The Skrill Coup
It was brilliant sunny day without a cloud in the sky not the kind of day you think would bring dark clouds of doom and yet no-one was to know in less the 24 hours everything would be nothing but thick black storm clouds of doom.
Currently outside on the grass just outside the Great Hall were Hiccup and the Riders all busy with helping their younger sibling with their schoolwork. It was such a beautiful and wonderful day it was better to have their school time and for the Riders it was nice for them to see the light of day after finally finishing their month long punishment for getting Alle temporary kidnapped by their foolishness.
Chief Stoick along with his wife Valka and Alle's mom Ewe Sarryck were not happy to put it politely to hear what had happened. And well Valka said the punishment should fit their crime which both her husband and Ewe agreed.
Stoick stated it should be long lasting and hard work which meant manual labor. And Ewe wanted it to have a lasting impression so they'd never make the same mistake ever again.
Valka finally came up with the punishment as she was clever as her children and already had in her mind several clever punishments in mind if her children ever really crossed the line.
Consequently the Riders had been sentence for the past month to clean up all the dragon shit from all the dragon stalls and UDS, without any help whatsoever. It had been very hard work as well as very smelly work too.
But hopefully it would make sure they didn't have shit for brains again and never do something that stupid ever again. They'd only finished severing their sentence three days ago so now that they could see the sun they planned to enjoy the beautiful warm day.
"Okay, now let's go over everyone math test scores," Hiccup was starting to say as the Riders were collecting their siblings' math tests which had been going over basic arithmetic.
"I hope we've improved at this, since me and Lanon are so bad at math!" whispered Larkin to which Astrid hugged him.
"Larkin you know me and Fishlegs been working with both you very hard to help you get better at your math skills. Just like I've been helping Bloodfire with her reading and spelling skills.
I'm confident all your test scores will be a lot higher this week then last week. Don't worry so much little brother. We get a little better each time."
"Yeah, Astrid done a good job at helping me improve my geography scores so I think our sister done a good job helping all of us with when it comes to our school work," Birger spoke up from behind Larkin proudly.
"All our brothers and sisters are doing well helping us with our weak areas. I've almost broken my klepto habit thanks to Astrid, though you did tell me Astrid to keep the skill if the need is really necessary, right?" Ria inquired with her big brown eyes to her big sister who smiled at her warmly too and played with the blood red bangs they'd just dyed the other day.
"It's a useful skill when used for the purpose of good, Ria, not when you do it for selfish purposes or without thinking no. But it could come in handy one day if we had a mission or a need to save the day," she clarified to which her sister seemed happy to hear that.
"Do all our problems have silver linings to them?" Alle wanted to know. "I mean is me being a klutz have good to it? I wish I could dance without stepping on feet, though really is being a klutz anything to be proud of?"
"Well you never know how useful that could come in battle since losing your balance could trouble a lot of enemies," Fishlegs told her in a bright voice.
"What about my….mmyyy…problem…? Do you realize its veryyyyy…hard to control this…stuttering?" Brimstone looked around looked very ashamed at his problem. "How is this usefullll?"
"I'll tell you, little brother. It makes people underestimate you. They get the entirely wrong impression of you and then you show them you're a real clever, strong and smart warrior. And don't forget every day we're working on how to better control it." Snotlout informed his little brother who he gave a friendly punch in the arm.
"What about my night terrors? How does my problem have a silver lining?" Velika demanded as she stomped her foot and looked her sky blue eyes into Snotlout.
"We all started out scared and the only way to be brave is to remember we all get scared, V. It's important to never forget fear as only a fool forget there such a fear or they be downright too reckless and stupid. So having fears keeps you doing anything too stupid and foolish."
"Okay that makes sense," she replied as he went about trying to fix her hair ribbons.
"Are we foolish to be scared of what we are?" Creel and Gala wanted to know and the Twins shook their heads.
"Nothing is ever stupid to be afraid, sisters," Ruff spoke softly and kindly.
"Yeah, everyone scared of something for one reason or another. For whatever reason their own. It's not dumb if it scares you it scares you. Just don't let it control you is all." Tuff finished and the little girls jumped into their arms to be hugged.
"Well, we are so glad that punishment seems to have gotten all your heads back on straight," remarked Boden from where he sat on his brother left side.
"Yeah and glad this lessons sticking this time. Since we don't think the last few punishments to teach you lessons really sunk in at all," Una replied darkly.
Before the Riders or their siblings could ask what the five year old with the strange hair meant by that Hiccup finished grading everyone's math test.
"Okay! Good news! Everyone did very well this week on math. Lanon and Larkin? You actually scored 18% higher this week then last week. So congratulations on the hard work you've put it. Also I'd like to thank both Astrid and Fishlegs for their time and effort with helping you both improve your scores.
Now that we've covered math it's time we go over what we've recently learned in the "Book of Wonders" and decide what we can experiment on and try to learn new in this world…what the heck was that?" he asked as his head snapped around and all of them heard a loud commotion coming from the Great Hall.
Knowing the all the school work was going to be abandon for the day and they never get to figure out a new science project the kids quickly packed up their satchels with Astrid and Fishlegs packing up the books they used to teach with.
Whilst they did that Hiccup, Boden and Una dashed up the Great Hall steps and went to investigate what was going on inside. Slowly opening the door and peeking inside they could see that Bucket and Mulch were in uproar about something.
They're talking in loud, fast, angry and anxious voices to their father and their father was looking very troubled by whatever they're telling him, not that they understood a word of it.
Their mother who stood a little ways a way was a little pale and shaking. Her beautiful light blues the same eyes that Una had inherited then caught her children spying through the door.
Quickly as lightning she was at the door and shoving them outside looking at them with an unreadable expression, but they knew they're in trouble for spying.
However their mother didn't say one word. She just gripped Hiccup by one arm and Boden and Una by the other and begin to drag them down the stairs. They didn't say or do anything but they couldn't even feel their arms since she was cutting off circulation.
Valka stormed pass where they'd been having the classroom time and simply jerked her head as if to tell the others to follow her and everyone just simply followed her and she lead them to one of the concealed UDS entrances.
She was still marching very fast and dragging her bewildered children with even more bewildered ones following her till they finally reached the ground floor of the Sanctuary where they met with Skullette and Firefang.
The sisters looked one part surprised and the other half like they're expecting them. It looked what they're surprised about was Valka's behavior not that they all shown up.
They waited a moment till Valka had released her children from her death grip so they'd be able to get the feeling back in their arms. Taking a large hint everyone quickly found a plush pillow to sit down on as Firefang quickly came back with a large bottle of spiced apple cider her aunt made for them and some other treats.
After everyone was served the sisters turned to Valka who seemed to be waiting for something and they nodded to confirm her fears, "Yes we felt it too. A great evil has returned. And part of that great evil is currently on Berk and if don't get rid of it only more evil will descend up on us!" the sisters confirmed in unison.
"So it is as we feared. The threats to Berk only continue to mount and we have such a short time to try and circumvent the one we only by luck of the gods found out about!" Valka exclaimed as she looked very tired and worried.
"Mommy what's wrong? What's going on?" pleaded her daughter from the corner with tears in her matching blue eyes.
Looking into the same blue eyes that reflecting her own Valka could only sigh and explain what was going on. "Last night Bucket and Mulch with Stormy as their protector had gone out fishing.
As you know this is the time of year that salmon are migrating across the ocean to head to the rivers. We really needed the fish so they went to catch them with Stormy's help.
They're doing a great job and caught a lot when they stumble across something that they weren't supposed to see, but thank Frigga they did.
Turned out some Berserkers who we now know thanks to both your three powers and the events of what happened on Dragon Island are now serving Oswald's nephew Axel.
They're trying to dig something out of an iceberg. Something they obviously wanted pretty badly and quickly as they didn't want to be seen doing it. Luckily they're so occupied with what they're doing they didn't see Bucket, Mulch or Stormy.
With a bit of clever planning Stormy was able to get rid of them and they brought back what the Berserks where digging out as well as the fish," she added in an afterthought.
"What would the Berserkers wanted that could be frozen in an iceberg, Mom?" Boden wanted to know and his mom was shuddering.
"There is only one thing a Berserkers would go to such length to get and be so secretive about. And even though we really can't see it well in the thick frozen ice. It's a dragon, but both your father and I know what kind of dragon. It's a Skrill."
"A Skrill?" everyone asked in confusion and looked at the Haddock siblings who just shrugged in confusion. They'd never seen or heard of one so they didn't have a clue what their mother was talking about or why she looked like death was coming.
"My children don't know about Skrills for a two good reasons. Their grandfather, my husband's father used tell stories about how the Berserkers could command the Demon of the Skies. The Skrill. The legend stated the Skrill could bring forth the storms of lightning and thunder and rain down death upon this earth," shaking her head with worry.
"I never wanted you three to suffer nightmares with all you already were dealing with so I forbad your father from telling you those stories as bedtime stories. Plus given the fact we were still secretly down here in this very room rescuing and training dragons?" she let it hang there.
"And you're saying there's a frozen Skrill on Berk right now, Mom?!" Hiccup looked like he was getting hysterical as she nodded.
"Well why you look worried then? It should be dead if it's been frozen solid, shouldn't it?" squeaked the little kids all at once and Valka shook her head again.
"This is something you're all gonna have to add to the "Book of Wonders" she paused a moment though they weren't sure if was for dramatic or to add weight to her words. "But I've seen and learned that there are quite a few species of animals that can lower their own body temperatures to the point they can stand living in conditions that normally kill other things.
Like its living death and this Skrill is in fact a living death creature. It's like it's hibernating so deeply and shutting itself down to the point it can live even when it should be dead!" she informed them though she didn't inform them how she'd come to learn of these conditions.
She wasn't ready to talk about she had learned accidently about what she called 'living death' creatures after trying to make sense of her friend Frigha Grul's suicide.
That'd be a discussion for another time and place and something for her to talk about her children with privately about her friend. For now they had to deal with the fact they'd to keep that Skrill from waking up.
"The fact of the matter is we need to find a place where that block of ice can stay frozen and hidden forever and quickly before it thaws out!" Valka expressed quickly and in a panic.
"Let's get on in then! Okay, the three of us along with Astrid and the sisters will go search the mountains quickly to find a suitable place to hide and seal away the Skrill.
The rest of you and your siblings get the Skrill ready to move as long as we find a suitable place. So strong ropes and ties and make sure it doesn't melt too much," order Hiccup and everyone nodded and got to work.
Things seemed to go very smoothly at first as they did find a large ice cave far up in the mountains with twisting maze of ice caverns. The center cavern was so cold the ice should never melt and they could seal the entrance and that should solve the problem.
Nevertheless life under no circumstances makes things easy, Good luck doesn't last and life not fair without reason. Things were proceeding well and it like they'd solve this problem without incidents. On the other hand, for the reason that life just has to be unfair and the universe just has to twist the ugly knife of misfortune into good people lives?
The universe's knife of misfortune decide the ropes had to snap, that the block of ice holding the Skrill had to slide all the way down the mountain till it hid a set of jetted rocks and smash. That the dragon had to be unleashed and then almost kill everyone before it took off.
Yep the universe just loved twisting its knife into the backs of people who really didn't deserve their lives ruined or happiness taken away. But that's precisely the reason why they're always chosen to have that knife twisted in their back in the first place. Because they didn't deserve it.
Recovering quickly from nearly being fried alive by the Skrill they had to figure out how to find that dragon and get it refrozen and hidden before Axel or someone else found it!
"Well I know the first thing I do if I was frozen for Gods knows how long I'd be pretty hungry. We should look for a food source," suggest Fishlegs which made both Alle and Velika cry out "Oh Gods no!"
"What's wrong V/A?!" asked their big brothers turning around to face them in their saddle seats and seeing them both pale as sheets.
"The nearest food source is our sheep farm!" exclaimed Alle in a panic.
"Mommy and Daddy are in danger! Daddy not gonna yell a warning! He's not spoken a word in years! Doubt he'll say a word if Mommy in danger either! Please we got to get to them!" Velika was crying in a panic and they didn't need more prompting to head to Silent Sven Sarryck's sheep farm.
When they got there the play was pretty shot up with lighting and one or two sheep gone, but at least Ewe was unharmed. The same couldn't be quite said of Sven who looked like he was a little burned.
Alle and Velika didn't care as soon as they're unbuckled ran to their mommy and daddy to make sure they're okay.
"We're okay, sweethearts, though your daddy gonna be smelling like burnt hair for a little while. Don't give me that look, Sven. I told you forget the damn sheep and take cover!" scolded Ewe with her hands on her hips.
"Um sorry about your husband, Ewe. Um is there anything we can do? Or can you tell us where the Skrill went?" Hiccup asked timidly.
"Hiccup don't worry about the stupid sheep. My husband not dead, that's all I care about. And thank you for making sure this time none of my daughters or the other children got hurt when that crazy demon was unleashed," she added looking over Hiccup's shoulders at the others.
"You're welcome, Ewe, now about the Skrill?"
"Heading out to sea that way. I don't know if draws the storms to it or is the causes them since we've had nice weather for the past three days. But a storm building. Get that thing before that monster get hold of it. We don't need a fiend in control of another one," she told him pointing to the west.
"On it. And we'll be careful with the children! Let's go guys and hurry! We've got to get that dragon refrozen and quickly!"
"And be careful with the metal you know it attracts the lightning," reminded Ewe before they flew off.
Well trying to catch a Demon of the Skies was no easy task as it was deadly even without trying to zap them with lightning.
Boden was only so much help with telling him how to avoid it as Stardust was the only other dragon they knew who could shoot lightning. But her lightning was nowhere this dangerous and she was a benevolent soul.
This dragon was a demon in the way it fought too as it was violent, vicious and willing to tear them all apart and they finally had to pull back or risk the children's lives. They just couldn't figure out how to take it down safely no matter how they tried.
But the order to fall back may've come too late as a stray bolt shot close to the Twins and Creel and Gala and they fell out of sight. That's when Hiccup yelled at everyone to hightail it out of there and they figure out something later.
The Twins had manage to make an emergency landing without hurting themselves or their siblings behind some rocks, but it was their sisters who spotted something that didn't make sense.
Apparently its own wicked rage the Skrill had knocked itself out with its own lightning and fallen into the water just a little ways ahead of them. But it wasn't a Berserker boat dragging it aboard, it was an OUTCAST.
"What's going on? Why would the Outcast want that dragon? Hiccup's mom made it clear only a Berserker can control a Skrill," Creel whispered as she tried to stand up on Ruffnut's shoulder only to accidently cause Ruff's belt knife to fall off into a shallow pool in the process.
"Shush, sit down, Creel," warned Ruff and then turned her gaze to Gala. "You get back in your seat too Gala. Tuff we need to follow them and find out what's up."
"Okay, sis. You two? Be quiet and keep your Gronckle Iron daggers within reach at all times, okay?"
"Yes, big brother!"
And they took off flying to follow the Outcast.
Five hours later when no-one knew what happened to the Twins or Creel and Gala everyone was getting really worried.
Astrid was running up to Hiccup who just came back from his latest search looking grim.
"Any sign of them?" she asked worriedly.
"I was hoping my power to hear a heart call out for help would make it easy, but I have long concluded I've a limited range on that. So I don't think they're within my range if they are in trouble to detect."
"What about Boden? Or Una? Did any of their gifts pick up anything?"
"Boden didn't act injured so no injured dragons nearby or pick up any dragon presences. And Una's not having any flashbacks or future flashes. Nor are any spirit voices talking to her either.
But I did find something that might help us," unwrapping something Toothless's echolocation had found. It was Ruffnut's knife.
"That's Ruffnut's knife! What are you gonna try and do with it?"
"Gonna see if it's a trigger object and if Una can give us a direction to go. And if its go from there."
"I'm coming with you."
"No, you've to stay here and watch over Berk. And the children. They're in a lot of danger and you're the most responsible. Please Astrid we can't risk anymore children then we already are. After all Creel and Gala are with the Twins already!"
"Alright, but be safe!" kissing his cheek.
"I will be, I'll be back soon," as he kissed her cheek too and went to rejoin his siblings.
"Okay, Una. Tell me does this knife tell you anything?" as he handed it over to her.
Gingerly taking it she was instantly hit with what the Twins along with Creel and Gala witnessed and where they're heading.
"Set course for Outcast Island. They've got the Skrill. That's where we'll find them, there not a moment to lose! Let's go!" and they're three blurs in the night sky.
"Hiccup you're gonna have to be the compass in finding them, bro. Where is your heart telling you they are? Since we don't want Alvin to find us when we get there!" Boden said to him and Hiccup nodded.
"Give me a minute we need to get a little closer so we'll be in range for my power to work or at least hopefully work. I'm starting to feel… yes…a little further…yes…got it! I know exactly where they are on Outcast Island!"
Twenty minutes later they surprised the hell out of the Twins and their sisters by landing right beside them in what they thought was a very highly concealed hiding spot which by the Twins standers was.
"How did you find us?" they wanted to know.
"Duh our gifts. What did you find out?" Una brushed aside the unimportant questions to get straight to the point.
"Well, it's not something you're gonna like that's for sure," Ruff whispered as she jerked her head towards what seemed to be an open meeting room.
"Here take a look at who having dinner with Alvin," Tuff said as he tossed Hiccup a spyglass who focused the lens and looked both pale and sick seeing a very pale skinned teenager with a large scar dressed in blood red.
"Axel. Oh gods. This is bad news!"
"Yeah, seriously bad, bro. We know he's in charge of the Berserks now, though it gets worse than that!" Boden reminded him and Hiccup looked at his little brother who looked grave.
"You know perfectly well we have no idea if both Dagur and Heather were able to meet up with their dad on that island. Or if any of them are alive and on the run or if Axel caught them and their dead or what!"
"And if he and Alvin team up? That's double trouble for Berk and us personally!" Una whimpered.
"You right about that sis. We need to get a little closer to actually hear what is being said without being seen. Any ideas?"
"Well, Gala and I noticed there another trail to the right of this one that leads up the backside of the room. It's dark on that side, but it's a perfect spot to see and hear without being seen or heard in return." Creel pointed to a weedy trail to the right of them.
"Okay let's go but do it quickly and quietly please and don't leave any traces we're here. So Toothless? You and the other dragons use your tails to swish away our footprints. Dragon footprints are fine but humans no," Hiccup instructed and the dragons did as they were told and they got around to the other side just in time to hear what was going on.
"Now Axel I'm a reasonable man. I got you your dragon and I thought we'd come to an agreement. We both want Berk don't we?" Alvin was saying and Axel was twirling his bloodstained battle ax.
"Yes, we both want Berk, but there is that little detail we can't seem to agree on.
You see you, Alvin, wish to keep three of the Berkians alive. And it just so happens it's those three same Berkians I wish to have brought before me to personally enjoying torturing for a very long drawn out death.
Now you see why we can't really come to the terms of an agreement unless we can settle on what do with the children of Chief Stoick the Vast and his wife?
Since you will not explain why you wish to keep those vile little twits who allowed by cousins and my uncle to escape?
I can't tell you how much I hate lose ends," slamming the bloodstained ax into the stone table. "Even though we Berserkers have been ready to go back to ways of bloody carnage we need to first find my annoying last ex-family members so by Viking laws there will be no questions asked later.
And I need those three dead as well so there are no witnesses as well. So with you insisting they stay alive when I need them dead? Well you can see where we have a problem?"
"Why are you worried about the legal stuff and three kids? You'll get your stupid Skrill and still have your power, but only if you cut me and my men in a share of the conquest power."
"We shall see. We shall see Alvin. But again, I'm not one for loose ends or one to tolerate those who don't obey my wishes. Just make sure the Skrill is ready and we shall see if can make a deal for all of us that work in our dreams of power and conquest." And with that he walked away.
"Okay this is bad. We have Alvin who wants us alive and Axel who wants to tortures us to death. I don't like either option, Bro."
"I don't want to die, BBBFF!"
"I don't like the idea of either these guys getting that Skrill or being a threat to us or the rest of the islands in the archipelago at all."
"Why don't we just get rid of the Skrill then? There can't be an alliance if they got no bargain chip?" Creel pointed out.
"Yeah and it's that Skrill be the tool to kill anyway. Take away the weapon they are a lot less harmless anyway," Gala pointed out herself.
"Good idea you two. We are so proud of you," the twins exclaimed proudly.
"Let's find that dragon then and get rid of it like we're going to do anyway. Boden can you find it?"
The more my hair stands on end the closer we are to finding it. Let's go," and they quickly followed Boden who was being led by both his empathic powers and static electricity.
But when they got where the Skrill was last they were in for a very terrible shock that made them physically ill.
Looked like the Outcast had been guarding the dragon but they'd been stabbed in the back and through the heart, literally. It looked as if four had jumped down from the ceiling and stabbed them from behind and in the front at the same time.
But they didn't stop at stabbing them there. It looked like the weapons had been coated in a poison as the bodies were showing signs of a poison attacking the corpse.
As if murdering them hadn't been enough you'd to make the corpse suffer even after the soul had left the body. The final touch was to make the same scar on the face Axel had on his own.
Now the three Outcast men were both dead and mutilated and the Skrill was gone as well!
Una the whispered they needed to get going or they'd been dead too. As she was seeing a vision of death. There was darkness, water, lightning and a poison floating around her mind.
They quickly got out of there and found their dragons and got in the air in time to spot what was going on between Alvin and Axel. And this was the nightmare of all nightmares.
Axel didn't even have anything touching the Skrill. He just was talking in strangely calm voice to it and simple gave it very short commands and it did what he said.
"Skrill! Take out the men to Alvin's left. Now." And the Skrill seemed to summon another demonic storm and hit with perfect precision and five more of Alvin's Outcast were dead. Killed in an instant.
Axel again spun his bloodstain ax and fingered his thin ponytail while smiling a twisted smile at Alvin.
"Now anyone who liked to live and not die get behind me right now. Anyone who oppose me will die where he stands. It's a simple choice. Live or Die. What do you choose?"
Everyone included Savage fled to get behind the teenager and Alvin screamed howling rages cursing them for being cowards, betrayers and yelled at Axel he wouldn't tolerate some kid telling him or his men what to do.
At this Axel's cat like eyes narrowed and he looked very evil and he hissed. "Don't call me a kid, Alvin," he hissed then continue to speak in a more dangerous voice he went on. "And don't think you or anyone in this whole damn world gonna tell me what I can or cannot do!
Let me inform you what my Aunt's family and the rest of the Archipelago should know from this night forth!
In the dark of the night you'll be tossing and turning. With a nightmare that is bad as it can be. It will scare you out of your wits! It will be worse than a corpse falling to bits!
For when you open your eyes that nightmare will be ME!
I was once thought to be so insignificant by my own family. What such a foolish mistake! Boy they're surprise when their tribe betrayed them right before their very eyes!
Now every man, woman child shall pay! No-one will get away! Let the Barbaric Archipelago beware Axel the Ax Murderer here to play!
In the dark of the night my evil will thrive. In the dark of the night my will dawn. My triumph will be sweet as I watch everyone I defeat die in the dark of the night and they all be gone!
I can feel my power is slowly rising as all the pieces fall into place and everyone else crawls into their place. So time for all the souls of this world to bid it Farwell!
In the dark of the night terror will strike! That's the least I can do! In the dark of the night my evil will brew! Let me announce to the world it's the end of all of your lines!
Come all my minions time to rise to your true master. Time let evil shine! For in the dark of the night we shall rise and this world will be mine!"
"And now with that little number finished I think I'll have an encore that is a symphony of death! Skrill kill Alvin!" and with that the Skrill unleashed its most massive attack and Alvin dove into the water to avoid but if that made him safe it didn't.
The water was still crackling with lightning and if that didn't kill him Axel removed a small vial from his belt and dropped three drops of a blackish red liquid into the water.
It was like this was death in a bottle because everything that been in the water came belly up. Dead as a doornail. Smiling he put the vile back on his belt and turn to face his new men.
"Now anyone who doesn't listen to me or trying to betray me? I know many interesting ways to kill people. I can make it quick or slow. And when I make it slow I really make it slow. I can make death last for weeks.
So anyone one really gonna challenge me now?"
"WE ARE!" as he was blasted from behind and knocked off his feet and looked up in time to see the three Haddock kids on their dragons.
"You three?!"
"Oh yeah and how about a dragon duel? If you think your Skrill all so mighty and powerful? Think your Demon of the Sky can beat the Dragons of Legend?" taunted Hiccup who was baiting the dangerous teenager who took it.
"Skrill kill that boy and his Night Fury!"
But before he could even blast him Hiccup and Toothless had vanished into the night thanks to the fact the night belong to the Night Fury.
"Where are you?!" Axel cried out in frustration.
He then heard some strange singing and then ordered "Strike the little girl!" but that didn't work out either because it was just an echo and even though Nightrainbow was brightly colored he too knew how to work with his brother to be quick and unseen.
The siblings years of rescuing dragons in secret was coming in handy and the Skrill couldn't see or hit them with such tight spaces and every now and then they manage to get in a shot to melt some ice under Axel's feet as he'd gotten too close to some ice.
He got so angry and in a killing frenzy he just yelled loudly. "Set the sky alive with cold fire!"
That was a mistake for two reason. One he was standing in water and two apparently Axel didn't realize Skrills weren't the only dragons to command the power of lightning.
Boden had position himself careful so when the Skrill was getting ready to go for super storm Stardust was able to steal all the lightning which made Axel first act in shock.
"What?! Where is the rain of cold fire?!" he demanded looking up only to see it was now three times as strong mixed with Stardust's own as it both him and the Skrill sending them both two miles in the opposite directions.
"C'mon Skrill! Chase me!" Boden yelled at the dragon and it followed him and he soon led it to a very large iceberg far out to sea and into a crevices. He then had Stardust do a loopy-de-loop and the Skrill crashed knocking itself out.
Quickly his brother and sister joined him in sealing the thing back inside the ice and then with the help of Ruff and Tuff sealing up the iceberg itself leaving no trace of the Skrill.
Then the headed home quickly to inform Berk of the new development and just how dangerous things had just gotten for them and the rest of the archipelago!
