Fight or Flight

Xynaka?

"I can't wait to see what Johann has for us." Said Urd walking to the docks with Fishlegs. "Neither can I. With all new books and scrolls. Hopefully he can help with that weird crest." Said Fishlegs pointing to her necklace. "Me too but still don't understand why Dad doesn't want to talk about it." Said Urd. Maybe it's for the best. It's understandable to know your culture if you know absolutely nothing ab- I'm not helping you. Am I?" Said Fishlegs seeing the look she was giving him. "Just making it worse. I feel like I'm not really myself here. It just doesn't seem right." Said Urd looking at the Vikings waiting for Johann. "Speaking of where's Night Caller? We barely seen him in weeks lately before Dagur came." Said Fishlegs. "Who knows? But he did come back after the Berserkers left." Said Urd. "Here he comes." Said Bucket in excitement. Everyone waited for the ship to dock and got on looking through the new merchandise that they have asked for. Urd carefully got on heading over to the man talking to Hiccup about the special ink. "Hey Johann. Can i talk to you?" Said Urd getting on the ship. "Of course. What can i do for you?" Said Johann. "I was hoping you had any scrolls or books on this." Said Urd holding het necklace. Johann smile slowly faded along with the color of his skin once his eyes landed on the symbol. "Where did you get a hold of that?" Said Johann in a whisper. "Do you have a place where we can talk alone?" Said Urd seeing almost everyone looking around on the items on the ship. Johann led her into his quarters taking a seat at his desk looking at Urd. "Long story short. Im not really Stoicks daughter. He told me that years ago during a storm he and Gobber found me and my mother. My mother was dying from a dragon hunters knife on her back where her heart is and offered me to Stoick to save instead of her. No one knew where her body was until four months ago Ragnar led me to her body and thats where i found this near her body." Said Urd.

"That crest is a death wish. Its from ancient tribe full of cannibals and dragon eaters known as the Xynakas. Theyre not Vikings like us but are very lethal and dangerous people to speak about. They have been told to children at behave themselves but it cant be proven if they existed. Thats the stories that Ive heard on my travels." Said Johann. "But that cant be true if they are dangerous then how did we end up at sea? Im going to talk to Stoick about this now." Said Urd storming out. Johann watched her leave out of sight and glanced at the drawer at his desk with a evil smirk on his face before wiping it off on his way out. Urd passed through the Vikings to the village looking for Stoick and spotted him at the house feeding Thornado. "Dad. Johann told me about my family crest. Is it true?" Said Urd looking at him. Stoick stopped tossing the fish at Thornado looking at her then looked around for anyone near by and took her inside quickly closing the doors. Once they were shut Stoick breathed in and out before slowly facing Urd who was waiting. "Yes. Its true. But i thought the Xynaka Tribe were just stories. They are cannibals and dragon eaters. Anyone or anything who sets foot on that island are their next meal. They've hunt more blood than the Berserkers or anyone have known. If anyone made it out alive are just lucky. Nobody knows where they are and its best to stay away. Those people are dangerous and show no mercy." Said Stoick. "And if they're not. Did she look like a threat when she asked for help." Said Urd. "She was dying Urd. It was either her or you. Now dont tell anyone about this? I dont want to have another mob to deal with." Said Stoick. Urd sighed going outside as Night Caller cawed landing on her shoulder. She petted his feathers after having him perch on her hand. Walking to the woods alone Urd saw Ragnar hanging upside down just waking up from a nap. He looked at Urd noticing something was wrong and fell landing on his feet going over to her. Night Caller climbed his way back on Urds shoulder as Ragnar roared softly. "Lets go to the cave and I'll tell you about what happened. I just need to get out here." Said Urd walking with Ragnar to the woods. She looked at Night Caller flying in a circle around her on their way out of the village. Mildew spotted her and looked around before deciding to follow close by suspecting something is off. He caught to them going down to the caves near thr lake keeping himself quiet.

The next day Urd got woken up by someone splashing a bucket of water at her. "Hey Mildew! What is your problem?" Said Urd getting up from the ground. "Its not my problem but Stoicks for letting a monster like you living with us." Said Mildew holding the empty bucket. "I think Night Callers beak finally broke into your brain." Said Urd. "You're a Xynaka. And you're responsible for the disease going around with the dragons." Said Mildew. "What are you talking about?" Said Urd getting up and ran to the village. She saw Toothless and Thornado getting sick by their coughs and looking wornout. Urd looked at them and heard Night Caller getting her attention. She saw him fly to a flower bush she never seen before and saw a small dragon sniff it then began getting sick. "Urd get inside now." Said Stoick opening the door. Urd got in seeing Hiccup and Toothless looked worried. "Mildew is at it again but this time he's blaming me for the dragons being sick." Said Urd as Hiccup hugged her. "We're going to figure it out." Said Hiccup letting go to look at her. "There! She's inside." Said Mildew. "Wait here. We got this." Said Hiccup heading out with Stoick. "Who are you going to believe me or a Xynaka. A cannibal-dragon eater. I say we throw her out once she's gone our dragons will safe again." Said Mildew making everyone agree. "Urd is my sister blood or not. She'd never do this." Said Hiccup. "Prove it then. Ask her why she stayed at her cave all day and night." Said Mildew. Hiccup looked at Stoick trying to calm the villagers and went to talk to Urd. He looked around the house found the window open heading out seeing Astrid. "Where's Urd?" Said Hiccup. "I haven't seen her or Ragnar. What's going on?" Said Astrid. "I don't know but all I know is that Urd is being blamed for our dragons being sick. We need to find her and figure what's really going on." Said Hiccup. "I'll go to the caves and the woods." Said Astrid running off. Hiccup went to the other riders to find Urd while Astrid ran as fast she could to the caves. She jumped down the ledge landing front of the cave where Urd mostly hanged out finding it empty. Her bag of notes and home made bombs were gone and saw only her viking helmet in the center. Astrid picked it up and ran back to tell Hiccup and Stoick not seeing Urd and Ragnar disappearing into the dark clouds behind her.