Hey guys! I apologise about the tenses thing I actually have a hard time distinguishing between them! I shall try my best to correct it! Oh and sorry about misspelling Snotlouts name! I was half asleep when I wrote chapter 2 and I didn't check over it I'm really sorry! Oh by the way if you guys could check the reviews to see if other people are corrected things already that would be great otherwise you just sound like parrots Anyway new chapter and I hope you like it!
Hiccup:
I watched as they hauled the Thunderdrum into their boat. "Watch out!" I heard Snotlout scream before he managed to blast the grappling hook that was only metres from me. "Thanks Snot! Now let's go save that dragon!" I announced. We all dove towards the ships. "Uh is there a plan?" Fishlegs called. "Okay Ruff, Tuff, distract Daggurs men! You guys like explosions so make plenty of them! Fishlegs, you and Meatlug take out their main masts to stop them from following us, Snotlout, give us some cover fire against their weapons, me and Astrid will sneak aboard Daggurs ship and release the Thunderdrum! Get to it!" I shouted. Me and Astrid dove down and pulled up behind Daggurs ship. Another chain shot towards Stormfly, but Snotlout shot it down into the water. "I got it!" he shouted.
Ruff and Tuff did an exhalent job in distracting our opponents. They created a wall of gas around the other boats, separating them from Daggurs flag ship, and ignited it, leaving them blind to us as long as we stayed below the flame. It also made it easy for Fishlegs to sneak up on them, destroy their masts, and disappear past the flames before they could shoot him down.
We landed on the deck and we launched off our dragons and engaged Daggurs guards. Astrid let her axe loose on them. Every time she fought I couldn't help but find myself fascinated. The way she lined up her swings, always striking their skulls with the blunt end of her axe. She shattered their shields and majority were sent overboard, while a few were knocked out cold. "Brother Hiccup!" I heard a piercingly familiar voice call from behind me. "Daggur stop calling me that or I'm gonna feed you to Toothless." I said in a past irritated tone. "Oh and I thought you dragon riders were against killing?" he laughed. "Oh I have every intention of doing it while you're still alive. And just because we're against killing doesn't mean we won't if we must." I corrected him.
He lunged at me and I only had moments to draw my shield and block him. "You're gonna have to get some sort of sword if you want to hit back Hiccup!" he said as each of us put every ounce of strength into holding back the others weapon. "Thinking about it, but it can't just be a simple sword now can it? Where would the fun be in that?" I said as I pushed him off. I clicked my shield into its crossbow form and shot a bolt into Daggurs arm. "Ha! You'll have to do better than that if you want to harm me Hiccup!" He shouted as he pulled it from his arm. "Hmm" I muttered. "Hmm? What are you hmming about Hiccup? You're complete failure as a warrior?" he chuckled. "Oh no that joke has gotten a little old, I was just reminiscing on how effective the Speed Stinger method of injecting venom must be. Their stings have an instant effect, but the venom on that bolt seems to have a delayed reaction." I stated.
"wait wha-" he got out before be collapsed to the floor. His body was completely paralysed but I could see the frustrated look in his eyes. "Aww don't feel bad Daggur!" I'm sure you'll get us next time! I said as I stepped over him to free the Thunderdrum. I cut the net it was caught in with my knife and I expected to be deafened by its roar, but I was pleasantly surprised when it didn't even open its mouth, but merely smiled at me, as if he knew that I had just freed him. "My you're a smart one aren't ya?" I said as I scrapped under his chin. "I think we'll call you…" "Buck!" Tuffnut interrupted as the two of them landed on the deck next to me. "Guy! You're supposed to be distracting Daggurs men!" I shouted. "Dude it's cool, look Fishlegs took care of their masts and Astrid beat up all the dudes on this ship?" he said. I looked around. He was right! Everyone had carried out their part of the plan perfectly, and the result was perfect. "Alright then! Buck it is!" I said.
"Look out!" I heard Snotlout shout before a ball of fire turned a volley of arrows to ash before they hit us. "I thought you said Fishlegs took care of ALL the ships!" I said as I mounted Toothless. "Reinforcements are here! And that was my last shot! We gotta go!" Snotlout called to us all. We took off and headed back to the edge. Thankfully Buck followed us without question after we saved him. "Alright, I think we'll call it a day!" I announced. "We'll get to work on the forge tomorrow. Fishlegs first thing tomorrow morning you need to round up some Gronckles to move some stone, Ruff, Tuff, you two can round up some LumberJacks to cut some wood for us and Snot, you can go find trader Yohan and get some metal for us, but for now we can all get some much needed sleep!". I was getting pretty good at coming up with plans on my feet, and it showed in the way they turned out. Majority of the time the plans go off without a hitch, provided that nothing happens to ruin it.
"And what will we be doing exactly hmm?" Astrid said from behind me. "You and I, milady, will be designing it and picking up some supplies from Gobber. We'll need tools if we want to actually use the forge." I said as I pecked her on the lips. "Wait, wait, wait. milady? Aaaand you just kissed." Snotloud interrupted. He took a long and deep sigh. "You're official now aren't you?" He said with a tired look on his face. "Sorry for not mentioning it earlier Snot. It happened while we were out on our ride." I answered him. "Damn it! I knew having ideas would suck!" He announced. "So you're okay with it?" I asked. "Yeah whatever. It's not like complaining is gonna get me anywhere now is it?" He said. I smiled in response. It was amazing to see how much he had matured since they were kids. Snot had gone from the bully who thought I was a loser, to a friend who I trusted my life with.
We all began to head off to our own huts, that was except for Astrid, who entangled her fingers with mine and we began to have a hushed conversation. "Hiccup" she whispered. "Yeah?" "I'm sorta-um- worried… about… you know… what happened last night…" she mumbled. I gently took hold of her chin and lifted her head up so that I could look her in the eye. "If you need me to, I can stay the night again, but if not, then I'm always right next door if it does happen again." I softly told her. She put her hands around my neck and pulled me down into a kiss. "How about I spend the night in yours?" she said once we parted.