Chapter 3 : Dragon Hunters and Exposure
Destin's Point of View
"So how long have you lived with dragons?" I ask Hiccup as we walk down the beach.
"For about five years now. Ever since me and Toothless took down the red death, we've been living with them in peace." He replies, petting Toothless's head smiling.
"Most islands I've traveled to hate dragons or they torture them in horrible ways. It's just wrong what they do to them. I think your the only village I've found that doesn't hate dragons."
"I wish people would just try and understand them." Hiccup replies. He looks over at the sun and says, "Oh we better be heading to the edge."
"Okay, let's go." I say, walking over to Hiccup. Hiccup climbs on Toothless's back and I climb on behind him.
"Come on bud." Hiccup tells Toothless as he adjusts Toothless's tailfin and he flaps his wings faster and faster until we're in the air.
A smile appears on my face as we fly through the air. I remember when my dad would take me flying before I could shift, that is one of my happier memories of my family.
As we fly through the air toothless takes up above the clouds. I reach a hand up and touch the pink fluffy clouds above and below us. The view was just amazing, I love it up here. I've always enjoyed flying above the clouds, I do it all the time.
I bring my hands back down and rest them on Hiccup's shoulders. Smiling, I say, "It's so beautiful up here."
"I love flying, I wish I could stay up here forever." He replies, smiling back at me.
We fly through the clouds for a little bit longer before heading back down below, I could smell the salt water below us.
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"When are we going to get our hands on the girl dragon?" One of Riker's men asks him eagerly.
"Soon, I've figured by now she's allied herself with the dragon riders but I doubt they know her secret." Riker replies, an evil grin covers his face as a dragon and dragon rider come into his view.
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Third Persons Point of View
iccup, Toothless, and Destin continue to fly until they spot a dragon hunters ship. Internally freaking out, Destin's grip on Hiccups' shoulders tighten. Fear made its way into to her system.
The dragon hunters fired their arrows and Toothless moved with ease, dodging all of them. "Hang on."
Destin wraps her arms around his waste and they take off speeding forward the ships before Toothless fires a plasma blast at the ships catapults. They fired more arrows and launched a chain to try and grab Toothless.
They needed another dragon or they're going to get captured. Destin knew the consequences of her actions but she had to. She knew that Toothless has a shot limit and they were running low every passing minute.
Toothless goes to fire a plasma blast but can't. That's exactly what the dragon hunters were counting on. They wanted to expose her.
"And your out." Hiccup says in a worried tone.
Knowing she has to take matters into her own hands she lets go of Hiccup. "Keep him steady ." She tells hiccup, standing up.
He looks back at her and asks, "Why? What are you going to do?"
Her eyes flash purple before she replies, "What ever you do, don't go after me. Just stay out of their fire range."
He gives her a look of disbelief. What was she going to do? He thought to himself.
"Trust me." She says, jumping off Toothless's back and starts to free fall. Hiccup and Toothless both wanted to go after her but they remembered what she said.
She quickly shifts and zoomed past the ships causing them rock. She shoots at their defences destroying them. She heads towards hiccup and Toothless but Riker had other plans.
He grabbed the only dragon root arrow that wasn't damaged and fired it at Destin, it made its way to her leg. She lets out a hiss of pain and shifts back into her human form. Toothless, with out Hiccup telling him to, lunges forward and Hiccup grabs her, pulling her to his chest.
"Come on Toothless we have to get her back to the edge and fast."
Toothless flaps his wings faster and faster flying as fast as he could to get to edge.
When they did get to edge, right when Toothless landed Hiccup jumped off and ran into their main but if operations and laid her gently down on the ground she was in an in-between state of consciousness and unconsciousness.
He quickly grabbed some bandages and ran back over to her. The dragon riders and dragons came walking in at that moment and watches silently as the scene unfolded in front of them.
Hiccups' hands shake some as his hands grasp the arrow causing Destin to let out a groan of pain and squirm around. Hiccup looks up and sees everyone standing there watching.
"Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, I need your help. We need to get to the arrow out. Hold her down."
With out even questioning it the three of them run over to Hiccup and hold her down. Hiccup grabs the arrow and her eyes glow purple, alerting everyone.
"I'm sorry..." He whispers, pulling out the arrow. When he does she lets out a low growl causing Fishlegs , Snotlout, and Astrid to move away from her quickly, not wanting to be attacked.
Hiccup wraps her leg and Toothless walks over to her and wraps her up in his wings protecting her from the other riders. He knew she was the last night fury shifter and that she need to be protected.
"Just let me explain, she's not a threat. Hear me out."