A/N: I know I haven't updated this in a long while, so I'm just going to skip to the chapter
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from How to train your dragon
Chapter 20: Final Battle (part 1)
Back to the Viking warriors, the ships were getting closer and closer to the Nest as it passed a wrecked ship.
Everyone sat in silence as the adult vikings watch themselves sail off to their near doom.
"Ah. I was wondering where that went." Gobber commented.
"Stay low and ready your weapons." Stoick ordered, as they nearly reached the island. Once they got there, the chief was the first to jump off and survey the land. "We're here."
At the Arena the teens, besides Astrid and Hicca, watched in awe as Hiccup guided the now calm Monstrous Nightmare out of its' cage with his hand near the dragons' snout. Snotlout, however, was feeling a bit uneasy as he slowly began to pick up a broken spear from the ground. Luckily, Astrid caught him in time.
"Uh-uh." She said, hitting him on the shoulder. Reluctantly, he dropped it.
Hiccup then brought the dragon closer to Snotlout and took the Jorgenson boys' hand. Snotlout started to panic. "Wait! What are you...?!"
"What's the matter Snotlout? You looked afraid there." Raeda teased.
Snotlout scoffed. "Please. Me? Afraid? Of what? This dragon over here?" He said gesturing to Hookfang. Hookfang retaliated by setting his pants on fire again.
"Relax. It's okay... it's okay." Hiccup said.
"Don't panic, Snotlout. You show the dragon you trust it, it will trust you in return." Hicca advised.
Hiccup slowly moved Snotlouts' hand towards the snout of the dragon, causing it to purr in content much to Snotlouts' amazement and relief. However, he started to get worried again when Hiccup moved away from him. "Where are you going?!"
"Yeah sure, you definitely weren't afraid." Ruffnut snickered. Snotlout didn't bother responding as he was too busy relaxing in a trough full of water.
"You're going to need something to help you hold on." Hiccup said holding up some rope.
"Trust us. This is from experience." Hicca added. The teens turned around and saw that the Haddock girl had opened the rest of the cages that contained the two Deadly Nadders, the Gronckle and the Hideous Zippleback.
"When we crack this mountain open, all hell is going to break loose." Stoick said as they devised a strategy.
"In my undies. Good thing I brought extras". Gobber said.
Everyone, except for Gobber, shuddered at that comment while Gobber just looked around confused at the reaction.
Stoick ignored that and continued "No matter how this ends, it ends today."
Stoick then raised his right arm and gave the signal. At that signal, the Vikings used one of the catapults to launch a boulder at the mountains, creating an entrance. Stoick then approached the entrance, while the others stayed in their positions. The Vikings then fired a flaming boulder into the entrance, revealing thousands of dragons hidden in the cave. Stoick gave a battle roar and charged into the mountains. The dragons, seeing the newly-formed opening, immediately flew out. The warriors raised their weapons high and prepared to fight. But to their surprise, none of the dragons fought back. All the dragons just flew passed them and away from the island.
"Is that it?" Gobber wondered. He then shrugged and turned to the other warriors.
"We've done it!" Spitelout yelled. The other warriors cheered. They were victorious.
"Boy were we wrong." Gobber commented. The other warriors stopped their celebration and went back to their positions. Suddenly, a thunderous roar was heard, alarming the warriors as they never heard anything like it.
Stoick, however, felt a little unsettled. That was too easy. These dragons raided their village every night and were relentless in getting their prey. Yet when the Vikings came to their home, the dragons flee without a fight. Stoick then looked at where Toothless and Midnight were and saw that they were backing away in fear. Seeing that, Stoick knew something was wrong. "This isn't over. Form your ranks! Hold together!"
"Get clear!" Stoick yelled as he moved away from the entrance.
The entrance of the mountain started to break further apart as the same gigantic dragon that Hiccup, Hicca and Astrid have seen came out and into view.
All the vikings and the dragons backed away in fear. The screen made that gigantic dragon even more terrifying if possible.
"Beard of Thor... what is that?" Gobber shouted, looking at the size of the dragon.
"Odin, help us." Stoick muttered. "Catapults!" he then shouted, hoping it will have some effect.
But that hope was lost when the boulders launched didn't even scratch the enormous dragon. The dragon blasted fire at the catapults in retaliation.
"Get to the ships!" One of the Vikings shouted.
But Stoick knew that it wasn't a good idea "No! NO!
He was right as the dragon then blasted at the ships preventing anyone from leaving the island. "Heh. Smart, that one." Gobber commented.
"I was a fool." Stoick said looking down. His mind went back on what Hiccup and Hicca were trying to tell him. Of course, they were talking about this dragon. They've been here, they obviously saw that thing. They were trying to warn him even after everything he put them through. He led his warriors to a suicide mission and now they were all going to die. Guilt and shame overtook him. He needed to do something.
He turned to Spitelout "Lead the men to the far side of the island." Spitelout nodded "Right. Everybody to the far side of the island!"
"Gobber, go with the men." Stoick ordered. "I think I'll stay, just in case you're thinking of doing something crazy." Gobber said, knowing his friend.
Stoick turned to Gobber "I can buy them a few minutes if I give that thing someone to hunt." Before Stoick could run off, Gobber grabbed his hand "Then I can double that time." He said. Stoick nodded in understanding and then called to the beast "HERE!" "NO, HERE!" Gobber shouted and both of them ran off towards the monster. Stoick grabbed one of the sharp wooden stakes jutting from the ground and threw it at the beast to get its' attention "Come on! Bite me!" Gobber shouted. "No, me!" Stoick yelled.
Before the enormous dragon could decide which to eat first, suddenly a blast came from the left side of its' head.
"Ruff, Tuff, watch your backs! Move, Fishlegs!" A voice called out making Stoick stop and look up. He'd recognised that voice anywhere. To his and the other warriors complete shock, the eight teens were flying on the five dragons from the Arena.
"There we are!" Tuffnut exclaimed, pointing to the screen.
"Do I look even more handsome riding a dragon or what?" Snotlout said.
"I'll go with 'or what'." Astrid commented.
Hiccup, Astrid and Hicca were ahead of the group on the blue Deadly Nadder with Hiccup steering, Raeda was right behind them on the purple Deadly, Snotlout was behind Raeda on the Monstrous Nightmare, while Fishlegs was on the Gronckle. This left the Thorston twins on the Hideous Zippleback with Ruffnut on the left head and Tuffnut on the right head. "LOOK AT US! WE'RE ON A DRAGON! WE'RE ON DRAGONS! ALL OF US!" Tuffnut called out to the stunned Vikings below them. "Up, let's move it!" Hiccup shouted and the others followed. "Every bit the boar-headed, stubborn Viking you ever were!" Gobber commented to Stoick. Stoick only nodded, completely speechless. Even after he ignored them and disowned them, Hiccup and Hicca were coming to his rescue. What's more shocking is that they came on the backs of dragon with Hiccup giving out orders like a true leader should. "Fishlegs, break it down!" Hiccup ordered as the eight if them and their dragons flew in a circle. "Okay! Heavily armoured skull and tail made for bashing and crushing! Steer clear of both! Small eyes, large nostrils! Relies on hearing and smell!" Fishlegs noted, observing the beast.
"Hiccup was right, my dragon analysis can be useful." Fishlegs said excitedly. "That's my specialty!" Ruffnut said happily. Tuffnut did not agree with that "Since when? Everyone knows
"Okay! Lout, Legs, hang in its blind spot! Make some noise, keep it confused! Rae, find out if it has a weak spot! Ruff, Tuff, find out if it has a shot limit! Make it mad!" Hiccup ordered, to the Thorston twins delight.
"I'm more annoying!" Ruffnut argued.
"No, I'm more annoying!" Tuffnut argued back.
"You're both equally annoying, now shut up!" Raeda shouted at the blonde twins.
"Just do what I told you! We'll be back as soon as we can!" Hiccup commanded before he steered the Nadder away from the group.
"Good luck, guys!" Hicca called out as Astrid gave them a salute.
"Don't worry, we got it covered!" Snotlout shouted.
"Let's go guys!" Raeda yelled and the five teens went to their positions.
Ruffnut and Tuffnut flew the Zippleback right in front of the monstrous' dragons' large face and started shouting insults at it as they flew by.
"Troll!"
"Butt-Elf!"
"Bride of Grendel!"
The huge dragon fired a blast at the Thorston twins, which they managed to dodge in time.
Raeda guided the purple Nadder on the right side of the monsters' neck. "Okay, let's see if the weak spot is on its' neck." She fired an arrow which bounced off of the dragons' skin.
"Nope." She said before avoiding another blast. Near the head of the dragon, Fishlegs and Snotlout were on either side of the dragons head. Noticing the small eyes looking at him, Fishlegs started getting a little nervous "Uh, this thing doesn't have a blind spot!"
"Of course it wouldn't have a blind spot, not with six eyes. I should've said something then." Fishlegs said to himself.
Meanwhile, Hicca, Hiccup and Astrid flew above the burning boat, desperately searching for Midnight and Toothless.
"There!" Hiccup said, pointing to one of the boats. He took the Nadder towards the boat and along with his sister, jumped off the dragon and onto the burning boat. "Go help the others!" Hiccup told Astrid.
"Be careful." Hicca called out
Reluctantly, Astrid guided the Nadder away from the burning boat.
"Hey guys. Don't worry. We're going to get you two out of there." Hicca said to the two Night Furies. "Okay, hold on. Hold on." The twins took of the muzzles and started working on prying the chains open.
Back at the head of the dragon, Snotlout and Fishlegs were banging their hammers against their shields and it look liked it had the desired effects.
"Yeah! It's working!" Fishlegs yelled.
Unfortunately for Fishlegs and Snotlout, their plan worked too well that it started affecting the Gronckle and the Monstrous Nightmare. This caused Snotlout to be thrown of his dragon and onto the beasts' head!
"I've lost power on the Gronckle. SNOTLOUT! DO SOMETHING!" Fishlegs yelled throwing his hammer to Snotlout, who caught, just before he and the Gronckle fell. "I'm okay!" Fishlegs shouted as they hit the ground. But he spoke too soon as the Gronckle then rolled on top of him. "Less okay..."
Despite the seriousness of the fight, some vikings couldn't help but chuckle at the scene while Fishlegs blushed in embarrassment.
Fishlegs then tried get out from under his dragon and scurry away to avoided getting stomped on by the large dragon. "I can't miss!" Snotlout, who was still on the dragons' head, exclaimed. He then started hitting the monster in the eyes with the hammer Fishlegs threw to him. "What's wrong buddy, got something in your eye?" "Yeah! You're the Viking!" Astrid yelled as she flew by with the blue Nadder. That got Snotlout distracted for a second as the beast then roared and threw him in the air. He dropped his hammer, but he still managed to hang on the horns on the beasts' head "Whoa!" He said as he watched the hammer fall a great height towards the ground.
Back on the boat, the Haddock twins were still trying to break the chains loose, but were unsuccessful. Suddenly the monsters' tail smashed the boat, causing the twins and the two dragons to fall into the ocean. Since Toothless and Midnight were still chained up and unable to move, they were sinking. Hiccup and Hicca swam towards them and desperately tried to pull on the chains, but it was no use. The twins started to lose consciousness when two hands suddenly grabbed them and pulled them out of the water. Above water, Stoick gasped for air as he pulled both of his former children back to shore. On shore, the twins regained enough consciousness to see Stoick dive back in the ocean.
"Dad?"
"What?"
Stoick swam towards Midnight and Toothless causing the two dragons to open their eyes to see the chief. After staring for a second, the chief broke the chains, setting the two Night Furies free. The dragons then shot out of the water, with Toothless carrying Stoick out by his claws. The dragons shook off the water and gestured to the gigantic dragon. It was clear what they were trying to say. "You got it, bud." Hiccup said.
"Let's do this." Hicca agreed, despite her earlier fears. They got on the saddles and were getting ready to go, when Stoick stopped both of them Hiccup. Hicca, I'm sorry... for- for everything. "Yeah, so are we." Hiccup replied.
"We never should have lied to you." Hicca said.
"You two don't have to go up there." Stoick said. He really didn't want them to go. He didn't want them to pay for his mistake.
"We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard." The twins said in unison. Recognizing his own words, Stoick simply said "I'm proud to call you two my children." The twins' faces lit up from hearing this. That was all they ever wanted to hear him say "Thanks, Dad."
Everyone smiled at this touching scene.
With renewed hope, they then flew high in the sky. Stoick watched them, feeling pride for his children and worried for their lives.