IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE END!
I took in a deep breath. Everything was about to go down today, one way or another. I might die, with fire powers or not. But everyone else might die, including the whole of Berk. I couldn't let that happen, even if my father did want to kill me. If I ever survived this, and Berk did too, I was gonna leave and probably never come back.(Hint HINT)
Someone cleared their throat behind me, and I looked back to see the others looking very nervous, Fishlegs even scared. Except for Astrid, who hefted her ax on her shoulder.
"What?" I asked.
"They're scared of you." Astrid said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because of, uh," She stopped for a second. "Of what happened in the arena."
I sighed and looked at the group of teens. "You guys seriously don't need to be afraid of me unless I'm angry, which I'm not." I said. They didn't really seem convinced, but they relaxed a bit.
I cross my arms and look at the teens. "Who wants to go first?" I ask.
"For what?" Snotlout asked.
"Well, since you asked, you're the lucky first one to get their bonded dragon!"
Snotlout paled at this, and I grabbed his arm and took him to the middle of the arena. After making sure he wouldn't run away scorching the ground in front of him, I went to the cage holding the monstrous nightmare. Taking in a deep breath, I pulled the lever to open the gate. But this time, instead of immediately being covered in fire, it just stared at me. And not with anger, but with trust. It slowly came out of the pen, and I kept my hand outstretched. I slowly backed up towards Snotlout, keeping eye contact with the nightmare. When I got close enough to Snotlout, I grabbed his hand, but he jerked it back.
"What are you-" He started to yell, but I shushed him. "It's fine, just give me your hand." I said. Begrudgingly, he finally gave me his hand, and I led it towards the nightmare's nose. I slowly put it on the nightmare, and it gave a contented rumble. Snotlout laughed in pleasure, and I smiled.
It actually worked.
I went towards the bin for some rope and Snotlout spoke up. "Where're you going?" He asked.
"You're gonna need something to hold onto." I said, and looked at the rest of the teens.
"Who's next?"
. . .
A few hours later, the huge mountain that is the Dragon's nest.
"That's it?" Snotlout asks.
"Yup." I say. "Remember, this thing is as big as a mountain, so watch what you do, and try not to make it smash any of the vikings."
They all nodded in acknowledgement, and we flew over the island. Apparently, the Queen was already out, and smashing the boats.
"Get ready to fire!" I called. We neared the gigantic dragon, and we let loose. "FIRE!"
There was a huge explosion on the queen, and she roared. As we passed her, I noticed my father and Gobber staring us, open mouthed. I shook my head and looked forward as we circled the queen.
"Fishlegs, give us the rundown." I called, and he immediately started to give us facts.
"Heavily armoured skull and tail made for bashing and crashing, stay away from both. Small eyes, large nostrils. Relies on hearing and smell."
I nodded, and called out again. "Lout, Legs, stay in it's blind spot and make some noise. Twins, find it's shot limit." I yelled. "Make it mad."
"That's my specialty." Ruffnut says.
"Since when?" Tuffnut says. "Everybody knows I'm more irritating. See?!" He hangs upside down and starts to annoy his sister. Honestly, I'm not sure who is more irritating.
I turn the nadder towards the boats, which are on fire.
Fire.
This is my domain.
I scan the ships, searching desperately to find Toothless, until I spot something black on one of the ships.
"There!" I yell, and steer the nadder towards the boat. I jump off and beside Toothless, and call back to Astrid. "Go help the others!" I yelled. She nodded, and flew away. I went to the muzzle on Toothless's head, and tried to soothe him. "I know, bud. I'll get you outta here." I slipped off the muzzle, and he crooned.
I felt the fire around us, but it was different, somehow. It was hotter, and it felt more destructive than the regular fire that I feel. Toothless growled, and the mast came crashing down on us, and we went into the sea.
Water.
I HATE water!
But Toothless was depending on me, so I dove under water. Ignoring my instincts to go back up and get dry, I go deeper and deeper until I reach Toothless. I grab the piece holding his head, and try to get it off. My lungs are burning for air, but I ignore them and pull harder. But my lungs don't like it, and they give out. Water seeps into where air should be, and I lose my grip on the chains.
I'm drowning. Dying.
Just when I think that this is it, I feel a hard tug on my vest, and in a few seconds, I'm gasping for air on the black beach. I catch a glimpse of a large furry thing going back under the water. I instantly realize what it is.
My father.
He actually saved me after all that he did to me, even sentencing me to death. A few seconds later, Toothless bursts from the water, my father in his claws. After setting him down, he jumps onto a rock, and shakes himself to be rid of the water. He looks at me and nods his head in the queen's direction. I get what he's trying to say immediately.
"Let's go, bud." I say, and mount him. Before we can take off, however, I feel a large hand on my arm. I turn to face my dad, and I flinch.
"I'm sorry, Hiccup." He says, tears in his eyes. "For everything. I never meant any of it, I was just angry, I didn't know what I was saying."
I have to admit, I was angry at him for thinking I could just forgive him, but he is family. And you can't give up on family.
"I honestly don't know if I can forgive you, dad." I said. "What you said kind of ruined me."
He looked hurt, but didn't retaliate. "I understand." he said. "You don't have to go up there." He said, and gestured to the Queen.
"I have to." I said. "We're vikings. It's an occupational hazard." I said, and he smiled.
"I'm proud to call you my son." He says, and I smile at him.
I looked at Toothless. "Let's go bud." I said, and we jumped into the air.
I try to make a fireball, but it only lights for a second before sputtering and going out. "Frick." I say. Well my powers are useless until I dry off, along with Toothless.
"He's up!" I hear Astrid yell, and I see Snotlout on the queen's head.
"Get Snotlout off the head." I called to the twins. They nodded, and then bickered for some reason before flying over the large dragon, and Snotlout jumped on. The Queen then opened her mouth, and inhaled very deeply. Astrid was caught inside it, and started to go back words, into the mouth of the queen.
"Come on, we gotta go rescue her." I said, and steared Toothless towards them. The familiar whistle of the night fury sounded as he got ready to blast the queen, and stopped as he let the blast fly. The queen roared in pain, but it sounded more like it was annoyed than in pain. Astrid was thrown from her nadder, and fell.
"Toothless, dive!" Toothless does as asked, and picks up speed as he chases Astrid down. He reaches out with his claws, and she is broken from her fall.
"Did you get her?" I ask. Toothless looks under, and lets out a warble. We drop her off at the beach, and we go back to the queen. I notice flaps emerging from her back, and realize they're wings.
"That thing has wings." I tell Toothless. "Let's see if she can use them," I say, and make a fireball in my hand to make sure that I can use them. We go into a dive, and I prepare my powers. We reach the queen, and I let loose a massive stream of fire at her face. She roars in agony, and falls to the ground.
Did I just-
A very large, scaly wing rises from the queen, and she gets back up.
Nope. Definitely not dead.
She rises into the air, and races after us.
And definitely not good, either.
We twist and turn around sea stacks, the queen crashing through them in her wake. But as she starts to gain on us, an idea forms in my head. It might get us killed, but it's worth the shot.
"Toothless, up!" I yell, and we shoot upwards. We enter the dark, dank clouds, and hide there until the queen stops. We circle her for a moment, before we really put the plan into action. We dive towards her, while her back is turned, and shoot at her wings. She roars and whirls around, but we're already gone and in the clouds again. We go at it again, and again, until the queen has had enough. She opens her large mouth, and lets loose a large stream of fire. I might be immune to fire, but Toothless's tail fin isn't. I look back at the prosthetic, which is burning angrily.
"Hold it, Toothless. We can do this." I encouraged. "Let's do this." I say, and we go into a steep dive, the queen finally spotting us, and follows us down to the earth.
Wind whistles in my ears as we descend rapidly towards ground. "Wait, Toothless." I say, straining my ears for a small sound, which I finally hear.
Snap, snip.
"NOW!" I yell. Toothless flips over, and shoots his last plasma blasts into the green fog in the queen's mouth. It erupts into a large inferno, and the queen roars in pain, trying to put out the fire.
"Let's give her one last present," I say, and bring up my hand. I throw it forward, and a huge stream of fire, as big as the queen herself, envelopes her in the orange substance.
We flip back over, and pull out of the dive as ground comes nearer. The queen throws out her wings to stop the descent, but they already have large holes in them, and she smacks into the ground, fire erupting from her fall.
WE DID IT!
Toothless and I try to get out of the inferno, before it envelopes us too, and the queen's tail emerges from the explosion. I push down on the pedal, but nothing happens.
"No." I say, and look back at the has-been tail fin. "No no NO!" I yell, and we slam into the giant, bludger like tail. I'm thrown from the saddle, and fall. I think that I will not be hurt by the fire, but as I get close, I can feel the destructiveness, the anger, and the feeling of no mercy towards anyone. As I fall into the fire, it bites into my skin as I watch Toothless dive to get me.
At least they're safe. I think, before I lose consciousness, and possibly my life, and the world goes black.
It was worth it.
. . .
"Hiccup!" Stoick yells, trying desperately to find his son. He runs through the thick smoke, not caring if it hurt his lungs.
This is my fault. He repeats over and over in his head, until he finds a large, dark shape lying ahead of him, not moving.
"Hiccup!" He runs forward, and once he gets close enough, sees that the shape is Toothless, and Hiccup is nowhere to be found.
"Oh Hiccup." He says, and drops to his knees. "I did this." He says, tears falling down his cheeks and wetting his large beard. "I'm so, so sorry. I never meant any of this." He wept, staring at the tattered night fury. The village crowds around the pair, some whispering the name of the village's heir, while Astrid and Stoick cry.
Toothless finally cracks open his eyes, and sees the weeping chief. He croons, and slowly opens his wings, revealing a battered Hiccup.
"Hiccup!" Stoick cries out, and races forward to his son. Taking him away from the protective claws of the boy's best friend, he checks for a he can't find one, he rips off his helmet and puts his ear to his son's chest, listening for a heartbeat.
"He's alive." He croaks out. "You brought him back alive." The village erupts into cheers, and the dragons roar in celebration, while some of the villagers cast cautious glances at the fire breathing beasts.
Gobber walks over to Stoick, and looks down at his apprentice. "Well," He says. "Most of him."
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