Here it is! The third chapter! This chapter has been my absolute favorite to write so far. It was really fun.
There will be some strange language in this chapter, and I just want you to know that the language is called Dragonese, which is an actual thing in the books. Almost all the Dragonese dialogue is authentic, created by Cressida Cowell herself.
I think there is only one or two words that I assumed on. If you see regular English, then she never mentioned a Dragonese translation for that word. I looked it up, and she only mentioned a handful of words and phrases in Dragonese.
Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own HTTYD. I only own the plot.
Chapter 3-Night Fury!
Astrid felt a lump of anger expand in her chest as soon as Stoick announced that they would abandon Berk.
"What!" She cried banging her fists against a table. Stoick raised his big hands for silence. He talked some more, but it sailed over her head. Leave Berk?! She wanted to punch the chief for making such a stupid decision.
Once he was done talking, she saw him walk out the back door. Astrid stormed over to the door, and opened it to see Stoick talking to Gobber. "
Give it some time. They'll eventually realize that you're just doing what's best for them." Gobber said, patting Stoick's back with his still right hand. Stoick sighed once more, and looked to the clouds.
"Why did you have to leave Hiccup?" He cried, tears flowing down his face.
"We need you." Astrid closed the door quietly. She'd never seen the chief break down like this. He usually was strong and confident, but the loss of his son really broke him. She suddenly felt awful for the way she reacted to his decision. He was just trying to make sure no one else lost a loved one.
She felt tears start to trickle down her cheeks. She quickly wiped them away, and walked out of the Great Hall, which was buzzing with commotion. She started to stroll through the village when she saw a fiery streak fall down from the sky.
"MONSTROUS NIGHTMARE!" She cried, alerting the other vikings. They poured out of the Great Hall, brandishing weapons. Another one of the monsters flew down. raining fire onto the village.
A troop of Deadly Nadders landed in the middle of the village, followed by a herd of Hideous Zipplebacks. Gronckles started to shoot lava at every moving target they could.
"DRAGON RAID!" She cried, her voice carrying over the clamor. She raced to a catapult, loading it with a rock, and shooting it into the sky hitting a Nadder on the head. The Nadder dropped like a fly, and vikings rushed to finish the job. The air turned cold, and a dangerous whistling sound was heard.
"NIGHT FURY!" Spitelout cried out.
"GET DOWN!" Astrid ducked and covered her head just before a bolt of bright blue plasma hit a Zippleback on the back. The Zippleback roared, and flew away.
"The Night Fury is helping us?" She mumbled disbelieving. Astrid shook her head, and dashed to a bola cannon. She loaded it, and aimed it at the sky.
"Give me something to shoot at." She whispered. A Monstrous Nightmare shot a beam of fire into the clouds, and the Night Fury was illuminated for a second. She took a shot, hoping she hit the stupid dragon. She heard an unfamiliar roar, and fixed her eyes on a falling shadow.
"Stoick!" Astrid yelled at the chief.
"I shot down a Night Fury!" Stoick's eyes widened.
"Show me where it it!" He demanded. Astrid nodded and started to run off toward where she saw the dragon fall. As she crossed over the hill, a black shape tangled in a net was able to be seen.
"There!" She yelled, pointing to the tangled mess. They reached it in record time, only to see a small streak of fire shoot up. Astrid shrieked as the fire stayed where it was. It wasn't a streak of fire: It was a blade.
The blade started to saw through the ropes trapping the dragon. Astrid and Stoick were too shocked to do anything as the ropes fell away from the Night Fury, freeing the devil. The dragon sat up and shook itself, its eyes merely slits as it caught sight of the two vikings.
The Night Fury snarled, as it spread its wings to reveal a crumpled shape underneath the dragon. The shape started to stir, and crawled out from under the Night Fury. The reptile growled loudly, and opened its mouth to shoot another plasma blast, when the shape stood up.
It was a person.
They had their face covered with a mask, and their body covered in a strange suit that Astrid couldn't see clearly. The person put their hand on the Night Fury's head, and said something in a strange language.
Stoick finally regained his stamina, and yelled a battle cry, swinging his hammer toward the beast. The human cried out in the same strange language, and produced a metal tube. He clicked a button, and a blade was revealed.
In a second, the blade was covered in fire. It was the blade that had cut the ropes. The person swung the blade at Stoick, successfully keeping him away from the devil.
"These da wingless are di piss-people (These humans are the enemy)." The person said, the voice sounding to belong to a man. The Night Fury snarled dangerously at Stoick and Astrid.
"What kind of stupidity is this language?" Astrid asked, glaring at the mysterious man.
"Me will do di screemi beserkers (I will lose my temper)." The man said, putting his hand out in a warning motion.
"What in the name of the gods did you say?" Stoick demanded, his grip on his hammer tightening.
"I said, I will lose my temper. Leave me be." The man warned, talking in Norse, his voice scratchy, slow, and distant as if he had not spoken Norse in a couple of years.
"What kind of empty threat is that you idiot?" Astrid asked, her voice cold.
"We have the power of a village, weapons, and experience. What do you have?" The man stood up straighter, and Astrid got the feeling that he was smirking under the mask.
"I have a Night Fury. You do know they never miss, don't you?" Stoick glared at him.
"We've noticed," Stoick said coldly. "You've seem to forgotten that we already shot down this creature and you. You aren't very threatening." The man laughed.
"I also have all the dragons that I can train, and I've never failed to train a dragon that I wanted to, so I suggest you let me and Toothless go." Astrid looked at him warily.
"Toothless?" The man gestured to his Night Fury.
"This is Toothless. He doesn't take kindly to people threatening me or him. Did you know that Night Furies are very protective over the ones they love?" The rider asked, his head tilting slightly.
The Night Fury-Toothless-pushed his head against the man's side, and the man stroked his head, making Toothless purr. Astrid stared, slack jawed at the sight of the most ferocious dragon ever to live acting like a pet! This man was a true wonder!
"No," Astrid said in awe. "I never knew that."
"That's because we're too busy trying to make sure they don't kill us to treat them like cats!" Stoick yelled, his face red in anger and impatience.
"Miaowla." The man said.
"What?" Astrid asked.
"Miaowla," The man said again. "Cat."
Astrid looked at the rider with a clueless expression on her face.
"Miaowla is cat in Dragonese." The rider explained.
"Dragonese?" Astrid asked.
"Enough of this! You're coming back with us to answers some questions." Stoick cried. He seized the rider by his collar, and Toothless growled dangerously.
"It's okay Toothless," The man said. "Na do di wobbly screamers (Don't throw a tantrum)." Toothless huffed indignantly at the comment said in the strange language. The man looked at Stoick.
"I'll go with you willingly, but if I do, you will promise to leave Toothless and me alone once we've answered your questions." Stoick considered this, then let the rider go.
"Fine, but you will answer our questions without question." The man laughed at the irony of the statement. Stoick glared even more, while Astrid stifled a laugh.
They could kill him in the blink of an eye, and he's laughing. He certainly was brave.
The man slid onto Toothless's back, and Toothless started to trot after Stoick.
The village had driven away all the other dragons, and were now tending their wounds. They all cried out in shock and anger at the sight of a person riding a Night Fury. At least five vikings came at the creature with a weapon, before being ordered off by Stoick or scared off by Toothless.
Astrid almost laughed at the sight of grown men cowering in fear due to a dragon that acted like a cat. Stoick led rider and dragon into the village square and ordered them to stand in the middle.
He then issued a meeting to be held in five minutes time. Within three minutes, almost the whole village was gathered in the village square, everyone staring curiously at the dragon and rider. Astrid pushed her way to the front of the crowd, where she could now clearly see the rider, who was now leaning against his dragon.
The man looked to be about six feet tall, with a lean, yet muscular build. He was dressed in partly leather around his upper body, with some type of armor with arm brackets that made him look like his dragon. The armor and leather were jet black, the same color of Toothless's scales. His pants were the same black leather as what he wore on his upper body, and they had straps around them.
Now that the rider was in plain sight, Astrid could see that his left knee and below was a wooden and metal prosthetic leg. It seemed to be very complicated, even for Gobber to make, and he was the best blacksmith that Berk ever saw. It pressed down slightly when he shifted his foot and prosthetic, seeming to have almost the same aspects of a real leg, only metal. His other foot was covered by a black boot similar to what a viking would wear.
He also wore a cape that seemed to be made of Night Fury skin which settled around him like a cloud. When Astrid took a closer look, she saw that the cape was merely made of black leather, and shredded Night Fury scales were attached to it, giving off the illusion that he was part of the Night Fury when he rode hid dragon. His mask was pitch black with spikes on it, and had two eyeholes, but they weren't big enough for Astrid to see the color of his eyes.
Once she was done examining the man, she turned her attention to the Night Fury. The dragon had jet black scales, and acid greed eyes. There was a scar on his right shoulder, about a foot long. A large black leather saddle pad ran down a part of Toothless's back. This pad was clipped to two loops of curved metal that ran down and around Toothless's shoulders and front legs in order to keep it attached, and it was secured with wide black leather straps.
She trailed her eyes down to Toothless's tail. Or what was his tail. His left tail fin was gone, and in its place was a blood red mechanical tail fin with a painting of a white skull wearing a viking helmet on it (Pretend that the final tail Hiccup made for Toothless was the red one). She focused back on the saddle. Four lengths of cable made from ropes ran down his sides, two for each side. Astrid would guess the cables were to allow the rider to adjust the mechanical tail fin with the stirrups on either side of the saddle. The left stirrup was different to accommodate for the rider's metal leg.
Everything about this man and dragon was precise and carefully planned. They seemed to be one with each other, and extremely calm as the villagers glared at the unusual pair. Stoick stood on a rock, and raised his hands for silence.
"During the raid, Astrid shot down this Night Fury, and it was discovered that a rider accompanied it." Stoick announced gesturing to the dragon and rider.
The man seemed to be surprised when Stoick said that Astrid was the one to shot him and his Night Fury down. He searched the crowd for a few seconds, before his eyes landed on Astrid. His head tilted slightly as if he was thinking.
"He has agreed to answer any questions without asking some of his own, if we leave him and his dragon alone once he has answered all our questions, and I have agreed." The villagers said nothing in response to their chief's announcement.
"Before we get to the questions, I must request that you remove your mask." Stoick said to the rider. The man shrugged.
"Why not?" He put his hands up to his mask, but Toothless growled at him. The dragon made a series of strange clicks, roars, and hisses, the collection of sounds sounding like a strange language.
"Nee-ah. They're nee-aht di piss-people. Not anymore (No. They're not the enemy. Not anymore)." The rider said to his dragon. Every villager was in awe. This man could communicate with his dragon?
The man raised his hands to his helmet again, but this time, he pulled it off, and set it on the ground next to his feet. When he stood straight up again, Astrid gasped. The man was very handsome.
His short hair was tousled, unkempt, and the color of night with two little braids behind his right ear. His eyes were emerald green, with slightly thick eyebrows above. He had a slightly pointed chin, with some stubble covering it. He had a crooked smile, and extremely tan skin. All in all, he looked like the kind of guy who was sarcastic, funny, and extremely skilled in many ways. Astrid swore her jaw dropped to the ground.
"Thank you," Stoick said. "First question: What is your name?" All the villagers eyes were on the man. He smirked at the question.
"My name?" He asked innocently, amusement clear in his eyes. Stoick nodded.
The rider looked around at everyone before smirking like he knew something they didn't.
"My name is Dark Ness."
The very complicated description of Toothless's tail came from the How To Train Your Dragon Wiki, but with my own touches added in. I didn't know how to describe it correctly, so I just copied and pasted part of the description, and made it to fit the story.
I didn't want to take credit for the description, but I also didn't want you to think that I committed plagiarism. I added my own touches, but I did not write the description fully. I just wanted to describe it correctly, and I couldn't think of any way to do it without doing it the way I did.
I would never commit plagiarism, so that's why I wrote this note. I would've done it at the beginning, but I didn't want to give away anything. ;)
Another thing too: I did not make a mistake with the dragon rider's name. He says his first name is Dark, and his last name is Ness.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, and thank you for all the reviews, follows, and favorites. It really means a lot.
Next chapter will be out ASAP!
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