Dragons: Old Enemies
By Imagigirl20
Disclaimer: I own nothing pertaining to Dreamworks' Dragons, only the characters I created.
"DAD! NO!" Ivy cried.
"Toothless!" Hiccup called.
"Shadow!" Ivy called.
"Plasma blast!" they said simultaneously.
The two Night Furies aimed their fire at Votch, who was knocked away from Slygroff. Ivy whistled, and Poseidon scooped him up. Votch growled.
"Shoot that dragon!" he commanded. "No one is to escape!"
The dragon hunters aimed their weapons at Poseidon and Slygroff.
"Oh, no you don't!"
Ivy mounted Shadow and rose into the air.
"Hiccup!"
"You got it. Guys, let's give 'em some cover!"
"I'll give you more than that, son!"
Stoick and Gobber, riding Skullcrusher and Grump, flew into view.
"Dad!" Hiccup called. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Shadow must have known Ivy was in danger!" said Gobber. "That dragon was goin' nuts!"
"Well, we need all the help we can get", said Astrid.
"Oh, please!" said Snotlout. "Hookfang and I can take these guys with one wing tied behind our back."
He ducked behind the dragon as a cascade of arrows hit the deck in front of him.
"You were saying, Snotlout?" said Heather.
"Never mind."
"Alright, everyone on your dragons!" said Hiccup. "Let's give Ivy and Slygroff some cover."
Hiccup and Toothless, Astrid and Stormfly, Dagur and Shattermaster, Ruffnut, Tuffnut and Barf and Belch, and Heather and Windshear took to the skies, surrounding Ivy and Shadow and Slygroff and Poseidon.
"Take out their catapults first, guys!" said Hiccup, veering Toothless to the right. "And avoid those arrows, whatever you do!"
"Leave the arrows to me!" said Ivy, brandishing her staff and standing on top of Shadow.
"Let's go!" said Hiccup, and soared straight down to the boats. "Alright, bud, let 'em have it, give it everything you've got!"
Toothless released plasma blasts left and right, taking out the catapults. The others soon joined in, and the ships caught fire.
"Sir!" one of the men yelled to Slygroff. "The Dragon Riders have destroyed our catapults!"
"I can see that, you dolt!" said Votch. "Shoot down the dragons!"
"Yes, sir!"
Arrow after arrow flew at the riders, but Ivy twirled her staff and blocked every one. She whistled, and Poseidon dove down into the water to load up. At Ivy's prompt, he blasted a hole in the main ship. Votch yelled as he was pinned down by a beam, and he sank under the water.
"Attaboy!" she cheered. "Dad, get away from here!"
"No, Ivy! Not this time!"
Without warning, Slygroff slid off of Poseidon's back.
"Dad, what are you doing?!"
Before he hit the water, Slygroff let out a bellowing howl, and Siren caught him on his back. Ivy was stunned. Her father, of all people, was riding a dragon! And enjoying it!
"Whoooooooo-hoo-hoooooo!" Slygroff hollered, flying circles around the ships.
"I don't believe it", said Ivy, pausing in mid-air. "Dad?"
"Ivy!" Dagur yelled. "Look out!"
Ivy gasped as an arrow whizzed past her head, but kept a firm grip on her staff. She motioned to Poseidon, who gathered more water in his mouth and shot it at the hunters, his precise aim destroying their bows.
"No!" Votch yelled. "Stop him!"
But the hunters had no weapons left to defend themselves.
"Alright, Hiccup!" Ivy called. "They're all yours!"
"You heard her, guys!" said Hiccup. "Let's finish this!"
A cascade of fire rained down on all of the ships, which began to sink under the flames. Edmund scrambled above deck, rocking from side to side. He cried out as a burning beam almost fell on top of him, and froze when he saw the riders burning the ships. His eyes narrowed at Ivy, flying on Shadow.
"You're not winning today, poison", he said, grabbing his axe. "Not while I'm still around!"
With a grunt of effort, he let his axe loose. It flew through the air, headed straight for Ivy's head. She failed to notice. Everything seemed to move in slow motion. As the axe drew closer, Poseidon leapt out of the water and used his tail to bat her and Shadow out of the way. His tail struck her in the face, and she fell. Shadow roared.
"IVY!" Slygroff cried.
Poseidon grunted as the axe struck his chest, and he fell onto one of the sinking ships, moving no more. Shadow swooped down to catch the girl, saving her from being impaled on a sunken ship. Slygroff flew closer to them, as did the rest of the riders. Shadow landed on the beach and set her down gently in the sand.
"Ivy!"
Dagur landed Shattermaster and raced over to her, kneeling down in the sand. Poseidon's tail had knocked her off guard.
"Ivy", said Slygroff, taking her face in his hands, "are you alright?"
"I'm okay", she said, still dazed, "but...why did Pos-"
Realization struck Ivy and she sat up straight.
"Poseidon!"
She scrambled to her feet, and ran to the edge of the beach, where she saw the dead dragon half-floating in the water.
"NO!" she screamed. "POSEIDON!"
