Hiccup and Astrid's moment is interrupted by the door swinging open with a bang. Rye stomps in, his boots make a sonic thumping that mixes with the dripping, squishing sound of his sopping wet body.
"Where's Belle?" Rye asks the couple, ignoring their positions. Astrid flicks a smile on to her face as she nudges her husband, signaling him to answer.
"Uh, Isabella has stayed in her room. Is something happening?" Hiccup says as he attempts to move his wife off his lap. Astrid stands and yanks Hiccup up behind her.
Rye draws out a sword, "Get Belle, put her on the back of a dragon and send her out with the rest of the village to the cove. Monstrous Nightmare attack has started somehow in this rain. It's bad, we have to move quickly. The dragons could reach us soon, and then we are all dead. I'm getting our dragons, Astrid get the weapons, Hiccup get your sister." He rambles.
The words make enough sense to the couple and they dart off in different directions.
Hiccup's thoughts swell, Monstrous Nightmare's attacking the village? But why? Is Isabella okay?
He knocks on her bedroom door, waiting for a reaction.
"What is it Hiccup?" I reply to his knocking. I can't be mad at him still, if I do he might take notion and move out! Hiccup opens the door, some relief moves over him. He walks over to me, no words from his mouth, and picks me up.
He heaves and starts for the stairs, "Hiccup! What are you DOING!?" I yell, Hiccup looks at me, a small amount of fear is showing in the corners of his eyes.
But the emotions look like that of a mad coming to his death.
I'm quiet now, this can't be good... "Hiccup..?" I say in a hushed tone. He blinks and all the emotions flock to his body.
"There are Monstrous Nightmare's about to attack." He deadpans.
"Oh no! Put me down now! I'll get a sword or an Axe and we'll capture them and-" Hiccup stops me mid sentence,
"No. You are going to fly yourself on Zip out to the cove with the others while we get rid of these dragons." He says in a low and serious tone.
I'm shocked, Hiccup is known for his sarcasm in times of trouble, not a serious, deadpanning, low, growly voice that almost makes you shiver.
Hiccup places me on my feet, I stand and look at him, he leans his head forward til it's barely two inches from mine. He brushes his finger tips against my stomach.
He says in a serious but loving way,
"Isabella, you have a baby to protect, that is a war all of it's own kind. You have a strong man to protect you, friends to fight for you, and I'm always here to guide you. You don't need to be here now, we sent a Terrible Terror out to give dad a message. He will return to help us as well. So Belle, why should you stay here in fight, and risk losing the baby, when you have friends, a boyfriend, a father, and a brother who will do it for you?"
His words come to an end, my eyes never looked away from his facand risk losing the baby, when you have friends, a boyfriend, a father, and a brother who will do it for you?"
His words come to an end, my eyes never looked away from his face until now. I drop my head and stare at the bump that signifies one thing everyone cares about. The baby.
"Go. Get away from here, now." Hiccup whispers to me, I give him one glance, and take my last chance of escaping.
Hiccup watches his sister quickly skip down the steps. He follows her to the bottom of the stares, but they turn separate ways.
I grab myself a shield, and a helmet, always important during dragon attacks.
Why do these attacks still exist? We should have so many trained dragons! Then again, more dragons fly in all the time...
I find Zip, poor dragon finally quit shedding spikes. So, all that has to happen is, one young, weak, pregnant woman has to fly a frightened dragon around the edge of the island to the back to a beach. While seven other young, hiccup like warriors fight off dragons.
I climb up onto Zip, and start into a straddle position, this is uncomfortable and awkward. I swing both legs to the side and take an extra strand of rope from a bag attached to the saddle. I tie it over my legs and to the saddle. I just invented the first seatbelt.
Zip launches into the air, I shift my weight as he dodges a house. I direct him towards the vast blue water, hopefully he will agree to it and not completely panic.
Gobber hands out weapons, helmets, and shields. Hiccup looks out in the direction the Nightmares will be coming from. But his gaze switches to another direction, a small thing in the sky. His sister is struggling to get Zip out over the ocean.
"She'll be fine Hiccup." Astrid says and places a hand on his shoulder. But she looks to, at the dragon, shaking over the ocean as it flies to the other side of the island.
Hiccup turns back around to face reality. Rye grabs a pair of armored shoulder plates. His eyes are fixed on the task in front of him.
Hiccup stands up straight, he walks over to Isabella's beloved boyfriend.
"Why are you so comfortable sending Belle off on her own to the other side of the island!?" Hiccup slightly yells. Rye stands up, he's a dab taller then Hiccup, and it shows. "I'm not." He replies.
Hiccup stands firmer, "What do you mean your not?" He demands for an answer. Rye looks at him,
"Isabella wasn't the first woman in my life you know!" Rye screams. He takes a deep breath so he can fix his answer.
"Belle, wasn't my first love. I had a very lovely red headed girl in my life once. Once, we were at an island to restock food, a dragon attack started. I sent, this girl, off on a boat. I told her to get away quickly. We were trying to get rid of the dragons. But, a Zippleback escaped our range of fighting. The last thing I saw of the girl, was a the Zippleback flying out, the gas from one head started to roll, the spark came, and the fire started. The boat burst into flames, one long scream, and I never saw her again. That's why I'm not comfortable with sending Belle away. But she's on a dragon, not a boat."
Rye finishes his tale, Hiccup rubs his forehead at the thought of his sister dying. Both men stare at each other, the twins, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Gobber, Astrid, all silent. A loud roaring is heard, the Nightmares are here.
Needless to say, I am not proud of this chapter, spelling errors, flaws, this isn't at all what I want. Next chapter will be a battle, until then my readers.