So, like I promised, here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 14
It didn't take long until we could start flying. I was sitting on the Nadder with Astrid, Hilja on the 'Scuttleclaw, Fishlegs on the Gronckle, Snotlout on the Nightmare and Ruffnut and Tuffnut were sharing the Zippleback.
The flight to the island took a few hours. When we arrived there, the monster was already standing on the beach and there was nowhere a human being in sight except for my dad and Gobber. The dragon was about to fire, when just in the nick of time the Zippleback made an explosion, preventing the worst from happening.
„Yeah!" I cheered. Then I began to give instructions to the others: „Ruff, Tuff, watch your backs! Move, Fishlegs!"
Dad was looking rather confused.
„LOOK AT US! WE'RE ON A DRAGON! WE'RE ON DRAGONS! ALL OF US!" Tuffnut called out to the vikings who slowly returned from the other side of the beach.
„Up, let's move it!"
The others were following my orders. We circled the air, out of reach of the giant dragon.
„Fishlegs, break it down!"
He nodded: „Okay! Heavily armored skull and tail made for bashing and crushing! Steer clear of both! Small eyes, large nostrils! Relies on hearing and smell!"
In a flash I came up with a plan: „Okay! Lout, Legs, hang in its blind spot! Make some noise, keep it confused! Ruff, Tuff, find out if it has a shot limit! Make it mad!"
The twins nodded and flew off. The last thing I heard was Ruffnut's „That's my specialty!" before they once again began to quarrel.
„Just do what I told you! I'll be back as soon as I can!"
„Don't worry, we got it covered!" After those were Snotlout and Fishlegs also flew away.
„Uh, Hiccup. What about me?" Hilja asked me.
„You come along and keep a close eye on me!"
Hilja nodded and flew after Astrid and me towards the burnings ships. I spotted Toothless in the middle of the flames and went to jump off the Nadder.
I landed in front of Toothless and looked up at Astrid.
„Go help the others!" I called at her. She gave a salute and left.
I grabbed at broken spear lying on the deck and tried to undo Toothless' chains with it.
„Okay, hold on. Hold on." I tried to calm him.
Hilja circled above the ship.
„Hiccup, look out!" came a sudden warning from my sister.
I looked up and jumped to the side just in time, when the mast crashed onto the deck exactly where I had been standing seconds earlier.
When the danger had passed I resumed my work. But I didn't get any further because suddenly the giant dragon's foot trampled the ship, sinking it in the process.
„HICCUP!" I heard Hilja cry, then the waves swallowed me.
Toothless sank to the ground and I dived after him to save him.
Suddenly everything around me turned black and when I recovered I was lying on a rock on the shore. Hilja worriedly sat beside me, while dad ran back to the ocean.
I coughed. „Dad?"
No answer. Instead he dived into the water.
„You alright?" I heard Hilja asking me.
I nodded. „Yes."
Hilja gave me a bear hug and then looked at me.
„Don't you dare doing that again, okay? You scared me half to death."
I gave a lopsided grin. „I'll try."
I was interrupted when Toothless emerged from the water, our dad clutched in his claws. MY drgon came to the boulder and nodded at me while Hilja got on her own dragon.
„You got it, bud." I stood up and sat in the saddle.
Suddenly dad's hand grabbed mine.
„Hiccup. I'm sorry... for- for everything."
I looked at him and nodded.
„Yeah, me too."
Dad seemed worried when he continued.
„You don't have to go up there."
I grinned. „We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard."
Hilja laughed.
„I'm proud to call you my son." dad explained sincere and earnest.
I nodded gratefully: „Thanks, Dad."
Then Toothless and I shot up, while dad and Hilja exchanged a few words.
We flew for a while to get completely dry again, then we joined the others.
Hilja neared us on her Scuttleclaw and pointed at something.
From afar I saw the behemoth inhaling, pulling Astrid nearer and nearer towards it. Toothless sped up and shot a blue flash at the dragon.
The impact distracted the big dragon, but also unbalanced Astrid's Nadder, resulting in her sliding off his back and plummeting to the ground.
Quickly we turned around and Toothless stopped Astrid's fall by grabbing her.
„Did you get her?" I asked worriedly. Toothless looked beneath himself as if to make sure himself and gave a hum that sounded like „Yes".
We set Astrid down on one of the boulders.
„Go." she called after me, then she joined the others, who had also landed.
The only people left in the air were Hilja and I.
While flying by I noticed something about the dragon. I turned to Hilja flying not far behind me.
„That thing has wings!" I shouted out to her. She nodded and I continued: „Okay, let's see if it can use them!"
By now Hilja had caught up with us.
„You don't need to help me. You're safer on the ground."
She vehemently shook her head: „I'm not gonna leave you."
I knew she wouldn't deter from her plan.
Toothless picked up speed again and forcefully shot various fireballs at the giant dragon which fell to the ground.
Toothless and I shot past him.
„Do you think that did it?"
Seemingly yes. The dragon's enormous wings opened and he took flight.
„Well, he can fly." was my only comment to that.
Quickly I called at Hilja: „Keep away. I Scuttleclaw can't keep up with that speed!"
She unwillingly shook her hand, but nonetheless landed her dragon on the beach.
With the collossal beast hot on our heels we flew past the vikings standing about who cheered at us.
I shoot a quick glance at the sky.
We shot almost vertically up to the clouds, the giant dragon behind us.
Inside the clouds we hid for a few seconds, and then out of the covering Toothless repeatedly shot blasts at the monster.
Suddenly the dragon began to spin madly, spitting a giant firewall in every direction.
„Watch out!" I tried to warn Toothless.
Too late, the leather tailfin erupted in flames. I clenched my teeth.
„Okay, time's up! Let's see if this works."
We shot past the dragon's open mouth, his teeth shut and just barely missed us.
„COME ON! IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?!" I jauntily shouted at the giant, who chased after us. We shot straight to the ground and soon left the clouds behind.
I could feel Toothless tension.
„Stay with me, buddy. We're good. Just a little bit longer." I tried to soothe him.
I risked a glance behind us. The dragon's mouth began to fill with gas. That was exactly what I'd been waiting for.
When I gave the signal Toothless turned around and shot a plasmablast straight into the giant's mouth.
The dragon went up in flames from the inside and Toothless broke the fall, starting to desperately climb up again.
Below us the dragon hit the ground in an enormous explosion, while we still fought our way up.
I looked down and watched the last remnants of the tailfin falling into the inferno below.
When I turned again, the club-like tail of the dragon was right in front of us. I screamed in horror before everything turned black.
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