merchant. We still haven't figured out just how high in the dragon hunter ranks he is and any connections we have with the organization, the easier it will be to take down." He replied.

"How are we going to find him again? When we entered the fog bank he just simply vanished." I replied.

"That's the thing Amber; we mustn't track him with our eyes, but rather our noses. Tell me, what species of dragon was emanating off of him as a scent?" He asked.

"Singe-tails right?" I guessed. Dad nodded and then I saw what he was going for. "I see now, find the singe-tails, they lead us to the hunters, and the hunters lead us to Johann."

"Exactly, if we go to singe-tail island; we can either ask the freed singe-tails the hunter's location or follow a shipment boat." Dad stated. I nodded at his plan and we both turned eastward.

-A few hours later. Same POV-

We flew for half of the day, but we managed to find the current singe-tail island. The island was covered to the brim with trees and had very little escape routes for us to use. The only way we even knew this was the island is because dad spotted a few singe-tails land here. I just hope we aren't walking into a trap. We landed on one of the beaches to the island and made our way into the forest. It didn't take long for the singe-tails to notice us. We were soon surrounded by 15 on every angle. The leader of the groups stepped forward with a low growl. I mimicked his growl, but then dad held his paw in the air. I then halted my growling and the singe-tail alpha spoke up. "What is it you want night furies? We already drove you and your human pets away from us."

"I think you mistake us for being in league with those dragon riders. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jason and this is my daughter Amber." Dad said. "We come seeking information regarding your species dealings with a group of hunters." The singe-tail alpha calmed slightly.

"Forgive me Jason, the last night fury we saw was being treated like a pet by humans. Since he was the only night fury we knew of we assumed you were with those tamers." The alpha said. "What is it you would like to know on these bastards that have been steeling us away and forcing us into servitude?"

"We had a recent encounter with a man we presume was a high ranking official for the hunters. We followed him and encountered a flight of hunters riding your species and two vessels. We freed most of the dragons and sank one boat, but lost sight of our target. Would you happen to know where their main nest is so that we can figure out just what these barbarians are planning?" I replied.

"You two saved those dragons that recently arrived? I thank you for this. In return I shall tell you where their nest is. The nest is a few days south of this current island, but I will warn you it is heavily guarded and it will not be easy infiltrating such a fortress." The alpha said.

"Let us worry about our entrance. I thank you for this information alpha singe-tail." Dad said.

"Your thanks is accepted Jason, father of Amber. Before you go, swear by the moon that you will give those hunters nothing short of death for what they have done." The alpha stated.

"I swear by the moon that this will come to pass, we will free as many of your kind as we can and we shall destroy any hunters that stand in our way." Dad said. I nodded in agreement and the Alpha bowed his head to us.

"Safe travels night furies, may your strike swift and fast." The alpha stated. Dad and I nodded and took off into the air again.

"That went well." I said.

"It did indeed Amber, I'm glad those dragons were open to tell us the information about their nest. The thing we need to think of now is how shall we deal with it? We can't blaze it up like we usually do, but we cannot call the other riders for support. Even if I wanted to a moon oath is a death oath." Dad said. I then noticed him go into deep thought and then he perked up again. "I've got it. I'll be a mole for us. I can infiltrate the base undetected and figure out just who runs the operation, their defense strength, and their singe-tail population count. Once I figure this out then we plan to take out our targets and free the singe-tails."

"Just be careful dad. I don't want to lose you." I told him worryingly.

"I know Amber, but I promise I'll be fine and we will save those dragons." Dad said. I nod to him and we head south. I hope this plan works.