The next few days Tuffnut had yet to ask Via to be his girlfriend, to which she kept brooding about it.
She was on the edge of the cliff in solitude with only the bright moon shining as she sharpened her spear. This spot was comforting and peaceful to her even though she should be sleeping but the blonde twin has her confused.
He wants me to be his girl but won't even ask…what an idiot. I shouldn't have to be the one to make the first move, damn it all HE made the move on getting intimate but he's too cowardly to ask me that!?
Letting out a heavy sigh she decided to sing to calm down and get her mind off everything.
*Unbeknownst to the island of Berk, an unwelcome enemy just came ashore along with two henchmen. Once they pulled the boat along the shore Savage asked timidly, "Tell me again sir, is this wise?"
The deranged Viking snapped, "Do you NOT listen you impudent fool!? We're merely observing this island to see if the pitiful Vikings here have anymore dragons we're not aware of. Our cover CAN'T be blown and risk dealing with those pesky dragon riders…especially Hiccup and his precious Night Fury."
"I…I understand Lord Dagur….it's just I think it's too risky just for us three to be here." Dagur grabbed his throat snarling, "It's not your place to think, I am the brains of this operation and you're here just to do what I tell you. Got it?"
"Y..Yes sir….I'm sorry sir!"
The other henchmen heard something and was about to ask what it was but their chief heard it first whispering, "What is that sound?"
It was faint and seemed to be carried by the light breeze, it sounded like a melodious tune. Savage and the other Viking began to panic, "You don't think…its….a siren do you? It'll lure us men to their deaths!"
Dagur didn't hear a word they said, his attention was focused on the small silhouette on the cliff's edge. Growling under his breath he went to investigate, motioning for the other two to follow to see who this being was.
*Tuffnut yawned from lack of sleep, trudging up towards Via's house to hopefully see if she wanted to fool around or if anything ask him out.
Why should I be the one to have to ask her out, why can't the girl do it!? A guy can't do everything!
He knocked a few times but no answer, except from the dragon looming over the edge of the roof grunting irritably at him.
"Hey Scarfume, is Via asleep?"
Her dragon contemplated whether he should tell the idiot where she was or not but pointed his head towards the cliff where he knew she was. Tuffnut followed his line of sight, "She's out there? Man she must be a sleep traveler."
Shaking his head he went to go find her, and Scarfume decided to deftly follow the blonde to make sure he didn't try anything with his human.
*When the two men got there, safe to say both were speechless.
"Ooooh~ Ooooh ah oooo~"
The woman was gracefully twirling her spear in perfect timing with the simple tune, delicately dropping it behind her back to catch it before swiftly swinging it back around.
Tuffnut's face turned red and remained hidden in the bushes smirking, thinking about beautiful she looked in the moonlight but never expected her to be such a good singer; even if there were no words spoken.
*Dagur had a different perspective. He grinned evilly and motioned for his men to stay low as he appeared from the brush to make his presence known.
Via already had stopped singing and stated without looking over her shoulder, "I know you're there so come out."
He just chuckled, "I'm already in plain view." She turned and arched a brow, seeing the claw tattoo marks she knew it was Dagur even though she had yet to meet him in person; keeping her guard up was a must.
He just casually began walking around her musing, "I don't believe I ever seen you before~" "I'm new." "Oh really? It's a shame you came to this pitiful island with such weak Vikings."
She said nothing and already didn't want to be near him but he kept getting closer but made no move or notion to attack or anything.
"You must be a warrior judging from the claw marks on your eye and the bite marks on your arm." She just murmured, "No."
He just smirked and inched even closer, he was already in arm's length and murmured huskily, "You must be a goddess; your eyes shine like blades of steel clashing in the battlefield."
I don't like where this is going. Why am I afraid to move away from him?
Her hand gripped her spear tighter when he reached out and lifted a few strands of her hair, inhaling the floral scent with a low groan, "You smell as good as you look~ What's your name?"
This time she jerked her head to remove her hair from his hand and took a few paces back, "Via, not that it's of any importance."
He crossed his arms chuckling, "Oh it is my dear~ this night had proved to be more fortuitous for me than I thought."
*Tuffnut didn't know what to do, he wanted to barge in and help her but he was no match for Dagur and knowing him he didn't come alone.
Quietly backing away he attempted to rush back to the village to let the others know but he had to stop Scarfume. He grabbed the scaly neck hissing, "Don't go attacking him Scarfume, you don't know how crazy he is. We need to get the others to help."
The dragon refused to listen until he saw Via's hand make a subtle sign to back down and leave. Growling in frustration he jerked the blonde onto his back and speed towards the village to do what she wanted.
*Via knew her dragon was there, after all this time being with invisible Changewings it was only natural she could tell not to mention the other Vikings hiding in the bushes.
A large rock crumbling down the hill distracted her and Dagur took that moment to grab the woman, who barely missed him and tried to fight him back.
"Oh~ spunky are we? Too bad that won't do you any good."
She tried to block his blows and out maneuver him but she knew she couldn't do it, she never had much hand to hand combat period.
He smacked her weapon out of her hand before grabbing her wrist in a tight hold and twirling her around to jerk the small frame against his chest. He covered her mouth and ordered, "Don't just stand there you fool, give me some rope."
Via struggled with all her might as she was gagged and then tied up, Dagur hurling her over his shoulders as they made their way down the mountain to get to their boat before the others showed up.
*Hiccup couldn't make heads nor tails what the Changewing was trying to tell him until Tuffnut fell off his back gasped, "Via….trouble….Dagur."
"Dagur's here!?"
As they rushed to find the others Via glared at her capturers, already they were getting too close to the Beserker's ship and tried to roll off the rowboat.
"Nuh-uh-uh~"
The brute jerked her back and wrapped his bulky arm around her waist, "You can't take the easy way out Via dearest~"
She glared at him and that only made him chuckle, "Don't give me that look, if you're looking for pity…I don't know the meaning of the word. Besides, I have plans for you~"
The way he said that made her cringe but a loud shriek from above made her look up with relief, the others finally made it.
Scarfume dove into the water to make the boat almost tip over as Toothless swooped down from behind and grabbed the woman from Dagur's grasp.
"Damn you Hiccup! You'll pay for this brother!"
Hiccup just glared right back, "You're not in any position to threaten us." The deranged Viking just chuckled, "True and be that as it may….I'm not finished and I always get what I want."
As they rowed away he gave Via a final intent stare that made her skin crawl before they flew back to the island.
Snotlout snapped, "What are we turning around for? Let's send him to the bottom of the ocean." Hiccup shook his head, "No, we need to head back to Berk and warn my dad how close he got this time and why he came here."
*Upon reach of the island and Via being freed of her restraints she hugged her dragon to calm him down as many questions were thrown at her.
"Enough!"
Stoic appeared and demanded an explanation, to which Tuffnut had to tell them and then Via. "Well then Via, why did Dagur try to abduct you?"
She frowned with a shrug, "He said something about having plans for me." Deep down she had a bad hunch what Dagur wanted of her but she could be wrong…..hopefully.
As the others discussed what to do from there she went home, glancing behind her since she knew someone was there and sure enough it was the blonde.
"You ok?" She nodded, "A little shaken up but I'm fine. I wonder why he came to this island anyway. It wasn't because of me because he's never seen me before until now."
Tuffnut frowned, "Whatever the reason, I don't like the way he was hanging onto you." The woman didn't utter a sound as he continued, "AND missy you need to get your dragon under control! I tried to get him to stop from attacking but he won't listen to me or anybody!"
Via sighed and nodded, "I've been meaning to talk to Scarfume about that…looks like I can't put it off any longer."
Tuffnut rested a hand on her shoulder murmuring, "What's with your dragon anyway?"
She rested her hand on top of his with a smirk, "He doesn't like taking orders but mostly it's just he hates the idea of letting someone else ride him except me. He's just really stubborn that's all….but I'll talk to him tomorrow and come up with something."
The blonde nodded and kissed her cheek before shuffling off, the woman sadly watching him go; that is until Tuffnut came running back and kissed her on the lips whining, "I HAD to get a decent kiss goodnight. The cheek wasn't going to do it for me."
As he went running back home she just laughed and headed inside to get some much needed sleep.
Scarfume is NOT going to be happy tomorrow with who can ride him.
TBC:
I actually got the singing in the moonlight idea from 'Alpha and Omega moonlight howl' lol
You can go to youtube and watch it
