A/N: This one is to my four new followers, ali12657 and Fourtybuckle5859 and TheGreatGodzilla and bookish-rebel, and to Darth Cody and TheGreatGodzilla, who favorited (is that a word?) my story. Thank you so much! As you have probably noticed, we're drawing close to the end of the movie. Well, too bad. I like this story, so I will be continuing into Riders, and hopefully, Defenders of Berk. And if that goes well, Race to the Edge, and Httyd 2. So, every time I get a like, review, or follow, you increase your chances of getting more stuff. Please R&R, and enjoy!
I was sitting on the chain at the top of the dome, watching the fight beneath me. Why I was up there, I have no idea. The fight itself involved a crazy axe wielding blonde, and a scrawny fishbone. The Gronckle was flying around, as the two competitors leaned up against the low walls.
"Stay out of my way. I'm winning this thing."
The fishbone was unlikely to argue.
The psychotic blonde in questions was muttering to herself about how she would win. Personally, I thought she wouldn't have much of a chance. If we were going by the odds, Hiccup had won five out of seven times. That put his odds of winning at 71.429% percent, approximately. Not great odds.
Hiccup looked at the people in the stands, his father among them, and gave a half smile. He looked terrible, I thought, as he sat against one of the walls, not seeing the Gronckle flying above him.
"Hiccup!" I hissed and he looked up, yelping slightly as he saw the massive dragon flying above him. With the winged sausage flying above Hiccup, I couldn't see what happened. Out of nowhere the dragon was on the ground, tongue hanging out. Behind them, there was a battle-cry of rage, and then sudden silence as Astrid realized the dragon was down.
"No! No son of a half-troll rat-eating munge bucket-"
"Ok, quiet down. The elder has decided." Stoick said, his loud voice booming throughout the arena.
Gobber pointed to Astrid. She shook her head. I braced myself for what was next. Gobber put his hook over Hiccup's head. There was a nod, and the bystanders exploded. I used this time to sneak away, heading towards the forest, to see what I could do.
I was flying lazily through the air, lying on Storm's back, watching the Aurora Borealis glimmer above my head. Everything was peaceful. Then, of course, Hiccup had to come in. Storm shook me awake.
"Wha-what?" I said blearily.
Below me, I saw Hiccup with a beautiful blonde hugging him on the back of Toothless. Astrid.
I laughed quietly. "So, Hiccup finally got a girl. I'm surprised it took so long, what with all his manly qualities, like passivity and reading."
I was about to swoop down and scare them silly, when a strange sound cut through the night.
"Not again." I knew this sound. On my way to the Archipelago, I found a HUGE dragon that could summon others and use them to bring it food. This one was dying. When I saw it, I felt pity for the poor beast. Then it tried to eat me. The pity didn't last long.
The beast died when it was attacked by a rouge group of hunters. I blew up their ship and left.
A few nights ago, before I chose Berk as my home, I found another one. Middle aged, by the look of it, and I was almost eaten. I flew off, and decided to keep an eye on the leviathan. Thus, I moved onto Berk.
But now Storm dived, plunging into a familiar, yet ominous, fog bank. Below me, I could see Hiccup pressed onto Toothless, Astrid clinging to him, her cerulean eyes wide with fear. I was tempted to ask how they were doing, but a Zippleback holding a cow with the Berserker Skrill hissed at my poor brother-in-arms, and his traumatized girlfriend, so I decided to keep my mouth shut. We dived again, swooping between the sea stacks, and emerging in front of a towering volcano.
The mass of winged reptiles flew through several different entrances, and I lost Hiccup. Storm did a loop, and I saw Toothless below. He landed on an outcropping overlooking the smoking pit. I landed on a ledge right above them and jumped down. Hiccup let out a small scream, and then relaxed as he saw it was me. Astrid whipped around at hearing her (practically) fiancée's scream, and held an axe to my throat. I raised a gloved hand and pushed it away, before Hiccup stepped between us.
"Astrid, this is my friend and fellow dragon trainer, Phoenix. Phoenix, this is my friend Astrid."
I smiled at the psychotic blonde. "Salve! Meus nomen est Phoenix."
"Uh, normally, she speaks Norse."
"Right. Sorry." I laughed. "My name is Phoenix." We looked at each other, before turning back to the pit full of red light.
"Well, it's nice to know all our food has been dumped down a hole."
"They're not eating any of it."
"Just watch." I told them. A Gronckle, fat from a good meal vomited a sing small fish into the pit. I knew what came next and quickly climbed the six feet to where Storm waited. Behind me, a GIGANTIC head came out of the depths and chomped on the Gronckle in one bite. All at once, the head snapped forward, almost eating Toothless and all the dragons flew through the mouth of the volcano.
On the way back, I told Astrid our story, and then the conversation turned to the Queen, or the Red Death, as I liked to call it. I shared my theory on how she controlled them with that strange humming noise.
"No, no, it totally makes sense. They're the workers and that's their Queen. It controls them. Let's find your dad."
I thrill of horror shot through me, before Hiccup intervened. "No, they'll kill Toothless. Astrid we have to think this through."
"Hiccup, we just discovered the dragon's nest. The thing we've been after since Vikings first sailed here. And you want to keep it a secret to protect your pet dragon? Are you serious?"
A look of stubborn determination crossed his face. "Yes."
Her face softened. "Ok." Then she punched him. My eyebrows rose, although Toothless just snorted. Then the most shocking thing happened. She kissed him. She ran off, after turning a delicate shade of pink. Toothless and I stood on either side, and he glared at both of us.
"What are you looking at?"
A/N: I published! Sorry. I had laser on my hands, and I was not planning in typing like that. Then, the computer crashed, twice! In one day! I swear this thing hates me. Anyway, that's my crazy life.
Don't forget, after this is Riders of Berk. However, as school (boo) starts, my updates will be more sporadic, although I will try to update this story regularly. Also, I'm on wattpad as PhoenixSong16. Yes, the phoenix is my favorite animal, although dragons are a close second.
