The StormStriker and the Night Fury

6. Hero's Heart Breaks

Hero starts backing away from the Monstrous Nightmare with Hiccup, holding their spear up just in case it tries to pounce on them. It does at some point but before it could reach them, a roar is heard through the sky and something blasts at the cage, destroying it and creating a huge puff of smoke.

Once the smoke clears it reveals Koi and Toothless fighting the Monstrous Nightmare biting and scratching at it until it cowered away.

Hero and Hiccup's eyes widen at the sight of their dragons in front of them and try to push them away.

"Guys go, get out of here." Hiccup says as the dragons refused to leave and stood their ground. All the Viking around them slipped through the bars and ran towards the dragons with the intent of either capturing or killing.

"Leave!" Hero demands, noticing their mother and sister slip through the bars as well. "Fly away, please!"

Stoick grabs an ax from the weapons next to him and runs into the ring, ignoring Astrid's protests.

"Dad, no, he won't hurt you!" Hiccup cries as Toothless narrows his eyes at his father and charges towards him. "Toothless- You're making this worse!"

Koi growls at the Vikings around them as Hero readies their spear in front of them, blocking their dragon from everybody else.

"I don't want to fight any of you..." They mutter, their eyes locking onto their mother. "Please..."

The Vikings ignore them and charge at Koi who fights back. Hero goes in fighting as well, making sure not to actually stab anybody with their spear.

"Hero, no!" Hiccup shouts but his voice doesn't reach them and he's forced to watch the chaos around him in panic. Nobody's listening to him and everybody's getting hurt in some way.

Toothless tackles Stoick to the ground and opens his mouth, readying to finish the job.

"No!" Hiccup shouts once more. "NO!!!"

His voice booms through the arena but it stops the wrong people. Koi and Toothless freeze at his command while Hero turns their head to Hiccup.

Freya used that to her advantage and pinned Hero to the ground. While the Vikings around them attack Koi and Toothless and quickly pin them to the ground as well.

"Freya, get off me!!!" Hero shouts, struggling against their sister.

"Hero."

They freeze when they hear their mother call their name and look up at the woman who was glaring at them. "Fuck..." Hero mutters.

A couple of feet away, Astrid was holding Hiccup back from running towards Toothless.

They were fucked...

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Hero's mom throws them into their room and shuts the door behind them.

"What the hell was that!?" She shouts as Hero struggles to stand up. "You defended a dragon! A dragon!? Wha- When have you ever cared about dragons!? Where did this even come from!?"

"Mom, let me explain-" Hero starts.

"Shut up. I am not listening to a traitor."

"But you literally just asked me-" Hero pauses and takes a deep breath. "Mom, I'm not a traitor, it's not like I killed anybody. We've been in one spot the entire time! We never left!"

"And does that change the fact that you befriended one!? That you befriended the very thing that attacks our village and raids our food every night!? That's not even the worst part! The worst part is that it's a StormStriker out of all the dragons! Those dragons barely even fucking raid us! Did you go out of your way to find one? Hero, what other dragons have you befriended!?"

"None! Well besides Toothless-"

"Toothless!? The Night Fury!? You've been with the Night Fury as well!? See!? This is why I can't trust you by yourself! This is why I wanted you to stay here!"

"Mom, how many times do I have to tell you, I can take care of myself!"

"And do the wrong thing!" Their mom huffs and looks around their child's room. No windows...only one true exit and that was the door. "Hero. You're a traitor."

"No I'm no-"

"So I can't let you leave."

Hero's eyes widened. "What!? What does that mean!?"

"I'm going to lock you in here until I can talk to Stoick about what we're going to do with you and Hiccup because we clearly can't just let you two roam free."

"Mom-"

Freya pops into the room. "Mom..." She calls. "Stoick is here..."

Stoick comes in from behind her and immediately glares at Hero who frowns at him.

"Saga, we figured out how to find the Dragon's Nest." Stoick informs and Hero gasps in shock. "The blue dragon found it."

"The StormStriker? So...we're going to make it help us get to the dragon's nest?" Saga questions.

"Yes. And we'll take the Night Fury with us in case something happens. Hiccup said only a dragon can find it so pack up, we're leaving now."

"Wait, what!?" Hero shouts, pulling on their mother's arm. "No! Don't go to the Dragon's Nest, you'll all die! I almost died! Twice!"

"Hiccup told me you saw the Dragon's Nest as well..."

"Because he can't keep his mouth shut when under pressure, it's stupid, I know!" Hero continues to shout, getting more and more frustrated. "But listen to me! I've been there! There's a gigantic dragon inside the volcano, you won't survive this fight! And even if you do try, don't bring our dragons with you!"

"That's your main worry!?" Saga shouts back. "The dragons!? Not the other vikings!?"

"Isn't telling you all not to go good enough!?"

Saga lets out a frustrated scream and turns to Stoick. "Get out of my house, I'll join you shortly."

"Mom, no!"

She then hands Freya a key as Stoick walks out of the house. "Do not. Let her out."

"What? I'm not coming with?" Freya questions, holding the key to her chest. "Why?"

"To stop anybody who tries to break Hero out. You're a strong girl. At least I can trust one of my children."

Freya nods with a small frown and quickly locks the door from the outside, ignoring Hero's cries and shouts.

"I'll guard it with my life."

"Thank you. Let's pray to the gods that we end this once and for all." Sags says, grabbing her ax and walking away.

"Mom!!!" Hero shouts, banging on the door. "You can't leave me in here, you can't! What type of mother locks their child in a room!? Mom!!!" When they realized their mother wasn't paying attention they screamed something they would immediately regret. "I HATE YOU!!!"

Freya's eyes widen at the words while Saga freezes in her spot.

Hero starts to panic and quickly apologizes. "Wait, no, I'm sorry, mom, I'm sorry! Please don't go! Don't do this, please!"

Their mother continues to walk away and out of the house.

"Please!!!!"