Chapter 12

"We have to get back" Hiccup said once the hunters were gone. Astrid nodded and got on his back. He jumped into the air and flew as fast as he could to the edge, Astrid squeezing his neck, trying to hold on. They flew over the crest of a hill and Astrid gasped. "Oh Thor…" Astrid said. There was a huge fleet, at least 15 ships. "We need to find the others" Astrid said. "I already did." Hiccup said, seeing all of the other riders, their dragons nowhere to be found, tied to a mast on the middle ship.

"Where are their dragons?" Astrid asked as they landed. "I'll check the stables, if you want to grab some weapons and monstrous nightmare gel." Hiccup said, then he flew to the stables. When he got there, he could hear the dragons sleeping. He snuck inside and crawled onto the rafters. There were dragon hunters standing guard and the dragons seems to be knocked out. There were cages inside and they were loading the knocked out dragons inside. There was no Toothless. Hiccup heard something next to him and swung around only to be looking into a pair of bright green eyes.

"Toothless! What happened?" Hiccup said quietly. "The hunters came in a shot every dragon with a dragon root arrow, then they brought in the cages." Toothless answered. A shadow was cast along the ground as Ryker walked in. "Where is the Night Fury! We have to find it." Ryker said. It. one. He doesn't know I'm still a dragon. Hiccup realized. Most of the hunters left, probably to try and find Toothless. There were four guards left. "I'll get these two, you get those two. Just knock them out and we can get them out of here, then we free the other dragons" Toothless nodded.

They realized the problem with their plan when the dragons were still knocked out. "Lets move the cages into the forest, close the doors, but not lock them so the dragons can just push them open, and then we can help the other riders." Hiccup said. They carefully lifted the cages, one at a time, into the forest. Once they got them all, they flew to where Hiccup had left Astrid, and saw her getting attacked by 4 Soldiers at once. They had her surrounded and then they disarmed her.

They grabbed her and were about to drag her off towards the ship, but then two shadows flew over them, and two of the soldiers just disappeared, then they were flung off the side into the ocean. The other two hesitated. The one not holding onto Astrid then disappeared next. The last one froze when one of the shadows landed right behind him. He heard the soft thump and slowly turned his head. The second he saw the glowing eyes and heard the growl, he turned and pushed Astrid up to the edge.

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Astrid watched as Hiccup disappeared into the on setting darkness, Then she turned and snuck to the armory. She looked around to make sure it was empty, then grabbed two axes and a few bottles of Nightmare gel. She turned to leave but was faced with two guards, who charged her. She dropped to the ground and tripped one, then jumped up and punched the other. She ran out the door only to be confronted by two more guards.

The previous guards ran out the door and she was surrounded. She swung both axes, deflecting swords and other axes, then elbowed a soldier in the stomach. But then she felt hands grab her arms and pin them behind her back, forcing her to drop the axes as well. She struggled, but then two shadows passed over them, and two of the soldiers facing her disappeared. She smiled as another disappeared from next to her. Then she heard a thump from behind her and a low growl.

The guard behind her pushed her to the edge of the cliff. She gasped as he held her out over the edge. "Touch me and she goes over." He threatened Hiccup. Hiccup growled and looked her in the eye. She saw him give her a slight nod and she nodded back, knowing Toothless was behind her. Hiccup took a step towards him, and the guard pushed her farther back. He then jumped forward. Once Hiccup jumped, she was pushed off. She fell only 1 foot before she felt claws wrap around her upper arms and she was flying through the air.

She heard a short scream then a splash. Hiccup flew underneath her and Toothless dropped her onto his back. "Let's get the other riders, we got the dragons." Hiccup said, turning to fly over the boat. When he flew over, Astrid jumped off his back and landed behind the mast. She took her axe and cut the ropes, freeing the other riders. She tossed Snotlout her other axe and they charged the nearest guards.

In the distance, she could hear Hiccup and Toothless taking out ships in the fleet. Each of them had 6 shots and there were 15 ships. They were gonna need help from the other dragons, or some monstrous nightmare gel. They got most of the soldiers into the water around their ship, and 12 out of 15 were sunken. She took a bottle of Nightmare gel and poured it onto the side of the ship. "Hey! Ruff, Tuff. How good are your throwing arms?" Astrid called. "Ummm why?" Ruff asked. "I need you to blow up some ships"

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