Chapter 12: The Attack
"So, we leave in two days, and we will be gone for two weeks," Hiccup finished.
Cami sighed. Everyone had been in the Great Hall for four hours today planning. Cami looked beside her at Jack. He looked just as bored as she was.
"Everyone that wants to come, see me this afternoon. Have a great day," Hiccup finished. Everyone stood up and started talking, but Cami and Jack raced to the door. When they made it out, they jumped on their dragons and did tricks in the air. After a half a hour, they landed in the clearing that Cami practiced her bow at.
"This new saddle is amazing! I hope Gobber's not mad I can't pay him," Jack said, getting off Spark. "How did you manage to get him to like you so much that he would give you two saddles?"
Cami shrugged. "I helped him with some stuff."
Jack climbed the tree and looked down at her. "Well, Hiccup seems excited to go to the dragon port."
Cami climbed the tree beside Jack's tree. "I think he's more excited about rescuing the dragons than the people," she said.
Jack answered, "He doesn't know how bad they are treated."
"That's true," Cami said thoughtfully. She hadn't told anyone but Astrid about the way they treated the prisoners. Even then, she hadn't told Astrid much.
"Well, we will put a stop to that!" Jack said. He jumped from the tree and landed on Spark. "Come on Cami! Let's do some more tricks!"
"Stay safe Hiccup," Astrid told him. "Don't let Stoick get into too much trouble."
Hiccup grinned at her. She worried too much. "We will be fine, Astrid. I love you."
Hiccup looked around. Everyone was on their dragons and ready to go.
"Ok, lets go!" Hiccup yelled, and everyone took to they sky.
For two days they flew south, and every time they landed Cami and Jack would look a little bit more nervous.
"There it is!" Snotlout yelled. Hiccup could see a island on the horizon very far away.
"Ok! Everyone in position!" Hiccup yelled, gripping his saddle. "Here we go!"
They shot the buildings, some dragons flying free from their cages. The dragon hunters flew in the sky, and the air battle begun.
Hiccup knew most of the hunters would come after him, he was riding a Night Fury after all, but he didn't think about Cami. The dragon hunters went after her for Starblaze, then some of them recognized her. She wasn't as skilled in dodging nets and arrows as the other dragon riders, and soon Starblaze was shot by a dragon root arrow.
Hiccup could see Cami's friend Jack try and catch her, but then his dragon was shot too. Hiccup saw Stoick go down, and soon all the dragon riders left were him and Snotlout.
Then the thing Hiccup dreaded the most happened.
A huge Singletail rose in the air, face to face with Hiccup. Then man on the Singletail looked familiar, but Hiccup knew he had never seen the man before. The man shouted, "Give yourself up! Or we will kill your riders!"
Hiccup looked down. The hunters held Stoick, Cami, and Jack with swords to their throats. Hiccup told Toothless to dive, motioning for Snotlout to do the same. When they landed, Stoick started struggling against the man's grip, but Cami and Jack only stared at them. Hiccup was taken back when he saw the brokenness in their eyes.
The Singletail landed, his rider sliding to the ground. "Well, if it isn't Hiccup Haddock the Third. I've been waiting a long time to meet you," the man said menacingly.
"Who are you?" Hiccup demanded.
The man started laughing. "Who am I? I am Magnus, son of Krogan, the Singletail Flyer!" Magnus started pacing in front of Hiccup. Hiccup didn't show his surprise.
"You've been waiting for me?" Hiccup questioned. He had to know why this man wanted to-
"I wanted to exact my revenge," Magnus said, interrupting Hiccup's thoughts. "Give yourself up, and we will not kill your riders. Or, more specifically, your son." He motioned for the man holding Stoick to bring the boy forwards.
Hiccup slowly got off Toothless, getting a good grip on his sword. He counted down to himself. Three. Two.
One.
Hiccup pulled out his fire sword and charged the Stoick's captor. The man reacted by using Stoick as a human shield, giving Hiccup no choice but to stop in his tracks.
"You have a sword that lights on fire?!" Jack yelled. Hiccup just looked at Stoick. He was digging his elbow in his captor's side, but the man didn't seem to feel it.
"Enough! Drop the sword!" Magnus yelled. Hiccup dropped his sword. One man grabbed his hands and twisted them behind his back. He could see another man doing the same to Snotlout.
The dragons. What were they doing? Hiccup saw them to the side, all watching. He could tell they wanted to shoot the hunters, and most of the dragon's riders would be able to escape if they fired. All except Stoick, Jack, and Cami. They wouldn't shoot because of Cami! Hiccup could see them all staring at her, and that second Magnus saw it to.
"Bring me the girl!" he yelled. Cami was dragged forward. All the dragons watched her. Magnus leaned down so his face was inches from Cami's.
"Why aren't the dragons rescuing their riders? Hmm?" When Cami gave no answer, he slapped her in the face. Hard. "Take them to the holding area! Except for Hiccup here, and the girl," he said, an evil smile creeping up his face.
Once all the riders were gone, Magnus said, "I think you want to know why I hate you, right?"
"Well, that would be nice. If you don't mind," Hiccup said sarcastically. He hated this villain already.
"Lets see," he started, walking back and forth. "You killed my father."
Hiccup angrily yelled, "I did not!"
Magnus put his finger on his chin and said, "Well, you didn't do it directly." When Hiccup gave no reaction, Magnus yelled, "It is your fault my father is dead! You made him a fool in front of Drago Bloodfist! And you will pay for that. Take them away!"
Jack, Snotlout, and Stoick were locked in cages, waiting for Hiccup and Cami to be brought in. The cages was so short they could barley stand up, and not big enough for them to lay straight on the ground.
"What did you think they're doing to them?" Stoick asked, fear in his voice. His cage was across the room from Jack's cage, so they boys could see each other.
Jack sat down with his back against his cage. "They are probably trying to get answers to why none of the dragons would fight."
Stoick sat down to. "I guess you're right."
After a few minutes, two huge men brought Hiccup and Cami in the room. One put Hiccup in the cage beside Stoick, while the other one put Cami in one beside Jack.
Hiccup asked, "Is everyone ok?"
From beside Jack, Snotlout huffed, "Hiccup, we are all prisoners!" Everyone was quiet after that.
After a hour, two men cami in the room. Jack watched as the hunters pulled Cami out of her cage and dragged her outside, knowing that if he said anything, they would just hurt Cami more. For a long time, Stoick, Hiccup, Snotlout, and Jack waited for them to bring her back.
When they brought her back, she had a cut lip and many new bruises on her face. Jack knew there would be more bruises on the rest of her to. They shoved her in her cage. She sat with her back pressed against the wall, and brought her knees to cover her face.
Jack knew how much she was hurting, and he reached his hand out to her. The two cages were close enough together that if he stretched his arm out through the bars, he could touch her arm. She flinched when he touched her, but then to Jack's surprise, her hand held on to his. After a moment of holding hands, Cami let go and started sobbing. Jack knew she was trying to not let anyone see, but he rubbed her arm.
"It's ok Cami, we will find a way to get out, I promise," he told her quietly, still rubbing her arm. She stopped crying, but still hid her face in her knees.
Jack looked at the men. They all looked surprised. Jack knew that Cami hated people seeing her cry, so they probably had never seen her in tears.
Stoick leaned forward so he could ask Cami, "What happened?"
Jack glared at him. Could he see she was hurting? Cami raised her head and told Stoick, "They wanted to know why the dragons wouldn't rescue their riders and let the hunters kill me." She looked at Hiccup and said, "I'm sorry."
Hiccup shook his head. "No, this is my fault. I should have listened when you said it was too dangerous."
Soon, it was too dark to see in the room. Jack was holding hands with Cami, and he could tell that she finally was asleep. Jack wanted to help her, but he couldn't do anything. He just hoped the hunters wouldn't go after her in the morning.
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