One Piece: The Terror of Breakneck Bog Chapter 8: Feast of the Zombie Song, a how to train your dragon fanfic

At the same time, Astrid and the others were now facing Hogback in his lab.

"What was that nonsense about studying zombies, Hogback?" Astrid demanded. "There's no hiding it now! We know that you're the one making all the creatures on this island so out with the truth already!"

"Take it easy, Astrid," said Fishlegs. "Don't piss him off."

Hogback laughed. "Your accusations are meaningless whether they're true or not, but out of curiosity, what's your proof?"

"For starters, although zombies we witnessed looked as if they'd been stitched together, and whoever did it had to be someone very skilled," said Astrid narrowing her eyes at him, and then she turned towards Cindry. "But we also read your assistant's obituary… Cindry Victoria, you died 10 years ago."

"You insolent fools!" said Hogback looking outraged. "How the hell did you know that?"

"It might have something to do with the fact that your zombies are chasing throughout the entire mansion!" Snotlout barked.

"Fools, they should have waited until midnight before attacking," Hogback grumbled. "So not only did you sneak into my secret lab but into that room as well? My dear Cindry… Samurai Ryuma… throw them into the world of darkness, never to return!"

Cindry then pulled out several plates.

"Wait, let's talk is over," said Chopper.

"Sorry, Doctor, but I'm afraid it's too late for that now," said Hogback. "The Night Hunt has already begun, you see."

They then heard footsteps directly behind them and turned to see the zombie samurai stepping into the lab. Now that he was in the light, they could see him more clearly; he was clearly a drake who once had black scales, and his eye sockets were empty. Astrid's eyes then turned towards his sword, which was rather different compared to Toothless' blades, a lot more curved.

"Don't with your little talk the lab. Do you need me to show you out?" he asked, laughing. He then looked at them closely. "Oh, my, upon closer examination, you're quite the lovely young lady, aren't you… beautiful."

"First time I've ever been complemented by a zombie," Astrid blinked.

"I do have very trained eyes for this sort of thing, or I would if I had eyes in the first place," he laughed.

Astrid blinked. "That sounded almost like…" Skull had said something almost similar when they first met. 'This can't be just a coincidence.'

Hogback laughed. "This fellow is of a much better stock than the zombies you've encountered so far. He is one of my zombie generals; his body is quite special. It harkens from the country of Wano from the New World. They call his sword a katana, and this one supposedly slayed a flying dragon. At least according to the legends."

Ryuma was now approaching them.

"Stay back! Stay back!" Fishlegs yelled.

"Please don't hurt me," Chopper pleaded.

Astrid and Snotlout, on the other hand, braced themselves for a fight.

Hogback laughed. "There's nowhere to run."

Ryuma then drew his sword, which was completely black and sharp on one end while blunt on the other. He then launched himself at them, and they placed themselves, but they didn't even see him swing his sword, and he appeared behind them just, simply walking away.

"Cindry, if you would, my dear, please open that door for me, and if you have a moment, I would like a sandwich as well," said Ryuma politely.

"Wait, what happened?" Fishlegs frowned. "I thought he was going to cut us."

"Yeah, so did I; he looked really scary just then," said Chopper.

Astrid looked at them. "You guys get going. I'll stay here and cover your retreat."

"You heard the lady; let's move!" said Snotlout.

Hogback smiled, and then seconds later, all four of them felt as if they had been hit by something hard. It struck them so hard that they instantly fell unconscious, apart from Astrid, who fell to her knees.

"What happened?" Astrid winced as the others collapsed.

Hogback laughed. "They say when a true master cuts you, you can just walk away humming and smiling. It's not until later that you realise you've been struck down."

Ryuma then began to sheath his sword. "Three Verse Humming: Arrow Notch Slash!"

Astrid did her best to stay conscience, but just like the others, she collapsed.

Hiccup and the others had reached the mansion now.

"Anyone home?" Hiccup called.

"Nobody's there. Let's go in," said Tuffnut.

"Give them a minute," said Ragnar.

Hiccup looked at the front door and frowned. "It appears to be locked. Guess I'm going to have to use my key."

Ruffnut frowned. "You have a key to this mansion?"

"You might say it's a universal key," said Hiccup and then promptly punched the lock straight off.

"Definitely a universal key," said Toothless as they stepped into the mansion.

They soon entered the dining room, which definitely showed signs of a scuffle.

"Pretty creepy-looking entranceway," said Eret.

"Doesn't seem like anyone is here," said Toothless.

"There should at least be a servant around here; they have to have a ton of them with the mansion this size," said Hiccup.

"And what's with the mess? Did they have a fight in here or what?" Ragnar frowned.

"I suppose it's possible that Astrid and the others encountered trouble," said Hiccup. "If Moria has hurt them in any way, I'm going to beat him to a pulp."

They then heard laughter above them and looked up to see Oinkchuck laughing at them.

"You're quite audacious, aren't you," he said. "Those who know our master usually know to fear him."

"Uh, why is there a pig sticking out of the wall?" Tuffnut.

"Oh, we have many surprises yet to come," Oinkchuck assured them. "What you say that we welcome our guests' gentleman?"

The zombie portraits then shot out of their frames, and the bear rug rose to its feet. The Dragon Riders just stood there looking at them, not the least bit terrified.

"Well, that's great," said Ragnar. "Are all these painting zombies too?"

"That's only what it looks like," said Heather. "After everything we've seen on this island, we should expect this sort of thing by now."

The zombies laughed and cackled, no doubt, in an attempt to terrify the Dragon Riders. However, those hopes were immediately crushed when Ragnar suddenly kicked one of the zombie portraits in the face.

"I'm only going to ask you this once, where are Astrid and the others!" he demanded.

The female portrait then pounced upon Heather screaming.

"Screaming like that is not very ladylike," said Heather. "A shame since you're so pretty."

The portrait then stopped in her tracks, blushing. "You think so?"

Suddenly arms began to sprout all over her body. "Though you're better off staying in your frame and smiling. Now… Twist!" She then had her arms twist her causing her to fly off in a different direction. "The same goes for you."

Another painting had attempted to attack her, but just like before, sprouted around his body and, with one good twist ever, sent him flying in a different direction.

One painting plunged his spear towards Eret, but the moment it hit his body and pierced. "He broke my spirit half! What is this guy's body made of metal?"

Eret then grabbed his face along with a fellow portrait and squeezed.

"Okay, stop! Stop! Stop!" he cried. "Who are you guys?"

"That girl from early was able to hold her own, but the others were cowards. You're really wrong; the same crew as them?"

"Yep!" said Eret and slammed their heads together.

Free zombies launch themselves at Toothless, who drew his swords.

"Two-Sword Style: Storm Slash!" said Toothless and charged towards them. "Now open wide!"

With a swing of his swords, he was able to knock back the zombies with ease.

One painting was attacking the twins, but they quickly jumped back, avoiding it as it tried to grab them.

"You know this is both fun and terrifying," said Tuffnut.

"This island is like a party everywhere you go!" Ruffnut laughed.

The two of them then drew their swords and cut the painting.

Hiccup, meanwhile, was avoiding the bear rug's attacks.

"You little tweep!" he roared, swinging his paws down on him. "Hold still so I can hit you!"

"Yeah, like I'm going to do that," said Hiccup as he jumped back.

Hiccup then took on his hybrid form and opened his mouth. "Plasma Cannon!"

He then fired off an extremely powerful plasma blast which was so powerful that it said the bear rug flying through the wall.

"No, not Bear Rug!" said Oinkchuck.

All the other zombies were now out cold, and the Dragon Riders didn't have a single scratch on.

"Well, that takes care of that," said Hiccup as he returned to his human form.

"Hold on, not yet," said Eret and looked up at Oinkchuck. "Still have this little piggy up there."

Oinkchuck was now the one terrified; this had not gone exactly as he had planned.

Meanwhile, elsewhere, Astrid and the others, who were still unconscious, and were now stuffed into a coffin. Two zombie squirrels were now closing the lid on top of them.

Hogback laughed. "All right, now take the intruders away."

At the same time, Hiccup and the others had removed Oinkchuck from the wall and were beginning to question him.

"Oh, the four friends of yours," he said nervously. "We fed them, bathed them and gave them a warm bed to sleep in. Good news, right? We're all friends."

"Like we're going to fall for that," said Eret.

"No, I swear! I'm not lying to you!" he cried. "Why don't you go see for yourself? Right up those stairs, go ahead!"

Eret then noticed that one of them was missing. "Hold on, something's wrong here. Our chef seems to be missing."

They looked around, and sure enough, there was no trace of Ragnar.

"He was here just a second ago," said Hiccup.

"Any of you zombies see where he went?" Ruffnut asked.

The zombies on the ground just merely held back their laughter.

"Hey, stop laughing! They can hear you!"

"They must have nabbed him and taken him away when we weren't looking," said Toothless.

"I'm sure Ragnar is fine," said Hiccup confidently.

"Maybe, but I am worried about the others?" said Heather. "Normally, I wouldn't if Astrid was with them, but without her weapons, she might have a hard time against the zombies, especially considering they were able to kidnap Ragnar so easily."

"You're not so strong," Oinkchuck sneered. "The truth of the matter is, you hardly put a dent in our numbers."

"Oh," said Eret as they looked back at him.

"You, on the other hand, just lost one of your key fighters; I wonder who is next."

"At any rate, let's be careful and try to stick together from now on," Heather advised.

"Admit it you're scared; you don't stand a chance—"

"I don't think we can threaten, but even if we did, I doubt he would tell us where they are," said Heather.

"Fine, we'll just drag him with us and use him as a guide," said Toothless.

"What?" Oinkchuck protested.

The other zombies began to laugh.

"Yes, guide them."

"Hey, now, cut that out!" Oinkchuck cried.

"Go ahead; if you want to die so badly, challenge our master, it's your funeral."

"He's so frightening, I can't speak his name. But here, let me try… Moria Geck—Ah, it's just as I thought! It's too scary!"

"That's right, he's one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, you know."

"Those missing friends of yours are probably dead or worse. You should consider yourself lucky that you lost so few. I'd save my own skin if I were you. If you face Moria—I mean, if you face our master, none of you will survive. You do well to leave before you incur his wrath."

"Sorry, but I don't take advice from paintings," said Hiccup approaching them. "You want to help them give a message to that master of yours." Hiccup then transformed into his hybrid form and roared loudly. "Tell him if lays a single finger on any of my friends, I'll kick his ass so hard that this whole island will split in half!"

That terrified the zombies even more.

"I'm sure Ragnar is fine," said Hiccup as he returned back to normal. "Even if he is alone, it's not like he's just going to roll over and die. Let's get moving, gang."

Eret grabbed Oinkchuck, and they began to leave the dining room by the stairs.

"Hold on, you're not really taking me along, are you?" Oinkchuck cried and looked at the other zombies pleadingly. "Say something, you guys!"

The zombies were still terrified of Hiccup and weren't able to move an inch.

'Dear Master, it would appear some terrifying guests have made their way to your abode,' said Oinkchuck. 'It is with no irony that I say that they've managed to surprise even the surprise zombies.'

Meanwhile outside, the zombies had gathered outside the mansion to in what appeared to be a disco ball. The moment they set it up, they began having a wild party and began to sing and dance.

Rise from your grave and raise your arms,

It's fiesta time!

Bring those pirates to the ground,

Find them and drag them through the grime.

Everyone, it's zombie night!