Astrid Hofferson x Male Reader

Chapter 11

New Berk

(Y/n and Hiccup spin around toward Raiden, the Night Fury, Toothless and the Light Fury)

Y/n: Raiden.

Hiccup: Toothless.

(They take off towards the dragons as Raiden and Toothless lead the females closer)

Y/n and Hiccup: RAIDEN!/TOOTHLESS!

(Suddenly, a rustle in the grass spins the Night Fury and the Light Fury around. They sniff the air. Alarmed, they shriek and take flight! But it's too late. Two darts whizzes through the air and hit them in the neck! They tumble to the ground, nearly sliding off the cliff. Raiden and Toothless bellow furiously, rushing toward them...)

Y/n: Raiden, come back!

(...Only to discover Grimmel rising from the tall grass ahead of them. Before Toothless or Raiden can blast, Grimmel fires two darts into their necks. Raiden and Toothless roar, but immediately succumb to the tranquilizer. Y/n and Hiccup are running through the tall grass, panicked)

Hiccup: No!

Y/n: Raiden!

(Grimmel clips a ring to a long length of chain. His airship rises up behind him. He grabs hold of the chain as it grows taut, lifting him into the air from the chass is of the airship, standing atop his dangling, freshly captured Furies, like a prize hunter with his kill.

Y/n and Hiccup slow down, horrified as the airship rises above him. Several Berkians race to their sides. Behind them, their dragons fly to the scene, roaring aggressively. Grimmel climbs onto an outstretched arm of the airship and leers back)

Grimmel: And now our little game must come to an end.

(The Berkian dragons close in and open their mouths to blast. In response, Grimmel aims a mounted canon at the Night Fury. Raiden groggily looks up to see the barbed harpoon fixed squarely on his unconscious mate)

Grimmel: Call them off, Alpha. No reason for her to die too.

(Raiden looks at the arriving flock, throats aglow, awaiting his command. He roars a command: "Stand Down!" The dragons immediately swallow their fire, peeling back)

Snotlout: What are they doing? They can totally take him!

Y/n: Not with her life is on the line!

(The Deathgripper scouts circle the airship, nipping at Raiden, the Night Fury, Toothless and the Light Fury. Raiden barks at them, trying to force them into line)

Grimmel: Save your breath! The only alpha they respond to is me.

(Raiden and Toothless turn to Y/n and Hiccup, pleading and helpless. Y/n and Hiccup canonly stare back, guilt-ridden)

Grimmel: Oh, don't feel too badly. You tried your best. But you are nothing without your dragons.

(Y/n and Hiccup glower in the sting of Grimmel's words. The airship recedes. Raiden commands the dragon flock tofollow, as the Deathgrippers circle like sheep dogs. Y/n chases after them, halted by the edge of the cliff)

Y/n: NO!

-----Time Skip-----

(Y/n paces at the cliff's edge while Hiccup is eyeing the disappearing flock. The Gang watches from a distance, equally at a loss)

Tuffnut: Oh, that is just great! Now what?

(Snotlout steps forward, puffing out his chest)

Snotlout: I think it's time for number two... to become number one.