WARNING: THIS CHAPTER HAS LOTS OF ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE LAST EPISODE OF SEASON THREE OF RTTE
(One day earlier)
"No, they couldn't have, killed, Toothless. Could they?" Camicazi asked in shock as Hiccup sighed and shrugged.
"I-I don't know. I heard a terrified roar before everything went quiet." He muttered as Camicazi looked at the door with a look of determination.
"We have to get out of here." She said as the door opened and a few men walked in, one of them seemed to be in charge, he was bald, had dull brown eyes, and a mustache and goatee.
"W-Who are you?" Camicazi asked as Hiccup stood up.
"And where are our dragons?!" He demanded as the leader chuckled.
"I am Ryker, and you are on the Dragon Hunter base. And about your dragons, they're safely in cages, for now." He said as Hiccup glared at him.
"What about the Night Fury?" He asked.
"We put him to sleep with a dragon root arrow." Ryker answered as Hiccup let out a relieved sigh.
"Please let us and our dragons go, we won't ever come near here again." Camicazi begged as Ryker laughed.
"Ha! A Timberjack and a Night Fury would fetch considerably high prices on the Northern markets. But you two could be a great addition to our army." He said as they both gasped before looking at each other nervously before they walked out.
"What are we gonna do?!" Camicazi asked nervously as Hiccup looked around the cell.
"I don't know. I mean, we can't take on all those guys and find our dragons. We just need to find an opening to go get our dragons, and get out of here as fast as we can." He said as Camicazi sighed.
"And when will that be?" She asked as Hiccup shrugged.
"It might be tomorrow, it might be next year. Whenever it is we do need to have a plan." He said as Camicazi yawned.
"Well we probably won't have an opening tomorrow, lets let's just get some shut eye." She said as Hiccup nodded.
"You're right, we need some sleep." He said before laying down on the stone floor and slowly falling asleep.
"In there!" A voice yelled as Hiccup and Camicazi snapped awake in a confused daze.
"Huh?" She asked as two people in all black uniforms and full-face masks ran up to the cell's door, their bright green eyes were the only thing that could been seen in the otherwise pitch blackness.
"W-Who's there?" Hiccup called out as a 'shhh!' came from the two as they picked the lock and quietly swung the door open.
"Throk! They took children as prisoners!" One of the people whisper-yelled as Hiccup and Camicazi quickly scrambled up and looked around in shock as a man with orange-brown eyes and bright red hair that was shaved at the sides and tied into a ponytail that reached his shoulder blades ran up to the opened door.
"We don't have much time, come with us if you want to escape." He whispered as they looked at each other before running out.
"Who are you?" Camicazi questioned as they ran through the corridors.
"My name is Throk, second in command to Mala, Queen Defender of the Wing. We are a tribe that worships and respects all dragons." He said as Hiccup and Camicazi looked at each other in delight.
"You worship dragons? So do we!" Camicazi exclaimed. (I'm just gonna write Cami from now on because I'm sick of writing her whole name :P )
"Yeah! Have you seen a Night Fury and a Timberjack? Those are our dragons." Hiccup said as they ran out into the open, where dozens of other Defenders were running about, fighting off Dragon Hunters and setting free the captive dragons.
"Get on that ship and hide. We don't need you two being captured again." Throk commanded as Hiccup and Cami both shook their heads.
"We need to find our dragons first." Hiccup said before running off.
"No! Come back!" Throk called after them as Cami's face lit up as she saw Windslicer being freed by a Defender.
"Wind! Over here's!" She called out as Windslicer perked up before flying over and tackling her into a hug.
"Good to see you too girl." She muttered as Hiccup sprinted past her towards Toothless, who was being heavily guarded by the Hunters, but then in a barrage of darts, all of them fell to the ground. Allowing Hiccup to run over to Toothless and hug him tightly.
"Oh thank Thor you're alright bud." He said with a relieved sigh before hoping onto his back and flying back over to Throk, who stared at him in shock as Toothless cooed and nuzzled Hiccup.
"What?" He asked as Throk quickly backed away before running to one of the ships, where a woman was petting some injured dragons and feeding them some type of fruit. Throk said something that Hiccup and Cami couldn't hear before the woman's head instantly snapped towards them, her moss green gaze making them both uneasy.
"You think that's the Mala woman Throk was talking about, Queen of the Defenders?" Cami asked as Hiccup gulped and nodded as she and Throk started to walk towards them.
"Uh-oh." She whispered as Hiccup leaned down to Toothless.
"Look as innocent as possible." He whispered as Toothless obliged.
"So, you two are dragon riders, yes?" The woman asked as she walked up to them.
"Y-Yes ma'am." Cami stuttered as Windslicer licked her affectionately.
"How and why did you subjugate your dragons." She demanded as Hiccup gasped.
"We didn't 'subjugate' them. We just trained them to be friendly to humans." He explained as Mala looked up in thought.
"Well, since Throk and the others found you in prison, you can't be Dragon Hunters. Come with me." She said as Hiccup and Cami exchanged looks before following her onto the nearest ship and into the lower deck.
"Where are you two from then?" Mala asked as Hiccup stepped up.
"We're from villages in the barbaric archipelago, we were both Outcasted for befriending dragons. So we decided to head south to start new lives. We needed a place to camp out for the night and we unfortunately choose this island." He explained as Mala leaned back into her chair.
"Hmmmmm, interesting story. We're your dragons willingly trained, or did you have to do it with brute force?" She probed.
"Well, I trained Windslicer one day when I was wandering around in the wilderness. A wild Gronkle was about to attack me, and I had left my sword at my hut, so I was completely defenseless. I was just about ready to accept defeat, but then, Windslicer swooped in and saved my life, she's been my best friend ever since." Cami reminisced as Mala looked over at Hiccup.
"What about you?" She asked as Hiccup put a hand on Toothless's head, who cooed.
"In my village, dragon killing is everything, so when I shot down the infamous Night Fury, I knew that I was finally going to be accepted by everyone, especially my dad-"
"So you crippled him?" Mala asked with venom as Toothless growled uneasily.
"I didn't mean to. Well, I did, but I regret it now. Anyways, I was going to kill him, but when I looked into his terrified eyes, I knew I couldn't kill him. So after about 3 weeks of training with him, I finally perfected an artificial tail fin so he could fly again, the only catch is that he could only fly with me-"
"So you control him?" Mala interrupted as Hiccup shook his head.
"No, no it's not like that at all. I made him that tail so he could taste the freedom of flying again. So then I ran away with him once I perfected the fin." He finished as Mala looked up in thought again as the boat started to move.
"Hmmmm, while your stories are definitely believable, I think we have to wait and see if you two are truly dragon lovers like we are. Tomorrow you will be tried in royal court and then we'll see if the dragons accept your judgement in the nest. Now go on, you should get some sleep before we get back to our island." Mala said as Hiccup and Cami nodded.
"Whatever you say Mala." Cami said before they both walked out.
"Hiccup, I want to speak with your further." She said as Hiccup stopped and slowly walked back inside with Toothless.
"Is there any way you can make it so he can fly again? By himself?" She asked as Hiccup looked down at the tail fin.
"Maybe, but I need lots of tools and a forge to do so." He answered as Mala nodded.
"Okay, now you may go." She said as Hiccup turned around and walked out, Toothless hot on his heels.
"They seem like okay kids, I hope they survive the nest tomorrow." She muttered before turning the chair around and staring at a map of an island.
Boom! Mala and the Defenders are going to be a really big part of the story from now on, so I would recommend watching 'Defenders of the Wing part 1'. Anyways, I have a quick question for you guys: What do you think of Mala and the Defenders of the Wing? I think Mala's super cool, I just wish she didn't jump to conclusions so fast. And I see an alliance in the future, so that will be totally awesome if it actually happens! :D