when we arrived at berk the group rushed valka of to see stoic and I was left with the dragons, sighing in relief I leant back against toothless watching the horizon and the ships sailing in the sea. ships sailing in the sea.
sitting bolt upright I yanked my spy glass out of my belt and zoomed in on the ships, the blazing symbol of Drago's armada greeted me. launching to my feet I shouted "DRAGO IS HERE!" this got people's attention and a flurry of action started.
this wasn't right it should have been a while before he showed up but instead we had barely made it back with the other dragons before he was here. also there seemed to be twice as many men as we were expecting, something definitely wasn't right but we didn't have time to question things, only fight. the extra dragons were going to be needed if we hoped to stand a chance against Drago's army.
turning I started ordering the dragons on where to go and grouping the dragons based on their abilities and experience. I worked using the dragons classes as they grouped dragons by their abilities best. nodding to a small group of changelings they dropped off the cliff blending in with the water and reaching the ship in camouflage to try and collect some information.
the ships were approaching at an alarming rate, mounting toothless I shot towards the main square where everyone was grouped together discussing things. Dismounting I explained what I did with the dragons and showed them on a map were I had stationed the small groups of dragons the main fighting force was still with me and joined up with some of the dragons I had freed from the red death chattering softly about the upcoming fight.
Trying to tune out the dragons I finished "... So we should strike here and here first and then branch out to other part of the fleet but most importantly we don't want to let him onto the docks or the beach" stepping back to let the Vikings asses my plan I started talking to the dragons asking options and such. Most were not fans of planning and were more interested in ripping Drago to pieces.
A loud roar from one of the sentries I had posted to keep a look out for Drago signalled Drago had reached a certain distance from the docks, glancing down at the map I muttered "how the hell is he moving so fast?"
Just then Fishlegs raced into the square, red faced and flushed he tried to speak "class ten...class ten...huge...oh thor...so big...class ten...leviathan..." blinking I tried to understand what he was saying.
"are you telling me Drago has a class ten leviathan dragon in his army?"
"yeah same as we saw at the ice nest only bigger and dirtier and scarier" shuddering he looked ashen faced and terrified
Turning I swore to myself "shit, crap what do we do, we can't fight an alpha, it won't work" pacing I was trying to muddle through my thoughts and come up with a plan were we didn't loose and die and it just wasn't working, every conceivable thing I could see happening always lead to our side loosing. Glancing at toothless I said "okay I need you guys to play for time I need to go back to the ice nest and fetch the alpha and then..." a deafening roar shook all of berk as a villager I only vaguely recognised comes rain past shouting "oh my thor there is two of them" turning we all sped to the nearest overlook of the harbour were we could see two alpha bewilderbeasts fighting. The alpha from the ice nest must have followed us bringing with it reinforcements too.
Shaking my head I said "this is probably our only chance we need to start our attack now." turning I started directing dragons as I mounted toothless and urged him into the sky. Turning I lined up the first ships and toothless let loose a barrage of shots immediately opening a large hole in the side of the lead ship which caused it to start listing to one side. Moving on we managed to sink four of the six ships with the help of the other dragons however everyone halted when a loud bellow of pain reached us, turning we saw the two bewilderbeasts locked in battle on the beach and it was clear that the slightly smaller one was injured. Horror washed through me as I watched the bigger dragon press its advantage and slowly but the surely the smaller dragon was losing until with a single cry I fell, crashing to the sand and didn't move.
There was a long moment of silence before the larger dragon shouted "dragons to me" gasping I felt toothless lurch beneath me turning us towards the other dragon, shouting I tried to get Toothless's attention but nothing was working. Finally I thought I had got through to him when he turned to look at me but his eyes were glossed over and narrowed to slits, with a flip and a buck he started trying to dismount me. Yelping I flung myself flat against his back hanging on for dear life, with a loud cry toothless threw himself at the cliff face trying to scrape me off. Dazed I sat there swaying until he took another dive at the cliffs, there was a loud 'snap' and the loops holding my legs on gave way dropping me towards the ground.
Shouting I managed to grab a protruding chunk of cliff, I couldn't hold on but the movement slowed my fall some. I managed to repeat this twice more till I caught and managed to hold the next one, pulling myself up onto the ledge I watched as toothless joined the throng of dragons circling the alpha dragon.
Turning I saw small numbers of Drago's army was washing up on the shore and the other two ships had managed to dock and fight their way to the beach were the majority of fighting was taking place. Anger growing I watched as the crowd of Drago's men parted allowing the infamous 'dragon master' himself to pass through. An angry shout drew my attention to my mother as she charged the man. Fear shot through me and I launched myself forwards as well if only to stop her from being hurt. Drago roared at the alpha who sent toothless towards us, once again facing us he said "a night fury, a very rare dragon indeed, said to be ridden by the mighty 'dragon lord'"
Frowning I said "well I supposed you would be talking about me then" stepping forward I tried to wave my mother back but while she had stopped she was slowly inching here way forwards a distinctly murderous expression on her face.
Looking me up and down he said "well now you shall be killed by the very beasts you tried to protect."
Shouting my mother rushed forwards and started to battle with Drago, as if this was some silent signal everyone else started fighting too, and toothless turned those glassy slitted eyes towards me and started to stalk forwards, mouth open with a plasma blast charging.
Lifting my hands I started speaking "hey bud, please come back to me toothless, I know you're in there please fight him you are stronger, you can do this. Please bud, please I need my toothless back, come on." I watched as his eyes flickered the pupils expanding slightly then narrowing again before finally expanding to the size of saucers bounding forward he rubbed his face against my chest, hugging him back I said "thank you bud, now shall we go kick some butt."
"hell yes" jumping on toothless I grimaced at the broken leg straps but urged him up into the sky anyway.
Circling the town I spotted Fishlegs cornered by several of Drago's men by the large bronze horn that we used to use to signal dragon raids with. Launching a plasma blast that nocked several of the men into the sea at the bottom of the cliff, I guided toothless in to land behind the remaining men. Once I had finished of the dragon trappers I turned to Fishlegs "hey I need you to do something for me"
Glancing at the men I had just ploughed my way through he said "uh sure, anything you say"
Rolling my eyes I said "i need you to use this horn to distract the bewilderbeast I need it as distracted as possible" openings mouth I cut him off "yeah I'm going to talk to the twins next they are going to be playing a part in this too" seeming satisfied he nodded and stepped up to the horn waiting for us to leave before he started using it.
Nodding I turned and we launched ourselves back into the sky to find everyone else, we were still circling the town when a huge explosion rocked the island. Turning I flew towards the plume of smoke and ended up at the docks where I could see the twins high-fiveing each other next to the smoking remains of one of Drago's ships. Mentally shrugging I dove down and quickly repeated my request for them to cause a distraction.
"okay what do you want us to do?"
Smirking I said "make a mess, be loud, explosive, cause chaos, basically keep doing what you're doing"
Grinning they said in synch "oh yeah I knew there was a reason I liked you" turning the duo started messing with Drago's other ship, probably rigging it to explode like the other one.
"okay two down two to find" as we flew I could just make out my mum struggling against Drago, I was about to intervene when I saw my dad was there and was helping, Gobber was nearby as well fighting of several of Drago's men. Astrid and Snotlout turned out to be in the thick of the fighting and very busy so I left them to it as I circled again and looked for the alpha. Eyes narrowed we shot towards the beast the familiar screech warning all about the incoming dragon, a faint smile tugged at my mouth as I heard the age old 'night fury get down!' firing several plasma blasts I watched as they had very little effect on the dragon's thick hide.
Spotting a commotion where I had last seen my mum and dad I saw Drago standing tall bull hook in hand while my mum and dad were being stalked by cloudjumper dropping into a dive we landed between Drago and cloudjumper as we landed a group of Drago's men started attacking my mum and dad who were struggling to defend from both sides. "help them bud, distract cloudjumper if you can but please don't get hurt."
"okay you be safe too"
Separating toothless took off to defend my parents while I faced Drago, "well dragon lord, we meet again"
Rolling my eyes I said "yes yes, blah blah blah insert evil monologue here, yada yada yada, and now we fight" I stalked forwards drawing my sword, inferno, and igniting the flames. I was ridiculously proud when I saw surprise flit across Drago's face, before any feelings of pride were squashed as he lunged forwards and we started to battle. What I lacked in strength I made up for in agility but Drago's bull hook gave him much better reach and his strength allowed him to use this reach much better than I would ever have been able to and as I had to get close to do any damage with my sword I was beginning to struggle.
A loud shriek behind me caught my attention and I saw toothless was once again under the alphas control and now both dragons were facing my parents, ducking another swing of Drago's bull hook I darted away to give myself more room "yes now shoot them" the loud voice behind me sent me rocketing forwards trying to reach my parents before the dragons could unleash their blasts. I saw my father pull my mum into his chest and then turn away ducking down slightly, trying to shield her with his body.
Releasing a loud cry I threw myself forward the last few feet as I heard the familiar whine of Toothless's plasma blast being shot. Clenching my eyes shut I felt searing pain explode in my chest and shoulder, tearing another loud shout from me this one of pain though. Tumbling through the air I landed hard several meters away, I lay there for a moment seeing the sky and hearing the sounds of several sudden explosions and shouting and then everything started to dim and go hazy just as I heard my mum shout "hiccup!"
