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Chapter 4
Invasion
"Dad, we have to go after Azura! She's been captured by Dagur. Who knows what he'll do to force her to use her abilities to destroy us," Hiccup pleaded with his father. "Son, I cannot let you go fly off to Berserker Island to rescue Azura. The threat of invasion is great, and I need you and the other riders to protect the village. She's a strong girl, and she'll survive." "But-" "NO BUTS. I have an entire village to protect from the Berserkers, and I cannot sacrifice them to save one person!" "Yes dad." Stoick put his helmet on, and made as if to leave, then turned and said "Hiccup, if you go after Azura there will be consequences. I understand that this is a personal decision for you, but you cannot allow your feelings to cloud your judgement." "What are you saying?" Stoick looked at his son. "Azura is a friend. And she's a pretty girl, so she might be more than a friend. You want to protect her. But as a chief, you sometimes have to make hard decisions. Ones that might sacrifice one person for hundreds to live." Stoick left, Hiccup staring after him. As soon as the wooden door closed, the boy dashed up the stairs and climbed out the window.
Hiccup flew past the sea stacks with Aleah and Annabeth. "How much further to Berserker Island?" Aleah called to Hiccup. "Not far. Just a few more miles!" He shouted back. Annabeth saw something small on the horizon, and got out her spyglass to check it out. The spyglasses were a useful invention that the one-legged dragon rider had created. At first, only Hiccup had one, but they quickly became standard equipment for patrols and such. Her face went white, and she shouted "Hiccup, you may want to see this!" He pulled out his spyglass. Through it he saw the entire Berserker armada, with the distinctive shape of Dagur on the lead ship. "We have to get back to Berk fast!" He called as he turned around and flew as fast as he could for the island.
Once they landed, Hiccup jumped off Toothless, and ran over to his dad. Aleah's zippleback, Duel and Combat, shifted uneasily. Duel's head lifted, sniffing the air. "What is it?" Aleah murmured to her dragon. Stoick turned to his son. "What is it?" "We were on a scouting mission, and the entire Berserker armada is headed straight for us lead by Dagur." Stoick snapped into action, bellowing orders. "Sven, Finish that barricade! Gobber, distribute weapons, and get people to safety! Hiccup, I need you to gather the other riders and slow them down." "On it dad." Hiccup jumped back on Toothless and soared off to the academy. Stoick stared after his son. The scrawny, awkward boy that he had known was now becoming a strong, capable, self-assured chief. Pride swelled in the current chief's chest. Hiccup would make an excellent leader.
On the Berserker ships: "Well, well" Dagur chuckled. "My plan is working perfectly. They cannot attack me because I have you and your miserable worm, but I can attack them! It's glorious, isn't it?" His prisoner glared up at him from her position bound to the mast. A piece of black cloth effectively gagged her, so all she could do was struggle against the ropes and mumble incomprehensible things at him. "Oh, you'll get to see the destruction of your new home, Azura. You will see everything before I kill you." I turned my head away, unable to stop a tear from rolling down my cheek. I had failed everyone; my friends, my dragon. Everyone. Dagur grabbed me as one of his minions untied me, and forced me to the bow, where we stood. Hiccup and the other riders stopped, the dragons hovering in the air, after Dagur spoke to them. "Go ahead, Hiccup. Attack me. But if you do that, you'll kill your pretty friend here." The deranged teen laughed evilly. Hiccup glared at his enemy. "Let her go, Dagur." "Oh, but I don't think so. She makes such an excellent weapon for me to use, and a hostage to boot! Besides, it's so fun to see you worry and fret like an old woman over your girlfriend." He pressed the sharp blade of his axe against my throat, silently daring the one-legged teen and his Night Fury to attack. Hiccup gave a quiet order, and all seven of the dragons turned, flying back to Berk. Even Snotlout obeyed that time. Dagur threw me back against the mast, and another soldier tied me up again. Dawnstrike was brought to the bow of the ship, and Dagur mounted her. Dawnstrike immediately began to buck, but Dagur shouted "If you don't behave beast, I'll kill your rider!" A sword was pressed against my throat, and I shrank away from it. Dawnstrike cried, a raw, guttural sound, and stopped bucking. "Good, good worm. Now, to Berk!" He forced Dawnstrike to leap in the air, and soared away, leading the armada straight to my home.
I watched helplessly as brutish soldiers loaded airtight barrels of a strange substance into the catapults, lighting a long fuse and launching the missiles at Berk. One of the fuses reached the barrel, and immediately, it exploded. The barrels were filled with zippleback gas, a highly, highly explosive weapon. I turned my head, staring around the ship. The soldiers were packed in between barrels, big stacks of potent explosives. A sickening lump settled in my throat. The Berserker fleet had enough ammunition to just sit a ways from the island and kill everyone one by one.