"You've done what?!" Gobber exclaimed at the lanky viking.
"Ah, I know, I know. It sounds bad-"
"Sounds bad?! First you run away. Secondly, you take members of the tribe with you. Thirdly, you 'stumble' upon Dagurs base after everyone else was captured?" Stoick shouted.
"Well, it sounds bad when you put it like that but-"
"Is he coming here?" Stoick looked at hiccup. They were in the great hall, standing by the entrance.
"Uh, yes.." Hiccup rubbed his neck. This was not good.
"When?!"
"He... Kind of... Set sail when I started to fly to Berk.."
"Oh my." Gobber rubbed his brow.
"What on earth were you thinking?! You could have already been hung drawn and quartered by his barbaric vikings!" Stoick snapped. He paced up and down the room.
"Well, I wasn't! That's something, right dad?" Stoick glared at hiccup. "OK, but anyway- here's my plan. We have hundreds of loyal dragons. He has four dragons on his ship who hate his guts. Now, who do you think would win in this scenario? Us! We have dragons, the chief and all of the hooligans on Berk to fight the measly three ships worth of 'barbarians' that think we don't know they are coming!" Hiccup took a breath. "Come on dad, we can win this and then you can whine about it."
"Alright, alright. Gobber, get some hooligans to mount their dragons ready for battle. Hiccup, you stay here." Stoick started walking out of Meade hall.
"Wait, what?" Hiccup stuttered and followed his dad. "What do you mean I should stay here?"
Stoick rolled his eyes. "Son. You don't have toothless. And... That's not good, for you... As a battling viking."
"What, your saying I'm useless without a dragon?"
"No, not exactly-"
Hiccup stopped walking. "I don't believe it. You think I can't do anything."
Stoick turned back around to face him. "Now hiccup-"
"So I am a Hiccup." He looked away from Stoicks' eyes.
"Lads, this is hardly the time to be bickering-" Gobber said.
"No. Its not. Hiccup, you need to-"
"Stay here. Yes, I know." Hiccup turned around and went back into the hall. He screamed into his hands and sat down. "I can't do anything." He looked over to Stormfly who was having a drink. "Do I look like a viking to you?" He asked.
Stormfly gurgled in her throat and stared at him for a few moments before returning to drink.
"No, I thought not..."
"Son, where did I put my axe?" Stoick stomped through the entrance.
"Back on Skullcrusher's saddle." Hiccup said, resting his chin in his palm.
"Thanks," Stoick looked at his huffy son. "Hiccup, you do promise to stay here, don't you?"
"Yep." Hiccup said.
"Its just- I don't want you to get hurt-"
"But you usually let me do these types of things! I battled the red death! I've beaten Dagur before, both of those when I was fifteen! If anything I should be better at that now!" Hiccup said.
"Yes but... like I said son, that's when Toothless was with you. He's not now." Stoick said.
"Please dad. When they come, I'll let you do the axe swinging whilst I go and get toothless so I can battle!" Hiccup stood up.
Stoick sighed. "Alright. Alright." He put his hand on Hiccups shoulder. "Just... Try not to lose another leg. I bet Dagur is even more deranged than he was three years ago,"
Hiccup smirked.
"I do trust you. I think you'd make a great viking. I'm just being protective."
Hiccup nodded. "I'll be careful. I'll take Stormfly."
"OK. I have to go, I'll see you there," Stoick said as he patted hiccup on his shoulder and ran out of the door.
The boat jolted as it hit one of Berks' beaches near the docks. Snotlout snorted and fell over as he was rudely woken up, and the boats momentum and his teathered hands led him to fall flat on his face.
"Uh oh. We're here." Fishlegs said.
"Hiccup, where are you..." Astrid said to herself. She looked over ton the door as the hatch to the deck opened and Dagur strided down the steps. (Taking extra care to avoid the gap Snotlout had made when he ripped a step off).
"What a lovely morning for a war, isn't it just? Great weather to settle down in our new homes." Dagur opened his arms up to some guards who followed him. They laughed.
"You have hardly anything special to be fighting with," Ruffnut snorted.
"Oh but I do." Dagur pointed to Toothless. "This dragon. This dragon who I've been seeking for over three years will help me win Berk."
"Have you even thought your plan through? He hates your guts." Tuffnut snarled.
"Even so, I can still make him shoot." Dagur bent down and started to unlock the cage. Toothless looked at him, not making a sound.
"Oh he's making a big mistake. As soon as toothless gets out of the cage, he's dead." Snotlout grinned.
He opened up the door and stepped back. He was armed with Astrid's axe so he had something to protect himself. Toothless looked at him and slowly stepped out, taking care not to hurt his shoulder.
Astrid watched Toothless. He wasn't pouncing on Dagur and scratching him. He should be doing that by now.
"Hmm," Dagur said, placing the axe on the floor. "I didn't expect this," toothless warbled at Dagur and put his snout under Dagurs hand, letting him stoke him.
"What?!" The Snotlout gasped.
"Well fancy that. The dragon knows who his master is!" Dagur patted the smiling Night Fury. "Let's go and kill some vikings."
The guards opened the cages of the other dragons. Barf and Belch looked over to Toothless who flared his nostrils at them. Barf and Belch looked at each other and grinned. This was going to get good. The guards secured their snouts shut. They lead them up onto the boat along with the teens.
"We'll sneak onto Berk and attack." Dagur said, sniggering at the Night Fury. "They have no idea we're even here."
Toothless hummed at Dagur and looked over to the other dragons. He flared his nostrils at them. They stood still and didn't thrash against their captors.
The rest of the group looked in awe at their dragons. "What's gotten into them? Hookfang should be biting peoples heads off by now!" Snotlout growled to the group.
Toothless caught Fishlegs eye. Toothless nodded at him and then turned back around.
"I think they are doing it on purpose." Fishlegs whispered. "They're getting the trust of those idiots."
Stoick waved his hand down. All of the hooligan tribe (except children) were covered by a forest that connected to one of Berks beaches. They had all silently walked down from the village to greet the boats. All of Berks dragons and their riders were armed and ready to battle. Skullcrusher snorted and sniffed at the ground.
The tribe lowered themselves after Stoick demand. Far away on the shoreline, they all saw Dagur jump off of a boat and sniff the air.
Hiccup dropped his jaw when he saw Toothless willingly follow him onto the beach and let Dagur stroke him.
"I thought you said all of the dragons hated his guts?" Gobber whispered to Hiccup.
"That's what I thought." Hiccup frowned. He squinted as he watched them talk.
"What do you think dragon? What a nice island. We'll live here and make this our base for taking over everywhere else."
"Your such a creep." Ruffnut snarled at him as she and the other teens and their dragon were lead off of the boat.
Dagur grunted and attempted to mount toothless. He slid his left leg over the saddle and began to higher himself into a siding position.
Toothless changed his face instantly into a short tempered frown. *Now!* he roared to the other dragons. They all at once shook their captures off of them and snapped the rope that encased their mouths shut. Toothless let Dagur get onto his back before throwing him off again and hissing at him.
Dagur fell onto the sand and picked himself back up. "How dare you trick me!" He shouted and picked up his axe, ready to swing.
Hiccup had seen enough. He burst out of the shrubbery. "Toothless!" He shouted, running towards them. Stoick widened his eyes as he saw his son sprint.
Astrid smiled as she saw her boyfriend running across the sand. "Hiccup!"
Dagur blinked as he saw the teenager running down the beach towards him. "Its Hiccup! Quick! Kill him!" Dagur shouted to his guards.
"No! Hiccup!" Stoick also ran out of the bush after his son.
"Oh, alright then. Charge hooligans!" Gobber shouted as every hooligan that was hiding ran or flew out of the forest. He jumped onto Grump and let the dragon carry him to battle.
Astrid stared at the incoming people. Dagur sure wasn't expecting this. She turned around as the groups' dragons went wild and hitting any berserker they could. The men who where still on the ships streamed out of them, screaming and banging their weapons against their shields. The dragons and their riders from Berk had started to kill the enemy, blasting fire and picking them up and chucking them into the water.
She saw Meatlug biting the rope that held Fishelgs' arms together and them sharing a short hug. Hookfang did the same with Snotlout, but instead Snotlout punched Hookfang on the snout in a brotherly way. Barf and Belch both freed the twins, and they head bumped each other. She then noticed all of the Hooligan tribe riding their dragons to fight Dagurs warriors.
"Toothless!" Hiccup skidded to a halt at his dragons side. "Its alright bud, I'm here now," He hugged the dragons snout and looked back at Dagur. Dagur noticed his presence and snatched Astrid's axe from a guard who was near him.
"How did you know we where coming?!" Dagur held the axe in front of him. Toothless moved around to hiccups side.
"Look Dagur, you can end this now before it gets out of hand," Hiccup held his hands.
"I only ever wanted the Night Fury! You just made that extremely difficult! Now you'll have to suffer for not giving me what I want." Dagur hissed. Toothless roared back at him.
"Hiccup! What are you doing?" Stoick shouted and ran over to him.
"Stoick the vast! Just the man I wanted to see. Give up your island or I kill every last Hooligan." Dagur waved the axe near his face.
Stoick chuckled and looked around him. "We're beating your solders by miles! What makes this think you'll win?"
Dagur looked around too, grimacing at the amount of soldiers he saw being beaten.
Just at that moment, he saw Stormfly run over to Astrid. The other teens had already been freed by their dragons. "Stormfly! Where've you been girl?!" Astrid exclaimed. Stormfly warbled and used her horn to break the rope that stuck her hands together. Astrid stepped up as she was about to mount Stormfly, but was stopped abruptly when she was grabbed by her new fur hood.
"Because I have her!" Dagur laughed as he put his arm around her neck, holding her hostage.
"Astrid! Let go of her!" Hiccup shouted and ran forward.
Dagur signalled to the few guards who were watching to grab Stormfly. "Stop or I'll slice her throat with her own axe!" He held the axe to her throat.
Hiccup stepped back and put a worried expression on his face. "Don't hurt her."
"Oh. Don't worry. I will." Dagur snorted. "So there's something between you two then? Awh, that's so darn cute."
Hiccup frowned at the deranged man.
"Hiccup, don't worry. Just get toothless out of here and-" Astrid started but was interrupted by the cold axe pressing to her neck.
"Be quiet." Dagur growled.
"If you harm her, you'll have me to deal with." Stoick furrowed his eyebrows at the menacing man.
Toothless growled at the man. He stepped forward. Dagur stumbled back, surprised at the movement. "Men! Deal with them!" Dagur shouted as he started to hurry up backing away, Astrid struggling in his grip.
Again, a note from the author:
So, I'm very sorry to leave this story on a cliff hanger-ish bit but this hcapter would have been way too long and waffley to read. I'm not very good at coregraphing fights and battles so I'm not exactly happy with the last part description-wise.
But I hope you all like reading this chapter anyway! More updates coming next Sunday or maybe even in the next few days.