A/N: Yay, back to the volcano! Sorry for taking so long. School is a b****! Can't believe it took me 2 months. Damn. Anyways, enjoy!
Volcano Quest
He ran for his life through the forest. He could hear the footsteps behind him. He was fast, but the air thick with ash made it near impossible to breathe. The arrow wound on his chest didn't really help either. But he had to keep running! His life depended on it...
Another arrow whooshed right by head, nearly taking off his left ear. However, when the projectile embedded itself in a tree in front of him, he saw that it wasn't an arrow. It was a harpoon. His blue eyes widened and he ran even faster.
The footsteps behind him were getting closer. That was when his eyes made out a clearing. If he could make it to that clearing, he would probably be able to escape!
Willing his shaking legs to go faster, he plunged through the bush and towards the clearing. The footsteps behind him slowed down. Quickly, he turned his head to see the cloaked figure come to a stop.
The only problem was, he wasn't looking forward when he burst into the clearing.
Something wrapped itself around his feet and he tripped, tumbling to the ground. His head connected with something metal, and he saw stars.
When his blurry vision cleared, he saw that someone had set up a cage around him. He had landed right on the floor of the cage.
"Oh no..." he breathed. He was still on his side, and his concussion didn't help. He tried to get himself upright, but his worn and shaking limbs didn't allow it. After several failed attempts, he collapsed, totally exhausted and hurting.
After a minute, he heard footsteps again. His vision cleared a bit more, and he saw the figure that had shot and chased him. The man stared at him with loathing eyes for a few minutes before raising his left hand and signaling to someone hidden from sight.
About fifty large figures stepped from the trees. They were huge, and they smelled so bad that he could smell them all the way from the center of the clearing. A lot of them came right up to the cage and lifted it up, along with him inside of it. The man who seemed to be in charge came and stood right under the cage. He couldn't see what happened, but something sharp poked him in the side, and he blacked out.
The cage was brought through the forest to a small river, where a boat with blood red sails was docked. The cage was loaded onto the boat, right next to fifty other cages, all containing an unconscious being. Everyone boarded the ship, which raised its anchor and sailed down the river, towards the open water.
Above the clouds of ash, the sky was clear. Hiccup continued to stare down at the ash clouds, which would occasionally light up with electricity. Fishlegs was still studying how Drift flew.
They had been flying for about an hour now. They were high enough to escape the sweltering August heat, but the sun was practically shining right in their faces. Not that it really bothered them; the dragons eyes were tinted, Hiccup's eyes were closed, and Fishlegs was still facing backwards.
A few minutes later, Hiccup broke the silence. "Toothless?"
Toothless's ear stood up, letting Hiccup know that he heard him.
"Did you see anyone in the forest this morning?"
"Not anyone out of the ordinary," said Toothless. "Why?"
"When we were leaving, I turned around and saw someone or something hiding just on the edge of the forest. I dunno, it kinda freaked me out a bit."
"Well, maybe it was just a boar or dragon or something."
"No, it was too tall and human-shaped to be an animal."
"Well then it was probably just someone who usually goes into the forest who didn't feel like coming out."
"I guess..." Hiccup thought back a bit. Then he remembered something. Glancing over and making sure that Fishlegs and Drift were too far away to hear, he said: "Actually, about a month or two ago, I was in the Forge and I thought I heard someone limping around. There wasn't anyone out there when I looked, but I found what I think was a part of some kind of weapon. It looked like I tiny metal dragon tooth."
"Do you still have it?" asked Toothless.
Hiccup blushed a little bit. "Uh, no... Camicazi popped out of nowhere and scared me. I dropped it between the floorboards."
"And just where was I when this happened?" asked Toothless, tilting his head a bit to look at Hiccup.
"You were off making love with Stormfly," deadpanned Hiccup.
Toothless blushed and whipped his head around, avoiding looking at Hiccup. Under his hands, Hiccup felt Toothless's scales heat up with embarrassment.
Before Toothless had a chance to come up with anything to defend himself, Fishlegs cried out: "There it is!"
Looking up, Hiccup saw a mountainous cloud of ash billowing miles into the air. In that cloud of ash, they could see the occasional burst of fire and lightning.
"We've gotta go lower!" exclaimed Hiccup, having to shout over the sounds of the eruptions. "Fishlegs, hold on tight!" Fishlegs wrapped his arms around Drift's neck, squeezing his eyes shut.
"Ready..." Hiccup looked down at the ash cloud. As soon as he saw a flash of lightning, he shouted: "GO!"
Toothless and Drift went into a nosedive and plunged through the ash cloud. As they passed through the thick wall of ash and smoke, electricity surged around them in the toxic air. Hiccup hoped Fishlegs was holding his breath too.
Hiccup squinted through the ash and wind, his eyes watering and his face stinging from the cuts he was receiving. Suddenly, the dragons burst through the bottom and leveled out of their dive. Fishlegs looked up, but kept a firm hold on Drift. The air around them was swirling with burning hot ash particles. Electricity lit up the sky, and below them, the ocean was churning with shockwaves and tremors.
Suddenly, a large dark mass appeared in front of them, coming their way quickly.
What is that? Hiccup wondered, squinting to see. That can't be the volcano; we aren't close enough yet...
It wasn't the volcano at all. It was a large pack of Scrills. Hiccup felt Toothless charge up the gas in his throat, ready in case they were attacked.
They weren't. The Scrills flew right on by, looking somewhat panicked.
"Hiccup..."moaned Fishlegs, completely terrified. "If the Scrills are running, then shouldn't we be running too?"
Hiccup gulped. "We should be running."
They kept flying.
A few minutes later, the volcano came into sight.
Dracona Fuego was spewing out ash like a geyser. The pebbly beach was completely covered. The hole in the side of the volcano near the ground was gushing out lava, which rolled into the churning ocean and created huge amounts of steam, limiting the visibility even further.
"Do you see Snotlout or Fireworm anywhere?" Hiccup shouted to Fishlegs.
"No, but I see that!" Hiccup looked over and saw Fishlegs pointing down. He looked down at the surface of the volcano, and his eyes widened. It was completely covered in dragon eggs.
Drift slowed down to a crawl, staring down at the eggs with wide eyes. He slowly started descending until Hiccup called to him. "Drift, let's go!"
He shook his head to clear his thoughts before soaring to catch back up with Hiccup and Toothless.
"What was that all about?" asked Hiccup when Drift caught up to them.
"I was-" His answer was cut off when they heard a scream coming from a cave up near the top of the volcano. A red light was emanating from that cave.
As fast as they could, Toothless and Drift raced up to the cave entrance. When they landed, Hiccup and Fishlegs hopped off. The red glow was coming from something further down the tunnel. Everyone took a step forward towards the light when...
Fireworm came shooting around the bend, running full speed towards the exit of the tunnel. Everyone jumped out of the way in time... except Drift. He wasn't quick enough, and Fireworm barreled into him, knocking him backwards and out of the tunnel.
Still in a panic, Fireworm spread her wings and flew off. However, as she flew, her tail whacked into the roof of the tunnel, cracking it. Hiccup quickly stood up and scrambled to the edge, looking down. Drift was lying on his back at the bottom of the volcano, slowly regaining consciousness. It would be a while before he got back up here. Looking up, he saw that Fireworm had disappeared into the clouds.
Suddenly, someone deeper in the tunnel let out a terrified scream. Hiccup whipped around and stood up, taking out his sword. The source of the red light was growing closer. Another scream. Fishlegs took out his hammer and Toothless bent down in an attack position.
"Toothless," breathed Hiccup. Toothless glanced at him. "Don't use fire yet. Don't wanna collapse the tunnel."
Toothless's eye twitched a bit and he nodded, swallowing the gas. Then, who should come running around the corner but Snotlout, screaming like a little girl. He ran right into Toothless and bounced off, falling to the floor.
"Oh thank gods you guys are here!" he gasped, pale and terrified. There were a couple bleeding burns on his face and arms.
Suddenly, before Hiccup had any time to start yelling, a crackling and popping noise sounded from deeper into the tunnel.
"It's them!" exclaimed Snotlout. He scrambled to his feet and held up his sword... or... what used to be his sword. Now it was just a piece of melted metal on a handle. "They did this!"
"Calm down!" exclaimed Hiccup. "Who is they?"
"Uh... Hiccup..." gasped Fishlegs, pointing further down into the tunnel. Hiccup looked and gasped. Snotlout gulped and slowly hid behind Hiccup.
About ten long, slender, beings turned the corner. They were all on fire.
The long reptilian figures slunk towards them. Without a second thought, Hiccup grabbed what was left of Snotlout's sword and flung it at one of the creatures. The creature must not have been expecting a reaction so soon, so it was prepared. The sword handle connected with it's head and knocked it out. The others continued forward, not even acknowledging that one of their own had been knocked unconscious.
"Don't back up," whispered Hiccup, knowing that they were backed into a corner. Literally.
Suddenly, one of the creatures lunged right at Hiccup. He ducked, and Snotlout, who was behind him, dove out of the way. It lunged again, but Toothless kicked it right in the jaw, sending it flying back out of the tunnel.
Another few advanced forward. Hiccup and Fishlegs pulled their shields off of their backs and held them up. Instead of pulling out his sword, Hiccup pulled out his Shadow dagger. Toothless lowered himself in a pouncing position with his wings slightly spread to make himself look bigger. Snotlout picked up a rock.
Without warning, all of the creatures swarmed them. Toothless swatted at the ones near him, but they were fast enough to scamper out of the way. Hiccup slashed at anything that came near him with his dagger. Fishlegs wildly swung his hammer around. Snotlout threw rocks at anything near him. The creatures danced around them like flames, waiting for the right moment to attack.
After a minute of waiting, one of the creatures finally pounced. It went right for Hiccup. He managed to hold his shield up in time, and the creature's claws sunk into the shield, and not his chest. However, they were heavier than they looked, and the creature knocked Hiccup on his back. The other living flames kept Toothless, Fishlegs, and Snotlout busy.
As the creature, which was almost as big as Hiccup, kept him pinned to the ground, the fire surrounding it started to dim, and Hiccup got a really good look at it.
It was a dragon. The dragon had a round head like a Terror, but with really short, small horns. It had six legs. The first and third set of legs were in the normal place for a dragon with that kind of build, but the second set were the weird ones. The second set of legs were located basically in the armpits of the first set. The second set were the ones with the wings attached. The tail was long and horny, and their eyes were a solid red with no pupil.
Hiccup's eyes widened even more as the fire surrounding the dragon practically went out, revealing it's scale color to be black. Then it opened it's mouth.
So that's where all that fire went... Hiccup thought. Knowing that the dragon was about to flame on him, he gripped his dagger and stabbed the dragon in the chest. It's red eyes widened and then turned black. The creature slumped down, dead.
Hiccup quickly sat up and shook the thing off his shield. That was when the volcano started shaking with another earthquake. All of the dragons froze in place before turning and flying back into the depths of the tunnel.
A minute later, the earthquake stopped. The tunnel hadn't collapsed.
Hiccup slowly stood up and looked around. Everyone was okay, with only minor cuts and burns. Fishlegs' eyes were on the dead dragon.
"Hiccup..." he gasped. "Do you know what kind of dragon this is?"
"No," said Hiccup, checking Toothless's tail fin to make sure it hadn't burnt. "I didn't read that volcano monster book."
"This is a Fyremyte!" exclaimed Fishlegs. "They guard the Fire Diamond!"
"Anything else you wanna tell us?" asked Snotlout sarcastically.
"Yeah!" exclaimed Fishlegs. "They're super hard to kill because they're on fire all the time!"
"But that one wasn't on fire when I stabbed it," said Hiccup. "It was trying to-"
"It's said that they don't speak Dragonese," interrupted Fishlegs, "so there's no way to reason with them. Oh! And after they die, their bodies self-destruct!"
Everyone was silent for a minute. Then the Fyremyte's body started to glow.
"RUN!" shouted Hiccup. Everyone turned and sprinted deeper into the tunnel. Toothless grabbed Hiccup by the back of his shirt and ran with him.
Behind them, the Fyremyte's body exploded, sending a wave of heat and fire at them. Behind them, the rocks tumbled from the already weakened ceiling, sealing off the entrance.
They were trapped inside the volcano.
A/N: SO who do you guys think got kidnapped? And who was the kidnapper? All the clues are laid out for ya, you've just gotta put 'em together! ;)
Sorry for taking so long. Project after project after project. But hey, school before FanFiction. Luckily, it's the weekend. So enjoy! And now you know what Fyremytes are... So BEWARE! They will come after you if you don't leave a review! Muahahahahaha!