This Is It For Me Here
Chapter Thirteen
I Own Nothing
Hiccup and Toothless...
Toothless and I were free once again, looking out right in front of us as Drago was coming this way, my heart must have been beating out of my chest. My entire face, chest and stomach felt numb from the beating I received from my father just now, for once I felt so small again, like how things used to be, except I wouldn't receive a beating for it, just a long stupid lecture, but this was a brand new low from him, even though he didn't know it was me under the mask.
He called me a savage, a monster.
That was going to be stuck in the back of my head for the rest of my life, no matter what happens or whatever he says never will never wash that memory away. I had a quick second to look back down and I notice my father was still ranting and screaming at us, saying the same things he was telling me before.
"GET BACK HERE AND FACE ME!" He called out, making me feel even worse.
I urged Toothless to go, and he did, even if he was a dragon he could understand some of the pain I was going through.
Drago's men were beginning to fire, Eret and the rest of his crew were already beginning to attack, leading in the charge. I looked down for a moment, he was going after villagers and so were the rest of his trappers.
"We have to help them bud." I whispered to him, he replied with a grumble.
Oh gods this was going to be fun.
Stoick P.O.V
It was right their...the blasted Night Fury was right their in my grasped and as soon as I turned my head it was already up in the sky and flying away. I already beat it's rider, but then all Hel started to break lose, I turned right around and saw a monster starting to approach us, along with a flock of dragons, coming straight to Berk. I knew something didn't feel right about this, I quickly turned back so I could finish off the beast, but once again I completely blew it.
I screamed and yelled at it, yelling at it's rider to face me like a man. The sword I stabbed him with was still on the ground, covered in a bit of blood.
Then I heard cries coming from behind me, I then felt something hit me, knocking me to the cold snowy ground, I looked up and saw Eret standing right in Front of me, with a sword pointed to my neck. Gobber and the rest of the warriors were already busy with defending the island, they pretty much were fighting the all of Eret's trappers, all the woman and children made a run for the great hall.
"Oh have the mighty have fallen." He said grimly.
"YOU!" I grabbed my ax and started to swing his way, our weapons collided.
"You started all of this didn't you!?" I screamed at him, hitting at him harder.
He smirked."Guilty as charged, soon this place will belong to Drago Bludvist, so he can make his dragon army more powerful, more stronger." Eret said, sending chills down the chiefs spine, he hadn't heard that name in years, but it still haunted him to his very days." I still can't believe you just let us in on your turf, all because you wanted some info on the beast that killed your runt of a son."
I could feel my blood boil now, I wanted to kill him for saying that about my son, I wanted to watch him doe slow and painfully.
"I"LL KILL YOU!" I swung harder, letting all of my anger taking over me, the only thing I could see was red, nothing but range filling me. The young man was still putting up a fight against the old infuriated chief, but it won't be long until Drago invades the entire place. But Some how Stoick managed to slip up, slipping and falling onto the ice, as Eret wiled his sword, standing over Stoick with a cold grin.
"Don't worry, you'll be with your dead son soon."
Hiccup and Toothless...
"No." I whispered looking back down at what I was seeing."TOOTHLESS GO!" I yelled as he dived down, me just barely hanging on o the saddle as I jumped off him."Take care of the rest of the traps." I turned back." I won't be long." I clenched my sword as I started running towards Eret and my father.
Eret was inches away from getting mt dad, I wasn't going to let that happen.
"Don't worry, you'll be with your dead son soon." He raised his sword up, getting ready to strike.
"NO!" I charged, pulling a bola out of my pocket and throwing it just in a nick of time, binding his hand together and forcing him to the ground. But I wasn't done, I literally jumped onto of him, placing both of my feel on his binding arms, holding them above his head as I started pounding on his face, screaming like a bat out of Hel. I could feel all this new energy flooding through my veins, like someone had just set me up in flames.
Eret looked taken back by my sudden outburst, each kick and punch to the face and chest sent him into a state of shock, not knowing what had hit him.
"DON"T YOU EVER HURT HIM YOU SON OF A BITCH!" I didn't stop hitting him, I could see the blood flying on my fist, listening to his front Teeth breaking. Then without even thinking I grabbed my sword from it's sheath, raising it above him, like in the same way he was about to do to my father.
Kill him! Come on! Do it! You'll feel so good after you do it!
"Pl...please." He begged me, I couldn't do it, I can't kill another human being.
I stood their for a brief moment, looking into his weak brown eyes, I sighed and slowly got off him, feeling my knuckles turning swollen and covered in bruises and cuts. I started to slowly back up, I looked up and notice my dad was still laying their on the ground, he looked alright, he wasn't hurt thank the gods. I just want run over and hug him again, ask him if he was alright, but I couldn't. Well at least he was all in one piece.
But he still looked at me with this confused yet still pissed off at the world expression.
I started backing, look up at the sky as Toothless came back to me, I started running reaching my arms up as he plucked me from the ground, as I manged to climb onto his back fast enough. Well that's one way of saving my dad and trying my best to hide my identity from him, hopefully I didn't blow it. Then I could finally hear Gobber running over to my dad, helping him up and asking him what happen, I guess he was too busy fighting off some of the trappers.
But that wasn't important right now, what was, was the fact that Drago and his army are just steps away from us. This was going to be the hard part, getting Drago away from the Alpha and keeping them both away from the docks, that was going to really kill us. I could see the large mass of muscle and anger coming towards us, right above was Drago, standing right on top of it's massive head, leading the way to mass destruction, thousands of mindless controlled dragons right above them as well.
Right below them were war ships, in those ships were men and more dragon traps, oh mom I hope your almost here, I can't do all of this by myself. I might have taken the Red Death on my own, but this is much worse. This time I'm caught in the middle of the crossfire and things were getting worse by the minute, me and Toothless were getting ready for a world of Hel ahead of us.
But I spoke too soon, My eyes grew wide as I notice a flock of dragons coming the opposite direction as us. Then I soon realized who was the one leading the flock of dragons, the one and only person.
"Mom." I said loudly, feeling so much relief washing over me,"Oh thank the gods!" I started to shift Toothless towards her and our flock, I was still feeling some of the pain from my wound, but that was no long my main priority, I could feel too much relief to be focused on my injury. But I could still feel some of the blood slowly slide down my shoulder, soaking into my clothes, slowly crusting over as the cold weather started to cool it down. I think some of the bloody liquid even made it down to my back and entire forearm, making feel all sticky and thick with the smell of copper. I wanted to gag for a moment at the smell of my own blood, even though this wasn't the first time, gods all this running around and flying around is making me dizzy.
I sighed deeply as I placed a weak hand over my wound, trying to keep myself wide awake. I have to be strong, I have to make myself strong in front of everyone, I can't give up like this. Me and Toothless both have to keep hanging on, this was the fight for both of our lives, for humans and dragons. I could feel the power of Toothless wings flapping and soaring through the fire and smoke, I started to cough ruffly, even through my mask it was still difficult to breath.
what felt like forever we both managed to reach my mother, she was still in her armor, covered head to toe, making her unrecognizable.
"Are you okay?" She managed to ask me through her thickly covered masked, making her voice sound hollow and muffled.
I could only nodded, hopefully she wouldn't be able to see my injury from dad earlier. The last thing I need to see is her freaking out over something like this, hopefully she won't notice until all of this is over.
"Come, let us finish this once and for all."
Stoick P.O.V
I could see another swarm of dragons on the other side of the island, one was Drago's clan and the other was the Dragon thieves, the killers. Both were going to collide and turn Berk into a war zone. I froze in my place as I watched the dark rider and his Night Fury ride off into the distance, leaving me shocked.
Why did he just save me? Why? I thought he wanted to kill me and burn down the entire village to the the ground.
Then I back down at the ground, and saw Eret lying their, spitting out blood and teeth, both of his hands were still tied together from that bola the rider threw earlier, I marched right over to him, grabbing him by the throat tightly.
"Who is the dark rider?!" I yelled."Why did he save me?!"
Eret spit more blood."I already told you, I don't know!" He said weakly.
I tighten my grip around his neck even tighter, causing him to gasp for air.
"TELL ME! NOW!" I was losing my patient I don't have time for this nonsense.
"I DON"T KNOW I SWEAR!" He cried out as I threw him onto the ground, leaving him there.
People were running around screaming and fighting, Gobber had already taken care of some of the trappers, leaving them tied up and bleeding as well. He rushed over to me quickly, hobbling over in the thick snow. The sun was already starting to rise slowly, turning the sky into a soft pink and red, making it more clear to see Drago coming right towards us with his beast and dragon army, Odin help us all.
I could literally feel the entire island shake, I could feel my body beginning to collapse, but I managed to hold my ground.
"Stoick!' It was Gobber, running right towards me quickly.
"Gobber." I ran over to him, holding my ax closely to me.
"What are we going to do?" He asked, his eyes were full of fear, the entire island was crumbling right before us. I wasn't about to let that happen to my village, over my dead body, no matter what happens you always fight for what you believe in, you fight until you give your last breath. I gripped my ax tightly, feeling my hands slowly going numb to the tips.
I closed my eyes and looked back at the beats."We fight, until we die."
But then I heard another rumble in the ground, we both turned around and saw another large mass of muscle coming our way, this time it was blowing what seemed to be chunks and spikes of ice, covering the entire shores and docks in a thick coating of blue ice. Right above them was the Night Fury and the rider that saved me, but right beside them was a dragon that was all to familiar, one that has haunted me over the last fifteen years. It was a Storm Cutter, and again another rider on it's back.
They weren't attacking us and neither was the large one.
It wasn't attacking us, nor causing us any harm.
"What in the world?" I said calmly, why are they doing this?
"Is that beast doing what I think it's doing?" The black smith said almost baffled.
Hiccup and Toothless...
"You ready Toothless?" I asked ready for the big fight right ahead of us.
Toothless gave me a determined look and then let out a roar, alerting Drago that we were both here.
Drago was parked right up on the top of the Alpha's head, looking up at us with a dark grin. I could feel his dark eyes pricing into my soul, just one look made me feel terrified alone, holding his hook staff closely, swarmed with dragons covered in iron and thick material. He came prepared and well armed with his army full of mindless dragons, all the war ships were set and ready with catapults and bolas, along with some human size bear traps with bait in them to attract them in.
We flew right in front of the island, right along the shores.
It didn't take long for the White King to show up, he was literally right beside us, only a few steps away, he started blowing spikes of ice around the edges of the shore and even the docks, making sure the couldn't get in. It would make Berk's forces a bit more safer.
Then without even saying anything my mother lead in the charge, pointing straight forward as the Alpha led the attack. Screeches and cries were the first things I heard, dragons from both sides were clashing with each other, literally slamming into each other and biting clawing each other to death. I hated hearing the screams of these gentle creatures being tortured and manhandled, all it reminded me was home.
Toothless charged in, releasing a high pitch scream, echoing through the sky, I could feel the entire world around us, like when your holding your breath underwater and you can't hear anything, it's all dark until you reach the surface and the only thing you can do is open your eyes...and take your first breath.
We both swooped down and I screamed at Toothless to open fire, releasing all these blast of blue fire, blowing up all the traps and catapults on Drago's war ships. All the ships were in the front while the bewilder beast was in the back, spitting out spikes of ice, trying to hit us, but kept missing us by a mile. The mighty warlord was growing relentless by the minute, hitting and screaming out at him to aim faster.
Then out of no where The White King started taking out half of the war ships with one blow of his might breath, almost half of them were already gone. The he started to put all of his focus onto the other bewilder beast right in front of him, charging right at him and using his large tusk to pierce his neck, but had no such luck getting too it. Drago's alpha fought back, swinging and tangling his tusk in a tough angle, forcing both beast to hit the water hard, causing a large wave to hit the island.
But it didn't end their, The White King managed to get up first, bashing his head and right tusk against his head, leading his right tusk and getting his enemy right in the eye, causing the bewilder beast to cry out. Blood was spilling out all over the icy shores, turning some of the water bright red.
Mom already had her hands full, she was one of the head ships, taking on five men at once, CloudJumper was already busy taking on three men as well. I aimed Toothless right at her direction and had him fire a plasma blast right their way, but as soon as we were getting ready to do that I felt Toothless entire body starting to shift in a different direction, then I managed to turn my head, and notice something very disturbing.
We were both caught up again, but this time we were landing into the hard cover of ice, right in the middle of the Alphas fighting.
"No." I whispered.
We were falling quickly and soon it would be hard.
"NO!"
Then soon enough, everything went black.
I had no idea how long I was out, I just knew my entire body was throbbing like crazy when I started to move around a bit. We were right in front of the frozen shores of Berk, the docks were only a few feet from us
But then I felt some pressure on my chest, as if someone was sitting on my ribs, almost feeling them crack under the pressure.
I opened my eyes and almost screamed.
"Well well well, about time you woke up." Drago said darkly, holding his pointed hook staff near my this neck. "You took quite the fall, I was wondering is I had killed you and your beloved Night Fury.?
I could feel my entire stiffen with fear, like I was looking at a monster, Hel what was I saying? Drago is a monster! I kept hitting his leg, trying to get him off me, but he was far too strong, no I can't die like this, I have to save Berk, I have to save my mom, I can't die like this! Where is Toothless?!
"Don't worry, your death will be quick." He raised his pointed staff, getting ready to kill me.
"GET OFF MY SON!" I heard a voice tackling him to the ground quickly.
I shot up and saw my mother, swinging her staff around and hitting and thrusting her it around wildly at Drago, giving me the chance to get up.
Drago turned his head looking at her."I have been waiting a long time for this."
"You can not take our dragons!" I she swung again as they collided once more, this time just inches away from each other."I forbidden it!"
They continued to fight each other, I was weak and slow to get up, feeling like I just through the red death all over again, but this time my leg wasn't broken... I think. I looked up and saw that Toothless was caught up in another thing of thick netting. I panicked and started go through my pockets, looking for my knife, just anything sharp to cut the ropes.
I looked around and saw my sword laying a couple feet away from me, I limped over and grabbed it, desperate to free my best friend.
He was okay, he was trying to get himself free, but the netting was too tight, almost choking him around the neck.
"Don't worry Toothless, I'll get you out of here." I started with the first set of ropes cutting them as fast as I could, without dropping the blade.
I could still my mom and Drago fighting, and by the looks of it she was starting to struggle, I have to help her, I have to help her or else...
Finally I got the last rope cut, freeing Toothless as he spread his wings and threw himself up. I jumped right onto his back, getting ready to take on Drago until...
I gasped loudly as he held my mother right against her a knife point, holding the blade of his staff against her throat. Her mask was still on, but her neck was exposed.
"Let her go." We started stepping towards him slowly, while Drago held her tightly, moving as we were.
"I don't think so boy, you and this whore over here have been giving me nothing but trouble." he looked at her grimly."So I have to get rid of you both, one by one." He pressed the blade against her neck, getting ready to break the skin.
The in an instant both were taken down, tackled to the ground by a large figure.
Drago was the first to look up."WHAT!?" he screamed in shock, not believing what he was seeing. "I watched you burn years ago!"
It was my father standing their with his battle ax."It takes more then a little fire to kill me." he kicked him in the chest, waiting for him to get up and he did, grabbing his staff and colliding with his ax.
Suddenly I felt someone grabbing my hand, it was mom, leading me away from the scene.
"Mom!" I said loudly as she quickly hushed me.
"Come on, we have to help out the alpha." She said quickly but in a sharp whisper.
"But what about-"
"He'll be fine, let's go!" She managed to call her Storm Cutter, hopping on him as I did the same with Toothless, but I held back for a second, looking back at my dad ad Drago battling it out.
I didn't want to leave him, not like this...but I have too if we were going to keep everyone safe and alive.
"I'm sorry dad." I whispered leaving him once again.
But this time it hurt far more then the first time.
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