The Dragon Quest; by KaliAnn

6. Mysterious Island

By KaliAnn

The journey to the mysterious island was a slow process due to the essential need to take care of their injuries. Both Ruffnut and Hiccup had deep gashes on their backs were the talons had lacerated them. Fishlegs had cuts all over his arms and every dragon had injuries to them. There was no place to land to tend to their injuries so they had to do their best in the midair. Little Lumina flew between each dragon carrying the medicine back and forth putting it on the gashes. She helped bandage the wounds after cleaning out the infection. She felt sorry her pack had done this though none of them blamed her for what happened. It was all part of being a Viking.

"We better avoid any further injuries since we just used the last of our medical supplies tending to our wounds. I know Ula and Nissa's blood has healing properties, but we shouldn't rely on it so heavily. They need every drop of it just to heal from their own wounds," Fishlegs informed the group.

"Our dragons seem to be holding up right now, but we better get to the island by nightfall. They need to rest in order to recover from their ordeal," Astrid commented as she rubbed some salve onto Stormfly's back.

"Don't worry about us so much, we've suffered worse injuries then this when we were wild. We can still fly for hours if necessary ow."

"Don't trivialize your injuries. All of us could use a good rest if we want to avoid getting an infection. This is not the time to be pushing ourselves more then necessary. We don't want to permanently lose our ability to fly because some of us took unnecessary risks."

"Meatlug is right. Its not a race to the mysterious island. We can take it easy for awhile."

"How much farther is the mysterious island Lumina?"

"I'm not sure exactly, the elders said it was only a couple hours from home, but they could fly faster then I can. No dragon has ever really investigated the island. All we know for sure is that we've seen the outlines of strange creatures on the island. My former pack once tried to steal some treasure on the island; that's when they encountered the Nightfuries. They seemed to come out of nowhere forcing my former pack to retreat. Since then everyone in the area has given the island a wide berth."

"So how are we going to land on the island? You mentioned that it was protected by whirlpools and fog. Is there anything else that we need to be wary of?"

"From the description of the island I would guess that their would be strong air currents and possibly hazardous weather conditions. We need to be prepared to push through the elements in order to land safely. Our best course of action is either to fly above the storms or skim the waters to avoid being tossed about. We'll have to decide once we arrive."

"Until then, we should try to conserve our strength. We should also eat and drink something to speed up our recovery process. How much fresh food and water do we still have?"

"We have two waterskins and a couple biscuits we can share. Anybody else got some food they've been hoarding?"

"I was saving this piece of fruit for a victory celebration. Now is a good as time as any to share. Anybody got some fish for the dragons?"

"We've got a couple pieces of cod left. Its not enough to keep them from starving, but it should be enough to help with their hunger. Here you go Belch," Tuffnut said. Ruffnut fed Barf some cod too. The Twins flew down handing out the scraps as Snotlout and Hiccup gave everyone a share of their food and water.

Lumina just stared at her tiny fish and small bit of water. She didn't feel like eating, but Hiccup encouraged her to. He could tell she had a lot on her mind. Even though she had willingly left her old pack it wasn't easy for her to forget they were her family. She had loved them so much. It hurt to think about how they wanted to kill her for standing up to them.