AN: Hello, I'm resuming the usual posting schedule, hence why this chapter is being posted so early after the last one. Those that haven't read the last one before I post this one can speak of it on this chap's review. It would make easier for me to answer them than editting this chapter later to answer. I hope you all like how last chap's surprise turn out here.
Anyway, here are the review responses:
doctor of supreme awesomeness: Hope you you like the battle. It was a bit hard to write, actually. I now see why so many authors struggle wth action scenes.
LunarCatNinja: I hope you really, really, really enjoy it. And, please don't kill me for leaving even more questions open hehe.
Cottonmouth25: Hehe, I liked it. I should have you writing this kind of stuff at the end of every chapter. It would be so awesome haha
Nick Tanico: If you hated the cliff ending, then you'll hate how I resolve it hehe. Please wait until I finish posting this story before hunting me down.
thearizona: Hello my newest internet buddy (couldn't stop myself from saying it. I'm very happy because of it). Remember, the voice said he wasn't dead. As for where he is, you will know... or you will not muahaha. Seriously, though, I hope you like how it turns out.
SpicedGold: Had to nudge that little canon scene. I'm surprised more people don't make jokes about it. And I hope you love what last chap's end have brought to this one. I certainly loved writing that bit :)
Guest: Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, a nickname. As for your review, thank you very much, I hope you'll enjoy this chapter as well.
AZalmega: Windwalker's eyes are a deep sapphire blue, so no, they aren't his eyes (though you're on the right track). I hope this chapter sheds some light on why he became so protective of Hiccup, even though I'm certain it didn't fully do it. I'll let you know once I fully shed a light on it, then you can tell me if I'll need to work on it on the sequel. For now, just keep telling me your thoughts. They are being of huge help to me.
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Then, all of a sudden, there was a shift of the light, and out of nowhere a majestic White Fury materialized around these red orbs. This one was sleeker than Windwalker, and his body, as Hiccup observed, was longer. The dragon also had a unique line, running from his head to the tip of his tailfins, tainted in a silver so beautiful that no coin or polished weapon could ever come close to that. "You're… you're a White Fury…" Hiccup whispered in both awe and fear.
The dragon shook his head, and Hiccup could have sworn that the majestic creature was smiling. For some reason Hiccup felt small, intimidated, young before this creature. He seemed to exhale a royal air from himself, and his pose had both elegancy and fierceness, two trails that Hiccup never thought that he would see together, even less on a dragon. 'I'm afraid you're quite mistaken young one, though I do not hold you for that. I am a Child of Sun,' he explained with a strong yet soft voice.
"Child of Sun…" Hiccup mumbled, "Well, it explains why all here is so bright to the point that it is blinding," he sarcastically remarked before fully realizing his words. His eyes widened as they fully set inside his mind, and he paled before speaking. "I-I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean to disrespect," he said stuttering.
The dragon, much to his surprise, chuckled, as if he was expecting Hiccup to do and say all of this. 'There is no need for such formalities. I understand your kind took little effort to understand us, our origins and cultures-yes we have a culture just like your kind-even though they had one of us caged for decades,' he explained, 'Walk with me, I'll explain everything,' he said without looking to Hiccup before beginning a stride.
Hiccup hurried himself to his feet and began walking beside the White…err Child of Sun. 'A long time ago there was no human, nor dragon walking this earth. It lived, and died by its natural course. Lua, our goddess as your kind would call, loved her creation, but always felt lonely, for the creatures that inhabited this earth were devoid of emotion… thought… among other things.'
Hiccup noticed the light shifting around them, and forming icy-blue images. He could see numerous places where animals bred, hunted, ate, birthed and died. He could see animals that he didn't even know they existed, and places that seemed to come out of storybooks, like giant, dense forest, unlike the ones in Berk, or vast deserts, stretching as far as the eye can see.
'Her first creation, capable of some of the things she could do, was our Kin. She took the elements of the earth, of emotions, and mixed with her own essence, therefore creating us. Because of this we all are her Children. My kind, the White Furies as you know, were bred with the light of the sun. Because of this, we're among the few that can dominate the skies and breathe a flame hot enough to melt even dragon skin,' he spoke, but was interrupted by Hiccup.
"Wait, wait, wait, you're telling me that one day your kind ruled Nests such as the one we are…were…had been supposed to be?" he said while getting confused at how he should address the situation he had been before passing out.
'Indeed young one. While you are not wrong to think that Nests, and yes there are more Nests, should be ruled by mountainous dragons, this does not means it is their right, alone, to do so. In theory any dragon can rule a Nest, but only if he challenges and win a combat against the current Alpha,' he explained.
'But that's not my point,' he said before Hiccup could even ask a question. 'Let's not dwell further into this or any questions, or else I'll be telling you these tales forever,' he added, making the boy close his mouth, and silently nod despite the burning curiosity inside him, itching to learn more about the dragons.
'As I was saying one day our Kin ruled the skies. Lua kept creating Kin by mixing her essence with all of earth. After the first wave, as I like to call it, she started using more complex essences. Acid, camouflage, cannibalism, heat, to create new species. You friend, Toothless I believe you called him, was born from the Eternal Nights, hence his name as Child of Night.'
"Makes sense…" Hiccup commented, "He never shows himself, or at least used to."
'Indeed. It is of his nature to be cunning, stealthy and powerful. We may have ruled the skies, but during the night no one could beat him in either combat or speed,' he explaining, 'It is why we are cousins. Lua made us from polar opposites, and united us through blood so there could be equilibrium. Not long after the Night Furies, as you call, appeared, we began sharing the skies with them.'
'But as our numbers grew, and so did the number of other Kin, Lua grew worried that one might try to dominate the others. She, after all, embedded her emotions in all of us, and the desire to rule was among them. It was then that she created the Alpha species,' he said, but was interrupted again. Truth be told, he was mildly annoyed by being interrupted this often, but his admiration for this hatchling's curiosity kept him silent about it.
"But you said that any dragon can be an Alpha," Hiccup pointed out, feeling a bit confused at this White Fury's last phrase. "If anyone can be an Alpha why would she created a species specifically for that?" he asked. His hands were itching, to the point that it was hurting him, to write down all that this majestic dragon was saying. He couldn't even imagine how Fishlegs would be bursting out in excitement to record and learn all of this.
'Your reasoning is not wrong. But you forget that she was afraid of one of us dominating the others. For example, she was afraid that all Night Furies became Nest rulers or Flight Commanders due to their abilities. These Alpha species had the specific task of keeping the equilibrium between the species while fulfilling the void of power created by the need of a leader in this big society.'
"But if these dragons had this task, and only this, why is this Queen making her Nest attack our villages for food?" Hiccup asked. He was doubtlessly enjoying listening this dragon talk about their story, culture and society, but couldn't keep himself from thinking about this particular question he just voiced out. After all, it was what drastically changed his life, and what lead him to this white void.
The Child of Sun grinned. 'Ah, I was expecting this question. You're right, these species, which the Queen's species also belongs to, shouldn't order their Nests to attack Viking villages,' he said before his grin morphed into a sad, sorrowful look. 'Everything was perfect until men came. At first they weren't trouble, as some of you even venerated us. The Far East, I believe, still does that, especially to Grapple Grounders, as you call them. Anyway, it was all well, your kind didn't interfere in our matters and we didn't interfere in yours.'
"Mutually assured peace then…" Hiccup pointed, earning a nod from the dragon, "But, what changed then..? If there was truly peace what or who broke it?" he asked, half-expecting the dragon to blame the Vikings. It was not only because he knew that the Vikings were a troublesome kind, but also that he didn't expect this dragon, royal or not, to blame this war on its kind.
'There was one issue however. As your kind settled near our Nests, resources such as water and food had to be shared. Many of us didn't have any issues with that, but a few Nest rulers thought that your kind was using their Nests' resources without fully contributing to its existence. Some of us tried to reason that there was enough for everyone but, alas, they didn't listen.'
The Child of Sun sighed, and finally stopped his stride, making Hiccup also stop waling. 'Then, on the darkest night of this decade, a Green Death, the cousin of the Red Death, ordered his Nest to take the food from the humans, as they were 'stealing from right under our noses'. The humans, while trained in combat as their kind was not one built on peace, still couldn't defend their home from this attack.'
'Many perished this day, both dragon and human. A few Furies, both my Kin and your friend's, escaped this night to alert the other Nests of this event, while word spread out among the humans that one of their settlements had been attacked by dragons.' He slouched, and it was when he gazed at the ground that Hiccup saw a scar on his left eye. 'This was a sad day for every Kin. Most humans grew distrusting of us, while some, as soon as they heard of the attack, stormed the Nests near them in revenge.'
'Little by little the peace between Kin and Vikings fell. Few places today have a friendly relationship with dragons, but even those are not as before since these dragons keep themselves hidden from the humans. The other rulers, enraged by the Green Death's selfish deeds and its consequences, decided in unanimity to attack its Nest. With the help of Lua the Green Death's Nest was stormed, and the dragon perished in combat.'
'It still wasn't enough…' he said before letting the silence linger between them while Hiccup let the words carefully settle inside his mind, and he could see now that it was one selfish dragon that dragged both kinds into war without their consent. 'The rulers parted ways after this day. Those that didn't want to attack the humans rebuilt their Nests away from prying eyes, while the others that felt victim of the Green Death's selfishness decided to attack the Viking villages for food…'
'The Dragon War had finally begun…'
A deafening silence followed the Child of Sun's speech, and Hiccup felt incredibly sorry for how all those dragons died because of the selfishness of one. He also felt an incredible rage toward this dragon, and, by extent, the Queen. While he could understand her actions now he still thought that she could have kept her Nest hidden instead of ordering her dragons to attack Berk and the other Viking settlements near it.
But…"I understand all of it, and I appreciate that you're willing to share these stories with me, but why? Why are you sharing them with me?" Hiccup asked as he walked around to face the dragon, "I'm just a boy, probably already dead, and that failed his tribe, his family, his friends… why share all of this with me?" he asked again.
He stumbled back in fear when the dragon's eyes seemed to light in fire. 'I told you before and I say it again: you are not dead,' he said with a low, bloodcurdling voice that instantly shut Hiccup and made him quickly yet silently nod. 'Are we clear?' Hiccup's nodding increased its speed. 'Good…' the dragon said, visibly softening up. Hiccup, seeing this, let his muscles slowly ease up.
'The reason of why I am sharing this with you it's because you're different,' he answered, 'and if you make any sarcastic remarks I'll tear your leg off,' the white dragon added as he saw Hiccup open his mouth. The boy clenched his jaw tightly, and gulped nervously before solely nodding.
'It's not like I haven't noticed that for the past 10 years,' he had thought, but didn't dare to say anymore. This dragon might be gentle, but he still is a White Fury, and a royal one this is. His patience is seemingly big, but apparently not big enough to be limitless.
'You care about our Kin, in a way long since forgotten. You treat the dragons as an equal, rather than as a superior or inferior being. You want to learn more about us, but I doubt that Windwalker will willingly speak of us to you,' he said, making Hiccup feel far more important than what he thought he was. 'Now, it is time for you to return. Your time has yet to come, and it won't be this time.'
Hiccup noticed his vision blackening again, and the eerily feeling of fear and dread, the same one he felt when he was almost drowning, returned. "Wait! Will I ever see you again? And where I am-was-had been?" He asked frantically before falling to the ground.
The last thing he saw was those fierce red orbs…
'You will know when we meet again.'
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Hiccup was startled awake, and immediately had a coughing fit. Water came out of his mouth and he found breathing a task painful to do so. His clothes were all wet, and the smell of charred wood, smoke and blood reached his nose. He would have thrown up if he had anything on his stomach. His blurry and darkened vision spotted a giant lump in front of him, which clearly had red hair. "Dad..?" he weakly asked as his coughing finally finished and he managed to regain his breath. He was half-expecting this to be an illusion.
The lump seemed to sigh in relief before it vanished from Hiccup's sight. The boy rubbed his eyes with his wet, dirty hands, making his vision clear enough for him to see that he had been dragged out of the water. Seconds later two lumps came out of it, one of them also in a coughing fit just like the one Hiccup had moments ago.
"Toothless…" he said relieved before rising to hug his friend's neck. "You're okay... Thank Gods, you're okay," he said, shedding a tear or two. Hiccup would never speak of it, but, before his vision blackened, he had been deeply afraid that he had been watching Toothless' last moment. "Okay… we need to go bud, they need our help," he said while climbing the saddle.
A beefy hand grabbed his arm, making him yank his head around in surprise. "Hiccup…" his father said while out of breath. "I'm…" Said man licked his lips, despite the fact that he was soaked to the bone, "I'm sorry Hiccup… for… everything," he said while meeting his son's eyes.
"Me too…" he replied, shocked for seeing genuine regret in his father's eyes, and for hearing these words. "But it doesn't means that I have forgiven you or what you said…" he added. His father's words had hurt deep, and Hiccup was not sure he was ready to completely forgive the vast man.
"I know…" he said with a sorrowful yet understanding voice. Stoick swallowed and inhaled deeply, as if speaking was taking great effort from him. "You don't need to go out there...it's not your mistake to fix…" he said, changing the subject. He wouldn't admit, but he was afraid of losing Hiccup, even though he had disowned him.
All before he earned his son's forgiviness
"I know…" he said, unknowingly mimicking his father's words, "But this has to stop. You… I… we all came too far now to turn back…" he said with a tired tone. He could hear the battle raging on behind them, and he wanted to join it. But he also wanted to speak to his former? father, since this seemed to be the only moment the vast man would ever hear him.
Moreover, Hiccup wasn't sure if he would have this chance again, since he knew that facing the Queen alone could possibly cost his life. "Besides, we're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard," he joked in an attempt to lighten their conversation.
Stoick smiled genuinely, and in this moment Hiccup felt happy as, if he died this day, he would have a memory of his father smiling because of him. "I'm proud of you son…" he said, "I was blind before… I would never want you dead…" Stoick added with a quiet voice. "Forgive me son…" he lastly said with his voice cracking.
Tears welled in the eyes of both Vikings, but neither of them cared. "Thanks Dad… We'll talk more, later. This conversation isn't over," the boy said seriously while using a soft tone. Begrudgingly he removed his father's hand from his arm so they could take off. "Let's go bud; it's time to end this," he whispered to his friend.
"…please be back safe."
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Hiccup saw Windwalker, the Nightmare, the Twins, Stokehead and Fishlegs all down on the field. He also saw Leafnecks hurrying away from the Queen, and the Nadder hitting bulls-eye the Queen's eyes. His head throbbed in pain because of how loud her roar was, and he was dazed by it.
When he came back to his senses, he saw with horror Astrid being sucked into the Queen's mouth by her vortex. "Bud, we need to dive bomb, now!" he said to Toothless, who in turn immediately climbed the air before beginning his diving.
Shouts of "Night Fury, get down!" echoed through the air as the flame built up on Toothless' throat while he dived. When they were about to crash in the Queen's head Toothless released his blast exactly where his cousin had, cracking open the exposed bones of her skull while sending a blue wave across the air.
The Queen bellowed in what Hiccup guessed as excruciating pain, and almost failed to notice Astrid falling had she not screamed. "Leafnecks, get her!" he ordered to the approaching dragon, who was relieved to see the Dragon Protector back in the battle. Leafnecks immediately complied and headed toward Astrid, managing to catch her while in freefall before she could hit the ground.
Relief flowed through her when she felt something yanking her leg upwards. She looked down-or up-to find the Snaptrapper hanging her legs in his claws. The dragon roared, and she faintly heard Hiccup replying "Good job bud!" before the Snaptrapper headed where the barely conscious riders were standing. He gently dropped her on the beach, and went to grab her Nadder, who had managed to slow down before crashing into the ground.
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All the teens watched as Hiccup and his Night Fury flew to face the Queen. "Go…" Astrid whispered, aware that no one would hear her, especially Hiccup. "Please be back safe…" She added while rubbing her arm as a comfort source. Leafnecks softly dropped the Nadder right beside Astrid before landing to watch Hiccup face the Queen as everyone else was.
Meanwhile…
Hiccup and the Queen kept staring at each other while Toothless circled around. He was studying her body, trying to spot any weak spots besides the exposed and fracture bones of her skull. Aiming for that would be suicide, so he had to think of something else if he wanted to defeat the Queen while coming out of it alive.
Hiccup shivered when he began feeling an itch on the back of his head, eerily similar to the itch he had felt before a nagging feeling had warned him that Windwalker had entered inside his head, back when he was in Dragon Training. Hiccup clicked the pedal, stirring away from the Queen and flew to the maze that protected the Nest for three hundred years.
He noticed that Toothless had noticed that he was shaking, and given how his hands were white, he guessed that he was also pale. "I'm okay bud… I… I just need some time…" he said to his dragon while patting his head. Toothless crooned in worry and fear, afraid that the Queen's power had the same extent on his human as his cousin's had.
Of course, since no Viking ever came to the Nest he couldn't know if the Queen could invade their minds as well.
They turned around to exit the maze, and headed toward the Queen once again. As they approached the dragon who currently was chewing a ship Hiccup noticed that the Queen had wings hidden on the sides of her body. He remembered how Fishlegs told him that the dragon was slow and quickly an idea came to him. "That thing has wings. Let's make her use them, shall we buddy?" he asked Toothless.
The Night Fury crooned before narrowing his eyes. Hiccup clicked the pedal and they quickly began ascending before Toothless could dive. As they began diving he began building up his flame, and made extra sure to aim for her nose. The Vikings, even though watching the pair with awe and concealed fear, couldn't stop themselves, when they began hearing the familiar shrieking, from shouting "Night Fury get down!" as old habits die hard.
Not long after they yelled that-and many had ducked into the ground-a boom echoed through the air, sending a wave so strong that knocked down the Vikings that still were standing. The explosion, eerily similar to the White Fury's, knocked the Queen down while shattering the fractured bones into pieces.
The Queen bellowed in pure hatred and pain, and it was that moment that Hiccup felt an agonizing pain hit his head. He gripped tightly his temples with both hands as his head seemed to implode, like an external force was crushing it into nothing. Toothless growled in panic, and only didn't keep looking back at his boy because he had to avoid the rock formations around the Nest, which they had ended up heading into.
Astrid watched with concealed worry as Hiccup and Toothless flew narrowly close to the maze's rocks. She had felt a shiver run down her spine when the Queen shrieked in what she guessed that it was pain. She felt something unnatural coming from it, and her rational mind linked it to the strange behavior the duo was showing.
To Hiccup's horror, the moment his head ache began easing up, he heard an unfamiliar, bloodcurdling and ghastly voice inside his head speak, the same way he had heard Windwalker. "Worthless worm! I'll eat you whole! Come to me, come and feed your Queen unholy defier!"
Hiccup found himself clicking the pedal, and Toothless watched with horror as his rider directed them toward the Queen. He tried to change course numerous times, but Hiccup kept correcting their path as if he was being pulled toward her. He felt helpless when he noticed the approaching form of the Queen opening its mouth, before her throat lit up while gas built up inside her mouth.
But, before she could release a torrent of fire and flame the duo, an explosion on the side of her face shut her mouth. Hiccup snapped out of his trance and fell on Toothless' back feeling incredibly tired and weak. The dragon yanked his head around, and found out that Windwalker had taken off and shot her. 'What happened? Why were you two heading toward her?' he asked with concealed anger and worry.
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I looked at my cousin, and felt puzzled by his concern. Surely it couldn't be directed at me, since he always saw me as a rival since the moment we met. Could he possibly be worried for Hiccup, for my little hatchling? Somehow this thought seemed very farfetched to me, but then again, Hiccup had ridden him and had named him. It made me wonder what he saw of so special on little Hiccup. There had been only one time that he acted like that, and it had been around his family, before they perished. "I don't know, but I think the Queen was inside his mind," I answered fearfully.
I could ask later why he suddenly became worried over the hatchling that he had wanted to eat his guts and wear his skin as a cape, even though that didn't make any sense, since he was a dragon.
Windwalker's eyes almost popped out of his head. He couldn't believe that not only the Queen could enter inside the head of Vikings, but also that Hiccup took her full blow and survived. He, when the Queen had briefly focused on his mind alone, had barely survived, and it had been because he flew away from the Nest. At this moment the White Fury conclude the Hiccup was truly special in more ways than he had thought. This only strengthened his resolve to protect the boy from everyone: dragon and human alike. "Windwalker…" he said weakly, "What are you doing here? I thought you had been knocked out, I was you crashed on the beach."
'Never mind me, I'll help you two fight her. It seems that she's more powerful than what we imagined,' he answered both dodging Hiccup's question and what he and his cousin just discovered. 'What would you have us to do?' he asked, ready to charge into battle.
Hiccup inhaled deeply to clear his foggy mind. He could still feel that nagging feeling, but it seemed more like a whisper than a caged beast ready to escape its prison. "The Queen has wings. We need to make her use them," he said, "Dive bomb her then Toothless and we will also do it shortly after. That ought to get her mad," he added.
Windwalker nodded, and gazed at Toothless' green eyes. Sapphire blue looked at toxic green, and a silent vow was exchanged. Right after Toothless nodded Windwalker began ascending in the air, while being followed closely by the duo.
The sky seemed to cry in pain and be ripped apart as both Furies began diving, their shrieks, combined together, making a deafening sound that struck fear inside of every Viking alive. Some of them even covered their ears, as they found the ghastly sound too unbearable, while watching the Furies dive bomb.
A purplish wave expanded through the air as one explosion following another hit straight the Queen's head, which was knocked down once again. In this moment her face was already deformed because of the Furies' blasts. Part of her face, especially her jaw was missing, as the bones had either been shattered apart or turned to ashes, while her skin was either charred or decaying from her faces. It was a sickening sight that made many Vikings throw up, and some less strong-like Fishlegs-pass out.
"Worm! I'll have your head! I'll burn your soul! I'll eat your precious Children of Night and Sun! No one defies the Queen!" she bellowed, making Hiccup grip his head in pain while he watched her stretch out her wings. Slowly she began beating them, and every Viking watched with dread as the gargantuan dragon rose in the air.
'Okay, you got her livid, you got her flying. Now what do we do?' Windwalker asked before throwing a plasma blast on her so she wouldn't enter Hiccup's mind and prevent the boy from speaking. He knew that he himself talking wasn't helping Hiccup cope up with his mental rape, but staying quiet wouldn't help him either.
"Sweet baby Thor in a Thunderdrum that hurts…" Hiccup said through gritted teeth. "We…" he tried to say before inhaling deeply, "We need to head for the maze. Maybe if she hit enough rocks she'll go down," he added while slowly managing to bear the excruciating pain in his mind.
Both Furies nodded before heading toward them. They evaded the rocks, but soon found out, with horror, that the Queen was flying right through them as if they were nothing. Windwalker felt partially relieved that the pain from smashing those rocks was being enough to keep her mind off Hiccup's, but still felt dread creep into his body as she seemed otherwise unfazed by destroying so many rocks.
"Okay this isn't working…" Hiccup mumbled before glancing at the sky, "Alright, time to disappear," he whispered to Toothless before addressing the other dragon "Windwalker!" he called, earning the dragon's attention, "I need you to step aside. Toothless and I are heading to the clouds. If you go there you'll be an easy target for her," he explained. "Don't worry, we'll come back," he added with a smile, after noticing Windwalker's worried face.
'Okay… if you're so sure of what you're doing I'll follow your command, though I shall note that I heavily disagree with it,' he said defeated. There was no time to argue and, despite his instincts yelling at him to not abandon Hiccup and Toothless with the Queen, he obeyed the boy. They parted away, and Windwalker landed right beside Stoick.
'I hope your son knows what he is doing...' he mumbled to the Viking chief, who paled at seeing the White Fury's defeated face. 'Please be back safe…'
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True to Hiccup's expectations, the Queen followed them to the clouds, but not without trying to hit them first with a torrent of fire, which they easily dodged. The gigantic dragon whirled around as she was surrounded by the dark clouds, searching for the boy and the dragon that had disappeared in the same dark clouds.
She could only vaguely hear the Child of Night's signature screech before a plasma ball hit her wings. And then another hit, and another, and another following the same pattern. She roared in rage and pain and frustration, and whirled around desperately, but couldn't find them, couldn't trace, couldn't hit. The sound the dragon did before he appeared was too sudden for her to predict their attack on her, not to mention that the clouds masked their scents.
After the seventh shot she fired a torrent of flames in every direction. Unbeknownst to her she had managed to hit Toothless' prosthesis, making Hiccup change his battle plans quickly. "Show your face wretched worm, so I can have your head. You think you're safe with this Child of Night? You're wrong! I'll have his head, just like I had his sire's head, and the head of both every one of his kind and the Child of Sun's. All of them defied me, all of them died. What makes you so different?" she bellowed, hatred dripping from her broken and aged fangs.
Hiccup gripped tightly the saddle since he didn't have the luxury of gripping his head, not if he wanted to stay on top of Toothless instead of free falling. "None of them had a dragon rider!" he shouted as they passed right in front of her face. She bitted, but ended up only biting the air. "If you're so almighty come and catch us!" he yelled as he turned his head to look at her. He also noticed the alight flame and turned his head to speak with Toothless. "Time's up, we need to dive!" he said with resignation right before he and Toothless began diving.
The Queen, as he expected, followed them, and began diving as well. Hiccup looked back, and watched with widened eyes as how she was quickly closing on them. He turned his head around before patting his friend's neck in reassurance. "Hold on tight bud, just a little longer," he whispered in his friend's ears. "If we don't come out of this alive… thank you, for being my friend. It was an honor meeting you, my brother," he added mournfully.
I knew he was accepting death. He knew our chances of surviving were prone to none at this moment. He knew it had been risky to come and rescue me, and yet he came. "Thank you too brother, for it was an honor to meet you. May Lua bless your spirit and mine, should we face death in the awake of the Queen's death," I spoke, aware that what he would only listen would be croons. But I didn't care; we didn't need words to speak to one another.
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"Hold on tight bud."
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"Just a little longer."
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"NOW!"
I whirled around and shot a fireball straight into the Queen's throat. Just like I thought she had been building up her gas to burn us. Unfortunately for her I ignited her gas before she could do it and exhale on us. Her six eyes widened in horror, and for the first time of my life I saw the Queen afraid. I guess that, after being alive so long, and defeating so many of us, she no longer expected to meet death.
This is the shape and the point of Death's tooth; nothing has ever lived that will not die.
I beat my wings harder and harder to distance ourselves from the falling corpse. If she didn't die by being burned from inside out then the fall would certainly kill her. I watched as she extended her wings, but continued to fall as the holes I popped out in them, a result of my plasma blasts and Windwalker's, grew bigger, shattering her membrane in excruciating pain, which she couldn't cry out because of her burning throat, while preventing her from slowing her fall.
The tearing sound coming from her wings was sickening.
It was a mistake turning my head…
As soon as I looked in front of me I spotted her tail coming at us. I twisted my wings, but since the prosthesis had burned, we couldn't change our path in time. "No, no, no, no, no," Hiccup whispered in horror. We looked at each other, and I saw his eyes look at me with an apologetically look before he spoke.
"I'm sorry bud…"
In the blink of an eye he twisted us, with surprising strength, and took most of the impact from her tail. My vision darkened, and I almost passed out had I not panicked when I noticed the absence of my brother's weight on me. A huge explosion happened beneath me, and through the corner of my eyes I saw flames rise from the ground, probably a result of the flammable gas inside the Queen being compressed by her crash before her burning throat lit it.
My eyes almost popped out of my head when I saw Hiccup falling toward the flames. I dived toward him, and noticed how the heat from the flames was deforming his second skin. I extended my wings as we approached the flames but I still didn't have a grasp on him.
My vision blackened and I acted on instinct. All I knew was that I managed to cocoon him inside my wings before the flames wrapped my body…
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All dragons and Vikings on the beach braced themselves, and covered their eyes with hands, arms, claws or wings when the Queen hit the ground, creating a huge explosion. They opened their eyes shortly after the crash to watch with bated breath the flames rising in the air. Their eyes scanned for their savior, the disowned, outcast boy that had betrayed their culture and came to their rescue after being disowned. Stoick, Windwalker and Astrid were the only ones to spot Toothless and Hiccup falling toward the flames.
"Hiccup…" They all whispered, before Windwalker, followed by Leafnecks and Stokehead took off.
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Stoick and Astrid could only await and watch with bated breaths and dread the flames rising in the air, and the body of the Night Fury disappearing in their midst as if it was being consumed by the Queen's flames. They could only wait until the flames died…
"Please don't die son…" Stoick whispered with a broken voice as he felt a painful tug in his chest…
007
After the flames died, smoke rose in the air. The Hooligans and the last Bog alive could only hear the faint flapping of wings coming from the rider-less dragons that had also followed Hiccup into battle and were currently looking out for their leader. No one cared enough to look at said dragons though. The dragons the teens had ridden were standing beside them, also finding unbelievable the whole situation that just happened: not just the fact that the Queen was dead, but that possibly so was their savior.
Once the smoke in the air started to dissipate, Stoick began searching frantically for his son and the Night Fury, all while praying to the Gods that his stupidity for not hearing the boy didn't cause his death. He knew too well that he would never forgive himself, since Hiccup was pretty much everything he had left of his missing wife, Valka.
Camicazi didn't even move from her spot. She felt completely devastated and guilty. Not only did she lose what remained of her tribe, but she was, at this moment, believing that she had also lost the only friend she had. She had watched him fight the gargantuan dragon with visible fear, and was deeply scared of the idea of losing the only person alive that cared about her.
The only one that could heal her mourning heart
She felt completely responsible for the death of the Bog Burglar tribe, since Hiccup did warn her that facing the 'Queen', as he had named the dragon, would only result in slaughter. Cami didn't bother to hold back the tears as she fell on her knees on the rocky ground, while silently mourning her loss.
No one dared to approach her, since nobody could understand the burden she would carry for the rest of her life. Not even those that had become friends with a Bog had the strength to comfort the young one. If Stoick had stopped to think this moment, he would have considered himself lucky that the same didn't happen to all of his tribe.
The irony wouldn't have been lost to him had he thought about it.
The air, no longer was filled with the smoke from the explosion, but instead with silence. Some of the Berkians watched in silence as their chief searched for their savior, while others bowed their heads, mourning with the last Bog the destruction of the thieving tribe, and possibly of the Hooligan outcast and savior. Most of those mourning had become friends with some of the Bog women during their brief stay in Berk. Since only a handful of houses had been built, most of the Bogs had resided as guests in their houses.
Stoick stopped when a black lump stood out from the uneven terrain. A lump was caught in his throat, mostly from the shock of seeing the burned saddle and no signal of his son. "HICCUP!" he shouted after moments of unnerving silence, and soon engaged in a run toward the dragon. His run, however, was brief, as he abruptly halted to a stop once the White Fury landed directly between the vast man and the downed dragon.
Stoick made a move forward, only to stumble backwards as a wind gust made contact with him. He put a hand in front of them and briefly squeezed his eyes shut when the hot air made contact with his face, only to open them later and meet the sight of 4 extended wings and a very (seemingly) livid dragon. He paled, and also felt his blood freeze, as a voice came to his mind 'PROTECT THE ALPHA'. He did not see, as his back faced the crowd, but everyone else also paled hearing this.
Soon, thuds were heard, as each dragon landed beside the deceptive dragon. Some of the Vikings took a hold on their weapons, at least those that weren't crashed or melted in the battle, when the Timberjack and the Snaptrapper roared.
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I'm a cliffhanger bitch, I'm sure y'all thinking that now.