People, hello and I'm here with chapter 3. So I'm going to start the chapter now.
3 months later
"No! No! No! No, and no how many times do I have to tell you to be cautious around that girl?" Dagur started telling the other hunters who were complaining about their injuries until Ryker came in.
"What is going on here?" Dagur looked at Ryker who was walking on the deck.
"Nothing, sir, I was just telling the men about how they have to watch the prisoner for anything that might help her escape."
"Hmm, I see and what happened with the girl now?"
"Oh, she just haha destroyed one of the cells."
"The bars are made of gronckle iron they are the strongest metal there is and you are telling me that she broke through it."
"I don't know how she did it but the cell is no longer there. When we found her she was on top of the guards in the middle of the prison still in chains thankfully."
"Hmm, I see well since we already home guess we can introduce her to Virggo." Dagur started laughing and responded.
"Excellent, I'd love to see her break down in front of him. Try and get yourself out of that b*tch. The chief of the dragon hunter tribe will break you until you are no more." They walked off the plank and onto the dock where they were greeted with more men and started walking to the hut that was bigger among the rest. Two men were dragging Lacie behind them and entered the hut whereVirggo was looking at the Chief piece to Maces and Talons game.
Over at the Dragon's Edge...
Hiccup and Toothless were testing out a new set of training in case the hunters came back. They were bombarded with arrows and rocks as they easily dodged them until Mir came crashing into them making them crash into the high hill of the island. Mir got up and started running towards Hiccup ready to blast at him until he was hit by Toothless. They started firing at each other but Toothless was out of shots but still had Mir under his grasp. Mir shot missiles at Toothless and he got off Mir dodging his shots. Mir went charging at Toothless once again and used Fire Breath on him. Toothless dodged it but Snotlout and Hookfang didn't which made them attack Mir but he flew up and vanished into thin air.
"Hey, come back here you overgrown lizard," Snotlout shouted as he and Hookfang landed in the middle of Dragon's edge. Mir landed just after Snotlout realized he was on fire and ran towards the tub of water. Fishlegs was already looking at Mir trying to understand the dragon even after he had been with them for almost 5 months now. Hiccup and Toothless landed shortly after Fishlegs was looking under Mir's wings which Toothless hit him with his plasma blast.
"Hiccup it's amazing, Mir isn't even hurt by it nor is there any markings from the heat." Mir got his wing back before Fishlegs started studying it even further and flew off somewhere on the other side if the island.
"That's just great Fishlegs you scared him off again." Hiccup clearly stated out the obvious towards Fishlegs who wasn't amused.
"Well, I can't help it Hiccup after all this time with Mir we don't know a lot of things about him. Face it Hiccup, you want to know more about him as much as I do."
"You're right, Fishlegs, but I don't think sneaking up on him would get us anywhere closer to him."
"So, Hiccup, any luck on Mir's rider?" Astrid said as she got off Stormfly as she was just dropping in from getting the arrows so they wouldn't have to waste valuable weapons.
"No, not yet we haven't heard from them in months and yet you still hadn't told us her name."
"I-i don't think it's my place to tell you what her name is. I think it's all up to her herself or Mir if people would stop ambushing him and let him come here on his own." Hiccup stated which everyone pretended to act innocent. Hiccup rolled his eyes and got onto Toothless once again and started looking for Mir. He looked high and low for him until he spotted Mir sleeping in a cave even though he had his tail sticking out of the entrance. Hiccup got off of Toothless who wasn't convinced that Mir was a friendly dragon given that they just had a fight moment earlier. Hiccup looked at Mir with even more curiosity as he went in deeper finding Mir's head. He sat down near Mir who didn't even wake up and thought. What are you so desperate to hide from the others when you shared a secret with me? Why are you so faithful to Lacie who didn't come with you when the dragon hunters attacked? How come I can't get you to trust me like every other dragon? Once they trust humans they trust for life so why don't you trust others. Hiccup sat beside Mir who was stirring in his sleep who was also sleep talking.
"Lacie, why are you suffering all by yourself? Is it because you blame yourself for his death? Is this why you stayed over there to atone for his death? It's not your fault you shouldn't be this way. You couldn't have known that they would attack the school while you were on a mission. I'm right here for you so come back come back Lacie I need you too you know." Hiccup widened his eyes when Mir finished talking in his sleep and grumbled in pain. Hiccup looked at him but there wasn't anything there, he was truly afraid of what was happening to Mir.
"Toothless, I think we have to find where they have Lacie and fast." Hiccup got on Toothless and headed where the rest of the gang was. Hiccup couldn't think of anything logical in what Mir said but he didn't like how Mir was in pain. He got called everyone to the room and they all looked at Hiccup blankly.
"Guys, there's something I haven't told you and it's about Mir and his rider."
"Hiccup, I thought we weren't supposed to keep secrets with each other." Fishlegs pointed out.
"Yes, yes I know Fishlegs, but I thought it wasn't supposed to be me that tells the tale but after hearing him today made me question everything."
"Well, what are you just going to stand there and say nothing? Just tell us already." Snotlout said as he laughed towards Hookfang.
"Mir's rider is named Lacie and she's with the dragon hunter tribe." All of them gasped.
"Do you mean she's working with them? Does that mean they know all about Mir? Hiccup what do we do?" Fishlegs started panicking and putting pieces together on why Mir was hostile with them until Hiccup countered his questions and thoughts.
"No, she's a prisoner on their ship. I-i saw her too actually I met up with her when we were attacked by the dragon hunters. She got us out of the jail cell and she got me off but she didn't get off the boat. She stayed on it and went back with them. No matter how many times I think about it I don't understand why she stayed on that ship. You would want to get off it as fast as possible but she stayed on it for what purpose. She's not working with Ryker or Dagur. She's not doing any undercover stuff she's on there as if it's the most naturalist thing in the Arpeggio." Hiccup said all that in one breath and everyone was silent until Mir came in.
"You told me that you weren't going to tell them. You told me that you'll believe in her no matter what you saw on that ship. Was that all a lie? Did I trust the wrong person once again? Oh, Hiccup, you don't understand one thing about Lacie. If you were in my shoes you would protect her no matter what! You'll believe she's innocent when you understand what she went through ever since she and I met. I thought I could trust you guys but I see you only wanted to find out what I was. You guys are all selfish people. Selfish humans are always using Lacie and selfish humans always get what they want. I'm leaving and there's nothing you can stop me. Sure injure me all you want and get me to stay on this island but know this I have many tricks up my sleeves." Mir flew off and Hiccup had to go get him or else something bad would happen. Hiccup could feel it in his veins and he got Toothless to fly as fast as he could to catch up to Mir. When he finally did Mir took a glance at whoever was right beside him and just growled at him bearing his teeth. Hiccup tried to grab onto Mir but he moved somewhere else and almost made Hiccup fall into the ocean. Toothless would move to where Hiccup was about to fall.
"Thanks, bud." Hiccup grabbed onto Toothless and tried to find Mir. How can I lose a dragon that's dark as the night on such a sunny day? Hiccup thought as he looked at the ocean. Astrid came up to him after a couple minutes.
"Any luck?"
"No, Astrid, I can't find him. How can I go back on my word with him? We were supposed to help others and yet I feel like I betrayed him."
"It's okay Hiccup. He just needs time that's all."
"I hope you're right. I really do."
Mir's POV
"Lacie! Lacie! Lacie!" How many times have I called her name now for the past 3 months? Why doesn't she want me near her at the moment? She knows I can feel everything they do to her on that ship. Everyone hurts you too many times. I was wrong to think that all humans are the same. I shouldn't have pushed you to listen toAfrien when he came to us tell us about my mission or whatever it is. I thought the people over there were good people who were like you but they are greedy people who do whatever they want. I don't want that I want to be by your side that way you don't have to carry that burden alone.
Lacie's POV
"Okay, just because it looks bad and that I'm about to lose but seriously I can totally beat you. Look I have a King, Queen, 3 pawns and 2 rooks. I shall not yield and besides just because you say checkmate doesn't mean that the game is over." I said looking over the chess board thanking the lord I didn't have to play that complicated game of Maces and Talons. Their rules make no sense. "So you up for the challenge Virggo?" I watched the man play with his King for a little while then placed it down in the same spot as before. I sent my King to kill one of his pawns. The game continued on until I said.
"Checkmate." I placed my queen right beside his King. He eyed me carefully and said.
"How are you so sure that it's your win?" I smiled as laid back into the chair.
"Because If you move your King up then my rook will kill you and if you go down my other queen will kill you and if you shift sideways then my queen will also kill you. No matter how you look at it, you are dead. By the way, if you are thinking about an attack from the sky that won't work since chess is only about the pieces that are on the board. 16 people each and you have to use them wisely. Now that is all done I think you need to remove these chains off of me since that was the deal." Virggo glared at me and just swiped his finger and the guards took off my chains. I couldn't even escape unless I call Mir or somehow get the tortured dragons to trust me enough to know that I won't hurt them. When the chains were off I flexed my wrists to see if anything happened to them and also stretched to regain their proper function.
"So let me ask you something?"
"Hmm, what is it?"
"When you said all that why did you move your King first?"
"How do you expect your troops to follow if you yourself don't take the first step? How do you gain their trust when you don't put faith in yourself first? Why do people blindly follow just because you think it's right without knowing the consequences?" I finger the queen and placed it beside the King. "A queen is beside their king no matter what happens in the battlefield whether it's the good times or the bad times." I flicked both of the pieces so that they will fall onto the floor. "When a kingdom is in down and there isn't anyone to rule it. Do people get another leader or are they just going to go away and forget about the life they had there."
"You seem to be buying time now tell me about the dragon my men were talking about. The one you were falling in the sky 5 months ago."
"Why do you care so much? And even if I was buying the time I don't think I'll be getting off this island that quick." I just smiled hoping he wouldn't catch on but somehow I knew that he knew that I was faking it. I stopped smiling and just stared into his eyes which seemed like he could see right through me but I knew better to fall for it since I never once said anything about myself.
"I care because it's like night fury and it's not. A rare dragon that you seem to command and that will get me a high price for it." He picked up his King and brought it up to the light as if he already won.
"I have two things to say to you. One I don't give a rat's a$$ about what you think that oh so rare dragon you talk about and second you really think if my hypothetical dragon I somehow own will come get me I think you need to snap back to reality ya ba$tard. If you wanted me dead go ahead kill me not like you need me for anything so why not get it over with." I stare at Virggo for a really long time I swear the lantern turned off by itself when we were finished. He got a new light and just waved me off. The guards walked me over to the cliff where the waves were really raging ready to engulf me into its belly.
"Damn, that's some belly you got there. I wonder if I'm to her liking." I swear the guards looked at me weirdly and then grabbed the back of my collar. They shoved me over the cliff where my whole body was on top of the ocean. I looked down at my dangling feet and laughed just a bit as I saw the sharp rocks that were at the bottom. "Guess not. Ahh, and I thought I tasted pretty decent too what a letdown."
"You are an interesting person you know that." Virggo walked up to me with his hands behind his back. I crossed my arms and looked at him as if I was still standing on the ground like actual land.
"And you Mr. Virggo are also interesting but not in a bad way. You look at me as if you see right through me but you don't even know my name nor do you know my past so I highly doubt you can keep those eyes that keep pretending that you've seen it all and dealt with it. You person I don't really know what to call you since we're not technically friends nor did are we acquaintances and we aren't enemies wait maybe since I've been in your prison for 5 months now so let me change that. Ahem redo. You, my enemy, should just drop me here right now that way you don't have to deal with me. By the way, Virggo, I don't know about any dragon I just happened to be flying in the air because of something I made so whatever you saw or your men saw it was just a coincidence for it to be falling down with me. Anyways, I'm all set to die it's just are your men ready to let me die. I wonder how long is it going to be when you had a woman on board. Ooops I said too much have a great day." I smiled and grabbed the pin that I shoved into the sole of my shoe and stabbed it into the guard's hand making him release his grip on me and I waved goodbye to them as I was falling fast into the ocean.
