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Ironclad's POV
I felt like I was swimming to the surface of the water and when I finally broke through the pain started to set it. I groaned, still having my eyes closed.
My head was absolutely throbbing and my body didn't feel to good either.
I heard voices, they were muffled but still way to loud.
"Can you all keep it down!?" I moaned.
I tried tuning them out but it was no use.
I couldn't catch much of the conversation because of a loud ringing in my ears that wasn't making my massive headache any better.
I opened my eyes and placed my elbows underneath me sitting up somewhat. I looked around to see Klint beside me, looking awfully tense.
I saw Helga standing in front of me, almost protectively.
What was going on?
The last thing I really remembered was blacking out after fighting Corey and...and seeing her.
I saw I was in the Healer's hut. Why was I laying on a table in the Healer's hut?
Helga then stepped aside and I saw Hiccup, his expression was one of worry and anticipation.
"Ahh Hiccup. It feels like I was run over by about twenty Gronkles and then about thirty Monstrous Nightmares. What happened?" I said.
I then saw a women standing beside him.
Her long black hair was tied in a ponytail. She had tanish skin and some freckles. She wore dark gray breast armor, a dark green tunic and dark gray chainmale, She had a burn scar on her left forearm. She had on brown pants, black leather boots and gold shoulder guards with mud brown fingerless gloves.
But the thing that made me lose my breath was the black leather mask covering the top half of her face, only showing her piercing sky blue eyes.
"It can't be" I muttered under my breath.
She...none of them made it...I was the only one from my family. She couldn't have survived...could she?
"Ora?" I chocked out.
"Ironclad" she said, her voice catching.
It can't be her, but it is.
"What...how?" I said.
"You're alive" Ora breathed out.
"You're alive" I repeated.
"Welcome back" Ora said "little brother"
Before I could speak she sprinted over and pulled me into a large bear hug.
"Ahh!" I yelled, the pain flaring up as she did "Ora, for the love of the gods can you let me breath. I'm not ready to be squished to death."
"Sorry!" Ora said letting me go.
Hiccup's POV
My mind was still realing.
Ironclad and Ora...were siblings?! I didn't even know he had siblings.
Then again he never truly talked about his family or his old tribe.
"You two...are siblings" I said, still in a massive amount of shock.
"Yes" Ironclad said "Unfortunately" he said jokingly.
"Hey! You aren't exactly a ray of sunshine either" she said rolling her eyes.
Right then the Healer entered the room with a small cup.
She saw Ironclad awake and smiled "Oh you're awake. That is a good sign. Drink this to help the pain" handing him the drink.
"And can I go after that?" he asked.
The Healer only glared at him, crossing her arms.
"Please!" Ironclad said "I'm fine, really"
She sighed and rolled her eyes "No"
"Please! I just need a little fresh air!" he said.
"A few minutes outside and then I want you back in here." she said "And drink that entire cup"
"Thank you Healer" Ironclad said. He then quickly looked down and I motioned for Klint and Helga to look away as he unclasped his mask.
I waited a few moments and looked up to see Ironclad, placing the now empty cup beside him and standing up.
"Feel better?" I asked.
"Much, now lets get out of this place" he said.
The Healer scoffed and turned away.
I laughed and we headed out of the hut.
I see Toothless and Black Ice, rushing forward, to where we were standing.
"Hey bud" I said scratching behind his ear.
Black Ice was quickly moving towards his rider but Ora stood in front of him.
"You aren't getting near my brother you beast" she said gasping her hammer.
Black Ice growled and crouched low to the ground.
"Ohh no" I muttered.
"Enough!" Ironclad yelled.
Ora lowered her hammer while Black Ice stood up out of his battle position.
Ironclad then walked over to Black Ice and was scratching his head while Black Ice cooed at his rider. Ironclad laughed and Black Ice nuzzled him.
Ora dropped her hammer on the ground.
"What is going on?" she said.
"Well you see" I said then looking at Ironclad "Ironclad?"
Ironclad sighed and turned to us, still having one arm on Black Ice.
"Ora, this is Black Ice. Black Ice this is my long lost sister, Ora" he said.
Black Ice looked pretty shocked and was looking between the two siblings.
"Yeah, I was pretty shocked too" I said.
"We all were" Helga said.
"Hey, head up to the Hall and just give everyone a fair warning ok?" I whispered to her. She nodded and left with Klint.
"I thought he killed you" Ora muttered.
"Wait...what?" me and Ironclad said.
Ironclad's POV
Black Ice was worried about me to say the least.
He was glad I was ok...for the first couple seconds.
Then I got the lecture about never allowing something so stupid to ever happen again.
"You scared me" he said finishing his lecture "Please don't do that again"
Ora then dropped her hammer, creating a loud thud.
"What is going on?" she said.
"Well you see" Hiccup said then looking at me "Ironclad?"
"Ora, this is Black Ice. Black Ice this is my long lost sister, Ora" I said.
"Sibling! I thought you lost your entire family...how is she alive!"
"Yeah, I was pretty shocked too" Hiccup said.
"We all were" Helga said, then Hiccup said something to her and she left with Klint.
"I thought he killed you" Ora muttered.
"Wait...what?" me and Hiccup said.
"I thought...I saw the claw marks and..." Ora said, her eyes had a far off look, like she was reliving a memory.
"Ora?" I asked.
"Ironclad!" the Healer called "I need to look over those bandages now"
I groaned and patted Black Ice one more time and walked back into the hut.
"Come see me after dinner and we can talk then" I said looking back at Hiccup and Ora.
Hiccup's POV
"Ora? Are you ok?" I asked and she snapped out of her trance.
"Yes" she said.
"Well then care for some dinner at the hall?" I asked.
"That will be fine" she said and we walked to the Hall.
Once there I saw the other teens and Riders.
I sat down next to Astrid and Ora right across from me. She sat next to Kol who was beside the other Berk riders, Ruff, Tuff, Fishlegs, and Snoulout. Then next to Astrid was Ari, Helga, Heith and Klint.
"So..Ora" I said breaking the awkward silence.
"Are you really Ironclad's sister?" Ruff blurted out.
"Yes I am" Ora said.
"Then why are is everyone surprised" Tuff said.
"I thought Ironclad was dead; killed by a dragon" she said looking down.
"Then how did you survive the Screaming Death if you thought Ironclad was a goner." Kol asked.
"I never said I though he died by the hands of the Screaming Death...well at first I did" she said.
"Then...what happened?" I asked.
"Its a long story" she said sighing "It was the day of the attack. I was 11 and wanted to get a new weapon, one that was real and mine. Not my mother's or father's or a little kid's weapon. My father wanted me to wait till I was 13 but I didn't want to hear it. So I 'borrowed' a small vessel and headed to a nearby tribe and got this hammer." she said, patting her weapon.
"I was so happy I sailed back, it had only been about four days and I had made an excuse that I was fishing or something but I knew I would probably hear it when I got back. But when I reached the shore I saw the entire village in ruins. It was awful. I thought my entire family was gone" she said "So I wept for a few hours but I then noticed something. Footprints, in the forest"
She then took a deep breath and continued her story.
"I was so happy! I thought someone, maybe my brother had survived. I tracked the footprints through the forest and came across a cave. I looked and was horrified. I saw scratch marks everywhere and I saw a few arrows. I knew they were his because he always carved the tribe's symbol in them and well I just had a feeling" she said "I really did think a dragon killed him."
"Didn't you ever hear about him in your travels though?" Ari said.
"I headed to a different part of the archipelago, trying to see if by some chance he was alive. I tried for years but soon gave up because many of the islands didn't really speak Norse and I didn't want to listen to any rumors about Black Blood tribesmen. They were all false in the end" she said.
"But he didn't die. He survived" I said.
"Really?" Snotlout said sarcastically "I didn't realize!"
I sighed "I meant that I know why she thought Ironclad was dead. He told me that was when he met Black Ice and the claw marks were his but Ironclad was never hurt."
"You know that story?" Helga said.
"He NEVER talks about his past!" Ari said.
"What happened?" Ora asked.
"Well...it was after the umm attack. Ironclad was doing some hunting and that's why he was able to escape. His mother told him to run and he did. He took shelter in a cave that night and stumbled upon Black Ice the next day." I said.
"And the magically became friends and danced into the sunset? What happened!" Ari said.
"Well Black Ice was trapped...and Ironclad freed him. Black Ice was thankful to him and a bond was instantaneous. Ironclad named him Black ice because he said the rock was as black as night and looked like ice."
"Amazing" Ora said "Black Ice seemed very protective of my brother...it all makes sense. He owes him a life debt."
"That and they have a super cool connection so they can talk!" Heith said.
"You can understand the dragons!?" Ora said.
I groaned and glared at Heith.
"Me and Ironclad have a special connection with our dragons. I can understand Toothless but Ironclad and Black Ice have a true bond, there is nothing like it" I said.
Right then I heard the doors burst open and I saw Stoick and Gobber.
He looked right at me with a glare I knew all too well.
"Ohhhh why me" I groaned.
Stoick then started walking towards us and I braced myself for whatever was coming up.
"What's wrong?" Astrid asked.
"I don't know. But it isn't going to be good." I said.
"Hiccup!" Stoick said sternly once he reached us.
I sighed and stood up "Yes?"
ON OUTCAST ISLAND
3rd Person POV
"Are we ready Dagur?" Dahlia said, putting her hand on her hip.
"Almost my dear" Dagur said.
"What did you call me?!" Dahlia yelled.
"Ohh come on. Don't be like that" Dagur said striding over to her.
Dahlia's dragon, Luna, growled at Dagur, who glared back.
"Don't come to close Dagur, she isn't friendly with strangers or really people for that matter" Dahlia said patting her Moon Hunter dragon.
"I am curious as to why you have struck up this deal with me though" Dagur said slowly pacing.
"You know why" she gritted through her teeth "revenge on Ironclad"
"Yes, yes. I know that" Dagur said waving her off "But refresh my memory a bit to the details."
Dahlia sighed "He humiliated me! Going after that tramp in the White Light tribe"
"And?" Dagur said.
"We could have been the most powerful pair of mercenaries in the entire archipelago!" she yelled.
"Ahh yes" Dagur said "That's what I was looking for"
Dahlia rolled her eyes "Are we ready!?"
"Yes, soon Hiccup and the dragons will be mine and you can do whatever you want with Ironclad" Dagur said waving her off.
"Excellent" Dahlia said.
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