Chapter 6
The soldiers were lined up around their boats as usual as Hiccup and the others peered around the back of the main hut.
"How are we going to time this right?" Astrid whispered in Hiccup's ear.
"We're going guess," he answered, "And hope for the best." Hiccup started to get up but Astrid pulled him back down.
"What if someone gets shot with one of those gun things like your father?" she whispered and Hiccup was silent. He took a deep breath before turning back to Astrid and the others.
"You guys stay here until the other dragons arrive. It's not safe," he said, "Toothless and I will go alone until then."
"No," Astrid said, "We can handle ourselves!" Hiccup said nothing and stared at Astrid a second longer before standing up and pulling Toothless after him, down towards the naval ships. He could hear Astrid arguing with the others, trying to fight her way after him.
"Who approaches?" a naval officer shouted as Hiccup and Toothless approached the ships.
"What is that?" many officers screamed and pointed to Toothless. Most of them had never seen a dragon before. They had heard the Vikings talk about them, but were convinced they were not real.
"It's the chief's son," another soldier shouted. The rest of them began to close in on Hiccup and Toothless.
"What do you want?" the captain of the army hissed at him.
"I want you to leave here," Hiccup said, "And never come back." The soldiers were silent for a moment and then burst out laughing.
"You and what army, boy?" the captain asked. Hiccup was silent, not knowing at all what to say.
Suddenly, a large ball of fire hit the few soldiers in front of him, including the captain, and sent them hurtling backwards. Hiccup jumped up onto Toothless' back and kicked off into the air. The other dragons had started to soar towards the navy.
"You okay?" Astrid asked from the dragon that now appeared next to Toothless and Hiccup.
"Yeah," he said and smiled at her, "Perfect timing by the way." Astrid smiled and winked before flying off in the opposite direction. By now, thousands of dragons had appeared, most with a Viking on its back. After only a few moments, most of the soldiers had retreated back to the ships, fleeing the fire that had now broken out all over the island.
Suddenly a shot rang out and something hard hit Hiccups wooden leg, completely blowing it off. Hiccup cried out in pain and lost control of Toothless. Luckily they weren't far from the ground and Toothless landed on the ground softly, but Hiccup was thrown from him and landed a few feet from the naval captain, who was now severely burned.
"YOU," he screamed as he threw the sharpened end of his musket towards Hiccup's head. Hiccup screamed and rolled over quickly and the musket barely missed. The captain grabbed his musket again and prepared to strike. Hiccup grabbed a piece of wood nearby and held it over him as the captain struck, causing the musket to stick in the wood. "What the hell are these things?" he shouted at Hiccup as he struggled to release his musket from the wood Hiccup was still holding.
"Dragons," Hiccup said. He kicked the end of the musket that was in his face, sending the other end into the captain's jaw. He stumbled backwards clutching his burnt and bloody face as Hiccup jumped up and stumbled back to Toothless. He jumped up onto his back and attempted to control his tail with his hand. Toothless took off into the air, high above the island. "Okay buddy," he said, "lets end this." Toothless smiled his ridiculous toothless smile and turned back against the wind, faced the island, and shot his lightening fire towards the naval ships.
They exploded in a huge burst of lightening and smoke.
Hiccup and Toothless descended onto the scene once the smoke cleared. There were few naval soldiers still alive and those were already on there way out on the few ships left. Toothless landed near the other Vikings and Hiccup slid off his back and into Astrid's arms.
"We need to find Gobber," she said as she started dragging him through the crowds.
"Why?" Hiccup muttered, suddenly realizing how weak he felt. He looked down and noticed his leg was bleeding profusely. "Oh," he said and he allowed her to drag him back towards Gobber's workshop before he blacked out.
"Hiccup, wake up," Astrid said a few hours later, "Hiccup!" She shook him lightly as his eyes started to flutter open.
"What? What's wrong?" he asked, "How long have I been out?"
"A couple hours," she said and she helped pull him up, "Gobber fixed your leg and wants us to go see the damage." Hiccup nodded as he stood up and followed Astrid outside of Gobber's workshop and down to the docks.
All the decks and ships were completely destroyed. Most of the homes and other huts near the docks were also destroyed.
"What do you think Hiccup?" Gobber asked him and Hiccup looked confused.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Can we start repairs?" Gobber asked. Hiccup was still confused but nodded slightly. Gobber walked off and started directing others with the repairs.
"What was that about? Why weren't they asking my father?" Hiccup asked Astrid who looked nervous.
"Your father is still…not well," Astrid said.
"How unwell?" Hiccup asked her. Astrid said nothing but he was soon answered by Gobber.
"Hiccup, come with me," he said.
"Why? What's happening?" he asked in a high-pitched nervous voice.
"Its your father," he said grimly. Hiccup's eyes widened and he felt Astrid's hand on his shoulder. As she led him up to Gobber's workshop, he began to go numb.