The morning dawned bright and I winced at the light that filtered into my cell nearly blinding me, grimacing I rubbed my mask and sighed I hadn't really slept at all last night my mind far too busy running around in circles to possibly sleep.
Standing I stretched and yawned running through a few my morning exercises or at least the ones I could do in a 2 metre x1 metre cell, I was in the middle of doing my push ups when I heard the jail door open, rolling into a sitting position I watched the barred space in front of my cell waiting for whoever entered to appear in my line of sight. Finally the sound of faint giggling caught my interest and I said "hello Ruff and Tuff"
There was a long pause and then the twins in question came into sight looking slightly put out "how'd you know it was us"
Grinning I just said "I don't know any other trouble makers of your calibre, now what can I do for some fine young workers of chaos this wonderful morning?"
Grinning the twins shared a look before they said "fancy going out and causing some mischief with us"
Sighing I said "well I would but don't you know I'm just trapped locked up in here" frowning the twins looked slightly put out and started grumbling and blaming each other for forgetting that and which of them had failed to get the key. Smirking I said "well because I'm locked up I guess I'll just have to tell you some of my ideas"
Now grinning the twins turned back to face me and said "well oh mighty dragon lord what kind of mischief do you have in mind"
Leaning in I said "well..."
Xxxxxx Astrid pov xxxxxx
Stepping out of my house I walked straight over to Stormfly to give the dragon her breakfast, only to find a very pink very angry nadder in Stormfly's stable. Gaping I said "Stormfly, is that you girl?" the dragon let out a miserable sounding warble and ducked her head. Stepping closer I said "oh my god what happened to you, on second thought, how did this happen? Didn't you notice this happening girl? Maybe it was that cursed dragon lord" scowling I decided to check to see if the blasted man was still locked up. Turning I stomped all the way up to the jail and slammed the door open only to find Fishlegs already there and Snotlout too. Frowning I said "why are you all here?"
Growling Snotlout pointed at the dragon lord and said "he painted Hookfang pink"
Blinking I looked at Fishlegs who just nodded, turning to face the man in his cell I said "well did you paint out dragons pink?"
Snorting he shook his head, his irritating mask concealing his expression, before he spoke "nope I most definitely did not paint your dragons I was locked up in here when that happened so I couldn't have possibly done it now could I?"
Temper sparking I said "well if it wasn't him" here I jerked my thumb at the man in the cell "then it must have been the twins and since they aren't here complaining of a pink dragon it has to have been those troublemakers"
Turning I was about to leave when the dragon lords voice called out again "what no apology for accusing me of something I didn't do?"
Shooting him a dirty look I didn't bother to respond as I marched out of the jail searching for the twins so I could strangle them right after I demanded they spend the day scrubbing the pink stuff of all the dragons they painted. As I walked I noticed a lot of dragons were looking very pink and most were looking distinctly embarrassed to be so feminine.
Continuing on I paused when I heard faint laughter, tracking the noise I crouched behind a fish barrel listening to the twins talk, 'best prank ever' 'I know right, that was so good and that pink stuff is like impossible to get off this is gonna be awesome they are gonna have pink dragons for at least a couple of days' 'well unless they can talk to the dragon lord and get the recipe for the stuff that gets it off I don't know how I would have got all that pink stuff of my hands other wise and that grass he told us about was awesome' 'yeah totally blissed out their dragons it was like painting a bolder' rage peeking I realised the dragon lord had lied he said he had nothing to do with the dragons being painted pink.
Turning I stomped back to the jail leaving dealing with the twins till later. Arriving at the jail I stalked up to the dragon lord's cell and practically screamed "you lied"
Because of the man's stupid mask I couldn't see his reaction other than the fact his eyes had been shut and were now open nothing appeared to change until he spoke "oh what did I lie about"
Snarling I said "you said you had nothing to do with the dragons being painted but from what the twins were saying you came up with the idea and gave them the ingredients for some near impossible to remove pink paint stuff as well as the stuff to get it off as well and something about grass that 'blisses' out dragons! Now explain"
Huffing the man said "well firstly I never lied" he continued before I could argue "I said I didn't paint the dragons not that I didn't know about it or that it wasn't my idea, and secondly the pink stuff is a mineral mud, it is an embarrassing colour but it is actually really good for scales, makes them shinier as well as strengthening them. The solution to get them of is just water and clay, the longer the pink stuff stays on the better for the scales but I wouldn't advise leaving it on longer than a day it can become itchy after that but yeah if that doesn't work come back but it should unless the twins did something extra that I didn't tell them to, now are you happy you can de-pink Stormfly. Oh and the grass is dragon nip its fairly common and it just makes the dragon really happy its completely harmless."
Shooting him a dirty look I was about to leave when something occurred to me "how do you know my dragons name?"
Sounding surprised he said "fish didn't tell you? I can speak to dragons, she told me"
Blinking I said "no he didn't tell me" turning I walked away contemplating all the new knowledge, collecting two buckets as I went I paused to collect some clay from the large turned earth pile near the forge as well as taking some water from the dragon washing area.
Hauling the heavy buckets back to Stormfly's stable I poked the pink stuff and grimaced at the weird texture, grabbing some clay I dunked it in the water bucket several times till it was super squishy wiping the clay onto Stormfly's flank I watched in fascination as the pink stuff immediately came away peeling slightly peering closer I noted that the scales underneath did indeed look shinier, mentally shrugging I carried on until Stormfly was completely free of all pink stuff and her scales practically gleamed.
Smiling slightly and the happy chirps she was making I dumped the buckets out and gestured for Stormfly to step out of her stable, walking over I said "hey girl feel like going for a fly to show off these shiny scales" screeching the dragon practically threw herself at the saddle propped up next to the stable.
Laughing I said "I'll take that as a yes" pulling the saddle on I climbed on the dragon and we took of circling the island slowly enjoying the morning breeze. Gliding down I spotted Fishlegs trying to wash the pink stuff of with just water and sadly it wasn't working the water just slid straight of the pink stuff, landing I walked over and said "hey Fishlegs"
The young Viking practically jumped out of his skin when I spoke from behind him, "uh hi Astrid, what's up?"
Smirking I said "well first of I would like to know why you didn't tell us that man could talk to dragons and secondly I know how to get the pink stuff" gesturing at Stormfly at the last bit.
Looking startled Fishlegs said "oh well I guess I forgot, I was just so excited about all the night fury information I got side-tracked I guess, and how do you get this horrible pink stuff of?"
Accepting his explanation because let's face it its Fishlegs and it doesn't really surprise me that he forgot because he was excited about the new information I noted and said "use clay and water together to get the pink mud off." nodding to him I turned and shot over my shoulder "I'm off i'll try to tell as many people as possible and when you're done with Meatlug can you go round telling people too? Thanks fish see you later"
And with that I left to the massive job of telling people how to get the pink stuff off their dragons.
Xxxxxx Hiccup pov xxxxxx
After Astrid's visit the rest of the day was relatively dull I didn't get any more visitors, no-one even bothered to deliver any food so I assumed this was stoic's attempt to get me to talk more by weakening me with lack of food. And while it was not by any means comfortable going hungry I had done so before and I would survive fine, I would just sneak out again tonight and pinch some food then. Mentally sighing I resigned myself to a very boring five days.
As soon as it was full dark outside I reached outside my cell and jiggled the lock to open my cell and ambled out of my cell and then the jail once I had ascertained it was all clear, heading for the food storage I repeated my earlier jiggle routine and the lock sprung open. Grinning I slipped inside and grabbed a loaf of bread and some smoked fish, quickly stepping outside I re-locked the door and returned to my cell before settling down and eating my stolen food.
Once again sleep was evading me but I focused on mentally counting night fury's and eventually I found myself being woken by the bright sunlight, blinking I looked around not really remembering falling asleep. Stretching I started my morning exercises and was just finishing my sit ups when the jail door opened looking up I saw Astrid walk right up to my cell door frowning at me again but then hey what's new? Flopping down on to my back from my seated position I said "hello what do you want?"
"oh someone's cranky this morning"
Growling slightly I said "yeah well your chief has decided to starve me, that or he is really forgetful, but you know he doesn't seem the type to be that scatter brained."
Blinking in shock Astrid practically growled "he would never starve his prisoners just because you aren't getting what your used too doesn't give you the right to complain that your being starved"
Snorting I said "yeah I would agree if I had received any food yesterday but I didn't so yeah, don't worry I don't expect you to believe me you'll have to ask your chief, any way what do you want?"
I could practically hear the scowl in her voice when she replied "what makes you think I want anything from you!"
"well your here aren't you, or do you make a habit of visiting prisoners and just generally tormenting them to insanity"
"i am not tormenting you!"
"argh just tell me what you want"
"fine I want to know what happened when Hiccup was taken"
Sighing I sat up and propped myself up against the wall before replying "well the chief had just disowned him and banished him from the island when the dragon raid hit..."
"wait what? The chief didn't disown Hiccup or banish him, he wouldn't!"
Growling slightly I said "do you want to know what happened or are you going to stop me and argue about everything because otherwise you can just decide what happened for yourself as you seem to think you know more about what happened that I do considering I spoke to the boy in question about the whole event as well as verifying his version of what happened with the dragons who were present as well, and they all supported his version of what happened so do you want to hear what happened or shall I just let you think what you want to?"
Frowning she said "go on I won't claim to believe everything you say without proof but I will listen"
Nodding I continued "well yeah so the dragon raid happened and Hiccup thought that perhaps if he brought down the night furry he could win his father's approval and get the disownment and banishment annulled, so he shot at the night fury with his bola launcher and missed, although it did get the night fury's attention, toothless wanted to know exactly what kind of Viking could nearly catch him when he was in his element so he took him up to raven hill to talk to him course the Viking didn't understand just thought he was about to get eaten, eventually the boy practically spewed his life story out to the dragon when he realised he wasn't attacking him and then toothless decided he clearly didn't belong there so he offered to take him with him to my island and he accepted and when he got there we had a long talk and he decide to stay the reason I seemed to come out of the wood work then was I was now looking for more food and cloths and such so it was harder to stay undetected and so off course there were suddenly a lot of 'dragon lord' sightings"
Nodding slightly Astrid looked thoughtful before she said "tell me something only Hiccup would know and would only tell someone he trusted"
Smirking I said "he had a huge crush on you for nearly his whole life"
Astrid blinked and then said "oh yeah I suppose when you look back that is kinda obvious and I don't think he would just randomly tell someone that so I guess at least some of what you said had to be true. Oh wait what's your name?"
"my name?"
"well yeah I can't keep referring to you as 'the dragon lord' its irritating"
"oh uh you can call me Draco"
"okay well thank you Draco, I need to think about some things and ask some other people some questions"
Nodding I muttered a quiet good bye when she left and set about trying to find something to do to occupy my time with.
