A/N: Hello everyone, sorry again for the long break. But I'm back and have a lovely chapter for you. Not a whole lot of beating around the bush here as towards the end of the chapter things get put into perspective and new roles are put on the cast and everyone as the Queen puts everyone on notice.
Anonymous Noob the 2nd: Glad you are enjoying the story, I am having a blast writing it.
Guest: Everyone gets a fast and loud introduction to Toothless here but that gets overshadowed by news of the Queen. Her mind controlling ability will come into play a bit later. Glad you are enjoying the story and thank you for your reviews.
WinterBreath0602: Yeah the Queen is here and she has made quite the impact. I'm glad that you enjoy my stories, I enjoy writing them. Thank you for the vibes, the wife and I wish you safe and pleasant times as well.
CB73: That darn Queen ruining our lovely moment of Hiccstrid. They were just starting to get along and make up. The arrival of the Queen shed a bunch of light on Helga's strange behavior and has turned this movie on its head. Now they have to deal with a very real situation that threatens more than just them.
Thank you for all the reviews keep those coming as you can see I read all of them.
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(Saturday, November 10th, 2018)
Land. They had finally made it back to Berk. The flight back was silent, though it brought no one any comfort. Unlike the awe-inspiring silence that started the night, as the two teens marveled at the sights they were afforded on the back of Toothless. This silence held an air of dread, threatening to crush all four of them.
Helga was silent the entire time, a worrying sign for everyone. They needed to get her to the medical hut as soon as possible. They circled the village a few times as shouts and screams began to fill the air. People poured out of their huts to try and see what was causing all the commotion only to have their vision pointed towards the night sky.
The lights coming from the braziers and huts allowed everyone to see a black dragon circling the village. Slowly the dragon began to descend and as it got closer everyone could see Henry, Audrey, and Helga. The sight of Helga's limp body in the dragon's claws brought horrified screams to the mix of noise as someone shouted to get the medics.
Toothless landed gently on his back legs and carefully laid Helga on the ground as to not harm her. Henry and Audrey slid off the saddle and slumped to the ground still trying to process what they had just seen. Time would have been a wonderful thing to have but seeing as they both just landed in the middle of the village, in the dead of night, with the missing dragon, and an unconscious director. Everyone wanted answers and fast.
"SON!" Steven shouted as he made his way through the crowd.
He knelt next to his son checking him over to see if he had any obvious injuries. Besides looking a little windswept and smelling like brimstone, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Steven wrapped his boy in a bear hug.
"I was so worried; you hadn't returned in hours and nobody knew where you had gone. What happened son?" Steven asked clearly concerned for his boy.
The bear hug was just what Henry needed to break out of his trance. The sudden need for air flooding his mind. He managed to smack his arms against his dad trying to indicate that he needed air.
Feeling the small smacks Steven pulled back to see his son starting to turn purple. Breaking the hug instantly he watched the color return and Henry suck in huge gulps of air.
"Thanks dad." Henry said, still trying to regain his breath.
"Sorry son, now what happened?" Steven asked again.
Henry looked back to see Toothless laying of the ground looking despondent, Audrey was still silent and gazing off into the distance, and Helga was still laying on the ground motionless.
"We need to help them first." Henry said as he made his way back to the group.
Henry walked to Toothless and knelt in front of him. He lifted the dragon's head and placed his forehead against the dragon's snout.
"You did good Toothless, you got us out of there and back here safe and sound. Thank you." Henry whispered.
Toothless gave a sad coo but nuzzled the boy. Showing that the words were appreciated. Henry smiled at the dragon as he stood up and moved over to Audrey who was still leaning against the dragon. He sat next to her and paused. He wasn't sure where he stood with Audrey. Before the discovery of the queen he would have said that he was getting back on her good side but now he wasn't sure.
He took a deep breath and decided he needed to do something. So, bracing himself, he wrapped an arm around her shoulders and brought her in for a hug. The reaction was instant as Audrey's body tensed at the gentle contact. She looked at her shoulder to see a hand gently stroking it in a comforting fashion. She turned her head to see Henry had wrapped his arm around and was looking at her with concern and a small smile.
"Welcome back." He said cheekily.
They gazed at each other for a moment before Audrey brought her arm back and socked Henry in the chest. The blow pushed the newly gotten air out of his chest and had him gasping again.
"Why?" He asked weakly.
"For scaring me." She said bluntly.
Henry went to reply but stopped before he could utter a sound. He nodded his head in agreement and slowly sat back up. He rubbed his chest to numb to the pain before returning his attention to Audrey.
"Are you okay?" He asked gently.
"Physically." Audrey responded.
"How is Helga?" Audrey asked as she looked around for the woman.
The sound of running feet filled the air as medical personal finally made their way through the crowd. They began to examine Helga seeing if she had any obvious injuries before placing her on a stretcher and carrying her back to the medical hut.
Now that Helga was being taken care of, the obvious question now remained. What had happened to her, the dragon, and Henry and Audrey? Max the agent who had recruited everyone stepped forward having seen his boss carried off.
"Okay I think I and everyone else would like to know just what the hell is going on." He said, worried and angry.
Everyone's eyes fell to Henry and Audrey who shrank against Toothless. The dragon sensing their distress wrapped his tail protectively around them. While having people watching them was nothing new to either Henry or Audrey, they were not used to people looking at them with such critical eyes. They felt like they were in an interrogation.
Seeing their distress and feeling the tension in the air Steven stepped in to calm everyone down.
"Everyone back off. They have just gone through a traumatic experience and are still trying to process it. Staring them down and trying to interrogate them is not going to help. Everyone head back to your huts and get some rest. In the morning we will get the answers we all seek." Steven announced to the large crowd.
There were some initial complaints though no one really wanted to challenge Steven's words. Now more than ever Henry was glad for his dad's enormous size and presence. Slowly the crowd dispersed. A few of the workers tried to get Toothless to come with them to the pens but were met with show of razor-sharp teeth and menacing growls.
"Hey, hey! Toothless enough." Henry said, trying to calm the dragon down.
The workers had their hands held up, showing they were backing off. Henry chuckled nervously as he patted Toothless.
"I don't think he wants to leave me. Don't worry I will look after him." He said calmly.
The two workers looked at each other skeptically. Remembering that Henry was the reason that Toothless had gone missing in the first place. Seeing the doubt on their faces and understanding it Henry tried to reassure them.
"I won't lose him again." He replied, no doubt in his voice.
Not really having a choice, the workers backed off and let the dragon go with the boy. Henry stood up and began to make his way toward his hut, Toothless following closely behind him. Henry felt something nagging at him and looked back to see Audrey still rooted in place, looking around the center of the village. He walked back to her, wanting to see what the problem was.
"You alright?" He asked softly.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be." She answered in a hurried tone, like she was trying to play it off.
"Because you haven't moved from that spot." Henry pointed out.
Audrey went red as she realized that she hadn't moved and was caught. Sensing that she was still shaken by their experience, just like he was, and the fact that she didn't have anyone on set to help her out. Henry thought that she might want to stay with a friend. He watched as she wrapped her arms around herself and saw the perfect opportunity.
"You look cold." Henry commented.
Audrey didn't reply opting to look around the village.
"We have a big fireplace in our hut. You can warm up there if you want." Henry suggested.
Again, Audrey didn't reply, she just started to walk in the direction of Henry's hut. As they were walking Audrey leaned in closer to Henry. He never said a word, just wrapped an arm around her and guided her to his hut. Steven was waiting for them and had the decency not to mention it either, still focused on the fact that his son had flown in on the back of a missing dragon, with the director in perilous condition.
"I hope you have a good explanation son." He said as the teens walked in.
"I just hope they believe me, because I barely believe it myself." Henry answered as he and Audrey sat down in front of the fireplace, and quickly drifted asleep.
(Sunday, November 11th, 2018)
Everyone had crowded into the Great Hall waiting for the arrival of Henry and Audrey. The news had spread like wildfire and rumors were running rampant. Some thought that Henry and Audrey had kidnapped Helga, knocked her out, got scared, and brought her back. Though some were quick to point out that they had no reason to kidnap Helga and if they did then the movie would fail and their careers would be shot.
Others were saying that Henry had shot the dragon on purpose, was trying to keep it hidden so he could take it home, Helga and Audrey found him and tried to get the dragon. The dragon knocked out Helga and they were forcing Audrey to keep quiet about it. Again, it was pointed out that if Henry was trying to keep the dragon then why did he fly in on it and reveal that he had it.
The rumors continued to fly back and forth until the doors to the hall opened with a boom. Henry, Audrey, Toothless, and Steven walked in. The crowd parting as they came by. Making their way to the front of the room they turned to face the crowd. Before they could get a word out the questions came flying in.
"What happened to Helga?"
"Where was the NightFury?"
"How did you fly in on it?"
"Did you hurt Helga on purpose?"
Shrinking back at the onslaught of questions, the teens looked more nervous than they already were. Steven stepped in to show some support and silence the people.
"ENOUGH!" His booming voice echoed out.
The people fell silent as they waited to hear what Steven would say next. His brow was furrowed, and he scanned the crowd, daring anyone to pipe up. When no one spoke, he took a deep breath and gestured to the teens.
"These two will offer you the explanation that you have been waiting for. Only if you keep quiet long enough for them to get through it now listen up and keep quiet. Henry, Audrey… The floor is yours." He said as he backed away.
With the focus squarely on the teens now, they stood up and braced for the crowd's reaction.
"I'm sure that some of you have noticed Helga's increasingly strange behavior lately. Her frantic responses, disheveled look, and mood swings. Well I found out why last night." Henry began.
Henry began to tell the story of how they encountered the massive dragon queen and the Helga had been possessed by it, causing her strange behavior. They had just managed to escape and when they got back last night that was the result of seeing it.
"It can speak inside of our minds. As we were flying out it screamed at me that I would be hers." Henry shuddered.
Audrey and Steven looked at him in horror. Neither one knew that Henry had been threatened like that.
"What about the NightFury? Why did you keep it hidden if you knew where it was?" A producer asked.
Henry took in a deep breath and began to explain that it was Helga's plan for a big reveal later in the movie. He had been keeping it a secret because she had told him to. The secret was eating away at him, but he kept it because he wanted to impress Helga. He finished his story by explaining that he learned to fly the NightFury and helped fix its tailfin, the reason for all the cables and rig on the NightFury.
The room went silent as they waited for the crowd of people to take in the news and see if they would believe it. To no one's surprise Simon spoke up.
"Do you really expect us to believe that there is someone mythical Dragon Queen that can speak into our minds and was controlling Helga?" The boy sneered.
While the boy questioned the story, it did bring up a valid point that had the crowd pondering the truth of the tale. A Dragon queen the size that Henry described had never been reported.
"I know it might be hard to believe Simon, but it is true. That thing's head was as big as this hall." Audrey spoke up.
"Why should we believe him? He has been keeping secrets, what is to say that this is any different?" The boy questioned again.
"Why would we lie?" Henry questioned.
"Well right now you two look like heroes. Rescuing the possessed director. How do we know that you two aren't the ones that hurt Helga?" Simon questioned boldly.
"Do you hear yourself right now? If Helga got hurt and the movie had to stop, we would fail too. This does nothing but hurt everyone." Audrey shot back.
"Ask Helga she will tell you." Henry followed up.
"Well where is she, oh yeah she is still in the medical hut, unconscious!" Simon shouted.
The doors to the Great Hall opened again with a deafening boom. Slowly walking in with the help of some medical staff, Helga made her way toward Henry and Audrey. The crowd parted as Helga walked forward, everyone in stunned that she was up and walking after last night. As she reached Henry and Audrey, she smiled at them and placed a hand on each of their shoulders.
"Thank you for saving me." She said earnestly, as she turned to face the crowd.
"Henry and Audrey did not hurt me, they saved me from a terrible fate. A fate that now threatens all of us. The queen is out there, and she knows we are here. We have to stop her, or we will all be in grave danger." She announced.
"How do we stop that thing, isn't this a job for the military?" Henry asked.
"They can't help us. Only a dragon can stop her, and we have the only tamed dragons around. It has to be us." Helga said firmly.
"How?" Henry asked again.
"You tell me, you flew in and out on a dragon. You rescued me from her control and fought off her control yourself. I know I have asked a lot of you Henry and I hate to ask more but I don't have a choice. We need you to lead us against her. I wasn't strong enough, but you are." Helga said as she looked down at Henry.
The boy's eyes had gone wide with shock his heartrate had increased and now everyone was looking to him. This fictional fight against dragons had just turned very real and very deadly.
A/N: Well nothing like thrusting responsibility onto a 15 year old like that, and being told that no one can help. Never mind poor Henry, poor everyone. This is going to get very interesting, what does the Queen have in store for them? Until next time, see you guys later, stay safe and stay healthy.
Published 04/22/2020