Fate and luck are some interesting things. Sometimes you think something is gone forever and then bam! it's right there being handed to you on a silver platter.[laughs] That's what happened to me once. We had a hunter on lookout and he spotted a "storm". I knew better than that and took a closer look. Had to get them to hold on before the idiots sailed as far away from it as possible. Rykie was all annoyed that I actually spoke. [says stuffily]"What now, Dagur?" he asked. Remember this, if I have anything to say, you better listen to it, gratefully. I was too ecstatic over what I saw to pay him too much attention, though.
There was a storm, sure, but the most lethal part wasn't the weather. Oh no it wasn't. That place was reserved for a Skrill. My Skrill. I recognized the lightning formations and told the hunters. As usual, Ryker was just concerned about the monetary aspect of life. He called it rare and valuable [sighs] It must be sad to have aspirations so insignificant. Having a Skrill isn't about money. It's about having a dragon, that can shoot lightning at any targets you want, at your command. I'd get the King of Dragons-which is cool-but there's certain connection that my people have to the Skrill that just makes it seem more special.
Ryker asked if I had seen it before[laughs] Insult me, why don't you? Rykerman, I've owned it! After everything that had happened, my Skrilly was back. A hunter hauled up a catapult. I came this close to making the viking into shark bait. No one was going to hurt my baby! Rykes finally admitted that I know what I'm talking about and backed off to let me handle the situation. It only took a few pitiful failures for him to realize that.
I was watching as the dragon got closer and something knocked me back. A saw a black dragon flying up towards the clouds. Hiccup and his Night Fury were there and they had led my Skrill right to me! I couldn't figure out why. Maybe early or belated birthday gift-I was almost certain it wasn't my birthday. Never paid much attention to that day, honestly. Whether Hiccup was being nice or not, I couldn't have cared less. I told the archers to hold off so that they didn't spook the Skrill. Don't want it going into the clouds for cover and ammo. It flew closer and they fired their arrows, with one hitting it square in the tail! [laughs]
As it turned out, Hiccup was not trying to be a good brother and he started coming back to retrieve my little Skrilly from the water. We netted the dragon and began to haul him in. Just as Hiccup thought he would cut the rope, freeing it, an arrow hit his sword and it fell into the seas. He flew away in defeat and we relished in our victory. He had given me the perfect weapon! Ryker said that the Skrill would either be that or a good hide to sell. [sharply inhales] I let that one slide since I was so happy too.
It's always fun when someone is so predictable that you just know what they'll do before they even do. It's a bad combination when Hiccup won't change his plans for anything and he has the loudest rescue mission ever. Ever heard of stealth, brother? I guess not. I had told Ryker that they'd be back and again, he actually listened. We captured the dragons and their riders as I taunted Hiccup. Rykie was focused on how many new dragons we had. Boring! We still had the Skrill-that's the fun part!-and there was nothing he could do about it. Or, at least, that's what I thought. The problem was when they missed some of my instructions. I said to lock Hiccup up and they took too long.
The rider tackled some hunters and had his dragon knock open my Skrill's cage. The dragon wasn't too happy about being locked up and he did this new lightingy thing and fired more powerful blasts than I had seen him do before. It was so impressive, but unfortunate, considering that we were the targets. Hiccup and the others took the dragon and put him somewhere. Don't know where, but I know it's a less wonderful place than in my ownership.