MDM's Version of How to Train Your Dragon
A/N: Holy smokes! This has to the LONGEST chapter I ever wrote for this story! That's why it took so long to upload. Why did I decide to write the whole Battle scene in one chapter? Oh, well. Sometimes I overwrite myself sometimes.
To Sachsm082, I got your idea. Thanks for that. I didn't exactly know how to play out that scene, so you really helped me. Thanks.
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this extra long chapter. Chapter 23, roll it!
Chapter 23
The Final Battle
On the black sandy shore of the Dragon's Nest, Vikings were preparing for the battle to come. They had sharpened wooden poles and planted them in the charcoal sand to act as a sort of barrier. They readied catapults that they brought, and they were all armed to the teeth. Stoick was with a few others, discussing their strategy.
"When we crack this mountain open, all Helheim is going to break loose." Stoick said as they glanced at the dormant volcano.
"In my undies." Gobber joked. "Good thing I brought extras."
Stoick ignored his old friend's comment. "Whatever happens, it ends today." He said, eyes focused on the volcano.
He held up his hand in the air, and then closed his fist. Catapults flung boulder after boulder at the mountain. Soon, they broke a huge hole into it. Just as they were about to charge inside, they saw that no dragons were flying out.
Stoick cautiously made his way over to the entrance. He peered in and saw nothing. He gave a signal, and a lit ball of straw was flung inside. Scores of dragons were clinging onto the walls as they were shown by the light of the smoldering straw.
Suddenly, they all flew out of the crack, dodging the Vikings' attempts to attack them, and not even bothering to stay and fight. They all seemed so eager to get away.
"Is that it?" Gobber asked as the last few dragons disappeared into the light gray sky. "We've done it!"
All the Vikings began to cheer at their supposed victory. But then Stoick saw Toothless still struggling to escape, sounding afraid. Something was still in there.
"This isn't over!" He shouted, getting the others back to attention. "Form your ranks! Hold together!"
Loud rumbling came from the inside of the dormant volcano. The closer that it got, it started sounding like something big was getting closer. Rocks tumbled down as a sign of that.
"Get clear!" Stoick yelled.
The Vikings ran to the shoreline as the huge something started stomping out. More rocks started chipping off the mountain; having all sizes.
"Beard of Thor!" Gobber exclaimed. "What is that?"
Vikings ran for their lives as the Red Death revealed herself with a loud roar; bone-chilling to the core. Stoick's eyes grew wide in terror.
"Odin help us." He said. "Catapults!" He ordered.
The catapults fired boulders at the humongous queen, but that had no effect on her. She then grabbed one of the catapults and crushed it in her jaws.
The Vikings began to panic. "To the ships!" One of them cried.
"No! No!" Stoick shouted.
But it was too late. The Red Death unleashed fire on the ships, catching them to smolder, and Toothless was still trapped on the lead ship.
"Smart, that one." Gobber said.
"I was a fool!" Stoick said.
This was what the Misfit Trio was trying to warn him about. And he didn't listen to them. Ragnar and Juno's words began booming in his head again.
"What kind of father are you?!"
"Some father you are!"
He then heard Hiccup's voice, piercing in his brain. "For once in your life, will you please just listen to me?!"
He quickly brushed away the voices before he could start feeling guilty. He turned over to a nearby Viking commander.
"Lead the men to the far side of the island!" He then looked at his oldest friend. "Gobber, go with the men."
"I think I'll stay." He said. "Just in case you're thinking of doing something crazy."
"I can buy them a few minutes if I give that thing someone to hunt." Stoick turned to charge, but Gobber grabbed his arm.
"Then I can double that time." He said.
Stoick gave his oldest friend a smile, then looked at the Red Death. "Here!" He shouted to it as he charged.
Gobber followed his lead. "Oh no, here!" He yelled.
They both got into the perimeter of the Red Death's reach. "Hey! Fight me!" Gobber challenged the colossal monster.
"No, me!" Stoick roared at it as he and Gobber circled the dragon.
The Red Death roared and opened her mouth to release her fury on those oh-so-tough Vikings who think they can challenge her, the queen. But then suddenly, a stream of fire exploded at the back of her head. Stoick looked up and what he saw more than surprised him.
Six dragons began circling the Red Death. A Deadly Nadder was leading the attack, with a Zippleback, a Monstrous Nightmare, a Gronckle, and a familiar Boneknapper and Grapple Grounder flying behind it in formation. A very familiar voice began voicing out orders.
"Ruff, Tuff, watch your backs!" Hiccup cautioned. "Move, Fishlegs!"
"Look at us!" We're on a dragon!" Tuffnut whooped. "We're on dragons! All of us!"
The Vikings watched with amazement as the young teens flew around and above the Red Death. "Up!" Hiccup ordered. "Let's move!"
Gobber came up to an awestruck Stoick. "Every bit the boar-headed, stubborn Viking you ever were." He said. "Same with his friends." Stoick could only nod in agreement.
"Fishlegs, break it down!" Hiccup said to the boy on the Gronckle.
"Okay!" Fishlegs said and quickly began analyzing the humongous dragon. "Heavily armored skull, tail made for bashing and crushing. Stay clear of both. Small eyes, large nostrils. Relies on hearing and smell."
"Okay!" Hiccup said. "Lout, Legs, hang in its blind spot! Make some noise, keep it confused. Rag, Juno, see if you can find a weak spot! Ruff, Tuff, find out if it has a shot limit! Make it mad."
"That's my specialty!" Ruffnut said.
"Since when?" Tuffnut asked. "Everyone knows I'm more irritating. See?" He then hung upside down with one of the necks of the Zippleback that he was sharing with his sister and began making babbling noises.
"Just do what I told you!" Hiccup groaned on top of the Nadder with Astrid. "I'll be back as soon as I can!" He then steered the Nadder towards the ships.
"Don't worry, we got it covered!" Snotlout assured from on the Nightmare. The other teens flew towards the Red Death.
The twins flew around the queen and began taunting her. "Troll!" Tuffnut smirked.
"Butt-elf!" Ruffnut cheekily grinned.
"Bride of Grendel!" They quickly dodged a fire blast from the angry Red Death.
From underneath her, Ragnar and Juno were watching the twins' stunt. "That's one." Ragnar said, then looked up at Juno. "Let's try her neck!"
Juno nodded, and fired an arrow up at the Red Death. The arrow just bounced off the thick, bumpy skin.
"Not there!" She said.
"How about her stomach?" Ragnar suggested. They both flew towards the underside of the Red Death.
Snotlout and Fishlegs were flying near the queen's head and were banging their shields. But it didn't seem to be working.
"Uh, this thing doesn't have a blind spot!" Fishlegs panicked when he saw that the Red Death had six eyes.
Meanwhile, Hiccup and Astrid were scanning the fiery armada, looking for his dragon. They then heard a familiar roar. They turned around and saw Toothless still trying to break free of his chains.
"There!" Hiccup pointed out. He then steered the Nadder towards the ship. He let Astrid take control, made his way around her, and jumped down to the ship's deck.
"Go help the others!" Astrid complied and flew off.
Hiccup then turned to Toothless. "All right, bud, hold on. Hold on." He pulled off his muzzle and grabbed a metal rod to pick the chains.
Up in the sky, Fishlegs and Snotlout were still making noise. Ragnar and Juno flew up to them. Juno's quiver was empty and her bow was strapped on her back.
"We couldn't find a weak spot!" Juno yelled. "Its skin is too thick!"
"Don't worry!" Snotlout said. "I think this is working!"
"Yeah, it's working!" cheered Fishlegs.
Unfortunately, the noise was not only affecting the Red Death, it was affecting their own dragons. In their confusion, the Nightmare accidentally tossed Snotlout off and onto the queen's head.
"You were saying?" Ragnar rhetorically asked.
Fishlegs noticed that his Gronckle was getting dizzy. "I've lost power on the Gronckle! Snotlout, do something!" He cried, tossing him his hammer, before he and his dragon fell.
Luckily, it was a safe fall. "I'm okay!" Fishlegs said.
The Gronckle then flipped onto its back and on top of him. "Less okay!"
The huge dragon started to lift her paw on top of Fishlegs and the Gronckle. But Snotlout starting swinging the hammer into her eyes.
"I can't miss!" He taunted. "What's wrong? Got something in your eye?" The Red Death roared in pain, thankfully missing Fishlegs and his dragon.
Astrid, Juno, and Ragnar flew by the Red Death. "Yeah! You're the Viking!" Astrid cheered, making Snotlout grin cheekily.
The Red Death gave an angry roar and tossed her head up, but Snotlout held on tight before he could fall. "You had to say that out loud, Hofferson!" Juno said with a groan.
Ragnar looked over at the burning ships, seeing their condition. "Juno!" He yelled, pointing at them. Those ships looked like they couldn't withstand much longer. They quickly flew over there, hoping to find Hiccup and Toothless.
Back on the ship, Hiccup was still trying to break Toothless' chains. The mast finally collapsed on the smoldering deck, bringing the ship into the sea. Hiccup swam down towards Toothless and continued tugging the chains, despite his lungs' plea for air. But soon, his vision began fading to black.
A huge hand suddenly pulled Hiccup back to the surface. As he laid on the black gravelly sand, coughing up seawater, he saw the familiarity of the gigantic shadow.
"Dad?" He asked. Ragnar and Juno leapt down to him just as Stoick dived back in the water.
Toothless was starting to lose his strength as well. When he saw the Chief floating before him, he just stared at him. Stoick then broke apart the chains with a mighty tug. Toothless grabbed him and burst out of the water.
After dropping him, he landed next to Fossil and Coccinelle, shook the water off his scales, and gestured the Misfit Trio to the Red Death with a growl. They knew what they needed to do next.
"You got it, bud." Hiccup said.
He then turned over to his friends. "I know what you guys will do, and I'm not gonna stop you."
"Now you're finally getting it." Juno said with a confident smile.
"It's our fight as well." Ragnar added. "We're with you all the way."
The Misfit Trio went to their dragons and hopped on them. "Wait!" Stoick stopped them, gently grabbing Hiccup's arm. "I'm sorry, you three. For everything."
"Yeah, me too." Hiccup said.
"We didn't mean for this to happen." Juno spoke up.
"You don't have to go up there." Stoick said.
The Misfit Trio looked at each other before turning to Stoick. In unison, they replied, "We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard."
Stoick placed his hands over one of Hiccup's. "I'm proud to call you my son." He said, before letting go.
"Thanks, Dad." Hiccup said, trying not to get sentimental.
Stoick then turned to Ragnar and Juno. "And you two, your parents would be proud of you both."
"Thanks, Chief." They said.
"You're family as well." Stoick said to Ragnar with a teasing glint in his eyes.
Ragnar paused for a moment before saying, "Dad." A smile then came on his face. He thought he would never say that.
The Misfit Trio then took off into the sky on their dragons with a proud Stoick watching them. Astrid saw the Trio flying upwards.
"He's up!" She exclaimed. She then turned to the twins. "Get Snotlout out of there!" She ordered.
"On it!" Ruffnut said.
"Hey, I'm on it first!" Tuffnut retorted.
"Hey, let me drive!" Ruffnut shouted back, and pushed him, who pushed her back.
As they flew closer to the Red Death's head, Snotlout leapt and landed in between the twin heads. "Can't believe that worked!" Tuffnut said.
Everyone began to fly away, but the Red Death began breathing in deeply, trying to suck Astrid and her Nadder into her mouth. Despite their efforts, they couldn't get away.
A piercing dive-bombing screech was heard. "Night Fury!" A Viking cried out.
"Get down!" Gobber shouted.
Toothless fired a plasma blast at the queen's jaw, making her close her mouth. But the force of the blast sent Astrid flying off her Nadder. Astrid screamed as she flipped and tumbled in the air. Hiccup and Toothless circled around and caught her.
"Did you get her?" Hiccup asked.
Toothless looked underneath him and saw a smiling Astrid hanging down from his paw. He gave her a gummy smile and flipped her right side up. He then carefully dropped her back on the ground.
Astrid watched as Hiccup and Toothless flew off to face the Red Death, with Ragnar and Juno flanking him on both sides. "Go." She whispered to herself.
"That thing has wings." Hiccup noticed. "Okay, let's see if it can use them!"
Toothless preformed another dive-bomb and with Fossil and Coccinelle following his lead, fired again at the Red Death. "You think that did it?" Hiccup asked.
The Misfit Trio looked back and saw that the Red Death had opened her humongous wings and started chasing them in the air. "Well, it can fly." Hiccup said.
"For once, I'm not gonna correct you about using gender names." Ragnar said. "That thing has no soul."
They flew down, passing the Vikings who were watching and cheering the Trio on. They all maneuvered expertly through some seastacks, while the Red Death followed them crashing through them.
Hiccup looked up and saw the dark clouds in the sky. "Okay, guys. Time to disappear! Come on!"
"We're on it!" The other two shouted back.
Everyone watched as the Misfit Trio fly upwards into the clouds, the Red Death close behind, until they were out of sight. Hiccup soon sensed that a fire attack was coming, and he was right.
"Here it comes!" He warned, as he and his friends quickly dodged the fire.
The queen was ready to attack again, but the Trio had disappeared into the clouds. She looked around wildly to try and find them, but to no avail. Suddenly, a plasma blast fired at her wings. She roared and tried to attack, but a fireball attacked from another side. Then a white pulse blast from another angle.
Plasma blasts, fireballs, and pulse blasts kept firing at her from all sides, illuminating the clouds down below in blue, orange, and white. The Red Death let out a frustrated roar and unleashed a stream of fire and fired everywhere.
"Incoming!" Ragnar cried out.
"Whoa!" Juno yelped.
"Watch out!" Hiccup shouted. They all quickly dodged the fire, but some flames got caught on Toothless' prosthetic.
"Hiccup!" Juno and Ragnar cried out.
He turned around and noticed the burning tailfin. "Okay, time's up. Let's see if this works."
The Misfit Trio began flying all around the Red Death's head. "Come on!" Hiccup shouted. "Is that the best that you can do?"
"You're as slow as a lazy Gronckle!" Ragnar taunted.
"Come and get us, boulder bag!" Juno shouted.
The Red Death roared at them and kept trying to bite them out of the air, but they flew out of her reach. They began to lead her downwards. Ragnar and Juno started to get nervous as the Red Death started to get closer. Toothless, too. And their own dragons.
"Hiccup!" They panicked.
"We're okay, guys!" Hiccup assured them. "Stay with me! Just a little bit longer, and follow my lead!"
The Misfit Trio felt the Red Death narrow her eyes at them. "Hold, guys." Hiccup said.
He then heard the queen getting ready to fire. "NOW!" He shouted.
All three dragons spun around and fired into the queen's mouth and the gases exploded in her mouth. She tried to spread her wings to catch herself, but the previous damage caused from before and the added fire inside her were ripping holes in them. The Red Death roared one last time before she crashed onto the ground and exploded in a fiery blast.
The Misfit Trio were flying as fast as they could to get out of the inferno. But Toothless' prosthetic tail finally gave away.
"No." Hiccup panicked, then he saw the giant, bulbous tail of the dying queen heading towards him and Toothless. "No!"
The tail sent him off Toothless and unconscious. "HICCUP!" His friends screamed.
Toothless roared with worry and flew downwards to try and save his friend. Ragnar and Juno begged their dragons to follow him, but they only flew further away from the inferno to protect them, despite their pleas.
A/N: Yep, this is the LONGEST chapter I ever wrote for this story. I hoped you guys enjoyed it because it took me two weeks to get all this down because of my school work.
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