How's it going people? I am on a roll for this story and am trying to keep it going.
Chapter 3: What Flies Beneath
It was nighttime in Berk as the village and the great hall had the torches lit for those still up.
We see a yak and three sheep in a clearing grazing and eating grass.
The yak grunts as it looks around before something pulled it underground.
The sheep were soon pulled under as well as something seems to be moving under the ground leaving a trail of tossed up rock and grass behind as it moves.
The trail disappears near the Haddock house as we see Tidalwave on his back still sleeping as he scratches as the air before turning back on his stomach as he smiles.
"Everybody has a past, even dragons, and sometimes the past can comeback to haunt them."
Marcus is sleeping as is Thor on his stone slab and in Hiccup's room the candles are lit as we see Hiccup asleep but Toothless isn't as he walks around growling as he had his head down.
"Ah, Toothless go back to sleep." Said Hiccup as he does.
Toothless looks at him before looking at the floor one more time before going back to sleep
"And when it does, you're going to have to be there for them."
Morning came and we see Stoick, Gobber and Marcus looking at a hole in the ground in the plaza along with other villagers.
Hiccup and Toothless approached it before Toothless stuck his head in and sniffed it.
Suddenly he stood on his back legs, flared his wings out and roars angrily.
"Whoa, hey come on its just a hole, bud." Hiccup said as Toothless goes back down on all fours and keeps his head over the hole growling.
Marcus and Thor look at each other as Thor has a concerned look for Toothless
"It's not just a hole!"
Everyone looked around before looking into the hole as Bucket was down there!
"It's like a underground village!" He said.
Mulch came running to hole and looked down before sighing in relief.
"Oh, Bucket, there you are! I've been looking for you all night!" Mulch said concerned about his friend.
"Sorry, Mulch. But I think I finally found it, my happy place." Bucket said.
Suddenly in front of Bucket was a large cloud of dirt being turned up as he is suddenly launched out as the brown dirt cloud blows in the wind.
The poor guy landed on his back in the dirt.
"Are you alright, Bucket?" Said Stoick as he and Hiccup ran over.
"Not so happy anymore." Bucket said sitting up
"Something pushed me out, something's down there, something big!" Bucket said
Toothless snarls as he jumps inside the hole.
Thor looks down as Toothless goes inside
Thor began growling as the ground began shaking and some kind of 'whisper' began filling the air.
"What is that sound?" Astrid said as she and Hiccup approached the hole.
"Ha, whatever it is it's giving me the willies." Gobber said as he and the others backed away from the hole.
Thor's growl increased in sound as the Whispering did as well.
The other hybrids growled as well.
Suddenly something burst from the hole! It was a dragon with pure white eyes, dark green skin with a very light green underbelly. It is serpentine like as it has no legs, just a head with a large mouth and rotating teeth with spines covering it from head to tail with some on its head being tipped with red.
It roars at all around its hole.
"Look at the size of that thing!" Snotlout said
"Do I have to?" Fishlegs whimpered scared of it,
"Dragons, everyone!" Astrid said as they all ran to their dragons getting on their saddles
Hiccup didn't as Toothless was underground
The dragon roared as it looked at them all. Glancing at each one of them as Marcus jumps on Thor.
"I don't like the way it's eyeballing me." Snotlout said.
"Don't worry it's not just you." Fishlegs said,
"Thanks, big relief."
The dragon roared again before going back into the hole as its long serpentine lower half swished and wiggled before following the rest of itself
"What... was... that?" Astrid said.
"Whatever it was, I want one!" Tuffnut said as he thought the dragon was awesome.
"It was a Whispering Death." Said Marcus.
"Whoa, great name."
Tuffnut covers Belch's ears.
"So much better than Zippleback." He whispered to his sister
Barf growls before bringing his tail up and smacks Tuff on the head.
"OUCH!"
Barf and Belch as well Ruffnut laugh
"Where'd it go? Why's it here? What's it going to do to us? WHY AREN'T YOU SLAPPING ME TO SNAP ME PUT OF THIS?!" Bucket said completely terrified.
We see that both he and Mulch are standing on barrels.
"Because I'm scared, too, Bucket." Mulch said.
The ground shook again as the Whispering Death burst from the ground making a fresh hole.
It roars as it looks around.
"It looks angry, why don't you do that thing where you touch it's nose and feed it grass?" Gobber said to Hiccup,
"Okay, uh -"
"Boulder class, razor sharp teeth, incredibly strong, hunts from underground." Marcus said.
"Wow, I was just about to ask Fishlegs about it." Hiccup said as Marcus read his mind as he was going to ask Fishlegs about the dragon in front of them.
"Hey, I'm your brother." Marcus
"Now I really want one." Tuffnut said,
"So, how do we deal with this thing?" Snotlout asked,
"Stand back, everyone!"
They looked up and saw Stoick on Thornado.
"Thornado's got something to say to this beast!"
Thornado unleashes a sonic blast that made the Whispering Death flinch but it just screeched loudly at them.
"I don't think it has it's got it's listening ears on." Gobber said.
"Then we speak louder!" Said Marcus as Thor roars loudly as do the other hybrids.
The hybrids took to the air and roared as they charged at the dragon.
Bash and Smash do a backflip and slam their club tails uppercutting the dragon as Hammertail slams his tail on it's head.
Storm came charging in and fired at it, her Blast seemed like a blue magnesium blast compared to a Nadder's regular shot type.
She struck the Whispering Death across the face.
Tidalwave charged and rammed into the dragon, nailing it right in the gut.
The dragon screeches in pure rage as it twisted and turned firing rings of fire trying to strike at them as well as firing it's spines desperately trying to hit one of them but they were too fast and maneuvered around them
The dragon spots Marcus and Thor coming it and fired at them with its spines
Sparks flew as the spines hit Thor's hard hide as Marcus ducks.
Thor came down at a angle and punches the dragon across the face before landing on the ground and bounces back at it landing another punch.
The dragon roars as it tried to go back underground
Marcus looks at its tail before grabbing it,
"Where do you think you're going?" Marcus said before giving the tail he was holding a hard yanking, literally pulling the dragon back out before lifting it over his head and slamming it on the ground
It groans as it shakes its head.
Everyone was flabbergasted by that!
"That dragon has to be at least 2000 pounds, and he just lifted it?!" Fishlegs shouted with shock and amazement in his voice,
"So awesome!" The twins said,
Stoick made a proud laugh.
"I once saw him throw a Monstrous Nightmare like it was nothing, despite how he looks he's very strong." Said Stoick, sounding proud of Marcus
The Whispering Death hissed at Thor and Marcus before dodging spines shot by Pyra and Storm.
Storm fires a lightning bolt at the spines and the bolt seemed to travel through the spines before giving the dragon a shock before it went back in the air
"Everyone, together! With all of us we can send this thing running!" Marcus said.
"Well you heard the man." Astrid said as she and the others got their dragons in the air.
They get behind Stoick and Thornado.
The Whispering Death growls as it looks at them as they fly around it, keeping their eyes on it.
It looks behind and sees the hybrids walking on the ground around it like predators waiting for their opportunity to strike.
The riders and their dragons had it trapped in a circle.
Suddenly Toothless comes out the hole he went in, ready for a fight.
He looks back at Stormfly and the others and snarls at them and at the hybrids.
Stormfly and the other dragons began flying back as if getting out,
"What is Toothless doing?!" Snotlout said,
"I think he wants us to back off." Astrid said,
"No problem here." Fishlegs too eager to not get involved.
The hybrids weren't so eager to back off as Hammertail charged in ready to ram into the Whispering Death but Toothless grabbed him by the tail with his mouth and swung him around and threw him into the other hybrids.
"Whoa, hey!" Said Marcus before he and Thor and the other hybrids ended up dog piled on top of each other, though he quickly gets out,
"Hey, what the hell?!" Marcus said shocked and angry Toothless just did that.
Toothless had his eyes as cat slits as he and Whispering Death glared at each other
"Toothless!" Hiccup said concerned for his best friend. Why was he taking it on by himself?!
The Whispering Death lunged at Toothless but he dodged.
The next lunge Toothless leapt at the dragon getting it on the ground for a few seconds before it broke free.
The Whispering Death was in the air as Toothless fires three plasma blasts but it easily dodges them.
Toothless roars as he tries to get in the air but can't which is something that the Whispering Death seems to notice.
"Toothless can't fly without me, he's a sitting duck!" Hiccup said
Stoick lands Thornado and gets beside Gobber.
"Gobber, man the catapults and as soon as that thing is clear of Toothless, fire!" He said
"Wait, dad!"
Toothless got close to him as he tried to get on.
"Just let me help you, bud." Hiccup said before Toothless pushes him aside not taking his eyes off his opponent,
Hiccup sat up shocked that Toothless just knocked him aside, before moving
"Toothless, what, what's wrong?"
Toothless stopped and looked at him and back at the dragon before roaring at him giving chase.
Astrid ran over.
"What was that all about?"
"I have no idea."
The Whispering Death shot its spines with one hitting Toothless in his back leg!
"Gobber!" Stoick said giving the signal.
Gobber fires one of the catapults hitting it making it take its attention away from Toothless
The sun began to come out as Gobber fired again and it fled underground and ran away
Toothless growls at the trail it left behind.
Hiccup ran over and saw the dragon's spine in Toothless' leg.
"Oh no, you're hurt."
Toothless looked at him and stayed still long enough for Hiccup to remove the spine before running up the hill
"Toothless, wait!" Hiccup said.
Thor and the hybrids finally managed to get themselves all up and off each other.
"Where's he going?" Said Astrid,
"Probably running away to like his wounds." Snotlout said before chuckling
"It's not funny! He could've been killed, he can't fly remember?" Hiccup said
"And who's fault is that?
"Seriously, did you just go there?" Astrid said.
"Hey I call it like I see it.
"Is anybody going to talk about what in the name of Thor just happened?" Fishlegs said.
"Uh, dragon fight. Just another day on Berk." Tuffnut said.
"Uh, not really. That looked like it there was more to it than that. The Whispering Death singled Toothless and he wanted that dragon all to himself." Said Marcus looking at the hybrids.
Thor pushes them aside and looks up at Toothless confused on why he would attack him like that.
"But why?" Hiccup said looking up at his best friend who stares at the forest.
Night fell as in Hiccup's room we see him patting the place Toothless got hurt,
"Oh, I wish you could tell me what was going on out there, bud." Hiccup said before the sound of wood creaking was hurt as Toothless, who seemed on edge, got up.
"Whoa, easy. It's just my dad." Said Hiccup as Stoick walked in.
"How's our wounded warrior?"
"Still a bit on edge." Hiccup said.
"Don't worry, Toothless." Stoick said patting Toothless on the snout
"I think we taught that dragon a thing or two about uninvited guests here on Berk. I don't think he'll be coming back any time soon, at least, I hope not." Stoick said before leaving the room,
"Me too. That should do it, just try to take it easy." Said Hiccup.
Toothless gets on his slab and burns it as he usually does as he makes a circle before laying down and closes his eyes.
Hiccup goes to bed but takes one last look at Toothless before closing his eyes.
Toothless opens his eyes and walks over to Hiccup and takes a long look at him before running off into the night through his window but takes one last look at the hut before doing so.
Hiccup was shocked to find Toothless gone but Thor was the most shocked as he ran right out the door making Tidalwave and Thornado shoot up from their sleep as Thor looked around for the dragon he called a brother before roaring loudly.
He then has a worried look on his face as Toothless doesn't answer.
Marcus rubs the side of his face as they looked out to the forest. Knowing that Toothless was somewhere in there with the Whispering Death, so Hiccup gathered the riders in the academy
"Maybe Toothless just went for a little flight, oh that's right he can't." Snotlout said before laughing again as he had his hands on Hookfang's chin,
"Really you're going there again?!" Astrid said.
"What's up with sparky over there?" Said Snotlout as Hiccup got between him and Astrid stopping her from attacking him as Thor still had his worried look on his face.
"He's worried about Toothless." Marcus said,
"Why? It's not like Toothless -"
Snotlout didn't get to finish his smug taunt as Thor roars in his face.
Marcus pulls him back calming down.
Snotlout breaths as he holds his chest.
"You'd be worried too, if you didn't want to lose another family member." Said Marcus.
"Yeah, yeah we all know he's a orphan, but -"
"Snotlout, he was a mere hatchling when he watched his parents get killed and he was powerless to do anything about it!"
Everyone was silent, even the dragons as they looked at Thor.
"I know because he told me. They were killed and gutted by Vikings, right in front of him as he hid inside a small hole. Got something to say about that?" Marcus said
"They all went through this, well Snot-man, got anything to taunt about that?"
Everyone was silent
"Didn't think so. Now, if we find that Whispering Death then we find Toothless." Said Marcus.
"What are we going to do if we do find it first?" Fishlegs said.
"Well, we train him." Said Hiccup making his way to Fishlegs.
"You know, he has Death in his name right?" Tuffnut said
"Fishlegs, is there anything about the Whispering Death in the book of dragons that can help us?" Hiccup asked as Fishlegs turned to the Whispering Death page.
"It can shoot razor sharp spines from any part of its body."
"And how's that supposed to help?" Astrid said,
"Well it would help if we stayed away from those." He said
"Please, we find that thing and as soon as Toothless shows up they'll all back off. Because they're scared of him." Said Marcus
Hookfang got in his face on fire as if saying he's not scared of anything,
Marcus surprised everyone as he just slapped Hookfang across the face.
"Don't get in my face, I will drop you faster than dragon poop." Said Marcus
Hookfang slowly turned his head back around as everyone had the same look as if saying Did you just slam me/him?
"Yes, I just slapped you. Seems to me you need more of it considering how you treat your rider." Said Marcus
Hookfang growls.
"I'm warning you, don't mess with me."
Hookfang smirks as he literally was in his face before Marcus grabbed him by the horns and literally flipped him on his back.
"I warned you." Marcus said
"How strong are you?!" Snotlout said.
"I trained and exercised every day I was gone as well as my time here, remember that." Said Marcus.
Snotlout gulped. This guy had trained everyday for most of his life, and he just flipped Hookfang like he was nothing.
"You just flipped a 5,000 pound dragon." Fishlegs said not believing what he saw.
"Supposedly, 5,000 pounds." Marcus said
"Anyways, if it shoots those spines at us, I volunteer Ruffnut to be the human shield." Said Tuffnut before Ruff kicks him the knee.
"OW, MY KNEECAP! That's new, I like it." He said Marcus covers his face and shakes his head.
"This dragon has to have some kind of weakness." Said Hiccup,
"Actually, no, yeah it says right here no known weaknesses." Said Fishlegs.
"Have I mentioned, I love this thing?" Said Tuffnut.
"Marcus?" Said Hiccup.
Marcus leans on Thor as he scratches his chin in thought
"Hmm, oh! I once heard of this farmer who got corned by one and shoved his broom in its mouth, it calmed down when he began brushing in its mouth, so I think they like having their teeth brushed. If that helps." Said Marcus
"We don't have anything big enough for that thing's mouth." Said Hiccup.
"There's something about them that I'm trying to remember about it. I think it's useful." Said Marcus.
"Well that's reassuring." Said Snotlout.
"I don't see you coming up with anything useful, bushy brows." Said Marcus.
Snotlout growled as he looked at his eyebrows
"Can we go already? We don't know how much time we have. Astrid, do you mind if I ride on Storm?" Said Hiccup,
"Why are you asking me?" She asks.
"Hiccup, don't forget they're my dragons." Said Marcus.
"Oh, I just thought considering they -"
"I can't care for them all myself, they do need the exercise and I thought considering they at least own a dragon that's part of them they'd do good." Marcus said.
"Even Snotlout?" Hiccup said,
"Actually my mom, got herself a female Nightmare that comes around sometimes, but doesn't have a saddle for yet because she doesn't know about the whole dragon riding thing, anyways she's been giving me pointers for Pyra here because of the whole girl thing." Said Snotlout.
"That explains so much." Said Astrid.
"Though I guess I'm going with Hookfang because she won't move from those stupid eggs!" Said Snotlout trying to get her to move.
"She won't it's her turn to watch the eggs." Said Marcus getting on Thor,
"Gah, I wish these stupid eggs would hatch already it's been at least a month since they've been and nothing, because so far the only thing I can think of getting out of them is a nice tasty omelet."
He was close to the two golden eggs and lightning shot from them hitting him in the butt.
"OUCH!"
He rubs his butt before getting on Hookfang.
"You still haven't figured out what they are yet?" Said Hiccup getting on Storm.
"I can't, none of the books I had any eggs that looked like them. I have to wait for them to hatch to see." Marcus said.
"Lets go!" Hiccup said after nodding .
"WHOA!" He said as Storm took off making Astrid and Marcus chuckle.
"Not fair, I wasn't ready." Hiccup said
Marcus goes past him laughing.
"Oh ha, ha taste of my own medicine when I did the same to you." Said Hiccup being sarcastic
Storm then yanks going forward.
"Whoa, easy!" Said Hiccup.
"Looks like she wants another go at that dragon." Said Snotlout as he and the others got into the air.
"Must be the Skrill in her." Said Marcus.
The riders flew over the forest looking for the Whispering Death however Hiccup was mostly trying not to get tossed off by Storm's sudden movements. Thor and the other hybrids were also moving looking for it
"Whoa, easy girl, easy!" Hiccup said
"What's up with them?" Said Fishlegs.
"Probably mad that Toothless got in the way of their fight. They're wanting to have a second round." Said Marcus,
"Could someone please do something?! Lunch, gah, is coming back up!" Hiccup said
"Two holes, down in the forest!" Marcus said pointing downward and they saw two holes next to each other.
Storm swoops down to them followed by Thor and the rest.
"Thank Odin." Hiccup said as he got off letting his stomach settle down.
"Toothless!" Hiccup said calling out to his friend as Thor roared doing the same.
"How do we even know the Whispering Death made these holes?" Snotlout asked
Astrid steps in
"So you think it might be the other 2,500 pound, rock eating Dragon we're following?"
Snotlout looks at her in confusion
"I know what you're- Don't try to confuse me."
Marcus walks around and steps on something, he lifts his foot and saw a tooth and picks it up.
Hiccup and others went to him, "what did you find?" Marcus shows him the tooth and Hiccup takes it. "He must've lost a tooth." He inspects it.
Tuffnut grins
"Is it sharp? If it is I want it! I like sharp!"
Ruffnut nodded
"Yeah, sharp is good!"
Fishlegs came to them
"Think about this: hundreds of those spinning together, ripping through dirt and tree roots. Discarding rock like it's not even there!"
Suddenly the dragons, minus Thor and the hybrids, began raging uncontrollably, Hiccup tells everyone to quiet, and the Twins temporarily makes an annoyance.
"Listen for what?!" Tuffnut yelled looking at his sister who shrugged
"I don't hear anything. What are we listening for?!" Ruffnut yelled
"Be quiet!" Astrid said as she glanced back and glared at them
"How are we supposed to hear anything over her yelling-OW!" Tuffnut yelled
He was cut off when Storm uses her tail to hit his head as he falls to the ground. Then they feel the earth shaking again. The Riders realize that they came too early to the Whispering Death.
"Looks like we beat Toothless." Snotlout said as he looked at the dragon fearfully
"Yeah... we win..." Astrid said sarcastically
The Whispering Death burst from the ground roaring at the intruders
"I'm not feeling like a winner!" Fishlegs said
The Whispering Death glared and growls at Fishlegs.
Fishlegs gulps
"Hi... um... I like the teeth..."
The Whispering Death burrows back underground.
"I hate it when he does that! Can you at least tell me why he does it?!" Snotlout said angry
Fishlegs tried to find the answer when everyone was looking at him
"Maybe to hunt...? Maybe because it's cooler...? Maybe to look for water...? AND MAYBE BECAUSE HE CAN'T STAND THE PRESSURE OF EVERYBODY ALWAYS EXPECTING HIM TO HAVE THE ANSWERS!"
Tuffnut grins and whispers to his sister
"He's losing it."
Ruffnut nodded
"I know...it's awesome."
The Whispering Death emerges from the ground again. Tuffnut gasps and grins, "Somebody hold it still. I wanna pet it!"
Marcus and Ruff pulled him away from the it.
The dragon then began slithering at them keeping it's body visible as it tears the ground up
Hiccup was walking forward towards it, the hybrids took a step forward but Marcus stopped them.
"Do you actually have a plan or are you trying to get yourself killed?" Astrid said worried
He stopped and turned around.
"If I can train it, then it'll leave Toothless alone."
"So you are trying to get yourself killed." Snotlout said.
Hiccup turned around and saw it coming at him and he turned away and put his hand out and everyone gasped as the dust flew up.
The Whispering Death was right in front of his hand and for a moment smelled it before going back underground.
Marcus breaths in relief as he wipes his head.
"Don't ever do that again!" Marcus said with the hybrids roaring in agreement
"Okay...?" Hiccup said not really paying attention to him.
"Uh, I know what you're thinking and the answer is no." Astrid said with Fishlegs and Snotlout beside her with Fishlegs nodding in agreement.
Hiccup just jumps in the hole.
Marcus groans.
"Why does he always do that?" Astrid said.
The trio walked over to the hole and looked down,
"Oh I am so glad I'm not down there right now." Fishlegs said before Snotlout came from behind and pushed him in.
"Oops."
"SNOTLOUT!" Astrid and Marcus said glaring at him
Inside the hole Fishlegs lands with a thud and gets up.
"Thanks, Fishlegs. I kinda figured you'd be the last to volunteer." Hiccup said
"Yeah! I didn't want you to have to face that thing all alone." Fishlegs said
They heard the dragon make a sound as they look at the tunnel filled with the different passages it's made.
"This things been busy." Hiccup said
"Quick question, why are we here again?" Fishlegs said.
"This is where it spends all of its time, there has to be something down here that can help us." Hiccup said walking forward
He looked down one passage seeing it move by.
"There it goes, let's follow it."
He looks back seeing Fishlegs looking around,
"Oh, you were talking to me?"
"Fishlegs, new dragon, you love this stuff."
Fishlegs was poking his fingers together before moving forward not happy.
"I hate that about me." He said
The two went in the tunnel and walked into a new way with a lot of tunnels.
After getting scared by a sheep that jumped out of a tunnel they went to move more but the dragon poked its head out of one and looked the opposite way first giving them enough time to get in a tunnel and Hiccup covers Fishlegs' mouth as it moves by
Some sunlight poked through and it recoiled from and slithered around it,
Thinking they were safe Hiccup moved his hand from Fishlegs' mouth.
"Hiccup, did you see -"
The dragon looked back as Hiccup covered his mouth again.
"Can it wait?" Hiccup whispered as Fishlegs nodded
The Whispering Death slithers by as they watch it's body.
"Let's just hope it keeps moving." Hiccup whispered before it suddenly stopped and its spines rose up.
"How'd that work out for us?" Fishlegs said.
Hiccup put a finger to his mouth.
Fishlegs looked at the dragon before shaking Hiccup to get his attention and pointed at it.
There was a bite mark on the Whispering Death
Then it bolts.
"Did you see that?" Fishlegs said.
"Was that a bite mark?" Hiccup said,
"Not just any bite mark, that's a Night Fury bite mark. I think I know why these two are looking for each other." Fishlegs said.
"They have a history." Hiccup said realizing it.
"A grudge." Fishlegs said.
"If that's true, how long do dragons hold a grudge?" Hiccup said
"To the death?" Fishlegs said
"Let's get out of here before it comes back." Hiccup said.
"That is a really good idea." Fishlegs said all too eager
They run down the tunnel running into it as they stand in one of the rays of sunlight that was peeking through and it seemed like it couldn't attack them as it got out of the way and they ran.
It looks at the light and flinches before going down a tunnel.
Up above everyone is looking down the hole.
"They've been down there forever!" Said Astrid as she called for them
They appeared and looked up at them.
"Yep, right here." Hiccup said,
"Did you see the Whispering Death? Was it -"
Tuffnut was cut off as he was pushed aside,
"Forget about that hurry up and get out!" Marcus said.
They heard the Whispering Death as they looked up from the hole seeing it making a trail.
"Yeah they do!" Astrid said.
The two looked and saw dirt being kicked up.
"Fishlegs you go first." Hiccup said
"No argument here!"
Hiccup helped him up.
"Grab my hand!" Astrid said as the other riders formed a chain behind her helping her reach Fishlegs as they pulled him out
"Hiccup come on!" Marcus said as he took over for her.
"I can't reach!" Hiccup said,
"Thor, you are heavy!" Snotlout said as they were holding Marcus up with their chain.
"What he said, geez!" Said Tuffnut.
"Don't give up, Hiccup, you can do it!" Marcus said,
"I'm trying, Marcus!" Hiccup said looking back seeing the Whispering Death coming as he continues to try and reach for his brother's hand.
"GET BACK!" Hiccup said before he was launched out of the hole.
Everyone looked up at him.
"Whoa, I bet he can see our house from up there." Tuffnut said.
The Whispering Death came out reading to swallow Hiccup but Hammertail and Bash and Smash smacked it aside letting Stormfly grab him and set him down
The Whispering Death snarled at Hiccup,
"I don't think it likes you in its hole." Tuffnut said,
"He's right, one of the things about the Whispering Death is that it's very territorial about the tunnels it makes." Marcus said,
"Oh where was that info hours ago?! I was down there!" Fishlegs said.
"Well sorry!"
"Can we go now, please?!" Snotlout said terrified
"No, I know I can train this dragon. Anybody got some dragon nip?" Hiccup said when he suddenly found his hands filled with the stuff.
Hiccup approached the dragon as Marcus was thinking as if remembering something
"HICCUP, NO!" Marcus said
Hiccup looks back as the Whispering Death sneezes making the dragons fall asleep.
"Whispering Death dragons are immune to dragon nip." Marcus said,
"Now you tell us, great, now we're defenseless!" Snotlout said
"RUN!" Marcus said as they take off but not before he punches the dragon in the face
The Whispering Death pursues them until Toothless finally makes its arrival and fends off the Whispering Death and they resume their duel. However, the Whispering Death finds that he is encountered by the other dragons and falls back. Hiccup tries to mount to Toothless again, but Toothless still does not allow his Rider as he brutally pushes him aside, and almost threatens Hiccup. Hiccup tries to talk some sense into him as he requests to only help Toothless, but Toothless refuses and flees. Hiccup tries to follow him to come back, but Toothless threatens him with a warning shot, a message to stay away and he presses on without him.
Hiccup was shock until Tuffnut butts in and said, "Awkward..."
"Tuff…" Marcus glares at him.
As they were flying home,
Snotlout spoke, "So Toothless has an arch-enemy. Kind of like you and me."
Hiccup was riding on Hammertail considering he was less likely to start moving like Storm did.
"Snotlout! You're not my arch-enemy!"
Well, you're mine!" Snotlout said with hand gestured to his eyes and then to Hiccup.
Astrid rolls her eyes, "He's just trying to protect you."
Snotlout scoff, "That's not what it is! Toothless doesn't want you around because this is between him and the other guy. He's a fighter. Like me. Not... whatever you are." He waves off.
Hiccup was shock and surprise, "I... never thought I'd say this, Snotlout, but I think you're right."
Snotlout was surprise, "Wait... huh? You guys heard that, right?"
"No," Marcus said.
"It's not a fair fight! If Toothless is gonna win, he has to fly. And he can't fly without me!" Hiccup said.
Astrid looks at him, "So, what are you saying?"
Hiccup said, "I'm saying we need to find him and soon."
"Hiccup, I think I finally got just what's going on between Toothless and that dragon." Marcus said.
"Really?" Hiccup said,
"Yeah, I think I've got all the things needed to figure it out."
"I imagine Toothless was a youngling at the time and it was stormy, he flies and finds himself a place to try and wait out the storm not knowing that he was in one of it's tunnels, the two fight and he flies away. This dragon wants to settle the score." Said Marcus
Hiccup looks to the forest floor with worry,
Meanwhile, Toothless runs through the trees looking for the Whispering Death. He hated that dragon. Ever since he could remember, the Whispering Death was nothing but trouble.
Then Hammertail landed with Hiccup on her back. The others came as Hiccup gets off of Hammertail and approaches Toothless, with his hand extended out. Toothless finally touches his nose to Hiccup's hand. "Hey, bud. You had me so worried there for a while. You haven't been yourself lately. Good to see you're still you."
Then the ground shakes as the Whispering Death appears from the ground. He glares at Toothless. Toothless glares at him.
Hiccup tries to stop him,
"You can just walk away from this, bud!" Hiccup tries to get on Toothless, "Let's just go home-" Toothless pushes Hiccup away again.
Fishlegs was getting scared, "You were so close. I thought you had him!"
Toothless tries to fly towards the Whispering Death, shooting plasma blasts but is knocked down by the Whispering Death. The dragons were about to help but Toothless tells the other dragons to stay away. The riders were trying to tell them but they won't do anything. The hybrids tried going at it but Toothless roars loudly at them making them back off as Thor looked worried
"They know this isn't their fight, guys." Marcus said as he watched as Toothless chased the Whispering Death.
They all went after him and the Whispering Death corners Toothless on a cliff ledge, with no escape.
Hiccup watches in horror, "TOOTHLESS! Buddy..."
Marcus' eyes widen when he saw the Whispering Death using his rings of fire at Toothless to push him off the edge, "He's going knock Toothless into the canyon!"
Hiccup did a crazy thing. He steps off the ledge and free falls into the canyon. Toothless saw this and his eyes widen as he dives to save him. Toothless was able to get Hiccup as he mounts Toothless in midair.
"WHOOHOOO!" Marcus said as Thor roared happily
Hiccup and Toothless reunited
"You save me, I save you! That's the way it is!" Hiccup said happily.
Toothless and Hiccup fight the Whispering Death. As they fend off the Whispering Death, the sun shined. The Whispering Death hissed pain before going underground. Fishlegs and Marcus notices him getting blind by sunlight and discovering its weakness.
As Toothless hovers, Fishlegs said, "The sunlight, Hiccup! That's its weakness!"
The Whispering Death tried a sneak attack but Thor punches him down.
Thor and Toothless look at each other as Toothless growled.
"Why? You're his brother, he won't let you do this alone."
Toothless looked at Thor with slight awe in his eyes, seeing him willing to go so far as doing this when this is between him and the Whispering Death.
"Now lets show this dragon what us brothers can do!" Marcus said.
Hiccup smiled and nodded.
Thor and Toothless smirked.
"Now let's keep him above the ground." Hiccup said
The dragon tried another sneak attack but Thor slammed his tail in its face. It then goes back under.
"Oh no, you don't. Thor!" Marcus said as Thor lands and begins smashing the ground with his fists.
"What's he doing?" Said Snotlout
Thor then brings his foot up and gives a strong stomp and suddenly the Whispering Death is launched out of a hole.
"Good work, lightning ball!" Marcus said
Red lightning gathered in Thor's hand before he threw it at the Whispering Death sending it flying through three trees before it quickly went back underground
"The holes, aim for the holes!" Hiccup said.
Marcus nods as Thor flies up with Toothless beside him and begin shooting into the holes
Thor and Toothless use this to get the Whispering Death to exit his holes by blasting it with plasma to its underground complex, creating a burst of bright red and blue plasma and lightning erupting in each opening.
Ruffnut awed, "This. Is. Amazing!"
Tuffnut pats Belch's head,
"We've got to find you an arch-nemesis."
The Whispering Death is launched out of a hole as it shakes itself and roars at Toothless before getting tackled.
The dragon is at his mercy as he roars at it.
Thor lands and they watch.
"Toothless, no!" Hiccup said.
After a moment Toothless roars at it and let's it go as it retreats in defeat.
Before it goes away it roars one more time angrily as if not wanting to admit defeat
Thor growls before roaring loudly (for sound imagine the roar the Spinosaurus made in Jurassic Park 3 before the airplane fell)
Everyone covered their ears and the dragons stood down before the Whispering Death ran away in fear.
"Good job, buddy. I don't think he's ever coming back." Said Marcus patting his said.
Thor nods and snorts out a puff of smoke as if saying He better.
The others came and Snotlout whines,
"Aw, man! Toothless could have finished him off!"
Hiccup smiles at his dragon
"Well, I guess all dragon grudges aren't to the death." He said
Fishlegs smiles,
"I guess I'll have to change that in the book." He said before gently tapping Meatlug to take them home.
"Let's go home." Hiccup said as they all took to the air, heading for Berk
Later we see Hiccup and Toothless flying as Toothless was holding a large rock.
"When our past rears its ugly head, it usually doesn't have six rows of razor-sharp teeth and a bad attitude."
Hiccup sees one of the holes the Whispering Death made before Toothless dropped the rock covering it.
"If it does, you're going to need a great friend who has your back. I will always have Toothless' back. And he will always have mine. Just like Thor does for him and Marcus does for me, because we are a family."
The two fly up towards Thor and Marcus as they fly home together, all as one as they are brothers. Mess with one, you mess with the other. The Whispering Death learned that the hard way.
That's the end of that. Read and Review, I'm out!
