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DreamWorks Dragons: Defenders of Berk
Night Fury Down
Chapter 10
Hiccup, Toothless and their little messenger Terror walked through the forest at an even pace. Hiccup kept his left hand on Toothless' saddle handle, his left hip having some trouble keeping up with the smooth movement of his right. Toothless was worse than he thought, the poor Night Fury limping as he tried to move as smooth as possible to not jolt the arrow still lodge in his side of his chest. He sometimes wondered why Hiccup hadn't taken it out yet, but then came to the conclusion that if he had, then he would have bled to death. The arrow was keeping Toothless alive, even though it was hurting him at the same time.
Hiccup's hand pulled backwards on the saddle and Toothless stopped, turning his head to his rider to see if something was wrong.
"Wait bud, traps." Hiccup said, pointing ahead of them. Connected to several trees were some nets laid on the ground, the same kind Tuffnut so astutely trapped himself in. Hiccup narrowed his eyes and looked to his right, seeing a couple better hidden.
"These must be some of the traps Dagur had for the dragons, or they're new and set for us." Hiccup stated, taking a couple steps forward; Sharpshot hopping up onto his shoulder and squawking. "Either way, we have to avoid them."
Their heads jerked up at the sky as a sound rocketed softly across. The fiery arrow curved at the peak of its height and fell back down past the tree tops where Hiccup couldn't see it anymore.
"Dagur…" Hiccup whispered. "They're getting closer. We need to pick up the pace." He said, before turning to his left and leading Toothless the same way.
The pain in the side of Toothless' chest was becoming unbearable even at the slow speed they were already going. Just with one step, Toothless began whining and Hiccup stopped to look back with concern.
"Toothless—"he said with sorrow, cupping the dragon's head in his small hands before hugging him. "I'm sorry you have to go through this bud, but we can't rest right now." Toothless' eyes widened greatly before he cooed and whined at Hiccup. He took a step forward before cringing and falling over onto his.
"Toothless!" Hiccup exclaimed, kneeling down beside his dearest friend and lightly touching his black scaled skin. Sharpshot hopped off of Hiccup's shoulders just as the boy knelt down, the Terrible Terror landing beside the young Viking and cooing at Toothless. The little green dragon nudged Toothless head before purring and rubbing himself against Toothless' skin, the vibration soothing the pain a little.
Hiccup closed his eyes and took a deep breath, willing the tears to go away. He glanced up at the sky before whispering something Toothless couldn't pick up. The dragon's vision was becoming blurry and everything was going dark. He could hear his own heartbeat and his breathes were getting harder and uneven again.
"Fishlegs, where ever you are, please hurry." Hiccup begged to no one in particular, his hands curled up to his chest. "I need help." He croaked out, the last thing Toothless heard before passing out.
The dragons flew high in the sky, the Berkian ships sailing behind them on the ocean's surface.
"Where did you say Hiccup was at last Fishlegs?" Stoick asked, his face expression serious.
"Dragon Island, not too far inland." Fishlegs replied. Astrid and Stormfly flew up beside them.
"Dagur and his men would have pushed them back by now. They could be anywhere." She added.
"Or they could have been capture. You didn't see Toothless' condition." Fishlegs also added.
"Even if they did get captured, what would Dagur do to them?" Tuffnut asked this time. No body answered him, but he did receive similar looks of terror.
"We'll worry about that if we need to, right now, we head to Dragon Island." Stoick stated.
"Sir?"
"Yes, Fishlegs?" Fishlegs pointed ahead of them and Stoick followed its direction. Far out on the horizon was a large blockade of Berserk and Outcast ships, just behind them, Dragon Island.
"We're nearly there." Stoick stated before whispering, "Hang on Hiccup."
Two eyes peered through the forest, moving back and forth as they scanned for any trace of evidence of their owner's prey. Dagur held onto his crossbow firmly, his men following his example and moving about quietly.
A thousand thoughts rattled Dagur's brain. His plans of what he do to Hiccup when he found him, the torture methods he conduct, the thrill of killing that Night Fury and making that lying, no good, waste of a Viking boy watch. Maybe he'd even kill Hiccup, he was always killing dragons, and he only killed another Viking once before. Such a relief, perhaps Hiccup would be even better?
A twig cracking caught everybody's attention and Dagur raised his crossbow. He and his men stopped for a couple seconds before Dagur waved his hand forward and they soundlessly followed.
The young Berserker chief peered around the area, looking and listening for any signs of Hiccup or his Night Fury. His eyes darted to an area off to his left as he heard more movement behind a bush. He smiled and tip-toed over, crouching in front of the bush while attempting to sneak a peek overhead. He couldn't see anything, but he heard movement, so he trusted his instincts and jumped out.
The sudden presence of the man spooked the Terrible Terrors wrestling and they flew off into the sky. Dagur scowled at them before glanced down at the ground. His glare switched to a curious frown as he knelt down to inspect what he saw.
His men came over, Savage speaking up.
"Sir, we're never going to find them on this island, there are hundreds of dragons here." He stated, hoping Dagur didn't take offense to it.
Dagur chuckled and shook his head, "Oh Savage, you need to keep your eyes open… and follow the trail." Dagur said with a crooked smile as he pointed at the blood trail on the ground in front of them.
To be continued…
Author's Note:
Again, I'm really sorry for such a delay on the updates guys, writer's block sucks eggs. On the bright side, my college English teacher loves me and my papers thanks to my skills as a writer here on Fanfiction!
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