Chapter 13: Battle Of The Red Death

(Hiccup POV)

Viggo Grimborn is said to be a genius. The smartest man alive as said by the dragon hunter rumors. But staring at his newest plan I can't help but disagree with that. Viggo is an idiot.

Crazy.

Whatever possessed him to attack the Queen was not a good one. Her island. Her home. Prey.

Toothless soars upwards towards the air as I look for my sister, twin sister through the chaos of the dragons escaping from the mountain and Viggo's men firing at the giant dragon. "Come on," I groan through gritted teeth, "Where is she?"

Heather.

Black haired raven girl riding a silver dragon, shouldn't be that hard to spot right? Wrong. With the smoke rising and dragons fleeing, this is one of the hardest games of hide-and-go-seek I've ever attempted and I'm looking through dragon eyes. Toothless's gaze is steady and doesn't waver as he stares around us looking for my sister.

The plan?

Dagur and our mother finish taking out the fleet as I grab Heather then help them. I have no idea what she plans on doing with the giant dragon but for now, I'm focusing on my sister.

Toothless's ears perk before he looks down towards the boats. Well I have his sight, I don't have his hearing. "What is it bud?" I ask and Toothless grunts before diving down towards a boat.

I narrow my eyes and click back the tailfin leaning forward on the saddle.

He must've heard something.

It takes a moment but a few seconds later Toothless bursts through a larger pile of smoke revealing a boat below. Female grunts catch my attention and I look towards the forecastle deck spotting the silver dragon and...Heather!

Finally!

"Come on bud!" I shout and Toothless's eyes narrow before he dives onto the forecastle deck landing in front of Viggo and Heather. My sister is struggling against his death grip on her arm as Viggo holds her calmly yet steadily staring at me.

"Well, well, well." he says after a moment flashing me a smile. "Hiccup Haddock the third what a pleasure it is to finally meet you." He says and I snort.

"The pleasure is all yours. Let my sister go Viggo." I command through gritted teeth.

Viggo gives a smile and Heather lifts her gaze to me our identical eyes meeting.

"You've heard of Maces and Talon's I trust?" My silence is his answer, "You know that the traitor always dies in the end. There are many traitors this round. You, are the leader of your small group I'm just removing a hunter."

A hunter?

That is no hunter.

That is my sister.

I see red.

With a shout of fury and movement I don't register until I'm grabbing the axe from Viggo's hands I leap off of Toothless's back racing towards them. I pull the double bladed axe restricting Heather in his grasp and whack the blade towards the man barely missing his nose.

Viggo is forced to release Heather and draws his sword staring at me with equal fury. "You have spirit for a crippled man." He notes. I whack the axe against his sword hilt moving towards the side so Toothless can keep his gaze on the man.

I grit my teeth and Viggo gives a small snicker, "This round of Maces and Talon's is almost over, I've won, can't you see that?" Viggo asks and I shake my head giving a soft snort.

"I'm blind you idiot!" I exclaim with another hack towards his sword. Toothless keeps his gaze firmly locked onto the man and I flash a wild grin. "But I'll tell you what, my other senses are incredibly good."

Viggo stares up at me fire ignited in his eyes. I pull my axe back and swing my leg forward offering a kick to his chest.

Viggo stumbles backwards his back smacking against the railing. I turn my back towards him but offer a small glance back throwing the axe towards my sister. "Checkmate."

Seeming to sense my urgency, Heather mounts her dragon quickly and I do the same to Toothless both winged reptiles leaping into the air in sync and diving away from the burning boat. The Queen gives a roar of fury and my resolve settles.

Someone has to get rid of that beast. And me and Toothless are going to be the ones to do it. It's a monster. Not a dragon.

"Thanks." heather calls towards me. I jerk my head in her direction.

"You're welcome. Go help the others." I command and she stares at us.

"What are you going to do?" She asks.

"Someone has to get rid of that monster." I answer and her eyes widen before she nods gritting her teeth.

"Go."

Toothless pulls away from my sister and her Razorwhip heading towards the dragon. This is the end of it's reign of terror.

We circle around the boats for a moment and I look at the huge dragon scanning it. My eyes widen, "That thing has wings!" I realize I pat Toothless on the side of the head, "Okay, let's see if she can use them." Toothless turns and we plummet. Wind blows in my ears and the now familiar whistle of his plasma blast is heard. Toothless fires and the entire dragon tips over, smashing into the ground.

For a second it just sits there. Then the dragon lifts up a huge, tattered and torn wing. It flaps them and It slowly gains air I grip the handles tighter,"Well she can fly." I say.

Is that really a good thing?

Toothless dives into a valley of sea stacks and I look back at the huge dragon. It's snaps at us, but can't reach us. It give a frustrated roar before it starts breaking through the sea stacks in hot pursuit.

I look around us and spot the thick black heavy snow clouds. I purse my lips tightly and click the tail fin, "Okay Toothless, time to disappear." I say and Toothless takes in a sharp steep climb into the clouds. We soar up and I hear the sound of the gas then the spark and I pull Toothless to the side,"Here it comes!" I warn. The fire shoots past us and we rocket higher into the sky. Toothless disappears instantly in the blackness of the of the clouds. The huge dragon gives roars of confusion and frustration.

The upper hand. Finally.

I pat Toothless on the side of his head and frost spreads up the side of his head, "Aim for the wings," I murmur to him. Toothless gives a firm nod and builds up a plasma blast. He fires it at the left wing and then pulls up disappearing quickly back into the darker clouds.

Dive, blast, pull up.

We continue this pattern until Toothless has one shot left.

I grip the handle tighter as I hear the big dragons roar furiously. A huge fireball spreads through the clouds and I look back at it in horror, "Watch out!" I yell. Toothless pulls away but his tail still gets licked by the flame.

The prosthetic lights aflame, burning merrily. I look back at it and let out a breath through my nose. "Okay, times up." I say and watch the flame as it eats the tail happily for a second before I turn forward, "Let's see if this works."

Toothless turns around and we race to the dragon, "Come on! That the best you can do?!" I taunt. Toothless roars and dices but it's face just to be irritating. The dragon reaches up but cannot snatch us from the air. Toothless's pulls his wings in towards his sides into a dive and I hear the older dragons wings creak. It turns around and starts chase after us. I click the tail and Toothless growls uneasily. "We're good, just a little bit longer."

The dragon takes an inhale and I close my eyes, "Hold Toothless," I whisper and listen, for the spark.

Snip snap.

I rip my eyes open, "NOW!" I yell. Toothless flips around and fires a blast into the dragon's mouth. The green gas ignites and all six eyes of the dragon widen with shock. It tries to spread it's wings but they're frozen in place. The wind rips the weakened wings from Toothless's blast and they tear open. Toothless dives in through one of the holes and we reach the back of the dragon.

The older dragon smashes into the ground and a huge fireball erupts around us. Toothless and I start to navigate through the tall spikes much like we had the sea stacks until a horrible snapping noise catches my attention I snap my head around and see as the prosthetic tail flies off into the fire

No!

"No," I breathe. I whip my head around and see the huge tail in front of us, my eyes widen as Toothless hits the giant spikes off the tail.

I'm thrown from the saddle and pure terror races through me as I fall backwards, falling to a red death.

I stare up at Toothless. He flips around and roars something that sounds exactly like my name.

Fire bites into my back and I lose consciousness as the flames swallow me whole.