Chapter 3- Flee!
Looking away from the dragons cold gaze, Hiccup closes his mouth and looks at the red haired girl who just simply smiles at him. Pulling out her sword again, she twirls it n the air. "Well, I guess I will have to get rid of you before you spread the word that more than one Night Fury lives." She says, a frown crossing her face.
"What?! Get rid of... y-you can't!" Hiccup cries, taking a step back.
"Why not?" She says, thrusting the blade into the stone below them. Hiccup takes a breath and gulps down his spit.
"B-Because I am a chief now and I have not lived long enough!" Hiccup says, desperation in his voice. The girl's eye flash with interest.
"A chief? To what village?" She asks, leaning forward slightly.
"A village on Berk. I-It's only about a half day away on dragon back. Y-You can follow me and I can show you-"
She pulls up her sword and aims it at him. "I am not going anywhere with you, human." Hiccup then looks at her, surprised yet confused.
"Human? Why did you spit that word when you are human?" He asks, taking a step forward with Toothless perking his ears on the sidelines.
The girl laughs and her shoulders rise and fall as she does so. Looking at him with a half smile on her face, she says, "I may be human but can any normal human speak dragon tongue? I can." She then hides her face beneath the shadow of her cloaks hood and swings her sword around in the air. "Now... I want you to leave so I don't have to do the dirty work."
"Dirty work? H-Hey! I am not going anywhere without Toothless." Hiccup demands to her angrily. She sighs and motions for Iceflame to get the Night Fury. The blue eyed one narrows its eyes at Toothless and hisses at him to get moving. Toothless snorts angrily at it and trots over to Hiccup.
"Now scram. I shall have my family do the rest. Good luck trying to get away alive." She says coldly turning away. Iceflame snorts at them and turns away as well. Following the girl to the edge of the rock, Hiccup shouts for her to stop. "What now, human?" She groans, looking back at him.
"Your family? So there are other humans living here as well?" Hiccup says, looking up at the huge rock towering above them. Jerking his head up, Toothless looks around in a panic and whines quietly. "Toothless? You alright, bud?" Hiccup suddenly sounds worries as he turns towards his friend.
Toothless rears up and roars into the fog with warning while his tail wags uncontrollably. His tail thumps onto the rock repetitively as Hiccup raises his hands to calm him. The dragon suddenly turns around and scoops Hiccup onto the saddle. Taking flight, the girl watches him with cold eyes and laughs quietly. "They are so dead out there like that. But its a shame... I was starting to like the human, too. Plus, the Night Fury showed a great bond with him. I don't think I will meet anyone quite like him in my life." Shrugging, she turns around again and jumps onto Iceflame.
The dragon snorts in agreement and flaps its wings gently at first then leaps off the rock. Flapping harder, it gains height. Grabbing onto the tower of rock, it climbs up it with great speed. With every hole it reaches, the Night Fury roars into it, calling the other dragons to wake up and hunt for the kill trying to get away.
Toothless flaps his wings to gain speed with the wind now helping him leave. Flying into the open, the blue water beneath then shines in the sunlight. Toothless slows down and pants. "Toothless... it is going to be a while until we get back to Berk. You can do it bud. You can do it. Just keep going. Don't look-" Toothless suddenly dives down with Hiccup screaming, "BACK!"
Splashing into the water, HIccup holds his breath for a second then gasps for air above the water. Soaking wet, Toothless twirls above the water to get out of the way of a leaping dragon from the water. It hisses at them and screeches to the other dragons, telling them where they are. Toothless now whimpers loudly as he flaps harder and harder to get away from another leaping dragon. The Thunderdrum opens its huge mouth and prepares to grab them out of the air. Toothless whines and sways out of the way. The dragon splashes into the water and disappears into the darkness below.
Suddenly, a splash of hot water erupts below them like it was shot from above. Hiccup looks up and shields his eyes. Then he gasps with fear and surprise. Another Night Fury glides calmly above them, flapping its great wings every once in a while. It's dark purple scales flash in the light as it flys far above them. Toothless sniffs the air and jerks upward, nearly knocking Hiccup off his back. Flapping his wings hard, Toothless avoids another attack from a Thunderdrum. It leaps into the air and flaps its wings to angle itself. Hissing at them, it falls back down into the water. The Night Fury high above them hisses loudly and another fireball comes crashing down. It nearly hits Toothless's wing as he swerves to the side in a panic. It then splashes into the water, leaving water crawl up into the sky a little until falling back down.
Toothless gasps for breath as he flaps harder to gain speed. Getting out of range from the Thunderdrum's Toothless continues to avoid the Night Fury's attacks. Hiccup leans close to Toothless's head and searches for somewhere to hide. Then he spots a ship from Berk. Looking back up, Hiccup no longer sees the Night Fury and sighs with relief. "To the ship, Toothless. Land there." Hiccup says to the now weak dragon. Toothless stops flapping to fall down to the ships level and lands on it with a loud thump.
Hiccup leaps off of Toothless and quickly pets his head. "You did well, Toothless. Take a break, alright? Someone, get him some water and food." Hiccup says, swinging his arm around to order the vikings on the ship.
"Right!" Shouts one of the vikings while Valka rushes over.
"Toothless, Hiccup, where were you! You were gone for longer than you said. Are you alright, dear?" She hurries over to them and touches Hiccups face gently.
"Im fine, mom. It's just..." HIccup's voice trails off as he stares into the sky, searching for any hint that the Night Fury was attacking them. Nothing is found by the eye as he stares into the sky where the Night Fury once flew.