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Chapter 4
Getting Toothless onto the ship was not hard at all; it was the Monstrous Nightmare that proved to be a challenge. The dragon was not accustomed to traveling on a boat. The size of the dragon also proved to be challenging; the dragon would have to travel on a different ship because there was no room for two dragons on just one. A ship, at the very least, must have at least eight Vikings to paddle the boats in case they experienced a lack of wind. It also had to have a Viking to steer the boat and one to be the lookout and/or give the commands as to where to steer the ship. To get a dragon on board took up almost all of the remaining space, especially one the size of a Monstrous Nightmare. They had three ships ready to make the journey, and the time to set sail had finally come. With the rough seas that they were about to travel, Stoick expected to arrive at the Killagain tribe’s village by sunrise. It would have been wiser to leave at sun-rise instead of mid-day, but having spent all night defending the village from the dragons, he thought it better to allow the young Vikings to rest before making the journey. “Do what you can to ration what food we’ve got left til we return. With Odin's blessing, we’ll be back with help, building materials, and some spare food.” Stoick told his brother, Spitelout. “If the dragons return, your priority is to protect the food supply and the livestock.” “Don’t worry. We’ll be fine til you return.” “We’ll be back as soon as possible.” Stoick made his way onto the ship with Toothless, Gobber, Hiccup and his friends. They would be the lead ship in the convoy. After he was safely on board, the ships departed for what would be a very long journey. * * * * The journey started very smoothly. The rowers were not needed because the wind seemed to favor their travel. It seemed like Odin and the gods were showing them good fortune during this dire and perilous times. What hiccup found most surprising was that Toothless was enjoying the ride. Hiccup feared that his last experience on a Viking ship, being chained and yoked by his father, would cause him to be very tense on the ship. That did not turn out to be the case; on the contrary, he was bouncing around and pushing Vikings out of the way to stick his neck past the edge of the boat. Of course, some of Vikings were starting to get a little testy about being pushed around by the over-enthused Night Fury. As Toothless gazed out into the vastness of the blue, ocean’s water, a school of jumping fish started skipping over the water’s surface like tiny dolphins. The Night Fury’s eyes watched, fascinated by the sight of leaping fishes. As the school of fish skipped beside the boat, the dragon became delighted. Licking his lips, he lowered his neck over the edge of the boat and snapped at the fish, hoping to catch himself a nice mid-day snack. When his mouth came up empty, he snapped a few more times, but still was unable to catch anything. Almost in mocking fashion, a lone fish leaped out of the water and ended up slapping Toothless across the face. The dragon shook his head and looked around in bewilderment. Hiccup chuckled as he looked around at the others on the boat. His father was taking his turn steering the ship while Gobber was sitting on the ground, fidgeting with his stone tooth. Elsewhere on the ship, Astrid and Ruffnut were keeping to themselves; it appeared that Astid was still not in a talking mood. Bitwolf was keeping to himself, clearly still brooding over this trip back home. Tuffnut and Snotlout were laughing at some joke that one of them had told. Fishlegs… he had no idea what he was doing. He was at the bow of the ship and had been there for quite awhile. Curiosity got the better of him, and he walked towards the front of this ship. “Hey Fishlegs, you okay over here?” The young Viking turned towards him and Hiccup had to take a step back. His face was turning green before his very eyes. “Chances of… regurgitation… a hundred percent.” Fishlegs quickly leaned over the side of the ship and unleashed the contents of hit stomach. “I’ll check up on you… later,” Hiccup said, doing everything he could not to get sick to his stomach. A loud moan disturbed the peaceful sounds of the soft splashing of water up againt the sides of the boat. Everyone was back on their feet, having heard the noise. Stoick handed the wheel back to Gobber as he stepped towards the front of the boat. “Hiccup, did you hear that?” “Perhaps it was just the creaking of the wood?” “No,” Stoick replied. “I know every crick that this ship makes and every crack in its hull. We’re not alone out here.” Another loud moan came from underneath them, but this time it ended with a high-pitched squeal. There was no mistaking that noise; there was something gigantic beneath them. Springing out of the water, near their ship, was a massive silver-scaled dragon which looked more like a giant sea serpant with a dragon head. It had crystal blue eyes, horns all around the neck, and giant fangs. It looked directly down at them and let out a fierce roar. Two more creatures appeared between the three boats. Bitwolf growled in frustration; he knew this was going to happen. These seas were full of unimaginable terrors. “They’re Sea Devils. Part sea serpent and part dragon. They always attack in packs.” “Everyone, grab your weapons!” Stoick shouted. As everyone went for their axes and hammers, Hiccup ran up to Snotlout. “Hop on with me; I’ll take you over to the other ship so you can hop on Blue.” The two young Vikings rushed through all the chaos on the boats to get to Toothless. The dragon was looking up at the menacing dragons that towering over the ships, and he was ready for battle. Hiccup leaped onto the saddle and clamped his artificial foot into the specially designed pedal. He then reached down and helped Snotlout up. “Hold on!” Toothless leaped off the ship and flapped his wings to pull himself up into the air. The closest Sea Dragon saw the Night Fury taking to the sky and perceived him as an imminent threat. Letting out a threatening shrill, the Sea Devil lunged at black dragon. “Wh—wh—whoa!” Snotloug yelped and held onto Hiccup tightly as he directed Toothless to make a sharp turn to avoid the lunging dragon. They narrowly avoided the Sea Dragon as it dived past them and back into the water until it was completely submerged. The Monstrous Nightmare was on the next ship, but there were two Sea Devils in their way and at least one swimming underneath the water. The one, or ones, underneath the water were the least of his concern at that moment. His focus was on getting around the two dragons and getting Snotlout onto the other boat with the Monstrous Nightmare. The only problem was that this Monstrous Nightmare was not Snotlout's. Hiccup had given the name ‘Blue’ to this dragon, because of its abnormal shades of blue scales rather than red and orange. However, he had full confidence in Snotlout’s ability to control the dragon. The two remaining Sea Dragons turned their attention towards them. If Hiccup did not know better, he would have sworn that they knew what they were trying to do and were determined to stop them. “Hold on tight, and get ready for some fancy flying.” “I don’t know if my stomach can handle any more of your kind of flying!” Snotlout protested. There was no time to reply, the closest Sea Devil turned to face them, and they had to make a move now. With a soft pat on Toothless’ neck, Hiccup signaled him to attack the approaching dragon with a fiery puff. Toothless breathed in deeply and unleashed the bluish puff of flames directly into the face of the Sea Devil. The dragon squealed in agony, clearly having a low tolerance for fire, especially blue flames. The attack provided ample distraction to allow Toothless to, aggressively, fly around the head of the stunned Sea Devil. The second Sea Devil hissed in anger. By the reaction of this third dragon, Hiccup surmised that this was the alpha dragon. Hiccup flew Toothless straight at the alpha dragon, lining the other Sea Devil directly behind them. The alpha dragon lunged towards them, taking the bait that Hiccup had laid out for it. “Hard right, Toothless!” Toothless pulled hard right and the alpha dragon collided into the other. With the two dragons dazed from the collision, Hiccup had enough time to fly down to the ship. Toothless hovered low enough to allow Snotlout to jump off. “Try to get Blue up quickly. If he becomes stingy, you know how to earn his trust.” There was loud screaming coming from the third boat. The third Sea Devil had reemerged and began to coil itself around the ship. The sail was destroyed and came crashing down onto the side of the boat before tipping over the edge. It sank to the bottom of the sea as the dragon began its strangle hold on the boat. All the Vikings on the boat were throwing everything they had at it; swinging their axes and hammers at the body of the dragon. Unfortunately, the dragon’s body had a very thick layer of scales, making it impossible for their weapons to penetrate. The dragon continued to strangle the ship until it started to crack. “Abandon ship!” The Vikings on the ship followed their orders. They ceased their attack on the dragon, and jumped out of the ship and into the cold water. As the final few were evacuating, the ship gave under the stress, causing it to split into half. Both halves began to sink to the bottom of sea. “Snotlout, you get the Vikings out of the water and onto the other ships. I’ll distract the dragons.” Hiccup did not bother waiting for a response; he had to go after that dragon before it had the chance to attack any of the Vikings in the water. Hiccup gave Toothless the signal, and Toothless fired a very strong puff of flames at the dragon’s neck. The dragon, again, swung his head wildly at the intense pain. The Sea Devil turned its focus upon them, not willing to give up so easily this time. Hiccup and Toothless swooped across the dragon’s line of vision, and as they had hoped, the dragon followed after them, forgetting about the Vikings in the water. Hiccup looked back and around the pursuing dragon to see Snotlout and Blue already busy at work at helping the Vikings out of the water. The blue Monstrous Nightmare was able to grab two Vikings at a time and fly them over to one of the two remaining ships. “Okay Toothless, you know what to do.” Toothless grunted, knowing exactly what they about to do. This was a move that they had perfected against the dragon queen, and with these dragons sensitive to fire, there was no doubt that the attack would work. Toothless slowed down to allow the Sea Devil to catch up. Before it had the chance to lunge, Toothless spun around and spat a puff of blue flames into the mouth of the dragon. The silver dragon let out a loud shriek; the dragon was devastated by the attack. The dragon either raced back into the water, or collapsed; Hiccup could not tell, but he was more than certain that the dragon had no intention of entering the fight again. Hiccup looked back at the other two Sea Devils. The alpha Sea Devil was attacking his father’s ship. The dragon was taking a different approach and was attacking the Vikings directly. He could see Astrid swinging her ax whenever the dragon’s giant fangs got too close to her. Bitwolf, like always, was becoming over aggressive. During one of the lunges, He had managed to get onto the dragon’s body. He crawled up to the head of the dragon where he stood up and was about to bring the blade of the ax down on the skull of the dragon. The dragon felt his presence on top of his head and shook it. Bitwolf lost his footing and his weapon, which dropped all the way into the water and sank. As he started to slide off the dragon, he managed to grab hold of a horn underneath the dragon’s right ear. “Come on Toothless, we’ve got to go get him before he kills himself,” Astrid said. Toothless groaned in protest. The Night Fury did not like Bitwolf. The dragon had not forgiven him for his past sins against Berk and its dragons. Unfortunately for Bitwolf, a Night Fury’s memory was very long lasting. He reluctantly pushed himself as fast as he could go towards the Sea Devil. Bitwolf lost his grip on the horn and fell towards the water. Hiccup used his weight to lean right, which in turn, told Toothless to glide sideways. They glided in speedily, and Toothless pulled back at the last second to reach out with his claws and grab Bitwolf in mid-air. Toothless returned to flying normally, but the alpha dragon saw the rescue of Bitwolf and also saw an opportunity to attack. The dragon lunged for the Night Fury. On the ship, Astrid saw that Hiccup and Toothless did not see the danger that they were in. She raised her ax above her head, knowing that she was about to lose the weapon forever. The ax was a family heirloom and had special meaning to her. She was ready to give it up if it meant saving Hiccup. Before she had the chance to throw her weapon, Stoick stepped up next to her holding a large stone hammer over his head, and chucked it at the lunging dragon. The hammer spiraled all the way to its target, where it smacked into the side of the Sea Devil’s head, causing it to fall sideways into the water. Hiccup turned Toothless around to make his way to the ship to put Bitwolf safely onboard, when he saw the other remaining Sea Devil in the process of a diving attack on the ship. Tapping Toothless on his scales, the dragon fired a massive fiery shockwave at the dragon, which threw the dragon backwards into the water. 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