Chapter 17

Astrid woke up with a huge headache and opened her eyes to only find open clear sky above her. She shot up and groaned as it made her headache worse but ignored it as she saw the form of Toothless beside her but no Azora. "No…" she whispered her eyes widening as she grabbed the prosthetic tail fin that was lying on the floor of the boat. "That bastard!"

Her growl awoke Toothless who shot up making the boat wobble dangerously. "Where are we?" He asked frantically as he took notice of Astrid holding a fin. "Where is Azora?"

Astrid only shook her head. She knew that Azora was still with the ship and that dreaded king but why would he let her and Toothless go but not Azora? They never agreed to the deal! And who hit her?

Toothless growled and wiggled his tail enough for his prosthetic to open and said, "climb on Astrid. We need to get to Berk quickly."

Astrid nodded and tried to find her bearings. She looked to the sun that was still rising and said, "Berk should be in the eastern direction." She pointed and Toothless nodded as she got onto his back. As soon as she was settled on he shot off and flew in the eastern direction where he hoped Berk would be.

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Maaran paced back and forth in Hiccup's hut as he waited for any reports to come back to him though he knew in this short time it would be unlikely to hear about much of anything. Hiccup spent more time at the forge trying to get his mind off of what happened and to busy himself for not being able to do anything to help with Toothless gone and often spoke to Maaran about how he felt at fault for not being strong enough to protect Astrid.

He felt the same as Hiccup so he couldn't fault him for thinking that way but all the same encouraged Hiccup not to do so because it wouldn't be what Astrid and Toothless would want him to do.

"Then what should I do Maaran?" Hiccup asked one day as he worked more on the necklace Toothless wanted to present to Azora. "I am nothing without Toothless and Astrid."

Maaran just looked him square in the eye and said, "What would Astrid say to you when you are in a tight spot?"

"She would ask what I'm going to do about it."

"What do you say back?"

"I would say that I'd probably do something stupid." Hiccup's eyes lit up in thought. "Then I would say I'm going to do something crazy!"

Maaran lightly chuckled as Hiccup immediately started to work on a new project and he rarely came out of his workshop in the last twelve hours at least as his mind swept him away into a land of achieving great things for his friends.

He could understand how making things to help would keep someone like Hiccup encouraged more to find Astrid, Toothless, and Azora but Maaran was used to finding things on his own, protecting what was his, and defeating those who harmed who he cared for. He shook his head and went outside to the ledge that calmed his senses and sat down looking into the distance as birds flew by and wind caressed his scales.

As time ticked by he noticed a dot in the distance and squinted to get a better look before leaping off the ledge and in the direction of it. As he got closer he noticed it was Toothless and Astrid but he immediately noticed that Azora was not with them. He quickly flew to them and noticed how Toothless struggled to stay in the air.

"Toothless!" He called making the two look at him in happy exhaustion.

"Maaran!" Astrid called before Toothless could and waved at him. "We will explain everything as soon as we can land and have food." She quickly said when it looked like Maaran was going to ask something. "Please, we have been flying for hours trying to find Berk."

Maaran nodded and led them to Berk and as soon as they landed at the chief's hut, Toothless immediately collapsed to the ground panting in pure exhaustion. His body ached and his lungs were seemingly purged from all their air but his heart the pain in his heart overwhelmed him as he thought about where Azora was.

"I'll get Hiccup and Stoick along with some food and water." Maaran said and quickly ran towards the forge.

Toothless looked at Astrid and sighed. "I still wish I knew why they kept Azora." He whispered.

Astrid looked at him and tried hard to remember what had happened before she was hit unconscious. She was so lost in thought, she didn't notice when Hiccup, Stoick, Anthia, and Maaran all arrived to where they were until Hiccup hugged her tightly. "I am so sorry Astrid." Hiccup said.

Astrid smiled and pushed Hiccup away gently before punching him in the arm. "Don't apologize for what this monster did Hiccup." Astrid said smiling. "He'll get what is coming to him."

"What happened?" Maaran said anxiously. "Where is my daughter?"

Toothless and Astrid looked at each other and sighed before diving into the tale of what happened on the ship."

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Azora shivered as she sat alone in the room that she first arrived in with Toothless and Astrid. She refused to go back to that nightfury male and instead chose this room as her prison. She ate the fish in the barrels that were still in the room slowly so that she could preserve energy and be prepared for anything that came her way later but knew that it would be futile. So far, she has been left alone by Ragnok and has not seen the king anymore since she left the deck and came down below. Azora knew that her dragon magic with Toothless would be activated soon and just hoped that he knew exactly where she would be when it happened.

The ship had been sailing several hours and she felt the crew's anticipation and talks as they sailed closer to what they called the kings castle but she didn't bother to go above to look. She had no way off the ship and rescue was not even close to her at the moment so the door to her room was left open by everyone. She just sat and listened closely to the crew.

Suddenly she felt eyes upon her form and immediately stopped eating to glare at who interrupted her only to shiver in fear as her eyes connected with Alarka's lustful ones but tried to put on a brave front. "What do you want here you ghailan?" She snarled.

He only looked at her more in his lustful way. "I have not seen eyes like yours before my Aabinus Abha." He rolled, his voice gravely and deep but near silent and deadly sounding at the same time.

"I'm not your anything." Azora growled.

"You made a deal with my Adiish." He said stepping into the room as she backed away. "I would hate to tell him to kill your friend and lover because you refused to cooperate."

"You can't get to them." Azora snarled. "They are safely away from this ship and your so called Adiish."

"I beg to differ Aabinus." He purred in lust as lies soon came to him to give to her. "I planted a magic in both of them and if you dare try to be uncooperative, I just need to activate it for them to be killed." He watched as her eyes widened and the scent of her fear immediately made him growl with want. He pushed the door to the room closed and heard it lock behind him as he advanced onto his chosen female.

Azora panted in fear and almost completely started to hyperventilate as he came closer and closer to her. "Don't kill them." She pleaded lowering her body and head to the floor in complete submission as Alarka soon stood in front of her. "Please…"

"Then you will cooperate and accept your fate at my side as my Aabinus Abha." He put a paw on her head and lifted her jaw with his claws to get her meet his eyes. "Repeat after me or I will trigger the magic understood?"

Azora nodded but flinched as his claw dug into her jaw. "I understand!" She said quickly.

"Good." He said seemingly pleased with himself. "Now say these exact words. 'I will forevermore be a Abdul Haeyy to my Adiish, Alarka Druas, until he passes unto the Hiryur Haefen or the Den Helder so may it be. Atamjog'."

Azora knew exactly what he was doing. She gulped and whispered the exact words back to him before a sharp pain erupted through her head and she knew that unless Alarka was killed or died because of old age, she was his to control. "Why me?" She asked as he started to sniff her closely, getting acquainted with her scent and making her flinch. "Why can't you find another?"

"There is none that could fulfill my desire to rear offspring." He growled as he started to lick her neck in lustful want. "No other could bear pure Aglovale Helmar offspring other than a female of the species."

"But I already have eggs…" she whispered as she closed her eyes at the feel of him moving down her body with his tongue.

"They matter not to me." He growled nipping her lightly in the wing making her jump slightly. "They will just be destroyed once they are produced."

Azora sobbed in full force though no tears were produced. "Please no… don't take my babies… please, I'll do anything to keep my babies."

"They are my competition's. I must get rid of them as they will not obey my command as I did not father them." He went lower and lower down her body with his tongue as she was consumed with grief. He personally would never kill a hatchling of his breed but the reaction of the female before him and her willingness to comply with his demands egged him on. "I will arrange for them to be delivered safely to Berk though if you continue to do my bidding." He lied once more knowing full well that it would make Azora more compliant.

Azora whimpered as she felt his arousal press against her hip and whimpered. She did not respond to his statement and closed her eyes tightly as she felt his tongue against her entrance briefly before it went away. Azora opened her eyes slowly and looked behind her only to get forced into the floor as Alarka pounced on top of her body his face next to her as his arousal was placed to her entrance.

"This will hurt as I am much larger than your current mate." Alarka said menacingly before thrusting forward.

All around the ship, pain filled roars were heard as Alarka asserted his dominance over the female that was on board.

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In the sky, a small group of dragons heard the roar of pain and quickly looked around before spotting a ship fitting the description that Maaran gave them. The head dragon, a Sawyere Jock, signaled a male Fenrisaahba Jusamah to follow the ship while staying hidden in the clouds and to wait until he heard the signal from the elder Aglovale Helmar to show where he was with the ship.

With confirmation from the Fenrisaahba Jusamah, the Sawyere Jock and the other dragons flew as quickly as they could to Berk.

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Back at Berk, everyone was sitting around the fire in the chief's hut and taking in everything that the two told them. Maaran was shocked at the story and shook his head in disbelief. "They let you go?" He said in disbelief.

"Yeah."Astrid said. "I don't know why because the hit I took made me forget a little of what happened after we were trapped in the room with that king. It goes fuzzy after the king appeared."

Maaran sighed heavily before looking towards Toothless. "You have the scent of dragon magic around you Toothless."

"I do?" Toothless asked trying to sniff himself. "I don't smell it."

Maaran went over to him and connected to the dragon magic before suddenly everything disappeared around them and they appeared in another place. A roar of pain made everyone look frantic as an image appeared of Azora being taken by force before another image was cast in its place of the direction and location that Azora was headed. The roars of pain increased to the point of ear shattering before everything went back to normal and they were back at the hut.

Everyone had different reactions at the brief glimpse of what was happening to Azora on the ship. Hiccup and Stoick looked ashen faced, Astrid looked completely horrified, Maaran looked completely angered along with Anthia, but Toothless was the most reactive to what he saw. His eyes were slivers and narrowed into dangerous slits, he was growling in absolute anger, his posture was set and ready for battle, and he was glowing a slight blue color.

Maaran immediately jumped into the humans, knocking them away from Toothless as he let out a huge plasma blast that destroyed the side of the hut completely making Stoick and Hiccup groan collectively at repairing the hut once more before noticing Toothless stomping into the forest beyond.

Hiccup was the first to get up and run after his best friend but Astrid was held back along with Anthia by Maaran. "He needs to talk to someone who will listen to him without any judgement." He said as the two odd friends disappeared into the forest.

Astrid and Anthia looked at Stoick as he stood. "Lets fix up the hut to pass the time. We all know how long those two can be when they need to be by themselves."

The other three nodded and went to work on cleaning and repairing the chief's hut.