GENDERBEND! HTTYD!
The Viking and the Dragon Maiden.
Chapter Three: The Northern Nest.
The two stayed that way for a while now. Just staring at each other. Both of them thinking over everything.
Hicca...Hicca... I feel like I heard that name before.
Berk? Why did this guy had to come from Berk of all places. The embodiment of Dragon Killing?
Ash started to feel a bit dizzy. He felt something warm trickling down his arm. He looked and saw crimson liquid seeping out of a small wound. Looking around, his eyes caught a stray Nadder spike, that had a spot of red on it.
Nadder spikes were poisonous...
Feeling darkness about to take over, he leaned over the side and fell, unconscious.
Hicca walked over to him and looked at his still form. He wasn't dead, but if he wasn't treated soon, he will be.
A loud roar echoed across Tracker Island, causing her and all the Dragons to turn their heads towards the direction. Hicca seemed to understand that roar.
The White King was calling her.
She turned back to the boy, before Hicca sighed, snapping her fingers, and Stormfly understood, walking over to him, grabbing him by the shoulders and taking flight. Hicca put her helmet back on and jumped on Toothless, taking flight.
As they flew higher, Hicca saw the beach and saw one of the people point at them, alerting the others. They turned away from the sea and looked at the sky and saw their unconscious comrade, not the Dragons that were flying towards them. A Monstrous Nightmare, a Gronckle and a Zippleback. And they were heading straight for the gang.
They didn't turn around in time when they heard the sound of their wings, for they were grabbed by the arms the same way Ash was. The Nightmare got Snotlout, the Gronckle, Fishlegs, and the Zippleback got the twins. Fishlegs screamed as well did Snotlout, but the twins seemed mildly surprised, before cheering for the two-head beast to go faster, making the two heads look at each other in confusing, like they were surprised that they weren't screaming like Snotlout was.
The Dragons stopped in front of Toothless, who had Hicca on his back. They bowed their heads, and she bowed back, before motioning for them to follow her, which they did. Looking back at the ship, Fishlegs saw that it was being pulled through the water by Tidal Dragons, namely Seashockers.
Turning back to glare up at the Dragon Rider, Snotlout snarled in an attempt to feel in charge, "Where are you taking us?!" he demanded, only for the Nightmare to jostle him a bit before flying normally. The demand was clear; Shut up!
After a while of flying, Snotlout finally managed to calm down, as did Fishlegs, though he did whimper a bit. Flying so high, they could see other Islands, each filled with a specific class of a Dragon, from Stoker Class to Strike Class. From Boulder to Sharp. From Tidal to Mystery.
Speaking of 'mystery', they could see a humongous ice mountain coming into view through the misty fog. The Dragons suddenly pulled them close to their chests and did a tuck and roll through a hole, into a dark cave, that had Dragons everywhere!
Everyone panicked.
Some Rumblehorns and Speed Stingers started to approach them, and they took their weapons out, only for a hoard of Smothering Smokebreaths to fly out of nowhere and yank them out of their grips!
They were now weaponless, and surrounded.
Hicca's POV.
These kids looked absolutely terrified now that their weapons were gone, I thought that the smart one was gonna wet himself. I noticed Speedy was about to approach closer, probably to sting them, before I held my hand for him to stop his advance. He took notice, bowed and rushed back to his pack.
Skullcrusher though, the hard-headed Dragon, wasn't going to let me handle this and charged, ready to crush them...
Before Freefall appeared and hissed at him.
Skullcrusher skidded to a stop, and looked at the adolescent in surprise, before looking back to me.
"What is going on? Why she defending them? What are they even doing here?!"
"Calm down, Skullcrusher! Let me take care of this." I told him, and with much hesitance, the Rumblehorn walked away.
I began to approach, making the black haired boy start to walk toward me, an arrogantly confident look on his face. I heard him murmur to his friends 'Let the Snot handle this' I had to stop myself from laughing.
Was 'Snot' his name? What was his brother's name? Sneeze?
He starts walking towards me with a flirtatious look on his face. His approach causes some growls from Hookfang, the Nightmare who grabbed him. He was another good friend of mine. He was a strong, confident, and serious Nightmare, who wasn't afraid to speak his emotions through actions. He was very protective of the nest and it's inhabitants, and he kinda sees me as a little sister, like Toothless does, only he not as protective as him.
"Easy, buddy." I soothed. I knew that if I didn't tell him, he would most likely eat this guy.
"Hey babe. You seem lonely. Why don't you call off these Dragons, so we can have some time alone and talk? Hmm?" he asked in a seductive tone, making Hookfang and Toothless growl even more.
I looked over his shoulder to his friends, though they could see my face, I know they could see the question in my eyes: Was this guy for real?
The identical ones smirked, but the plump one seemed to give me a look that said 'I feel your pain'. So he was for real. Oh, goodie.
I smiled in fake sweetness, though he could see it due to my mask, but before he could even blink, I reared my knee up into the place you do NOT want to be kneed in. He crouched over, his hands covering the offended part, whimpering 'my tenders' before falling over in pain.
The Identical ones started to cackle at the sight of their companion, the Smart one winched, but smiled none the less. Even Toothless and some other Dragons were letting out some laughs.
"Nice try, Snotlout. But I don't think she likes you."
So Snotlout was his name. Figures.
Meatlug started to approach me, a question in her eyes. She was the Gronckle that grabbed the smart one. She was a real sweetie, and was always offering to babysit the hatchlings when the parents were out. She was also really smart, smarter then anyone in the Nest.
"What do we do with them?"
A simple question with a simple answer, but I still couldn't help but smile.
"We will let the Alpha decide. Right now, we need to tend to him." I gestured to the still unconscious boy, Ash, who started moaning and was actually looking pale. He needed attention. Now.
I turned to the inhabitants of the Nest.
"Brothers! Sisters! As much as I want to explain my reason for bringing these Outsiders here, now is not the time. One of them was poisoned by a miss-shot Nadder spike and needs to get to Waterspout immediately. We'll consult the White King about this afterwards. Until then, I don't want these Outsiders going anywhere without an escort! Any volunteers?"
It was reasonable that they were hesitant. No Dragon wanted to watch a human 24/7. I noticed that the Outsiders, including the one I just took down, was looking at me in shock. Vikings.
"I will."
Everyone's heads turned to look at Meatlug, who was making her way towards the smart one, who looked a bit uncomfortable with having a Dragon so close to him. I smiled at her, giving her a scratch, before another voice called out.
"I'll look after the stupid one." Hookfang grumbled as he stood beside the one that flirted with me, Snotlout. Then some excited chirps sounded.
"Can we have the Identical ones!? Please, please, please?!"
It was Barf and Belch, another friend of mine, a Zippleback. Barf was the female part of the body, and was smarter then her body-brother, and Belch was the male part of the body, and was the strongest out the duo-headed Dragon. But despite their differences, they care deeply for the other, and were utter pranksters. Then again, all Zipplebacks were.
"Alright, you two. You can have the Identical Ones." I told them, and Belch cheered as Barf rolled her eyes.
"That kinda reminds me." I turn to the none Dragon voice and saw the Smart One, nervously playing with his hands, "We didn't exactly introduce ourselves properly." he started walking towards me, but Etch growled a warning, before I place a hand on the Whispering Death's head.
I trusted him.
I nodded for him to continue, and he smiled slightly. "I'm Fishlegs. The 'Identical Ones' as you called them are Ruffnut and Tuffnut. Tuff is the boy, Ruff is the girl. And the one you knocked down is Snotlout." he smirked when Snotlout crossed his arms angrily as some of the Dragons begun to laugh again at his words. "And he's-"
"Ash." I finished, smiling under my mask, "I know, he told me before the poison took hold. Speaking of which, Stormfly?" she squawked, making her way over to Ash and picking him up gently with her beak, placing him on her back, and got ready to follow. I nodded, before looking back at Fishlegs.
"I suggest you get on your escorts now. We are heading deeper into the Nest, and it's better traveling on wings."
I had expected them to refuse, but to my surprise, they got on my friends and then, we took off.
Fishlegs's POV.
At least the Gronckle wasn't trying to bite me, or trying to throw me off. So I guess he's friendly. Was it male? Berk never really cared what gender the Dragon was. Only that it was dead. I find it a bit wrong, to kill something we don't even try to understand.
Anyway, back to the present.
The Dragon Rider, which was apparently a woman, how did she do all of that?! Those Dragons were ready to kill us, and yet she stopped them, with nothing but an open hand. And by the sounds of it, she seems to understand Dragonese. I always found the language fascinating.
After flying through the darkness for a while, we finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel. When we saw what was probably the most beautiful sight I've ever seen. It was like a Dragon Paradise! Everywhere you looked, Dragons were there, seeming to be having the time of their lives! Some adults appeared to be talking while their hatchlings would chase each other in a game of tag. Some were of a species that weren't in the Dragon Manual, or Bork's Papers. One such Dragon, looked like it was made out of pure steel! And surrounding this Dragon Paradise was a fortress made of ice, keeping it warm, with multiple spots of vegetation, were Dragons who appeared to have just woken up were either rolling around in it, or chewing it before spitting it out into the water, where Tidal Class Dragons were waiting and began munching on the grass, just like the land ones were. There was a small rookery Dragon were flying into to feed their young the catch that they got. But that wasn't what caught my attention.
What did, was a colossal Dragon lounging in the waters of the Dragon Paradise. He was snowy white with charcoal highlighted tips, had large spikes protruding from the back of the neck, massive tusks gutting outside the jaw, and fins were around the tail, proving he was Tidal Class. He was magnificent. It was no doubt, that this was the Alpha, or the 'White King' as the Dragon Rider called him.
After a while, we landed by a small cave, that had water seeping in, turning it into a small pool, with only a little bit of land that was large enough for the Dragon she called 'Skullcrusher' to lay down in.
"Waterspout? We need help. An Outsider was accidentally injured by Stormfly's tail spike."
Stormfly? Waterspout? Do all Dragons have names? Was Stormfly the Nadder that carried Ash?
Some bubbles came fro the bottom of the pool, stopping my thoughts. A old sea green Scauldron emerged from the pool. This must be Waterspout. Out of the shadows, a pure white Dragon that I've never seen before came forth. The Dragon Rider nodded in greeting.
"Evening Frostfright." 'Frostfright' nodded back.
Waterspout sniffed Ash, who was still on 'Stormfly's' back, moaning slightly, before spewing his stomachs contents on the floor. Snotlout cringed, Tuff and Ruff giggled, and I couldn't help but feel a little green around the gills. The Dragon Rider seemed a bit sick to, for she was holding her stomach.
"As you can see, Waterspout, he needs your attention." he nodded, and gestured over to some grass bedding on a flat rock slab. I got Ash off the Nadder's back and placed him on the slab. The Scauldron leaned over him, before gesturing for us to leave. The Dragon Rider nodded, and motioned us out of the cave, leaving Ash alone.
"Your friend will be fine. Waterspout and all Scauldrons are expert healers when it comes to poisons like Nadder venom or Blue Oleander." she reassured us, and I felt a little bit at peace. I said a little. The Night Fury seemed to be in a conversation with her, so we left them in peace.
"Okay, what do we do? Do we take em down? Please tell me we take em down!" Snotlout whispered excitedly, ready to beat any Dragon he came by.
"With a whole nest of Dragons, including the massive one not that far away? No, we play along, until Ash recovers. He'll know what to do." they actually agreed. That's a first.
We turned to see the girl about to take off her helmet. She has more looks then any girls on Berk do, that's for sure. She was 5'9 in height, had auburn hair that trailed down her back in a bandage wrap style, and her forest green eyes shone brightly in the light. Come to think of it. They actually look familiar...
"I am Hicca. This is Toothless." she gestured to the Night Fury, who bowed his head in greeting, "We will get to meeting the White King when your friend gets better. Until then, it's time for rest."
Hicca's POV.
They all seemed really tired, so I think a good rest would be good for them. They had no weapons and they had my friends as escorts, so I think we're good.
Now that they were really up close, see features I wouldn't have seen from a distance. Fishlegs had light green eyes, short blonde hair, that had some braids in it, and was about 5'9 in height. The twins both had greasy blonde hair, blue eyes full of mischief and both were 5'9. The annoying one, Snotlout, had blue eyes, brown hair and was 5'3 high. Ash had bright blue eyes, golden blonde hair, and taller then me by 6'1.
"Hicca?" I turned to look at Toothless, "Can we go to bed now? I'm tired!" he whined and I rolled my eyes. He was such a whiner.
"Okay. Let's hit the hay." we walked over to the caverns, to where the Dragons sleep. The Snotlout one was gonna be sleeping in Hookfang's cave, Fishlegs will be sharing Meatlug's den, and the twins will be bunking with Barf and Belch.
We walked into our own den, and prepared to sleep.
"Hicca?" Toothless spoke after a moment.
"Yes, Brother?"
"What do you think about these Outsiders?"
"The one called Fishlegs seems an okay guy, the Snotlout character needs to be kept an eye on though. And the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut both appear to be as mischievous as a Zippleback."
"What about the 'Ash' fellow? He seems nice enough. I mean, he didn't hurt Stormfly's kids, and that's okay in my book."
"Anything that involves Stormfly is okay in your book, you love sick Terror." I argued, making his black scale turn a very faint red.
"Oh, yeah? What about you? I saw you checking out the Blondie!" It was my turn to blush.
"Shut up, Gummy!" I smirked. He HATED that nickname.
He grumbled, before pulling his tail over his head.
"Goodnight, Forest." I smiled.
"Goodnight Toothless."
Yeah, we have our own nicknames for one another.
I called him Gummy for his smile.
He called me Forest for my eyes.