Me: Yo! DoomsdayBeamXD here! So guess it's my turn to write the chapter huh? For all those out there blaming Dawnbreaker Dragon for the tardiness of this chapter, please know it was my fault; sorry about that. Well, anyway, let's see where could I lead this story now.
Hiccup: *gasp* WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!
Me: I've decided to join in to the fun! :D
Snotlout: NO! Not YOU!
Me: Why not?
Fishlegs: It may have something to do with . . . umm . . .
Astrid: Your sadism, it's because you're sadistic; especially when it comes to US!
Me: But . . . but . . . T-T
Tuffnut: We're gonna DIE!
Me: D: You guys are being so mean to me and I didn't even start
Hiccup: Then don't
Me: :( I'm going to prove to you all that you're wrong, Toothless do the disclaimer.
Everyone: NO!
Toothless: 'dragonese' she owns nothing
Me: START!
"Berkians! They're on the ship!" A Lunarian screeched alerting all those onboard. Hiccup and Astrid shoved their way to the deck of the ship where they witnessed as mass chaos transpired.
Weapons clashed, warriors yelled in deafening volumes, the deck was painted in red as the strong smell of blood and sweat made it unbearable in so many levels. But even though the Lunarians have their special weapons, they were quickly outnumbered by the mass numbers of Berkian warriors who seemed to appear from everywhere. Numerous smaller boats surrounded that one large ship where the battle took place; an all too familiar blast of purplish blue distracted the battle then as the glowing black dragon appeared in all his glory.
"What are you doing!? Don't you dare leave me without my consent!" a harsh female voice hissed deep within the black dragon's mind causing him to flinch.
"There's no reason for me to be bound by your words" Toothless hissed back, firing a plasma blast at the closest Lunarian.
"Insolent fool! I'm your mother you ungrateful pest!"
"You are NOT!" And with that, Toothless gathered enough will to kick her aggravating presence out of his mind.
The battle developed to a losing streak for the Lunarians, especially when Toothless joined forces against them. Not too long later, the other dragon riders decided that it's high time they join as well.
"Sir, we can't hold in any longer" the ax wielding girl said, ducking just in time before a sword struck her head "what do we do?"
"If we leave now . . ." a man carrying a mace started "–we won't have any other chance to get the Lunar Dragon back"
"We have no choice" the leader said, dreading as he watched Toothless fight against his men, even though the dragon has already been marked by Diana's power, he's still determined to fight against them; that's when an idea struck him.
"Gather the men, we're using the portal retreat" the leader ordered.
"But sir, we can't leave without the Lunar dragon" Miss Axe objected
"And above that, the portal retreat method is still unreliable" Mr. Mace added
"Would you rather die then? Do as I told you!" the leader commanded, forcing his comrades to follow.
"And also" he added to no one in particular "it's not like we're leaving empty-handed"
...:::-:::...
Astrid has managed to grab herself an axe during the commotion and decided to join the fight. Her leg wasn't bothering her as much since it was attended to nicely, she even managed to take down a good number of Lunarians along the way; it seemed that the battle is rapidly becoming a losing one on her enemy's side.
Unfortunately though, her streak of luck has come to a sudden end as she toppled over a rope that just happened to be there at the worst possible timing. A mace wielding Lunarian pinned her by her arms as he raised his weapon high above her head.
"It ends here Viking" he spat, venom dripping from his voice. Astrid closed her eyes, dreading the worst.
Just then, a blood chilling scream of pain tore through the air, the Lunarian who was once ready to mercilessly end her life fell limp on the wooden deck right next to her. Astrid's breathing increased to what seemed like her last moments in life before looking for her savior. Hiccup stood there, right above her, clutching a bloodied dagger in hand; she then remembered that it's the dagger that Hiccup picked up earlier when they escaped their cell.
Hiccup was breathing rapidly for what seemed like forever, fearfully watching the gaping hole at the back of the Lunarian's head, and the man's wide soulless eyes that seemed to be looking but not seeing at all. He was then brought out of his thoughts when he felt someone rapidly shake his shoulders.
"Hiccup! Hiccup, are you okay?" Astrid's voice dripped with worry
Hiccup blinked, and then looked at Astrid.
"Hiccup?" she asked
The boy then noticed the bloodied dagger that he's clutching in his hands; he quickly threw it away as if a mere touch would burn him, watching it with horrified eyes as it fell next to the Lunarian's unmoving body, only then noticing the crimson liquid staining his clothes.
"A-Astrid" he finally muttered, the girl in question sighed in relief at his response.
"Are you fine?" she asked, Hiccup shook his head
"We have to get out of here" he finally decided, Astrid nodded
"You're not going anywhere" a cold voice interrupted, followed by a scream of pain as Hiccup collided with a group of crates.
"Hiccup!" Astrid called, quickly retrieving her axe and preparing to defend.
The leader of the Lunarians forcefully pushed her away as he made his way to the fallen heir
"Get away from him" Astrid shouted, she tried to go aid her friend but two sword wielding Lunarians stopped her short in her tracks.
"It's ready" Miss Axe said, carrying a fragile looking crystal ball in her hands, the leader nodded carrying Hiccup with a knife to his throat.
"ENOUGH" the leader bellowed, the battle halted, Berkians gasped at the sight of their heir; injured and with a knife ready to easily cut through his throat.
"I've grown sick of your constant meddling with our affairs; you Vikings have no business in what we do but you are still committed in disturbing us, it's about time this all ends for once" the leader pressed the knife against the boy's throat causing beads of blood to come flowing down.
"Don't you dare touch my son!" Stoick yelled, Toothless roared in anger.
"How dare they hurt my human!"
"We could avoid any unnecessary deaths if you'd just agree to cooperate" that damned voice returned again.
"Never" Toothless snapped, snarling at the man holding his best friend captive.
"Do I activate it sir?" the woman holding the crystal ball asked receiving a nod from her leader, she placed the object in question on the floor; a few moments later a bright light appeared from within the crystal ball.
"Behold, the power of Diana!" the leader announced as the portal took its full shape and form, appearing like a glamorous vortex in all its glory, everyone's eyes widened at that sight; an eddy of colors swirled around, as if taunting those to behold it's power.
Every Lunarian in their right mind hurried to the portal, not serving their dead comrades a glance as they focused on reaching safety.
"In case you'd like to keep the boy from dying–" the leader gestured to Hiccup, whose fallen unconscious in his hands "then I'd advise you to bring the Lunar dragon to Diana's island before the next full moon, if you fail" he paused "I wouldn't guarantee his life"
Stoick clenched his fists; unable to do anything but watch as long as his son's life is in danger. Toothless growled dangerously loud, his pupils shaped as perfect slits, desiring nothing but to rip that man to shreds. The leader of the Lunarians then entered the portal the last with Hiccup in tow. The portal then closed the moment Hiccup and the leader went in. Stoick punched the deck in all his fury, unable to forgive himself for allowing those bastards to kidnap his son.
...:::-:::...
The portal closed as both an unconscious Hiccup and the leader exited.
"Sir!" a woman of small stature but yet elegant features called, she was wearing a white short dress and carried a small box full of bandages and medicine "you've come back, but I don't see the Lunar Dragon and above that, all of your men have come injured; what happened?" she asked
"It's none of your business" he snapped at the woman "you're a healer; Hertha. You and the other assistants should be able to take care of the injured, so just do your job and don't waste my time"
"Well you might have forgotten yet again, but I'm not an official healer yet" she retorted sourly but decided that it's better to get back to taking care of the injured, so she proceeded to go back to the hut.
"Wait" the leader called, making her stop in her tracks
"Sir?" she voiced when she was roughly handed a young boy "who's that?" she asked though her question went ignored
"Make sure to treat his wounds well, and don't let him out of your sight; we can't have him escape" the leader commanded before trotting away.
Hertha sighed as she stared at the little boy in her arms; she took notice of the head wound that discolored his hair into a darker shade of red, most probably that he hit his head somewhere, she'll have to clean and dress that. She also noticed how the boy's clothes were stain in blood (hopefully someone else's) he'd need a clean change. What really captured her attention though was the boy's missing leg; instead he wore some kind of prosthetic made of iron and wood.
"I've heard how Vikings would lose their limbs due to battles or accidents but isn't he a little too young for that?" Hertha wondered, studying his features.
She shook her head, no time for such thoughts; she's got a job to do. And with that she carried Hiccup back to the healer's hut, listing in her mind the things she'll have to do once she reaches there.
Me: Yay! How did I do?
Astrid: Just like I said, SADISTIC!
Me: C'mon! Only one person died this time.
Hiccup: Yeah but why did I have to be the one to kill him T-T that was horrible. And I'm in no better position than I was in the previous chapter!
Me: Hey, you did it to save Astrid; it makes you a hero ya know, and also you can't blame me for everything, that's just how I felt the story should go!
Astrid: Sadistic.
Me: You're being so mean again.
Fishlegs: I can't help but note how this is the first chapter where someone actually dies in the story.
Me: -_- *sniff sniff*
Dawnbreaker note: This was truly an action packed chapter. Diana has already started to reveal herself more through her speech to toothless so the time for her release is near. One thing that still keeps bugging me though is that WHO is that old man who spoke with Hiccup in the first chapters?
Yeah, I'm not really going in-depth with those small chapter reviews because I already give my thoughts to the authors in the PMs... so, a bit about the future:
So, including myself this story now has 20 writers and I'm planning on sticking with that so so that you all know, I'm no longer accepting writing requests for THIS story but I'm planning on starting a NEW one while this is still incomplete so that I'd be publishing 2 of them at once. I still have to make some minor arrangements for that story but if you're already interested in participating in that story, feel free to PM me.
And also, I'd like to challenge you guys to make one of these multi-writer fanfics as well! I'd be more than happy to write a chapter for one myself and ofc offer my help in the process. So if anyone would like to try, I'd recommend you have decent Beta- reading skills as you have to check every chapter for spelling/grammar errors and clear it from any inconsistencies with the plot :) Also it would be a good thing to know the basics of formatting if you are planning on using the DocX method like I did.
The updated and final list of this story's writers can be found in my profile page :D
-Dawnbreaker