Chapter 12: Save Toothless

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Hiccup stared down at the small stuffed dragon in his hands, as he was hunched down on a chair, tears in his eyes, though he was holding them back.

An hour had passed by since the boy had been locked up in his old household, no way of getting out.There were no windows it seemed....Hiccup sighed in frustration.If only he hadn't opened his stupid mouth, then his father would probably be still here- but nooo! Hiccup just had to blurt it all out....

Suddenly an idea hit him.He remembered that there were vikings his age around... perhaps he could get their help...Yes....!That sounded perfect! The only problem was that he was trapped here in the house.His eyes wondered around the room, before he saw stairs leading up to a bedroom, and he facepalmed himself in stupidity.He really had to use his brain more often.

The boy scrambled onto his feet, and bolted upstairs, clipping on his cloak.He swung open the door, glanced around the small bedroom, and instantly spotted a window. He let out a breath of pure relief.Hope was not all lost yet.There was still a chance.He can save his father, Toothless, and Berk.Hiccup rushed towards the window, and jumped off, landing harshly on his feet, but he then dashed away from the house, and towards the docks where he saw the ships almost out of sight. He groaned, but stayed positive.He still had time.

He hurried away towards one of the houses he's seen his father visit yesterday, and pounded his fist on the door. It took a second, before the door swung open to reveal Snothat, and what seemed to be  his mother.Snotlout's eyes widened slightly at the sight of his lost cousin.He still didn't feel comfortable around him...."Yeah?" Hiccup let out a breath,"I need your help."Snotlout and his mother both extanged confused looks at each other.

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Hiccup hurried towards the Killing Ring, where his 'cousin' was supposed to have gathered the other teens. (A/n I still prefer to call them teens...since there like 18-19...)  Once the boy looked up he smiled slightly at the sight of the gang standing in the middle of the ring, looking determined and ready for action."If you're planning on getting eaten, I'd probably go with the Gronkle." A large husky looking boy called, he looked as though he were trying to sound tough, but failed.Hiccup smiled at them.Now to set his plan to action. He made his way across the ring to be stopped and surrounded by the teens.Another one of the teens, a girl, stepped forward, "You have no idea who we are, don't you...Hiccup?"The boy shook his head.The girl nodded back, "Well, I'm Astrid, that's Fishlegs Ruffnut Tuffnut, and Snotlout-""Her boyfriend-!" Snotlout rambled, only to get punched in the face by Astrid.Hiccup chuckled, and nodded in acknowledgement of them being here."Thanks guys, really. I really need you guys's help."One of the twins, Tuffnut, pushed his way towards the dragon rider, getting close to his face, "You were wise to seek help from the world's most deadliest weapon....me." he smirked.The boy raised a brow.And now he was having second thoughts."I love this plan!" Snotlout said in an excited tone.Hiccup is not surprised of this, because if he had told him on how they were getting to the nest, then he and the rest of the gang would have the total opposite of reactions..."I-"Suddenly his cousin was pushed roughly to the side,and Hiccup was in seconds face to face with Ruffnut, who was too close for his liking."You're crazy!...I like that.." she said in a dreamy like state."Uh-"Luckily Ruffnut was yanked away by Astrid, and he was now facing his cousin again."So...how exactly are we getting to the nest?" Snotlout asked in a worried tone.Hiccup glanced at the cage where the  dragons were being kept, and he smirked down at his cousin.

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Stoick gazed out at the sea, as they were now heading into the fog.This was it.Here goes nothing.This is for his son, Valka and his tribe.He was gonna end this war once and for all.His ears still ringed from the sound of his son's cries, but pushed it aside...he needed to stay focused.

"Sound your positions. Stay within earshot.." the chief called, as they headed into the fog where they met a maze of sea stacks.Men started calling each other as Stoick walked towards the from of the ship."...One length to your stern!" One viking hollerd.Gobber limped over to his best friend, looking around cautiously and whispered, "Stoick I was over hearing some of the men just now, and...well, some of them are wondering what it is we're up to here. Not me of course, I of course, know you're always the man with a plan-"Stoick sighed at this.The only plan, he had was;Find the nest.Then attack.If that's even a plan...His gaze shifted over to the caged Night Fury, and he narrowed his eyes as he noticed that Toothless no longer had his roundish friendly eyes, but they were now in narrowed slits, and he was perking his ear around.

"Shh-shh!"the chief hushed, taking a step closer to the dragon as silence fell upon his men.Toothless's left ear twitched more than his right, the Queen calling him.Stoick nodded."Good boy, Toothless," he muttered before pushing his way over to the wheel of the boat, and he pushed it right, making the boat go left just as the night fury rose his head up, and looked towards towards the left, following the Queen's calls.He turned his head right as his right ear perked, and so the Viking pushed left to make the ship turn right.

After what seemed like ages, an island came into view, and Stoick shuddered slightly at the sight of it.But he paid no mind to it, as they got to shore, and he, followed by his men, make their ways off the ship, weaon in hand.Stoick jumped off, hearing Toothless growl at the sight of the island, and landed on the pebbled ground, turning his gaze upon the volcano that was in front of them.Gobber followed close behind his friend as catapults were being set up, and other weapons."We're here..." Stoick smirked.This was it.

He called over some vikings, including Gobber and Spikelout, and began going over his plan.It was simple."...and just so you know, when we crack this mountain open, all hel is gonna break lose." He hollerd, his men nodding and mumering in understanding of the plan and what to expect."In my undies! Good thing I brought extras." The blacksmith grumbled, as they made their way towards the volocanic-like mountain."No matter how this ends, it ends today!" Stoick yelled, getting cheers from his army.The chief raised his arm, and clenched his fist, and in return, vikings began shooting the catapults, the giant rocks raining down on the the mountains side.In just minutes, the mountains side had a hole, leading to a pitch black cave.The chief narrowed his eyes, as he signaled for another blow, and so they fired again, lightning up the tunnel, and he gasped as he saw a glimpse of what seemed like millions of dragons nested Inside.He growled and let out a war cry as he began charging inside the cave, the drgaons were alarmed and began flying wildly out of the cave, Stoick swinging his hammer as he expected for the blows from the dragons to come...but it didn't..He looked around as he noticed that the dragon's weren't fighting, but instead fleeing.

The army didn't understand, so they began to cheer in victory.Stoick glanced back at Gobber, who only shrugged. Banging was heard from the ships, and he looked over to see Toothless thrashing around in the cage, hitting his body against the metal causing the chief to realize,"This isn't over! Stand together!" He hollerd, just before the mountain crumbled  apart to reveal a dragon the size of an island burst out, roaring its loudest as it was clearly furious.

Stoick's breath got caught in his chest, his eyes widening."Beard of Thor what is that!?" Gobber yelled."Odin help us.." was the only thing The chief could utter as the dragon let out another powerful roar."Catapults! Now! Get to the ships!!""Fire!!" A viking screamed.They were hitting the beast, but it didn't seem to stop her.The Queen only stomped on the catapults, and let out a stream of fire upon the ships, setting them all on fire making it now impossible to escape this god forsaken island.

Toothless began to panic as fire began surrounding his ship, and he tried roaring out for anyone to help him, but he could not utter a sound.No, no this couldn't be the way he died!He can't die yet, Hiccup will be all alone- He's all he's got left!The night began thrashing around the cage, trying to bust through the doors, until he heard calls from the sky.He paused, and searched the skies to only have his spirits lifted in pure relief and happiness.

"Fight me!" Stoick hollerd, and the Queen glared down at the small viking.Stupid humans... Pathetic!"No! Me! Down here you overgrown devil!!" The red death cast her glare upon the other viking.She growled in fury, and rose up, rearing her head back, and inhaling to prepare to fire-BOOM!She roared in pain as she was hit with a powerful force on the back of her head.Stoick forward his brows in confusion before a familiar voice called out,"Ruff! Tuff! Watch your backs!"He glanced up to see five Dragons flying into battle with... vikings on their backs!?He noticed Hiccup riding the monsterous nightmare with his nephew, Snotlout, leading the teens and he could only gaze up at them in shock."Keep moving, Fishlegs!"'What the....' he mouthed, as the dragons flew over their heads."Ah-ha-haa! Look at us! We're on dragons! We're on dragons- all of us!!" Tuffnut cried from the Zippleback's neck."Let's go, Keep moving!" Hiccup shouted as they took another lap around to get to the Red Death.

Stoick could not believe his eyes..."Every bit of boar-headed stubborn viking you ever were!" Gobber commented.The chief took a second, before nodding in agreement.It was true...

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"Fishlegs, Break it down!" Hiccup shouted."Heavily armored skull, tail made for bashing and crashing! Steer clear of both! Small eyes, large nostrils,relies on hearing and smell! " The husky viking rambled, as he sat on the Gronkles back.The boy nodded a thanks.He had to think fast they only had a few options on how to defeat this thing.."Okay, Astrid, Fishlegs! Hang in it's blind spot, make lots of noice. On other words? Keep it confused!"The two teens nodded, and flew away to carry on with their tasks."Alright now, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, find out if it has a shot limit. Meaning, make it mad!" He called."That's my specialty!" Ruffnut smirked ."Uh, Since when!?" The twin yelled, and they both flew away, arguing with each other.Hiccup groaned."Oh, gods please helps us, especially them..." He muttered, "Okay. Snotlout, let's go find my dragon!" The Viking nodded, and steered the monsterous nightmare's horns roughly to point them towards the ships.

Hiccup's eyes sweeped desperately across the flamed ships, prying to find his Best friend.He searched and just before he gave up hope, he saw something moving around on a boat."There!" He pointed."Got it!" Snotlout hollerd, and they dived to get close enough for the boy to jump off."Go! Help the others!" Hiccup called.His cousin gave him a thumbs up before he and the nightmare flew away.The Dragon rider turned to face his dragon, relief washing away his worries as he immediately got to work on trying to open the cage."Hold on, bud, hold on.." he said reassuring, as he moved to take off the muzzle.

"Hey it's working!!"Astrid hollerd as she banged her axe against the shield."Yeah, It's Working!" Fishlegs smiled but his positivity died down, as the Gronkle began getting disturbed by the sound, and began losing altitude.Snotlout dived in, and was about to get to work, but he was bucked off by his Dragon and fell onto the Red Deaths head."Uh guys!? I've lost control of the Gronkle! Snotlout! Do something!!" Fishlegs cried, tossing him his hammar as he and the Gronkle landed roughly on the pebbled ground."I'm okay!" He cheered, until his dragin fell over him."Less okay..!"

Snotlout slammed the Queen's eyes with the war hammer, as he smirked at her pain."Whats wrong buddy!? Got something in your eye?!" He laughed."Yeah! You're the Viking!" He heard Astrid cheer, and he smirked at her in appreciation as he bashed the hammer onto her eye again, but lost his balance as the dragon roared, and moved around. He flew over her head, and was about to fall to his death, but grabbed hold of one of her horns.

Hiccup was struggling to get the cage open, as he was about to hit the lock with an axe, until suddenly a giant tail ramed into their ship, and the boat broke apart, Toothless's cage sliding into the waters."Toothless!!" He called, as he dived into the sea, the waters temperature freezing as he swam deeper after his best friend.

The cage hit the bottom, the night fury thrashing around wildly, until a gentle hand laid on his snout, and he saw his brother begin working on the cage. The dragon didn't know how to help as he began hitting his head against the metal bars.As Hiccup tried Working on the lock, his temper rose quickly, and he screamed, threatening bubbles escaping his mouth as he banged on the cage, and began trying to jerk the door open.But he soon became light headed, and his grip loosened as he began to loseconsciousness, losing air fast.Toothless noticed, and began panicking for his rider, who went limp, and was slowly floating away- until something scooped him up, and was taken away.The night fury let out a terrified roar as he witnessed his best friends capture.

Hiccup suddenly sat up, as he gasped for air as he heard  heavy breathing beside him as he was laid on to a flat surface. He coughed up water as opened his eyes, only to see a large shape dive into the deep waters."Ch-chief..?" He muttered in disbelief.He didn't expect this...Wasn't he the one who disowned him?Wasn't he mad that his son had lashed out at him?The boy forward his brows in confusion.

Toothless closed his eyes, as he waited for for death to take him already.He knew he was gonna die anyway.Hiccup was gone, so what's the point?He felt as though he were being watched, so he opened his eyes to face a red beard viking in the water with him.Stoick shot him an apologizing look, before he griped the lock, and ripped it open, swinging open the doors only to be yanked up out of the waters, and dropped off by his son.Toothless shook off the water, and roared down at his viking.Hiccup smiled, "You got it bud.."He said, rushing over and began putting the saddle and tail wing on.He hopped onto the saddle, and clipped a leather rope against the saddle from his armor. They were about the set off, but a large hand garbbed hold of his arm, and he turned to see a stern looking Stoick the vast.But his father's face quickly replaced his stricked look, and he now looked worried.

"I'm.....I'm sorry. For-for everything." He said, sadness in his eyes.Hiccup let out a breath, and gave a toothy smile.That's all he wanted to hear. But he had to admit, he had done some sin himself. Like lashing out at his own father...being a...killer.."Yeah me too." He nodded."You don't have to go out there, son!" The chief pleaded.The boy sighed, closing his eyes.He knew where his father was going with this."But... aren't we vikings? It's supposed to be  an occupational hazard, isn't it?" He joked, showing a small smile.Suddenly, his father laid both hands around the rider's small hand."I'm proud, to call you my son." Stoick said, in a firm tone.

Hiccup didn't know what to think of this...he had made his father proud?He couldn't help the wide smile that had found it's way onto his face."Thanks...Dad." He nudged his Dragon, who immediately shot up into the air, letting out a roar as he shot to the clouds.