"Dragon's speaking"
'telepathical speaking'
Thinking
"Dragons and Guardians: Riders of Berk
Author's note: Remember readers, Hiccup rides on Toothless's back while Aniu flies using her wings. And Barf and Belch is one dragon. Nava and the other guardians also fly while their wings and Nava and Aniu don't have dragons but they're still part of the Dragon Trainers. This note is here just to avoid confusion.
Right now the Dragon Trainer Group consists of: Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly, Snotlout, Hookfang, Fishlegs, Meatlug, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, BarfBelch, Aniu and Nava.
Chapter 6: Alvin and the Outcasts
"There's an old Viking saying: when your friends are roasting on the spit you're the one who feels the fire."
Dragons flew around Dragon Island. But the former dragon residents of Berk were utterly miserable. Meatlug and her family lay on a pile of rocks, absolutely wishing they were back on Berk and with Fishlegs. Hookfang had gotten into another fight with Barf and Belch. Firesnow, Lefa and Rila were in no mood to break the fight up.
"Break it up, you two!" Toothless roared at Hookfang, Barf and Belch. The Night Fury then ran over to the rock where Hiccup and Aniu had left his saddle and sniffed it. Hiccup and Aniu's scents were still on it. Then the black dragon ran up to the end of a ledge, staring into the sky.
"Mildew has made the entire village believe that dragons are too wild, too dangerous, that we all can't live together in peace. He's wrong, Aniu and I are going to prove it."
Hiccup and Aniu stood on a sandy beach, staring up the sky until they heard a loud, frustrated groan. "Ohhhh, we've been here for hours and we haven't found anything." Snotlout complained. The Dragon Trainers (if they could call themselves that anymore) were looking around the beach, searching for the evidence that Mildew had thrown into the ocean.
"We've been here for ten minutes and you've done nothing but build...that." Hiccup said, gesturing at the pile of rocks and twigs Snotlout had used to build a 'sand castle'. "That is Snotlout Manor and all I need now is a queen." Snotlout said, looking flirtatiously at Astrid, who groaned.
Tuffnut let out a growl and began stomping on the so-called 'Snotlout Manor'. "What are you doing?" Snotlout wailed, running over to the destroying ruins of the 'sand castle'. "Storming the castle." Tuffnut said, much to his sister's delight.
"Come on, guys. I'm telling you. Mildew framed our dragons." Hiccup said. "Hiccup and I saw dragon feet in Mildew's house and we watched him throw them into the ocean." Aniu said. "I don't mean to be Norbert the Negative but the ocean is really, really vast." Fishlegs said. "Yeah, searching the entire ocean will take like a thousand years." Nava said.
"And our chances of finding those dragon feet are about as good as Snotlout and Astrid..." Fishlegs continued. "Don't go there." Astrid hissed at him. "Going nowhere." Fishlegs squeaked. "Look, Fishlegs is right. Even if mIldew threw them into the ocean they're not just gonna wash up on shore here." Astrid said.
"I found it!" Snotlout (who had been looking around) suddenly shouted. "Great!" Aniu exclaimed happily. "You were saying?" Hiccup asked his girlfriend as he ran past her. But Snotlout had found a small bludgeon instead of what they were looking for. "I haven't seen this since I was a baby." Snotlout said, using the bludgeon to club himself on the head. "You never forget your first bludgeon." He gently hugged the toy bludgeon. "Just keep looking." Hiccup and Aniu groaned at the other teens.
In the forge, Gobber grunted as he hammered out an axe. "One down, 345 to go." He said once he finished. Stoick (who was watching him along with Fengo and Namara) sighed. "Can't you do that any faster." Stoick asked. "Until you restock our weapons, we're almost completely defenceless."
"Maybe you should've thought about that before sending the dragons away." Gobber told him. "You know I had no choice. They destroyed the Armory." Stoick replied. "You think they destroyed the Armory." Namara said, arm folded across her chest. "This would be a bad time to get attacked." Gobber said. "I know, Gobber." Stoick said. "Not that there's ever a good time but this would be particularly bad." Gobber continued. "I know, Gobber." Stoick repeated. "Especially by Alvin the Treacherous. Our oldest and most feared enemy. Who'd kill us all to take Berk for his own." Gobber said.
"I got it, Gobber!" Stoick snapped. "Alvin the Treacherous." He hissed. "Who is this Alvin the Treacherous?" Fengo asked. "And why is he so bad?" Namara asked. "Alvin and his Outcasts have been our number one human enemy ever since years before you two, Aniu and Nava moved to Berk. And there's a reason why he has 'Treacherous' as his title." Stoick told them. Fengo and Namara glanced at each other nervously. "This Alvin guy sounds pretty bad." Fengo said to his wife. "I hope he doesn't go near any of the teens." Namara said.
On a barren land known as Outcast Island, Alvin the Treacherous watched dozens of wild dragons burn and destroy everything they saw, be it Viking or building. He was rounder than Stoick and had dark eyes, hair and beard. He wore the typical clothing for members of the Outcast Tribe with a few differences to show his chiefly status.
"Alvin! They're coming back!" Savage (his second-in-command) shouted. "Outta me way!" Alovin snarled, shoving two of his soldiers aside. "Yah can't find good marauders anywhere these days." Flipping a transportable catapult onto its supports with small effort, he placed a boulder into the spoon-shaped end and shot down a Monstrous Nightmare.
"Alvin! There are too many of them! We need to get inside!" Savage told him. Glaring at two Monstrous Nightmares who were flying at him to avenge their comrade, Alvin turned and walked into Outcast Island's Great Hall which was hardly more than a building made out of volcanic rock. Savage barely managed to shut the metal doors and blockade them before the two dragon's flames hit it.
"I had it with these dragons. Is the ship ready?" Alvin growled at his men. "We still have a little more work to do." Savage said. "That's not my problem, is it? We sail for Berk immediately." Alvin said, jabbing his finger at the picture of Berk on his map. "We'll land here under the cover of night."
"Why aren't we taking the whole army?" Savage asked in confusion. "We're not there to fight Stoick. We're there for two men: The Dragon Conqueror and his guardian friend." Alvin told him. "Oh, you'll have them. We hear the Dragon Conqueror's able to conquer any dragon in the world and his guardian friend is able to destroy an entire armada of ships with one single fireball." Savage said. (Author's note: Rumours tend to change a lot when told. Just play a game of Chinese Whispers and you'll understand. You'll be surprised at how different your rumour is once you finished the game.)"Well, they shouldn't be too hard to find then, should they?" Alvin asked.
(Back on Berk in the Haddock house:
"We're telling you, Aniu and I saw a pair of Zippleback feet and Monstrous Nightmare claws in Mildew's house. He must've used them to make the footprints of the dragon who supposedly stole the boots." Hiccup said. "And he most likely used the Monstrous Nightmare claws to damage the Great Hall." Aniu said.
"Well, then. Let's go have a look at them." Stoick said. "Yeah, um, there's gonna be a problem with that." Hiccup stammered. "We saw Mildew throw them into the ocean." Aniu admitted. "I know you are upset about the dragons, you two but you're going to need evidence to accuse a man of high treason." Stoick said. Hiccup and Aniu sighed.
Late in the afternoon, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava walked onto a high ledge away from the village overlooking the ocean. "Guys, we will prove Mildew did it. We have to if we want to see our dragons again." Hiccup said in determination. "I just hope they're okay." Astrid said. "They will be, Astrid. Knowing Toothless, he's a pretty tough dragon and will defend his friends to his last breath." Aniu said confidently. "Knowing Stormfly, she will kick the tails of anything that tries to harm anyone she cares about." Nava said.
Upon seeing that Astrid was still looking miserable, Hiccup gave her a hug. "We'll get them back, Astrid. I promise you that." Hiccup whispered before kissing Astrid on the lips. Astrid's ice blue eyes widened in surprise but she leaned into the kiss. After a few seconds, Hiccup and Astrid parted only to see Aniu and Nava kissing with their wings wrapped around each other.
Hiccup cleared his throat to catch their attention. "Lovebirds!" Astrid exclaimed, smirking. Aniu and Nava jumped apart, both blushing bright red in embarrassment. Hiccup and Astrid snickered at them before Astrid noticed something out on the ocean. Walking up to the edge of the ledge, Astrid saw a ship anchored to a sea stack.
"Why would one of our ships be anchoring there?" Astrid asked, pointing at the ship. "I see them too." Aniu said. Hiccup and Nava both took out sky glasses to get better look. They saw the ship had a dragon's skull as a figurehead and the boat was heavily armoured. A smaller boat with people inside it was sailing towards Berk village. Nava's sapphire blue eyes stared at the ship. "I don't recognise that symbol on the sail." He said. "That's not one of our ships." Hiccup realized. "We gotta tell my Dad!" The four teens ran back to the village.
Alvin grunted as he leapt off the boat onto Berk's beach at nightfall. "Ah, it's good to be back on the shores of Berk." He sighed. "Good for you. Not so good for them." Savage chuckled. "Let's find this Dragon Conqueror and his guardian friend." Alvin ordered. The Outcasts began their way to the village.
In the Great Hall, Vikings were yelling at each other in a panic. "This is no time to panic! That's what the Outcasts are counting on!" Stoick yelled over the noise. Gobber, Fengo and Namra stood beside him as always. "Stoick!" A Viking called out, running into the Hall. "Sven! Did you get a count?" Stoick asked. "I saw 30 men at least, all armed to the teeth." Sven reported grimly.
"Without any weapons, we'll never be able to fight them head on." Gobber said. "No weapons! And Outcasts on our shores! All thanks to your boy, his guardian friend and their dragons!" Mildew wailed, clutching at his heart dramatically.
"I don't have time for this, Mildew." Stoick snapped. "So why don't you just be quiet." Fengo said. Mildew glared at him. "Mulch! You and Bucket gather up the elders and the children. Get them to Thor's beach. They'll be safe in the caves there." Stoick ordered. Mulch and Bucket nodded and ran off to do their tasks.
"We can help fight! We've been trained as warriors." Astrid said, Snotlout and Nava right behind her. "She and Nava may have been trained but I was born a warrior." Snotlout said arrogantly. "Take this. It was Alvin's." Stoick said, giving Astrid an old, battered hatchet with the Outcast symbol stamped on it. Snotlout eagerly reached out for it and looked disappointed when it wasn't handed to him. "But go with the others. You can help protect them." Astrid and Nava nodded and left, Snotlout followed them looking sulky.
"Let me and Aniu go get the dragons. "At least if we have them, Dad, we can defend ourselves." Hiccup said. Aniu stood beside him. Stoick sighed. "Go. But be careful. You two don't know what Alvin is capable of." He said. "Good luck, you two." Namara told them. Hiccup and Aniu nodded and left.
"The rest of you, we'll head to the woods. Nobody knows that forest like we do." Stoick said. "And when Alvin comes looking for us there, he'll walk right into our trap." Gobber said confidently.
Namara decided to fly out and scout out Alvin's soldiers. Stoick had orders her to do this because he wanted to know where Alvin's soldiers were and where they were going. She saw Fishlegs sitting on a ledge overlooking the ocean. "Oh, Meatlug, Clobbertail, Stonecruncher and Sweetiepie. I miss you." Fishlegs sighed miserably. "The moon is full. My heart is empty. What rhymes with empty?" Fishlegs was so busy lamenting he didn't notice Alvin walking up behind him, followed by some of his soldiers. "Don't waste your time." Alvin sneered.
Fishlegs froze and very slowly turned around. "Nothin' rhymes with empty." Alvin grabbed the front of Fishlegs's tunic and held him off the ground. "Who's the Dragon Conqueror and his guardian friend?" Alvin asked. Fishlegs (while whimpering in fear) did the only thing he could think of: scream very loudly. Alvin, hisOutcasts and Namara winced at the loud sound and Alvin threw Fishlegs off the cliff into the ocean.
Namara waited until Alvin and his Outcasts were gone before diving down, turning into her dragon form, grabbing Fishlegs in her talons and flying back up to the ledge. "Are you all right, Fishlegs?" Namara asked in concern. "Yeah, I'm alright." Fishlegs gasped, sitting up. "Just a little panicky but I'll be fine. You go ahead and do whatever you were doing." Namara nodded and flew away.
Hiccup and Aniu ran down the docks hoping to find a place where they could fly away without any Outcast noticing. Their plan was simple: once they found a good place to fly away without any Outcast noticing, Aniu would turn into her dragon form and Hiccup would climb onto her back. Then, Aniu would fly to Dragon Island with Hiccup riding on her back so they could gather up the Berkian dragons and then return to Berk where the dragons, guardians and Berkians would fight off the Outcasts and send them running back to their island.
But so far, their plan wasn't working because a boat full of Outcasts was anchoring at the docks. Running back into the village, Hiccup and Aniu saw a group of Outcasts walking towards them, but they didn't seem to have noticed the two teens yet. Hiccup and Aniu turned around only to see another group of Outcasts heading their way. The two teens threw themselves under a house and watched the Outcasts walk past them. "Empty. Keep looking." One of them said. Them, Hiccup and Aniu heard shivering and turned around to see...
"Ahh! Fishlegs." They both yelped as quietly as they could. "Alvin's looking for you two. He's looking for the 'Dragon Conqueror and his guardian friend'."Fishlegs told them. Hiccup and Aniu glanced at each other nervously.
Alvin chuckled as he strode through the wreckage of the Armoury. "Looks like Stoick isn't as armed as we anticipated." He said, picking up poor Prudence. "From the looks of the Armoury, he's not armed at all." Savage cackled. Noticing the Haddock house up ahead, they walked towards the building until they arrived outside the door.
"Should I knock?" Alvin asked. "I mean, what's the etiquette in these situations?" Instead of waiting for an answer, Alvin kicked the door down. "I think that seems about right. Stoick, show yah face!" But the Haddock house was empty. "The old coward's turned and ran." Alvin said. Another Outcast soldier ran up to him. "I spotted fresh tracks leading into the forest and I heard reports of a big guy with a bucket on his head heading down to the beach." The soldier reported.
"We'll split up, then. You four go into the woods." Alvin said. The four Outcast soldiers nodded and ran off. "Where are we going?" Savage asked him. 'We'll go to the beach. How many hostages do yah think a dragon conqueror and his guardian friend are worth?" Alvin asked. "Eleven. No wait, twelve." Savage said. As they left, the Outcasts didn't know that Hiccup, Aniu and Fishlegs were hiding beside the house, listening. "What do we do now?" Fishlegs asked in a low voice. "Go to the woods and warn my father. Aniu and I need to get ahead of Alvin and warn Mulch and the others." Hiccup said. "Be careful, Fishlegs. Alvin looks and sounds pretty nasty." Aniu said. Fishlegs nodded and ran into the forest. "Come on, Ni." Hiccup said. Aniu nodded and followed Hiccup.
In another part of the forest, Stoick, Gobber, Fengo, Namara and a couple of other Vikings discussed their plan. "When they come looking for us in the forest, they'll have to come through her." Gobber said. "All right, what weapons do we have?" Stoick asked. "Two frying pans, a rolling pin and a kitchen knife." Gobber said. "The frying pans might be useful, but I don't know about the rolling pin and the kitchen knife." Namara said, her wings twitching as she stared at the so called weapons.
"And what are we gonna do when we find Alvin? Bake him a cake!"Stoick asked. "Well, a pie would be nice, too. Who doesn't like pie?" Gobber asked, picking up the kitchen knife. "I only like cottage pie, sorry." Fengo said. (I wanted to add the cottage pie bit in just for fun. I know it wasn't around in those times) Gobber threw the sharp kitchen knife at a tree, splitting the tree in half. "That could be useful." Gobber said, retrieving his kitchen knife. "I still have my doubts about the rolling pin though." Namara said.
"Hurry down. The cave is just up ahead." Mulch said as he led the elders and the children to the cave at Thor's Beach. "Where's Bucket?" He asked when he noticed the absence of one certain Viking. "He went back to get my lamby." A little girl said innocently.
"Oh, for the love of...why am I always looking for Bucket? Why can't...? Bucket!" Mulch grumbled as he went looking for his friend. "It's like trying to keep track of a half-wit pig." He gasped when a twig snapped and Bucket appeared, holding a stuffed doll over his shoulder.
"Oh, Bucket. You had one job. Bring up the rear." Mulch sighed. "But the little girl. You should've seen her face. Big blue eyes with the tears welling up." Bucket said. "Ah, yah bucket's hard but your heart is soft. Come on." Mulch groaned. But as they turned around, they found themselves surrounded by Outcast soldiers.
"You made it easy for us, Bucket." Alvin said, walking up behind them. "It's hard to miss a half-wit and his lamb." The Outcast soldiers laughed and led Bucket and Mulch away at spear point. Hiccup and Aniu hid behind some trees and saw what happened.
In another part of the forest, another group of Outcasts saw a Berkian Viking. "There he is, get him!" One of them yelled. "Oh, you lousy Outcasts!" Gobber shouted as he ran. "You'll never take me alive!" He leapt off a small cliff, still being pursued by the Outcast soldiers and arrived at a dead end.
"Ah, look like you've got me, boys." Gobber said, feigning defeat. "Come on, get him!" One outcast soldier yelled. Stoick charged out of a nearby bush and knocked a soldier unconscious with a fist to the face. Fengo and Namara used their physical abilities and magic to take down the soldiers. Phlegma the Fierce threw a bola at an Outcast's legs and Gobber knocked the guy unconscious. Stoick took down the rest of them.
"Or maybe it's we who got you." Gobber said. Then they heard a rustling in the bushes "That way, over there." Stoick whispered. Namara, Gobber, Phlegma and the other Berkian hid in the bushes while Stoick and Fengo ran towards the cause of the rustling. Fengo turned into his wolf form (deep brown fur, white undersides, forest green eyes) and tackled the mysterious figure to the ground. Stoick ran up behind him and prepared to punch the figure only to see it was... "Stoick, Fengo, no!" Fishlegs yelled.
"For the love of the gods, Fishlegs, we could've killed you!" Fengo snapped, getting off the boy. "Thank you two for not killing me." Fishlegs gasped out. "What are you doing here?" Stoick asked. "Alvin the Treacherous grabbed me. He looked really treacherous." Fishlegs said. "We know they're here, Fishlegs." Stoick said. "Yeah. They're here for Hiccup and Aniu." Fishlegs told them. "Hiccup."/ "Aniu." Stoick and Fengo whispered in fear for their respective son and daughter. "Why do they get into so much trouble all the time?" Fengo asked himself, holding a paw to his head.
But down at Thor's Beach, Alvin and his Outcasts had managed to capture the Berkians sheltering there. The Outcast soldiers were watching them to ensure they didn't try anything. "For those of you who haven't figured it out, I am the one and only Alvin the Treacherous." Alvin announced, standing on a rock platform. "And let me be clear, that name was earned."
"'Alvin'? How did he earn that?" Tuffnut scoffed. "Your leader has abandoned you." Alvin told the Berkians but they knew Stoick would never abandon them. "But Stoick doesn't concern me. I'm not here for him. I want the Dragon Conqueror and his guardian friend."
"Say goodbye to Hiccup and Aniu." Mildew whispered into Astrid and Nava's ears. Nava had retracted his wings into his back but he forgot about his pointed ears and he hoped the Outcasts wouldn't notice his silvery-blonde hair as it wasn't a normal hair colour in the Viking world. His sapphire blue eyes were brighter than a human's eyes so they might be bit of a problem if the Outcasts noticed but the soldier's attention was on their leader. "Alvin!" Mildew called out but Astrid hit him hard under the chin, knocking him out cold and he fell into Astrid's arms. Alvin and his soldiers looked at them suspiciously. "My grandfather's frail. He needs his nap." Astrid said sweetly.
As soon as the Outcasts turned their attention away from her, Astrid promptly dropped onto the ground, wiping her hands on her blue shirt in disgust. "Well, like I said, tell me who the dragon conqueror and his guardian friend is and you can all go free." Alvin said. "Conqueror? Come on." Snotlout said arrogantly, pulling his bludgeon toy out of his belt. "I'll show Alvin who is a conqueror."
Ruffnut and Tuffnut nodded in agreement and Snotlout ran up some rocks behind Alvin who heard his footsteps and spun around to look at him. Snotlout nearly fainted. "For you, sir." Snotlout practically squeaked, giving Alvin his toy bludgeon. Ruffnut shook her head and Tuffnut facepalmed. "Well, you better check your trousers, son. I think you've soiled yourself." Alvin said, shoving Snotlout aside.
Astrid had enough and threw the hatchet Stoick had given her at Alvin. It spiralled through the air but Alvin, heard it, saw it and caught it in his hand. "Hey! Would you look at that. My old hatchet. I was wondering when I'd get it back." Alvin said. Astrid was grabbed by Savage and shoved onto the platform where Alvin was standing.
"Trying to kill Alvin the Treacherous?" Alvin sneered. "You're not as smart as you look." Astrid simply glared at him. "Tell me, who's your dragon conqueror and his guardian friend? Tell me." He grabbed Astrid's braided ponytail and harshly pulled on it, making Astrid gasp in pain.
"Leave her alone." Hiccup ordered, appearing out his and Aniu's hiding place where they had been listening to and watching the proceedings. Aniu came out beside him. "Hiccup! Aniu! What are you doing?" Astrid asked them. Hiccup and Aniu jumped down onto the rock platform. "I'm the dragon conqueror and this is my guardian friend." Hiccup said, gesturing to himself and Aniu.
Alvin and his Outcasts laughed at them. "You? Stoick's little embarrassment?" Alvin asked, pointing at Hiccup. "Aniu and I drove the dragons from Berk. Look around. "You don't see any on this island, do you?" Hiccup asked. Alvin glanced around, come to think of it, he did not see one dragon at all on Berk.
Aniu nodded at Astrid who caught onto her and Hiccup's plan and nodded back. "I-it's true. All the dragons are afraid of them. They even conquered a Night Fury." Astrid stammered. Alvin glanced at her suspiciously. "You two are bluffing." He hissed in Hiccup and Aniu's faces. "Are we? Well, there's only one way to find out. Take Aniu and I to Dragon Island." Hiccup said. Alvin stared at him and Aniu suspiciously.
Once they were aboard the Outcast ship, Alvin told his men to keep a close eye on the two teens. One Outcast soldier strolled up to Aniu and pushed Hiccup aside. "Well, you're pretty powerful, aren't yah?" The soldier asked Aniu. "What's it to you?" Aniu asked him rudely. "Just think of how powerful the Outcast tribe will be if we had an very powerful guardian like you as our weapon." The soldier said, he harshly grabbed Aniu's wing, causing her to gasp in pain. "Leave her alone!" Hiccup yelled, running up, knocking the Outcast aside and standing in front of Aniu with his dagger held out in front of him.
"Oi! I told yah to keep an eye on them, not rile them up!" Alvin shouted. The Outcast soldier slunk away. "But Alvin, think of the things we could do if we had a guardian like her (he pointed at Aniu)as our weapon." The Outcast soldier said. Alvin thought it out and decided that the soldier might have a point.
Back on Thor's Beach, the remaining Outcasts were still guarding the Berkian prisoners until one of them was grabbed from behind and dragged out of sight. Gobber hit another one with his hook-hand while Fengo and Namara used ice and earth magic respectively to take down their opponents. Stoick knocked another Outcast off a ledge, jumped off and landed on top of the Outcast.
"Where's Alvin?" Stoick asked him. The Outcast soldier spat at him. Angered, Stoick grabbed the front of the man's tunic and prepared to punch his lights out when Astrid and Nava ran up to him. "Alvin took Hiccup and Aniu." Both teens said. "What?" Stoick, Fengo and Namara asked in shock. "They gave themselves up." Astrid said. "They're on their way to Dragon Island." Nava told them. Stoick looked down, formulating a plan in his head.
The next morning, the Outcast ship sailed through the fog that surrounded Dragon Island. Alvin walked towards Hiccup and Aniu. "I'm sure Stoick's told you plenty about your island's most feared enemy." Alvin said. "Who's that? Oh right, you. No, not so much.' Hiccup said. "I barely knew about you guys until yesterday." Aniu said nonchalantly.
"Really? Not a word?" Alvin asked. "Nope." Hiccup said. "Nothing about Alvin?" Alvin asked. "Nope." Aniu said. Realizing that his prisoners were just messing with him, Alvin growled in anger. "Look, Al. All Aniu and I care about is that if we do what we say, you will leave the people of Berk in peace." Hiccup said. "On me word, son." Alvin agreed, but Hiccup and Aniu knew Alvin most likely wouldn't keep his promise.
Meanwhile, Stoick, Gobber , Fengo, Namara, the Dragon Trainers and some other Vikings had gotten a ship ready and were sailing in pursuit of the Outcasts. The Dragon Trainers were helping the other Vikings move some catapults into position. "When we get there, we'll lay down cover fire with these catapults." Stoick said. "Astrid, Nava, you two get the dragons." Astrid and Nava nodded in agreement.
"No. Save your cover fire for the others, sir. I can handle myself." Snotlout said arrogantly, accidently putting his hand on a catapult's lever causing it to activate and fire a boulder into the ocean. "I'll fire extra rounds to cover that one." Gobber sighed. Namara used earth magic to create round boulder for the catapult and put it in. "You don't have to, Gobber." Namara said, patting the boulder.
"Sir, we'd like to personally volunteer to kick Alvin's backside." Tuffnut said. Ruffnut smirked and punched her fist into her open palm. "This isn't about Alvin. It's about Hiccup and Aniu. We're here to bring them home." Stoick said. "If Alvin or his Outcasts have harmed one hair on my daughter's head, I'm gonna murder them." Fengo hissed. "I agree." Namara said.
The Outcast ship docked on Dragon Island and its passengers disembarked. Alvin had his soldiers point their loaded crossbows at Hiccup and Aniu while he walked behind them in case they tried to escape. "Hey, is the sword really necessary?" Hiccup asked Alvin when the Outcast prodded him in the back with his weapon.
"Odin's ghost." Alvin gasped when Toothless flew out of the hole in the mountainside the Red Death made when she crashed through. "Is that a ...?" Alvin asked in disbelief."Night Fury." Hiccup said. "The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself." Aniu quoted. So-called. She thought.
Behind them, Alvin's men raised their crossbows. "Put those away!" Aniu snapped at them. "Whoa, stop! Please, it will only make him angrier." Hiccup said. "Watch and learn." Aniu said. "Well, by all means, proceed." Alvin said. Sneering, he turned to his men. "I hope you're not screamish. You're about to see a dragon eat a boy and a guardian. The Outcasts smirked. Hiccup and Aniu ignored and continued walking towards Toothless, who pounced on them as soon as they were close enough.
"Whoa!" The Outcasts exclaimed. Toothless licked both Hiccup and Aniu across their faces. "Hiccup! Aniu! I'm so glad to see you alive and well. But I'm not glad to see you in the presence of these men." Toothless glancing at the Outcasts. 'They're from the Outcast Tribe and they want to make Hiccup and I train dragons for them so they can use the dragons to conquer other places.' Aniu quickly explained mentally. "Well, I'm not gonna let them." Toothless growled.
"I missed you too, bud. We'll catch up later. Right now, follow our leads." Hiccup said, pushing Toothless off him and Aniu. "You cannot defeat me!" Hiccup exclaimed, pretending to attack Toothless, but was actually driving him to the place where he put his Night Fury's saddle. "You dirty dragon!" Aniu exclaimed, then winced at how bad her acting skills were. "I am the Dragon Conqueror!" Hiccup exclaimed, putting the saddle on his dragon's back while Toothless blocked him and Aniu from the Outcast men's sight with his large wings.
"Hey, what are you two doing with that dragon?" Alvin yelled, when he noticed something was off. Hiccup clicked his prosthetic into Toothless's prosthetic tailfin controller stirrup and Toothless slowly turned around, revealing Hiccup to be sitting on his saddle. Aniu leapt over Toothless's wings and turned into her Fury dragon/ Monstrous Nightmare dragon form. The Outcasts gasped at this.
"By the way, It's not really 'the Dragon Conqueror and his guardian friend'.It's 'the Dragon Trainer and his guardian friend'." Hiccup said. "Now." He hissed at Toothless and Aniu. Both of them flew up into the sky. Alvin growled and swung at them with his sword but it narrowly missed Toothless's abdomen. "Great thunder of Thor." Alvin gasped. "The boy is the Dragon Conqueror! Fire!"
The Outcasts still onboard the ship quickly fired three boulders from catapults at Hiccup, Toothless and Aniu. "Look out!" Hiccup yelled and his two friends barely dodged them. "What are you waiting for? Shoot them down!" Alvin snarled, leaping on board the ship. Three Outcasts grabbed their crossbows and fire arrows at Hiccup, Aniu and Toothless.
Hiccup and Toothless stared at the arrows flying towards them but the projectiles were vanquished by a blast of fire. "Ah, what took you so long?" Hiccup asked Astrid, who was riding on Stormfly's back. The other dragon riders were successful at getting their dragons. Arrow, Firesnow, Clobbertail, Lefa and Rila stayed behind to take care of the hatchlings. "Why? Did yah miss me?" Astrid asked. "More than you'll ever know." Hiccup smiled at her. Astrid smiled back at him.
Aniu stared at the arrows flying at her only to see the projectiles being vanquished by another blast of fire. "Ah, what took you so long?" She asked Nava, who was flying beside her in his dragon form. "Why? Did yah miss me?" He asked. "More than you'll ever know."Aniu smiled at him. Nava smiled back at her."Now, come on. We've got a bunch of ugly, nasty Outcasts to defeat." Stormfly said.
Toothless, Stormfly, Aniu and Nava performed loop-de-loops to avoid a bunch of catapult boulders and saw the Berkian ship nearing the Outcast ship. "We've gotta get in closer!" Hiccup yelled. "Aim for their catapults!" Stoick shouted. "I we knock them out the dragons can finish off the ship! Fire!" Boulders were fire at the Outcast ship, causing damage to the boat. "Move offshore!" Alvin ordered. His Outcasts hastened to obey.
"Here's our chance! Come on!" Hiccup yelled. The dragon riders, dragons and guardians flew down to the Outcast ship. Astrid and Stormfly flew past the Outcasts. "Oh, shoot that dragon down. Fire!" Alvin ordered. Savage quickly catapulted a boulder at the two. Stormfly noticed and quickly barrel-rolled. Astrid was unprepared and lost her grip on her Nadder's saddle. She fell off, bounced off a rope, hit the mast, landed on the wooden floor of the ship and a crate fell on top of her. "Astrid!" Hiccup, Nava and Aniu screamed.
Astrid knocked the crate off herself and (ignoring the pain from her bruised body) ran to the edge of the ship. "Hiccup! Nava! Aniu!" She screamed but Alvin grabbed her arm and dragged her away from the edge of the ship. "Welcome aboard, Astrid." He sneered. "Don't miss this time." The Outcasts fired arrows at the three who were flying towards them, hoping to rescue Astrid. "Look out!" Hiccup yelled and steered Toothless away.
"Hold your fire!" Hiccup yelled. "He's got Astrid!' Nava shouted. Snotlout misheard and had Hookfang fire at the Outcast ship. The fire blast hit the water and a cloud of steam rose up. "What are you doing?" Hiccup and Nava yelled at Snotlout. "I heard you say 'fire'!" The idiotic Jorgenson boy yelled at Hiccup. "I said 'hold your fire'!" Hiccup said. "See! You said it again." Snotlout said, completely mishearing it. "Alvin's got Astrid, you muttonhead!" Nava yelled him.
"No! He's right!" Stoick shouted, pointing at Snotlout who yelled "Thank you!" at him. "Fire again, Hiccup. All of you!" Stoick shouted. Then Hiccup, Aniu and Nava noticed the cloud of steam that had risen up in front of the Outcast ship. The Outcasts themselves were looking around, trying to see. "Everyone, fire into the water!" Hiccup ordered. Barf and Belch and Barf unleashed a cloud of gas, Meatlug spat out a lava blast, Hookfang breathed out fire, Aniu and Nava added their own fire breaths and Belch spat out sparks, igniting the gas, causing smoke and steam to cover the Outcast ship.
"I can't see." One Outcast murmured. Then they heard a roar and saw Toothless fly past them, but the Night Fury vanished into the fog. Aniu briefly showed herself before vanishing into the fog as well. "Fire!" Alvin yelled. "At what?" One Outcast asked. "Everything!" Alvin shouted, very much at the end of his patience. The Outcasts began randomly firing arrows into the fog, whenever they came close to the dragon riders and dragons, Aniu and Nava would use wind magic to deflect them.
"Did you hear that?"/ "What's that?" Outcasts began asking each other in a panic when they heard a creaking and it wasn't coming from their ship. Alvin saw a dragon's head emerge from the fog and threw his sword at it, only to realize it was actually a ship before it rammed into his ship, knocking everyone on board off balance. Astrid stood up, grabbed an oar, whacked Alvin on the head and stomach with it and ran to the highest point of the ship. Alvin regained himself and heard a baritone roar. Turning around, he saw Toothless flying at him, smirking. The Night Fury hit Alvin with his wing and flew away.
"Astrid, hop on." Hiccup ordered. Astrid leapt up and grabbed onto Toothless's front paws as he and his rider flew over her. Alvin heard a thud and turned around and Stoick punched him in the face, knocking him down. "You're a coward for taking my son and his friend." Stoick hissed. Fengo and Namara flew over to the Outcast ship and landed. "I take what I want, you know that, Stoick!" Alvin growled, throwing a fist, but Stoick grabbed it.
"Not this time." Stoick growled, swingin a fist at Alvin but the Outcast chief caught it. Fengo and Namara watched as the two men traded blows. After a few punches and kicks, Stoick managed to knock Alvin down but Alvin grabbed an anchor and swung it at Stoick who barely managed to dodge it. Alvin's next swing struck the mast, creating a gash in the wood.
Stoick put his foot down on the rope but Alvin tugged on it, pulling Stoick off his feet. Stoick dodged the anchor several times and Alvin's next swing caused the anchor to be caught in the wooden mast. Stoick grabbed the rope and tied Alvin's hands up with it. Stoick punched Alvin in the face again and the ship's figurehead fell off, taking Alvin with it and dragging him down into the water.
Stoick watched the water to make sure Alvin didn't surface again and pushed his ship away from the Outcast ship and leapt onboard the Berkian ship. Fengo and Namara flew up into the sky. "Now, Hiccup and Aniu! Burn the ship!" Stoick shouted. "Here we go, guys!" Hiccup shouted as Toothless flew to the Outcast ship. "Hit 'em with everything you've got!" Aniu yelled.
Screaming, the Outcasts leapt off their ship as Toothless struck it with a plasma blast, Aniu with a plasma blast and a burst of fire, Nava with Deadly Nadder flames and a burst of Monstrous Nightmare fire, Stormfly with her magnesium flames, Hookfang with his fire, Barf with his gas, Belch lit it with a spark and Meatlug finished off with a lava blast. The entire ship exploded.
Stoick, Fengo and Namara watched it happen and saw Toothless and Aniu flying overhead and landing on the Berkian returned to her human form. "Hiccup, Aniu, what were you thinking?" Stoick asked. "I was thinking, all Aniu and I had to was get to Toothless and together, the three of us would be able to make things right." Hiccup explained, dismounting Toothless. Stoick, Fengo and Namara turned around and stared at the rapidly sinking Outcast ship.
On the beach, Alvin and his Outcasts had managed to climb ashore and watched the dragons, their riders and guardians fly away. As he watched, Alvin started laughing. The Outcasts stared at him, wondering why their leader would laugh at a time like this. "They ride dragons." Alvin cackled. "We get that boy and the guardian girl and we'll ride dragons." His Outcast troops started laughing as well.
On Berk, the villagers started cheering when they saw the ship sailing and the dragons flying towards them. They were followed by a huge group of dragons. "Here they come!" A woman yelled. "You hear that, Toothless? Your back home." Hiccup said as the other dragon riders flew over the village on their dragons with Nava and Aniu leading them. "It's good to be home." Toothless said. "Home Sweet Home, huh, Toothless?" Aniu asked. Toothless smiled and nodded at her.
Stoick and Gobber leapt onto the docks from the ship. "What are you cheering about? Don't you remember what these beasts have done?" Mildew asked loudly. "I do. They saved our lives." Stoick said, glaring at him. "Aniu and I may not be able to prove what you've done, but we'll never forget it." Hiccup said, following his father. Toothless and Aniu glared as they walked past him.
"It's funny how an attack by your greatest enemy can change things over night.
The dragon riders, dragons and guardians walked up the docks into the village.
"Aniu and I set out to p[rove that our dragons would never hurt they proved is that they will always protect us.
"DRAGONS! DRAGONS! DRAGONS!" The Berkians cheered.
Have any of you read the newest How To Train Your Dragon Book Franchise book? It's called How To Fight A Dragon's Fury. It's pretty good, actually. I think it's the last book in the franchise. And rumour has it that (Spoiler alert!) the last How to Train Your Dragon movie and this book will share their ends and explain why dragons no longer exist. This makes me pretty sad, but no one can have everything they want in life.'I watched the movie Oddball at the cinemas and it's very good with funny parts and good humour. My four year old niece watched it and she liked it but I think she wasn't paying attention. I'm hoping to see the Pan movie soon.
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Updated: 27.09. 2015 Australian Time