Authors Note: Sorry guys. This entire week has been pretty crazy. For those wondering about the parts not from Haedryin's POV like when thr riders attack Drago's base, when this is finished I'm going to post a bonous chapter at the end from Asher's POV. I just wanted the main story to be from Haedryin's like HTTYD 1. :)
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Chapter 10: Battle Of The Alpha's
Toothless's wings give a thick whistle and they pierce the wind, soaring across the sky and battlefield. I can spot the twins, Fishlegs, and Snotlout battling Drago and shake my head slightly tightening my grip on the saddle handles. Probably Asher. He probably assumed that after we didn't return within a few hours we'd been captured, went to advance and was captured himself or sunk into the traps whatever the two I'm just glad they're here.
I scan around us for the Hofferson and Stormfly spotting a blur of colors near the giant stalks of ice. Toothless picking up on what I spotted twists around heading towards the ice. A echoing boom sings through the air as a blast of fire smashes into the ice spike sending it crashing down towards Asher, Stormfly and Erika. Ha, I'm sure that has a fun story behind it.
I lift up my hands and stop the ice from smacking into the two tossing it to the side towards the army, smashing several traps in the process. Toothless loops around and my gaze flickers to Asher as he uncovers from his duck sending me a happy smile.
Toothless whips around and fires a blast down at the traps exploding it into several dozen pieces, "Yeah baby!" I call and twist around in the saddle throwing my hands out and freezing several traps as I wave my hands.
Toothless loops upwards and I tuck up my helmet smirking, "Welcome aboard dragon rider." I greet and Erika yelps gripping Stormfly's saddle tighter.
"Thanks. I think." She says hesitantly.
Asher looks up at me shaking his head softly, "Where have you been?" He demands.
I huff and shrug, "Oh you know, catching up with Mom."
We all look up as Mom riding Cloudjumper spins her staff the Bewilderbeast making his grand entrance with icy breath leaving his long roar. Asher meets my gaze again his jaw dropped, blue eyes wide, "That's your mother!?"
I grin and flip down the helmet, "Well now you know where I get my dramatic flare."
Toothless pulls away from the two and I watch the ice spread across the beach, several men leaping out of the way. I throw my hands out and freeze dozens of other traps the large spikes of ice leaping up towards the sky. I pat Toothless's neck, "Come on, Toothless. Show them what you've got bud."
I click back the tailfin and Toothless dives forward towards the traps blasting it apart and releasing a Zippleback with ease. I laugh and look back at it for a second, "Whoo! Atta boy!" I cry and Toothless grins happily before diving back and firing several more rapid plasma blasts towards the traps.
The twins pull up on my left and Snotlout on my right, "I see you've acquainted some friends." Ruffnut says dryly leaning against Barf's horns the ZIppleback dodging the nets fired at them with relative ease.
"And didn't invite us to the getting-to-know-you party." Tuffnut adds.
I shrug and pull up the top of my helmet, "Sorry guys, little busy. Next time, I'll make sure to send out letters."
"You better." Tuffnut says.
Snotlout snorts at that and Fishlegs rolls her eyes. I grin and my eyes narrow slightly as a long, loud war cry echoes through the air. I squint and manage to spot a black haired dreadlocked man standing a few feet away from Mom spinning a metal staff over his head.
The ocean seems to spit slightly water popping upwards before the boats split apart a large dragon emerging from the water and spitting out foam everywhere. Huh, deep beach. "Another one?" I groan. How many Bewilderbeasts are there!?
Toothless dives past the dragon, "That is a Class Ten! Class Ten!" Fishlegs shouts behind me.
The two alphas smack their tusks together and I bite down on my lip heavily, Toothless and I scout around for other dragons in need of assistance but the battling alphas have locked my attention.
The grey and silver dragon shoves his tusks against the white one and I shake my head slightly. I shall call Drago's Temperamental, for that is what he is. Temperamental shoves his tusks against the other Bewilderbeast's neck shoving him upwards before smacking him against the ground and shoving his horns into the dragon's chest.
My eyes widen with horror and I shove up the top of my helmet, "No." I breathe in horror as Toothless gives a small growl of panic.
Temperamental lifts up his giant head and roars into the wind, his breaths coming out with thick frost. My head fogs slightly and I shake it back and forth a few times watching as the dragons stop all fighting their heads jerking up eyes narrowing to slits before heading towards Temperamental and landing at his feet in a bow.
Cats, cats, cats, cats….
"FINISH HER!" Drago roars his voice echoing through the air. Toothless pulls up and Temperamental takes in a deep breath before firing a long row of ice towards Cloudjumper. Ha, ha, not on my watch.
I release the saddle and jerk my hands upwards the ice spiraling towards the sky in tall spires. I shake my head slightly, "Toothless, come on." I say and guide him over towards where Drago is standing watching the alpha attack my parents.
Toothless lands and I jump off his back, as the tall man turns. His face is scarred in three long gashes like he took a claw across the face and he holds a type of madness in his eyes. I shake my head and toss my helmet to the side as I move forward, "Stop." I command.
Drago lets out several long laughs deep and throaty as he stares at me, "This is the great dragon master?" He demands staring at me for several seconds. I lift up a hand to keep Toothless from stalking me and happily tackling Drago. "Wielder of ice and snow, Winters' Mistress, child of Stoick the Vast?"
EIther he has been paying thick attention to the rumors running across the archipelago or Asher or another spilled. "What shame he must feel." Drago finishes his voice a thick snarl. I shake my head. Yeah, whatever, I grew up with attitude.
"All of this loss; and for what? To become unstoppable, to rule the world?" I ask and Drago purses his lips giving a slight nod of approval looking around himself. That disgusts me. "Dragons they-they are kind amazing creatures that can bring people together." I say and Drago turns finally making eye contact with me shoving his staff into the ground as he pulls off several latches around his chest revealing that his entire left arm his missing.
My eyes widen.
"Or tear them apart. You see, I know how it is to live in fear, to watch my village burn my family taken." Drago says and starts to circle me his hot breath smacking into my cheek. I do my best to withhold a flinch but fail. "And even as a boy, left with nothing. I vowed to rise above the fear of dragons and liberate the people of this world." Drago says and I clench my fists.
"Then why a dragon army?"
"Well," Drago says and looks back at me his stare enough to make any sane person run. "You need dragons to conquer other dragons."
"Or maybe you need dragons to conquer people, to control those who follow you. And..to get rid of those who won't." I correct my voice coming out slightly venomous towards the end. Drago laughs again.
"Clever girl." He comments.
I back up towards Toothless slightly, "The world wants peace," I say and Drago advances towards me as Toothless growling murderously does the same from behind, "and we have the answer; back on Berk." I say. I lift out a hand to stop Toothless from moving forward any further, "Just let me show yo-"
"No." Drago says firmly. His eyes hold a slight mad glint as he stares at me his lips twitching on what looks like a deranged smile, "Let me show you." My stomach plummets to my feet. I have a terrible feeling. Drago lifts up his head and shouts into the wind the loud cry causing Temperamental to lift his head towards us.
I back up to be out of the way of Drago's mad swings with his staff.
Temperamental turns towards us and Drago shoves his staff into the ground as I back up ice spreading across the ground at my unease.
Drago turns towards me this time he is smiling. A deranged smile that doesn't fit his face. "No dragon can resist the alpha's command. So he who controls the alpha, controls them all." Drago points at his alpha than past me towards Toothless.
Toothless's ears twitch slightly before he starts to twitch madly. "Toothless?" I ask and lift out my hands to him. His eyes squeeze shut as he jerks more widely like something is taking over his brain-Temperamental.
"Toothless?" I repeat and lift out my hands to touch him but he pulls away from it his whole body racking with the pain.
"Witness true strength, the strength of will over others." Drago says and Toothless's head lifts up his ears lowered, eyes in a thin tight line like the very thought of thinking pains him. My heart starts to pick up speed with worry, panic, and fear. "Against it you are nothing." Drago taunts.
Toothless's struggles stop and his head lifts up, Drago's silver blade pointing towards me. Toothless's head turns slowly as if in a trance all emotion wiped from his face. His eyes are narrowed to thin slits a murderous growl building up in his throat, I back up slightly.
"Kill the girl." The voice rings through my head and I nearly slip back in shock. I can hear it!?
Toothless moves forward.
"Uh...what did he just tell you?" I ask despite the face I am more than aware of what Temperamental commanded. I lift up my hands backing up away from Toothless fear starting to curl around my insides. "Toothless stop!" I plead, "Snap out of it!"
Toothless still moves forward slowly his teeth baring.
"Toothless come on, please!" I beg snow starting to fall through the worry ringing through me.
I back up and see behind me is a long stretch of ice, I'm cornered. "Toothless no!" I plead my voice coming out as a thick beg. My back hits the back of the ice and I lift my hands out towards my dragon trying to calm my racing heart but it does nothing.
"Toothless!" I shout.
The sound of a plasma blast builds up.
"Don't!"
"HAEDRYIN!" Dad's voice yells echoing towards me. I snap my head right and see him advancing towards me my hand snaps out ice building on the edges of my fingers.
"DAD NO!" I yell and my gaze flickers back towards Toothless's blast builds up power-
"IYN!" Dad roars.
"DON'T!" I yell throwing my hand out towards him, my eyes widen as a blast of blue light flies from my fingertips,
-and the plasma blast is fired.
A force shoves against me feeling colder than anything I've ever touched before and a flash of white blinds me and the sound of ice shattering rings through my ears.
Authors Nore: Yup...two years and I still cry at Stoick's death. I'm going to go find some tissues..eh, who am I kidding that's what arms and sleeves were invented for. :)
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