Chapter 4- New Area!
Toothless gobbles down some fish while Hiccup looks at the cooked chicken on his plate. Valka swishes around with a smile on her face. "I remembered, no fish." She smiles at Hiccup and he looks up at her, a warm smile on his face as well. "Now, I want you to get a good nights rest tonight so tomorrow, both you and me can go look for that Night Fury you saw."
Hiccup nods in agreement and says, "Yeah. I-I think you would be a huge help because... well... there is something I did not tell you."
"Hmm? And what is that?" Valka asks, sitting down next to her son.
"T-The Night Fury's name is Iceflame and... well... it has an owner. A rider that is trusts." Hiccup says dully, trying to think of who she is.
"Did the rider say its name?" Valka says quickly to keep the conversation going.
"I bet she does but... no. She did not say her name. And the reason on why me and Toothless were flying so fast away is because... there was a different Night Fury chasing us away along with all the Thunderdrums in the water. It was like... they were trying to kill us. She even said, 'I will let my family do the dirty work.'" Hiccup shakes his head to get rid of the thought of losing Toothless while Valka taps the drink in her hand with a long, thin finger.
"Well... if we ever see her again, I will try to talk to her and if we don't find her but the dragon of her's, I will calm it down and see if it can show us where the rider came from. Is that a plan?" Valka suggests to her son sitting glumly in his seat.
Hiccup smiles and looks over at his mom. "Yeah. That's a good plan."
"Then let's leave bright and early in the morning." Valka says cheerfully. Hiccup nods to her and begins to eat the chicken on his plate. Toothless just sits inside the house and licks his chops, waiting for Hiccup to give him some of the chicken. Hiccup looks over at Toothless and laughs, "Not for you, bud. Sorry!"
After they are done eating, Toothless is lead outside and Cloudjumper stares at the dark blue dragon. He snorts into the air and Toothless looks up at the giant dragon. Toothless leaps into the air like he wants to play but Cloudjumper just lays his head back down to sleep. Hiccup and Valka head back inside, leaving a big bowl of fish for Cloudjumper to eat. Toothless smells it and bounds over to it. Ready to shove his face into the big dish, he is pushes away by a long tail. Cloudjumper stands up and grabs the bowl of fish, dragging it over to himself. Toothless then lays down in front of him and whines to him. Cloudjumper just ignores him and begins to eat. Toothless whines louder and rolls on his back, begging for one simple fish. Cloudjumper seems to sigh as he tosses one fish over to Toothless. He stands up straight and chases after it, eating it happily as Cloudjumper finishes the bowl.
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Toothless stands still while Hiccup readies the saddle in the morning. With Valka petting Cloudjumper's head, she whispers something to him and smiles. The dragon looks up at Toothless and tilts its head like an owl. It stands up straight and stretches, spreading its fours wings wide. Yawning loudly, it blinks several times before clearing its vision.
Hiccup tightens the strap to keep the saddle from moving and says, "There. Now we can leave, Toothless. You ready?" Hiccup hops onto Toothless's back and hooks his foot onto the side of the saddle. Toothless flicks his head happily as a "yes" to Hiccup. Hiccup smiles and looks over at his mother. She climbs onto Cloudjumper and waves a "ready". He smiles at her and waves back.
Toothless runs onto a tall rock and waits for Cloudjumper to catch up. He walks over slowly then flaps his four wings to gain height. Flying higher than Toothless, the dark blue dragon leaps off the rock and spreads his wings. The wind pushes on the dragon as he flaps to catch up to Cloudjumper. Toothless snorts to the four winged dragon happily for this is the first trip with him. Cloudjumper just looks over at him and cocks his head slightly.
Hiccup pats Toothless's back as they fly on for hours. "Come on, bud. We are almost there." He says to Toothless as he flaps calmly, starting to lose energy. Cloudjumper stops and sniffs the air, still flapping all four of his wings.
"What is it, Cloudjumper?" Valka whispers to the still dragon. He snorts and flies on, flapping only two of his four wings to save energy. Toothless suddenly whines quietly as the dark clouds loom above them. Valka looks up and asks Hiccup, "Was this here before?"
"Yeah. I am not sure why it is only here though and it barely moves at all. But one things for sure, it is a pain to get through." Hiccup shouts back an answer.
"A pain to get through what do you-?" Valka starts but stops once a powerful wind hits them. Cloudjumper backs up and sniffs the wind quickly then continues on. "Oh. I see now!" Valka laughs to Hiccup while Cloudjumper flaps harder than before to keep going. Toothless flaps harder to gain more speed against the strong wind. Once the wind finally settles and the rock tower comes into view, Hiccup looks over at Valka.
"This is it! This is where we found the other Night Fury and the rider." Hiccup shouts to her over the howling wind behind them. Valka gasps and smiles brightly at the tall, gray rock tower with many holes.
"I bet there are many dragons living within this rock." Valka says to Hiccup once they land on the base of the rock that lies above the water. "It's like a giant home for all dragons of every kind! I have not seen anything like this before." Valka walks around the rock tower staring up into the huge holes in the sides. Cloudjumper suddenly sniffs the air again and releases a low growl to warn Valka that something is coming.
Toothless suddenly whines loudly and pushes against Hiccup to get him closer to Cloudjumper. Valka stares at the two dragons in confusion and looks around in the sudden fog that surrounds them. "When did the fog...?" Valka starts in confusion and mystery. "Oh this is so exciting!" Valka suddenly shouts with joy. She looks around with a slight smile on her face for any movement in the fog. Nothing happens for many moments until she hears a groan of annoyance.
"You came back? Oh and look, you told someone. Something that I did not want you to do!" Shouts a female voice. Hiccup sighs and looks around for the red head. "Why do you have to know everything about everything? I thought that if someone came to get you, like they did, that you would not want to come back because of the fear of dying or losing your precious Night Fury. But no, I was wrong." The girl leaps down from the rock tower and lands on her feet with a thump. Her dark, black cloak surrounds her body and makes her look like fear itself. She reaches into her cloak and pulls out the sword she has. Aiming it at Hiccup's head, she shouts a warning, "I will give you one more chance to leave or I will have to put you all down myself! Leave now or die." She throws a hard glare at Hiccup and asks, "So what is it going to be? Leave or stay put and die? Hmm? Your answer, please?"
Valka suddenly smiles at the girl and slowly walks over to her. The girl gives her a confused look and swings the sword to aim it at her. "So what is your name?" Valka starts, ignoring the threat.
"What? My name? Why do you care, human?! Leave now or die in consequence!" She shouts at her, thrusting the sword into the ground. It clangs with the sound of a strange metal. Valka notices it right away.
"What kind of metal is that made from?" She asks, pointing at the sword. The girl just gives her a glare that throws knives. Sighing, she asks again, "So what is your name?"
"My name is none of your business now leave." She hisses coldly at Valka. Valka ignores her once again and takes a step forward. The girl takes a slow step back.
"Oh? Are you afraid of me? Why is that?" Valka tilts her head at the girl with Hiccup watching in wonder. Toothless lays down next to Cloudjumper and stares into the fog around them, quietly whining with fear. Cloudjumper then lays down next to him and growls into the fog, threatening all the dragons who swarm around.
"I'm not afraid of you, human. You are pathetic and weak!" She shouts, trying to keep her voice from shaking. Valka chuckles and grabs the staff on her back. Pulling it out, she taps it on the ground and looks at the girl.
"Do you know how this works?" She asks her. The girl gulps and takes a breath of cold air.
"I-It's something that can tame dragons esiar. A d-dragon charm." The girl whispers angrily and annoyed. Valka nods.
"Correct. And do you think you can call your little Night Fury friend so I can demonstrate?"
"No way! You are just going to hurt her! Leave right now or I will call ever dragon on this rock to kill you all within seconds!" She shouts, leaping backwards and swinging her sword in the air once.
Valka laughs, "You really think you can call every dragon out here by your self? Only the alpha can do that. Every dragon listens to the alpha." She then puts her staff back onto her back and extends her hand to the girl. "Why are you so afraid of just two people and two dragons?"
"Just leave me alone and get out!" She shouts into the rock closing her eyes. "Iceflame! Get rid of them!" A roar echoes around them and a black Night Fury thumps down next to her. It's blue eyes flare with threat and it releases a low growl. Spreading its wings wide, it stands on two legs and screeches at Valka. Cloudjumper stands up and walks over to the new Night Fury and hisses at it. Then he suddenly bites at it and the Night Fury claws at the air in warning.
"Cloudjumper, get back!" Valka shouts to the dragon with four wings. Cloudjumper releases a low growl as he backs away slowly. The Night Fury thumps onto all fours and sits down with a straight back. "It has great posture if I must say." Valka whispers to no one in particular. "Strong legs, great eyesight and it is about the same age as Toothless!" She extends her hand and twists it. Iceflame then rolls onto his back and snorts happily.
"H-Hey! Iceflame!" The girl shouts in surprise. Looking up at Valka, she narrows her eyes in suspicion. "How did you do that? I have never seen anyone do that before."
Valka laughs and smiles at the girl. "Dragons are kind beasts and should not be used as weapons to get rid of others. What are you trying to protect, girl? I know you are and doing all this for fun. You have to protect something very dear to you. Something that no one should know about. What is it?"
The girl glares at Valka and flips her red hair out of her face. "It's none of your business now leave!" She shouts to Valka who is scratching Iceflame's chin. Valka raises her hand away from the happy dragon and frowns at the red haired girl.
"I know you don't trust us but I promise you we will never harm anything precious to you. We will not spread word about what you are hiding and we will not try to destroy it. I promise you." Valka bows down to Iceflame as it stands up. Iceflame bows its head back and looks over at the girl and seems to tell her "trust them".
The girl grumbles something under her breath and raises her hand to stop Hiccup from talking. He sighs and looks at Toothless. Toothless seems to laugh at him quietly then looks away at the girl. "F-Fine... Just... if word gets out and someone comes hunting me and... something else... I will hunt you down and kill you all without hesitation. I promise you that." She glares at them hard for a few moments then Iceflame trots over to her. Sighing, she gets onto Iceflame's bare back and shouts to them, "Come on. You will have to keep up with me for I am not going to go back and look for you. And don't worry, I will go fairly slow."
Iceflame leaps off the edge and falls down out of sight. Waiting for a full moment, Iceflame's flies straight up and roars into the rock tower. Other different kinds of screeches and roars echo out of the rock and many different kinds of dragons leaps out and follow Iceflame. "Follow the herd!" She shouts and disappears into the fog. Hiccup leaps onto Toothless's back as Valka runs over to Cloudjumper. He stands up and lets her climb onto him as Toothless begins to run over to the edge of the rock. Watching the herd of dragons echo and fly above them, Hiccup waits for Valka and Cloudjumper to stay close to them.
"Let's go, bud." Hiccup says to the Night Fury. Toothless snorts and flicks his ears as he leaps into the air. Flapping his wings, dragons around him move out of the way and hiss at them in warning. Cloudjumper leaps off and flaps all four of his wings. They stay really close as they fly into the herd and follow them through a strange area. Huge rock towers erupt from the water and make a maze that no one could go through without getting lost. Hiccup holds his breath as the herd dives down really fast and jerks to the right to avoid a rock in their way. Toothless sees the rock and almost smashes into it as he makes a sharp turn. Keeping close to the herd, Cloudjumper makes sure Toothless and Hiccup are in sight.
Suddenly flying straight up to get over a huge rock tower, some dragons land on it and stay put, watching the others fly overhead. Toothless stares at the dragons landing as he falls down again with the herd. Cloudjumper nearly crashes into Toothless as they swing to the left. The fog keeps the sight in front of them blocked while the dragons sniff the air to know where they are going. Finally seeing no more rocks, Toothless whines quietly as he notices another presence. Cloudjumper suddenly slows down and stares at the new area. In the water a giant hole lies, water falling down into it and seeming to disappear.
The herd looks around at each other then dive into it with no second thought. Toothless whines as he follows the herd with Cloudjumper close behind. Suddenly everyone's sight disappears as they only see fog blocking their path. Toothless whimpers as he looks around not seeing any dragon in sight. Cloudjumper hisses at other dragons who bump into him and growls at the ones who hisses at him. Valka leans close to his head and watches the fog blur past.
Hiccup suddenly lets out a short scream as Toothless smashes into the waterfall surrounding them. Shaking off the water, Toothless flaps his wings harder than before and makes a dead drop. Finally seeing one dragon coming into view, Toothless keeps close to it by Hiccups order. Gliding next to it, the Deadly Nadder looks over at Toothless and Hiccup and seems to laugh. It flaps its wings and speeds up. Toothless does the same and keeps the same speed as the dragon. Suddenly flying downward, the Deadly Nadder avoides the rock blocking their path. It flies through the waterfall with Toothless close behind it. Hiccup shakes off the water and gasps in amazement as he sees a huge opening beneath the earth.
Gentle, clear water sits at the bottom of the amazing land that lies underground with crystals of all colors sticking out of the ceiling, walls, and the floor. An opening shows in the wall on the far side of the waterfall leaving darkness within it. Dragons of all kinds and colors fly around at their own free will while the herd Toothless followed echoes into the hole in the wall. They roar and screech at each other playfully as they enter the dark hole. Plants, trees, and flowers of all kinds decorate the area while small balls of different colored light flow around.
Hiccup stares at the amazing view as Toothless lands on the ground gently. He sniffs the ground and spots a patch of dragon nip. The Night Fury leaps into it happily and rolls around as Cloudjumper lands next to Hiccup. Valka leaps off of him and gives Hiccup an amazing smile of excitement. "Hiccup! Th-This place is amazing! No wonder she wanted to protect this area so dearly. I would want to as well... just look at this place!" She raises her hands into the air and twirls around with excitement.
"I-I can't believe that this all really exists! I-It's... incredible." Hiccup takes a step back with his pegleg and stares at everything around him. Toothless suddenly leaps out of the dragon nip and smashes into Hiccup, knocking him onto the ground. "Toothless! What's wrong, bud?" He asks the dragon as he stands up. Hiccup turns around and freezes. "M-Mom... I think I need you right now." He whispers to Valka.
Valka turns around and explodes with amazement. She runs over and stands next to her son as they both stare at three Night Fury's. One wears a dark purple skin that Hiccup recognizes from before while the other two wear a black skin. One with a gentle design of dark red on its head and back as its tail flicks non stop. They all stare at the new visitors with their blue, green, and yellow eyes.