Friend or foe -2-

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Everyone gathered around the map trying to figure out what Viggos end game was.
'This is a very detailed map, Hiccup' Fishlegs said as he examined it.
Astrid turned to see Hiccup sitting down by the Maces and Talons board that Viggo had left for him when their "game" had first begun.
'Hiccup, what are you doing? The map is over here' she said
'Yeah, but the answers are over here, Viggo doesn't want a truce, he is just trying to keep us away from the game board, and I doubt he will give up anymore territory that he has to, so we have to find it we'll start right on the edge of the line' he said as he pointed at a small island just above the red line.
'This is where we'll start' .

When you got close enough to the island Hiccup orders you to go in through the side of the island.
'Be ready for anything, we have no idea who these people are'
You walked on towards the island as you held your sword close to the ground, ready for someone to come out of the bushes and attack you. Heather was walking with you, but when you turned around you only saw her ax pierced into the ground behind you. You knew something wasn't right.
'Hiccup, above you' you ran towards him and Astrid as you noticed a dozen masked warriors standing in the trees above them. You pushed Hiccup out of the way and used your sword to block a dart that one of them shot at you. Before you could block another one it pierced the side of your neck and you felt yourself getting dizzy. You dropped to your knees as you tried to stay awake.
'Feisty this one' one of them spoke in a deep voice, you assumed it was a man.
'Won't do her any good now' another replied as he pushed you down with his foot, everything went dark as soon as your head hit the floor.

You woke up and looked around, you and the rest of the riders were tied in a circle while also being placed on your knees. You were next to Hiccup and Astrid.
'All hail Mala, queen defender of the wing,' a strange man said before everyone bowed, releasing a woman with short blond hair. She looked very pissed off.
'So these are the dragon hunters your men captured, Throck' she asked. Wait, what? dragon hunters? You were so confused and annoyed.

'We are not dragon hunters' Hiccup sad but everyone else clearly didn't believe him. You turned your head to the left to see Luna being petted by some random women.
'Keep your hands off her' you jumped at your feet and ran towards her, but Throck grabbed you and pulled you the other way.
'If you hurt a scale on her I will show you something scarier than death, I swear to Thor' you started up at Mala and she knew you weren't joking.
'You're very attached to your dragon, especially for a hunter' she scoffed and told Throck to let you go and to untie you before you could take a step and block your path.
'If your dragon isn't caged, then she will come to you' you rolled your eyes and whistled. Almost immediately Luna perked her ears up and ran over to you, she did knock some defenders of the wing soldiers over but you didn't care.
'Good girl' she purred as you scratched her chin.
'If I was hurting this dragon, why would she come to me, when she had a clear shot to "freedom", as you call it?' you looked at her while Throck clenched his ax in his hands, waiting for Mala to give the order.

She ordered him to back down and called us all to trial instead.
'Kiara, what the hell was that? Are you trying to get us killed?' Astrid glared at you angrily like she always did.
'Quite the opposite actually' you answered as Throck cut all of the riders free.
'Then what are you doing?' Hiccup asked.
'There must be a reason as to why Viggo wanted us to stay away from this place, I think it's because he knows these people can help us beat him. These people clearly love dragons like we do, we just need to convince them that we are on their side' you answered and Hiccup agreed while Astrid just rolled her eyes.
'Hiccup should speak at the trial. No one loves dragons like he does, maybe she'll listen to him' Heather suggested, and everyone agreed with her.

You all lined up at the trail, and Hiccup was pulled forward to plead our case. You just stood there unphased as Hiccup spoke from his heart. You weren't surprised when Tuffnut stepped forward and started to talk over Hiccup.
You face palmed yourself when Tuff described your relationships with the dragons as abusive.
'Tuff, I'm telling you, enough' Hiccup tried to get Tuff to stop but he didn't work.
'If you are really allies as you say, then why do you carry a map that has been hand signed by Viggo Grimborn himself? I find you all guilty, and I sentence you to the nest!' Everyone around cheered as Mala sentenced you all probably to your death.

The warriors started to walk you to a cave on the other side of the island, there were Gronkles and Deadly Nadders perched up on rocks above you in the entrance. They growled at you when you all walked past.
'Hiccup, how long do you want this to go on? I could get us out of here right now' you said as you showed him the dagger you kept hidden on your sleeve.
'No, wait, where are we going? The nest, the nest of what?' he asked.
'Dragons' you answered.
'Exactly, so I am going to train the dragons and show them that we aren't who they think we are' Hiccup's plan was risky. The only problem was that he couldn't train every dragon, there were still some that we classified untrainable.
'Can Hiccup train every dragon?' Heather asked.
'Well, no, he can't train Changewings and Speed Stingers' Astrid explained.
'Speedstingers' Hiccup and Astrid said at the same time. Hiccup looked into a pit where a pack of wild Speedstingers were fighting over scraps.

'No, Hiccup, let me go' you stepped to the edge next to him.
'No, I'm the leader let me go' he slid down the edge into the ditch. He kept his hand up and talked with a smooth calm voice. One Speedstinger came forwards and tried to attack him but Hiccup dodged it.
'No Hiccup!' you broke free from one guard but before you could reach the edge Throck grabbed you and pulled you back. He placed his ax in front of your chest keeping you in place.
'No, let me go!' you struggled to fight against his grip as you felt a heavy feeling in your chest. Fear.

Hiccup yelled as he continued to dodge the attacks from the Speedstingers. Then a roar erupted from the other end from the tunnel and you recognised it immediately. It was Toothless, he flew over you and jumped into the ditch with Hiccup. He blasted at the dragons just enough to scare them off deeper into their nest.

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