CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
And there is was, Berk, barely visible in the dark just before the dawn, which is always the darkest part of night. It looked exactly the same as when he'd left, he had to blink away a sudden blurriness that had taken over his eyes. He had missed Berk much more than he'd been letting himself know.
"Is that it?" he heard Folki say as his human eyes picked up on the lit torches throughout the village
"Yeah…that's it." Tofa replied.
"It doesn't look like it's under atta-" a huge reptilian shriek caused Folki's sentence to be cut short. A black monstrous thing raised its head and shot a burst of fire into the air. It was about the size of four of Berk's largest houses pieced together; its neck and arms were long and covered in barbs. This monster was the same as Drayko?
Tofa pointed toward the forest surrounding the village of Berk. "Land down there, we don't want to be seen." She whispered, as if the dragon could hear her if she spoke to loudly. He did as she directed, landing just shy of the village, and thus, landing just behind his old home.
Drayko quickly changed shape, hiding in the shadows of early morning, Tofa walked silently up to the house, looking back at the pouting, but silent Folki, and Drayko, raising her hand to say 'stay put'.
They sat there for a long time, long enough that the sun had already cleared most of the horizon when Drayko finally stopped staring at the house. He slid down to sit on the soft grass. Folki looked up at him, it was clear to the half dragon that the boy was about as bored as he was.
"…so this is where you lived before?" he asked in a quiet tone. When Drayko nodded the black haired boy looked to the side, overlooking the rest of the village, then, he slowly turned to look back at his companion. "…why did you leave?" he said it like he knew the pain it had taken to actually leave, which made Drayko give an unhappy chuckle as he joined the boy in looking at the village.
"Let's just say that I made some bad choices and reacted badly to some…new information." Drayko stated, making his voice as emotionless as he could.
They sat like that for another long while, their thoughts only interrupted when a door in the back of the house slammed open, a tall boy with strawberry blond hair running out, his slightly long hair covering his expression.
Drayko barely had time to think before his brother's arms fell around him. Leif looked up revealing a tear streaked face, but his expression was that of a goofy smile. He pulled his brother back into the hug, giving him a tight squeeze before finally letting go.
As Drayko stared in surprise at his suddenly emotional brother, Tofa handed him some pants.
"….I knew you'd come back…I knew it." Leif whispered more to himself than anyone as his eyes became cloudy and small tears streaked down his face, but still that smile was there as Drayko got dressed. He paced over to his brother and patted him on the shoulder.
"I'm glad I did," Drayko said warmly as he lead his brother to the side, toward Folki, "come, I want you to meet someone. This is Folki; he's here to help you with your….dragon problem-"
Leif straightened up and grabbed both of Drayko's shoulders harshly. He stared intently into the golden eyes of his step brother, his eyes holding more emotion that they had since he came outside.
"This creature, I don't want you to just pin this on yourself when it really comes down to it. Your friends never abandoned you Drayko, don't forget that." Leif stated. Drayko nodded slowly, turning to sit on the grass and create a plan.
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Leif stood with Folki outside of the hut that the large black dragon sat behind. Leif yelled up at the monster, "We've caught a trespasser!"
The giant dragon slowly shrunk and disappeared behind the hut, from the front door came a large pale man with stark black hair slicked back, dark eyes, a cocky smile, and a black robe on he strolled over to Leif with a sort of confidence that only unwary kings should have.
He caressed Folki's chin, causing the smaller to flinch. The man smiled wider, turning to look at Leif. "Well done, you may leave now." He rumbled in a voice as dark as his hair as he waved the ginger away, pulling Folki toward the large hut.
As this was happening, Drayko and Fishnut, who had joined the group shortly after they started planning, with much surprise, though happy surprise, when he saw Drayko, sneaked in back of the hut to find a way in through the back. And they did, a rather large door that was left unlocked, they slipped in silently, hiding behind boxes and various bits of furniture.
The room was very large, the walls made completely of stone, wooden poles stuck out of the ground near walls, shackles hanging from them, and a few bloodied bones here and there. Strapped to one of the poles was a bit of a shock.
Gareth slumped in his chains, his body covered in his own blood, his right eye puffed and swollen shut. Drayko let out a breath he hadn't known he was holding. He wasn't a murderer.
The other half dragon was tying Folki to one of the farther poles, taking his sweet time and whistling a nameless happy tune. He glided over to Gareth when he was finished with Folki's chains, patting the rude boy on the head; Gareth flinched so strongly that he started convulsing as he caused himself unnecessary pain.
"…maybe you'll think before you let loose with rude thoughts boy." The man's hand was a blur as it came down to slash a new gash in the side of Gareth's face. Gareth made a sound like a sob before slumping in his chains once more. The man walked off, deeper into the house to find something.
Fishnut and Drayko took that opportunity to run from their hiding places, Fishnut unchaining Folki, Drayko running to help Gareth.
As Drayko came into the boy's view, he made another whimpering sound, trying to squirm away. The instant reaction Gareth had to him made something deep inside him hurt, he brushed off the feeling and began unchaining the injured boy. "…Shh, I'm here to help get rid of him." he whispered to Gareth, trying to calm him down. He couldn't believe what he was doing, saving the life of someone who hated him and vice versa.
When the boy's were free, Fishnut took them both and ran to the front door, ushering them through silently as Leif and Tofa came back inside, hiding amongst the many items inside the house. They were there for backup in case something went wrong. Hopefully nothing went wrong.
When the man came back he didn't even spare a glance for the missing boy's, he only stared at Drayko, a knowing smile played along his lips.
"Ah, I thought I'd meet you" he said.
Drayko brushed away the comment, deciding to go on with the plan. "I want you to leave this village. If you don't I'll be forced to kill you." Drayko stated as simply as his father had. The man smiled softly, "…and you think…you can overpower me? You can barely shape shift." He chuckled softly.
The man gave a sudden movement and appeared seconds later just in front of Drayko, his right hand in the form of a claw, digging into the smaller man's body. Drayko shrieked, grabbing onto his father's hand and ripping it out of his body. The dark haired man made another too fast to see movement and appeared at the opposite side of the room.
Drayko slid to the ground, his hands trying to hold his insides, well, inside. He just needed to get him close enough to Tofa or Leif to help them kill him faster. He began to crawl toward one of the closer barrels they were hiding behind. He followed, luckily.
Drayko flipped onto his back, there was a rather thick blood trail behind him. the man towered over him, making the blond feel smaller than he already was.
A smirk played along the man's lips as he glared down at the young Viking. "Surely this is not the best you can do, sit on the floor and bleed. What a pathetic dragon you have become, maybe I should end it now for you. You'd be better off." He said as he began to change shape, his entire body rippling, bones popping and re-forming, as he changed into that form half way between dragon and human.
SO AGAIN~ read and reveiw~ becuase reveiws are awesome~
AND GIVE ME STORY IDEAS~
replying to ONE of my favorite readers because he keeps reveiwing X3; dear philip, D: OH NOES. id be pretty upset too if my grandpa died...D: but anyways~ whata are these story ideas you have D:? i totally want to know what they arrrrrreeeee~~~~~~ *cutest damned cat begging face you ever did see* F(OwO)F
so yes, submit ideas you have for these characters, ive thought of a couple more but come on guys, you can think of better~ it doesnt matter what they are, but they do have to be about these characters XD drayko doesnt have to be the main character, ill even throw in an oc/mycharacter thing if i can work with your oc well enough X3
so these are the ones i have thus far (including ones from last chapter)
(mine) a draykoxgareth story because im horrible and getting my characters drunk is fun~
(also mine as well as a few other peoples) a DraykoxLeif story because LEIF IS AMAZING IN BED- i mean...*cough* it would make a good story...
(some peoples) Leif asks if he can ride his brother in dragon form
(someother ideas) a suicide fic (im not sure which character) and drayko deals with more of his kind, and possibly a hilarious fatherhood thing because BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA *evil laugh*
-new-
drayko goes to -wait for it- THE FUTURE~~~~ (mine)
drayko goes on a training expedition with toothless and a few other dragons to properly learn how to be a dragon~ (also mine XD)
eiraxTofa fic because they are the only ones hot enough to be in a yuri fic X3 (who are you kidding, no ones given me new ideas D:)
mpreg? which characters hmmmm
YET ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS VISITOR~~ A VAMPIRE PERHAPS? :D
SCENES NOT EXPLAINED IN BOOK;
how the hell was berk doing when drayko wasn't there
Mu Quing's back story
why is gareth such a little shit? (i like this one X3)
ALTERNATE UNIVERSE STORIES~
drayko's reincarnate deals in the modern world with dragon powers (may or may not be a sequil)
drayko/Leif the pop star? (XD)
I NEED MORE IDEAS DAMMIT. REVEIW OR PM ME SOME IDEAS. I DONT CARE IF THEY'RE STUPID OR NOT XD i can take comedy ideas or dramatic. *shrug* id just like to experiment with these characters~