Chapter 34 - Things To Come:
That first test ended in disaster. Toothless remembered it with a painful feeling. It was now five days after that. It ended with Toothless taking off for half a second and crashing into the side of the icy chamber.
Hiccup however, had not been dissuaded or distracted from his goal, which made Toothless incredibly proud and happy to see his closest friend trying so hard. What was more, Hiccup nor Toothless now did not care how many times they failed.
Hiccup didn't care because he usually knew what went wrong and tried to fix it repeatedly. Toothless however didn't care because it didn't matter to him as much if they succeeded or not. It was the fact that Hiccup was trying so hard to help him. That's what mattered to Toothless, he really loved how hard Hiccup tried.
Plus he didn't have the heart to stop him. He looked like he was loving trying to get him to fly again. Because in Toothless's mind, trying is what matters. Not the outcome, the impact of striving to achieve something.
Toothless had lost count of how many tests they had done since the first. Although, he was actually starting to think that Hiccup might actually succeed. Because they were getting closer and closer. Each time they tested something new, Hiccup had made him fly a little longer, further or higher.
What was new as well, was that Hiccup had brought a saddle he had made while he was in Myrka. All that time ago, he had built a saddle and stuffed it into the basket which he had been carrying with him since he left. His first basket was burnt at Dyflin, which he lost most of his clothes at the time.
However that second basket he got in Myrka had the black clothes he now wore all the time. He got those from stores around Myrka. One was called 'The Trouserd Kicker.' Another was called, "Coats, Coats & Coats!' And the last was one called, 'Shirt Store.' Also he still had the compass inside the basket that Gothi gave to him.
The saddle was permanently attached to Toothless now, which was a little irritating but he could get used to it. Hiccup was now though trying out something completely new.
Toothless had several ropes and cords on him now, linking to the attached black tailfin on his tail. But they now linked to a kind of foot pedal as Hiccup explained. So Toothless would be able to control flying speed, landing and taking off, and Hiccup would somehow be able to control direction and angle along with Toothless's help.
Apparently, according to Hiccup, he would be able to adjust changing directions mid-flight should they come under attack or something. Toothless however needed to see it to believe it.
"Okay Toothless, you ready?" Hiccup now put his left foot into the pedal thing, and leant down to get ready.
"Yep." Came the dragon's excited reply. Flicking an ear at Hiccup's, as if saying of course I am.
"Good luck." Said Kormak, who was standing next a Thunderdrum. They were becoming friends, but haven't yet decided on becoming partners.
"Thanks." Hiccup acknowledged. "Okay bud, on go you take off and fly straight ahead. Don't turn until I say so, all right?"
"Sure."
They were standing at the main chamber entrance, so they had plenty of space straight ahead of them and beside them, should something go wrong. Plus all the dragons weren't flying anymore, they were just watching.
"Okay." Hiccup made sure his 'cheat sheet' as he called it was securely fastened in its place in front of him. It was a sheet of paper that he would look at whilst flying to know which way to turn the fin to do a specific turn. Each one was labelled as a position. From one to six. He also looked behind him along Toothless's body to double check everything was in order.
"Three, two, one, GO!" Hiccup yelled.
Toothless gave an iconic Night Fury roar, and leapt with all his strength into the air. He flapped his wings three times, then levelled off.
They were flying! Straight. Directly straight. They had done this before, but not for as long as this.
"Okay bud, turn a slight left, now." Hiccup instructed.
Toothless obeyed, and Hiccup made a movement with his foot to which automatically adjusted the tailfin. And they turned slightly to the left with complete success. This was the first time they had ever done a turn without failure. Toothless kept turning left, and did a few more flaps.
Now they were approaching the main chamber wall on their left. "Right turn, not sharp or slight. Now."
Toothless again obeyed and turned right. Again Hiccup adjusted the fin, and now they turned right.
That turn was successful as well. Now it was time for the real test.
"Bud, it full testing time. Fly upwards and out of the chamber." Hiccup called.
The Night was nervous about doing this, but he agreed they needed to try, so they flew up. Higher and higher they climbed into the beaming light of the sun.
At last they finally reached the ceiling and pelted through the hole at incredible speed. Toothless felt glorious. He was flying again. After all this time.
They emerged from the opening to see the island all around them. Right in front of them was a high mountain peak. Toothless felt so good he decided to fly straight upwards and into the sky.
"Whoa bud! This is amazing! The wind in my hair!" Hiccup chanted, feeling the blasting air smashing at him as they climbed towards the heavens. They felt free again. That wonderous-
Hiccup suddenly noticed the cheat sheet was gone, he turned around and saw it floating away.
"CHEAT SHEET! STOP!" Hiccup yelled.
But when Hiccup said stop, he didn't mean for Toothless to stop, he meant the cheat sheet to stop. So Toothless stopped flapping, but the speed at which they were going upwards caused Hiccup to go flying out of the saddle ahead of him.
"Hiccup!" Toothless bellowed, as they both began to fall back down again.
Hiccup grabbed the falling cheat sheet as he fell luckily, then said, "NOO!" As Toothless began falling much faster than him.
"All right you've gotta gotta, ANGLE YOURSELF!" Hiccup screamed over the wind.
"Okay okay I'll try!"
Toothless made several movements but he instead began to spin.
"NO NO NO Come back towards me, come back down- AH!" Toothless accidently whacked Hiccup in the face with his tail.
"SORRY SORRY! Okay okay how's that?!" Toothless apologised, as he began to straighten up.
The mountain beneath them began to get dangerously close as they were falling. It was almost as if the mountain was rising up to them in order to make their death quicker.
Hiccup suddenly just managed to catch his saddle, and then hooked himself on.
He grabbed the steering handles on the saddle, and locked his foot into the pedal just in time. They descended extremely fast towards the glacier, but then angled a slightly different way and started to head towards a bunch of sea stacks.
At this point they both knew Hiccup's cheat sheet would not be of any use, because they couldn't slow down at the speed they were going. Hiccup quickly looked at it, before throwing it away.
Together, they flew into the group of sea stacks and together they navigated through them extremely quickly. Hiccup adjusted the tailfin at the right moment every time they made a turn or sharp curve. They dodged every sea stack as if they had years of experience doing it. Neither of them said a word while they were flying at a pelting speed through these sea stacks, and when they emerged to see the ocean once again, they were both panting.
Together, they had survived an extremely dangerous descent and dodged every single one with even nicking the side of one. Because of the tremendous danger and movements they just did without saying anything, they knew now they could fly well enough.
They could fly into battle like this, they could fly for days like this. And all thanks to Hiccup, who had restored Toothless's flight. The only hitch, was that Hiccup had to help Toothless to fly. But Toothless didn't mind that. He actually rather liked the idea.
"YEAH!" Hiccup cheered out loud. "IT WORKED!"
"Hiccup?" Toothless muttered quickly.
Hiccup stopped cheering and leaned down to listen to Toothless who suddenly sounded different.
"Thank you. Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me. Flying is… Well, I can't even describe it. It's everything to a dragon. This is the most beautiful thing you could have ever given me."
Hiccup hugged him from where he sat. "You're most welcome buddy. I'll always be here for you. Now, let's head back. I've got to eat something!" He clutched his stomach as it made a sound.
Toothless shook his head exasperatedly. "Human stomachs are so-"
"Oh shut it!" Hiccup yelled at him playfully. And in return he was greeted by a firm smack across the face by one of Toothless's ears.
Hiccup laughed joyfully, even Toothless smirked.
They returned to the glacier just as the day turned to night, where they saw everybody all standing around waiting for them.
They landed, and Hiccup announced, "I have fixed Toothless's flight! He can now fly! But only with me!"
Everybody cheered, especially Hiccup and Toothless. They all had a celebratory dinner to mark the occasion.
Later that day, at dusk they all sat around the dinner table in the rocky kitchens underneath.
Cloudjumper, Toothless, Spark and the Thunderdrum that Kormak was becoming friends with had taken up most of the room in the dining area, so it was a bit cramped, but they didn't mind.
They had finished their large dinner, cooked very well by Edda and Kari. Now the mead was beginning to come out, and they each had already drank some, Kari however only had just a little because she was young still.
"Thank you really, so much for that wonderful dinner once again," Hiccup said honestly, "it was absolutely amazing as always."
Edda nodded, "You're welcome."
The dragons had finished their bowls of fish too, and just sat there. Listening to everything.
"So, what now?" Vali asked openly, leaning back in her chair and looking at Hiccup.
Everybody turned to Hiccup and Toothless.
"Kormak, how are you feeling about becoming partners with the Flatsea there?" Hiccup asked him, turning to face the tall guy named Kormak.
Kormak turned and looked fondly at the female Thunderdrum. She looked back and moved her short and skinny tail excitedly. "Pretty sure. I rather like her. She's so pretty. Those red streaks are gorgeous." He admired.
The Thunderdrum was about a middle-aged female dragon. It was brightly yellow coloured, with multiple beautiful red streaks all over her body.
"All right." Hiccup leant forward, put his hands together and put his elbows against the table. "I'm suggesting, and remember this is open to the group." He looked around at everybody. "And the dragons, should they wish to put forth a suggestion." Hiccup glanced behind him and winked to Toothless.
"I do not wish for this place to be found. This should be our safe house. If Edda, Kari and mum are okay-" Hiccup was suddenly cut off.
"Of course Hiccup. That's what our intentions were." She said, smiling.
"All right, great. Therefore, I suggest that we leave this glacier within a week. Start our search for other members of the Six and convince them to join us. We'll begin by going around to Viking islands in the archipelago, hiding out and staying well clear of Myrka. We travel together, we do things together, we don't separate. When we arrive at Viking islands, we stay in hideouts."
Hiccup continued, "The dragons stay hidden as best they can, we do not reveal ourselves for who we are unless absolutely necessary and that includes the dragons. But when we arrive at an island, two Vikings go in. And try to either blend in or introduce ourselves to the village, we try to make alliances over time and friendships. All the while keeping a lookout for people with dragon marks on their arms."
"If we find someone who has a dragon mark, act normal and try to become friends with the person at first. So during daylight hours, we remain in the village making friends, forging alliances and helping out the village. During night hours, if safe to do so, retreat out of the village where we will meet together as a group and discuss."
"Over time, if the opportunity arises, we try to convince tribes to stop fighting dragons. We try to make people realise that dragons are kind and amazing creatures."
"Oh and one last thing." Hiccup remembered. "Edda and Kari I think should stay here. You're safe-"
"Hah!" Edda burst out, looking right at Hiccup. "Of course we'll stay here! It's not like we want to go outside after what we went through on Lowtov! Besides, if all the dragons stay here we'll look after them. There's plenty of animals for food on Lowtov. We'll survive." She grabbed her mug and took another gulp of mead once again.
Kormak couldn't help but chuckle at her attitude. Kari however looked a little sad. She rather liked the group, and would miss them.
"All right Kari, come on let's clear this mess up." Edda immediately got to her feet and began to clear the table.
"Here I'll-"
"Oh no you don't!" Edda pushed Hiccup back into his chair. "You're our guests, I want to do it. I don't trust anyone else cleaning up."
Reluctantly Hiccup sat back down again.
"What should we do till we leave?" Questioned Kormak, sitting forward and listening. He mimicked Hiccup's position and joined his hands together.
"Well its obvious isn't it?" Spark interjected. She was the first dragon to speak. "We need to prepare ourselves. All you Vikings should train a little in fighting, and you should each have a weapon of choice to be prepared."
Vali banged the table with her fist. "Absolutely. That's definitely a necessity. We need to be able to defend ourselves. Hiccup and I can teach you Kormak. We're both good sword fighters. What about you Valka?"
Valka now looked up at everyone, and answered, "I'm skilled with a bow and arrow. Not however with a sword. Although I'm not going to be with all of you for much longer." She now looked at Hiccup.
"What are you talking about mum?" Hiccup asked, now getting worried.
Edda and Kari suddenly slowed down their movements in the kitchen. Perhaps they knew already what she was going to say.
Valka sighed, and she stood up. She pushed her pants down a little on her right leg, and revealed something that forced Hiccup to turn away for a moment.
"I've had these two wounds for a couple of weeks." Valka said calmly, now pointing her finger to one of them. They were very deep slices, the two were parallel to each other. They were swollen and puffy, however part of her upper leg was slightly greenish black.
"It was a silly accident." She admitted, now looking angry with herself. "You see that shard of ice in the middle of the corridor there?" She pointed back towards the entrance of the kitchen. "I wasn't looking where I was going at one point, and I slipped on the frosty ice, and my hip slammed into a couple very sharp shards of ice sticking out."
Valka pulled her pants back up, wincing a little when they touched her wounds. "It was something so silly. Anyway, I've healed it up as best I could along with Edda's help. We managed to stop the blood loss, however its turning green as you saw. My right leg is beginning to feel more painful and harder to move every day or so."
Hiccup was shocked. "No, no no. Yo-you can't." He stammered. Trying to come to grips. "Mum, are you sure there's nothi-"
Valka shushed him, looking at him with a gentle and sad demeanour. She stood up, and began to walk over to him. Hiccup now noticed she limped a little as she walked.
All eyes of the room were now on her. The dragons and the Vikings. All were watching her walk around the room. It was a solemn moment.
Just as Valka reached Hiccup, Toothless was struck with an idea.
"Valka, have you tried healing it with Night Fury saliva? I could try. Night Fury saliva-"
"Has healing properties." Valka finished for him, smiling genuinely at the Night Fury. "I know Toothless. Some of the dragons here have healing properties too, they have tried. But it has not made a difference. These wounds are too deep and have already began to affect me."
"Mum…" Hiccup stood up and hugged her. "I-"
"Shhh dear." She whispered into his ear. Hiccup eyes began to water, and his tears fell.
Out of the corner of Valka's eye, she saw a flash of yellow light.
She turned up, whilst still hugging Hiccup, and saw something precious take place. The bright yellow and red coloured Thunderdrum had placed its paw onto Kormak's dragon mark, which was currently glowing bright yellow.
"Kormak!" Valka exclaimed enthusiastically, turning Hiccup around to face him. Whilst everybody else turned to see what was happening. All the other dragons looked up, and saw the scene unfolding.
The Thunderdrum was activating Kormak's dragon mark of the Six.
"Wow…" Kari murmured in awe, as Edda beside her dropped her jaw.
Kormak was smiling serenely and constantly keeping his eyes fixed on his mark.
The mark suddenly went out and back to the normal black colour, then it flashed yellow. Straight afterwards, it glowed a fierce bright red.
The moment the dragon took off its paw from Kormak's mark, it immediately turned a bright pink.
"Hah, pink." Kormak chuckled, raising his arm and looking at it directly. "Not exactly the colour of choice. But the bright red when I touch you," he now looked at the Thunderdrum, "looks so good. It's like your bright red on your body."
The dragon nodded, and spoke, "Yes I thought so too. It's an honour to be your partner Kormak. I'm so keen to start an adventure!"
Kormak nearly jumped six foot when the dragon spoke, due to being able to understand it. He rubbed the top of the Thunderdrums head softly and affectionately, enticing a very loud purr that rattled the room.
Hiccup wiped some tears from his eyes, and smiled at Kormak. "Kormak, congratulations. I'm so happy for you and I thank you for doing this." He walked over to him, and held out his hand.
Kormak took it and shook firmly. "Anytime Hiccup. You saved me, remember. From Myrka. That's something not easily forgotten."
Vali stood up at once at this moment, picking her jug of mead up.
"Congratulations Kormak!" She spoke vibrantly. "And I must say I agree with you. Everyone, I think we all should raise our jugs and propose a toast for our leader, Hiccup."
Kormak stood up at once, as did all the dragons. Toothless stood up and walked over to stand next to Hiccup.
Vali started again, looking around at everyone. "Hiccup saved me from Myrka, along with Spark of course. He saved his best friend Toothless from Myrka. He saved Kormak, also from Myrka. Hiccup fixed Toothless's flying. All these deeds Hiccup has done, has saved and helped us all. And as long as I live, I will follow his lead on the path to peace." She raised her jug and smiled towards Hiccup.
Kormak raised his jug and looked at Hiccup too. "Aye, you saved us. I will follow you too, even if it leads to war."
Toothless smiled at the warmth of the situation, and joined in. He curled his tail around Hiccup's legs and nuzzled his head affectionately against his side. "Hiccup has saved me more than once. And I already owe him my life several times over, he has my full support and he always will. I will never leave his side."
Hiccup was overwhelmed with the support and the warm words he was receiving, he was unsure of what to say. He shed more tears, this time tears of happiness and joy.
Kormak and Vali drank their jugs of mead, and sat down, while Valka turned Hiccup around and looked him right in the eye. "Hiccup, you have my bow. I will follow you as long as I can."
They hugged once again, and Hiccup whispered, "Thank you."
Kari then whispered something to Edda and they both cleared their throats.
Hiccup and the group all turned to face them standing side by side in the kitchen. They both had thought of the perfect remedy.
Edda began speaking, talking calmly, "Kari just gave me a good idea. How about you all go for a fly together?" She suggested. "You're all so soppy and emotional. Go and have a wonderful night flight."
They all burst out laughing at Edda's remark.
"All right." Hiccup agreed, speaking for the first time in a while. "Who wants to go?"
They all stood up at once.
"Right then," said Hiccup, who walked to the exit of the kitchen. "Coming?"
Everybody eagerly followed him, except for Edda and Kari who remained behind to continue cleaning up.
Hiccup hopped onto Toothless, the Night Fury. Vali climbed onto Spark, the Skrill. Kormak cautiously stepped onto his dragon partner the Thunderdrum, and sat in the newly made saddle Valka had made for him. Valka whistled and within a few moments her dragon Cloudjumper came flying over to her, and she climbed aboard.
"Ready for a quick night flight?" Hiccup called out.
"Yep." Came the reply from three Vikings and four dragons.
"Let's go bud!" Hiccup latched his foot into the stirrup to help control the dragon's flight.
The Night leant down and leapt into the air, taking off faster than any of the other dragons could.
Cloudjumper, Spark and Kormak's Thunderdrum took off into the air, following Toothless as quickly as they could. Together, they zoomed out of the main chamber through the hole at the top.
Most of Valka's dragons took after them, joining them for a fun night of flying. Edda and Kari waved them off as they left, and then finished cleaning up in the kitchen.
Unbeknown to all the dragons and Vikings alike, a keen and excited person was watching Hiccup and his friends fly away.
This person was sitting on the side of the icy glacier at the top, smiling evilly as it watched Hiccup and his crew fly away. In its hands was something it considered very special, to give to his only two equals, Hiccup and Toothless.
He looked down into the icy glacial chamber, seeing no dragons inside, but two women sitting next to a tree and chatting in the middle.
"So," he muttered quietly and confidently to himself, "This was where you hid from me and the Myrkians for all these years Valka." He turned and looked in a different direction. Then chuckled to himself as he looked down towards the distant remains of the destroyed village of Lowtov. "Last time I was here I destroyed that little village. Seems I didn't finish the job."
He turned back and faced the night sky. "You've gathered dragons for sixteen years and sheltered them here, building an army. Impressive. Let's see if my work here will teach you a lesson."
He stood up, and dived downwards through the hole of the glacier. He sprouted two wings from his side, which helped him glide down and land gracefully right behind the two women.
The noise immediately alerted Edda and Kari, who spun around and gasped.
The creature had already retracted its wings without either of the women noticing. So the creature now looked like a human again.
"Good evening ladies. Fine evening isn't it?" He said, walking towards them. He placed the item on the ground, before walking forwards.
"Who are you?! How did you get in here?" Edda screeched, drawing her sword and backing away slowly. Kari did the same.
He shook his head. "I'm afraid I can't tell you my name. Even though it is quite tempting." He stopped where he stood and jumped into the water. His black clothes soaking in the blissful water's warmth.
"Ahhh, lovely. This water is nice. You like it here?" He asked, leaning his head up and smiling towards Edda and Kari.
"Excuse me! Who are you! Identify yourself!" Edda yelled, now advancing towards him.
"Aww, can't we avoid the hostilities at least for a few minutes? I'm enjoying myself here." He dived under the water and resurfaced.
Both women were utterly confused and nervous. What was going on?
"No, I'm afraid not." Kari said, drawing her sword and pointing to the unknown Viking.
The black clothed man sighed disappointedly. "Fine. As you wish." He swam towards the shore and hopped out. He then suddenly grabbed Edda, and dried his face with her sleeve before shoving her away.
"How dare you!" Edda then swung her sword, but the guy grabbed it whilst it was swinging, and threw it out of her grip easily.
He laughed. "Is that the best you can do?"
"You, you-" Edda stammered, growing increasingly nervous.
"What do you want?" Kari asked calmly.
"Ah ha!" The man smiled and pointed to her. "Finally, the question I've been looking for."
The man smiled and said simply, "I want you to show me around this glacier. I need to find the best place to put my item for Hiccup."
He went back over where he landed, and picked up the item he brought with him.
"You know Hiccup?" Kari asked.
"Yes. Now, which one of you two lovely ladies will do the honour of showing me around the glacier?" He asked politely, walking towards them.
"Uh uh." Edda walked forward and blocked the man's way. "You ain't going anywhere till you tell us why, and how you got in here." She stood firmly and confidently, blocking his way.
"You sure?" He asked, scratching his chin. "That's the way you want it?"
"Yep." Edda replied.
The man smiled and spoke, "I'm here to give Hiccup this note. I flew in here through the opening at the top. As to who I am, I won't tell you. But I did recently destroy Dyflin and I also destroyed your village, Lowtov."
Edda reeled backwards. "What?! What are you talking about? How did you-"
"How did I destroy Dyflin?" The man asked. "Like this." He put the note on the ground.
The man suddenly spun around on the spot and grew to a massive size. The creature tore through the black clothes. Its small human body was transforming and enlarging quickly. When the creature stopped spinning, it had turned into a huge and deadly jet black creature. It was a dragon.
Edda and Kari screamed in fear and fell backwards, crawling along the ground.
The creature then turned around and blew out a large blast of white fire. It sizzled through the air and the white fire melted much of the ice of the glacial chamber in a circle. The creature spun around, avoiding Edda and Kari, and then stopped.
The strength of the blast had melted a lot of the ice, but not enough to collapse the chamber or enough to make it unstable, however, a lot of water entered the hot springs and it rose in height a little.
The creature then began spinning again, and transformed back into the size of a human. It changed into the same figure they saw before, and strangely enough the black clothes from before were still on him.
"And that, is how I destroyed Lowtov. And Dyflin for that matter." He said.
Edda and Kari were shaking, and both screamed out, "HELP! SOMEONE HELP US!"
The man appeared emotionally hurt. "But I'm here?" He said, looking sad. "I'm going to help you. Just show me around the chamber." He kneeled down and said nicely, "Please?"
Kari suddenly stood up and began sprinting the other direction, screaming in fear.
The man sighed, and transformed again quickly. Then spat a small quick blast of bright white fire at Kari, killing her.
"YOU MURDERER!" Edda bellowed, now turning aggressively towards the creature. Who had just transformed back into human.
He chuckled. "Seriously? That's the best you can do? I was hoping for something more insulting." He picked up his note.
The man walked forward and punched Edda very hard on the head, knocking her out.
He walked around the glacier for a fairly long time, looking keenly for a hammer and nail.
When he eventually found a hammer and nail at the forge and weaponry room, the highest room of the glacier, he also saw an axe there.
He ripped the metal blade off the wooden stick, and nailed the note to it.
He went back down to the main chamber, walking beside a few of Kari's remains splattered on the ground. He quickly transformed and burnt all the remaining pieces of the woman's body. Leaving no trace.
The draconic creature walked towards the tree in the middle, and started blowing a lower flame at the tree. It burnt the tree, but just enough so that it was still standing. It was completely black however.
Looking ahead, he saw Edda beginning to regain consciousness.
He walked over there, whilst still in his draconic form, and killed her. Like with Kari, he burnt all her remains so nothing was left on the ground except for black scorch marks.
He looked back towards the inside of glacier. "Till next time, Hiccup Haddock."
He spread his massive wings, still holding the axe with the note attached, and took off into the air. He landed on the opening, and looked around to see if anyone was around.
It was all clear, so he slammed the axe handle into the icy entrance, so it was completely visible to any dragons that flew to the chamber.
He looked up now and spotted a Night Fury and all the crew behind it, coming towards him. Along with all of Valka's dragons behind them.
"I'll race you to the entrance!" Hiccup cheered with joy, as he faced Kormak next to him, whose face suddenly went white and the dragon suddenly halted in its flying.
"What's wrong?" Hiccup asked, concerned. As he and everyone else all stopped and looked at Kormak.
He pointed a shaking hand ahead of him, and then Hiccup saw it.
A gigantic black creature, the size of three monstrous nightmares put together. It had dark brown eyes and it looked like it was smiling. It had wings stretched out either side of it, plus it was standing on two legs.
It roared deeply, saying, "Two down, two to go!" Then it spread its humongous wings and flew away so quickly he barely saw it, disappearing into the clouds of the night sky.
They stayed hovering in shock for a moment, before Toothless suddenly flew like a bolt of lightning, streaming through the sky at top speed towards the glacier. Once at the entrance, they landed at the very top of glacial entrance, seeing the note.
Hiccup dismounted and walked over to it, as Valka, Kormak and Vali all descended into the chamber. All the dragons following quickly. Hiccup and Toothless remained on the roof.
Hiccup took the note off the axe handle, and recognised it. It was another letter. Done the same way the previous letter was done. Whatever that creature was, it was leaving behind letters for Hiccup to collect.
This was a game hiccup thought. What the creature meant when it said, 'two down, two to go.' Hiccup thinks this means notes. He had already gotten one note, this was the second. So there must be two more.
As Hiccup was standing at the top, he heard Valka scream in horror, joined in by the others. He knew what would be down there, he just knew that creature would have killed them as soon as he saw it smiling there.
The first letter he found on Dyflin when Trader Johann gave it to him. That was the letter K. Written in blood red and it was addressed to Hiccup Haddock.
This note read, 'To Hiccup Haddock.' Just like the last one.
And again, like the last letter, it was written in a blood red. Although it was a different letter. This letter was R.
Toothless walked over to Hiccup, looking at the note and he growled at it. Hiccup withdrew another note from his pocket, and Toothless noticed it was the note he found on Dyflin.
Hiccup put them in order, and with two notes together, the letters were now K R.
Two notes down, two notes to go. They must form a word once all are together. That creature must leave them at places where he has been and where he has murdered Vikings or dragons or both. Hiccup thought, as he showed Toothless then put the notes into his pockets, before descending into the glacial chamber.