Chapter 63

03:21, 20 July 2023

( A/n: Part 3 of Defiant One )

Alpha dragged and dropped Hiccup and the biscuit to Mistake, and she looked at Hiccup with a raised brow before growling as she recognized Hiccup, Toothless, and Snotlout as part of the Dragon Riders. Hiccup and Snotlout looked at her in shock as they saw that she was chained to the ground, and Hiccup noticed the wounds on the Scalewalker dragonet and the scar on her cheek.

( A/n: Now you know what her scar looks like. )

Mistake growled at them, showing her fangs, and raised her left front talon to attack them, but Alpha jumped in front of her and told her to not attack them, she listened and lowered her talon.

Snotlout: Whoa... Is that...

Hiccup: Yep. Wait, that means- I know where we are. Snotlout, we're on Outcast island.

Snotlout: No, duh, dragon Liv is right in front of us. And chained to the ground. With a scar on her cheek, that wasn't there the last time we saw her.

Mistake: ( raised her brow at the two riders ) L... Liv?

Snotlout: She can talk! ( Alpha points his stinger at him ) I mean, of course she can, I meant she can talk in a language we can understand.

Alpha pulled his stinger away from Snotlout with a small chuckle, as he found Snotlout's fear slightly amusing.

Hiccup tried to get closer to Mistake, to take a look at her chains, but she growled and fired a warning blast of fire in front of Hiccup, burning the biscuit that Alpha stole from Snotlout. Toothless roared and growled at Mistake.

Hiccup: ( to Toothless: ) It's okay, bud. ( To Mistake, calmly: ) It's okay... I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to take a look at your chains so we can get them off you-

Mistake: Stay back. Won't fool me, dragon riders.

Snotlout: What is she talking about?

Hiccup then saw the now scaring wound on Mistake's shoulder, and realized what she was talking about.

Hiccup: Astrid-

Mistake: Astrid?

Hiccup: ( calmly, trying to reason with Mistake: ) The girl that you helped rescue those vikings and helped get back the book. She wasn't the one that hurt you that day, Savage was the one that gave you that scar on your shoulder.

Mistake: No. Savage not there.

Hiccup: Yes, he was. He was staying out of your sight, and he cut your shoulder on your human body with a dagger, giving you that scar.

Mistake: Human? Me dragon, not human.

Hiccup: No, you're a Scalewalker, you are a human that can turn into a dragon in your sleep. Liv-

Mistake: ( sternly: ) Me Mistake, not Liv. You lie, me dragon!

Hiccup: I'm not lying, Liv. Your name is Liv, you are a six year old scalewalker girl. Alvin has been manipulating you, making you forget who you are.

Alpha then walked to Hiccup's side, and purred at Mistake, telling her that Hiccup was right about what she was, and he told her to let Hiccup look at the chains.

Mistake then hesitantly lets Hiccup get closer to her, and Hiccup looked at her chains and saw that the lock on the chains were sorta big enough for Alpha to use his stinger to pick the lock.

Hiccup: ( looks at Alpha ) Uh...-

Mistake: ( points a claw to Alpha ) Name is Alpha.

Hiccup: Okay, Alpha, I need you to use your stinger to pick the lock, do you think you can do that?

Alpha nods his head and walks towards Mistake's chains, and starts trying to pick the chain's lock with his stinger.

Snotlout: Are you sure that's a good idea, Hiccup?

Hiccup: Would you rather we leave her here?

Snotlout: That's not what I meant. I mean, what if he can't-

Alpha then smiled as he succeeded in picking all of Mistake's chains' locks, the chains fell to the ground and Mistake was now free from them.

Hiccup: ( to Snotlout: ) You were saying?

Snotlout: Shut up, Hiccup.

Mistake stepped away from the chains, and Alpha jumped on her back to nuzzle her face, as he was happy to see her free. Mistake then looked at the two dragon riders and night fury, and points to herself.

Mistake: Me Liv, not Mistake? No lie?

Hiccup: Yes. You are Liv. I'm Hiccup, and this is my dragon Toothless.

Mistake, now accepting the name " Liv ", looked at Toothless with curiosity and slight hesitation, as she was worried that Toothless might attack her, but Toothless just purred at her in response, making her smile.

Liv: ( sounding out the names of the night fury and his rider ) Hi... Hiccup. To...To... Toothless.

Hiccup: ( smiled ) Yes. And ( gestures to Snotlout ) this is-

Snotlout: Snotlout, I'm better and stronger than Hiccup, here.

Liv: Snottrout.

Snotlout: No. Snotlout.

Liv: Snottrout.

Snotlout: Snot-lout. Say it with me, kid, Snot...

Liv: Snot...

Snotlout: Lout.

Liv: Lout.

Snotlout: Now say " Snotlout ".

Liv: Snottrout.

Snotlout: You know what, we'll continue this later. ( To Hiccup: ) Come on, she can fly us out of here.

Hiccup: No, she's too small to carry the three of us and Alpha all the way to Berk. We need to find a way to fix Toothless's tail and we can fly out of here and back to Berk together.

Liv: Berk?

Hiccup: ( to Liv, calmly: ) Yes. Berk is our home, your home.

Liv: Berk home?

Snotlout: Yes. And after this, we are probably going to find someone to teach you how to talk viking.

Hiccup: Okay, we've really got to fix the connecting rod and get out of here, or we are dead men.

Hiccup and Liv then noticed that Snotlout was eating some berries from a nearby bush.

Hiccup: Snotlout, I'm not so sure you should be eating those berries.

Snotlout: Well, I'm not sure you should be telling me what to eat, especially after ( looks at Alpha ) you took my biscuit.

Hiccup: Those berries could be poisonous.

Snotlout: Hey, we're on Outcast Island. We're going into battle. We need our strength, a concept you know nothing about.

Hiccup: Battle the Outcasts? Really? Just the three of us?

Snotlout: Abtholutely.

Liv held in a chuckle, while Alpha growled slightly and jumped off Liv's back and walked off to get something.

Hiccup: Wha-What did you just say?

Snotlout: I thaid, Abtholutely. As in, of courths.

Hiccup: Oh, for the love of- I told you not to eat those berries!

Alpha then came back with some mint leaves in his mouth, and he then stung Snotlout, paralyzing him, before knocking him down on his back, and dropped the mint leaves in Snotlout's mouth, and used his tail to make Snotlout chew the leaves without stinging the viking boy. He then told Liv that the mint leaves would fix Snotlout's tongue when the paralysis wears off.

Liv: ( to Hiccup, translating for Alpha: ) Leaves fix Snottrout tongue when the paralyice wear off.

Hiccup: At least, we'll have some silence until then. ( To Liv: ) Do you know where we can fix the connecting rod on Toothless's tail?

Liv thinks for a moment before nodding.

Liv: We hide first. Savage be back soon to check on me.

( Meanwhile, On Berk )

Stoick and the rest of the riders were looking out into the ocean.

Stoick: Well, they've been gone for days. I thought you said they were right behind you!

Astrid: They probably set down to wait out the storm.

Fishlegs: I see something!

Hookfang flies towards Berk and lands.

Astrid: It's Hookfang!

Onyx: If Hookfang is here, where's Snotlout?