Chapter 8
Dragon Rider's Fury: Yep, surprise! An ending that was actually not a cliffhanger! Can you believe it? It surprised me too. Lol :D
Hiccup's POV
Hiccup was thankful that he could still breathe due to the cracks that Toothless's blast had formed in the ice, though not as easily as he would have preferred. It was hard to think when you could barely even breathe, hard to plan.
Hiccup decided the safest option was probably to wait for as much of the Monstrous Nightmare gel, which was steadily dripping, as possible to pool at their feet. Then he would try to carefully cut a square out of the ice.
Hiccup began catching drips in his sword, as a way to pass the time and refuel his weapon. Hiccup would need every weapon and advantage he could get, because out there was Drago Bludvist, the ex king of dragons who had ordered his Dad's death.
Hiccups blood ran cold, and not just because he was trapped in ice. Drago was a monster, and he had to be stopped at any cost. But Hiccup couldn't stop him while he was trapped in a block of ice, cold, soaked in flammable gel, and starting to get really hungry. It felt like his mind was shutting down on him, going into hibernation.
What was Drago doing up there? He couldn't just be standing around. Hiccup didn't hear any battle noise, but then again he couldn't hear much at all except for the steady drip of the gel and Toothless's heart beat.
Budum Budum Budum.
Drip Drip.
Hiccup suddenly had an idea. Why hadn't he thought of this earlier? No way Drago would see it coming. He just hoped he hadn't waited too long. He began scooping up the gel into the pockets he had in his clothes. Having large pockets was very handy what with all the adventuring he did. He scooped more and more gel. It had to be anywhere but the floor.
Carefully holding my sword away from pretty much everything, as pretty much everything had some gel on it, He held his breath as his sword sparked it to life. That could have been the end of my life, but luckily it wasn't. This was like playing with fire, while juggling axes, on the back of a mother changewing. In other words, this was probably the stupidest thing he had ever done. He stabbed it into the floor and got to work.
Astrid's POV
"Yak-Brains!" Astrid screamed at Snotlout and the twins. "He was on fire, so what did you do? You jumped on him. You jumped on him!?"
Snotlout opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by Ruffnut. "Hey, don't talk to us that way! We put out the fire didn't we?"
"And how was jumping on him putting out the fire?" Astrid asked, more out of frustration than actually wanting an answer. But Ruffnut answered anyways
"By reducing the flow of oxygen around the fire, it no longer had the energy necessary to sustain itself. Thus, we helped extinguish it. This method is quite efficient, we should know. We have to put out a LOT of fires." Ruffnut explained and Tuffnut nodded in agreement. Astrid was still angry though.
"While you Yak-Brains were doing a Gronkle pile," Astrid sighed in exasperation. "I was trying to keep the fire from spreading and consuming the whole island."
"Well, you've got your priorities straight." Ruffnut muttered. "Save the remote island and leave Fishlegs, your friend, to burn. Typical Astrid."
"I don't have time for your nonsense right now." Astrid huffed. "Hiccup is trapped in ice and in the clutches of the most dangerous dragon and man in the Archipelago. So can't we just try to at least not light ourselves on fire, as a start to saving him?"
"Hey, it's not like we started this fire. That stupid Gronkle did it." Ruffnut argued.
"Umm guys?" Fishlegs weakly murmured, halfheartedly raising his hand. Both of the girls (Astrid and Ruffnut) turned on him with glares, with matching looks of annoyance their faces. They both spoke in exasperated unison. "What?!"
"Ummm, where exactly is that Gronkle?"
"Great." Astrid signed once again. "Let's search the island. Fishlegs, Meatlug, search for any more fires. Snotlout and I will check the clearings and the forest. Ruffnut and Tuffnut, you guys will check the perimeter of the island."
Fishlegs left as soon as he got his orders, but others were much more reluctant.
"You don't boss us around, miss!" Ruffnut complained.
"Yeah, we boss us around." Tuffnut decided. "Well, and Hiccup sometimes. But otherwise, we boss us around."
"You can send up a dramatic flair if you see something." Astrid bribed.
Tuffnut opened his mouth to argue, but was interrupted by Ruffnut. "Come one Tuffnut, we don't have to listen to what she says."
Astrid sighed. "Come on Snotlout. Let's go."
They departed, leaving the twins alone.
-HTTYDHTTYDHTTYDHTTYD-
"Ah." Tuffnut sighed. "It's beautiful."
"Yes it is," Ruffnut replied, wiping a tear from her eye as she admired the sight. "It truly is."
Carved into the mountainside with many awesome explosions, were the likeness' of both the twins. With boar faces. In their opinion, nothing could be more awesome. Except, explosions.
