Chapter 17: Execution Day
Hiccup looked into the distance and found Toothless flying away that night. Only one thought came to Hiccup's mind, he is going back to the island to rest up. Odd though, Toothless seemed to be flying faster then usual and without anyone riding on him. The wind must be keeping his makeshift tail open and steady. The wind is blowing very hard. Hiccup just simply sat down on the cold hard stone of the prison, put an arm on his good leg and straightened his prosthetic and put one arm on that. Then he put his head against the wall and stared up at the ceiling. The place is disgusting and the ground is wet and covered in mold. He didn't need to look down to notice that. If anything, he is glad that there is mold to soften the ground a bit. The ceiling covered in spider webs, some even have spiders still on them. Hiccup is surprised that he hadn't noticed these things earlier. He quickly stopped thinking about it and just closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The next day Hiccup woke up and found spiders crawling on him. He quickly jumped and pushed the spiders off of him and watched as they crawled away. He looked out the window noticed that for once in a long time it isn't raining. Then he noticed two black specs in the distance. Narrowing his eyes he noticed that it is Toothless and Blueberry. Blueberry helping to keep Toothless balanced. 'Clever and stupid at the same time.' Hiccup thought and compared Toothless to himself and realized even more now how similar the two of them are. 'He flew all night to go get backup.' Hiccup laughed a bit and then heard his stomach growl. 'Sorry stomach but I don't think that I'll be eating anything anytime soon.' Hiccup whispered to his stomach and holding it as to keep his stomach quiet. He hadn't been sitting there long when a guard came over to him.
"Ok, let's go; you have an execution to attend." The guard said unlocking the door.
"I may be attending it but I won't be the one dieing today." Hiccup said and heard the guard laugh. Hiccup had everything planned out. He walked along behind the guard and secretly pulled out his whistle and kept it in his fist. Soon he had walked out the door and saw people from every direction staring at him either with saddened eyes or smirks on the faces. This at least let him know that not everyone here is cruel and happy about someone dieing. Soon he came to the execution area and saw Snorre above him sitting cross legged with a smirk on his face. Next to him is Astrid letting a few tears slide down her face. Hiccup was then put on a wooden item, his hands put on both sides of where his head lies. Another wooden item placed on top so that Hiccup couldn't move.
"Any requests invader?" Snorre said with a smirk clear on his face. He is obviously happy that Hiccup is going to die.
"Just one creep." Hiccup said as he quickly blew on his whistle. Not a sound came out of it only making people laugh and point except for Astrid who knows exactly what he just did. Snorre raised his hand as the wind picked up. The executioner raised his axe and was about to end Hiccups life when something hit right below the head of the axe blowing the sharp metal away and toward Snorre. It landed right at Snorres' feet and then looked out and another bolt hit the wood keeping Hiccup in and blew it apart. Two growls were heard and in came Toothless who swept Hiccup up and flew in toward Astrid. Toothless grabbed onto Astrid and picked her up in his talons gently making sure not to hurt her.
Snorre growled angrily at this and ran as fast as he could and pulled out an axe and jumped at Toothless. Snorre plunged the axe into Toothless leg causing him to drop Astrid and go tumbling to the earth. Hiccup fell off Toothless and rolled along the ground as dirt rose into the air. Snorre also rolled a bit but stood up quickly and ripped his axe from Toothless leg causing him to growl in pain. Snorre went to kill Toothless when a knife flew right by his face. "Stay away from my buddy. Fly away Toothless." Hiccup yelled and then saw Toothless get up as high as he could and flew away sort of but he got away. "I told you, I'm not going down without a fight."
"So be it." Snorre rushed toward Hiccup, his axe raised ready to cut Hiccup in two. Snorre reached Hiccup and went to slash Hiccup in half when an axe dropped down and into Hiccups hands which he used to block the attack. Astrid saw this and saw that it is Blueberry that dropped the axe. Astrid just stood there frozen stiff unsure of what to do. She isn't sure whether to be furious, happy, or what.
Hiccup and Snorre skillfully fought until they reached the stairs leading to the top of the wall. Both of the men getting absolutely nowhere, they both expertly dodged each others attack. Astrid still frozen in place grew more impressed with Hiccups fighting if for just a bit. She hadn't any idea that Hiccup could fight so well and then she quickly saddened knowing that sooner or later, Hiccup would fall to Snorre. Sure Hiccup has done some incredible things but this was; Astrid wasn't quite sure what this was. Hiccup had never shown any sign of being this good at fighting. Sure he killed the giant dragon but he wouldn't have if it weren't for Toothless. Astrid just wanted to leave but she couldn't and she rushed toward the battle scene finally finding the strength to move again. Astrid reached the top just in time to see Hiccup get pushed over the edge and hang on for dear life. "You win Snorre, just pick him up and let him leave."
Snorre then turned around and slapped Astrid across her face and she fell to the ground. Snorre then turned to finish off Hiccup when his leg was grabbed. "Never hurt her." Hiccup yelled and then pulled as hard as he could, causing Snorre fall to the ground and lose his weapon. Hiccup quickly climbed up halfway and then grabbed onto Snorres arm and then the other. "Let me take Astrid back with me and we can stop this here and now." Snorre rose his foot to kick Hiccup but Hiccup saw this and threw Snorre over the edge like a sling shot. Hiccup tried to grab onto Snorre but was too late as Snorre fell to the ground below and got impaled on the sharp rocks below. Hiccup then headed down the stairs and when he reached the bottom, Astrid called out to him.
"Hiccup, what were you thinking? How could someone so smart be so stupid?" Astrid yelled running down the steps.
"Astrid, you don't have to be here anymore, you can come home where you belong." Hiccup breathed heavily tired from the battle before and then collapsed to the ground exhausted.
"You don't get it Hiccup, I" Hiccup then cut her off by the raise of his hand. "What?" Astrid said angrily.
"Do you hear a whistling sound?" Hiccup asked and before Astrid could respond, she heard it too. Soon a red round flat circle appeared and started sucking the two in. Hiccup managed to grab onto a tree and then barely grabbed onto Astrid as she started flying by but soon Hiccup lost his grip and the two went soaring into the red thing and then it disappeared leaving very confused Vikings standing in the distance.
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