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So in the last chapter Hicca was able to calm Dagny down, while Gobber and Harold were able to reassure Dagur :) But as Hicca, Dagny and their dragons are making their way back to the village, an arrow flies out and hits Hicca :O Read to find out what happens :) Enjoy :)
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Chapter 37
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It took a while for Hicca to realise she'd been hit.
She'd turned to see what Toothless was growling about, and had heard her daughter cry out in pain.
But then she'd felt pain.
She felt a horrible stabbing heat in her side, and looked down to see the tail end of an arrow sticking out from her. She started to panic as her whole body started to grow limp.
"Mum!" Dagny cried out, alerting Spark and Toothless.
The two dragons rushed back to their humans, Toothless instantly worried when he saw Hicca stumbling backwards.
Toothless stood behind Hicca and caught her as she fell, he let her lean against his side and wrapped himself tightly around her, sniffing at her wound worriedly.
Hicca's hand was pressed firmly against her wound, trying to stop the blood flow while keeping the arrow inside. The pain was excruciating, but taking it out would have made it worse. Dagny kneeled next to her mother while at the same time trying to see where the arrow had come from, Spark growled and stood defensively in front of the others.
Dagny cursed her luck at that moment. Because of everything that had happened this morning, she and her mother had left the house without their weapons. Dagny honestly didn't know what to do, but she had to think of something.
"M-Mum, I-I don't know what to do," she felt useless.
But before Dagny could think of anything.
A hand reached out and grabbed her.
Hicca momentarily forgot about the pain in her side and whipped her head round to look at her daughter, the jarring pain was nothing compared to the sight in front of her.
A Roman thug had his arm around Dagny, and was dragging her away.
Lightning started to crackle around Spark as her anger rose. But before she could fire a shot, a large mallet came down on the young Skrill's head.
A handful of Romans stood around the two females and their dragons, Toothless growling at all of them, but unable to move because of Hicca resting heavily against his side. Hicca and Spark were in no condition to fight either, Spark had a large cut above her left eye, the strike to her head had dazed her terribly.
Dagny glared at the Roman over her shoulder, stamping on his foot to try and force him to let her go, trying to get back to help her mother. But the soldier just picked her up of the ground and started pulling her away, he yelled out some Latin orders to the others, and the group quickly made their escape.
Toothless fired a few shots after them, but he was worried about hitting Dagny. He managed to hit a couple of Romans in the back, knocking them out as they fell. But unfortunately, the majority got away, along with Dagny.
Hicca's mind went blank for a moment. Her daughter had been taken, right in front of her, and she hadn't been able to a thing to stop them. The pain flared in her side again, Hicca let out a cry, she was feeling two different kinds of pain at the same time.
Toothless gurgled worriedly at his rider, while Spark lay heavily on the ground and let out a whimper. Hicca breathed through the pain, then she grit her teeth and pushed herself away from Toothless, shifting to lean again a tree. She stroked Spark's side to calm her and turned back to Toothless, all the while keeping pressure on her own injury.
"Toothless, get back to the village and get Dagur."
The Night Fury gave another worried warble, he nuzzled Hicca's cheek as gently as he could, he promised to be back as soon as he could. Then he turned, and galloped back to the village.
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Back at the Great Hall, Dagur was finally thinking with a clear head.
Gobber and Harold had forbidden him to drink anymore mead for the time being, and they had managed to calm him down, and bring him out of his state of depression.
He still hated the idea of his daughter being in a relationship, just the thought of someone holding her, and being around her, and... He didn't like it.
But Dagny had been right. She was a 17 year old teenager, almost a grown woman. She was still his daughter, but she was also her own person. He shouldn't have yelled at her, and he shouldn't have terrified that blond boy and chased him off, he'd have to apologise properly to her later. Dagur took another calming breath, and finally started getting some work done with the help of Gobber and Harold.
However, Dagur was distracted when he spotted Shrieker twitch out of the corner of his eye. The mother Skrill suddenly sat up straight and looked over to the main doors. Dagur followed her line of sight just in time to see Toothless burst into the Great Hall, startling a few bystanders. Gobber and Harold also turned at the commotion.
"Toothless? What's the matter?" Dagur asked. But the only answer he got, was Toothless rushing over to him and dragging him off his seat by his tunic. "What's gotten into you?"
Toothless growled and ducked behind Dagur, he shoved his head through Dagur's legs and threw the Berserker chief onto his back. Dagur was barely able to right himself before Toothless rocketed out of the door, followed closely by Shrieker.
Dagur was too busy hanging on to ask any more questions, but Shrieker was able to keep up with the other dragon. She gave a worried warble in question, and he responded with a frantic series of grunts. Dagur had no idea what Toothless had said, but whatever it was, had caused Shrieker to take off into the air and fly as quickly as she could towards the forest.
When Toothless finally arrived at his destination, he dug his claws into the ground and skidded to a halt, throwing Dagur forward into the back of the dragons head.
"What in Thor's name has gotten into you, you damn reptile!?" Dagur growled as he readjusted his helmet back into place.
But once Dagur's helmet was out of the way, he could see the scene in front of him.
Shrieker had beaten them there, and was worrying over her whimpering daughter. The injury to Spark's head was still bleeding badly, and her expression was dazed and tired. But what caught Dagur's attention, was the sight of his wife leaning heavily against a tree.
Her hand was still weakly pressed to her side, but a lot of blood had seeped through and stained her tunic. She was panting slightly, and her face was pale.
"Hicca!" Dagur cried out in panic. He leapt off of Toothless and kneeled next to Hicca, he raised a hand to her cheek and felt her heated skin. "Hicca? Stay awake. Please, say something."
Hicca's head rose weakly, her eyes barely able to focus on her husband, "D-Dagur..."
Dagur gave her a quick reassuring smile, and looked down at her wound. It looked bad, but the still imbedded arrow was preventing any major blood loss.
"Hicca, I need to get you back to the village. I'm sorry, but it will hurt to move you. Do you understand?" Dagur expression was worried, but he tried to keep his voice level.
Hicca nodded and grit her teeth. As gently as he could, Dagur slipped his arms under Hicca's form, pulling her against him and lifting her as he stood.
Hicca cried out as she was jostled, all the while Dagur apologised profusely.
At that moment, two more dragons landed near them.
Gobber on the back of his Hotburple, Grump, and Harold on top of Scorcher, his Monstrous Nightmare. It didn't take them long to see why Toothless had been so frantic earlier.
"Take her back to the village and get the Healer to treat her injury," Dagur ordered. Gobber nodded and gently took Hicca from Dagur, lifting her into his beefy arms. Because of Grump's buzzing wing beats, the Hotburple had a much smoother flying style. Dagur wanted to stay near to Hicca, but he didn't want her to be jostled too much on Shrieker or Toothless's back, and he trusted Gobber to take her back to the village.
Just then, Toothless's growling sounded again, along with the sound of panicked whimpering. Dagur turned to see two Roman soldiers being cornered by Toothless. The Night Fury has shot at them earlier when they were escaping, and now he was making sure they didn't get away.
"Romans? What are Romans doing here?" Harold asked in surprise.
"T-Take them back with us," Hicca's weak voice sounded, making the others turn to her. "They know where Dagny is."
Dagur felt his blood run cold yet again. For the second time in her life, Dagny was in danger at the hands of some Romans. He slowly turned his head to look at the two Roman soldiers being guarded by Toothless.
It took all of his strength not to just storm over to them and kill them where they were.
"Harold," he said darkly. "Take them back to the village, and don't let me anywhere near them."
"Aye, chief!" Harold answered. He quickly directed Scorcher into the air again and over to the Romans, then the Nightmare dived down and grabbed the soldiers in his talons, picking them off the ground and shooting into the air, quickly followed by Gobber carrying Hicca on top of Grump.
Dagur was finally able to attend to Spark and Shrieker. Spark was almost as big as her mother, but Shrieker wasn't letting that stop her. She wiggled her way underneath Spark and lifted her daughter onto her back, her protective mothering instincts allowing her to carry Spark all the way back to the village.
Dagur took a second to calm himself and mounted Toothless once more.
He wasn't sure exactly what had happened, but that didn't matter.
He would get his daughter back.
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On the beach at the south side of the island, Dagny was finally allowed to stand on her own two feet again. But the Roman who had carried her there kept a firm hold on her, and didn't give her a chance to escape. But that didn't stop Dagny from kicking out at any one who came close, she managed to hit one soldier in the face and another in the stomach.
The soldier behind her yelled out some orders in Latin, two Romans held each of her legs while a third tied thick ropes around her, tying her wrists together behind her back and then pinning her arms to her sides.
If Dagny had her knives with her, she would have been able to make quick work of these soldiers. But right now, she wasn't able to do much. Especially when she was tossed into a small rowing boat, and her ankles bound together.
Dagny gave an annoyed sigh and glared at the soldiers around her. More Latin orders were yelled, and the Romans piled into the boat, each of them grabbed an oar and started rowing.
Dagny pulled at her bonds, but soon found the rope far too strong for her to break. For a moment she thought about using her Berserker Blood, but that had just barely worked last time. She had defeated the hoard of Romans, but almost at the coast of her arms.
She needed to be a little smarter.
Thankfully, even while bound, she could still have the upper hand on the Romans.
She doubted these idiots knew that she actually understood Latin.
After her last run in with the soldiers, she had asked her mother for some information, and along with details about their fighting styles, ships and armour, Hicca had also taught her Latin. She wasn't as fluent as her mother, but she knew enough to carry a conversation. It was almost like a secret language only she and her mother knew amongst the Norse speaking Vikings.
Dagny stayed still and glared at the Romans around her, listening out for any useful information. Most of them were just focusing on rowing, some making small talk amongst themselves, but at the back of the boat, she heard two soldiers talking about her.
The two Romans were sitting next to each other, when one turned and tapped the other on the shoulder.
(Italics = Latin)
"Are you sure this girl is the one we're looking for? She doesn't look like much." The roman's eyes flickered to Dagny, but turned back when he met her glare.
"She matches the description," The other Roman said, "It's been a few years, but the commander said he'd recognise her when he sees her."
The commander?
Whoever that was, they had singled Dagny out. Maybe it was someone Dagny had met before? Or maybe they were targeting her just because she was the heir?
She didn't know, but she would soon find out.
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Dun, Dun, Dun! I swear, this is the last cliff hanger, we're almost at the end now :) Can you guess who it's going to be? Stay tuned to find out :) Hope you all liked this chapter, let me know what you all think and I'll see you next time :)