Chapter 11:

Big battle and sadly, some character deaths. I'm never gonna live this down.

Benignus could sense that something was wrong even before Feral and Rex emerged into the nest from underwater. And when they told him that Drago had arrived, he did not hesitate to lead them out of the nest. Instead of taking the underwater tunnel, however, he crashed through the ice that he had used to make the roof of the nest. "Why did you do that?" Feral asked her father. Benignus shook his head. "Every now and then, you've got to make an entrance," he said. Feral climbed past her father and went to meet Mortem, who was setting the ships on fire with his flaming breath. She nudged him gently with one of her tusks, and he turned to look at her.

"What took you so long?" he asked, jokingly. Feral shrugged. "Just catching up with my Dad," she said, and gestured to Benignus. Mortem's six eyes all widened at the sight of the mighty Bewilderbeast. "That's you father?!" he asked in complete surprise. Feral chuckled and ruffled her frills.

"Now you know where I get my good looks!"

Mortem shrugged before he resumed shooting fire at Drago's ships. Feral shook her head before she rejoined her father. It was time to defend the nest.

It wasn't long before the rest of the Haddock family arrived on their dragons. Mortem smiled. With the whole family working together, there was no doubt that they would be able to beat the dragon trappers.

But what they didn't know was that Drago hadn't revealed his entire army.

The next thing any of them knew, there was a loud growl, and a large dark dragon emerged from the ocean.

Tyranno.

The evil Bewilderbeast stomped onto shore, not caring about the dragon traps that he was stepping on. "I've waited a long time for this, Benignus," he said with a growl. "Tyranno, please," Benignus pleaded, "It doesn't have to be this way. You don't have to do this." Tyranno growled, and then he roared loudly. Benignus sighed. He had no choice but to fight his brother. He held out a wing to prevent Feral from interfering before Tyranno charged at him. Benignus lowered his head as Tyranno crashed into him, trying to knock him down. But the mighty Alpha held his ground, and pushed his challenger away. But Tyranno didn't give up easily. He roared again before Benignus reared up on his hind legs and rammed him from above.

Feral hid Rex behind her wing as the two brothers continued their brawl for control of the nest. Mortem soon joined them in watching, and realized that Benignus was fighting to keep both the nest and his family safe. Even though he believed his fire breath would have been useful, he knew that this battle was Benignus's to fight.

It wasn't long before the two Bewilderbeasts locked their tusks, trying to push each other back. But Tyranno still had one trick left. Using what strength he had, he pushed his tusks to the side and flipped Benignus onto his side. This was what the evil dragon had been waiting for. Reeling back, he plunged his tusks forward into the belly of the fallen Alpha.

"NO!" Feral roared. Benignus went still as Tyranno removed his blood-covered tusks and roared in triumph. Unable to believe what had just occurred, Feral ran to Benignus's side. "Father?" she asked, hoping for a response. Benignus was barely alive. He was somehow able to make out the blurred vision of his daughter. "Protect your family," he said, weakly, "Tyranno must be defeated. Protect your family." He then went silent, and his body went limp.

Benignus the Alpha was no longer alive.

Feral gasped before she bowed her head sadly. She had just lost her father. Her REAL father. The only one who truly understood her. There was a loud roar, and Feral turned to see Tyranno on his hind legs, surrounded by the dragons from the nest. But instead of attacking him, they bowed to him.

Tyranno was now the Alpha.

Feral stared at the scene before her in fear and confusion before her features darkened with anger and rage. She lunged at Tyranno.

"You monster!"

Tyranno was rammed in the stomach by the angry Bewilderbeast. Feral had never felt so angry before. The evil dragon who had once claimed to have cared for her had gone and killed one of the most important dragons in her life. She would avenge her father if it was the last thing she would do. But Tyranno was an older, stronger dragon, and could beat her in battle. Mortem realized this, and as soon as he had gotten over his sadness over the loss of Benignus, he soon joined the battle.

The two dragons took turns landing one attack after the other on Tyranno, but even then was he too strong. Surely these two adolescents knew better than to challenge him at his own game. But he still didn't know that Mortem's breed could breathe fire. And he did realize that when the Red Death scorched his back with a powerful flame. Tyranno grunted and moved to attack him, whacking Feral with his tail while doing so.

After realizing what Tyranno had just done, Mortem sank his teeth into Tyranno's leg, hoping to slow him down. But that only made the evil Alpha angrier. He roared loudly, catching the attention of every being on the island.

This battle had only just gotten started.

Hiccup, meanwhile, had been trying to convince Drago that there could be peace between people and dragons. But his words only fell on deaf ears, as Drago had encouraged Tyranno to kill Benignus for the title of Alpha. Now with the three giant dragons battling, Hiccup hoped that he could somehow show Drago that there were better things to fight for. And Mortem and Feral were the perfect examples for him.

But Drago still wouldn't listen.

They were interrupted by a loud roar, as Tyranno knocked Feral to the ground and began ramming Mortem into the damaged nest. The Red Death tried to hold on, his teeth now at Tyranno's neck, but the Bewilderbeast was too strong. Mortem winced as his back slammed into the icy outer walls of the nest, the ice beginning to crack under the pressure. In no time, the nest would collapse entirely.

If he wasn't killed first.

Mortem released his grip on Tyranno's neck and roared a warning to the other dragons. Seeing the growing danger, the dragons retreated to the shore in hopes of avoiding the collapsing nest. Toothless noticed the danger, and with one swift movement, he threw Hiccup onto his back and started to follow the other dragons.

"Toothless, what's wrong?" Hiccup asked as he tried to get a good grip on the saddle. He looked up and noticed that the nest was starting to collapse. Huge chunks of ice were raining down, many of them were bigger than twenty Monstrous Nightmares. Hiccup franticly tried to click his prosthetic leg into the stirrup, but with no success.

Toothless suddenly changed direction, heading further inland. He had sensed a being in danger. And that being was none other than Hic. He had fallen off of Toothless Jr.'s back while the dragons had retreated, and was now in the path of a large chunk of ice that was about to break off. Hiccup noticed his small son in trouble, and urged Toothless forward. Leaning in the saddle, Hiccup just managed to scoop up his son before Toothless changed his direction back toward the shore.

Hic hugged his father tightly, more terrified than he had ever been in his life. There was a loud cracking noise, and the giant chunk of ice broke away from the nest.

"DADDY!"

Hiccup turned to see the ice chunk falling down toward them. He tried to get his foot in the stirrup, but with Toothless bounding so fast, he was unable to keep himself steady enough.

Stoick noticed his son and grandson in danger, and without thinking, he ran to them. The chief and the Night Fury grew closer to one another as they ran in perpendicular directions. Stoick shouted, catching the attention of the Night Fury and his riders, before he shoved them hard.

Hiccup and his son were thrown off of Toothless's back at the force of the shove, but Toothless was able to catch them and wrap them up in his wings before they hit the ground. The giant ice structure finally made contact with the ground, crushing Stoick, and anything else that had failed to get out of its path.

I know there's not a lot of talking, but hey, I finished it! I know that some of you probably hate me right now, and that's understandable. I'm sorry if I have angered any of you, and I promise that the story WILL get better! In the meantime, please leave me a review to tell me your opinion (and whether you hate me or not).