Note: I worked hard on this chapter to make it a pretty badass battle. Also, there is a scene in here that would've failed in real life, but for rule of cool, it works in the story. Enjoy this chapter.

Chapter: 12: WAR!

Elsa ran as fast as her legs could carry her to Hiccup room. The Captain of the guards had reported that Hiccup had gone missing, and that two guards were unaccented for. She ran through the door, and skidded to a halt. There was some signs of a struggle had taken place, but the struggle was primarily centered on the bed. She frowned in worry at the sight.

"Look for the guards, and arrest them."

The gathered guards bowed to her, and went to search for the two guards.

What is going on?

Stoick spotted Arendelle in the distance; the castle was surrounded by water on one side. It had a fjord, surrounded by wooden walls. Stoick grinned; they would be upon the fjord in less than an hour. The sun began to rise, highlighting everyone in red.

"Get the catapults ready!" Stoick commanded.

The Vikings did as they were told.

"Astrid, take the twins with you to retrieve Fishlegs and Snotlout. Try not to be seen."

Astrid mounted Stormfly, and the twins got on their dragon, the twins were behaving for once. The dragons took to the sky, and Astrid had everyone fly above the clouds to conceal themselves. Stoick faced Arendelle, ready for battle.

Elsa spotted Anna and Kristoff heading towards the stables. She ran after them, until she caught up to them, and then she slowed down. She saw that Anna looked worried, and Kristoff looked agitated.

"What's wrong?"

"We found this little guy, he's hurt." Anna replied.

Elsa looked down, and spotted a little dragon in Anna's arms. The dragon was red in color, and it was wrapped up in bandages. Something had been around its leg, but it was not there anymore. In its place was a bandage. Elsa spotted a leather collar around the dragon's neck; its name was 'Iggy.' She looked over at Kristoff.

"Queen Elsa, look out!" A guard yelled.

Elsa looked up just in time to see a dark green dragon, with reddish-brown highlights, fly towards her. It was the same size as the injured dragon in Anna's arms. The little dragon flew out of the way, as a guard tried to slash it with his sword. That's when Elsa spotted something tied around the dragon's leg.

"Stop!" Elsa commanded.

The guard did as he commanded, and the little dragon flew to Elsa. Elsa untied the letter from the dragon's leg, but before she could read it, the ground shook. Elsa and Anna almost fell, but were both caught by Kristoff. The little dragon flew over to Anna, and clung to her. Elsa heard Toothless roar from the stables. The letter lay on the ground at their feet. A crack echoed throughout the castle grounds. Elsa ran towards the source of the sounds.

"Queen Elsa!" The guards yelled, running after her.

Elsa reached the fjord just in time to see one of the walls reduced to splinters. She spotted the first ship, and in that ship was a large man with a bushy red beard. Elsa's eyes widened in fear, when his eyes found hers from the fjord. She was pulled from her thoughts when another boulder, this time on fire, crashed into the platform she was on. She jumped out of the way, as the entire platform collapsed.

I can't run from this fight!

She got to her feet, and lifted up her good arm. She froze the water around the fjord, trapping the ships in ice. Her enemies were not deterred; they jumped from the sips, and began to use the ice to head towards her. Some stayed on the ships to continue their assault with the catapults. Arrows rained down from above her, as her guards arrived to protect her and their home. Their enemies blocked the arrows with their shields, and some had the nerve to casually swat the arrows away with their swords.

Elsa melted the ice, and the warriors were plunged into the water. To her shock, they began to swim through the water unhindered. Elsa froze the water again, but the warriors smashed through the ice. They still used their shields to protect themselves from the arrows. The warriors were closing in on the castle.

Stoick watched from his ship as his men and women closed in on the Queen and her guards. None of his enemies knew his strategy. His enemies failed to notice that his warriors were making a path to the castle for him. While the guards of the Queen were forced to reload their bows, and the Queen was occupied with keeping his warriors at bay, Stoick took his chance. He jumped off of his ship, and ran across the shields his warriors had lined up for him, and he made a beeline to the Queen. He took out his sword in mid run and aimed for the Queen's neck. The Queen saw him at the last second, and his sword grazed her neck as she dodged to the side. His warriors swarmed the courtyard, where blades met blades. Ignoring the fight around him, Stoick set his eyes on the young Queen. The Queen bolted towards the safety of the castle.

I have to protect Anna!

Elsa skidded in the hall, and lost her balance. Her fall saved her life, because she was inched away from being beheaded by an ax. Elsa rolled to the side, just as the ax was swung down. The blade of the ax was stuck in the marble floor. The large man pulled his sword out again, and Elsa froze him in place. She got to her feet, and touched her forehead with her good hand, the cut had reopened. The blood started to blind her in the eye directly underneath the cut. There was a cracking sound as the large man broke through the ice.

Anna lay curled up in a ball, she clutched the two terrors to her chest. She was huddled underneath Toothless' wing. The Night Fury did not know what was going on, but he decided to protect his new friend. Anna heard the stable doors burst open, and peeked out to see Kristoff fighting a guard. Anna realized in shock that it was one of the guards that had gone missing when Hiccup vanished. She let out an involuntary scream when the guard slashed Kristoff across the chest. The guard then kicked him in the chest, and Kristoff was knocked to the ground. The guard was not done yet, though, he finished the attack by bashing Kristoff in the temple with the hilt of his sword. Kristoff went limp.

"NO!" Anna screamed.

Anna released the dragons she was holding gently on the ground underneath her, and ran to Kristoff. She threw herself over him, as she felt the tip of the guard's sword dig into her back. Kristoff's blood was soaking her front as she clutched him. The guard was knocked to the side as Toothless came to their rescue. Toothless helped Anna get Kristoff on to his back, and once they were on, he grabbed the terrors by the scruff of their necks, and slammed through the doors. Sven ran out of the stables after them.

Noise and hot air were the first things Anna noticed. The guards were fighting what appeared to be Vikings. Part of the castle and courtyard were on fire. When Anna looked at the battle around her, she spotted a large Viking slamming Elsa to the ground in the middle of the courtyard.

"ELSA!" Anna screamed.

Many things happened at once, which Anna was unable to register right away. All she knew was that the large man had not killed her sister. There were also more dragons than before.

"DAD! STOP!" Hiccup yelled.

Stoick looked up at the sound of his son's voice. His son had run between him and the Queen. He almost smiled when he saw Hiccup holding his ax sideways in an effort to keep his father from chopping the Queen in half. The Queen scrambled away from him. Hiccup helped her to her feet. The Vikings and Guards stopped their fighting for a moment to see what was going on.

"Dad this has to stop now." Hiccup told Stoick. "A man named Hans…"

Hiccup never got to finish his sentence, because an arrow slammed into his back, on his left at the shoulder. Stoick stood in shock as Hiccup staggered a bit, before he plunged into the water, with Stoick's ax in his left hand. Before anyone could react, another arrow slammed into the Queen's chest. The Queen let out a small gasp, before she hit the ground. Toothless was able to find the assailant that time, because they fired the arrows from the same place, and charged towards them. Stoick was knocked to the side when Toothless ran past him to get his target.

Stoick caught a glimpse of the man when Toothless lunged at him, it was the man named Hans! Before Toothless could bite Hans in half, Hans fired off the last arrow. Toothless was struck in the chest, which caused the Night Fury to cry in pain as he fell to the ground. Hans lowered the bow, a smirk of triumph on her face.

"Too easy." Hans gloated. "Everything went according to plan, well most everything; there were a few snags along the way."

Stoick started to pull out his sword, but was lassoed by a bunch of rope. The rest of the teens and their dragons started their attack. They did not get far, because the dragons were hit by tranquilizer darts that caused them to hit the ground out cold. The teens hit the ground, and were immediately set upon by Hans' men. Only Astrid managed to slip away.

"Now, now, don't be that way." Hans grinned. "I was planning on using those darts on you savages, but taking out those things was an even better plan."

Hans sauntered across the courtyard to where Elsa laid on the ground unconscious. The remainder of his men swarmed the Vikings and the guards loyal to Elsa, keeping them from fighting. Hans looked down at the gravely injured Queen.

"Long live the Queen!" Hans spat at Elsa.

Elsa was in no position to respond, and now bored with her, Hans turned towards them.

"Your Queen has fallen, and your King has arrived." Hans gloated. "Princess Anna will be my wife, and no one can stop now. We will wed right here, right now. A new reign is about to begin!"

"I will never marry you!" Anna cried out.

One of Hans' men grabbed her forcibly, and dragged her away from Hans. When Anna tried to get away, she was punched in the face by the man. The man's grip suddenly went limp, and his head fell to the ground, followed by his body. Anna looked up and saw a young blonde Viking holding an ax drenched in blood, she had beheaded the man. The blonde girl grabbed her and started to bolt for safety, but was blocked by Hans' men. The blonde girl stood between Anna and the men.

Darkness, cold, wetness, were all the things that Hiccup was aware of when he came to in the water. He inhaled, and swallowed a bunch of water; he managed to reach the surface. He clung to a piece of ice, as he hacked up the water he had just swallowed. The arrow was still in his shoulder, and the water had numbed his wound. His father's ax was still clutched in his hand. His entire body was on fire, and some primal part of him told him he was dying. Something foreign was inside his body, brought on by the arrow, and it was slowly killing him. His tired mind told him to get back to his loved ones. Hiccup let go of the ice, as he made the painful swim back to the docks. He had only fallen a few feet from it, but to his dying mind, it felt like it was leagues away.

Hans circled around the two trapped girls, Anna was cowering, and Astrid was holding her ax waiting for the men to make one wrong move. Astrid wanted to kill Hans for what he did to Hiccup and Toothless.

"I will marry you, and Princess Anna, think of all the heirs I would have." Hans told Astrid.

Astrid frowned; Hans was hiding behind his men to avoid being attacked.

"I'm in love with Kristoff." Anna told him.

Hans looked at her.

"Fine then." Hans replied, and casually commanded his men. "Kill her."

He jumped back when he was almost beheaded, and his man scrambled out of the way.

"Pro tip, keep your eyes on the Viking with the ax!"

"Hiccup!" Astrid shouted in relief.

Stoick watched as the bloodlust entered his son's eyes. Stoick realized at that moment that the look did not suit his son! Hiccup spun in a circle, which caused Hans's to back away. That caused them to create an opening, which Hiccup took advantage of. He swung his ax, but the men got in the way and blocked his blows from reaching Hans. Hiccup knocked them down, his ax digging into the flesh of arms, legs, and whatever got in his way to Hans. Hiccup was determined to get to Hans, before the poison killed him, he would take out the threat to his loved ones.

Soon Hans ran out of human shields. Hans had no place to run anymore. Hans dodged Hiccup's first blow, but Hiccup had been waiting for that. The first blow was just a false one; he was waiting for the second blow. The second blow from the ax hit Hans in the lower back. A crack split the air, and moments later Hans hit the ground. The ax in Hiccup's hands was stained with blood. Hans would never walk again, if he survived the blow to his back with an ax. Stoick hoped Hans would die. Hiccup turned towards his father, and dropped the ax.

"Some people can't be reasoned with." Hiccup told him.

Stoick saw that Hiccup still had some bloodlust in his eyes. While he focused on his son, the guards still loyal to their Queen and the Vikings turned the tide on Hans' men. Some of Hans' men immediately surrendered when they saw they were losing, those that fought back were killed where they stood. Hiccup still had the arrow in his back, and his blood was staining his clothes. Hiccup turned to Stoick with a completely calm expression that unnerved him.

"I'm dying." Hiccup stated calmly.

Stoick caught his son as he collapsed.

Hans coughed up some blood.

"I always win." He told Stoick with a sneer.

Stoick kicked him in the face, knocking him out. Stoick held his son, while dust of the battle was slowly settling. Hans' men that fought back were either dead or dying as the victors cleaned off their weapons.

"Help Queen Elsa, Sir Hiccup, and that dragon." A guard called out.

"Kristoff is hurt too!" Anna cried out.

"We need help for Sir Kristoff as well." The guard called out once more.

Hiccup was pried away from Stoick by Gobber. Gobber handed Hiccup to one of the medics, who would help him. People were rushing around Stoick as they tended to the injured. Stoick never took his eyes off of Hiccup and hoped it was not too late for his son.

"Wait!" Anna called out. "I know who can help Elsa, Kristoff, Hiccup, and Toothless."

The men holding Elsa, Hiccup, and Kristoff looked at her, the men loading Toothless in a wagon did as well.

"Follow me!"

Anna climbed on to Sven's back, led the way to the forest. Tears fell from her eyes as she ran to the trolls, with everyone else following her. The trolls were in their rock forms.

"Grand Pabbie!" Anna yelled. "We need your help! Please!"

The trolls did not move.

"Please, Kristoff is bleeding to death, and…"

The trolls sprang to life, and ran past Anna to get to the four injured souls. Grand Pabbie went to work immediately. Kristoff was the first, and easiest to heal, of the four. Anna was relieved when it turned out Kristoff's wounds were not as bad as they looked. Once he was done with Kristoff, he worked on Elsa and Toothless.

"The arrows missed their hearts." Grand Pabbie told them. "They will recover with time."

While healing Elsa, Grand Pabbie healed her arm and head wound that she had gotten from Toothless. Anna sat between Elsa and Kristoff. She cried in relief that they were able to be saved.

"This one will be harder to heal." Grand Pabbie said, turning to Hiccup.

He patted a newly healed Toothless on the head, while he sat down next to Hiccup.

"Why?" Stoick demanded.

"His body has been invaded by poison, he is slowly slipping away as we seek, and he is more dead than alive right now."

"Can he still be saved?"

"Yes, but he will lose his memories, the ones brought on by the poison." Grand Pabbie told Stoick. "He won't remember the bloodlust, or the fact that he injured anyone. Most of all, he won't remember that not all people can be reasoned with."

"I don't care; I just want to see him live." Stoick replied.

"Very well."

Grand Pabbie healed Hiccup, and the poison left Hiccup's system. After that the newly healed patients were prepared for their trip back to the castle. Before Gobber left, he turned towards the trolls.

"Stop stealing my left socks."

The group trudged towards the castle, and after the four patients were settled in the medical wing, they made their way back into a room. Everyone that went with Anna to see the trolls were sworn to secrecy. Once that was done, Stoick went to visit Hiccup, but he decided to wait when he saw Astrid in the room with his son. Anna was visiting her boyfriend and her sister. As for Toothless, he was sleeping in the same room as Hiccup. Even though Stoick knew he would have to pay for what he did, he would never regret it, because he had his son back.

To BE CONTINUED…

Note: Did you notice the 'subtle' references I made to the second movie? Also, I don't hate Hans, but he needed to pay for what he did in my story. I didn't want to kill him, but I didn't want him to get off scot free. So, he paid with losing his ability to walk. There are two more chapters after this, one deals with the immediate aftermath of the battle, and one deals with some lose ends.