So very sorry for the long delay. My internets been down. Only one computer is working right now so I was lucky enough to get on and update. I'm going to put up two chapters because of the long wait. Please enjoy. And yes, I've changed my username. It was Disuareenix, now it is LunaSnow94. In case of confusion. Enjoy.
Hiccup felt like the gods as the slaves cheered with him in acceptance of his escape plan. Little did he know, a ship with a feared enemy mark was currently docking on the far side of the island.
An old wooden ramp lowered and crashed to an sand covered ground. A large burly man with a sneer plastered permanently on his nearly completely hidden face stepped up onto the ramp and looked out at his new surroundings. He held by his side an axe in his left hand and a rope in his right.
"We've arrived he growled in a deep, raspy voice.
"Your orders, sir?" A much smaller man in size asked behind the larger man.
"Find the Dragon Conqueror and bring him to me. But make sure he's alive. For now." The leader of the group let a sinister grin spread over his lips.
"You heard him men!" The smaller man shouted to the crew of strong, buff Vikings. "Capture the Dragon Conqueror! And keep him alive!" The man turned and ran off the ship and headed farther into the unknown island leading the men as he went.
"Say your prayers Hiccup. Soon you're gonna belong to me. Alvin the Treacherous." Alvin said with a wicked grin.
All of the slaves were sitting around Hiccup as they listened to him explain his plan. The boys words were cut short however by the sound of footsteps moving around the barn.
"Everyone, get to your beds and act to be asleep!" Hiccup whispered to them. They all jumped to their feet and silently rushed back to their beds. Hiccup and Fin jumped on top of the hay stack and closed their eyes. The barn door opened with a soft creek. Hiccup peaked one eye open expecting to see Maldrigard walk in but instead a man far too familiar stepped into the barn. Savage. Right hand man to Alvin the Treacherous. Hiccup gasped silently at the sight of the man. He held a sword at the ready with a roll of rope over his shoulder. Hiccup tried to bury himself deeper into the hay stack as to not be seen by the man. Watching him closely, Hiccup suddenly heard a soft 'psst' from the top of the rafters. He looked up and spotted the twin slaves crouched on a rafter directly over Savage. One gave him a thumbs up. Hiccup glanced over at Savage to make sure he wasn't looking. He turned over and with his hands he motioned to the top loft of the barn where the animals hay was kept. He picked up a handful of the hay he was laying on and shook it softly making it cause a gentle rustling sound. Next he pointed to Savage and then to the loft. He then shot his hands out so his palms faced out toward the twins. The two nodded and swung silently to the loft before jumping down into the hay causing a loud rustling noise. Savage looked to the loft.
Hiccup was certain they got the message correctly. Go to the loft, move around in the hay to get Savages attention so he'll go up there. Then find a way to scare him off.
Savage walked to the latter to the loft and climbed up it. He looked around for any movement in the hay and any sign of life. A quick jump of movement to his right caught his attention and he cautiously walked toward it. Suddenly something quickly ran across the loft behind him. He spun around with his sword held over his head ready to strike. But then something else ran somewhere behind him again. He spun around now breathing heavy and hands shaking.
"Where are you? I know you're in here. Show yourself!" He demanded. He then heard a loud hissing sound from behind him. He tensed and froze in his spot before slowly turning around. An old torn cloth sat on top of a hay pile. Savage slowly walked over to it. His sword extended out in front of him as he inched closer to the odd cloth. His hands shook increasingly with every step he took. Once he was only a few feet away, the cloth suddenly began to move. Savage gasped and jumped back in fear. Slowly the cloth lifted revealing it to be a shirt on a person. The person slowly and lifelessly pulled itself onto its feet. It's head hanging limply onto its chest and shoulders slumped forward. Their knees were slightly buckled and barely holding them up.
"W-who are you!" Savage demanded trying to sound brave and forceful but instead sounding scared and weak. An inhuman choking sound. Their head slowly lifted revealing rotting flesh and bug infested skin. Savage gasped and jumped back causing himself to fall over and drop his sword. The rotting corpse before him slowly limped toward him. Savage tried backing away from the monster but soon hit his back on the wall of the barn. Worms and other insects skittered around over the skin and burying underneath it making Savages stomach turn uncomfortably at the sight of it. As the person same closer, a foul odor emerged from it making Savage cover his nose. Once the person was standing over him, it bend down so it's face was in front of Savages. The man couldn't even look at the thing he was so terrified. The creature then let out a loud screeching scream that echoed through the night. Savage screamed in horror before quickly stumbling to the edge of the loft. He jumped from the edge and landed hard on his back before getting up and running out of the barn screaming something about a monster in the barn. The twins jumped out of the hay behind the frightening dummy, shirtless. They fist pumped the air with dirty hands before high fiving each other. Hiccup climbed up onto the loft and suddenly stopped as his face twisted into a look of utter disgust. A smell so foul wafted his nose making him feel like he was about to vomit.
"Oh my gods, what is that smell?" He asked before plugging his nose. The twins removed the clothes from their dummy revealing nearly a barrel full of animal dung and a yak head from a past butchered yak. The skin of the yak was decaying and started to smell repulsive. The head and dung fell to the floor in a horridly smelling heap once they were released from the twins clothing.
"Someone forgot to muck out the stables today and dispose of the rest of last week's yak carcass." One twin said with a smile.
"Good thing we don't mind stuff that smells like a yaks-"
"Whoa! Okay, I get it. Could you get rid of them before it stinks up the whole barn. You guys may not mind it but some of the others sure do." Hiccup said, interrupting the boys sentence. The two nodded and took a shovel off from the corner and scooped up the dung. They carried it to the loft window and dumped it out. Hiccup unplugged his nose and let out a relieved sigh. Fin then came up to join him.
"Who was that guy?" He asked.
"Savage. He's the right hand man of my villages most feared enemy. Alvin the Treacherous. I assume they're here for me." Hiccup said.
"Why you?" Fin asked.
"Uhh, I'll tell you later. Let's just get back to the plan." Hiccup said before climbing down the latter from the loft. Fin watched Hiccup disappear with confusion and curiosity but soon followed after the boy.
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