Chapter 16
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Thought / Dreams / Event from the past
[Voice from the past]
"Dialogue"
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Dangerous Tone
Astrid watched as Gothi checked on Toothless, who insisted to wait on Hiccup's side even when he was sick, by opening his eyes and mouth. Gothi's hut was nearer to Hiccup's house compared to the Great Hall, that's why they took Gothi to check on Toothless, instead of the other dragons in the Great Hall, so they could get their answer fast.
The elder woman looked thoughtful as she threw 4 bones to the ground, she looked at the bones and narrowed her eyes before walking to the special stone that Gobber brought with him, so the elder woman could write on it.
"She says that they are reacting to something, like an allergic." Gobber explained once he read what was Gothi wrote.
"Allergic?" Astrid asked with a frown, "To what?".
"To a mouse wearing boots." Gobber blinked, "Should be hard to find." He commented before yelping when Gothi smacked him with her staff, "I don't think that was right." He said as he rubbed his forehead, he watched Gothi wrote some more before realization dawned on him, "They are allergic to something new that had just come to the island".
"Oh, man." Fishlegs groaned, "There are many things on the island, trader Johann was just here".
Gothi wrote more and Gobber translated her, "She says we gotta get rid of everything." He told them seriously, "Immediately, or they will just gonna get worse".
Astrid covered her mouth with her hand, "No, Stormfly, Rivera." She said in horror at the thought of her dragons got even sicker than now, "I can't let anything happen to them." She said determinedly and stormed off to the door, "Come on, guys, let get rid of whatever the people had just trade from trader Johann".
"How should we get rid of them?" Fishlegs asked as he walked beside her.
"Dig a big hole and bury them all." Astrid decided, "The sooner, the better." She then looked at her friends, "You guys help Gobber to dig the hole." She said as she pointed to Snotlout and the twins, "I and Fishlegs will explain everything to the people".
It took a while for them to dig the hole and some more time to convince the people to get rid of whatever they traded from trader Johann lately, it's easier to convince the people who had bonded with a dragon, unfortunately the rest were not so, but they managed. Fishlegs tried to finish reading the book he traded from Johann first before throwing it away, but Ruffnut decided that he took too long to read and just threw the book by herself. Now that they had got rid of everything, they hoped that their dragons would get better soon.
The next day, they found that the dragons weren't better at all, they even got worse.
All of those who bonded with a dragon came to discuss about the current situation, "What should we do? The dragons aren't getting better, they are getting worse." Elga was the one who voiced their worry when they met up in front of the Great Hall.
"Let's make a list." Keila suggested, "Maybe there's somebody who traded something with trader Johann but didn't throw it away".
"Yeah." Emma suggested, "There must be somebody who doesn't want to give up what they've got".
"Alright, I will get the paper and we will write the names of everyone who traded something with Johann, try to remember who got what so it will be easier." Astrid said as she started walking towards her house where she kept some writing utensils, she halted in her steps though, when she heard a roar from the sky.
"Astrid!" Stoick called out as Thornado landed beside the Haddock house, "Where is Hiccup? Has he got better?".
"Not getting better, Chief." Astrid answered sadly as Stoick walked over to them, "He got even worse than before".
Stoick's eyes narrowed, "What? How did that happen?" He asked seriously with worry coloring his tone.
"All the dragons in Berk caught a sickness from an allergic." Astrid explained, "Hiccup forced himself to check on them by himself, his sickness got worse because of . . ." She trailed off and frowned when she remembered what Hiccup told her.
[Don't let . . . any dragon . . . come to Berk.]
" . . . it." Astrid's eyes widened in realization, she looked at Thornado and gasped, "Chief!" She looked at Stoick at the eyes, "He told me not to let any dragon come near Berk! You need to get Thornado out of here before he get sick as well!" She said urgently.
Stoick's eyes widened and he ran back to Thornado. If Hiccup said to not let any dragon come to Berk, he must know what caused this sickness, and the least he could do to protect his dragon was did as the boy said. "Thornado." He called his dragon urgently, "There's something in this village that make the dragons sick, you need to get out of the village for now. I will get you once we solved this problem".
Thornado's eyes narrowed slightly and nodded as best as he could, he looked around the village before growling softly at Stoick then flying away towards the sea.
Stoick watched his dragon went away before narrowing his eyes in determination, now that he bonded with a dragon and felt just how great to have Thornado as companion, he would do anything to protect his dragon. He walked back towards the group of Riders, "Tell me in detail." He demanded seriously.
Astrid told him everything, from when they found out that Toothless was sick to what Gothi told them about the sickness. "We're just going to write the names of the people who traded with trader Johann." She then said once she finished telling the Chief what had happened, "I think Hiccup know what caused this though, it will be easier if we just try to get him to tell us, but I don't think it's a good idea to bother him when he's that sick".
"I agree that we shouldn't bother Hiccup, but we need to move fast, or we will lose our dragons." Emma said seriously just as she came out from the Great Hall, she was checking on the dragon when Astrid informed Stoick what had happened, "I just checked them, they are worse than before." Her eyes saddened, "They are dying, if we wait any longer, they will die".
That information was like a sword stabbing at their heart. They never thought that there would be a day when they felt worry and concern for the dragons whom they fought for centuries, but everything had changed, dragons weren't their enemy, but their greatest companion. So, when they heard that their dragons were dying, not a single one of them who didn't feel worried and concerned for their reptilian partner.
"We don't have time, we need to talk to Hiccup." Stoick said decisively and walked towards his house, "Let's just hope that Hiccup is strong enough to talk".
They all walked with Stoick to his house, Stoick, Astrid, Gobber, and Emma entered the house while the rest were waiting outside. "Hiccup." Stoick called as he opened the door to his Son's room, only to have his eyes widened when he found that his Son was nowhere in sight, "He's gone!" He gasped in shock.
"What?!" Emma exclaimed in shock, "That boy was so sick, he shouldn't able to get out of the bed!".
Astrid ran into the room and looked around for any sign of Hiccup, but she didn't see the boy anywhere, she did saw Toothless, however, so she made her way to the black as night dragon. "Toothless." She called as she laid a hand on the dragon's head, "Where's Hiccup?" She asked urgently, but when Toothless didn't make any move or utter a single sound, she realized that they didn't have as much time as they thought. She stood up and looked at Stoick in worry, "Chief! Toothless is dying! Hiccup must be out in the village to get rid of the cause himself!".
"Quick!" Stoick called out as he ran, "Find him before he collapse from over exhaustion!".
The news spread like wild fire, the villagers all heard the news about Hiccup's disappearance and looked around for the boy, and they soon found him picking a bunch of a particular flower.
"Hiccup!" Stoick grabbed his Son and checked his temperature, "Oh, Odin, you are burning!" He exclaimed in horror, "We need to get you back to bed!".
"Dad." Hiccup grabbed Stoick's hand for attention, "I'm fine, I feels better now." He smiled a small smile to try and convince his Dad, but Stoick could tell that Hiccup was anything but fine and certainly wasn't better at all.
"You need to rest, Son." Stoick said softly but sternly, "We will find the cause of this sickness and heal the dragons, don't you worry".
"I can't just rest, Dad, not when my dragons are dying." Hiccup protested as tears began to fill his eyes, "Toothless and the others are already very weak, if I don't help them soon, they will die. I can't lose them, Dad, I can't lose my family".
"I know, Son, I know." Stoick said as he stood up with Hiccup in his arms, "We will help them, I promise, you just need to rest." He walked to his home but then remembered the reason why he wanted to talk with Hiccup in the first place, "Son, you know what's causing this?" He asked seriously as he halted in his steps.
Hiccup nodded and struggled to get out of Stoick's arms, Stoick finally let him go and helped him to walk back to the flowers, "These flowers are called Blue Oleander." He explained as he began picking them up and put them into some bags he had nearby, "Scauldrons like to eat them, but they are poisonous to other reptiles".
Astrid, who had been silent all this time, quickly put two and two together and widened her eyes in realization, "That's why you forbid any dragon to come to Berk, these flowers are poisoning them!" She exclaimed as she knelt beside Hiccup, "You pointed at them before, but I didn't think much about it because I was worried about you. Hiccup, what should we do about them? Do we need to get rid of them?".
"No." Hiccup shook his head, "We need them to lure a Scauldron out of the sea." He told her seriously, but his voice was much weaker than normal.
"Why is that, Son?" Stoick asked in confusion, but he helped Hiccup to pick the flowers and put them into the bags.
"Scauldron venom can counteract the poison from Blue Oleander, we can save the dragons with their venom." Hiccup explained while he worked, "But I don't understand, how come we have these flowers here?".
"Mildew." Tuffnut's voice answered him, Hiccup looked behind him to see the other teens were there as well, "He planted them after trader Johann left".
"And you didn't think that to be suspicious?" Astrid demanded, her worry and concern for her dragons make her more hostile than normal.
"No!" Tuffnut answered firmly, but then became uncertain, "Maybe. I don't know, stop questioning me".
"I want to have a talk with Mildew, but we don't have much time left." Hiccup said as he stood up once he finished picking up all the flowers, "You guys, burn them to ash, I won't take a risk of them growing back if we simply cut them off." He said to his friends as he pointed to the now flowerless bush, "Dad, please prepare a boat, I'm going off to find a Scauldron".
Stoick saw the look on his Son's face and recognized it as a stubborn determination look that he sometimes saw on his own face, he know then that there's nothing he could say to change the boy's mind, so he didn't bother to try since they didn't have much time left. "Alright, but I'm going with you, Son." He answered before running to the dock.
"Hiccup." Astrid grabbed Hiccup's hand to stop him from leaving, "You need to rest, don't strain yourself anymore, I will go instead".
"No, you have never faced a Scauldron before, I need to go." Hiccup answered before looking at Astrid sternly, "I need you to stay here and make sure our dragons stay safe".
"But, Hiccup." Astrid protested, but Hiccup placed a finger to her lips.
"I'm fine." He reassured her with a warm smile, "This cold is nothing compared to when I lose my leg, I will be fine, I promise".
Astrid knew that Hiccup was as stubborn as anyone else, but she never expected for the boy to be so strong, whether it physically or emotionally. She admired this Hiccup, this was the real Hiccup who was her best friend in the past. Not just a boy who was desperate to make his Dad proud, but a boy who will give his everything to achieve his goal, a leader who will protect his people no matter what.
She smiled and nodded, "I will wait for you then." She said with trust in her voice, she believed that Hiccup will return safely to Berk, to her. "Once our dragons are healed and you get better, let's spend time in the cove together".
Is that an invitation to a date? Hiccup thought to himself with a happy smile, "Yeah, let's." He said in agreement before walking towards the dock as well, a determined look on his face even though his head was a bit dizzy from his cold, "Hang on, guys, I will definitely cure you all".
"Hiccup!" Stoick waved him over, "We are ready!".
Hiccup nodded and got onto the boat, "If I recall, we have one or two Scauldrons around Berk, so we don't have to go too far out." He explained as he leaned on the boat, his headache got worse than before but he tried to not thinking about it, "Two or three miles from Berk will do".
"Alright." Stoick answered and nodded to Gobber and the other two Vikings who will help them in this mission, he felt the boat began moving so he looked back to his Son, "Are you alright? Just rest for the time being".
"Yeah, I need to sit down for a bit." Hiccup answered with a nod and sat on the deck, "Once we get far enough, start throwing the flowers into the sea bit by bit while still moving, it will lead the Scauldron to us. Make sure we still have at least three bags left so I can try to bargain with the Scauldron".
"Can't you just train it?" Gobber asked curiously.
"It's not impossible, but training a Scauldron is harder than common dragons, it's just like training a Whispering Death, Screaming Death, a Snaptrapper, or even a Skrill." Hiccup answered as he looked up at the night sky, "When I met Thundress half a year ago, she nearly killed me, if it's not for Toothless and the fact that we have a common enemy, I wouldn't be here now".
Their interest perked up, "What happened?" Stoick asked as he sat beside his Son.
"Well, she heartbroken because a human army killed her hatchlings. Her Mate had gone to fight them when they first came, but he didn't return so she thought they had killed him, she herself was injured while trying to protect her hatchlings." Hiccup told them with a sad expression, it always hurt him when he remembered what had happened to Thundress, "She was in a rage and tried to kill them, they managed to get away but she didn't care, she was mourning the death of her hatchlings and the lost of her Mate. After she drove the humans away, she returned to her Nest and buried the bodies of her hatchlings, without giving a care to her bleeding wings.
"I was on my way to the Helheim Nest from Hunterville when we were attacked by the same army, we evaded most of the attack but a bola caught us off guard. I managed to cut the ropes and Toothless flared his wings in time so nothing dangerous happened, still, Toothless's tail fin had a hole on it when we hit a tree. Toothless can't fly with a tail fin like that, so we were trapped on the island, which happened to where Thundress's Nest was".
"Didn't you have Bonecrusher and the rest of your flock with you?" Gobber asked him, "You could get out of that island on any of their back, and Bonecrusher could carry Toothless".
"Yeah, I could if I have them with me." Hiccup answered with a sour smile, "I'm telling you, the Berserkers are out for a war".
"What?!" They gasped in shock.
"Impossible." Stoick shook his head in denial, "Oswald the Agreeable wouldn't start a war without a good reason".
"You don't know?" Hiccup asked in surprise, "I thought you would know about it, but Oswald had died, the cause is unknown".
"I haven't heard anything about it." Stoick said with wide eyes, "So, the Chief now is . . .?" He frowned in thought, somehow he couldn't remember what the name of Oswald's Son was.
"Dagur the Deranged, he is the Chief now, and he is as deranged as his title says." Hiccup answered with a scowl, "He went from a tribe to another asking if they want to keep the peace treaty, he demanded them to follow his command if they want to keep the treaty. As you can guess, they refused because they have their pride and no one would want to follow his crazy command. Needless to say, Dagur attacked them." He shook his head in disgust, "The other tribes are strong, they can hold their own and drove the Berserkers away, but Hunterville isn't exactly specialized in fighting, they are hunters. If it's not because they had make peace with the dragons, they all would have been dead by now." He looked at his Dad meaningfully, "Another reason why they want to have a peace treaty with Berk, aside from because Berk is my Tribe, they need help from a strong tribe like Berk in case the Berserkers attack them again".
"So, we might have to have a war with the Berserkers?" Stoick asked seriously.
"It's inevitable. Sooner or later, Dagur will come to Berk and ask you the same thing, and I'm sure you will refuse to follow his command." Hiccup explained to him, "When the dragons protected the people from Hunterville, Dagur wants to make dragons work for him, he want to turn dragons into his war weapon. Can you guess what kind of dragon he wants to control?".
"Skrill, I bet." Gobber grumbled.
"Yeah, Dagur attacked Thundress's nest because he want to control her and her Mate." Hiccup confirmed grimly, "Anyway, I found out about his attack towards the Hunterville when one of the dragons who live the their forest informed me about it, since I'm their Alpha. I and my flock went to Hunterville and helped them to rebuild the village, then I left my flock there to protect them while I went to the Helheim Nest to see if any of them want to have a Rider or just help me protecting Hunterville for the time being, that's when we got attacked.
"Where was I again? Oh, yeah. I didn't have Bonecrusher or the rest of my flock, and Toothless couldn't fly because his tail fin had a hole, so we were trapped on the island where Thundress's nest was. Since we were trapped for the time being, Toothless decided to go fishing so we can have something to eat while I went to explore the island, to see if there's something I could use to fix Toothless's tail. When I was walking around, I saw a trail of blood and followed it out of curiosity, the trail led me to where Thundress was and she attacked me right away.
"Thankfully, Toothless heard my scream and came rushing to help me, he explained to Thundress that we meant no harm and we're not enemy." Hiccup inhaled deeply and stood up, he turned to stare at the sea with a faraway look, "She didn't trust me at first, but she let me to treat her wound and care for her until she was back to her feet. As time passed by, she grew attached to me and treated me like her own hatchling, then when she heard that Berserkers were the one who attacked us, she told me about what had happened to her. About a week after I and Toothless met Thundress, Dagur and his army returned to the island to try to catch Thundress and Toothless. We were outnumbered, Thundress had run out of electricity in the last battle and Toothless couldn't fight to the fullest without an ability to fly, so we were cornered".
"How did you get out of that situation?" Stoick voiced the question, as the rest were too captivated by his story to ask.
Hiccup turned to his Dad and grinned, "My flock came to rescue me, along with the dragons from the Helheim Nest." He answered fondly, "Their Alphas had disappeared for a week, so they were out searching for us. When a few of them saw that we were fighting the Berserkers, they informed the rest and all of them came to help us fight off the Berserkers." He chuckled, "I still remembered Thundress's face when she found out that I and Toothless are the Alphas of a whole Nest, it's priceless".
"That information is definitely flabbergasting." Stoick said with a grin, "You didn't see Gobber's, Spitelout's, and Keila's face when I told them about it".
Gobber elbowed Stoick with a small scowl in response.
Hiccup smiled at them before sighing, his smile dropping. "I hope we can do this in time." He mumbled before looking at the sea again and noticing that they were far enough from Berk already, "Okay, time to work." He told them.
"Alright, start throwing the flowers to the sea." Stoick ordered the rest.
They started throwing the flowers bit by bit into the sea and waited for a Scauldron or two to come.
"Are you sure the Scauldron will come?" One of the Vikings asked, "We have been waiting for a half hour now".
"Patience is virtue." Hiccup said calmly while looking out for the Scauldron, "Scauldrons normally swimming at the bottom of the sea, so it will take a long time for the scent of the flowers to reach them. Just wait".
They waited some more before Gobber whistled, "It's a long time since I saw one of them, but Scauldron is really big." He said as he looked down into the dark water, since it's night time already.
"Hold on to the boat!" Hiccup yelled as he grabbed onto his Dad, since it would be useless to hold onto the boat with his current weakened state.
They were confused why they need to hold on, but they did as they were told. Hiccup was the one more knowledgeable about Scauldrons here, they didn't know anything since they never fought against one during the war. Soon, they found out why Hiccup told them to hold on, the Scauldron rushed to their boat and hit it from below, causing their boat to fly up and stay in the air for a second before falling back to the sea.
"That was a strong hit." Stoick commented as he grabbed his Son tightly, afraid that Hiccup would fall into the sea if he wasn't careful.
Hiccup saw the shadow of the Scauldron and got out from Stoick's hold, he picked up the three bags of flowers before throwing one onto the sea. "Don't attack us!" He yelled as loud as he could, "We just want to talk!".
Hiccup saw the head of the Scauldron swallowed the bag he threw earlier before rising to the surface and stared at him, "Talking to humans is useless, you don't understand us." The Scauldron said as he tried to take the bags from Hiccup's hands, but Hiccup moved them out of the way.
"Oh, but I understand you." Hiccup said quickly as he moved the bags away from the dragon's mouth again, "That's why I said I want to talk, I understand you".
The Scauldron blinked before narrowed his eyes and looked at Hiccup thoughtfully, "Who are you, boy?" He asked slowly, uncertainly.
"My name is Hiccup." Hiccup answered, "Now, let's just get to business because I don't have much time. Someone stupidly planted Blue Oleander in my village, and now all the dragons are sick, very sick." He offered the bags to the Scauldron, "I will give these flowers for you to eat if you let me get some of your venom, we need it to save the dragons".
The Scauldron was silent for a few seconds before sniffing at Hiccup, he backed away and blinked his eyes a few times in surprise. "No wonder I thought I have seen you before." The Scauldron growled angrily as his eyes turned to slit, "You're the one who kidnapped my Daughter".
Hiccup's eyes widened as he took a step back in shock, "Your Daughter?" He asked in surprise, "You are Scauldia's Sire?".
"So you remember." The Scauldron hissed, "You will pay for taking my Daughter away from me!" His mouth became round, a sign that he would attack soon.
"Wait! Wait!" Hiccup dropped the bags onto the deck and moved his hands frantically, "I didn't kidnap your Daughter!" But the dragon didn't listen to him, "Take cover!" He yelled in worry as he saw the water coming out from the back of the Scauldron's throat.
Stoick grabbed a shield and pulled his Son to him then covered them both with the shield, Gobber and the rest also protected themselves with a shield each.
"Listen to me!" Hiccup tried to reason with the dragon again, "I didn't kidnap your Daughter! She was the one who wanted to follow me after I calmed her down!".
"Nonsense!" The Scauldron retorted, "My Daughter is smart! There's no way she would do something as stupid as following a human! Humans always kill dragons!".
"It's in the past!" Hiccup yelled back, "Some of us who know of the truth behind dragon raid have stopped killing dragons! I and these people are one of them!".
"I don't care! You are still taking my Daughter from me!" The Scauldron get ready to attack again, "I will kill you for that!".
"I won't let you!" Thornado came out from the sea suddenly and attacked the Scauldron with his sonic blast.
"Thornado!" Stoick called out in relief. He didn't know what was going on, one second his Son was talking to the Scauldron and the next second the Scauldron attacked them, he was relieved that his dragon came to their rescue.
"Why are you protecting these humans?!" The Scauldron roared furiously at Thornado.
"They are kind humans! They don't kill dragons anymore!" Thornado roared back.
Soon, it became a roar fight, the Scauldron would say anything and Thornado would retorted, Hiccup's head began aching from all the roaring and he couldn't catch everything that they said, but Hiccup knew that all of this happened was because of a misunderstanding. Stoick, Gobber and the rest could only watch as the two dragons roared at each other, they could tell that they were debating, but they didn't know what they were debating about.
With Hiccup tried to fight off his headache, the Vikings too perplexed by the sight of two dragons roaring at each other, and the said dragons busy yelling at each other, none of them noticed a younger Scauldron watching not far from them. The young Scauldron's head would move back and forth to look at whoever yelling at the moment, she wanted to ask them why they were yelling and attracting the attention of the other tidal class dragons, but she decided to just watched them and maybe she would hear something that would explain everything to her.
"Move! I will kill that human boy!" The Scauldron roared as he turned his head to the boats again, "He will pay for taking my Daughter away!".
"I won't let you!" Thornado yelled back, they were back at square one now, "I won't let you kill that boy!".
"Why not?!" The Scauldron demanded angrily in the end.
"BECAUSE HE IS MY ALPHA!" Thornado roared as loud as he could, he accidentally blasted the dragon with his sound wave, his anger towards the stubborn dragon cause him to lose his temper.
The sheer volume and force behind the sonic blast caused the Scauldron's head to move backwards for a bit, "What?" The Scauldron asked incredulously, "You chose a young and weakling boy of a human as your Alpha? Are you crazy?".
"I'm not crazy, he is my Alpha, as well as the whole flock dragons from Helheim Nest, Berk Nest, as well as Hunterville Nest." Thornado explained to him, "He is the partner of the Night Prince, who is also our Alpha".
Night Prince was what the dragons called Toothless, for he was the only Night Fury around, the only Prince of Night.
"You have two Alphas?" The Scauldron asked with gaping jaws, even more dumbfounded by the seconds, "And they don't fight for dominance?".
"No, they never fight for dominance, they work together perfectly because they are two halves of the same soul." Thornado said with pride in his voice, "You don't know their real strength, but we do, all of us are proud of them and we are proud to be a part of their flock".
"You are crazy." The Scauldron hissed as he prepared to attack the Thunderdrum who was blocking his way, "I will kill you if I have to, but I will kill that boy no matter what!".
Just as the Scauldron about to launch his attack, the younger Scauldron surfaced from beside him and blasted the older Scauldron with weak spray of water, not enough to hurt the older one, but enough to shock him and halted his attack.
"What?" The older Scauldron shook his head and looked at who attacked him and widened his eyes in surprise, "Daughter?".
"Scauldia!" Hiccup cried out in happiness, "You are back!".
Scauldia looked at Hiccup and her eyes brightened in happiness, "Hiccup!" She greeted him happily as she nuzzled the boy lovingly, "I'm back!".
"Glad to have you back, Little Auldy." Hiccup cooed softly with a warm smile as he rubbed her snout gently, "The flock isn't as lively without you with us".
Scauldia pulled back then gave the boy her version of a smirk, "What? Miss me much?" She purred teasingly.
Hiccup blushed and looked away, "No." He said with crossed arms, but a blush could be seen coloring his cheeks, "Who say I miss you?" Scauldia snickered at his reaction, causing him to pout, but then he smiled again, "Yeah, yeah, I admit it. I miss you. Satisfied now?".
"Very." Scauldia purred happily, "If you didn't miss me then I will cry, Big Brother".
Hiccup and his dragonic Little Sister smiled at each other, but their little moment was shattered when they heard an angry roar, they turned their attention to the source and saw Scauldia's Sire was glaring at them in anger. "Scauldia!" He roared at his Daughter, "Why are you talking with him so casually? Moreover, why are you calling him your Brother?! Are you crazy?!".
"You are the crazy one. Stubborn, crazy, Dad." Scauldia hissed in anger, "How come you dare to attack him? That Thunderdrum had clearly said that he is an Alpha of three Nests, do you know how many dragons will come to hunt you down if you even as much as hurt his finger?".
"That's nonsense, a lie." Her Sire hissed back, "There's no way that many dragons would be stupid enough to make a human boy their Alpha, and the story of Night Prince is a lie as well, the Night Prince would never siding with a human! Don't you remember what had happened to his family?!".
"It's not a lie." Scauldia answered coldly, "I'm one of those dragons, even if you are my Sire, I will hunt you down if you hurt my Alpha." She then scoffed, " 'Night Prince would never siding with a human?' Then what do you say about what we have seen all this time? All the dragons from Helheim Nest are the witnesses to the power of their Bond, they killed the wicked queen, they're the ones who freed the dragons from Helheim Nest".
"Still don't believe us?" Thornado asked calmly as he saw the uncertain look from the older Scauldron.
"It's hard to believe." The older Scauldron answered, "It's just insane for a weak human boy to be an Alpha".
Thornado turned to look at Hiccup, "How about you show him, Human Alpha?" He suggested as he landed on the deck of the boat, "Show him that you really are our Alpha".
"Even if you want me to show him that I'm your Alpha, how can I do that?" Hiccup asked in confusion, "Only you and Scauldia who are here, the rest are back at the Helheim Nest or Hunterville Nest, the dragons in Berk Nest are out of option".
"How about those dragons, Hiccup?" Gobber, who was watching in silent with the rest since they understand nothing of what was they were talking about, asked as he pointed to a spot behind Hiccup.
Hiccup turned to look at what was Gobber mean by that and saw that a flock of dragons were flying towards them, his eyes widened when he saw the leader of the flock. "Sparker." He said in disbelief, "Why are the Commanders from Helheim Nest here?".
"Who knows?" Scauldia would shrug her shoulders if she had them, "At least now we can show my Dad that you really are our Alpha".
The flock arrived not long after, they hovered in place with Sparker the nearest to the boat and to Hiccup, "Greetings, Alpha." He greeted Hiccup with a nod, he would bow if he was on land, but it's impossible to bow in air without ended up doing a loop, "I'm sorry if our incoming had interrupt something, but we have a rather worry some matter that you and Night Alpha need to attend to".
Night Alpha was another nickname for Toothless. If the dragons outside their flock called Toothless as Night Prince, their Nest Flockmates called him Night Alpha while Hiccup was called Human Alpha, considering they have two Alphas.
Hiccup smiled at them, "It's alright." He said reassuringly. He had to be careful about what he said to his Flockmates, because sometimes an Alpha's word was a command for them, he could send his flock to death if he wasn't careful. "But I'm afraid we can't talk about this now, whatever this problem is, I have a more urgent matter that I need to attend as soon as possible." He explained quickly, "The Night Alpha is sick, along with the whole flock from Berk Nest. A really stupid human planted Blue Oleanders in the village without me knowing, they are dying as we speak, that's why I need the venom from these Scauldrons." He gestured to the two Scauldrons without really looking at them, "The problem is, the older one doesn't believe that I'm your Alpha and the Berkians don't kill dragons anymore".
"Let's solve this problem quickly then." Sparker said as he looked at the older Scauldron, who grew nervous being stared at by all the dragons within sight, "You say, Alpha?".
Hiccup inhaled deeply and turned to address his whole flock, "I'M YOUR ALPHA!" He practically roared at them.
"HAIL TO THE ALPHA!" Sparker roared in answer, which answered by the whole flock roaring, "WE FOLLOW OUR ALPHA FOREVER!".
"Whoa! What's going on?" Stoick asked in surprise, the Vikings could even feel their whole body vibrate from the sheer volume of their roars, he bet that even the people in Berk could hear the roars.
"They voiced their approval of me being their Alpha." Hiccup explained quickly before turning to Scauldia's Sire, "That aside, do you believe us now?" The older Scauldron gulped and nodded, "Good, we don't have the time for this, please open your jaw and let me extract your venom, I need it for the flock in Berk." He then turned to Scauldia, "You too, Little Auldy, I don't want to risk not having enough for all of them".
"Sure, Brother." Scauldia answered with a nod.
Hiccup worked fast considering he got a massive headache from the roars earlier, he extracted their venom into a jar before handing the jar to his Dad, he then picked the two bags of Blue Oleanders flowers, "Here, for you." He said as he offered one for each of the Scauldrons, Scauldia ate happily from his hand but Hiccup had to throw the bag for the older dragon since he refused to eat from Hiccup's hand, "Scauldia, talk with your Sire and clear this misunderstanding about me kidnapping you, you can come to Berk after that." He then turned to Stoick and took the jar back, "Dad, I'm going back first, I need to give the dragons the cure as soon as possible".
Stoick nodded, "Hurry up then." He said seriously, "We will have a talk with Mildew once the dragons cured".
Hiccup nodded before turning to his flock, "Which one of you who can fly the fastest?" He asked to the point.
"I am, Alpha." An orange colored Deadly Nadder answered as she landed on the deck before lowering her body so Hiccup could get on easier, "Please get on, I will carry you back to Berk Nest as fast as I can".
Hiccup nodded, "Thank you, Citrus." He said while climbing onto her back, "Alright, let's go".
Citrus flared her wings and shot out to Berk's direction, forcing herself to fly even faster than she ever fly before, her worry for her Night Alpha's life along with her fellow Flockmates from Berk Nest gave her a boost of speed.
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To be continued . . .
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