Author's Note: Here's the next chapter. Hope you all enjoy it.
I don't own How to Train Your Dragon, only Hicca (female Hiccup), Asher (male Astrid), Bones (Boneknapper), Serpentina (Grapple Grounder), Mist (Scauldron), Blazer (Monstrous Nightmare), and Etch (Whispering Death).
"..." Human p.o.v.
"..." Dragon p.o.v.
'...' Human thought
'...' Dragon thought
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Chapter 16: Defiant One
'The life of a Viking can be difficult, harsh, and stormy. Nobody could make it through alone. Eventually, you're going to have to rely on someone. Unfortunately, we do not always get to pick that someone.'
The Dragon Riders were flying over a stormy ocean and Hicca was struggling to see through the wind.
"This is so lame. Why are we even out here?" Snotlout asks.
"Because this is our first dragon search and rescue mission." Hicca says.
"I see a lot of searching but not much rescuing. Do you even know where we are?" Snotlout asks.
"My daddy said the fishing boat was last seen heading south." Hicca says.
"You don't know what you're talking about. There's nothing down there. I say we go north." Snotlout says.
"And if Hicca said to go north?" Asher asks trying to confuse the girl.
"Are you trying to mess with my mind? Because nothing gets in here. Nothing!" Snotlout shouts.
"What does our map say, Fishlegs?" Asher asks the girl flying behind him.
"Kind of tough to read from this angle." Fishlegs says after the map was blown in her face.
"You know what, Hicca? I'm done listening to you. I said north, and north is where I'm going." Snotlout says trying to turn Hookfang around.
"No way." Hookfang says refusing to turn.
"Hey, you work for me!" Snotlout shouts as she forces Hookfang to turn around and flies off.
"Are we just going to let her go?" Ruffnut asks her best friend.
"Works for me." Tuffnut says as Hicca just smiles at the silence that surrounds her.
"Ahem." Asher says clearing his throat and staring at his crush giving her a look that says, "You know you have to go after her".
"Ugh. I'm going, I'm going. Lead the others back. We'll get her. Come on sweetie." Hicca says turning Toothless around.
Hicca and Toothless follow behind Snotlout and Hookfang but her attention was caught by a huge waterspout.
"Wow, look at the size of that waterspout." Hicca says but sees Snotlout flying too close to it. "That waterspout is way too dangerous." She says to the girl.
"That's why I'm flying around it. Duh!" Snotlout says steering Hookfang around it.
"YOU'RE CUTTING TOO CLOSE! LOOK OUT!" Hicca yells to her.
"Oh! No, no, no, no, no!" Snotlout yells as she and Hookfang start getting sucked into the waterspout. "AAH!" She screams as she is throw off of her saddle and Hookfang gets thrown into the wind. "HELP ME! HELP ME, HICCA! AH!" She continues to scream as she is pulled into the waterspout.
"We're coming!" Hicca shouts as she and Toothless dive in after her.
"Whoa!" Snotlout screams but Toothless grabs her by her arms.
"TOOTHLESS, GET US OUT OF HERE!" Hicca yells but then looks behind her to see the prosthetic tailfin coming apart. "Oh, no. SNOTLOUT, HANG ON!" She screams as they are thrown off into the wind dodging pointy sea-stacks and rocks before crashing into the ground on an island and blacks out.
Meanwhile on Berk, Stoick and Gobber were at the docks helping unload the boat that just got in while Bones, Serpentina, Mist, and Etch were watching from atop a ledge.
"Push, Gobber!" Stoick yells grunting while pulling a wheelbarrow.
"I'm pushing, Stoick." Gobber says calmly.
"Well, it certainly doesn't feel like it. Push harder." Stoick says to the blacksmith.
"Oh. There they are." Gobber says pointing his hook to the returning Dragon Riders.
"I'm glad you're back. The boat has returned." Stoick says.
"Could've told us that before we left." Tuffnut complains.
"Excuse me?" Stoick asks with a growl.
"Um, nothing, Chief. That was her." Tuffnut says pointing at his sister.
"Hey!" Ruffnut shouts.
"Where's Hicca?" Stoick asks not seeing his daughter as her dragons land behind him.
"She had to double back to get Snotlout." Asher says.
"Heh. I said leave her." Tuffnut says hopping off his shared dragon but Stoick glares at him, again. "Uh, her again. I don't know what her deal is." He says but Ruffnut punches her brother in the arm.
"Nothing to worry about, Stoick. You know how hard it is to get her off that Night Fury." Gobber says.
Back on the island where Toothless crashed, Hicca regains consciousness and looks at her surroundings.
"Toothless? Where are you? Snotlout?" Hicca asks as she walks around but then hears a dragon roaring. "Toothless!" She shouts and runs over a hill to see her Night Fury shaking his whole body. "Are you okay? Ah! Come on, talk to me, sweetie." She says.
"I'm okay, just a little sore." Toothless says licking Hicca's face.
"Oh, thank Thor. That wasn't our best landing, was it?" Hicca asks but then sees the prosthetic tailfin. "Great. Your tail is gone and the connecting rod is a mess. What are we supposed to do now?" She asks herself out loud.
"You can start by getting me out of this stupid tree!" Snotlout says hanging from a tree on one of its highest branches.
"Sit tight." Toothless says and fires a plasma blast at the branch causing the girl to fall.
"Well, that looked like it hurt." Hicca says standing over the girl as she shakes her head no. "You sure? Can you talk?" She asks.
"Go…suck…rocks." Snotlout groans.
"Hey, she's back. Lucky us. Hey, where's Hookfang?" Hicca asks as Snotlout realizes her dragon isn't here.
"Hookfang! Hookfang! Where are you? Hookfang, you get over here right now! Hookfang? Hookie? Fangster?" Snotlout continues to call out hoping her dragon will answer.
"I don't think he's here, Snotlout." Hicca says walking over to her.
"Obviously." Snotlout scoffs. "Pigheaded dragon." She says.
"Don't worry. We'll find him. Now all we have to do is figure out how to get out of here." Hicca says.
Later that evening a lightning storm was close by while Hicca made a new prosthetic tailfin out of black leather while Snotlout dug through Hicca's satchel.
"Okay, that should work." Hicca says admiring her handy work. "This might be a little tougher." She says looking at the connecting rod and tries to bend it straight. "OW! OW!" She says after the rod hit her in the face.
"There is nothing to eat in here, Hicca. What kind of search and rescue mission is this?" Snotlout asks.
"Uh, instead of complaining, why don't you try to help me?" Hicca asks.
"I am trying to help you. I'm trying to teach you about survival. You don't leave home without proper supplies, and on top of that list is food." Snotlout says holding a biscuit in her hand.
"Food. Like the food in your hand?" Hicca asks gesturing to the biscuit.
"You mean this day-old biscuit? It's even got a little spot of mold right-hey!" Snotlout shouts after Hicca snatches the biscuit from her.
"We've got bigger problems than a biscuit!" Hicca shouts but Toothless eats the biscuit right out of his rider's hand.
"He ate my biscuit! What kind of dragon takes a woman's biscuit?" Snotlout asks but Hicca just sighs and returns to the connecting rod. "You know, his bad manners are a reflection on you." She says and watches Hicca try to bend the rod again. "Give me that. You're doing it all wrong. You need to put some muscle into it. Oops, I forgot, you can't." She says laughing and starts bending the rod in the opposite direction.
"No, no, no. Be careful with that, or it might-" Hicca tries to say but was too late as the rod snapped in half.
"You wanted two of 'em, right?" Snotlout asks smirking.
"Nope. That was our only hope of getting home." Hicca says.
"It's not my fault your dragon has half a tail. Just get another rod." Snotlout says like it was that simple.
"Don't you understand? We have no idea where we are!" Hicca shouts.
"Quite! I hear something." Toothless says growling.
"You hear that?" A voice asks in the distance.
"Over there." Another voice says.
Hicca then points to the rocks behind her as the two girls and dragon hide there while Hicca peeks through the small opening.
"What do you see?" Snotlout asks.
"Would you be quiet? For all we know, we could be on a hostile island." Hicca says.
"Don't be such a baby. How hostile can it be?" Snotlout asks.
"Those are wild dragon tracks alright." The first voice says.
"Good. I feel like killing." The second voice says making the girls go wide eyed.
"Is that hostile enough for you?" Hicca says but one of the man walks in front of the hole and they recognize the armor as Outcast armor.
"Nothing over there." The second voice says.
"Nothing there." The Outcast soldier says.
"I know where we are now." Hicca says looking through the whole again.
"Come on, this way." The second voice, that turned out to be Savage, says walking away.
"Right behind ya." The Outcast soldier says running after him.
"That was Savage. Snotlout, we're on Outcast Island." Hicca says grimly.
The next morning the girls and dragon were walking around the now known Outcast Island.
"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 women." Hicca says turning to look at Snotlout to see her eating berries. "Snotlout, I'm not so sure you should be eating those berries." She says.
"Well, I'm not sure you should be telling me what to eat, especially after you took my biscuit." Snotlout says glaring at Toothless.
"Hmm, these smell strange." Toothless says sniffing at one.
"Hey, back off. These are mine." Snotlout says pushing Toothless away.
"Those berries could be poisonous." Hicca says.
"Hey, we're on Outcast Island. We're going into battle. We need our strength, a concept you know nothing about." Snotlout says.
"Battle the Outcasts? Really? Just the two of us?" Hicca asks.
"Absolutely." Snotlout says with lisp.
"Wha-What did you just say?" Hicca asks turning around to see Snotlout's tongue hanging out and swollen.
"I said, absolutely. As in, of course." Snotlout says with lisp.
"Oh, for the love of- I told you not to eat those berries." Hicca says.
"Why? What's wrong?" Snotlout asks with lisp as Hicca gestures to a puddle. "Oh, no! I'm hideous." She says with lisp.
"Give me my satchel. I may have something that can help with your tongue." Hicca says.
"Thatchel?" Snotlout lisps.
"No, no, no. Do not tell me you just left it there. If someone finds that "thatchel," we're done. It's got the Berk crest on it." Hicca says.
"Relax. We're safe. Trust me, no one's going to find it." Snotlout says with lisp.
Back where the girls once were, Savage picks up the satchel from the ground and grins evilly.
"Oh, Alvin needs to see this." Savage says.
Back on Berk, Stoick worriedly looks across the stormy sea.
"Well, they've been gone for days. I thought you said they were right behind you." Stoick says turning to Asher.
"They probably set down to wait out the storm." Asher says.
"I see something." Fishlegs says spotting something flaming heading towards them.
"It's Hookfang!" Asher says as Hookfang lands and Stoick holds out his hand and Hookfang presses his snout against it.
"If Hookfang is here, where's Snotlout?" Fishlegs asks.
"And where are Hicca and Toothless?" Asher asks.
"Get your dragons ready; we're heading out." Stoick orders but a second later Bones, Serpentina, Mist, and Etch take off into the air.
"Where are they going?" Tuffnut asks.
"To find Hicca, duh." Ruffnut says.
"Dragons, hurry! We need to follow them." Stoick orders again.
Back on Outcast Island, a wild Deadly Nadder is in the ring. It attacks and wounds many outcasts. Before it clamps its jaws onto the head of one soldier, Alvin grabs it from behind and spins it violently around.
"I like this one. He's got the right spirit." Alvin says letting go of the Nadder sending it into its cage. "Will I never get these dragons to do what I want?" He asks.
"What you need is that book." An Outcast soldier says.
"No, what we need is Stoick's girl." Alvin says.
"Alvin." Savage calls out and tosses him the satchel.
"The Berk crest. Is it my birthday?" Alvin asks laughing.
"Uh, I didn't get him anything. What does he like?" An Outcast soldier asks.
"Stop gossiping, and bring me the owner of this bag." Alvin orders.
"Do you want him alive?" The Outcast soldier asks.
"Why not? For now." Alvin says and his soldier scattering searching for the Berkians.
Hicca and Snotlout are on a high ledge overlooking the outcast village. Hicca looks through her spyglass and she locates the forge.
"Wait, wait, there it is. We just need to wait until the blacksmith leaves, and then I can sneak in there and make a new rod." Hicca says.
"How long do I have to leave my tongue in here? It's disgusting! I saw Toothless spit in it." Snotlout says with her tongue out and in a bowl of liquid.
"He did, indeed. But-but Night Fury saliva has incredible healing properties." Hicca says in a sarcastic sounding tone.
"Ick, it tastes like yak pies." Snotlout says.
The rescue party flies over the ocean by this time. Hicca's four dragons were further ahead while the others were behind them.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Easy, there! Whoo, dragon! Good thing I packed my iron skivvies." Gobber says tapping his bottom while Hookfang sniffs the air. "That's it, dragon. Follow your master's scent." He says.
"It's Snotlout. How hard can that be?" Asher asks jokingly.
"Are we there yet?" Tuffnut asks.
"NO!" Stoick yells annoyed.
"I have to go to the bathroom." Ruffnut says.
"You should have gone before we left." Stoick tells her.
"That's what your helmet's for." Tuffnut says.
"Hang on! I think the dragon's got a sniff." Gobber says.
"And it looks like Bones, Serpentina, Mist, and Etch have Hicca and Toothless' scents too." Fishlegs points out as they follow.
It's night back on Outcast Island, the girls walk toward the forge.
"Come on. Hurry. We don't know how long the blacksmith is going to be gone." Hicca says.
"Betty Boda bought a bit of bitter butter. "And", said she, "This butter's bitter." "If I bought a bit of bitter butter, it would-" Snotlout says making a considerable amount of useless noise as she enjoys her tongue again while Toothless sniffs around.
"What are you doing?" Hicca asks annoyed.
"Enjoying my tongue again." Snotlout says.
"Well, I'm glad someone is." Hicca says but then a larger Monstrous Nightmare bars their path.
"Hookfang!" Snotlout calls out thinking it's her dragon but it wasn't and attacks them. "Whoa! Not Hookfang." She on the ground.
"It's a wild Monstrous Nightmare!" Hicca says but then Toothless starts fighting with the Nightmare. "Toothless, stop!" She says getting in between her Night Fury and the Monstrous Nightmare trying to calm it down but then Outcast soldiers appear and fire at them.
"There they are, the Berk intruders." An Outcast soldier says.
"Run!" Hicca yells as the Monstrous Nightmare breathes fire at the Outcasts but has spears thrown at it and flies off. "Circle back around, sweetie!" She says.
"You got it. Be careful." Toothless says and jumps onto the rocks.
"There they go, that way!" An Outcast soldier says spotting Toothless as they chase after him.
"Good. They're gone. All right, we'll just wait here until Toothless comes back, then head to the blacksmith shop." Hicca says.
"No way. I'm not going anywhere near that place. You almost got us caught." Snotlout says.
"I almost got-? The only reason the Outcasts know where here is because you lost the satchel with the Berk crest on it." Hicca says.
"Well, who brought the satchel with the Berk crest on it to Outcast Island?" Snotlout asks.
"Well, I had no idea we were going to Outcast Island." Hicca says.
"So you're not prepared, and I get blamed? Hmm." Snotlout says sticking her nose up.
"Fine. If you don't like my ideas, please, please let me hear one of yours." Hicca says and waits for Snotlout to speak up but she doesn't and Toothless walks over. "Precisely as I suspected. There you go. Good job, sweetie. At least someone is pulling their weight around here." She says petting her main dragon.
"Oh, you are so smug." Snotlout says.
"Me?" Hicca asks.
""Hicca's so smart." "Hicca's so brave." "She killed the Red Death." "She trained the dragons." "She's got the metal leg."" Snotlout says.
"Metal leg? That's what's bothering you? That's where you're going? Metal leg?" Hicca asks in a loud tone.
"No. It's everything the leg is attached to." Snotlout says gesturing to all of Hicca.
"Okay, well, deal with it, Snotlout, because as of right now, I am literally all you've got." Hicca says.
"Oh, you think I need you? I don't need you." Snotlout says.
"Well, I don't need you! Go! It's her, right?" Hicca asks looking at Toothless.
"I don't know." Toothless says.
Back with the riders, Fishlegs notices something in the water.
"Uh-oh." Fishlegs says to herself. "You guys need to see this." She calls out.
Mist dives down to the water and grabs the object in her mouth and returns to the group.
"Okay, Mist, hand it here." Asher says holding out his hand as Mist releases the object. "It's Toothless' tail." He says seeing the remains off Toothless' tailfin.
"Oh, no, Toothless lost his tail. If Toothless doesn't have a tail, he can't fly. If he can't fly, they can't fly. If they can't fly-" Fishlegs says freaking out.
"Enough! Those girls are probably stranded at sea. We fly close to the water." Stoick orders as they fly lower and Mist settles into the water gliding through it.
"Good, because I really need to rinse out my helmet." Ruffnut says.
At the Outcast forge, Hicca slips through the bars but Toothless is too big.
"Back there, sweetie. Stay hidden." Hicca says as Toothless walks around back.
However, a wild Gronckle that is on the roof attacks Toothless, knocking them both into a small gorge. As Hicca puts the finishing touches on the rod, Savage and two other Outcasts show up.
"And what are we making, Hicca?" Savage asks.
"Uh, a gift for…Alvin! To thank him for his hospitality. Oh, boy." Hicca says.
"You can thank him in person. Grab her!" Savage orders as they capture the girl causing her to drop the rod.
As they leave, Hicca looks back for Toothless, but only sees the lava from the Gronckle. Toothless continues his fight with the Gronckle by avoiding its shots. Once the wild dragon is out, Toothless fires two plasma blast to send the Gronckle flying.
"Hicca." Toothless says sensing Hicca is in trouble and tries to climb out of the gorge, but it's too steep. "Great. Okay let's find Snotlout." He picks up on Snotlout's scent and follows it out of a mouth in the gorge.
Snotlout is at the edge of the island and constructed a makeshift raft.
"You're not the only one who can come up with a good idea, Hicca. Ha, ha! Snotlout, Snotlout! Oy, oy! Oy." Snotlout chanting slows down as her raft sinks into the water. "Good thing she wasn't here to see that." She says after getting back on land and lays down then sees Toothless has shown up in her face. "Toothless? Wherever you are, Hicca, I still don't need you." She says but looks to see Toothless alone.
"Follow me." Toothless tries to tell the girl but she can't understand him.
"Hicca? Hicca! Oh, I get it. Hicca needs my help." Snotlout says as Toothless pushes her forward.
"Yes!" Toothless says running ahead to the forge.
Snotlout arrives at the forge and kicks the metal gate open.
"Hicca! Hicca. Stupid dragon. She's not even here. Hmm. This looks familiar." Snotlout says but then screams as the blacksmith appears and tries to attack Snotlout with his axe.
Toothless sticks his head through the bars, but is unable to help Snotlout. Snotlout uses the connecting rod to parry the blacksmith's blows and kicks him into a pile of shields. She turns around to look cockily at Toothless, but the dragon sees the blacksmith sneak up behind her.
"Behind you!" Toothless roars, and Snotlout barley dodges the Outcast's blow.
The blacksmith now wields a massive mace, and he disarms Snotlout. Toothless sees this and uses a small plasma blast to send the connecting rod flying back to Snotlout. Snotlout kicks the blacksmith towards Toothless who violently headbutts him across the room and knocks him out in the process.
"You know what, Toothless? We make pretty good team. I might not give you back." Snotlout say.
"Don't even think about it." Toothless growls.
"Kidding." Snotlout says nervously but looks behind Toothless to see Hicca being lead by Savage and two other Outcasts. "Now, let's get her, Toothless." She says as she climbs onto his saddle.
As the Outcasts continue to bring Hicca up the path Savage turns around to look at her.
"Stoick wouldn't have sent you here alone. Where's the rest of your party?" Savage asks.
"Oh, no, no, no, just me. It's just me. Taking a little vacation, you know. I heard Outcast Island is beautiful this time of year." Hicca says jokingly.
"Alvin will get it out of you. In fact, he'll enjoy it, but trust me, you won't. Move!" Savage orders.
"Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me!" Alvin says looking through a spy glass and seeing Hicca captured.
"I'm confused. Is it your birthday or not?" An Outcast soldier asks.
"As far as you're concerned, everyday's me birthday. Now, prepare the dragons. Their trainer has arrived." Alvin says continuing to look through the spy glass.
As the Outcasts escort reaches a ravine, Snotlout and Toothless prepare to attack. Snotlout causes an avalanche of rocks to bar the front of the path.
"Run!" Savage yells.
"Toothless, now!" Snotlout shouts giving Toothless a signal to do the same with the back.
"Ah! Ah! Back the other way!" Savage orders. "Gah!" He yells.
"Toothless!" Hicca calls out happily.
"Oh, and, as usual, I can rely on no one but myself!" Alvin yells running down the bridge.
Snotlout drops down and uses the connecting rod to temporarily down Savage, but the other Outcast pin him against the wall with spear attacks. Toothless claws this Outcast aside.
"Hicca!" Snotlout yells throwing her the connecting rod as she uses it to knock the Outcast out.
"Oh, good to see you, too! Thank you, sweetie. Snotlout!" Hicca yells seeing Savage charging at the girl but Toothless fires a plasma blast at him.
Savage was slightly disoriented but when he gets up he sees his odds aren't very good and runs away.
"You better run!" Snotlout shouts chasing after him while Hicca puts the connecting rod in the prosthetic tailfin.
Savage climbs the rock wall with Snotlout behind him but when she gets to the top Alvin is there.
"Need some help?" Alvin asks holding out his hand but the rock in Snotlout's hand slips and causes her to fall.
Luckily Hicca and Toothless catch her and take off into the air.
"Shoot it down! Fire!" Alvin orders but all the arrows missed. "Ha! How does that ninety pound girl repeatedly defeat an entire army of bloodthirsty savages?" Alvin asks.
"Would you like me to answer that?" Savage asks.
"I know the answer. She'll be back. Ooh, if I have to bring her here myself, she'll be back." Alvin says.
As the girls fly away on Toothless they cheer at their victory.
"Whoo-hoo! Do you realize what we just did?" Hicca asks.
"We totally kicked butt, duh." Snotlout says now sitting behind Hicca.
"Yeah, and we kicked butt together. Look, Snotlout, I'm-" Hicca begins to say.
"Hungry, right?" Snotlout asks.
"Yeah, exactly." Hicca says shaking her head.
"Me too." Snotlout says as they fly onward.
"Hey, what's that?" Fishlegs asks seeing something ahead.
"It's Hicca!" Stoick says happily.
"And she picked up a baby seal." Tuffnut says as Toothless pulls up next to them with Hicca's dragons surrounding her happy to know she's safe.
"Snotlout!" Fishlegs shout seeing her.
"Darling, you're safe." Stoick says to his daughter.
"We never had a doubt." Gobber says.
"Hello? Other half of the team." Snotlout says but was then nudge by her dragon. "Hookfang!" She says as he clamps his mouth over her. "I'm still mad at you!" She yells as he tosses her onto her saddle.
'Sometimes the last person you want to rely on is the one you end up being stuck with, and being stuck with Snotlout was no picnic. But who knew how much I could rely on her?'
Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. The good news is I'm almost finished with the Breakneck Bog chapter and it'll be posted as soon as I can get it finished. Please be sure to review and tell me what you think.