My feet carried me faster than I thought possible as I ran beside Ezmarie and Void, my eyes letting me see far ahead of where I was. We were like lightening as we stepped through the ground, halting as we came within a few feet of the village. Agnis was approaching fast and then I walked in with my party.
"Hiccup?" Sheelah gasped, wrapping her arms around me. "Dear Gods, where have you been?" She teared up, whispering now.
"I can't say, but something bad is coming. You have to get out of here." I sighed, gripping her shoulders.
"Hiccup... what's going on. Who are these people?"
"Friends. Sheelah, you have to run."
"Hiccup, you know I can't leave."
"Then at least stay by my side."
"What's going on?"
"Ssh... just, don't leave my side."
"H..." She began, shuddering at the sight of Void who had regrown his spine and had his menace back.
"Don't worry, he's really not all that evil as he seems. I'll tell you this though, something far worse is coming."
"Is that what this aura is..." She murmered, nodding. She stared at Ezmaria was faintly familar, but still lost. "Do I know you?" She bit her lip.
"Uh... probably not." She shook it off, my party of four moving toward my house... well, my old house...
People in the village, mostly women, stood around and stared as I neared the door. Void had let his focus die so his tattoos were bleeding through and Ezmaria struck disant memories all around. She avoided their glances since she was supposed to be dead.
As I got to the door, my hands were a bit shaky as I reached for the handle. I bit my bottom lip, Void and Sheelah waiting outside. Ezmaria held my hand as I forced open the door, her fingers releasing as the door swung back. Inside stood my father and my master of blacksmithing and the rest of the men.
"HICCUP!" He gasped, running over to hug me. "Good GODS, where have you been."
"De jA vU, huh?" Ezmaria laughed under her breath. A few warriors stepped back, seeing her and recognizing her. The Renagade Angel Ezmaria.
"Ezmaria..." My father grimmaced standing up. "Why are you here?"
"She's here on my accord."
"What?"
"Please... We have to get out of here."
"Hiccup what are you talking about?"
"I..."
"Ezmarie never told him."
"Why are you bringing your mother into this?"
"I see... Please, don't become my enemy."
"What?" My dad stared, the ground trembling.
"Dear gods help us..." I sighed, digging my fingernails into my palm. "Please, don't become my enemy. That's all I ask." I sighed, cracking of wood and half the wall coming down, vikings scrambling everywhere.
"DRAGON ATTACK!"
"Don't shoot him!"
"What?" He gaped, Void, in Night Fury form, clawing at Agnis' neck. "You've got to be kidding me. You're just like your mother."
"More than you think." I sighed, running up and kicking Agnis off Void. "Get the fuck off him!" Screamed, swiping for his neck, his body melting into the earth. "Fuck." I hissed, standing on my feet. I held Void at his place, keeping him from transforming.
"What the hell was that?" My father gasped.
"You've got to grow some senses. Please!"
"No, you've gone mad, Hiccup. This is nonsense!"
"I tried..." I sighed, letting go of Void, his body turning into a human and his claws covered in blood. "Void, where's Sheelah?"
"She said she was going to go to the ravine."
"Good, she'll be safe there." I raked my hair back, the ground shaking again. Agnis. "Please, let me protect you."
"HA! This is some kind of joke? You, protect me?" He laughed, the crowd laughing with him.
"BASTARD!" I hissed, my eyes turning a flaring red. Void held me back as I punched the wall, wood shattering inward.
"H-Hiccup?" Astrid gasped, coming close.
"Heheheheh... you're all doomed if you don't let me help you." I sniggered, tying my hair back. This was going to end badly, but they refused to listen.
"Give it up Hiccup, this little act you're trying to pull isn't going to work." Astrid laughed, walking over to me, Void stepping up.
"Let them parish, it's over, Void." I sighed, calling Ezmaria over as she jumped out the broken wall. "Ezmaria, gather up any person willing to help, or has a mind to..."
"Yes. And what about Agnis?"
"He's mine." I bared my teeth, stepping into the middle of the village. The ground was shaking and people were holding swords and mallets, but they were all in all absolutely under ready.
"Hiccup, you must be joking. Is this some kind of game?" Astrid laughed, placing a hand on my shoulder.
"Not the least." I whispered the ground erupting and Agnis snatching Astrid up from beneath her own feet.
"The hells?" She gasped, pulling her leather skirt down as he held her upside down.
"Let her go!" I shouted, kicking Agnis in the stomach and Astrid falling to the ground. "Astrid, if you're not helping me, get the hells out of here!" I shouted, Void at the ready to carry her to the ravine.
"Wh... What can I do?"
"Ask... Him!" I shouted, punching Agnis back again as he melted into the earth.
"Uh... what can I do?" She asked, shuddering as she looked at Void.
"Well, don't shoot any of them." He smiled, pointing to the army that Ocea had brought now, "And keep up with Hiccup." He smiled, running off to check off. Agnis' pack of dogs [dragons] were here as well, Rinalii and Claranie joining me.
"Hey! Rinalii, Claranie, this is Astrid. She's a... mutal friend." I paused, Rinalii and Claranie shaking her hands.
"So... are you both..."
"Dragons." Rinalii smirked, flying up to take out a two header diving for the house that held my father.
"This is insane!" Astrid shuddered, drawing her dagger.
"No, this is what I've been doing all week." I sighed, whipping my claws out.
"Oh gods, what are those?" Astrid moaned, slicing an enemy dragon across the chest.
"Oh, well, these?" I asked, sticking my hand through a dragon's throat. "Nothing."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah." I sighed, Astrid back walking with me. "How's training been?"
"Well, this kicks training ass!" She cried out, stabbing a smaller dragon.
"HA! Funny, joking when you're going for war?" I laughed, keeping my feet steady. My hair was much longer and beginning to lighten to a full blonde.
"New look... I see."
"What, now you care?"
"Well... no... but with a guy like him breathing down my neck, I don't feel the urge to hurt you." She sniggered, our feet in time as we circled the area.
"Oh, Void? He's just a big softee."
"THAT? That's a softee?"
"Well... on me."
"Whoa... whoa, whoa, whoa..." She flushed.
"Eh? He's a sweetheart." I shrugged, not caring anymore. He was mine and people needed to know that.
"Wow, changed much?"
"Very."
"Wait, your pocket watch! You bastard, where is it?" She poked, my hands covered in blood. This was starting to make me sick.
"Like I said, Void's mine."
"Phweet... damn, Hiccup. If your dad knew about this... gods, I don't wanna think."
"That's why I'm trying to... get in and get out!" I called, my back itching to let my wings out, but that would strike a whole other kind of trouble.
"Well, thanks! Now I'm stuck with a bunch of morons to pick for."
"What, you liked me?"
"You ever... heard the term... when a guy likes a girl... he punches her?"
"Oh, now see, I'm not good at picking up sarcasm, just using it."
"Well then, hope you have fun, lover boy."
"Eh heh... DUCK!" I shouted, drop kicking a dragon.
"Good senses."
"I've got my mother to thank for that."
"Didn't something like this happen on the day she died?"
"Oh yeah..." I breathed, jumping down off a cliff that we had unconsciously climbed. I would have never guessed that Astrid liked me, but it was a little to late now.
"HEY! How did you do that?"
"Forget about it, but don't try it on your own, you'll die."
"What am I supposed to do up here?"
"Stay hidden." I called, the earth beginning to shake again as my father was on a slicing rampage, taking chunks out of my team! COME ON! "STOP THAT!" I shouted, punching my dad in the back.
"He attacked me!"
"First off, that's a girl. And second, Rinalii! What did I say! Not enemies." I puffed, shooing her off.
"You talk to them?"
"They're people, dad."
"Those monsters are not people."
"No, I"m really meaning that. Back at the nest, it's just like here. People."
"Get out of my sight."
"Well... I'm sorry that I have to be your enemy..." I sighed, Astrid coming up from the earth as a dragon and chasing me down. "SHI~~~T!" I shouted, running from him over a few hills and clearing a group of hiding people. They were unharmed, but I was now caught in a section of crossroad between Agnis and Ocean. Let me tell you, if you've been keeping up, I still can't swim. Probably should learn to do that some time... now.
"You're supposed to be dead, little boy."
"So sorry to disappoint," I smirked, my arms drenched in enemy blood and my mind fogged. I'm gonna go to hell for this. "But, I've got people to save." I called, jumping up and clearing his head. I ran down his back and he redirected my path straight into the water. "Oh, Gods Damn it!" I shouted, "VOID!" I gasped, slipping under the surface.
The water was cold and fast as it carried me under. I could see a flashing image of Void coming after me causing me to fade. Nothing seemed fair anymore, but this was it, I guess...
