Hello All!
i'm back with an update, and it's not been a ridiculously long time since my last one "YAY"
ok so, I've got a splitting headache right now, so... yay. (Hooray for sarcasm)
Chapter 42- "Outcasts."
bet none of you thought it'd be the outcasts, I bet you all thought it was Drago, "well I'd like to introduce you to a little thing called MiSdIrEcTiOn"
anyway, enjoy!
(Avery's perspective)
"What is happening!?" I cried as I watched everyone swarm towards the docks.
"Did Drago really manage to track us, like Valka said?" Heather wondered.
"It doesn't matter, we got to get Thug and our dragons." Hiccup answered.
The four of us ran towards the forest, hoping Thuggory knew to meet us there.
Running through the woods we finally found our dragons, who were all on edge and had a large squadron of raiders unconscious before them, some were sitting in a puddle of smouldering metal, others were asleep around Nurse, Shipwreck had drowned many soldiers into passing out, but they all seemed to be breathing, admittedly quite heavily and it sounded very wet.
"What happened here?" Cami asked.
"Some raiders came, we dealt with them." Wodensfang answered.
"Let me go!" one of the guards screamed, she was hovering in mid air above everyone else, she appeared younger than all the guards who were unconscious.
"Oh thank Thor, actual people and not this talking dragon!" she sighed in relief.
"Who are you?" Cami asked threateningly.
"I'm Thor." she mocked(1)
"Who do you think I bloody am? Does it matter when I'm floating mid air surrounded by aggressive dragons when there are people who can save me?" she asked.
"Zigg, wanna let her go?" Heather sighed
"Ziggerastica isn't here." Wodensfang revealed.
"Where is he, and who is in charge of the flock then?" Hiccup asked.
"He and half his flock went to assist Thuggory, he left his two second in commands in charge."
"Could you release her, followers of Ziggerastica?" Hiccup said in a royal tone.
The flock dispersed letting the girl fall to the ground.
"You… command these dragons?" the girl panted heavily as she stood up from her knees.
"Not so much as command, but we're friends, I only asked them to release you." Hiccup answered.
"You're friends with Dragons…" she panted.
"What's your name?" I asked.
"Vicky."
"Of what tribe?" Cami asked.
"Meathead, who else?" she replied without missing a beat.
"Come along, we have to find Thuggory." Hiccup said.
We all walked through the forest, me and the swarm of nano dragons right in front of Vicky, with the other dragons at the back.
We came to the village where the raiders had managed to get ashore and were slowly pushing their way towards the meade hall.
The dragons were immediately the center of attention. Raiders and Meatheads alike charged us.
Thuggory leapt between the Meatheads and us, and Vicky leapt between the raiders and us.
Both parties stopped their charge and looked very confused.
"These are our dragons." Thuggory told them.
"Eh? Yer dragons?" a gravelly voice from the raiders side asked.
Alvin stepped out of the crowd of warriors.
"Yes, our dragons." I defended, stepping forward.
"What is the meaning of this?" Mogadon roared, pushing his way through the crowd.
"We have trained dragons." Hiccup explained, "they are generally passive unless threatened."
"How do I git me some of dem?" Alvin mused.
"They are friends, not objects, don't you dare even think of using them for war." I threatened.
"You seem to use them for travel." Savage pointed out.
"That's only because they allow us, if they didn't we would respect their wishes." Hiccup explained.
"And… they don't kill you in a murderous blood thirsty rage?" Mogadon asked.
"I'm an idiot viking known for being banished for coming up with a bad plan, and even I know these aren't murderous bloodthirsty beasts, and they are a really good investment." Alvin chuckled to Savage.
"and I'm sure my daughter here can find me a way to get some." he added
"I'll gladly accept your invitation." Vicky said to us.
"Wait, we never invited you?" Thuggory said
"You never didn't invite me either, and you still have yet to refuse, which means you must agree." she replied.
"That's not how that works…" Heather told her.
"No no, she's got a point." Thug interrupted. (2)
"I mean guys, what better way to prove dragons can be peaceful, then by having the heirs of the two most aggressive viking tribes make peace with them?" Hiccup added.
"You two are agreeing to this?" I yelled at them.
"We'll keep a close eye on her." Thug assured.
"Yeah you will." Vicky answered in a flirtatious tone.
"Wha, no. wait… that's not what I meant!" he stuttered, turning to me.
"Oh no, I assure you, I'm as slllllippery as they come." she added in a purr.
"You can't be much sneakier than Cami." Hiccup said supportively.
"I'm not sneaky in any physical way, I'm sneaky verbally,"
"my tongue twists other tongues." she added eyeing Hiccup.
"Hey! He's taken!" Cami roared.
"Oh no, I meant no disrespect, I only mean that I twist words around, as well as the lack of words. For example, you never said who's taken him, therefore even I could be the one who has taken him." she pointed out, of course she made no attempt to hide the fact that she actively enjoyed riling us up.
Cami was shaking. I walked over and gently pulled her a few steps away while both of us glared at Vicky.
"She is being somewhat truthful, tongue is another word for language." I reassured… sort of.
"Eh hehehehehe, If my daughter is accepted into yer group, I promise I wont raid any of ye tribes." Alvin bartered.
"How do you expect us to believe that?" I snapped at him.
"If it's about me, he wouldn't dare go against his word, I can ruin a lot of people, and do it in many different ways." Vicky threatened or reassured, with her it honestly seemed like it could be both at the same time.
"And how do we trust you?" Hiccup asked.
"A little bit of advice: don't." she whispered to his ear, however we could all hear it.
I'm not sure about anyone else, but I shivered knowing she probably could ruin nearly everyone here with just a few words.
"Very well then… she may accompany us." Hiccup told Alvin.
"That's a good lad."
"So, Enginn… What are we doing here?" Vicky asked slyly.
Hiccup, Cami and Thug glared at her, me and Heather were a bit confused. As seemed to be the usual lately.
"We are here for materials for saddles for Cami's dragon and for Heather's" he answered slowly.
"So, when do I get my dragon?" she asked.
"You don't 'get' one, you have to bond with one, and it has to bond with you." Cami snarked back.
Mogadon stepped forward,
"I'm sorry to say, we don't have much, after giving Dagur his last two shipments for free, and losing money from the bog tribe, Meathead hasn't had much money for metal and leather, most has gone towards food for the last little while." he told us.
"... we'll see if we can help. Somehow." Hiccup assured him.
"We may be able to use the dragons for something." Vicky supplied.
"Y'know that's actually not a bad idea." I said.
"I hate to admit it, but yes." Cami agreed regrettably.
The Outcasts were actually kind enough to return half of what they'd stolen, however they did keep half… so they aren't exactly saints. their excuse was 'hey, we gotta make a living too y'know." sly words from Alvin, however seeing Vicky... they looked like they were spoken from a innocent old lady in comparison.
But we quickly began using the dragons to help the Meatheads, Shipwreck helped fish, Nurse and myself worked in the medical field, Heather's stormcutter, while unable to be ridden could still follow commands, this gave Heather the opportunity to teach it. I think she'd taught it to carry things from one point to another, so I think she was helping with the tree felling.
Hiccup and Toothless, being the fastest, would make small shipments and carry messages, only to the islands that were aware of us of course.
I believe Mogadon wanted them to look for Johanne.
After about a week, the Meathead tribe was stable enough for us to leave, unfortunately Hiccup and Toothless never actually found Johanne, but aside from that, all went well.
We packed up, and soon we were in the air headed for Berserk.
(1) a reference to the original books, in which Ziggerastica and his troops grab hiccup, and make him fly. to intimidate the Romans Hiccup then proclaims he is Thor. in this scenario, it's Vicky being snappy and sarcastic being held captive by the tiny dragons saying she is Thor.
(2) krunk meme, bc Thug is dense at times.
question time: theoretically, since the ourobros has an infinite length... but a set mass... would or wouldn't it have an infinite weight?