Dragon Riders

Chapter 9

Hiccup was on the back of Toothless as they flew across the blue sky. Hiccup was wearing his helmet and riding gear. It looked to be another clear beautiful day that was perfect for flying. The two glided along the sky like it was just another day of flying and that being captured by Drago was just some horrible nightmare.

Hiccup looked in front of him to see that they were heading into some heavy grey clouds. Hiccup, for some reason, allowed Toothless to guide him into the storm. The young dragon rider questioned why he did that, but felt like he had no control over his body. He then heard the sound of flapping wings as he turned his head to see a large band of dragons flying beside them. He lifted his arm as he commanded the dragons to go.

The herd of dragons flew off fast towards their destination. Hiccup watched them leave and then looked down below them at the ruins of broken ships and body of ocean that was red with blood. Hiccup saw bodies stick out of the water as he looked closer to see that they were people he knew. Tortel, Ordindal, Bertha, Skur, Erien, Camicazi, even his mother, Valka were lying in the bloody water alongside their dragons.

Hiccup felt like he was going to vomit at the site. He looked away as he saw that the armor on his arm was different. Taking a good look at himself, he saw that all of his flying gear had changed from its once black, brown, and green armor to black and grey with dragon scales. His once black shoulder armor did not hold the red Night Fury mark that's once adorned it. Instead it was replaced with Drago's mark.

Horror filled Hiccup as Toothless dived down towards the water. Hiccup's body pulled itself closer to the dragon as Toothless started to glide again. Hiccup's eyes widen in horror when he saw that they were coming towards the fleet of Drago's ships. In front of the ships, to where the boats were heading, was a heavy cloud of fog that was thick. Toothless flew to the largest ship that once held them captive. The dragon dropped onto the deck as they came next to Drago himself.

The dark Persian man smiled at him before he turned back to look forward. Drago gave a mighty yell as the fog in front of them. As if by command, the fog began to lift. Hiccup too raised his inferno blade as well. In the sky the dragons flew down towards the fog. The fog began to clear up to show that the place they were attacking....was Berk

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Hiccup sprang upwards and let out a scream of fright. His body was dripping with sweat from the horrible nightmare. It felt so real. It...terrified Hiccup.

The boy hugged himself as he tried to calm himself down. Hiccup then heard a whisper coming from next to him as he saw Astrid rub her eyes tiredly.

"What's wrong?" Astrid was indeed worried about Hiccup, but tiredness from her deep sleep still encased her.

"If felt....so real" Hiccup pulled his legs into his chest as he buried himself in his knees. The nightmare traumatized him.

"What was it about?" Astrid looked through the bars at Hiccup worriedly.

Hiccup decided it would be best to tell Astrid so he crawled to the barred wall that separated them. He began to tell her about his dream and how it was connected to what Drago told him yesterday. He saw as Astrid became more worried as she rubbed her finger along Hiccup's hand as a form of comfort.

"We need to get out of here" Hiccup looked at Astrid with determination.

"How?" Astrid also wanted to escape. She did not want Hiccup to turn into Drago's dragon trainer, let alone have Hiccup's nightmare come true.

Hiccup backed away from the wall as he began to search the floor. He felt around on the floor for something, anything. A nail, spare bolt, even a small rock would suffice. He needed something to maybe break open the door. Or allow him to at least undo one of the bars to get his hand through.