Well here we go... The beginning of the big bits I'm excited about!
"You are crazy."
"I'm a Viking, we are crazy now keep walking."
"No I mean seriously crazy. Like, going to get yourself killed crazy."
"Yeah what else is new? Move."
"You are going to get yourself killed."
"I'm pretty sure that's in my job description, it's an occupational hazard now I said MOVE!"
"They are going to tear you apart. And when they find your precious dragon they're going to tear him to pieces too." She hooked his neck with her staff and shoved him against a tree.
"They're not going to touch him. I won't let them."
"You won't have a choice."
"That's what you think." She growled.
"Ok, you're choking me"
"Shame,"
"You need me..."
"Do I really? I mean, I can summon any dragon to my side at will... What do I really need you for?" She asked pressing the staff harder against his neck.
"I can... get you...under...unseen...ach..."
"Pathetic." She snorted removing the staff and stepping back "Now shut up and move. Try any funny business and I will kill you. Got that Zander?"
"It's Alexander, not Zander. And not Alex either."
"Whatever Alex."
"I just said..."
"Shut it!"
"But..."
"Shut it, I'm trying to listen."
"Listen to wha..." She covered his mouth with her hand and closed her eyes as she strained to hear.
"He's hurt. I swear to Odin I'm going to make your people pay for his every cry."
"What's the deal with this dragon anyway? You never really explained."
"I don't have to explain myself to you."
"I was only asking..."
"Furious is special. And he is more powerful than you realise."
"Alexander, where are you?" Voices echoed through the trees.
"That's my companions, they're looking for me." He hissed at her.
"Really? I had no idea. You, don't go, anywhere." She growled shoving him back.
"If I don't... They'll keep searching."
"I don't care. You're taking me down there to free Furious."
"If I don't go over to them..."
"You are not going. You can see your little friends after you take me to Furious!"
"But.."
"Alexander?"
"Don't..."
"I'm over here!" He called out suddenly and she hit him in the stomach with her staff.
"You son of a half troll! You said you wouldn't hand me over!" She yelled hitting him repeatedly
"You left me no choice!" He snapped back, laughing slightly to try and look better as his friends came over.
"Woah, a barbarian!" They laughed
"A really small one!"
"And female! How pathetic!" She turned on the spot, swinging her staff around and hitting each of them several times with it.
"Call me pathetic! You Romans are pathetic and stupid! You are the barbarians and you are useless!"
"Oh really? If we're so useless how did you get yourself captured?"
"I did not get captured!"
"Sure looks that way to me!"
"Nice catch Alexander, she's a feisty one isn't she? Not bad to look at either. Might make a nice little trophy slave. What do you think?" Alexander knew that was a bad thing to say to the girl. She glared, her eyes narrowed and she spun the staff over, clubbing his companion on the helmet with the bludgeon boulder end of her staff. He collapsed to the ground with a resounding thump. The others all stopped to stare.
"Anyone else think I make a nice trophy?!" She snapped, holding the staff up ready to use again.
"How did you catch this thing Alexander?!"
"He did not catch me! I cannot be caught!"
"So why are you stuck surrounded by us with nowhere to run?"
"I'm here to take back what you took!"
"We've taken nothing from you barbarians!" She froze again and then growled. Growled? She actually growled and snorted. She turned around and glared at him again.
"Where is he?!"
"Where's who, what is she talking about Alexander?"
"You shut up! I wasn't speaking to you!" She snapped.
"I only asked..."
"You want to join your friend on the floor?" She snarled "Now Zander, where is he?"
"I told you not to call me that."
"Eurgh! Forget it, I don't need you! I'll find him myself! Now get out of my way you pathetic worms!"
"You aren't going anywhere." One of the two still standing said grinning toothily.
"Just try and stop me."
"It'll be easy,"
"Hadrian, seriously... I don't advise..."
"You've clearly never battled with a Viking."
"Vikings are pathetic. Especially the females." Julius laughed.
"Take that back." She growled.
"Why should we? You are pathetic"
"We'll see if you're still saying that when I have your guts spilled out on the ground!" There was an ear-splitting roar and Alexander and the Roman boys all shook but she stayed standing firm, eyes widened.
"That stupid dragon! When are they going to cut it's spark out?!" Hadrian asked
"What?!"
"Bad move bad move." Alexander muttered.
"Cut it's spark out."
"NO! Furious!"
"Who is Furious?"
"Furious is the dragon you monsters are going to massacre!" She shrieked "Now get out of my way!"
"She wants to protect the dragon! The vicious beast!" Julius laughed.
"She wants to save the monster!"
"If I wanted to save a monster I wouldn't be about to kill you."
"What?"
"She's calling you a monster." Alexander explained.
"The barbarian is calling me a monster?"
"I am NOT a barbarian!"
"ALEXANDER!"
"Oh no, oh no no no...My father..."
"We're over here! Your son caught himself a pretty little barbarian."
"I'm not a pretty little barbarian!"
"What... Who is this?" His father stomped over , he was the image of a Roman soldier, tall and bold as brass.
"Father..."
"Well captured son. Bring her back to the camp boys. She might prove a useful source of information."
"I will NOT give up information."
"We'll see about that." Julius and Hadrian grabbed an arm each but Alexander shoved them back taking her arm and handing the staff to them.
"I'll take her. I caught her." She glared at him but he shot her a warning glance as he dragged her back towards the Roman camp. It took a few minutes to walk back to the camp. She stayed fairly silent for most the walk, speaking only to mutter a few Viking curses at them. Then the camp came into view. Her eyes darted around rapidly searching for the dragon she was desperate to save.
"In there. Put her in chains, I've got questions."
"Try it and I'll kill you."
"Dream on little princess."
"I'm no princess."
"Where are you from barbarian?"
"I will not say. I'll not betray my tribe!"
"Let me make one thing perfectly clear, I will find out where you are from and I will destroy your precious tribe."
"We are stronger than you believe we are. You cannot defeat us!"
"Then what is there to fear from telling me?"
"I'm no traitor. I know better than to mess with Romans!"
"Rightly so."
"Did your Daddy tell you to stay away from us big bad Romans?" Julius mocked.
"My father might have suggested not messing with you."
"And you always do what Daddy says."
"If I did everything my father said I would not be here at all!" She spat.
"I bet you're Daddy's little princess!"
"I told you I am not a princess!"
"Enough! Who is your father girl?"
"A far greater man than you." She spat. He leaned in close and stared at her, his gaze was stone cold and Alexander knew that gaze, it made him recoil, but she never even flinched. She just stared right back. He waved a hand dismissing them all. Even Alexander knew better than to disobey. He left the tent and walked cautiously to the large tent where the dragon was chained...
"You bear the mark of a dragon upon your armour."
"Oh well spotted. Hundreds of Viking tribes have dragons as their emblem."
"Then which tribe is this the emblem of?"
"You think I'm that stupid? I told you, I am not giving up my tribe!"
"Give them up or you die!"
"Then I die! I will not give up my tribe! My father taught me, a chief protects his own!"
"You are too small to be a chief."
"But I can protect my own whilst my chief is not there to do it!"
"Then you will die!"
"I will gladly die to protect my own! But not before I free the dragon you have captive!"
"Ah, you are one of those. You protect the dragons."
"Damned right I do. There are several tribes who protect dragons now."
"So I have heard. Well, he who lives by the dragon, must also die by the dragon. Come meet our latest trophy. I warn you, it has quite the attitude problem."
"You shot him down, I'm hardly surprised." She growled. He dragged her to her feet and across the camp, shoving her down onto her knees just inside another tent. A ringing rang in her head and she looked up into the glowing yellow eye of Furious.
"Furious!" She exclaimed.
"Child, how did you come to be captured?" He replied inside her head but she replied out loud.
"Furious! I came here to find you! I heard you crying from back home!"
"Child, you ought not to have risked yourself! You are meant for more."
"But you needed me, you know it."
"Are you talking to that thing?"
"Shut up! Furious, are you hurt at all?"
"I have a small injury to my side but I shall survive, so long as I can get out of here. These men are monsters."
"They want to take your spark! But I won't let them! I won't let them hurt you!" She yelped as she was dragged back away from Furious. "No! Let me go! Let go of me you steaming heap of dragon..."
"Father! There's a dragon attacking the camp! It set fire to your tent!" Alexander yelled running in. The other Romans froze suddenly and threw her down again running out to check. Alexander ran over and unlocked her chains.
"What are you...?"
"Shush, if you're going to get out of here, it's now or never."
"Why are you helping me?" She asked standing up as if nothing had happened. She'd suffered worse.
"Because well, frankly, you scare me a little. And you have an odd amount of guts for a little person. Plus I have no doubts that you will kill me with your dragon, or bare hands." He said picking up her staff and throwing it to her. She stared at him stunned.
"If they realise you helped me escape..."
"They'll kill me, yeah. I'll be alright."
"But..."
"Don't worry, just get out of here." She paused and then she let out a shriek. It was the same awful noise she made to call her dragon earlier. It was only a moment before he swooped in, followed by half the Roman legion. She shoved Alexander aside and crouched low, the dragon swooping down behind her as she snatched her sword.
"How did you...?"
"That's for me to know. All you need to know is I'm about to blast you to Hel."
"Fire will not harm us through the armour!"
"Oh shame... He doesn't breathe fire..." She held out her sword. "Light em up boy..." She said calmly and Alexander watched as lightning blasted the soldiers. "Alright, Furious, Sparky is going to hit the chains... Sparky!" Another blast and a clash of metal on metal and the dragon Furious rose up like the huge beast he was. "Let's get out of here!"
"Kill that little barbarian!"
"Sparky! Up!" She jumped onto his back as he took off and Alexander had to admire her skill.
"TAKE HER DOWN!" She suddenly froze on the dragon's back, he watched as if in slow motion as she suddenly fell from the dragon.
"NOOO!" he yelled
When she heard those words it was like her nightmares coming back to haunt her. She heard those same words... as if from a lifetime ago...
"Sparky come on boy, let's show them!"
"TAKE HER DOWN!"
"CAMI! NO!"
"Look out!" She cried as she and Sparky came crashing down onto the ice.
"Dragon Rider... You will die today!"
"Not if I take you down first!"
"No dragon can resist the alpha, watch as your precious dragon abandons you. You are nothing without him."
"Sparky would never leave me!"
"Let's just see shall we?" She'd watched in horror as Sparky flew above her, eyes slits, he didn't respond when she cried out to him. "You are pathetic. You are weak..." She ran at him, sword held high and with one arm he knocked her aside as if she were a fly. He stepped over her, one foot crushing on her ribcage as he raised his spear up to finish her.
"Camicazi! No! Leave her alone!"
"Dragon Master..."
"Daddy! Daddy no!"
"Face me like a man, let her go. She's a child!"
"I care not if she is a child. She will die."
"Then I guess I'll have to kill you first."
"Daddy! Daddy don't!"
"Toothless, blast him off her bud."
"You think you can..." A blast and a weight lifted from her chest and someone scooped her up and carried her away.
"Stay here!" Her dad's frightened voice ordered.
"No, Daddy!"
"Dad, you can't go back there!" Finn exclaimed holding onto her arms.
"I'll be back for you both, I promise. Just keep each other safe."
"Daddy!"
"I promise."
"But you said we can't always keep our promises!" She cried. He kissed her head.
"I'll do all I can to come back to you. I love you both."
She watched fearfully as her Dad challenged Drago, she felt safe and reassured, Toothless could take him! Then Toothless turned... She saw the look as he advanced towards her father.
"NO! DADDY!"
"Toothless, stop, snap out of it bud!"
"HICCUP!"
"Grandpa!" Finn yelled
"Dad no!" There was a blast and Camicazi screamed.
She was falling, she was hardly even aware of it until she heard Alexander scream. She let out a couple of calls and other dragons flew in attacking the camp and she crashed onto the back of Furious.
"Furious! You saved me! I thought you promised you'd never save a human again?"
"You child, are forcing me to make an exception. You saved me, I save you."
"Let's get out of here! Sparky!" She leaped onto his back and dived down to the camp again.
"Come with me!" She called out to Alexander, holding out her hand
"What?"
"They will kill you!"
"Won't your people kill me?"
"If we can accept a former dragon trapper who sold out my mother to a villain who killed my grandfather, we can accept you." He looked around. His father was screaming "TRAITOR" at him. "Come with us. Come on Alex, come with me!" With a final glance he grabbed her hand and let her pull him up onto the back of her dragon and soar off into the night...
Do tell me what you think!