Here we are guys, the climax of Act 1! This fanfic will be taking a break, of course, while I post Discord messes with: Naruto. Bad news is, Act 2 probably won't be out until November or even December, so even after the Discord crossover ends, it will still be a bit of a wait.

Now, let's see what the halfway point has in store for us…

EDIT: Fixed some lost text and spelling errors, as well as a paragraph that repeats water too much.

Act 1: The First Encounter

Chapter 9: Cross Your Fingers

Scared. Exhilarated. Kind of hungry. Being chased by a giant monster could give you those feelings. Hiccup thought of these feelings as he, Toothless, Alvin and Earthshredder moved through the air. Most importantly, though, he thought of his anger. Could his ferocity really be enough to fight this thing? Perhaps anger and intelligence were a deadly combo, but he wouldn't know for sure until he used it against Dragnarok.

He was interrupted from his thoughts by Alvin. "Hiccup! Didn't you say you were gonna DODGE that thing?"

The chief looked behind him to see the monster's maw closing in on him. Suppose he'd have to think about his dilemma later… "Alright, Toothless, time to be an annoying bug!" Toothless ceased his flapping, causing them to soar back right next to Dragnarok's head. The beast began to try and snap at him to no avail. "Okay, bud… Titan Plasma blast!" Toothless' back spines shot out and glowed a neon blue. Toothless gave the giant a grin before shooting it right in the eye.

Although Dragnarok had tanked their attacks before, Toothless' more powerful and focused blast seemed to actually be incredibly irritating to the beast, especially in his eye. The beast began to bite and grasp the air frustratingly, in an attempt to catch the chief and dragon. The duo simply spun, flipped, and dropped out of the way of each, all the while bombarding him with blue fireballs.

Unfortunately, Dragnarok did not keep to this strategy for long. He opened his snout, and immediately began his Suction Breath. Hiccup was ready for this, however, and placed himself in front of the mouth. Dispelling Zippleback gas from his sword, he waited for it to reach the monster's uvula before setting off the explosion. Due to his Suction Breath, the explosion was sucked back into his throat, resulting in a burned uvula as well as smoke in his trachea. The beast landed on a nearby mountain to finish coughing up smoke.

Hiccup watched from afar as Dragnarok struggled with his smoke filled throat. Analyzing the area around him, he began to decipher his location. Alvin suddenly flew up, looking a bit miffed. "Would really appreciate it if you didn't go so fast. We're not speed hogs like you."

"Sorry, Alvin, but we've got to get him to Odin's Crown before the night is over, or else we have a problem. We don't have much longer to go, but that tornado mouth of his is getting dangerous. Adding that to his Horn Pulse means we're going to be going through a bit of hell to get there." The chief looked to four big bags on Earthshredder. "The fact that you seemed to have brought an entire house with you doesn't help." How did he not notice that before?

"These bags don't have a house my friend, but they do have something that can take out one of those vital attacks." Alvin replied, pulling out a large ball-like object with a fuse.

"I'm going to guess that's no ordinary bomb."

"Got that right! It's filled with dirt, tar, sap, Fireworm honey, and a dash of Monstrous Nightmare slime. Seems I had the ignition idea long before your sword, eh?"

"Fireworm honey? Of course! The explosion will melt the contents into a sticky mass! His mouth will be full of gunk!" Hiccup looked at Dragnarok and back to the bomb. Fireworm honey was strong…even a timberjack couldn't cut through it. If the beast had a mouth full of honey, it wouldn't be able to use its Suction Breath. "Problem is, I don't think one's going to do it."

"And who said I only brought one?" Alvin revealed his bag was full of the small explosives. Hiccup shot Alvin a glare.

"Okay, now I'm curious. Where'd you get all those?"

"Let's just say me and my boys made these for… other reasons, but shelved them after some… peaceful events happened."

"Then why did you coincidentally bring them to Berk as well?"

"Oi, don't look at me like that, I didn't want to be unprepared for the madman that caused all that ruckus here!"

Hiccup sighed, knowing full well what he meant. "Of course you didn't." He looked back to Dragnarok, who was now searching for them. "We've gotta move. Hand me two of those bags. Don't worry, me and Toothless will keep him slow enough for you to keep up. We just have to hope he doesn't figure out how to melt it long enough for it to seep out. Not a big problem considering he can't use fire."

"How much further do we have?"

"Well, from right here, we'll reach the trap in about thirty minutes. But flying with these big, clunky things is going to slow us down quite a bit."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's give him a meal to go."

Not a moment later Dragnarok spotted Alvin and his Whispering Death yelling at him from afar. Though it wasn't his target at the moment, he still went after them, feeling hungry for a snack.

"That's right you big numbskull, take the bait." Just as Dragnarok was close enough, Alvin jumped, and his dragon shot straight down. Though Dragnarok tilted its head down for Earthshredder, nearly pulling his head out of the way, Alvin managed to catch onto his horn. The Outcast chief lifted up his bomb, and plasma blast shot the fuse. "Hope you like the taste of dirt and rotten fish in your mouth, you demonic chicken." He threw the bomb in the creature's mouth, where it immediately went off. The explosive solution riddled across the corner of his maw, sticking to the bottom and top halves of the mouth.

Dragnarok searched for the cause of the annoyance, and spotted Alvin on his horn. His horns sarted to charge up, motivating Alvin to get off. He dropped, with Earthshredder waiting right below him. "Earthshredder, that mountain over there!" The dragon went straight for it. Alvin looked behind him, noticing that the giant was taking a while to charge up. "Seems he wants us to be gone as quickly as possible. He'll have to get in line." Earthshredder hit the mountain, already digging his way through it. Alvin got off just before he submerged and followed right behind him, diving into the newly made hole.

In the meantime, Dragnarok had finished charging his Horn Pulse, and shot it straight through the mountain, causing it to collapse on impact. The giant had fortunately not stopped to think that Alvin wouldn't go in one specific direction, and the pair shot out the side of the mountain, from a lower area. The monster charged up again, determined not to miss. At least he was, before being shot by a plasma blast.

"Come on, Dragnarok! We all know who you're really after!" Hiccup yelled as they whizzed right past the beast. Dragnarok went after them, growing angrier by the minute. "Alvin, meet up with me a little farther ahead! I've got a little more improvising to do!" Alvin nodded as they flew past him.

Hiccup felt a bit of déjà vu, as he was once again dodging and running from the massive creature. It was much more troublesome due to the big bags of bombs to the sides of them. "You know bud, now that I think about it, we're probably going to be experts at this before we're even twenty five." Toothless groaned in agreement.

Just then Hiccup heard a low hissing sound. Glancing behind him, he saw Dragnarok readying his Suction Breath… with his mouth opened only a quarter as much as usual. Before Hiccup had time to react, the stronger suction immediately pulled him and his dragon back. The pull was too strong, in fact, and before the duo knew it, they were in Dragnarok's mouth. Toothless managed to grab onto one of the monster's teeth, and held on with every bit of energy he could, and using every appendage he had. The monster closed his mouth, confident that he had just ended his greatest annoyance.

Meanwhile, Alvin had just managed to catch up, and didn't like what he was seeing. Hiccup was nowhere in sight, and Dragnarok was perched, looking a little too satisfied. "This might be bad…"

Hiccup was luckily not dead, however. But hanging on the back of a monster's tooth was not a good place to be, especially if you were in a hurry. "We may have a problem…" The darkness didn't really give him much to work with. "Dang, and we didn't even get anywhere with the honeybombs…" He saw the first and only one they had gotten, stuck in the corner of Dragnarok's mouth, covering quite a bit of teeth and gums…and had an epiphany. "Well, who said I had to be outside to do it?" He looked above, spotting the monsters gums. "When life gives you boars…" He stuck the bomb between the tooth and gums. "…Throw 'em off a cliff."

Alvin, on the other hand, wasn't able to lift the pig at the moment, as he had now taken to hiding from the monstrosity, knowing full well he couldn't outfly it. As the beast hovered above the sea, Alvin began muttering to himself. "Come on, boy. Don't you dare tell me you became monster chow."

With a bit of help from Toothless, who crawled around on the teeth to avoid detection, Hiccup had no trouble getting around. He had placed a bomb on every other top tooth at this point, and had none left. He took out his sword and placed the last canister of gas he had in the hilt. "Better make this count." He thought, spraying all the contents out, filling up the mouth. "Okay, now we just need to make him open his mouth without blowing everything up." He looked at the giant's sensitive, soft uvula hanging in the back of the snout, and the final part of his plan came to him. Unclipping himself from the saddle, he stood on the back of his dragon.

"Hey bud, move us over to the corner that hasn't gotten honey on it yet." The night fury maneuvered his way across the teeth, till they were in position. "Alright, Toothless, as soon as it opens its mouth, execute a rebound take-off." Toothless nodded. The chief took his sword, and using all his strength, jumped off of his dragon's back. He plunged his sword straight into the monster's soft spot, hitting it dead on and hanging there.

Dragnarok immediately reared his head back and roared in anger and pain. Toothless shot off of the tooth he was on, landing just below… or as it seemed now, to the side of the uvula. Hiccup pulled his sword out and jumped for Toothless, not intending on wasting this opportunity. He hook himself up to the Night Fury, ready to stick it to this thing.

Alvin sighed I relief when he saw the chief and his dragon shoot out of the monster's mouth. "Alvin!"

"Speak of the devil…" "What is it?"

"Throw the rest of your bombs in his mouth before the zippleback gas gets out!" Alvin noticed said gas, as well as the fact that Hiccup's bombs were gone. Realizing what Hiccup had done for his 'free time' in the beast's mouth, he sped over to the beast, bomb bags in hand, and dropped them in the monster's mouth.

"Fire away!"

"Looks like honey's going to be your diet for the next few days!" Toothless shot his plasma blast; it barreled into Dragnarok just before he closed his mouth. What followed was a burst of golden, silky slop spreading all over Dragnarok's teeth and tongue. The monster, having no knowledge of the material, foolishly closed its mouth, effectively sticking the top and bottom parts of its mouth together. The beast was already fumbling around in an attempt to free its mouth, and though it could open it a bit, it was still too full of gunk to use suction or maybe even roar. Dragnarok gave a glare towards his frustrating adversaries, rage in his eyes.

Alvin grinned at Hiccup. "Well, what's say you and me go meet up with everyone else, eh Hiccup?"

"After you, Alvin."

Things had grown silent around the crown, since alerting Dragnarok they were there was probably not the best way to execute a trap for him. Even the twins weren't saying anything, thanks to Valka giving them the most threatening stare they had ever seen. Tracker dragon riders from all sides watched and waited for the right signal.

Astrid watched the skies intently, hoping to all the gods above, whether they be real or not, that Hiccup and Toothless would get back safely. A bird call shook her out of her thoughts. Listening for it again, she heard it again to her left. "That's the signal." She whispered to her group below. "Move over to the side closest to us that can be usable for cover, and hide behind it. Remember, we pop out only when the beast is stopped straight over the hole!"

Hiccup and Alvin, in the meantime, were closing in on the location. Though they still had to dodge Dragnarok's head and hands, as well as his Horn Pulse, they were having a much easier time doing so with the Suction Breath out of the way.

"Alvin, there's the mountain! Break off and group with the others!" Alvin nodded, and flew off to the side. Dragnarok did not care of his escape, and kept focus on the leaders of his annoyance. It wasn't long before they flew over the border of the mountain; noticing this, Hiccup stalled and flew back, gracefully dodging Dragnarok again. The dragon just stayed there, even as Dragnarok faced towards him and stared him down. Hiccup smiled as dozens of dragon riders flew up from the crown, all around Dragnarok. Dragnarok simply looked around, then stared down at where they came from. Hiccup held his hand in the air, ready to give the signal for the barrage.

That was when he noticed Dragnarok looking at him. It seemed like it was nothing new, but the chief could've sworn the thing was… smiling at him.

Gurgurgurgurgurgurgurgurgur…

Hiccup's smile had faded completely at that point, and instead he was now staring at the thing quizzically. Was it laughing at him now? Then Dragnarok did something completely unexpected.

He folded his wings, and let himself fall.

Hiccup gaped in shock as the beast plunged below the water. What in the world was going on?

"Did that thing just kill itself? This was even easier than I thought!" Snotlout yelled out as the other Vikings around him cheered in victory.

"Man, that thing was even stupider than us!" Tuffnut shouted.

Gobber objected. "Nope. Still debatable."

Astrid simply looked at Hiccup, who was still staring at the water beneath them. She knew he was thinking the same thing. Something was definitely very wrong with what just happened.

"This doesn't make any sense. Why would he just plunge into the water? He was clearly panicking when we managed to knock him in last time. But why is he so calm about it now?" He thought back to the explanation given to him by the mysterious light. "I just don't get it. Even the messenger light told me it was a flyer. It didn't live in the water like Go-"

The horrific realization hit him like a boulder to the head. He stared back down at the water, spotting a purple glow coming from it. "EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM THE WATER!" Hiccup was too late, however, and a weak, but wide Horn Pulse rapidly emerged from the lake. It hit the giant attack force head on, Hiccup and Toothless included. Every dragon was affected as if they were given a sudden blast to their blind spots, even Mountainback, and they all fell out of the sky, some landing on the outside of the crown, some falling inside. Dragnarok burst out of lake, doing so with enough force to get his leverage back and start flying again.

The chief and his dragon were two of the ones to land outside, with Hiccup unhooking in an attempt to glide into the water. Before he could, howver, Toothless grabbed him and pulled him into his legs, tucking into a ball in the process. They rolled down the mountain, with Toothless taking every single hit on the way down. They stopped just at the edge of the outside, right before the water. The Night Fury unfurled his wings from his chest, allowing his friend to get out. The chief looked at his now disoriented dragon in guilt. "You didn't have to do that for me bud."

Meanwhile, on the inside, Astrid and Stormfly had landed on the slanted wall, the pepples braking their fall. She glanced around the pit, observing the other villagers who had landed on the mountain. All of them, herself included, were now sliding down the tractionless mountain into the water, due to the loose gravel covering the entire interior. But even though that would have made them sitting ducks, Dragnarok seemed to be more focused on where Hiccup had fallen. "No."

"Stormfly, we need to get to Hiccup!" The Nadder attempted to lift off, but the unstable ground caused her to fall forward, flat on her chin. "No!" Astrid watched hovered above the wall to spot their chief. Not allowing herself to be stopped, the Viking girl dove straight into the water, and swam straight towards the location Dragnarok was observing.

Dragnarok had found Hiccup, and was now ready to finish him off. He hovered backwards a bit, giving himself some room before speeding forward and ramming right into the wall. The sheer size and force of the giant cracked and crumbled the wall down to the very bottom, collapsing it into a makeshift perch. He landed and gave the chief and alpha a death glare. Astrid had swam over to the perch just in time, and was able to use it to get out of the water, since it was now large, grab able rocks instead of an unstable wall.

Hiccup watched Astrid run over to him, axe in hand. Reaching them, she turned and faced the giant, ready to die to protect her love.

"Astrid, I don't know how you got here, but you need to go now!"

"I'm not going to just sit by while you get mercilessly sent to Valhalla!"

"I can't just let him kill the people I love due to my stupidity!"

"What does that mean?!"

"Dragnarok isn't afraid of the water, he's afraid of what's in it! He's afraid of Godzilla!"

Drgnarok had already been fed up with the nuisance that had been plaguing him for the last few days, and began charging up his Horn Pulse. Toothless was going in and out of consciousness due to his fall.

"And now because I couldn't figure that out, everyone is in danger! I don't want you to die just because I couldn't see the obvious!"

"I hate to tell you this Hiccup, but you're not convincing me to leave at all! And no matter how hard you try, you can't make me leave this time!"

"No. I guess not." Hiccup pulled Astrid closer to him and hoisted his sword up. Though it wouldn't actually block anything, he wanted to at least give Astrid a tiny bit of comfort before they were blasted into oblivion. Astrid held up her axe, wanting to do the same. They closed their eyes as the glow became brighter, awaiting their death.

It never came. In fact, the glow died down after they had 'accepted their fate'. The two opened their eyes, wondering what was going on. Looking up at the beast, they saw him staring out into the ocean. For what seemed to be no reason at all, he roared as well as he could.

WHRAAAAPHHHRRAAAAAAAPHRAAAAAA!

The two Vikings turned to try and see why he was causing such a ruckus. They saw that there was a small mountain in the beast's line of sight. Said mountain was somehow moving closer to them at a terrifying speed. Hiccup and Astrid's attention was caught by the noise of the water in front of them, and they looked down to see the ocean receding, and fast. The two knew only one thing at this point: he was here.

The 'mountain' began rising out of the sea, making the tide to come back in as fast as it went out, causing a forceful splash to send the three on their backs. The cold liquid snapped Toothless out of his daze, just as the new creature fully emerged from the water.

Hiccup looked at the monster that supposedly the king of them all. He was even taller and darker than Dragnarok. Though he had the simple look of an upright reptile, he was still a horrifying sight to behold. His stature was imposing, his eyes pierced through the night; Hiccup wasn't even his target and yet he felt so much dread just staring at this thing. He could see why Dragnarok was so afraid of him. The worst part of it all was that he was now stuck in the same position of being between two menacing forces, just as he was in his dream. But this time it was very real.

Godzilla reared his head back and gave a roar that sounded like a thousand screams.

SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEooooonnnnnnkkkk….

And that was the day the author became the biggest jerk ever by ending the act on a cliff hanger.

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