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Sapphire POV:
I watch the Arena from the top of the ring next to my parents. The crowd is cheering madly, ready to watch Hiccup kill thr Night Fury.
My dragon brother against my twin. He is a Night Fury, I have a sinking feeling, Hiccup will not be victor over this.
Astrid is down there somewhere. I don't know where, but she is. Hiccup steps into the ring a few seconds later, pale as if he'd seen death. I still dont know what he plans on doing, I highly doubt he's going to kill the dragon.
Hiccup grabs a small dagger from off the weapons rack and a shield. "I would have gone for the hammer." Dad mutters.
"I'm ready." Hiccup says and I release a breath, feeling just as anxious as he is. Dad gives a brief nod to Gobber who pulls on the lever.
The wood creaks softly before the cage door explodes, wood, dust and metal flying everywhere. A whistle pierces the air and Hiccup tenses before a black blur leaps from the cage landing in front of him.
I release a shaky breath, gripping the chains tightly. Hiccup backs up slowly, dropping his shield and his dagger. "What's he doing?" Mom asks and I stiffen. He's going to train the bloody thing!
"He's training it." I mutter softly.
Hiccup drops his dagger and lifts out a hand, "I'm not one of them." He assures and dad jerks up in his seat.
"Stop the fight." He commands.
"No! I need you all to see this!" Hiccup shouts and I release the chains looking back at my parents. Come on, let him!
"I said, STOP THE FIGHT!" Dad roars and slams his hammer down on the bars. The Night Fury snaps at Hiccup and I let out a started breath looking at my twin.
"Hiccup!" Astrid yells. I search around myself for a second before I climb up onto the Arena bars and slide through them. I prepare to hit the ground with my feet, but instead, four talons do.
I roar angrily leaping over my twin and look at Toothless. "Leave him alone!" I growl.
Toothless laughs hollowly. "You'll protect the very thing that crippled you?" He shouts.
A hammer hits the side of his head and I snap my head and look as Astrid, with her head held up high stands next to the weapons rack. Toothless fires a blast at her and she dives to the side rolling away from it.
"This way!" Stoick shouts. I snap my head up to him and shove Hiccup forward with my snout. He stumbles and Toothless looks at me, growling lowly.
"YOU'RE A TRAITOR!" He roars. Rage feels me and I leap onto the Night Fury, digging my claws onto the stone.
"You stay away from me and my brother." I growl and jump off him. Toothless looks startled but scampers off.
Hiccup POV:
I rave over to Sapphire and shove at her, "Sapphire you have to go! Get out of here!" I shout. She shakes her head.
"No!"
I hear a war cry before dad races at us, "No dad she won't hurt you!" I shout as as villagers start to file into the arena.
Sapphire leaps onto dad rolling several times before she builds up a blast like she doesn't recognize him. "Sapphire stop!" I yell and the Flashing Death swallows her blast looking at me in confusion.
"Get it!" Someone yells before several people start to race at her.
"Stop!" I command racing forward to be stopped by Astrid. I'm frozen with shock and dont register anything until I see Sapphire being dragged away by several villagers. I shake my head several times before I race forward. Astrid grabs my arm stopping me.
"Hiccup dont." She murmurs.
...
The Great Hall's door is thrown open and dad tosses me into it. I stumble forward and I can almost see the fire shooting out of his ears."I should have known, I should have seen the signs." He mutters to himself.
"Dad-" I start.
"We had a deal!" He shouts. I run a hand through my bangs and look up at him.
"I know but that was before...oh it's all so messed up now." I groan and he whirls around to me face furious.
"I should have told you before now!" I say and look up at him worry whirling through my chest,"Take this out on me, be mad at me, but please just don't hurt Sapphire."I plead. He glares at me.
"The dragon!? That's what you're worried about? Not the people you almost killed?" He shouts.
"That dragon is your daughter!" I shout. Stoick shakes his head.
"She is no daughter of mine, she's a monster." He growls.
"She was just protecting me! She's not dangerous!" I say his glare doesn't waver.
"They've killed HUNDREDS OF US-" I cut him off.
"And we've killed THOUSANDS of them!" I yell, I look up at him, the tension so bad I am choking on it. "They have to! If they don't bring back enough food they'll be eaten themselves, there's something else on their island dad….it's a dragon-"
"So you've been to the nest." He interrupts and looks back at me from where he'd been pacing. Hiccup, you are a genius.
"Did I say nest?" I ask quickly.
"How did you find it!" He demands, I look up at him and shake my head.
"I-I didn't, Sapphire told me about it, only a dragon can find it." I say and look up at him. He glares before an idea passes on he's face. He's going to use Sapphire to find dragon island, I realize. No! He cant! Sapphire is a part of me that's been missing for fifteen years! My best friend!
He stomps to the doorway and I chase after him, "No, no no! Dad no! It's not what you think! You don't know what you're up against! I promise you won't win this one!" I cry Sapphires vivid explanations going through my head. He doesn't stop and I let out a breath, "For once in your life would you please just listen to me!" I plead racing forward and grab his arm. He throws me back and I hit the ground my palms skidding across the hard stone.
I stare up at him shock running through me. His eyes narrow, "You've thrown in your lot with them." He says and the words make my blood go cold, "You're not a Viking. You're not my son." He says and every ray of hope seeps from me.
"Ready the ships!"
...
Hours pass as I stand, watching the ships prepare for battle. Sapphire, chained and shackled is shoved onto the boat, somewhere along the lines she had changed into her human form.
Valka stands next to me, and its clear from the stormy expression on her face, she tried and failed to talk dad out of this. Sapphire hisses something in dragon I dont catch a curse by the sounds of it before the boats lurch forward heading out.
Sapphire is gone.
"It's a mess." Astrid asks breaking me out of my thoughts,. I sigh and look away as she walks up to me. "You've lost everything, your father, your tribe, your twin sister." She says.
"Thank you for summing that up." I say dryly.
Astrid frowns, "Why couldn't I have just walked away from that dragon when I found her in the woods?" I ask angrily looking at the boat-less horizon. "It would have been better for everyone." I add.
"The rest of us would have done it." Astrid says before looking over at me, "So why didn't you?" She asks softly.
"I don't know, I couldn't." I respond looking down at the ground memorizing the pattern on the wood.
"That's not an answer." Astrid says.
Frustration boils in me and I whirl around to her glaring,"Why is this so important to you all of the sudden?" I demand.
She looks at me a firm determination in her voice as she says, "Because I want to remember what you say, right now."
I look the girl in the eye, "Oh for the love of- I was a coward, I was was I wouldn't let her die." I exclaim angrily.
Astrid smirks,"You said 'wouldn't' that time."She points out. I snap the build up from the whole day finally losing my tied tongue.
"Okay! Whatever! I wouldn't! Three hundred years and I am the first person who wouldn't kill a dragon!" I turn away from her shocked face staring at the ocean lapping against the shore lazily.
"First to help one." Mom says.
I lift up my head at her words.
"So..?" Astrid asks. I turn around to my parent and the Hofferson.
"I wouldn't kill her, because when I saw her broken on the ground, bleeding to death she look as frightened as I was." I say quietly, I lift up my head. "I looked at her, and I saw myself." I say.
Astrid lets out a breath and is quiet for a second, "I bet she's really frightened now." She says softly before turning to look back at me. I snort.
"She'd probably take off your head for saying that." I mutter. Astrid laughs softly.
"So what are you going to do about it?" She asks.
"Eh, probably something stupid." I say dryly and Astrid smiles softly.
"Good, but you've already done that." Mom says and an idea pops into my head as I look at her.
"Then something crazy." I say starting to turn around before I see something in the distance.
"That's more like it." Astrid agrees grinning before both of them take off after me.