How's about I finish this story tomorrow? :D YAY this is my THIRD update today. Which one should I write after this one: Blind Sight, or How Not To Meet Your Ally? I think I'm going with the second one, just because I'm raring to go, but it's up to you guys entirely. :D Which one? Tell me before the story's over. :D Follow your dreams...ON DRAGONBACK!
The ice cave went on for what felt like forever, breaking off into different tunnels at different bouts that reminded Hiccup strangely of a Whispering Death tunnel. The more they explored, the more he thought; was this the home of a Whispering Death?
He hoped it wasn't, but the possibility was there. And at that moment, any possibility could have been a probability.
Behind him, Ruffnut and Tuffnut were bickering.
"This is all your fault," said Ruffnut, jabbing a finger at her brother.
"My fault?" said Tuffnut. He was walking directly behind Hiccup, Ruffnut walking behind him. "I think you mean it's your fault!"
"Guys, it's nobody's fault," said Hiccup.
"Who's Nobody?" said Ruffnut. "I'd like to meet him."
"You know what?" said Hiccup. "Forget I ever said anything at all."
"Oh, okay," said Tuffnut.
They continued on, Hiccup weaving his way through the tunnels, stepping over ice shards as they went.
"This is so weird," said Ruffnut. "It's like someone carved this cave out of ice."
"They did," said Hiccup. "I think it's a Whispering Death tunnel."
"A Whispering Death tunnel?" Tuffnut repeated. "Cool. I hope we find one."
Hiccup ignored him and continued on, the others hot on his heels. The twins spoke in hushed tones about how awesome it would be if they ran into a Whispering Death while Hiccup paid them the least attention possible.
They continued to walk, until they came to a clearing. Hiccup hesitated only slightly before stepping foot into it, Ruffnut and Tuffnut quickly following.
"What is this place?" said Tuffnut in awe, his mouth ajar as he spun in a circle. Sunlight shone through some of the ice, giving the cave its blue glow that made it look even more mystical and mysterious.
"I don't know," said Ruffnut, "but it's giving me the creeps."
Hiccup walked about two feet in front of the Thorston twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut walking next to each other, albeit half a foot distance.
"Where are we?" said Ruffnut.
"I don't know," said Hiccup, "but whatever you do, don't touch anything..." He turned around, just in time to see Ruffnut and Tuffnut running their hands over the ice wall. "Aaaand they're touching it," said Hiccup with a deadpan expression.
"It's smooth," said Tuffnut. "This is weird."
Hiccup was about to tell them, once more, not to touch anything, when a growl changed his mind, causing him to freeze. He turned around, and then gasped.
"Ruffnut and Tuffnut," he said, not even turning to look at them, "whatever you do, don't move."
"Why?" said Tuffnut, turning around, his sister copying him. Then, they both stopped. From one of the other tunnels emerged a solid blue dragon that was built like a Monstrous Nightmare, yet with piercing blue eyes that matched its skintone with almost too much perfection.
"What...is that?" Ruffnut whispered.
The dragon roared at them, and then charged.
"Go, go, go!" Hiccup shouted.
"But you told us not to move!" Tuffnut complained, still remaining unmoved. Hiccup groaned in frustration and had just barely enough time to shove Ruffnut and Tuffnut to the ground before the dragon shot a blast of something at the twins.
It hit the wall behind where they were once standing. The blue ball the creature spat turned into a large clump of ice.
"An ice spitter," said Hiccup. "This day just keeps getting better and better!"
The dragon roared at him and the twins, and then advanced all at once. Hiccup dodged to one side, Ruffnut and Tuffnut running to the other so they met up with Hiccup after making a full circle around the ice room.
"That thing is awesome!" said Ruffnut.
"Yeah, but what is it!?" said Hiccup. "DUCK!"
The twins and Hiccup did as Hiccup had shouted, and an iceball soared over their heads, meeting the wall behind them. The three of them got to their feet once more, just in time to hear the dragon break into an earsplitting warcry.
The three dragon riders fell to their knees, their hands clasped tightly over their ears in an attempt to keep the murderous noise out. Ruffnut and Tuffnut fell forward suddenly, unconscious, and Hiccup wasn't much different. At length, he finally gave in, letting the dark folds of unconscious engulf his being.
...
The first thing he registered was that he was hanging upside down. Hiccup opened his eyes, finding everything blurry and unbelievably fuzzy. He blinked a few times and looked around, seeing Ruffnut and Tuffnut dangling from their feet.
"Ruff! Tuff!" he called to them.
"Huh...what?" said Tuffnut. "Oh wow, everything's upside down."
"COOL!" said Ruffnut. She and her brother swung towards each other, and crashed their heads against the other's.
"I'll never understand why you do that," said Hiccup. He looked at his feet, which were stuck to the ceiling with ice. He tried to reach it with his hands, but he couldn't. He was dangling from the ceiling, his feet keeping him up.
That is to say, foot.
He saw Ruffnut and Tuffnut were in the same predicament. But why were they hanging from the ceiling?
Hiccup looked around; they were no longer in that large clearing. They were in another smaller tunnel, at the very end of it, so there was a wall behind him, and darkness in front.
"The blood is rushing to my head," said Ruffnut. "It feels funny."
"Are we going to die?" said Tuffnut.
"No, no one is going to die," said Hiccup.
"Speak for yourself," said Tuffnut.
"What does that even mean?" Hiccup asked.
"I don't know," said Tuffnut. "But I'm sure you do!"
"Is there a way for you two to get out somehow?" said Hiccup. Ruffnut and Tuffnut were more athletic then he was, and besides, they liked danger and pain and such.
"How?" said Ruffnut.
"I don't know," said Hiccup. "Use your head."
"Will do," said Ruffnut. She leaned forward, and then bashed her head against the ice encased around her ankles.
Not exactly what Hiccup had in mind, but okay.