Chapter 15: Taken Prisoner
Hiccup got up early the next morning, it still being dark outside, wide awake and ready to move. He grabbed his knife and slipped it in it's holder that he had made for it and then grabbed his bag of food and flung it over his shoulder. He walked over to the door and opened it slowly until he could barely see outside. Hiccup didn't see anyone out and so he opened the door up the rest of the way and left his home and headed toward the building with all the dragons in them. He slowly opened the door, the door creaking as it is pushed open. Toothless shot his head in the direction and found toothless there and ran over and rubbed his head against Hiccups torso. "It's good to see you too Toothless." Hiccup said rubbing the dragons head. "Come one Toothless, were heading south." Hiccup whispered hopping onto the dragons back and then setting his bag in front of him. "You know where to go first buddy." Toothless nodded and then the two left the building and flew into the air. Soon the two arrived at the lake that he had first made friends with Toothless and went into a small cave he and Toothless had made to hid things in. Hiccup grabbed a bag and then ran over to Toothless and climbed back on. "Let's go boy." Toothless flew into the air as rain started coming down. "Great, this could be a good thing." Hiccup said as he started hearing thunder but hadn't seen any lightning. "Less light and the more sound the better." Hiccup smiled as Toothless continued to fly.
'I hope you know what your doing Hiccup.' Toothless thought as he couldn't really speak to Hiccup. Soon the rain had started coming down harder but it only seemed to affect Hiccup in that it made it harder for the boy to see.
Hiccup kept a firm grip on the reigns as the wind started blowing harder. He had to keep his focus; he just couldn't let himself turn around now. He noticed that as they kept moving Toothless seemed to be slowing down, not a lot but enough to notice. The wind had started making things hard for Toothless as he flew. Now thirty minutes into his trip and lightning cracked a few times. "Go lower Toothless, don't want you to get struck." Toothless gladly lowered himself closer to the water. The sky hadn't gotten any lighter which just made it harder for the two to see anything. Soon enough though, the two hit something and fell to the ground. "Did we just hit a tree? Toothless, how low did you go buddy?" Toothless just groaned. "Since we're here, we may as well make the best of it." The two then snuggled up next to each other for warmth mainly for Hiccups sake. Soon Hiccup fell asleep underneath Toothless warm and somewhat dry.
A few hours later and Stoick woke up to Brynhild screaming that Hiccup had left. Stoick sighed deeply knowing that Hiccup would go despite what he said. Brynhild then came into Stoicks' room and angrily. "I thought you were going to keep him here." Brynhild yelled.
"I said that I would try but he probably wouldn't listen to me." Stoick said getting out of bed. "My son is very hard headed; he would rather die then be without Astrid." Then Brynhild sighed and then walked out of the room and the building.
"Why couldn't Hiccup just love me instead?" Brynhild then let a few tears slip down her cheeks. She then looked around and noticed that it's still dark. "It fits."
Hiccup woke up and found that it's still raining and thundering. He rubbed his eyes clear of rain that had made itself underneath Toothless and onto him. Hiccup looked up and found Toothless asleep. Hiccup gently shook the dragon awake with a smile on his face. "Come on buddy, it's still awfully dark, but we need to keep moving." With that the two got up and flew into the air again with Hiccup on Toothless back. After a few more hours of flying the two could see an island with a large wooden wall around the borders. Hiccup had just finished eating the food that he had packed. "That's it buddy, let's go." Hiccup then picked up speed, the world around them still loud and dark. Soon the two landed on the island and Hiccup pulled out a few tools. He pulled out four daggers from his sack and some rope. He cut the rope into four pieces and then used the rope to tie a dagger to his one good foot. Hiccup then used the other three pieces to make sure that the dagger on his prosthetic wouldn't come loose. Hiccup then turned to Toothless with a dagger in each hand now. "You go hide Toothless, I'll call you when you're needed." Toothless rubbed his head against Hiccup lovingly and worriedly and then flew off. Hiccup looked at his pocket with the whistle in it. "I'm glad that I made that thing now more then ever."
Hiccup then turned and looked at the wall. "Hear goes nothing and everything." Hiccup jabbed the wall with the two daggers in his hands and then jabbed his good leg into the wall and then his prosthetic. He slowly started climbing the wall using the daggers. The thunder made enough noise for Hiccup to be able to puncture the wood over and over without anyone noticing. As he climbed, he could see arrows flying over his head and in the direction of Toothless. Hiccup is relieved to see that the lightning had stopped. Hiccup reached near the top and noticed that the arrows stopped flying. He peeked over the wall and smiled seeing a guard facing the other way. Hiccup climbed over with some noise being made. Hiccup quickly hid and then detached the daggers from his foot and prosthetic. The guard walked by and then tripped. Hiccup quickly used the butt of the dagger and knocked the guard out before he could alert anyone. He slowly crept along the wall making sure to avoid guards when possible. He soon reached a tower and found a guard. He choked the guard until he fell unconscious and then picked up his telescope. Hiccup looked through it searching for where Astrid might be and then found a light on in the biggest of cabins. Hiccup found that he would easily be able to reach the cabin just by walking along the wall. Before Hiccup could move though, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head and soon darkness took over.
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