AN: Good morning everybody! These will be this story's last chapters. It's sad to see it ending, but I had a lot of fun writing it. I hope you all enjoyed it too. Thank you so much for your lovely reviews, and I hope that you all will enjoy the next story I'll publish. But for now. Relax, Read, and Enjoy! XD
Hiccup's POV
"That thing is huge!" Astrid exclaims next to me.
Drago's maniacal laughter could be heard. "Surrender now, and I might spare you all!" He yelled to the villagers who were cowering from the huge dragon behind their houses.
"Don't think that you will win this Drago!" I yell to get his attention off the villagers so that they will have a chance to escape.
Drago turns to me, looks at me up, and down, and then begins to laugh. "You sure got a mouth on you boy." He says. "Just who do you think you are to challenge me!"
"The better question would be, who are you to challenge me Drago. The soldiers you had at the Murderous tribe were just so easy to beat." I yell at him, and watch as a look of frustration crosses his face. From the corner of my eye I noticed the glint from a mirror. I saw that captain Sigurn was among Drago's forces, and was trying to get my attention.
Drago now clearly frustrated swings his bullhook, and directs the giant gray dragon, who according to mom is a Bewilderbeast, to attack. Icy spires fired towards me but Toothless had already picked me up, and we were able to dodge.
Toothless loops in the sky giving off his famous shriek. Drago's men instinctively duck behind their shields, as cries of "Night Fury! Get down!" could be heard.
"A Night Fury." Drago said amazed. "So yer the so called Dragon master I've been hearing about."
"You know I prefer Dragon rider." I yell back.
"I alone control the dragons." Drago yells loudly. "And once I finish you, I'll have your Night Fury all to myself."
"Take control of it!" Drago yells to the Bewilderbeast. It's red eyes narrow in slits as it focuses on us. Suddenly Toothless begins to lurch, and tries to throw me off of him. "Toothless, Bud, hang in there. You got to block him out." I say trying to calm Toothless. "Come on Bud, you can do it."
The Bewilderbeast focuses more intensely on Toothless, who was trying to fight its control. The lurching got worse, and this time I fall to the ground landing on my right shoulder where the slash from Spitelout was. Seconds later I see Toothless crash to the ground, because he couldn't control his tailfin anymore. I groan, and sit upright holding my shoulder. 'I need to buy some time.' I think to myself as I see Toothless approaching me, his eyes narrowed in slits. The Bewilderbeast seems to have him under its influence.
"Now Dragon master." Drago says in a mocking tone. "Your end will be at the hands of your own dragon."
"Don't you mean paws Drago, or better yet claws?" I ask dryly catching him off guard.
"Huh?" Drago says not comprehending.
"Dragons have paws or claws, not hands. You'd think that someone who was around dragons so much would know that." I state trying to get a rise out of him. It apparently works, because Drago yelled back frustrated "It was an expression!"
Drago now angier orders Toothless to shoot me. I hear the charge of the plasma blast, and jump out of the way just as it was fired. The plasma blast hits the base of a collection of ice spires causing them to come crashing down near Drago's position. As Drago was busy dodging the falling ice debris, and thus distracted, I took my chance and approached Toothless who was still staring at me through slitted eyes.
"Hey, Bud. It's alright. It's me Hiccup." I tell him, and hold out my hand. "Toothless please remember. You're my best friend, you got to block him out Bud." I say, and place my hand on his snout. I see his flickering. "Come on Bud, you can do it. You're stronger than him."
Toothless lets out a deep loud roar that has the Bewilderbeast flinching back. I see his eyes go back to normal, and he gives me a gummy smile. "Toothless, bud you're back." I say happily, giving him a hug.
"That's not possible. No one can resist the Alpha." Drago shouts perplexed.
Toothless, and I quickly take to the air again.
"Don't just stand there. Finish him." Drago yells at the dragon again swinging his bullhook around. The large Bewilderbeast growls, and commands the other dragons to fire at us, but Toothless is too quick, and dodges the barrage of fireballs, while shooting his own plasma blasts at the dragon.
I think it's time Toothless, and I showed Drago our secret weapon. We didn't spend nearly five years as the leaders of an entire nest of dragons without learning a few new tricks.
"Hey Bud, how about we show him what you can really do." I ask Toothless, and receive a nod in return. Toothless roars again, but this time his entire spine begins to lights up blue. Soon Toothless is in his Titan wing form, and he was challenging the Bewilderbeast.
Drago who was watching us intently almost had his jaw to the ground. "Another Alpha." Was all that he murmured.
Toothless continued to blast the Bewilderbeast with plasma. The Bewilderbeast could not control the dragons Drago captured, and defend against the continuous plasma blasts. This caused the dragons slowly to regain their senses. Soon Drago's dragon army had joined Toothless in firing at the Bewilderbeast, who was now screeching, and backing away.
It was puzzling, why didn't the Bewilderbeast simply surrender. It had clearly lost under the barrage of fire blasts, but it was not backing down from the fight. Clearly in pain, the Bewilderbeast kept fighting. Then I saw it. Drago was on the ground swinging his bullhook, and commanding the dragon to keep fighting. The Bewilderbeast wasn't fighting, because he wanted to, but because he was afraid of what Drago would do to him if he stopped.
"Stop!" I yell, and the dragons immediately stop their barrage. "Toothless he's had enough." I say, and motion for him to let me off near the Bewilderbeast who lay slumped on the ground.
The Bewilderbeast shrank back as I approached it.
"What do you think you're doing!" Drago yelled at the dragon who flinches.
"Shut it Drago. Dragons aren't weapons. You've already lost." I angrily tell him.
"I still have my men. They will kill you all!" Drago shouts back, but that statement only causes me to smirk. "Oh, really Drago. Why don't you take a good look at your men. You've been so preoccupied with Toothless, and I that you ignored what was happening around you."
At my statement Drago looks back at his troops only to see his more loyal soldiers being knocked out, and tied up by the dragon trappers, and the Vikings from Berk.
Drago turns back around to face me, but finds me a lot closer to him as my fist connects with his jaw, sending him sprawling to the ground. "You go babe!" Was yelled by Astrid who ran past me, axe raised, chasing one of the soldiers.
I pick up Drago's bullhook, and notice the Bewilderbeast flinch back. I take one last look at the bullhook before breaking it in half over my knee.
"NOOOO" Drago screams as his means to control the dragon were gone.
'THUNK' could be heard as I watch Astrid hit Drago over the head with the flat side of her axe. "You're giving me a headache. Time for you to go to bed." Was all my wife said, and then promptly went back to chasing the remainder of Drago's men.
I turn my attention back to the Bewilderbeast. "Hey big guy. He's not going to hurt you anymore." I tell him. The dragon comes a little closer but was still wary. "It's all right." I say, and stick my hand out to him. Soon the dragon was calm enough, and was rubbing against my hand. "How about I call you Teeny." I ask.
At that statement Toothless who was beside me put his head down on the ground, and covered it with his paws, while letting out a huff.
Drago groaned as he regained consciousness. Upon seeing me stroking the Bewilderbeast he became enraged, he grabbed the sharp end of his broken bullhook, which lay discarded on the ground. My back was turned to him at that point, and when he yelled out a war cry I turned, but wouldn't have been able to dodge his attack if a certain feathery fowl hadn't flown at his face.
Chicken flew out from Thor knows where, and started pecking Drago in the face, causing him to halt in his attack, and take a step back. Drago managed to knock Chicken back who gave an indigent squawk, and then continued his charge at me.
I had drawn inferno, and blocked the strike of the bullhook. Reaching behind me, I grabbed my spare inferno, and lit it up as well. Surprise showed on Drago's face as he had to fiery blades attack him in a flurry of swift strikes. I might not have the brawn, but my size affords me greater agility.
Drago grunted from the multiple slashes. "Don't think you won Dragon master. That Bewilderbeast will soon join me again, if it knows what's good for him!" Drago shouted.
Teeny at that point decided to put his own two cents in, and roared in Drago's face causing him to stumble back. "Stupid dragon! Listen to your master!" Drago then shouted, which apparently was the wrong thing to do. Teeny let out his frozen blast on the enraged Drago. As the mist cleared we could see Drago completely encapsulated in ice.
"It's ironic actually." Astrid said coming to stand beside me. "Drago wanted you to be killed by your own dragon, and instead it happened to him."
Then I hear a clucking sound, and notice that Chicken was sitting on a rock preening her feathers. "I'm beginning to like that chicken more, and more." Astrid mumbled.
"How did she even get here?" I asked.
Just then Tuffnut ran past us yelling "There you are Chicken. I've been so worried! How could you leave my saddle bag!"
As the battle was ending I was approached by Stoick. "Hiccup, could we talk?" Was all he asked.
"It depends." I tell him. "Are you actually going to talk to me or at me."
"Now see here. I'm still your father. You will show some respect." He says to me.
I glare at him, and say "I'll give you respect when you earn it.", and then I punch Stoick in the jaw. "That was for treating my wife so poorly." I tell him.
"Well ya certainly got yer mother's right hook." Stoick mumbles holding his jaw.
"You have been talking for the past 20 years, now it's time that you listen." I tell him.
"First of all the reason I left was because you were talking behind my back. Those were some hurtful comments, and my own father agreed with them. Gobber was more of a father to me than you. You certainly never acted as one, only like a chief, but even then you made me feel like I wasn't part of this tribe. So I ask you, why would I stay." I say letting out five years of pent up frustrations. Toothless crooned, and headbudded my hands which I hadn't realized I was clenching.
Stoick had the decency to truly look ashamed of how he had behaved towards me. But I wasn't done.
"Secondly is about the way you treated Astrid. You believed I was dead, and blamed her!" I now yell. "If what we had believed about dragons to be true 'that they always go for the kill' then you should have been at least happy that one of your tribesmen remained alive! Tell me, what could she have done against a dragon that even grown Vikings feared. She stepped between a Night Fury, and me, and was willing to sacrifice her life. How many do you know who would be that fearless, and self sacrificing?" I ask, and see many of the of my old tribe looking down in shame.
"Hiccup" Stoick quietly said.
"I've said my piece. What happens between us from here on out is entirely up to you." I tell Stoick, and then feel a hand on my shoulder.
"Hiccup." Astrid said as she cupped my face.
"Miladay." I say, and watch as she reaches out.
"Your crying. Now it's my turn to wipe away those tears." Astrid says, and places a kiss on my cheek.
"You needed to get that off your chest for a long time."Astrid states as she grabbed me by the front of my armor. "I'm just glad you're okay." She said, and then proceeded to passionately kiss me.
Wolf whistles could be heard from my friends, the trappers, and many of Berks residents. Even the dragons began shooting fireballs in the sky.