Shrouded in the shadows of an enclosed space, a woman wearing a hooded robe made of black leather set a lump of incense into the wood beneath a small cauldron. Lighting the small fire with a word, she wove her hand over the blaze, making wispy signs in the steam and smoke, muttering words to the Mother Goddess Freyja.
As the water in the cauldron began to boil, a blue flash of fire exploded from inside the cauldron, sending the woman reeling. As she looked into the bubbling liquid, she caught a glimpse of a flashing sword and a set of dagger-like fangs. Faintly, high-pitched roar drifted from the cauldron, before the few candles that lit the room went out, only the blue glow of the bubbling liquid in the cauldron providing a light in the darkness.
Indi swung his sword as Lapsus bounded into the town. As the great carnivore roared, several of the dragon hunters faltered. Lapsus stopped her charge and crouched, allowing her human to dismount. Wordlessly, Indi brandished his sword.
As a plasma blast struck the ground behind him, he charged forward, swinging his weapon. He heard Lapsus roar and saw the large form charge through the smoke. Three smaller predators leaped through the cloud and promptly attacked anything that attacked them first. Indi ran alongside them, and promptly stabbed one man in the chest. He spun around and slashed another man's throat, blood gushing through the hunter's fingers as he clutched at the wound. From above him, Noctem pounced with a screech, leaping over the knight and slamming her talons into a hunter's back. Indi turned and saw Lacrima leap onto another hunter's face, biting and clawing. Venator charged and joined Lacrima's assault. Indi glimpsed another hunter running up to the two carnivores, his axe drawn. Before Indi could do anything, he saw a jet of superheated fire shoot down from the sky, before a brown haired female dropped from Stormfly's back, knocking the offending hunter to the ground. Brynn grinned and promptly transformed. The large female growled deeply, before stepping forward, lowering her head. She bellowed, saliva dripping from her teeth, before bounding into the fray. Indi ran alongside his friend, her large footsteps making the ground vibrate.
A female voice called from above. "Sir Indi." Indi looked up and saw Sleuther, with Elsa and Joseph on his back. "There is a ship over in the harbor!" Indi gave the queen a two fingered salute before turning to Brynn.
"Brynn," he said. "Stay here and look after my pack, will you. Protect them and keep the people safe. I'll be back shortly."
Brynn snorted, before turning to snatch a hunter in her jaws, before tossing him onto a nearby pitchfork, the prongs stabbing through his torso. Indi snarled, before turning to running off to the docks. After slashing his sword at an attacking hunter, a loud roar from above caught his attention, and a thick, muscular tail wrapped around his torso, lifting Indi into the air.
Sleuther snarled, flapping his strong wings with ease. The wind swept Indi's hair backwards. Flying up on either side of him were Emerald and Copal. Indi noticed that there was a significant amount of blood around their jaws and on their teeth.
Looking down, Indi saw a single ship in the harbor.
Sleuther and the Indominus Furies glided down silently. Indi was released from the grip of Sleuther's tail, and Indi turned.
"Go back and help the riders," Indi said. "We can handle this."
Elsa nodded and Sleuther took flight once more, glided silently back to the village. Indi held his sword out in front of him and opened the door.
Sleuther shot over the landscape, the fields racing by beneath them. Elsa felt the hands of the youth behind her tighten at the high speed.
As the dragon neared the village, Elsa saw a large hunter banging on the door of a house. Sleuther snarled and shot a stream of near-white fire at the man. The doorway was scorched, but the man fell in a fiery blaze.
A loud roar caught Elsa's attention. She turned to see Lapsus snapping at a row of hunters, who were brandishing their weapons at the large predator. Behind the white dinosaur were several families, who stared up at the great form in awe. Lacrima, Noctem, and Venator were standing in from of Lapsus, snarling at the men. As Sleuther raced overhead, Elsa stretched out her arm and released a stream of magic. The magic struck the cobblestones of the main road, creating an icy mass with spikes that stuck out at the hunters. Lapsus snarled, before throwing her head back in a mighty roar. The raptors near her obeyed the command and darted forward, leaping onto the hunters, driving their large talons into flesh. The men screamed as teeth and claws sliced into their hide.
Hiccup and Toothless flew overhead, and the dark Night Fury released a blue shot, scattering the men. The raptors dodged the blast and waited for the fire to die, before leaping into the smoke and dust. The screaming and shrieking continued.
As Indi stepped into the dragon hunter ship's dragon hold, Emerald and Copal sniffed in the air. They let small stuttering growls and Indi strode through the hall, his feet barely making a sound on the floorboards. And Indi neared a door at the end of the hall, he heard crying. He gently pushed against the door and saw a large man shoving a young teen into a cell, before slamming the green bars shut.
Indi opened the door, and Copal and Emerald stepped inside. The hunter turned, and before he could draw his weapon, Copal leaped onto his face, ripping and tearing with her jaws. The man screamed as he fell backwards, and his head connected with the floorboards. Copal released a victorious roar at the man's face, and promptly buried her fangs in the man's throat, before ripping the flesh away, crimson blood pouring out of the gaping wound.
As Indi strode into the hold, he noticed that there were no dragons. All of the cells in the hold that were occupied held one or two young women. Indi scowled. These were prospective mothers for the next batch of hybrids. As he strode down the hold, he counted the captives: eleven.
"Sir Indi?" A young girl, who was most likely in her early adolescence, stood and walked up to the bars. "Is that you, my lord?"
Indi nodded. "Yes, it's me." Emerald gave off a small roar and planted her teeth in the dead man's face. Indi wrapped his hands around the bars and pulled, but the door did not budge. Hearing a metallic tink on the floor, Indi looked to the dead dragon hunter. Emerald and Copal were busily tearing the flesh off of the man's arm, exposing the white bone beneath. On the floor near the man's hand, sitting in a pool of blood, was a ring of keys.
Plucking the metal instruments from the floor, he shook the blood from them, before inserting one key into the lock. Indi twisted his hand, then removed the key. He pulled, and the door swung upwards. The girl rushed out and wrapped her arms around Indi.
Indi set a hand on the girl's shoulder and looked into her eyes. "What is your name?"
"Alaina, my lord," the girl said.
"Alaina," Indi said, holding the ring of keys out to her. "Get everybody else out. Me, Copal, and Emerald will make sure the ship is safe."
The girl bowed as she accepted the keys. "As you wish." Indi turned to the young Indominus Furies. "Come one, you two." The little scaly hunters looked up to their alpha and followed him as he walked down the hall and turned a corner. Indi looked down a shorter hallway, where a thick, wooden door sat. The door had golden designs on the face.
Indi strode up to the door, his shoes thunking on the floorboards. He gripped the door and threw the door open. Standing back against the far wall, was a woman. She wore a tight, white dress and her red hair was cut short to where it was just above her shoulders. The woman's eyes widened in fear.
Indi's mouth twisted into a smile as he tipped his head down slightly.
"Hello, Dearing," he said. "Remember me?"
Sleuther shot overhead, his passengers hanging on tight. As he went into a spiral, Elsa reached her arm out, shooting her magic at a catapult that was aimed at the dragon. As the ice grew and expanded, the weapon fell apart with the sound of splintering wood. As Stormfly raced by, the blue dragon finished the weapon off by releasing her fire, which melted the ice and ignited the wood.
Sleuther dove down and landed in front of a trio of hunters. The hunters raised their weapons, to which Sleuther unwound his tail and thrust one of his stingers into each other men, who each fell to the ground, screaming in pain as the venom started to course through their veins. Sleuther took flight once more, releasing a loud roar as he twisted his tail back into a braid. As he reached the top of his climb, he angled downwards and folded his wings in against his body, increasing his speed. When he was the height of the castle away, Sleuther opened his jaws and released a barrage of fire, the blast incinerating the hunters until their screams died away.
Dearing flew out of the doorway and fell to the floor. Indi stalked forward, his fist clenching. Dearing started to move away, staring up at Indi in fear.
"Look who's afraid now," Indi spat. Emerald and Copal prowled on either side of their alpha, snarling like rabid dogs.
"No!" Dearing shouted in fear. "You're supposed to be dead!"
"Surprise," Indi growled, before reaching out. He grabbed Dearing around the throat, and pinned her up against the wall, the back of her head hitting the wood with a thud. "I could tear your pretty little head off right now, but I have other plans."
His hand tightened. "Now, you best start walking. If you so much as try to run, Emerald and Copal here will have a fun time filling up on your corpse. Do you understand me?" Dearing nodded in fear. "Start walking."
As Dearing strode forward, Indi had Coal and Emerald go to either side of her. As they re-entered the hold, Indi saw that all of the girls were out of their cells and waiting for him.
"Sir Indi," Alaina said as she stepped forward, before doing a polite curtsy.
"Has everyone been released?"
"Yes, my lord."
"Good," Indi said with a nod. "Let's get you all out of here." He took the lead, pushing Claire Dearing onwards.
As Elsa hung onto Sleuther, the Triple Stryke flapping his wings, demonstrating his strength. As Sleuther went into a roll, allowing Elsa to Fire her ice at the hunters. Below them, Lapsus gave a short roar and grabbed a hunter, before tossing him to Brynn, who caught the man and clamped her jaws down, crunching through flesh and bone. Brynn promptly spat the man's head out, the severed skull tumbling onto the road.
As a red dragon flew overhead, a stream of liquid fire spilled onto a group of hunters. From the back of the Monstrous Nightmare came a victorious war chant of "Snotlout! Snotlout! Oi, oi, oi!"
As Elsa turned, she was faced with a pair of young Indominus Furies. They roared and flew away a bit, before stopping to hover, looking back at the royal.
"Something's happened," Elsa said to Joseph.
"What do you think it is, Your Majesty?" Joseph asked.
"We'll find out," Elsa said. "Onwards, Sleuther!" Sleuther roared and followed the small white dragons.
Indi stood on the deck, overlooking the would-be captives. He had Dearing secured with ropes to the primary mast. The young women were all looking in the same direction that Indi was.
Suddenly, a loud roar sounded from above, and three dragons dropped down onto the deck. Joseph jumped from Sleuther's back and ran to embrace Alaina.
"How are things going?" Indi asked.
"They seem alright," Elsa said.
"Good," Indi said.
"Who's that?" Elsa said, motioning towards the female tied up to the mast.
"Claire Dearing," Indi said. "She's in league with Von Schwicke." Elsa's eyebrows raised. "Joseph." Indi turned to see the youth kissing Alaina passionately.
"Yes, my lord?" Joseph said, pulling away from Alaina, a slight blush appearing on their cheeks.
"I leave you in charge for the time being," Indi said. "The queen and myself will go back and finish the battle. I'll leave Emerald and Copal here to in case something happens."
"I understand, my lord," Joseph said. "I won't let you down, Your Majesty."
Elsa nodded as she moved backwards, allowing Indi to mount Sleuther. "We'll be back soon."
Sleuther roared and extended his wings, before thrusting them downwards, shooting into the air.
As the wind blew back their hair, Indi and Elsa watched as they quickly approach the village once more. Sleuther promptly unleashed his fire, announcing his presence.
As Toothless and Hiccup raced up to them, Indi watched as Stoick leaped from his dragon and slammed a hunter to the ground with his own hammer.
"How are we doing, Hiccup?" Indi asked as Toothless came to hover near Sleuther.
"Pretty good, I'd say," Hiccup said as several green-tipped arrows flew by. Toothless retaliated by firing a plasma blast in the direction that the arrows came from.
"Let's finish this up, shall we?" Indi said. "Up, Sleuther." The dragon flapped his wings, going higher. Looking behind him, Indi saw that Hiccup and Toothless were following. At the height of their climb, both dragons turned, and folded their wings. Toothless made an unholy screeching sound, while Sleuther stayed silent. The wind rustled the humans' hair and clothes. As the approached the ground, both dragons released a barrage of fire. Elsa reached around Indi's torso, and added her volley of ice magic. As the magic connected with the ground, it spawned masses of jagged icicles.
Toothless fired one last bolt of blue fire, Elsa unleashed a shot of magic right behind the Night Fury's shot. When the explosive blast connected with a large ballista, it sent a column of fire and smoke shooting into the air. The charred wood was stopped mid-fall by the appearance of ice, which covered the structure and destroyed it even more. As the two Strike Class dragons landed, Elsa looked at the carnage around the town. The blasts of fire and ice at the ballista had thrown men from the area. The attacks from the dragons had burned the bodies of men, and the scent of charred flesh was nearly overwhelming. The dinosaurs had done a fair amount of damage as well: several men were eviscerated, their intestines spilling out onto the ground. One man's throat was completely chewed away, exposing a cavernous space below his skull. Another man's head was sitting on the ground, still wearing a leather helmet. The body was sitting several meters away, large holes from fat-round teeth having punctured the flesh.
Large thuds caught their attention. Indi turned to see Lapsus and his raptors walking up to them. Blood covered their teeth, mouths, and claws. Lapsus lowered her head, and Indi rubbed her snout.
"Everyone," Elsa called out. "This is your queen. You can come out of your homes. The battle is over." Slowly, people began to exit the buildings.
"We have found your daughters," Indi added. "They are safe. We will bring them here shortly."
"Gather the body of the dead," Elsa said. "The civilians that have died, set them aside. They will have a proper funeral. Gather the bodies of the dragon hunters, and plenty of wood. We shall burn their corpses, for they have attacked us mercilessly. This day will be known henceforth as the Battle of Valcut. Sir Indi?"
"Yes, Your Majesty?" Indi said, stepping forward.
"Go to the dragon hunters' vessel and retrieve the people there."
"As you command," Indi said, bowing. He promptly mounted Sleuther, and took off.
"Do as she says," Stoick said, turning to his son. Hiccup nodded, and the Dragon Riders took off.
Elsa oversaw the gathering of the wood for the mass burning. Stoick assisted, along with his dragon named Skullcrusher, carrying large piles of wood and tossing the bodies of dead dragon hunters onto the pile.
As the dragon riders returned, the people cried out with joy, as their daughters were returned.
As Elsa smiled, Indi dismounted, carrying a small bundle of cloth.
"We have a small problem," Indi said.
"What's wrong?"
Indi dropping his arm slightly, and removed a flap of the cloth. Inside was a white egg, about three-quarters the length of Elsa's forearm.
Elsa slid her nightgown over her body, the thin fabric feeling very light over her body.
A light knock on her door caught her attention.
"Who is it?"
"Take a guess," Indi's voice said. "Can I come in?"
Elsa walked over to the door and opened it. "Come in."
Indi stepped inside and Elsa shut the door. "Dearing has been put in a cell. I think we could question her tomorrow."
"And the egg?"
"Stormfly is keeping it warm."
Elsa nodded, before taking Indi's hand and leading him to her bed. They sat down and Indi wrapped an arm around her. Elsa looked up at him and kissed him, closing her eyes in bliss. Indi hesitated, before pressing against her, holding her against him.
Indi thought for a brief moment, before letting instinct take over. He let his tongue drag over Elsa's lips. She responded by opening her mouth, letting Indi push his tongue inside. Elsa's breathing increased as she pulled Indi against her.
She leaned backwards, taking Indi against her. Indi placed his hands on her waist, and allowed her to rub his back.
Indi pulled away and Elsa opened her eyes.
"I love you," Indi said.
"I love you too," Elsa said, softly.
And the pair resumed their activities.