Dragon Friend (sequel to the dragon boy) Chapter 23 - Fighting Back
frostcup fanfic
Authors note: so here we are at the Frago butt like chapter- this definatly felt good to write^^ anyways I hope you enjoy it too and please let me know what you thought of it- next chapter posting tommorow as always^^ until then!
He felt like punching the sky! Waves of relief rushed through him, filling him with buzzing, elated energy. You know what, forget "felt like" he was actually going to do it. He punched his fist up into the air, standing up as he did so- he couldn't stay seated, he was just too happy.
He was back! Jack was back! He felt like jumping over a mountain (yeah, better not actually do that one- he hoped he hadn't gave the Sky Dragon any ideas, he probably would launch him over a mountain, just because). The newly freed, white dragon grinned with him at the action. The motion of standing made the blindfolded Night Fury look up, and rumble, in confusion. Jack's grin broadened.
"Hey Stormseeker." He roared. Toothless' ears stood up like antenna, as he bobbed up and down in the air, excitably- almost making Hiccup airsick, and throwing him off his back.
Speaking of throwing off backs...
The white dragon chuckled, slightly- until he felt something on his shoulders. His eyes widened, then narrowed, in shock, then contained anger.
'Hiccup. Please tell me there is not super fat, mega ugly, evil lump on my back.' He asked, perfectly polite in tone- he wasn't quite as learned in human insults, as dragon ones.
Hiccup looked- yep, Drago was still there.
'Uh huh.' He told him- absentmindedly wondering were the snacks were, this was going to be good.
"Fool! I control the drag-.." He yelled, angrily, raising his staff.
'Excuse me, one minute.' Jack muttered.
The staff flew down. With snake-like speed and skill, Jack swung his head back, and grabbed it in his jaws.
He saw the look of shock on the so called "dragon master"s face, and his eyes glinted- in a way that made the unwanted rider think "uh oh". It just read "you are so in trouble". Time to teach him a lesson, the white dragon thought.
He swung the staff around, away from his back (Viking still attached) and began swinging it about. Drago flopping about the end like a rag doll, as he clinged on for dear life.
'Don't... (left) You... (right) Ever... (up) Mess... (down) With... (round to the left) A... (round to the right, and into a full circle) Sky... (another circle) Dragon.' He finished, releasing his grip so that both the staff and Viking free fell through the air.
The Sky Dragon looked smugly at Hiccup.
'Oh, I almost forgot...' He realised, gathering up some sharp, strong gusts of air.
'AND... (a hard blow to the stomach knocked him backwards- ouch) HIS... (a fast blow past his feet sent him flipping backwards, again and again- ooh, I think he's gonna throw up) VIKING. (a long, hard punch to his rear end sent him skywards for a good half minute- ow, almost feel sorry for him)'.
Jack turned back to him.
'Sorry about that. Unwanted passenger.' He commented, casually. Hiccup just couldn't stop smiling- this was just, so Jack! He was back, full and full. But he was doing remarkably well, considering he was so close to the Alpha... and contolling the wind! That takes quite a bit of effort. How did he do that, and keep the Alpha at bay?
Jack looked behind the Viking.
'Huh, nice distraction.' He noted. Looking over his shoulder, Hiccup saw a- erm... well, an unlucky bunch of flying sheep, really.
The riders, Valka, even not-so-young Freya, were all standing in front of the giant, black Alpha, tossing sheep up in front of its head, like some weird juggling act. Even as they watched, Freya lugged one so hard it landed on the Alpha's face, and hung there like a weird, woolly wart. Jack laughed.
'Ha, score! Black sheep! What's that, like a hundred points, or something?' He wondered.
"Fifty." Hiccup corrected.
Jack carried on watching, as the tiny figure of Drago fell back down to earth.
'Seriously, though, that's a pretty good distraction. I'm not even sure the Alphas realised I'm-.' He cut off, as Drago had landed on the beast's head, and set it back on task.
Hiccup felt the immense pressure suddenly piling on his friend.
"Jack!" He called out, in panic- surely he wasn't going to lose him to the Alpha so soon after getting him back.
'...Still here...' He managed. The words sounded like they were through gritted teeth, so great was the effort needed to fight off the dark dragon. There was no telling how long he'd hold out.
"We have to get you away from him." Hiccup told him. He recieved a groan of effort in reply. Just feeling the after effects of the strain on Jack's mind gave him vertigo.
He turned Toothless away, and headed towards Berk. Somehow, the white dragon managed to force himself to follow.
As the distance increased, the strain lessened, and he was able to think straight again.
He flew just over the Night Fury, and made as if to drop down on them. Hiccup saw his intention in his mind.
'No, Jack- wait!' Toothless cried out in alarm, as they collided- only the skill of both flyers avoided a disaster.
'What?...' Jack muttered, confusion emanating from him. 'Why can't I turn into a human?' He thought. He mustn't have realised what he'd done, Hiccup thought.
'You gave it to Toothless.' He explained.
'I did what?!" He asked, startled.
'The whole "turn into a human" thingy. You gave it to him.' He continued.
'Toothless turned into a human!' He said, almost as though he didn't believe it.
'Yeah, and now you can't.' Hiccup said, quickly. 'Now come on- are we gonna kick Drago's butt, or what?' He questioned him.
The white dragon grinned at him. He could wonder how on earth he'd done that later- the words "kick butt" and "Drago" sounded great together.
'Thought you'd never ask.' He smirked.
'Alright, first things first, you need a blindfold.' Hiccup told him.
'Say what?! How can I fly blind?!' He asked.
'I'll direct you.' Hiccup promised. 'It's the only way to keep the Alpha out.' He told him.
'Oh, I wondered about that- bit of an interesting fashion statement.' Jack muttered, looking at the Night Fury's trendy face scarf/banner. 'Red does look pretty good on him, though.' Hiccup rolled his eyes- he was getting a little bit off task.
"Jack." He muttered.
'Alright, fine!' He yelled, slamming his head into a big, blue Stormfly banner- it caught on the edges of his scales and spikes, but it didn't look very secure. 'You better not lead me into a wall.' He told him.
Hiccup focussed on the air ahead- directing two dragons at once... this was not going to be easy.
'Oh, and for the record- now is not the time to take revenge on the hundred, or so, pranks I've pulled on you.' he added. Hiccup smirked- he wouldn't dream of it.
He directed them both into a turn- and got another glimpse of the Alpha, just in time to see it shooting out a massive breath of ice at them.
Flying blind was absolutely terrifying. A part of him thought that he should do this more often- another said that he never, ever, wanted to do this again. He didn't know where anything was. There could be the Alpha, or a blast of ice, or a mountain, or nothing in front of him. He just didn't know.
He followed the pointers from Hiccup, but that didn't always guarantee success. He clipped his wing against what he thought was a rock (again), and growled. He didn't care how hard it was directing two dragons at once- he didn't want to end up black and white from all the bruises he was getting.
He felt the air chill beside him, and thought that they'd just dodged an ice blast. Thud. Ow! Most of it, anyway.
'How about a little "watch your head" next time?' He complained. Thump- there goes his wing again. Still, since he no longer had to worry about where he was flying, it have him more time to think of a plan.
He thought about it, and kept coming back to one thing. The Alpha. The only way he could think of freeing the dragons, and saving Berk, was for the Alpha to be overcome. The Bewilderbeast needed to be defeated. Only then would the dragons recognise a new leader, and be free from the tyrant's control.
But doing that would mean the challenging dragon would become Alpha himself- something Jack definitely didn't want to do. All that leadership stuff, and responsibility- that was not him. Him in charge of this many dragons would, most likely, not end well. He couldn't even lead a team of two dragon riders against Hiccup in a game of capture the flag- the Night Fury always outsmarted him.
Besides, as a Sky Dragon, would they even accept him as a leader? Some of them questioned his dragonyness- being part human and everything. Still, what alternative was there?
He sighed. He'd decided to save the dragons whatever it takes. If that meant becoming Alpha to free them, then that's what he'd do.
Hiccup had also been thinking. He'd been watching Drago and his black dragon, and realised Bloodfist was the ring leader of the two, shouting out orders to the Alpha. If he could separate them, the black Bewilderbeast wouldn't know what to do.
'We have to seperate them.' He told Jack.
The Sky Dragon quickly pushed away his own thoughts- he didn't want Hiccup to hear about his own plan yet. He doubted Hiccup would approve, as challenging the Alpha would probably get get him killed. Plus, he needed to listen to Hiccup's plan.
'We're going to fly up to them, then I'm going to try something to get them apart. I need you to distract them- shoot as much ice as you can.' He commanded.
'Shooting ice wildly, attempting to hit a giant target, blindfolded, and trying not to hit you?' He said. 'Sounds like fun.' He joked. He had no idea what "something" he was planning, but he trusted that it would work. Thud-just like he was trusting him not to break his neck against a rock whilst flying (hopefully he'd fare better at the "something" than at directing him to avoid collisions).
'Fifty points if you can hit the black sheep.' Hiccup challenged. Come on, that was nearly impossible. He was shooting blind! It would be a miracle if he hit anything.
He felt the banner began to slip from his eyes- uh oh, not good. He wasn't sure how much longer it would hold. He tried not to think about that, and instead shot out a dozen blasts of ice at ,what he hoped was, the Alpha.
He continued firing (or would it be "iceing").
'I don't believe it.' Hiccup gaped.
'What?' He asked.
'Well, put it this way- the sheep's covered in so much snow it's not black anymore.'
No way. He actually hit it? How had he done that?! Right, that just decided it- he was like King Impossible now. Hold on... He sniffed, realising he could smell something.
Was that... Zippleback gas? He wondered.
A warning came from Hiccup.
'Don't freak out.' He told him. Oh great, he knew what that meant. Time to fly, as quick as he could, in the opposite direction.
Hiccup pressed the spark detonator on his fire sword/explosion in a can. He saw the white dragon veer away, as an explosion of fire spread along the trail of gas he'd left.
As he'd flown towards the Alpha. He'd leapt off Toothless. The black dragon acting as a decoy, to let him get close enough to Drago.
Yes, it worked! The explosion knocked him clear off the dragon's head.
Now all he had to worry about was landing- he really should have invented a brake flap for this thing.
He heard a rip.
Uh oh.
One of the spikes on the Alpha's head crown caught the fragile leather of his right wing.
He fell.
"Toothless!" He called out. But, he knew the black dragon could never maneuveur well enough on his glide-set tail to save him. He closed him eyes.
Oof! The breath got knocked out of him, as something caught him from underneath. Toothless? He opened his eyes- but it was not black scales he saw. It was white.
His eyes widened. He was riding the Sky Dragon. Actually... riding... a Sky Dragon. He. Could. Not. Believe. It.
He was amazed at how smooth, and effortless, the flight was. The huge wings to shaping even the wildest breezes to his advantage. He'd always prefer Toothless, but this was just incredible!
Jack looked back at him.
'Enjoying the ride, dragon rider?' He asked, smiling his dragony smile. Hiccup still couldn't believe it- he was actually letting him-! He was actually sat on-! He just- he couldn't believe it!
Hold on, what had happened to his regular riding dragon?
"Where's Toothless?" He asked Jack. The Sky Dragon looked up and to his right. Hiccup followed his gaze, and saw a black haired boy gurgling a goofy smile at him, as he floated atop a steady stream of wind- he must have changed into a kid to protect himself from the Alpha.
Jack blew him above his back, and let the black haired kid drop onto it. Toothless took a place behind Hiccup on the dragon's shoulders, his grin growing.
That was the second first for that day. The first time the Sky Dragon was ridden (willingly), and the first time the Night Fury flew (without using his wings). He'd never ridden like Hiccup before- it was weird, but he was loving every second.
He whooped happily, and Hiccup grinned at him.
"...and Drago?" Hiccup asked.
'Let's find out.' Jack replied, turning into a dive, which took them towards a deserted part of Berk.
The little figure of the dragon skin wearer was crawling his way towards his sword. They had to stop him.
Acting as one, Hiccup threw his sword towards him, blade blazing, as Jack threw a volley of ice spikes either side of the power hungry maniac. The blade blocked his attempt at grabbing his weapon, the spikes warned him not to make another move.
The Sky Dragon landed impressively, frost edged scales and bright blue eyes glinting dangerously. Hiccup slid off his back with practised ease, and and stalked towards Drago, eyes just as deadly as the dragon's.
Toothless dismounted less gracefully. Somehow he ended up hanging upside down from the dragon's neck, before landing on the floor in a heap, on his back.
"Oof!" He grunted, as he hit the floor.
Well, there goes the attempt at dramatic awesomeness.
The so called "dragon master" looked round, noticing he was stuck.
"It's over." Hiccup told Drago, the white dragon giving him a warning glare from behind his back. His words seemed to give the madman an idea.
"Or is it?" He questioned, looking at the huge, black Alpha. It's jaws opened.
Hiccup knew what was going to happen second before it did. He saw the burst of blue-green shoot towards him. There wasn't even time to cry out.
A black and a white dragon leapt forwards to protect him.
A flash of white.
Then the ice surrounded him.