Great another chapter is up! It's great to already have so many views on only two chapter. Once again thank you to all the faves and follows. I would like to put out there that I forgot to mention in the previous chapter when Astrid and Valka left for a patrol Valka was wearing her mask. And also if you guys have any suggestions please let me know. And please review! Your feedback would be awesome! Enjoy the chapter!
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Hiccup was curled up breathing soft and slow. It was late morning and he didn't want to get up. He had neglected to go to sleep at a reasonable time and dozed off some time near dawn. He was somewhere between half asleep and awake. He rolled over and moments later a snort of hot breath hit his face.
"Just a little longer Toothless" he mumble waving an arm in attempt to push the dragon away. His face was nudged and pawed at. He rolled over.
"Toothless!" He mumbled again. A loud bark of a dragon startled him causing him to jump. His eyes fluttered open and he blinked rapidly before sitting up. A black and blueish dragon was right in face. Bright blue eyes wide and tongue slightly sticking out.
"Nightmare?" He lifted a hand to scratch the dragon behind the spikes on his neck.
"What are you doing in here?" He smiled as the skrill jumped flopping in the air and stumbling on a sleeping toothless. He shot up throwing Nightmare off. Both dragons then engaged in a small play fight. There was a knock at the door.
"Come on in" the door opened revealing Nova.
"Good morning Hiccup. Oh I see Nightmare gave you the wake up call" she smiled.
"Yea"
"Come on we're going on a patrol. The midnight patrol returned with news that Drago has moved again and Cobalt wants us to locate him"
"Alright" Hiccup mumbled tossing the blanket aside he leaned over and picked up his prosthetic from the floor.
"Get dressed we'll be waiting in the kitchen downstairs. Nightmare come on!" She then left with the dragon I'm her heels. Setting the prosthetic on the bed he hopped over to his closet pulling out the soft leather of his flight suit. Hopping back he sat down. He Only wore it on patrols but he had a simpler one he wore all the time. Strapping the leather binds and buckles he checked the springs and flaps of the suit. Making sure he had enough paper in the holster on his arm, enough charcoal and his fire sword. Assuring that everything was working as it should be he adjusted the prosthetic and got up. He then pulled out toothless's saddle and tail fin.
"Come on bud" he called the dragon over and began saddling up. Once done the pair headed down in to the kitchen. Fang, Dovey, Nova and Koda were sitting at the table and Alaska was sitting on the counter by the fireplace and Hadrian leaned against the wall.
"Morning sunshine!" Koda chirped.
"Good we can leave. Eat on the way" Fang said tossing Hiccup a small leather bag. Opening the bag Hiccup found a large piece of bread. Some meat wrapped in a cloth and two apples. Snow had fallen again and the sky was filled with clouds. A fresh fall would start soon. As they mounted the dragons and readied to leave Hiccup checked the amount of gas capsules in toothless's saddle bag and they were off. The had just hit the ocean when Hiccup pulled out one of the apples from the bag and took a large bite. It was sweet and juicy.
"We'd better make this quick. I don't wanna fly back in the snow!" Fang called out but half way out to Drago's last place that snow had begun to fall. By the time they got there the snow had stopped. Flying right over they continued on searching for any sign.
"Why do you think he's moving again?" Nova called out.
"I don't know" Fang said.
"What ever the reason it's not good" said Alaska "something bad always happens when he moves"
"I know" called out Dovey.
"So what's the plan?" Hadrian called out.
"Down there!" Fang called out pointing to a large rock and they all landed.
"Ok so here's the plan. Dovey, Koda, Hadrian and I are going to go on a head. Alaska and Nova will search for dragons anywhere in the area and Hiccup I want you to go back to Drago's last spot. Look around for anything that may give us a lead and check for dragon traps!"
"Can do" Hiccup said nodding.
"Ok everybody up!" Fang hollered and each team went their ways. Hiccup flew Toothless back to discarded island flying low to the ground he searched for signs. After three rounds Hiccup landed and moved on foot for a while with Toothless in tow.
"Well bud what do you say. Eat and then go find the others?" He said pulling the contents of the bag out. He ate the meet and bread slowly. Tossing bits to Toothless every now and then. Leaving the apple he got back up and decided on another round just to be sure. There was still one area he hadn't checked for Drago and never shown sign of going there.
"We'd better check it anyway" he said as they took off.
After making one last round around the island they flew to check the last spot. Nearing Hiccup could see large spikes of ice. How had be missed that the first time? Getting closer and closer to the island edge he flew down to the beach. Something finally caught his eye. Landing he carefully made his way over the frozen ground and peered over the massive foot prints that were pressed so deeply into the mud. There were also many smaller prints around it. Both human and dragon.
"Whatever Drago had chained under the water must have made these Toothless!" He climbed back up on the dragon.
"We need to find the others. I think I know what that is!" Snow had begun falling again heavily so Hiccup took Toothless up above the cloud line. They had been following Drago for just over six months and Hiccup knew this wasn't going to end well. He sighed and flopped back on Toothless. The dragon cooed.
"I won't let anything happen to you bud. I promise" he mumbled. Then something caught his eye. Toothless let out a low growl. Sitting up he turned and found himself face to face with a masked rider. It then slowly moved away. Leaning forward he whispered to Toothless.
"No sudden movements" just then the rider reappeared. Curling him in what appeared to be a stormcutter. Toothless roared as it stopped right in from of them. It roared back. Hiccup stared at the masked rider standing atop the dragon. Both dragons stared each other down. About to say something Hiccup was wrenched from Toothless's back by another dragon that came out of nowhere. Toothless called out as he began falling from the sky.