Chapter Twenty-Eight: Warrior
Toothless's POV
I opened my eyes slowly, then roared in surprise and anger when I saw Rutkei lying next to me.
What are you doing here?!
Tied up in a bolas, with you. she replied sulkily.
The feeling is mutual.
She growled softly at my comment.
Snotlout's POV
'Have you found him, yet, Astrid?' I asked her, landing Hookfang onto the deck of the ship.
'Um, guys! Guys! GUYS!'
'What, Fishlegs?!'
Astrid said what Fishlegs was trying to warn us about.
'I think he's found us first.'
She automatically stepped in front of Stormfly, protecting her. The Nadder picked her up gently by the furry hood of her coat, and put her behind her. Then she stepped in front of Astrid, spines raised.
As Drago got closer to her, however, her eyes started going between slits and friendly pupils. When he reached her, they went to friendly, and she nuzzled him.
Astrid gasped.
'Stormfly, no...you betrayed me...'
'YOU MADE her betray me!' she screamed, grabbing her axe.
Drago had been expecting this, though, and grabbed her wrist, twisting the axe out of her hand.
I winced as I heard bones crack.
Then he threw it over the side of the ship, into the sea.
'MY AXE!' Astrid yelled.
'So...are you going to kill me...?'
Drago hadn't said anything since he'd found us, so it was a shock when he actually said something.
'You are not worth it. The Nadder is what I need. And it would be unfair for me to kill someone with a broken wrist, especially a girl.'
Astrid could only watch as he grabbed Stormfly's neck with his staff, and threw her against the side of the ship so hard she passed out.
He then released the staff from her neck, and went over to me and Hookfang.
'The Monstrous Nightmare...' he chuckled. 'she took a longer time to realise who her true master was.'
'You are not her master.' I denied furiously.
'We shall see...who is then? You?' he laughed at me. 'Or me?' He placed his boot on Hookfang's snout.
'Not again...Hookfang, don't give in...'
She groaned in submission.
'HOOKFANG! NO!'
I ran over to her, but Drago grunted, pushed me aside to join Astrid.
'At least we're together now...'
She pushed me away and pretended to retch.
'Really, Snotlout? Really? Drago is breaking your dragon, and you're doing this?'
'I don't see it like that. I see it as us finding love in desperate circumstances. Kinda romantic, don't you think?'
'Shut up.' she snapped.
'Okay, if that's what you want. I won't force you to do anything you don't want to.'
'Then why are you doing this?'
'Because I love you.'
'I don't.'
'Denial to me is just a sign that you're hiding your true feelings.'
'These are my true feelings.'
'Sure. Whatever you say, Astrid.'
'Fine.'