Ch.5: Dragons In Corona

It had been 6 months since Hiccup, Toothless and Mari had arrived on Corona. They were quickly accepted by the citizens after Hiccup and Toothless defended the Kingdom from the pirate invasion. Cassandra had been assigned to look after Mari when Hiccup and Toothless were flying. Even though Rapunzel had princess duties, she still joined Hiccup and Toothless on their flights.

Hiccup and Rapunzel had been spending so much time together that almost all citizens, some of the guards and even Rapunzel's parents were sure that they would start dating in the near future.

Not everything was fine, however. A few weeks after Hiccup, Toothless and Mari were made permanent citizens in Corona, an elderly woman, known as Gothel, tried to sneak into the castle and kidnap Rapunzel, but thankfully was stopped by Toothless. A few days later, she tried to sneak in when the dragon was asleep, but wasn't expecting the Night Fury lying in Rapunzel's room and Hiccup being wide awake. She tried to escape, but was captured when Rapunzel tripped her with her hair and Toothless bounced on her to prevent her from escaping. Hiccup called for the guards and Gothel was taken to the dungeon.

Things changed for Rapunzel and her parents as well. A couple of weeks after dealing with Gothel, Hiccup and Toothless miraculously found a few injured dragons. They were a Monstrous Nightmare, a Death Song and a Razorwhip. Hiccup managed to train all of them despite the Death Song being a little stubborn. When Hiccup brought them into town, the people were a little scared of the three new dragons, but Hiccup assured them that they were harmless. When he brought them to the forge, he inspected their wounds and started treating them. The citizens were amazed at how calm the dragons were while Hiccup was attending their injuries. The Royal family learnt about the dragons and they personally had to see them. When they arrived at the forge, their jaws hit the ground at what they saw. The Death Song and the Razorwhip were sleeping peacefully while Hiccup was wrapping the Nightmare's left wing with bandages and the dragon appeared to be smiling. Their presence woke up the two sleeping dragon and they silently growled at them, which caught Hiccup's attention and he quickly calmed the two dragons, much to everyone's relief. However, the Death Song was not taking its eyes off of Rapunzel and Hiccup knew what was happening. He gestured for the princess to come closer and told her to bring her hand out, close her eyes and turn her head away. Rapunzel did exactly as he told her without any worry and she soon felt the dragon's snout pressed against her hand, much to everyone present's shock. Rapunzel opened her eyes and looked at the dragon and then at Hiccup who was smiling. He told her that they have formed a bond, just like him and Toothless. After confirming that the Death Song was female, Rapunzel named her Serenade, and the Death Song became part of the Royal Family. But she wasn't the only one as the Monstrous Nightmare and the Razorwhip have formed bonds with King Fredrik and Queen Auriana, respectively. The King named the Nightmare Flamewing, and the Queen named the Razorwhip Tailslash.

It took them a few weeks, and Hiccup eventually managed to teach Rapunzel and her parents about their respective dragons and he made saddles for each of them, so they could ride their dragons when the tie came.

Right now, Hiccup and Toothless were soaring through the air.

"I still can't believe how many adventures we've been through since we came to Corona. Who would've thought, huh bud," Hiccup asked his dragon.

"The thing I can't believe is how you haven't confessed Rapunzel your feeling yet," replied Toothless, which caused Hiccup to blush.

"Do you think she'd fall for someone like me," asked Hiccup.

"Look pal, nearly the entire kingdom knows that you two are crazy for each other. The only ones who don't realize it are you and Rapunzel. I mean, come on! Even Serenade, Flamewing and Tailslash can see what's going on between you two," said Toothless.

"But if her parents find out–," started Hiccup, but Toothless interrupted him.

"Her parents also know how you two feel. They're just waiting for one of you knuckleheads to confess their feelings so they can officially announce it," the Night Fury said and Hiccup looked thoughtful.

"You know, maybe you're right. I should probably tell Rapunzel how I feel about her," said Hiccup.

"That's the spirit," smiled Toothless.

It was nighttime when the two headed back to the castle and when they landed at the entrance of the castle, they were greeted by none other than Rapunzel.

"Hey, Hiccup. How was your flight," asked Rapunzel with a concerned expression.

"It was good," said Hiccup and got worried when he saw Rapunzel's expression and was taken by surprise when she hugged him tightly. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. It's just, you've been gone all day and I got really worried," said Rapunzel in a sad voice and felt warmth when Hiccup hugged her tighter.

Hiccup just held the princess in his arms while Toothless just looked at them with a smirk.

The moment was ruined when they heard flapping of wings. They looked up and saw a couple of dragons. Hiccup didn't know what was going on until the dragons started shooting fire. Then, he knew what was happening – dragon raid! The doors of the castle opened, and the King and the Queen walked out.

"What is going on," asked Queen Auriana.

"I don't know how to say this, but there's a dragon raid," said Hiccup.

"What? But why would they raid us," asked King Fredrik.

"I don't know, but we have to do something," said Hiccup.

"I can't believe she'd go this far," muttered Toothless, but unfortunately Hiccup heard him.

"What do you mean, bud," Hiccup asked the Night Fury.

"I'm talking about the queen at the nest. She's controlling them and she's the reason for my family's disappearance," said Toothless.

"So there's a dragon queen at the nest and she's the cause of the raids," asked Hiccup and Toothless.

"If there is indeed a dragon queen at their nest, then we must go there and stop her," said King Fredrik firmly as he approached Flamewing, but the Monstrous Nightmare backed away much to everyone's confusion.

"Absolutely not! She'll take control of us," said Flamewing.

"He's right. Besides, there's only one dragon that can resist her control and that's the Night Fury," said Serenade.

"Well, that's just perfect," groaned Hiccup.

"What is it," asked Rapunzel.

"From what Flamewing and Serenade said, they can't go near the nest as the queen will take control of them and only Toothless can resist her control," said Hiccup, which made the others share an uneasy look and then Hiccup looked determined, and Toothless knew what that look meant.

"You're planning on doing something crazy, aren't you," asked Toothless and Hiccup looked at the number of the dragons before looking at Rapunzel and her parents.

"I've got a plan," said Hiccup and everyone leaned in to hear his plan. "The dragons are not more than 20, so you'll use Serenade, Flamewing and Tailslash to exhaust them and try to calm them down."

"What about you and Toothless," asked Queen Auriana.

"We're gonna do the craziest thing we've ever done," said Hiccup before looking at his best friend, and the dragon looked back at him determined. "We're going to their nest to deal with the queen."

Everyone, including the dragons, looked at him like he was crazy. The King was about to say something, but was stopped.

"Hiccup, you can't," exclaimed Rapunzel.

"We have to. We need to put an end to the raids," said Hiccup. He was about to walk up to Toothless, but his hand was grabbed by the princess, whose eyes were starting to tear up.

"I know you have to, but just, please come back. Come back to Corona, come back to Mari, come back to me. Please, I don't know what I'll do without you. I–I love you," said Rapunzel with tears I her eyes.

She was about to break down when Hiccup grabbed her by the waist and pressed his lips to hers. Rapunzel was taken by surprise, but quickly kissed him back as she wrapped her arms around his neck. She wanted to continued, but after a minute or so, Hiccup pulled away and looked at her in the eyes.

"I love you, too, Rapunzel. And don't worry, Toothless and I will be okay," Hiccup said softly as he then walked up to Toothless and got on the saddle. Just as they were about to take off, Hiccup looked at Rapunzel, her parents and their dragons. "We'll back soon."

Rapunzel couldn't take it anymore and ran up to him and pressed her lips to his before Toothless could even spread his wings. She, her parents and the dragons could only watch the duo fly away towards the dragons' nest.

To be continued…

Hey, everybody. Here's the 5th chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Now, I've got some bad news. I'll need to focus on my other stories, so this is the last chapter for 2018. The next one will be posted in January. Just in case, here's the list of the new dragons in Corona, their names and their trainers:

Death Song

Name: Serenade

Rider: Rapunzel

Monstrous Nightmare:

Name: Flamewing

Rider: King Fredrik

Razorwhip

Name: Tailslash

Rider: Queen Auriana

Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll see you next time. Until then, have a nice day.

R&R