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New chapter for the awesome fandom of how to train your dragon! Thanks for the great reviews they are very supporting and I hope you guys are ready for some drama drama drama about to occur very soon.
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Despite the strong winds of the cold and the snow, Asger wasn't kidding when he said that he could steer a ship very well in storms like this, maybe even worse but the fact that he got the ship to sail through these waters without breaking a sweat and making it seem they were on a slow stroll in calm waters! The silence the twins were in was something that was making him a little nervous so he tried to reassure them with a calm voice. "Look guys I know that the very thought of Dagur hurting you is very impossible to think of but this is for your own good. I've seen him loose his temper and if he hears about your true motives then he might be just as evil as before."
"But running away from this will just prove that we're guilty as charged." Hiccup pointed out, looking out at the disastrous scene of the sea as the wind violently was blowing through his hair.
"This is until we can be sure he calmed down then you can decide if you want to go back or stay in Berk," Asger assured but all Hiccup could do was get up and head down below deck, not saying a word even though his mind was scolding himself for leaving his sister up but most of his thoughts was crammed with questions and dilemmas, he needed some time to be alone.
"Forgive him Asger," Heather spoke up after a moment of silence between her and the sailor. "He's just lost and confused, everything is happening all at once so it's hard for him to take in and deal with it. He was lied to his whole life without even knowing it until recently and he has no idea which side to choose, or who to trust other than me and his dragon. He needs time, and some sign to help him know if he's doing the right thing, in all honesty even I don't know if I'm doing the right thing...We just need to know if we can trust the people who claim to help up, but mostly Hiccup needs to be able to trust you." She looked at Asger, who was silent before he sighed and walked over to the teen but stayed a safe personal distance.
"I understand, but you're going to have to trust me, no matter how much doubt you're in and if I have to then I'll find some way to earn your trust," Asger promised, hoping that Heather will believe him. "I won't stop until both of you trust me and someday even Dagur."
Heather didn't say anything before placing her hand on his shoulder. "We'll try, but please be sure you know what you're promising because the last thing Hiccup and I want to feel is regret."
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"Astrid...ASTRID! WAKE UP ALREADY!"
Her eyes began to flattered, vision blurry until she finally saw Ruffnut hovering over her with her face full of concern and not tied up like they were earlier. She sat up, her hand was on her forehead to calm down the pain, seeing she was in the same cell with her friends but without the dragons. "Where are we?"
"In the Berserker ship heading towards Berserker Island to spend eternity in prison," Ruffnut explained with a flat tone, laying back. "You've been out for hours."
"That and the fact that our dragons are locked up in dragon proof chains while we're sailing in this crazy weather," Tuffnut added. "But seriously, how can you manage to get yourself captured and outsmarted by these mutton head, and that's coming from me." That was when she suddenly realized...
"Toothless, and Windshear...Are they in this ship, where are they!?" Astrid stood up, hoping to hear said dragons but she heard nothing until Snotlout explained in a low and angry voice. "The berserkers took Toothless and Windshear to a different ship and are going to Thor knows where." Before anyone could comment on how they were so unprepared and dumb enough to get captured, two soldiers walked in to serve the food for their prisoners while their conversation was so loud that Astrid signaled the teens to be quiet and to listen.
"Do you think they made it?"
"Not yet, they should be there in a couple of hours I believe."
"You sure this will work, Berk is too smart for this."
"It will, why do you think we kidnapped those teens and those two extra vikings from Berk? We're playing those idiots like puppets for a change."
"After this, we'll truly have two new heirs who will no longer have a spark of loyalty to Berk or their dragon rider friends."
"Yeah, they'll only have a thirst for blood, especially that lad."
"Oye, shut up and give me a hand here!" Savage shouted, hauling two figured towards the cell. "Trying to turn these two into our personal servants is not turning out as great as we hoped so we'll just give these dragon riders some company. He opened the door of the cell across from the teens, shoving two vikings who were the last people the teens were expecting to see here right now!
"GOBBER!? SPITELOUT!?" (Snotlout said "dad")
Savage grinned at the shocked faces they had as he shut the cell door, locking it at the process as he pointed to the two prisoners. "Glad to see you all know each other, well then your trip to Berserker Island should be a little nice and with some company. Enjoy this while you still can, I doubt this will last long." Chuckling, he and th soldiers left up deck to get the ship sailing properly before the storm shallows it whole, leaving the prisoners alone in stun silence until Gobber asked the teens with panic when he realized that he didn't spot the chief.
"What are you lot doing here and where in Thor's name is Stoick!?"
"When the storm came we had to camp out in a cave in one of the islands close to our target but with the storm getting worse and not enough time in our shoulder, Stoick thought it would be best if he went off to find Hiccup and Heather alone with Skullcrusher. A few hours later we were ambushed and captured by the berserkers, they took Toothless and Windshear but they're in a different boat for some reason." Astrid explained with disappointment with herself for failing her duty in this mission.
"I see..." Gobber sighed, glad that Stoick was still searching but worried about the two dragons whereabouts until his eyes widen in panic once again, fearing the worst as he whispered to himself with fear. "Uh no...They can't be in that ship...No way..." He looked up at the concerned teens, asking them for more detail. "Do you remember what kind of ship Toothless and Windshear got in?"
"Astrid was unconscious at the time but I do recall seeing the ship full of crates with the berserker crests and the mast of the ship had three dragons on it; the skrill, nightfury, and razorwhip." Fishlegs answered nervously until Gobber punched the wall of the cell with anger.
"That lunatic Dagur!" He saw their confusion and tried to explain as calmly as he could. Keyword, 'tried'. "I saw that same ship making its way to the sea path to Berk, I don't know why they're doing so but I have a feeling that-"
"Wait why are you two here?" Tuffnut interrupted, pointing at the two until Spitelout took a deep breath and then explained. "Before Gobber and I could actually get to the village to tell the everything and make sure they don't jump to any conclusions, we were ambushed just by Raven Point then dragged to this boat to sail through this crazy storm!"
Astrid had a sick feeling that something like that happened but what worried her was the fact that the village has no one to clear anything up for them, Toothless and Windshear are being sailed to Berk, and the they those soldiers were talking about earlier is apparently reaching Berk...Bit by bit the pieces were slowly getting together but the moment she put all the pieces together, her eyes were wider than plates with horror. "It's a trap for them..." She whispered, until turning to the teens. "We have to get out of this cell, find our dragons and get to Berk, NOW! Before it's too late!"
"In this freak weather?" Snotlout questioned, getting a little afraid by how sacred Astrid sounded and when she nodded. "Astrid...What's going on?"
Astrid turned to him, asnwering with seriousness beyond compared, "Remember when Mildew convinced the whole village that Toothless was making Thor angry and that he should be banished?"
"Yeah, he nearly got him banished if it wasn't for Hiccup's insane idea to get struck by lightning," Fishlegs recalled, shivering at the memory. "But where are you getting at?"
"A while ago, those guards were talking about someone arriving to Berk and the two heirs putting their loyalty to the Berserker Tribe. The two heirs are Hiccup and Heather, they're heading back to Berk for some reason. Now think of that lightning storm incident but without any of us to there to try to reason with the villagers along with the news of Hiccup's and Heather's sudden decision to join Dagur," Astrid replied, hoping that they'll understand which they understood and now were just as frightened as she was.
She's right... They really need to get out of these cells, and get on their dragons before it's late; but something's telling Astrid in a dark acid tone that they were already too late to do anything now.
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Hiccup finally decided that he should go back up on deck so he wouldn't cause his sister to worry but his own worries calmed down when he saw that Heather was only talking to Asger about her experience in the wild after the destruction of her adopted village.
"I see you finally decided to join this small party Hiccup," Asger smiled, getting up from his seat on top of a crate to put his shoulder around the teen to bring him closer to the small circle. "Grab a crate or something to sit on, Heather just finished telling me about the time she and Windshear managed to take on a whole boat of pirates who wanted to take all her belongings."
Hiccup was surprised at that fun fact about his sister, giving her the look that clearly said 'no more fighting pirates on your own' until Heather shrugged with a smile, "But hey my adventures aren't as crazy as Hiccup's here... I heard he managed to take on a giant dragon called the Red Death with all on his own with his dragon Toothless."
"Really?" Asger gasped with disbelief until he looked done at Hiccup's metal leg before he gently shoved him to take a seat. "That can explain why you got that metal foot my friend, well go on don't hide all your glory tell us about the whole battle in detail! I am so eager to hear about how this scrawny one legged viking managed to take on a giant dragon with only one dragon of his own."
Ignoring the comment about how scrawny he was, Hiccup sighed, having no choice but to tell since Heather looked eager to hear the whole story in detail, but he made a mental note to not include every detail, like how he trained Toothless...He still couldn't trust Asger, yet.
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End of this chapter hope you guys enjoyed this and see ya next time ;)
