"Dragon's speaking"
'telepathical speaking'
Thinking
Dragons and Guardians: Riders of Berk
Author's note: 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 with their wings and Nava and Aniu don't have dragons but they're still part of the Dragon Riders. 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, Barf-Belch, Aniu and Nava. From now on, they will be called the Dragoniters.
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Chapter 16: Defiant One
"The life of a Viking can be difficult, harsh and stormy. No one can make it through alone. Eventually, you're going to have to rely on someone. Unfortunately, we don't always get to pick that someone."
The Dragon Riders, Aniu and Nava flew through the stormy skies, looking for a missing fishing boat and its crew members. Hiccup and Aniu glared at Snotlout as he continued complaining. "This is so lame! Why are we even out here?" The Jorgenson boy asked. "Didn't you hear what Stoick told us, Snotlout?" Aniu asked angrily.
"Because this is our first dragon search-and-rescue mission." Hiccup answered Snotlout's question. "I see a lot of searching but not much rescuing. Do you even know where we are?" Snotlout said. "My Dad said the fishing boat was last seen heading south." Hiccup said. "Snotlout, if you don't shut up, we'll never find the boat." Nava said, flying closer to the Monstrous Nightmare rider.
"You don't know what you're talking about. There's nothing down there. I say we go north." Snotlout said. "And if Hiccup said to go north?" Astrid asked, trying to play a mind game. "Are you trying to mess with my mind? Because nothing gets in here. Nothing!" Snotlout yelled. "No wonder he's so dumb." Stormfly scoffed.
"What does our map say, Fishlegs?" Astrid asked. Fishlegs tried to read the map but the wind blew it into his face. "Kinda tough to read from this angle." Fishlegs said, voice muffled. "You know what, Hiccup and Aniu? I'm done listening to you. I said north and north is where I'm going!" Snotlout yelled and tried to steer Hookfang away but the Monstrous Nightmare resisted. "Hey, you work for me." Snotlout snapped. Hookfang growled and turned to fly in the opposite direction.
"And once again, not a word got through his thick skull." Aniu sighed. "Are we just going to let him go?" Ruffnut asked, watching Hookfang fly away with Snotlout on his neck. "Works for me." Tuffnut shrugged. Hiccup and Aniu sighed and rolled their eyes, happy they didn't have Snotlout yapping in their ears anymore until they heard two people clearing their throats. They looked around and saw Astrid and Nava giving them a 'aren't you going to get him' look.
"Oh, alright. We're going. We're going. Come on, Toothless." Hiccup said. "Lead the others back, we'll get him." Aniu said, flying after Hiccup and Toothless. "Let's keep searching, guys." Nava called. The other Dragoniters followed him, Astrid and Stormfly through the sky.
Hiccup, Aniu and Toothless found Snotlout and Hookfang about to fly into a giant waterspout. "Wow, look at the size of that waterspout." Hiccup marvelled. "That waterspout is way too dangerous! Get out of there now!" Aniu yelled as the wind currents started to get choppy. "That's why I'm flying around it! Duh!" Snotlout yelled at them.
"You're cutting too close! Look out!" Hiccup shouted. But it was too late. The wind started blowing Hookfang around like a leaf. "Oh, no, no, no, no, no! Help me! Someone please help us!" Snotlout screamed. Hiccup steered Toothless around and the Night Fury flew to help Snotlout and Hookfang, followed by Aniu. Hookfang was thrown out of the air currents and vanished from sight.
Snotlout had been pulled from his dragon's back and tossed around in the air. "We're coming!" Hiccup and Aniu yelled, flying closer to the waterspout so they could rescue Snotlout. Toothless had barely managed to grab hold of Snotlout when a sharp rock ripped through his prosthetic tailfin. Aniu cried out in pain when the sharp rock sliced a gash on her wing.
"Toothless, Aniu, hang on!" Hiccup screamed when the guardian and Night Fury were grabbed by the wind and thrown out onto an island. They barely avoided rock spires and dead trees before they hit the rocky ground and fell unconscious.
Back on Berk, the missing fishing boat had returned thus rendering the whole dragon search and rescue unnecessary. "Push, Gobber and Fengo." Stoick commanded as he and Namara pulled a cart containing wood logs up a ramp. "We are pushing. " Gobber and Fengo said. "Well, it certainly doesn't seem like it. Push harder." Stoick said. "Oh, there they are." Gobber said as the Dragoniters minus Hiccup, Toothless, Aniu, Snotlout and Hookfang landed.
"I'm glad you're back. The fishing boat has returned." Stoick said. "You could've told us that before we left." Tuffnut said sarcastically. "Excuse me?" Stoick asked, glaring at him. "Uh, nothing, chief. That was her." Tuffnut stammered, putting the blame on his sister. "Hey!" Ruffnut snapped at him. "Where's Aniu and Hiccup?" Fengo asked. "They had to double to get Snotlout." Astrid said.
"I said leave them." Tuffnut said, jumping off Belch. Stoick, Fengo and Namara glared at him. "Uh, her again. I don't know what her deal is." Tuffnut said, gesturing to Ruffnut as she dismounted Barf and punched him on the shoulder. Stoick, Fengo and Namara still looked worried. "Nothing to worry about, you three. You know how hard it is to get Hiccup off that dragon and away from Aniu." Gobber reassured his friends.
If only they had known where Hiccup, Aniu, Toothless and Snotlout ended up, they would've gone after them straight away. Hiccup had regained consciousness and was now running around and calling out for his comrades. Then he saw Aniu lying unconscious on the ground. "Aniu!" The Haddock teen yelled, running over to his best guardian friend.
"Uh, what happened?" Aniu groaned, regaining consciousness. "Oh, thank the gods you're okay." Hiccup said, hugging Aniu in relief. Aniu smiled and hugged her surrogate brother back but hissed in pain. "What's wrong?" Hiccup asked her in concern. Aniu slowly lifted one wing and there was a rather long gash on it that was still leaking blood.
"Oh, Aniu. I'm so sorry." Hiccup said. "It's not your fault. You didn't know that rock would do this to my wing and Toothless's prosthetic tailfin. Wait, where's Toothless?" Aniu said. "We better go find him and Snotlout." Hiccup said, helping Aniu up and they began looking for the Night Fury. "Hiccup, over here!" Aniu called. Hiccup ran past her and found Toothless lying on the ground unconscious.
"Toothless, are you okay?" Hiccup asked, worriedly checking his dragon for any injuries. "Come on, Toothless, say something." Aniu begged. Toothless blearily opened one forest green eye. "Must you always be so dramatic?".He asked before noticing Aniu's injured wing. "Aniu, you're hurt."
"Don't worry about me. My wing will be fine." Aniu said, using water magic to clean the blood off her flight appendage. "That wasn't our best landing, wasn't it? Oh, great. Your tailfin is gone and the connecting rod is a mess. What are we supposed to do now?" Hiccup asked, examining Toothless's prosthetic.
"You can start by getting me out of this stupid tree!" Snotlout yelled down to them from where he was stuck up high in a tree. "Hey, Snotlout!" Aniu called, cheerfully waving up at the fuming Viking teen. "Let me handle this." Toothless said with a smug grin and shot a small plasma blast at Snotlout, knocking him out of the tree and onto the ground.
"Well, that looked like it hurt." Hiccup said, standing over his cousin. "Go...jump...off a ... cliff." Snotlout groaned out. "Hey, he's back. Lucky us." Hiccup said. "Hey, where's Hookfang?" Aniu asked, noticing the absence of one certain Monstrous Nightmare. Snotlout instantly stood up. "Hookfang! Hookfang! Where are you? Hookfang, get your tail over here now! Hookfang? Hookie? Fangster?" Snotlout called out, walking to a cliff edge and seeing a rather familiar barren, rocky island around them.
"I don't think he's here, Snotlout." Hiccup said. "Obviously. Pig-headed dragon." Snotlout scoffed. "Don't worry, we'll find him." Aniu said optimistically. "Now all we have to do is figure out of here." Hiccup said. "First things first, we need to fix Toothless's prosthetic tailfin and I need to heal my wing." Aniu said.
Hours passed and night time had arrived. Hiccup and Aniu (who had healed her wing injury but still wouldn't be able to fly for at least three days) were fixing Toothless's prosthetic tailfin while Snotlout rummaged through the satchel Hiccup had brought with him.
"Okay, that should work." Hiccup mumbled, examining the spare yellow tailfin he had used. "This might be a little tougher." He picked up the bent connecting rod and used a boulder to try and straighten it out but Hiccup lost his grip and the rod hit him in face. "Ow, ow!" Hiccup yelped, covering his eye.
"Are you okay?" Aniu asked. "Just a little bruise but I'll be fine." Hiccup said. "There is nothing to eat in here, you two. What kind of search and rescue mission is this?" Snotlout complained. "We had no idea we were going to end up on this island." Aniu told him, trying to keep her voice calm and collected. "Instead of complaining, how about you try to help Aniu and I?" Hiccup asked.
"I am trying to help you and Aniu. I'm trying to teach to teach you about survival. You don't leave home without proper supplies. And at the top of that list is food." Snotlout said. "Like the food in your hand?" Hiccup asked. "You mean this old biscuit? It's got a spot of mould on it." Snotlout said. "We got bigger problems than a biscuit!" Hiccup yelled, angrily snatching the biscuit out of Snotlout's hand then Toothless ate it.
"He ate my biscuit! What kind of a dragon takes a man's biscuit?" Snotlout cried out. "You know, his bad manners are a reflection on you." Hiccup sighed and went back to fixing the connecting rod. "Give me that. You're doing it all wrong. You need to put some muscle into it. Oh, that's right, you can't." Snotlout jeered, bending the rod. "Snotlout don't!" Aniu exclaimed when she the connecting rod was being bent the wrong way. "Be careful with that or it might break!" Hiccup yelped before the connecting rod snapped in two pieces. Hiccup and Aniu face palmed. "You wanted two of them, right?" Snotlout asked stupidly. "Snotlout, you really are an idiot." Aniu groaned.
"Nope. That was our only way of getting home. Aniu can carry both of us in her dragon form but she can't carry Toothless and she won't leave him behind. Besides, her wing is injured." Hiccup said. "It's not my fault your dragon has a missing tailfin and Aniu's wing is injured. Just get another rod. Aniu can ride with us on Toothless's back." Snotlout said.
"Don't you understand? We have no idea where we are." Hiccup snapped, starting to lose his temper. Then Aniu and Toothless heard voices approaching. "Guys, quiet down." Aniu hissed while Toothless snarled. Hiccup and Snotlout immediately shut their mouths. "You hear that? Over there." One of the voices said.
Hiccup, Aniu, Toothless and Snotlout hid behind a rock wall and peeked through a hole. "What do you see?" Snotlout asked rather loudly. "Would you be quiet?" Aniu asked in a low whisper. "For all we know, we could be on a hostile island." Hiccup said. "Don't be babies. How hostile can it be?" Snotlout asked.
"Those are wild dragon tracks alright." One of the men said. "Good. I feel like killing." Another man grinned, readying his sword. "Is that hostile enough for you?" Hiccup asked Snotlout in a low whisper. Then, of all the people they could come across, an Outcast man walked past their hiding place. "Nothing over there?" A familiar voice asked. "Nothing there." The Outcast replied, walking back to his comrades.
"I know where we are now. That was Savage. Guys, we 're on Outcast Island." Hiccup groaned. "Of all the places we could've ended up on, we had to end up here." Aniu muttered."Come on, this way!" Savage yelled, leading his men away.
Meanwhile, back on Berk, Nava was sitting on the Great Hall's stairs with his arms around his knees and his wings folded loosely to his body. It was night time and still no sign of Hiccup, Aniu, Toothless or Snotlout. To be honest, he had a bad feeling in his gut and he was getting worried. "Any sign of them yet, Nava?" Fengo asked, flying over and landing beside him.
"Not yet. I just can't shake off the feeling that they are in danger somewhere." Nava replied gloomily. Fengo sighed and sat down beside him. "Aniu's a tough girl. She won't go down without a fight. But if someone dares to hurt her, they will pay with their lives." Fengo said. Nava smiled, Fengo had always been protective of his daughter. Then he decided to ask the adult guardian a question.
"Hey, Fengo. What do you think of Aniu and I being girlfriend and boyfriend?" Nava asked. "To be honest, Nava, I can't think of Aniu being in love with anyone but you. From when you two were just babies, you were always so close to each other. You and Aniu have always been there for each other. When you and Aniu decide to marry, I will be one of the happiest fathers alive. And I know your parents will be so happy too." Fengo said.
"My parents are coming in a short while, aren't they?" Nava asked. "They sent a letter saying they still have some unfinished business to do but once they are finished, they'll come as soon as they can." Fengo said. "Until they arrive and a house is built for us, I'll be staying in Astrid's house." Nava said. "Yes. Anyway, I think it's time we went to bed." Fengo said. "Yeah, I'm getting tired." Nava agreed.
The two guardians flew to their houses. Nava went into his room in the Hofferson House, took off his boots, lay down in his bed and pulled the blanket over himself. Aniu, Hiccup, I hope you two are okay. He thought, falling asleep and dreaming about his girlfriend and her surrogate brother. Fengo sighed as he took off his boots and lay down in his and Namara's bed. Namara came up the stairs minutes later, took off her boots and lay down beside him.
"I was just helping a Terrible Terror that had a thorn stuck in its paw." She said, pulling the blanket over them. "I'm worried about our daughter." Fengo told her. "I am too. But Aniu's a fighter. She's so protective of Hiccup and Toothless that the chances of her giving up without a fight is slim." Namara said. "I hope you're right, my beautiful wife." Fengo said, kissing his wife on the lips. Namara returned the kiss and they fell asleep in each other's arms and wings.
Meanwhile, back on Outcast Island, Hiccup, Aniu, Toothless and Snotlout weren't willing to go to sleep, because if they did, they were sure they would be waking up in an Outcast cell the next morning. "Outcast Island, I can't believe this. We've really got to fix this connecting rod and get out of here or we are dead." Hiccup said. Snotlout was eating some strange berries instead of listening.
"Snotlout, I'm not so sure you should be eating those berries." Hiccup said. "You know what they say: if you don't know what something is then don't eat it." Aniu said. "Well, I'm not so sure you should be telling me what to eat, especially after Toothless took my biscuit." Snotlout retorted, glaring at Toothless. The Night Fury sniffed at the berries in Snotlout's hand. "Hey, back off. These are mine." Snotlout snapped, shoving the black dragon away.
"Those berries could be poisonous." Hiccup said. "Hey, we're on Outcast Island. We're going into battle. We need our strength. A concept you know nothing about. I'm sure with Aniu's magic and Toothless's plasma blasts, we'll handle them." Snotlout said confidently. "Battle the Outcasts, really? Two Viking teens, a guardian teen and a Night Fury dragon against who knows how many Outcasts? I don't like those odds." Aniu said.
"Abtholutely." Snotlout said with a lisp. "What did you just say?" Hiccup asked. "I thaid, abtholutely. Ath in, of courthe." Snotlout said, his tongue was swollen to the point it was hanging out of his mouth."Oh, for the love of...I told you not to eat those berries." Hiccup snapped. "Why? Whatth wrong?" Snotlout asked. To answer him, Hiccup and Aniu pointed at a puddle of water. "Oh, no. I'm hideouth." Snotlout gasped, seeing and feeling his swollen tongue. "Don't worry, Snot. I learned about these berries in Guardian School. The effects are only temporary." Aniu said.
"Give me my satchel. It may have something that can help with your tongue." Hiccup said. "Thatchel?" Snotlout asked. "No, no, no. Do not tell me you just left the satchel there. If someone finds that satchel, we're in big trouble. It's got the Berk crest on it." Hiccup groaned. "Relaxth, we're safe. Trust me. No oneth going to find it." Snotlout said, sounding sure of himself.
"It's official: if the Outcasts capture us, I'm letting them beat you up first." Aniu sighed.
But unfortunately, Snotlout was dead wrong about someone not finding the satchel. "Oh, Alvin needs to see this." Savage smirked, holding the satchel in his dirty hands. If it was the one-footed boy, his Night Fury and his guardian friend, Alvin was going to be very pleased.
Back on Berk, Stoick, Fengo and Namara were very close to freaking out. Hiccup, Aniu, Toothless and Snotlout had been gone for two nights. "They've been gone for two nights. I thought you said they were right behind you." Stoick said. "They probably set down to wait out the storm."Astrid said, hoping for the best.'
"Or maybe, they encountered some trouble along the way." Nava said, worried about Aniu and Hiccup. "I see something." Fishlegs said, pointing up at the sky. "It's Hookfang!" Astrid and Nava yelled, recognizing the Monstrous Nightmare whose body was covered in flames. Hookfang landed in front of Stoick and let the fire burn out. Stoick held out his hand and Hookfang pressed his snout into Stoick's open hand.
"If Hookfang is here, then where's Snotlout?" Fishlegs asked. "And where are Hiccup, Toothless and Aniu?" Astrid asked anxiously. "Get your dragons ready. We're heading out." Stoick ordered.
In the Outcast Arena, a few Outcast soldiers were trying to tame a Deadly Nadder but their efforts were in vain. "I like this one. He's got the right spirit." Alvin said, grabbing the Deadly Nadder by the tail (its spikes were lying down flat) and threw it back into its cage and slamming the door shut.
"Will I never get these dragons to do what I want?" Alvin asked angrily, wondering if his methods or the dragons themselves were the reason why he was unsuccessful. "What you need is that book." An Outcast told him, referring to the Book of Dragons which they briefly had in their possession before the Dragoniters got it back with the help of Heather. "No, what we need is Stoick's boy and his guardian friend." Alvin said. Just then, Savage ran into the arena. "Alvin!" He called out and threw the satchel to his chief.
"The Berk crest. Oh, is it my birthday?" Alvin crowed, noticing the familiar red dragon stamped prominently on the bag. "Uh, I didn't get him anything. What does he like?" An Outcast soldier asked, thinking it really was Alvin's birthday. "Stop gossiping and bring me the owner of this bag." Alvin ordered. "Do you want them alive?" The soldier asked. "Why not? For now." Alvin said, smirking evilly. The Outcasts scurried to grab their weapons.
On a high platform of rock, Hiccup and Aniu were using spy glasses to scope out the surrounding area. "There's a lot of dragons flying around." Aniu remarked. "Wait, there it is. We just need to wait until the blacksmith leaves and then we can sneak in there and make a new rod." Hiccup said, staring through his spy glass at the stone building that just had to be the forge.
Snotlout had his tongue dipped in a bowl full of a clear liquid. "How long do I have to leave my tongue in here? It's disgusting. I saw Toothless spit in it." Snotlout said. Hiccup and Aniu threw proud looks at Toothless who grinned at them smugly. "He did indeed. Night Fury saliva has incredible healing properties." Hiccup said. "Indeed I do. Many dragons do actually. It's why many of us lick our wounds once we cleaned the blood off." Toothless said. Aniu translated his words to the boys.
"Ick. It tastes like yak pies." Snotlout complained. "Don't worry, Snotlout. You won't have to keep your tongue in there for long." Aniu said. "That's a relief." Snotlout said.
Meanwhile, out at sea, the other Dragoniters were searching for their friends with Stoick, Thornado, Gobber, Sonica, Fengo and Namara. "Follow your rider's scent, Hookfang. No matter how bad he smells." Namara called out to the Monstrous Nightmare. "I keep trying to tell Snotlout to take a bath more often but he doesn't listen. Oh, that's right, he can't understand me. Maybe I should just throw him into a clean-water pond and make sure he scrubs himself down." Hookfang replied.
"It's Snotlout. How hard can that be? He stinks so bad." Astrid said. "Agreed." Stormfly said. "Stormfly just said she agrees." Nava told Astrid. "Are we there yet?" Tuffnut asked. "No!" Stoick yelled. "I have to go to the bathroom." Ruffnut said. "You should've gone before you left." Fengo said. "Hang on! I think I've got their scent!" Hookfang roared. "Hookfang's got their scents!" Nava yelled. The search and rescue party followed the Monstrous Nightmare.
Thunder rumbled in the dark sky as Hiccup, Aniu, Toothless and Snotlout made their way to the Outcast forge. "Come on, hurry. We don't know how long the blacksmith is going to be absent from his post." Hiccup said. "Betty Botter bought some butter. "And..." said she "this butter's bitter. If I bought ..."" Snotlout rambled. "What are you saying?" Aniu asked him, annoyed. "Enjoying my tongue again." Snotlout said.
"Well, I'm glad someone is." Hiccup said sarcastically before a Monstrous Nightmare appeared. "Hookfang!" Snotlout exclaimed before realizing this dragon was not his dragon. "Not Hookfang." Snotlout said. "It's a wild Monstrous Nightmare." Hiccup said. Toothless ran in front of them and roared at the Stoker Class dragon.
"Toothless, stop." Hiccup ordered, getting between the two dragons. The boy held out his hand and the Monstrous Nightmare was about to press its snout against it when arrows shot past them. "There they are. The Berk intruders." An Outcast soldier said. "Run!" Aniu yelled. She, Hiccup, Toothless and Snotlout ran away while the Monstrous Nightmare shot fire at the Outcasts and flew away.
The four ran through a shallow crevice. "Circle back around, bud." Hiccup told his Night Fury. Toothless nodded and ran in another direction. "Be careful, Toothless!" Aniu called after the black Strike Class dragon. "There they go, that way!" An Outcast soldier yelled. "I really hate these Outcasts." Aniu muttered as she ran slow enough for Hiccup and Snotlout to keep up with her.
After some time, they managed to lose the Outcasts. They saw Toothless and chased after him. "Coast is clear." Aniu said. She, Hiccup and Snotlout moved out from the rock they were hiding behind. The three teens watched Toothless lead the Outcasts away from them. "Good. They're gone. All right, we'll just wait until Toothless comes back then head to the blacksmith shop." Hiccup said.
"No way. I'm not going anywhere near that place. You almost got us caught." Snotlout snapped. "Oh, here we go again." Aniu groaned as Toothless returned. "I almost got us caught? The only reason the Outcasts know we're here is because you lost the satchel with the Berk crest on it." Hiccup said. "Well, who brought the satchel with the Berk crest on it to Outcast Island?" Snotlout fired back.
"Well, I had no idea we were going to Outcast Island." Hiccup defended himself. "So you're not prepared and I get blamed. Hmm." Snotlout snorted. "Fine. If you don't like my ideas then please let us hear one of yours." Hiccup said. Snotlout had nothing to say. "Precisely as I suspected." Hiccup said, walking over to Toothless and giving him a pat. "There you go. Good job, bud. At least someone's pulling their weight around here." Hiccup said.
"Oh, you are so smug!" Snotlout exclaimed angrily. "Me?" Hiccup asked. "'Hiccup's so smart.' 'Hiccup's so brave.' 'He killed the Red Death.' 'He trained the dragons.' 'He's got a metal foot.'" Snotlout said. "Metal foot? That's what's bothering you?" Hiccup asked angrily. "No, it's what the leg is attached to." Snotlout said.
Aniu had stayed silent as the two boys argued but now she had enough. "WOULD YOU TWO JUST SHUT THE BLOODY HELL UP? It's hard to believe you two are cousins because you don't act like it! I'm so sick of you two arguing all the damn time! Snotlout, if you had just listened to us, we would not be in this mess in the first place! Grow up and stop thinking you're the best! I had enough. I'm going to the blacksmith shop on my own. Feel free to join me when you two have settled your differences." Aniu yelled at them and ran away.
"Aniu, wait! It's too dangerous!" Hiccup yelled but Aniu was already out of sight. "You go on ahead. I'll catch up." Snotlout said. "Thanks, Snotlout." Hiccup said sincerely, getting onto Toothless's back. The Night Fury ran in the direction Aniu had gone. "Good luck, cousin." Snotlout said under his breath.
Aniu walked to the blacksmith shop, huffing angrily. Why couldn't Hiccup and Snotlout get along for once and why did Snotlout have to be an arrogant, vain idiot all the time? Aniu cared about Hiccup greatly. They were basically surrogate siblings by bond. They stuck together through thick and thin. "Aniu, wait!" Hiccup's voice called. Toothless ran up to her with Hiccup on his back.
"Aniu, I'm sorry." Hiccup apologized. "Yeah, me too. I shouldn't have exploded like that but you guys were driving me mad." Aniu accepted his apology. "Yeah, anyway we need to get another connecting rod so we can fix Toothless's tailfin, grab Snotlout and get off this island. Snotlout's still at the place where we argued, hopefully." Hiccup said. Aniu nodded and the three continued on their way to the blacksmith shop.
The search party was flying through the night sky when Fishlegs spotted something in the water. "Uh-oh. You guys need to see this!" He alerted. "Okay, Stormfly. Tail fip." Astrid ordered. Stormfly flew down and used her tail to grab the object and gave it to her rider. "Toothless's tailfin." Astrid gasped, recognizing the red fabric in her hands.
"Oh, no. Toothless lost his tailfin. If Toothless doesn't have his prosthetic tailfin, he can't fly and Aniu can't carry him, Hiccup and Snotlout." Fishlegs gasped in horror. "Enough! They're probably stranded at sea. We fly close to the water." Stoick said. "I hope there's a sea stack somewhere so I can go to the toilet." Ruffnut said. Everyone threw her disturbed looks.
Meanwhile, Hiccup, Aniu and Toothless had reached the blacksmith shop. Hiccup and Aniu slipped through the bars that made up the doors but Toothless couldn't get through. "Back there, bud. Saty hidden." Hiccup told him. "Keep a look out for any Outcasts." Aniu said. "I will." Toothless said and walked away.
While Hiccup and Aniu searched around the forge for a connecting rod, a wild Gronckle saw Toothless and attacked him, sending them falling into a crevice. Toothless dodged the Gronckle's attacks, waited until the Boulder Class dragon had used up its shot limit and hit it with plasma blasts, sending the Gronckle flying. Toothless tried to climb out but was unsuccessful. He knew he couldn't roar for help or he would attract unwanted attention.
In the Outcast forge, Hiccup and Aniu had found a suitable connecting rod and were trying to hammer it into the right shape. "Come on, Hiccup, hurry." Aniu said before a pair of large, dirty hands covered her mouth and another pair wrapped chains around her wings. Hiccup dropped his hammer and tried to help Aniu but Savage grabbed him.
"And what are we making, Hiccup?" The second-in-command of the Outcast Tribe sneered. "Uh, a gift for Alvin. To thank him for his hospitality. Oh, boy." Hiccup groaned. "Well, you can thank him in person. Grab him!" Savage ordered. Two Outcast men grabbed Hiccup despite his struggles. Aniu tried to help Hiccup but a man caught her. "Let's take them to Alvin." Savage said and the two teens were dragged outside.
Toothless had managed to find a way out and ran to the place where they had left Snotlout who was waiting somewhat impatiently for him, Hiccup and Aniu. "Where are they?" Snotlout asked himself impatiently. "They've been gone for a long time. I hope they didn't get into any trouble." Toothless ran up to him. "Toothless? Where are Hiccup and Aniu? Are they in trouble?" Snotlout asked. "Let's go find them, Toothless." Finally. Toothless thought as Snotlout got on his back. The Night Fury ran to the blacksmith shop.
When they got there, Snotlout kicked open the door and began calling for his cousin and his friend. "Hiccup! Aniu! Stupid dragon, they aren't even here." Snotlout said. Then his foot stepped on something. "Hmm, this looks familiar." He said, picking up the connecting rod which had dropped when Hiccup and Aniu were captured by the Outcasts.
Then he remembered Toothless needed the connecting rod and turned around to fix the Night Fury's prosthetic tailfin only to come face-to-face with an Outcast holding an axe. "Aaahh!" Snotlout screamed and barely dodged the axe as it was swung at him. Toothless heard the commotion, snarled and saw Snotlout fending off an Outcast.
Snotlout kicked the man in the gut, sending the Outcast flying into a wall. The Jorgenson boy turned around with a cocky grin on his face. Toothless saw the Outcast get up and alerted Snotlout with a roar. The Outcast grabbed a battle hammer and knocked the connecting rod out of Snotlout's hand. He tripped over a barrel and fell down on the ground.
Snotlout and Toothless exchanged a look and Toothless blasted the connecting rod back into Snotlout's hand, allowing the Jorgenson boy to disarm the Outcast and kick him towards Toothless. The Night Fury head butted the Outcast and knocked him unconscious.
"You know what, Toothless? We make a pretty good team. I might not give you back." Snotlout said, walking out of the blacksmith shop. Toothless growled at him. "Kidding." Snotlout before seeing Hiccup and Aniu held hostage by a bunch of Outcasts and being lead up a pathway. "Now, let's get them, Toothless." Snotlout said, mounting the Night Fury. Toothless nodded and ran to save his rider and guardian friend.
"Stoick wouldn't have sent you two alone, where's the rest of your party?" Savage interrogated his two prisoners and he lead them up to where Alvin was. "Just us. It's just us. Taking a little vacation. You know, I heard Outcast Island is beautiful this time of the year." Hiccup said. "We just wanted to see how this place was going." Aniu added innocently. "And we are never going to tell you how to train dragons because you'll use them to destroy Berk and take over the archipelago."
"Alvin will get it out of you, in fact he'll enjoy it but trust me, you won't. Move!" Savage said. On a ledge high above them, Alvin was watching through a spyglass. "Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me!" He crowed. "I'm confused. Is it your birthday or not?" An Outcast asked. "As far as you're concerned, everyday's me birthday. Now, prepare the dragons, their trainers have arrived!" Alvin exclaimed.
Hiccup, Aniu and their Outcast guards were walking through a narrow pathway between two cliffs. Snotlout and Toothless waited on one cliff and Snotlout gave Toothless a signal then pushed some boulders off the cliff, blockading the pathway. Toothless plasma blasted some other boulders, leaving the people down below trapped.
"Toothless!" Hiccup and Aniu exclaimed, seeing their best dragon friend. "Oh, as usual, I can rely on no one but myself." Alvin growled. Snotlout fought off Savage and another Outcast while Hiccup unchained Aniu's wings. Toothless leapt into the fray to help his friends. Before long, all the Outcasts were defeated. "Oh, aren't we ever glad to see you, bud?" Hiccup asked, stroking Toothless's chin. "Thanks, Toothless. We really needed the help." Aniu said.
Then Savage ran up to Snotlout, yelling a battle cry with a large bone held in his hands. Toothless hit him with a low-powered plasma blast, knocking Savage over. When Savage got up again, he saw Hiccup, Aniu, Toothless and Snotlout glaring at him, realized he was outnumbered and made a hasty retreat. Snotlout chased after him to make sure he stayed away.
Hiccup quickly attached the connecting rod to Toothless's tail and Aniu checked her wing and saw it was healed enough for her to fly. Savage climbed up a rock wall and Snotlout climbed up after him. "Need some help?" Alvin sneered, holding out a hand. Snotlout tried to climb back down but lost his grip and fell. Toothless flew in and grabbed the Jorgenson boy before flying up into the sky with Aniu following.
Alvin threw his axe at them and it narrowly missed Snotlout. "Shoot them down!" Alvin ordered. Aniu and Toothless dodged the arrows and Toothless shot a plasma blast at some boulders, knocking them down. "How does that ninety-pound boy and that guardian girl repeatedly defeat an entire army of blood-thirsty savages?" Alvin asked angrily.
"Would you like me to answer that?" Savage asked timidly. "I know the answer. They'll be back. Oh, if I have to bring them back myself. They'll be back." Alvin growled.
Hiccup, Aniu and Snotlout cheered as they flew away from Outcast Island. "Do you realize what we just did?" Hiccup asked his cousin and surrogate sister. "We totally kicked butt." Snotlout laughed. "Kicked their heads in." Aniu added with a laugh. "Yeah and we kicked their heads in and butts together." Hiccup exclaimed. "Look, Snotlout, we're..." Hiccup and Aniu said together.
"Hungry, right?" Snotlout asked. "Yeah, we are actually." Aniu said. "Me too." Snotlout said. "Hiccup, I must admit, it was stupid to not have a spare connecting rod or two in your satchel." Aniu said. "Don't worry, I will remember to add a couple of spare connecting rods for whenever we go out on a mission. Hiccup assured her. The two Vikings teens, the guardian teen and the Night Fury lapsed into silence as they flew home.
"Hey, what's that?" A tired Fishlegs asked. "It's Hiccup and Aniu!" Stoick, Fengo and Namara exclaimed. "And they picked up a baby seal." Tuffnut said jokingly, referring to Snotlout. "Young ones, you're safe." Stoick said once Hiccup, Aniu, Toothless and Snotlout were close enough. "We never had a doubt." Gobber said. "Hello, where's my dragon?" Snotlout asked. Hookfang flew up to Toothless and nudged his rider.
"Hookfang! I'm still mad at you." Snotlout as his Monstrous Nightmare grabbed him and flipped his rider onto his saddle. Astrid and Nava grinned proudly at Hiccup and Aniu and Aniu moved to fly beside her boyfriend.
"Sometimes, the last person you want to rely on is the one you end up being stuck with. Now, being stuck with Snotlout was no picnic. But, who knew how much Aniu and I could rely on him?"
The Dragoniters, Stoick, Thornado, Fengo, Namara, Gobber and Sonica flew back to Berk. As for Hiccup, Aniu and Snotlout: all they wanted was some rest, food and water. Toothless wanted to eat some fresh fish.
Ever since I started writing my Httydag stories, I have been trying to find a good name to call the group consisting of: Hiccup, Toothless, Aniu, Nava, Astrid, Stormfly, Fishlegs, Meatlug, Snotlout, Hookfang, Ruffnut, Tuffnut and Barf-Belch. I have decided to call them the Dragoniters all through the stories. Fitting name, don't you think?
And as for the group consisting of Arrow, Skyflier, Forestflier, Violet, Firesnow, Ignitis, Infernia, Clobbertail, Stonecruncher, Sweetiepie, Lefa-Rila and Boomer-Banger, I have decided to call them the Rider's Dragon's Mates and Offspring. RDMO for short. When it is just Skyflier, Forestflier, Violet, Ignitis, Infernia, Stonecruncher, Sweetiepie and Boomer-Banger they will be called the Rider's Dragon's Offspring. RDO for short. Arrow, Firesnow, Clobbertail and Lefa-Rila will be the Rider's Dragon's Mates. RDM for short.
Episodes 14 to 26 of Dragons: Race to the Edge was awesome and more action-packed than before.(SPOILER ALERT) I was so relieved when it revealed Heather and Windshear were spying on the Dragon Hunters for the Dragon Riders. Ryker and Viggo are very good villains. I hope Dagur's still a villain.
I am very excited for my future stories. It's agony to wait.
Four more chapters to go before this story is over, folks!
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Updated: 20.01.2016