Chapter 12: Battling the Dragon

POV – Stoick

"Beard of Thor, what is that?" Gobber asks shocked as a colossal dragon bursts from the mansion. Its snout is long and fine, with lots of sharp teeth coming out of it. Its eyes are a pure red, and two long yellow horns are placed above them. Its body is long, like a snake's. So long that the dragon would need hours to get out of the mansion if it was outstretched. It has four legs, which end on four fingers with fine, curved claws. The tip of its tail is a massive mace.

"Odin help us…" is all I can say, my eyes open wide. I look at the beast as it comes out, roaring.

"Catapults!" someone yells. The weapons score direct hits at the dragon's head, but they make no single effect. Its scales are as tough as a mountain. The dragon bites one of the catapults, destroying it completely.

"Get to the ships!" another man shouts.

"No, no!" I yell, predicting the beast's next move. Sure enough, the dragon breathes a stream of fire at the ships. The men manage to jump out of them before they get burned.

"Smart, that one" Gobber says as he walks up to me. Suddenly, Hiccup's words flash through my head.

'There's something more on their island. Dad, I promise that you can't win this one! You don't know what you're up against!'

"I was a fool" I say after remembering these words. I should've listened. "Lead the men to the far side of the island!" I order one of the warriors. "Gobber, go with the men!"

"I think I'll stay, just in case you were thinkin' of doing something crazy" he says.

"I can buy a few minutes if I give that thing something to hunt!"

Before leaving, Gobber grabs my forearm.

"Then I can double that time"

I smile at him, appreciating his loyalty. We both scream battle cries, and rush towards the dragon, which almost eats a man. I grab a wooden stake from the ground and throw it at the dragon's head. It bounces on it. The creature lowers its head to examine us.

"Fight me!" I yell.

"No, me!" Gobber shouts back.

Then, the dragon takes a breath, ready to breathe its fire. Before that could happen, though, a blue blast hits its head, making it stop.

From right behind the dragon, I see various girls flying around, and, for my surprise, the teens with them; I can spot Ran with Fishlegs, Reimu with Snoutlout, Marisa with the twins and Remilia with Astrid and Hiccup. I only manage to mouth something.

"Look at us! We teamed up with girls! All of us!" Tuffnut yells.

Gobber walks next to me, astonished. "Every bit of boar-headed, stubborn Viking you ever were" he says. I just nod, words not arriving at my mouth.

POV – Hiccup

Ruff, Tuff, watch your backs! Move, Fishlegs!" I shout at the group. This time we count with the help of Reimu and Marisa, so maybe this will go right. "Fishlegs, break it down!" I tell Fishlegs, who's hovering around with Ran.

"Ok. Heavily armored skin and a tail for bashing and crushing. Stay away from that! Small eyes, large nostrils. Relies on hearing and smelling" Fishlegs analyzes.

"Ok. Lout, Legs, hang on its blind spot. Make some noise, keep it confused. Ruff, Tuff, find out if it has a shot limit. Make it mad!" I order the group.

"That's my specialty" Ruffnut says.

"Since when? Everyone knows I'm more irritating, see?" Tuffnut says, making irritating noises. Marisa rolls her eyes.

"Just do as I told you, I'll be back as soon as I can"

Astrid and me fly towards the burning ships with Remilia, whose wings are like three times longer than they were before.

POV – Overview of Fishlegs, Snoutlout and the twins

"Troll!"

"Butt elf!"

"Bride of Grendel!"

That's what the twins say at the Dragon. In annoyance, it shoots a brief flame at them. Marisa easily dodges it.

Fishlegs and Snoutlout are on the sides of the Dragon's head, banging their shields with hammers. The Dragon looks directly at Fishelgs, who stops hitting his shield.

"I don't think this thing has a blind spot!" he realizes out loud.

POV – Hiccup

We fly through the smoke. Then I see her.

"There!" I shout, pointing at the ship Flandre is in. Remilia flies close enough to the ship for me to jump in. "Go help the others!" I tell Astrid. Remilia hesitates before taking off.

"Alright, hold on, hold on" I tell Flandre as I use all my strength to disengage the chains that hold her wings.

POV – Overview of Astrid, Fishlegs and Snoutlout

"It's working!" Snoutlout yells at Fishelgs from the other side of the Dragon's snout while banging his shield. But they both are not aware that Ran and Reimu are starting to get dazed by the irritating noises. Reimu loses balance on her flight for a moment and hits the Dragon's snout, knocking off Snoutlout from her. He almost falls the creature's muzzle. Ran also loses her flight, and starts spinning around.

"I'm losing power" Fishelgs says. "Snoutlout, do something!" he yells as he tosses Snoutlout his hammer. Ran lands roughly on the ground, knocking off Fishelgs. "I'm ok!" he yells at no one in particular. Ran flips back onto him. "Less ok…"

Snoutlout starts to hit the Dragon's eye with his hammer.

"I can't miss! What's wrong buddy, you've got something in your eye?"

The Dragon roars in anger, lifting up its foreleg right above Fishlegs and Ran. Astrid flies with Remilia next to him.

"Yeah, you're the Viking!" she yells. Snoutlout gets momentarily distracted by this. That's when the beast shakes its head and makes him loose balance. He holds himself to one of the horns.

POV – Hiccup

While I'm trying to get rid of the metal bars, the dragon's tail hits the mast of the ship, which almost falls on top of me. Then, its hind leg smashes the ship, throwing us both to the water. I swim desperately towards Flandre and try my best to disengage the chains. Despite my efforts, I'm not able to. Then everything turns black.

POV – Stoick

I grab Hiccup's shirt from the back and leave him on a rock in the shore. He coughs.

"…Dad?"

I dive into the water and swim towards the girl. We stare at each other for some seconds. I grab the metal bars and break them, letting Flandre free. She gets to the surface with me within a second. Flandre lands in a rock and flicks her head towards the dragon.

"You got it, Flan" Hiccup says, running next to her. Before he can go, I grab his arm.

"Hiccup, I'm sorry. F- for everything…" I apologize.

"Yeah, me too" he apologizes back.

"You don't have to go up there" I say worried, looking at the sky, then back at him. Hiccup smiles.

"We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard"

I grab his arm with both of my hands. "I'm proud, to call you my son" I say, now letting his arm go. He looks at me.

"Thanks Dad"

Hiccup ties part of the rope to him and they start flying.

POV – Overview of Astrid, Snoutlout and the twins

"He's up!" Astrid yells as she sees Flandre and Hiccup shoot up to the sky. "Get Snoutlout out of there!"

"I'm on it!" Ruffnut and Tuffnut say simultaneously.

"I'm on it first!"

"I'm ahead of you!"

They start arguing, and Remilia grunts because of their annoyance. With a sigh, Reimu flies towards the Dragon's snout and gets Snoutlout out.

POV – Astrid

We fly towards the rest, when I notice that Remilia is not flying forward anymore. The dragon takes a deep intake of breath, pulling us both towards its open mouth. Remilia flies as fast as she can, but it's not enough. Suddenly, I hear that subsonic whine. A powerful explosion hits the creature right on the mouth, knocking me off Remilia.

When I'm pretty much close to the ground, someone grabs me by the legs. It's Flandre.

"Did you get her?" Hiccup asks.

She looks down at me. I smile, and she smiles back. She flips me around and puts me down in the ground.

"Go…" I mutter, worried about them both.

POV – Hiccup

"I've heard this thing flies" Flandre tells me.

"Well, let's see if it really can" I say, as Flandre turns around. We fly down at an outstanding speed, Flandre's wings making that subsonic whine. Now I know where it comes from. She shoots various red energy balls at the dragon's body, making it fall by the force of the impact.