Hey guys, here is chap.3- Revelations. I had to spend the weekend at my cousin's house, so it took a while to post again, and…well…I hope you enjoy.
Chapter 3: Revelations
Cove of Toothless, Dragonborn Camp, Late Night
Hiccup and Catherine were walking towards the camp, when a bloodcurdling scream erupted from the camp. Hiccup and Catherine, hearing the scream, ran as fast as they could towards the camp. They figured out the scream came from Thane's tent and when they rushed into the tent, they were both embarrassed and surprised to see the problem.
Now viewers a quick side-note, Thane Nightson had led armies, fought wars, and conquered or destroyed fortresses, normally coming out with three new scars and a tooth in his arm. But through all his training and powers, he couldn't remove one thing from his system, the curse of Arachnophobia, or better known as the fear of Spiders.
"GAAAAAAAH, GET IT AWAY, YAAAAH! IT'S ON MEEEE!" shouted Thane, as he was struggling to avoid the jumping wolf spider.
"Thane, it's just a spider." Said Hiccup, slightly embarrassed.
"It is a spider, of evil! Get it AWAY!" Screamed Thane
"Honestly Brother." Said Catherine, picking up the spider by one of its legs. "I still can't believe you haven't gotten over your arachnophobia."
"Hey, don't blame me, I still have nightmares of the Spider Queen." And at the mention of the Spider Queen, Thane shuddered, after his traumatizing experience.
"C'mon, it wasn't that bad?" said Hiccup, in an attempt to calm Thane down.
"Try saying that when the Queen of Spiders and ugliness tries to make you her king." Said Thane with obvious fear of what went down with the Spider Queen, but that is another story for another day.
"Enough, Brother, you said there was an emergency?" asked Catharine.
"Oh yeah." Said Thane remembering the reason he called Hiccup and Catherine, "Ok, to start off, Draco, being the pompous one we all know and love, tried to impress Natalie by hunting the "Catch of The Day". While he was in the forest, he was attacked."
Hiccup and Catherine both tried to contain their shock upon hearing that Draco was attacked.
"Draco was attacked?!" said a surprised Catherine, "By what?"
"By this." spoke Thane as he picked a cage from its hanging perch on the roof, and inside was a Terrible Terror, with scales pitch black and eyes blood red, growling and gnawing on the bars of the cage.
"What!" said Hiccup, "That's one of Black Death's scouts!"
"Wait, if that's one of Black Death's…*gasp* what about Draco!" asked Catharine, concerned for her allies' life.
"Don't worry, Draco managed to capture the Terror without getting bitten." Said Thane, giving instant relief to a worried Catherine, "Although, this Terror being here poses an greater problem. We're gonna have to ask the village for help."
"WHAT!" shouted Hiccup.
"I know, we were originally going to do this quietly, but we don't have enough time to prepare, and I can only assume Death in about 9 or 8 days before he gets here." Said Thane.
"So we have about a week to convince a village of Dragon-killers to help us half-Dragons, fight a threat that could kill us all, while also attempting to keep our lives and identities a secret?" said Catherine.
"Yeah, pretty much sis." Replied Thane, hoping that his sister wouldn't freak out.
"Damn." Cursed Catherine and Hiccup simultaneously.
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Berk, Mid Morning, Guard Outpost 4
Sitting outside of Berk was a tower that Stoic constructed to appease the Dragon-paranoid villagers of Berk. Sitting inside the tower were two very bored guards, sitting and lounging around in the small chairs provided. Soon, as one of the guards drifted off to sleep, a large vortex of wind sucked him off his chair and he fell on the floor. Then the other guard told him to signal the village, as the other guard saw seven Dragons flying out of the forest and towards the village of Berk.
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Village of Berk, Mid Morning, Town Square
Village POV.
The village was in a panicked rush to set up defenses. After Stoic received the signal that Dragons were coming, he immediately called for the entire village to open the armory and Gobber to start working on sharpening and fixing the weapons of the entire village.
"HECTOR HERD THE LIVESOCK BACK INTO THE BARN, HELGA GET THE CHILDREN BACK IN THEIR ROOMS, MENDELL HELP BERT LOAD THE CATAPULTS!" Stoic ordered, rushing to prepare the village for the Dragons.
Then he heard roaring in the sky and immediately saw the seven Dragons flying in a V-formation.
"Chief what can we do to help?" asked Astrid gesturing towards Fishleggs, Ruffnut, Tuffnut and Snotlout.
"All of you grab a weapon and get re-" Stoic couldn't finish his sentence as the roar of several different Dragons broke his concentration.
"EVERYONE, DRAGONS!" yelled Stoic, and the entire village got ready with their weapons as the Dragons descended towards the village.
Dragon POV.
They were flying lower and lower, slowly descending towards Berk, and most of the Dragons seemed tense, especially Draco.
"Uhh…Hiccup." said Draco in Dragonese, calling for the attention of Hiccup.
"Yeah?" said Hiccup
"Um…I think one of them threw a spear at me." Said Draco, concerned for his life, and soon enough a spear flew right past his left wing, making him panic even more.
"GAAAH!" screamed Draco, although not in Dragonese it sounded more like RAAAAAA.
"Hiccup, they're attacking!" shouted Spitfire, smacking into his sister's head, avoiding being shot by an arrow.
"Just keep going, once we get close enough, we can block each other with firewalls." Said Hiccup, trying to calm down the rest of the group.
Village POV
The villagers tried to spear the Dragons several times, but eventually, they were able to land. As each Dragon landed, they each moved the villagers back so that the Dragons behind them could land.
First the Gronkle and the Zippleback landed and started hissing and breathing fire to scare away the villagers, carefully hitting only the ground, even the Terror hissed and spat small balls of fire. Next the Nightmare and Nadder landed, the Nightmare setting itself on fire, while the Nadder shot some spikes to the ground to make the villagers back off. Finally, three black figures speedily descended down towards the ground, and figure ahead shot one plasma-bolt that exploded, covering the three figures with smoke just as they landed. Then, three pairs of Dragon eyes looked through the smoke, and three Night Furies came out of the smoke and into view of the village. The entire village was surprised and intrigued, because it's the 1st time a Night Fury has revealed itself to people (other than…well…you know, Hiccup and Toothless) and that the rows of Dragons parted for the Night Furies to come through. Most of the crowd was tempted to go forward and spear a Dragon, but fear of getting incinerated by the other Dragons quickly scared them back into standing still and watching.
Soon Stoic the Vast approached the Night Fury in the very front and had a fairly long stare down and after a while, neither Stoic nor the Night Fury broke contact.
"Well Dragon, it looks like you've gotten way over yar head." Said Stoic the Vast, signaling some village archers to draw and aim their bows at each Dragon.
"What are ya gonna' do now, huh Dragon?" mocked Stoic
And then the most shocking thing happened, the Dragon replied.
"Nothing." Said the Night Fury in Norse.
This action caused Stoic to break eye contact and the entire village of Berk to do a double take, just to check if they were all going mad.
"Di-did that Dragon just speak?" Stoic said, obviously thinking he's gone crazy.
"I think so, unless the entire village has all gone barkin' mad." Replied Gobber.
"If you're all wondering, we did speak, and you aren't crazy." Spoke the Nadder, who started looking directly at Gobber.
"Oh, alrighty then." Replied Gobber and casually walked away
"So could all your kind speak?" asked a surprised Astrid.
"Let me get back to you at that, after we 'change' into something less menacing." Said the Night Fury in front.
Then each Dragon started surrounding themselves with a wall of colored fire, each Dragon a different color flame. Then standing in their places were seven men and women, all wearing strange clothes, and strange looks, except for the man in the front who kept a cloak that covered him.
The Village of Vikings became even more shocked, to the point of a man jumping backwards and landing in the arms of his wife.
"Who-what are ya?" asked Stoic, both in shock and fear.
Then the people all replied in unison:
"We are the Dragonborn, sons and daughters of men and Dragon, or riders who mastered the powers of Dragons and Magic." Said the entire group all at once.
"Riders?" asked Stoic, with some whispers coming out from behind him.
"Yes, some people who have successfully tamed a Dragon." Replied the Big man with the buzz cut (Bomber).
"DEMONS!" shouted one man from the crowd, and flung an axe at the man with the scars all over him (Thane).
The man, instead of dropping dead with an axe on his head, caught it before it touched him.
"Yeah, we get called that a lot." Said the man as he crushed the axe, from a tool of killing, to a harmless steel box.
The whole crowd was shocked that someone could successfully crush an axe with minimal effort.
"Now, all violence aside." Said the scarred man, tossing out the steel cube that was once an axe. "We didn't come here to fight, we came here to help."
"Help? With what?" asked a random Viking.
"With this." Said the woman next to the cloaked man (Catherine), as she tossed a cage with a pitch black Terrible Terror, onto the ground
This caused the whole Village to jump backwards.
"What in Odin's name is that creature?!" asked a surprised Viking.
"This my Viking friends, is an evil." Replied the Hooded man (Hiccup) "A Dragon who has been infected by a beast that we call, the Black Death.
"Black Death?" asked Stoic
"Yes, a Dragon like no other, it has the size of a mountain, power of a thousand storms, and a plague of Black magic, surrounding it, causing the deaths and infection of millions." Said the heavily scarred man
"An' why would we need your help to defeat it huh?" said someone, then an old man with a frizzy beard leaning on his cane, came out of the crowd.
"Not now Mildew, there is a crisis goin' on." Said an annoyed Stoic.
Good god, this guy is still alive. Thought the man in the hood.
"Crisis my bottom, these men ain't even human, how can we trust that this so called 'Black Death' is coming ere' anyways." Said Mildew, causing some of the villagers to agree with him.
"I mean, this Dragon could ave' already been born like this, and besides, how do we know that these people could have poisoned this Dragon, just to trick us into lettin' them live."
"I mean, they could even be trying to exterminate all Viking villages, with the same story." Said Mildew already convincing the village, "So, as a citizen of Berk, I say we kill these liars, and defend ourselves as VIKINGS OF BERK!"
At the last word, all the villagers picked up their weapons and started throwing them at the Dragonborn.
Dragon POV.
"Boss, their throwing stuff." Said Spitshot, as she was backing up, along with everyone else, dodging spears and rocks.
"I know." Said Hiccup, "But we mustn't attack, they might get even more provo-"
Hiccup didn't have time to finish his sentence, as an axe came flying straight for his face.
"HICCUP!" shouted Catherine, warning him of the incoming danger.
Hiccup had just a split-second, but he managed to block the axe by moving his head to avoid the projectile.
But as soon as Stoic heard his son's name, he immediately ordered the village to stop attacking.
"STOOOOOP!" shouted Stoic, and the village immediately stopped attacking.
"Son?" asked Stoic to Hiccup.
Then Hiccup slowly removed his hood, to reveal to Stoic his long lost son. The whole village gasped, and Astrid had her hands over her mouth.
"H-hey Dad." Hiccup nervously said, "How's eight years been?"
And for the 1st time in eight years, Stoic the Vast laughed.
"HAHAHAHAHA! How's it been." Said Stoic, "How's it been! It's been horrible, I mean the Dragon raids have stopped, but you, you were gone."
Then Stoic went and embraced his son in a Viking-bear hug.
"Dad…I…can't…breath." Said Hiccup, struggling to get some air.
"Sorry." Said Stoic, letting go of Hiccup, "EVERYONE LOOK, MY SON HAS RETURNED."
"We shall hold a grand feast for your return, and you can tell what happened to you the last eight years." Said Stoic
"Umm…sorry Chief." Said Catherine "but we really need to prep-"
She didn't have time to finish her sentence, as she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Never mind Cat." Said Thane, "Hiccup deserves a celebration. Besides, I think my little trap back on Dragon Island should put Death back by a few days."
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Dragon Island
"Where are you, you little ants." Said Black Death, as he tore up the Mountain of Dragon Island.
Then he finally tore out a rock, to reveal a small cave, supported by wooden pillars.
"Yes, there you are." Said Black Death as he changed to his human form.
His human form was fairly terrifying, he had pitch-black armor, which was covered head to toe with spikes, and his helmet was a strange shape that kinda looked like the helmet of the nazghoul from lord of the rings.
"Where are you ants." Asked a raspy, reptilian voice.
Then, Black Death came upon a door that was covered in ancient Dragonese language. Black Death chanted some words in Dragonese:
Death is only the beginning.
He hated that password; it always reminded him of how annoying his past life was. Soon the door started glowing blue, but instead of opening, some bombs dropped from the celling and landed around Black Death.
"What is this?" asked Black Death, picking up one of the bombs.
He saw that there was a magic fuse and as he felt the power flowing from inside the bomb, his eyes immediately widened.
"THANE!" shouted Death, as each bomb's fuse ran out and all of them exploded at once, covering Black Death in grey fire.
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Grand Hall, Berk
Thane immediately felt his trap worked, and fell to his knees.
"Thane!" said Catherine, "What's wrong?"
"My trap for Black Death was sprung." Said Thane weakly, "That outta set him back by a few days."
"Thane, you need time to regenerate your soulfire." Said Catherine, concerned for her brother's life.
"Don't worry Cat, I can handle it." Said Thane, slowly walking towards Hiccup and his friends.
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Grand Hall, Berk, Hiccup's old lunch table
Hiccup was constantly asked about what happened the past eight years, but his only reply was, "I was busy", that was his only reply, until Astrid asked:
"Hiccup, we need to talk." Said Astrid
"C'mon Astrid, we already spoke." Said Hiccup, gaining a confused look on Astrid's face.
"What? When?" she asked, but instead of answering her, Hiccup replied with his own question
"Dreams are always pleasant aren't they." Said Hiccup, and Astrid realized when they spoke.
"You…you were in my dreams, weren't you?" said Astrid
"Maybe." Said Hiccup with a grin on his face.
Astrid then punched him in the arm.
"Ow." Said Hiccup, rubbing his shoulder
"Stay out of my dreams." Said Astrid
"Well that wasn't the kind of welcome I was hoping for." Said Hiccup
"Well, for sneaking into my dreams, you have to tell me what you were doing for the past eight years." Said Astrid with a smug look on her face.
"Fine, if you really must know, it went down like this…"Said Hiccup, starting the tale of how he became a Dragonborn.
Well, how do ya like it? The next chap. is hiccups time after falling in the exploding Red Death. Keep reading and thanks.