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The group made it back to Berk, and Stoick welcomed them back and called Hiccup 'The Pride of Berk'. Bing Bong nudged Hiccup. "Tell him," he whispered, and Hiccup nodded, approaching the blacksmith shop. Bing Bong and Freya watched from outside as Hiccup tried to talk to his dad about the trappers. "What will happen? Will this 'Drago' person track us down?" whispered Freya frantically to Bing Bong. "I don't think he knows yet, but if that Eret guy lets slip about the Dragon Riders," Bing Bong growled softly, imagining what he could do if that man ever let loose about the Riders to Drago.
Hiccup had finally managed to get Stoick's attention about the Trappers. "They are building a Dragon Army," He said in a firm voice. The crowd's eyes widened at these words. Stoick narrowed his eyes. "Or-or at least the guy they work for is, Dargo Bloodyfist, or something," Hiccup continued. Stoick was silent for a moment. Tuffnut broke the silence. "I'll bloody his fist with my face if he tries to take my dragon!" He said angrily, referring to his and his sister's Hideous Zippleback, Barf and Belch. Bing Bong rolled his eyes. I can't get any sense out of those twins, he thought. "Or mine!" Ruffnut snapped. Tuffnut groaned at her. "You're such a moron," he complained. Snotlout and Fishlegs walked up to Ruffnut in a flirting way. They had their eyes set on Ruffnut after the events of the defeat of the Red Death. "A beautiful moron," Said Fishlegs a flirting smile on his features, along with Snotlout. "Yeah," Snotlout cooed, making Ruffnut groan in disgust.
Stoick grasped Hiccup's shoulders. "Bludvist? Drago Bludvist?" he said in a soft angry voice. Bing Bong cocked his head. How does Stoick know him? "Yeah-wait, do you know him?" Hiccup asked. Stoick just narrowed his eyes.
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A couple minutes later, they were in the stables, and Stoick was shouting orders to the other Vikings. "Ground all dragons!" He bellowed. Bing Bong let out a soft gasp of surprise. Why? he thought incredulously. Hiccup was confused and shocked as well. "Seal the gates! Lower the storm doors!" Stoick continued yelling, while the Vikings closed everything up. "Because some guy you knew is stirring up trouble in some far away land?" Hiccup asked while Bing Bong followed them from behind. Stoick turned to his son. "Because, Drago Bludvist is a madman, without conscious or mercy!" He said, hate filling his voice. "And if he's built a Dragon Army, gods help us all," He finished, worry in his eyes for his people. Hiccup continued trying to reason with his dad. "Let's ride back out there. We'll follow those trappers to Drago, and talk some sense into him," He protested. "No!" Stoick said sternly. "We fortify the island!" Hiccup's face fell. "It's our duty to keep the peace!" Stoick sighed impatiently. "Peace is over, Hiccup! I must prepare you for war."
"War?" Said Hiccup in shock. "But dad, if Drago is coming for our dragons, we can't wait around for him to get here!" Bing Bong agreed slightly. He didn't want his new home to be invaded by a lunatic again. "Let's go find him, and change his mind!" Bing Bong slightly shook his head. Hiccup can be a bit reckless, too, and that sometimes lead to danger. Stoick shook his head, too. "Some minds won't be changed, Hiccup. Berk is what you need to worry about. A Chief protects his own!" He walked off, shouting more orders.
Hiccup turned to Bing Bong and Bing Bong looked at his friend in concern and thought. How can somebody like Drago live if they don't have a conscious or Emotions to help him through is troubles? the former Imaginary Friend thought to himself. Hiccup looked like he was thinking about something. Oh no, he wouldn't, Bing Bong thought, his eyes widening. Astrid came up to them.
"Hiccup, don't," She whispered. "I have to," Hiccup simply said, pecking her on the cheek and climbing up onto Bing Bong's saddle. "Hiccup, I'm not so sure about this," Bing Bong murmured nervously. "Reasoning with your dad is one thing, because he's family, but this guy, he sounds like a complete stranger and not someone to mess around with." "Well, we'll have to try," Hiccup said. "I have to try to keep the peace. Let's go." The two took off into the air, the doors to the stables almost closed. They found one opening and shot right through it, Hiccup deaf to Stoick's calls, and Astrid following behind them on Freya.
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Meanwhile, with the Dragon Trappers...
Eret's boat had managed to catch a fine wind and were sailing back to Drago. "Keep your eyes peeled, lads! With this wind, we will reach Drago by daybreak so let's fill this ship up with dragons and quick!" He jumped onto the deck. "This is no time to be picky!" One guard noticed something on the side of the ship. "Uh, Eret-" He said nervously. "Not if we want to keep our-" Eret paused into seeing two dragons flying toward them, and he smiled triumphantly. I won't turn up empty-handed after all, he thought gleefully. "Heads! Off the port quarter!" He yelled to the other men, who got their weapons ready. Eret jumped to one of the bola rope shooters and prepared to fire, only to recognize the boy's Night Fury and the girl's Deadly Nadder that they encountered earlier. He narrowed his eyes. "You're not getting away, this time!" He growled, shooting a few bola ropes into the air.
Bing Bong and Hiccup managed to dodge them, as well as Astrid and Freya. The group landed on the deck of the ship. Eret smiled smugly. "And here I was worried that we might turned up empty-handed," he said, holding out his sword. Hiccup simply smiled. "Nope, it is your lucky day. We give up!" He held his arms up into the air.
Bing Bong just stared at him, dumbfounded. What? He thought in complete shock, and it seems that Eret had agreed with him on this. What was Hiccup up to? Hiccup continued smiling as he leaped off Bing Bong's back. "That's one Night Fury, one Deadly Nadder, and two of the best Dragon Riders west of lucktuck that ought to make the boss happy, right?" Hiccup said as they went down into the brig. "Excuse us," he pushed a few trappers out of the way while Eret continued staring. Hiccup began to close the top of the brig and Bing Bong approached, letting out a worried guttural growl. "Toothless, stay," Hiccup said, and Bing Bong continued sniffing as the top closed. "The dragons don't really care about cramped spaces, so they'll just hang out with you. They won't be any trouble." Said Hiccup, but a few trappers showed their spears to Bing Bong, startling him into jumping and arching his back like a scared cat.
"Unless you do that," Hiccup said, poking his head out from the brig. Bing Bong growled a bit, glaring at the trappers. "Wooden boats, big ocean, how's your swimming?" He asked. "Not good," said one of the other trappers stupidly, and Eret sighed and rolled his eyes in annoyance. I'm surrounded by idiots, he thought. Suddenly, Hiccup pushed his sword out of the brig, and he smiled again. "Whoops, almost forgot. You can't have armed prisoners," he said, handing his weapon to Eret.
Bing Bong was still not sure what was going on. What is Hiccup doing? he thought again. "How is this a plan?" Astrid whispered, and Hiccup waved his hand at her. "Just what every Dragon Trapper needs. One end coats the blade in Monstrous Nightmare saliva, and the other sprays Hideous Zippleback gas. All it takes is a spark, and-" One of the trappers had pressed a button, releasing the Zippleback gas and causing it to explode with another button. Bing Bong brightened up at seeing the leftover sparks from the explosion, and began batting them with his paws. Hiccup continued speaking to Eret. "There you go. Once they see you as one of their own even the testiest of dragons can be trained, right bud?" Bing Bong was too busy playing with the sparks to notice. Eret growled a bit as he grabbed the weapon from the trapper. "Give me that," He snapped, throwing it off the side of the ship, but then Freya took off after it, bringing it back to him. "What game are you playing?" he demanded.
"No game. We just want to meet Drago," Hiccup said simply. Eret had thrown the weapon off the ship again, only to have Freya bring it back again, as though they were playing fetch. Bing Bong couldn't help but snicker a bit at the sight. Freya held the weapon in her mouth. "What?" she asked. "I'm sorry," he whispered. "It's just funny seeing you playing fetch!" Freya narrowed her eyes and showed her tail spines, sticking them out. "Eh, sorry," Said Bing Bong nervously. "I just like to play it, okay?" Freya snapped, and she started nudging the other trappers, trying to get them to play with her. Bing Bong turned toward the 'audience'. "Still think she looks funny," he whispered, smirking.
"Why?" Eret asked suspiciously. "Because I'm going to change his mind about dragons," Hiccup explained to him. Eret let out a laugh, causing Bing Bong to narrow his eyes in dislike. He still didn't trust this guy yet. "You won't be changing anyone's minds around here," he said in denial.
"I can change yours," Said Hiccup, walking over to Bing Bong and opening up his tail. "Right here, right now." Eret raised a brow. "May I?" Hiccup asked, gesturing to Bing Bong, but he didn't get the chance to show him when suddenly, something with familiar claws snatched Hiccup into the air, causing him to cry out. Bing Bong's eyes widened. "Hiccup!" He yelled, (in dragon language) and he leaped up onto the main mast, letting out a warning growl, but then recognized the dragon holding Hiccup. "Hookfang?" he questioned, cocking his head in confusion.
"Put me down! Snotlout! What do you think you're doing?" Hiccup yelled, Hookfang carrying him by his arms. Snotlout smiled flirtingly at Ruffnut. "See how well I protect and provide?" he said, with Ruffnut groaning in response. Then ropes shot out of nowhere, and Barf and Belch managed to dodge them. "What is with all the nets?" Tuffnut yelled. One rope barley missed Ruffnut. "Hey, watch it! That was-" She suddenly noticed Eret, and her eyes grew wide. "Clooossssee..." She said in a dreamy voice, staring at him.
Bing Bong face-palmed himself in the head with his paw. "Oh no," he groaned silently, as Ruffnut began to fall in love with Eret. Eret shot bola ropes into the air, and Ruffnut held out her arms. "Take me," She said in a slow-motion voice, the net covering her and Barf, a look of disgust on Tuffnut's face. Hiccup managed to break free of Hookfang's claws and activated his flight suit, flying back to the ship. "Hold your fire!" Astrid yelled, pushing Eret out of the way right when he shot the ropes, luckily missing Hiccup, who grabbed a rope, slid down it, an landed on the deck. He looked pretty irritated. "What are you guys doing here?" he demanded. Bing Bong landed next to Hiccup, his head still leaning to one side in confusion as Gobber and the rest of them landed on the ship as well.
"We're here to rescue you!" Gobber said, landing with his Hotburple, Grump, who, in Bing Bong's point of view, was the laziest dragon in all of Berk, for all he ever does is mostly sleeping and flying lazily. "I don't need to be rescued!" Hiccup yelled irritably. "Enough!" Stoick yelled, landing with his Rumblehorn, Skullcrusher. Stoick got off his dragon and approached Hiccup. "Well, didn't you just pick the wrong ship, eh? I am Eret, son of-" Eret didn't get to finish when Stoick shoved him out of the way, making Bing Bong chuckle slightly. He deserved it, he thought. Eret tired to talk again, but Gobber bopped him on the head, and he fell, with Grump lying on him. "Get this thing off of me!" he wheezed under the Hotburple's weight. "Anyone else?" Gobber asked. The other trappers backed up a bit. "That's what I figured."
Stoick stood in front of Hiccup. "You, saddle up. We're going home," he stated firmly. Hiccup shook his head. "No," he answered, narrowing his eyes. Bing Bong stared, shock on his face. Hiccup denying his father in front of other people? Stoick growled a bit. "Of all the irresponsible-!"
Hiccup broke in. "Look, I'm trying to protect our dragons, and stop a war. How is that irresponsible?!" "Because war is what he wants, son!" Stoick yelled, causing Hiccup to flinch a bit, and Bing Bong too. Stoick sighed, and calmed down a bit. He began telling a story about his first encounter with Drago. Bing Bong listened intently. "Years ago, there was a great gathering of Chieftains to discuss the dragon scourge we all faced. Then, into our midst, came a stranger from a strange land, covered in scars and draped in a cloak of dragon skin." Bing Bong shuddered slightly at this description. Stoick continued. "He carried no weapon, and spoke softly, saying that he, Drago Bludvist, was a man of the people, devoted to freeing mankind from the tyranny of dragons. He claimed that he alone can control the dragons and that he alone can keep us safe. If, we chose to bow down, and follow him."
Bing Bong could only imagine the crowd's reaction to Drago's words, and he snorted, while the other teens laughed at these words. "Stupid," chuckled Ruffnut. "Good one," Said Snotlout, tears in his eyes. Stoick nodded. "Aye, we laughed too." What happened? Bing Bong thought, looking at Freya who shrugged. "Until, he wrapped himself in his cloak and cried out, 'see how well you do without me!' and stormed out. But then, from the rooftops, armored dragons had descended, burning the Hall to the ground!" Stoick sighed, a look of grief on his face. "I was the only one, to escape," he finished sadly. Bing Bong felt a twing of sympathy for Stoick, It must be hard, losing all those great warriors, he thought sadly.
He then looked at Hiccup again. "Men, who kill without reason, cannot be reasoned with!" He said sharply. But Hiccup didn't listen again, for by now he was sitting on Bing Bong's back. "Maybe," Hiccup said. "Hiccup!" Stoick said angrily. "But I'm still going to try!" Hiccup continued firmly. Bing Bong looked up at him, still feeling unsure about doing it. "This is what I am good at, and if I can change your mind, I can change his, too." Hiccup finished, placing a hand on Bing Bong's head. "Let's go," he said softly, and the two took off into the air.
I really hope Hiccup is right about this, Bing Bong thought desperately as they left Eret's ship behind.
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