I Deserted My Home

Chapter 24. Sandclaw

Astrid's POV.
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A Screaming Death shot out of the ground, followed by five Whispering Deaths. Drago let go of Hiccup and backed away. Hiccup ran to Toothless and mounted him, and they both took off into the sky. Stormfly glided next to them.
"I hope she's on our side." I glanced at Hiccup and the beast behind me.
"Of course she is. Her name is Legend." Hiccup replied. The Whispering Deaths were already at work by destroying ships and firing at Vikings. However, Legend was just following Hiccup. Why doesn't she help? Why is she just following Hiccup? I got lost in my thoughts and a fireball from one of the ships was heading straight at us.
"Astrid! Look out!!" Hiccup's voice broke my thoughts. But it was to late. Stormfly saw the fireball and flicked her body up, causing me to go flying in the air. The fireball hit her and she plummeted to the ground.
"STORMFLY!!!!! I yelled as I too fell towards the ground. Something white and large suddenly came underneath me and stopped my fall. I opened my eyes and saw white spikes all around me. I was on Legend! But my thoughts traveled back to Stormfly. Was she okay? Legend tail flicked and I flew up and landed behind her head. She made a few growling noises before stopping and taking in a big breath. I instantly realised what she was about to do. I ducked down low behind her head and covered my head with my hood. The next thing I know, she's blasting fireballs in every direction. Some of the flame comes behind her head, that's why I had to duck. You could hear Viking men screaming and timber and metal flying through the air. Legend obviously had a good accurate shot. She stopped firing and started to move her body again. I stood up and peered over her head. That's when the thought hit me and the words came out of my mouth.
"I'm riding a Screaming Death."
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Hiccup's POV.
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Well, I'm glad that Astrid was okay. She just survived near death. But I couldn't say the same for Stormfly. She had, one, been hit by a large fireball, and two, hit the ground from a long way up. But she had also done something that I just write down in my dragon book. She called Legend with such a cry that it could make your heart stop. Legend had obviously listened and come to her aid and saved Astrid. Toothless was worried about Stormfly. And I was to.
"Bud, I got an idea. I want you to protect Stormfly now. I'll swap dragons. If you need help, call." I told him as I switched his tail to auto.
"Thanks Hiccup." He replied. I jumped off his back, pulled out my wing suit, and called a Monstrous Nightmare. Toothless dived down to Stormfly, blasting a plasma blast around her to stop uninvited guests. A yellow Nightmare swooped under me and I grabbed onto his neck and flew around on him.

The battle was epic, but Drago was losing. Very slowly though. Not even Legend and Astrid could make the odds a bit better. The problem was that Drago's ships were mostly covered in Gronckle Iron. And dragons unfortunately can't blast through that. So they have to find the weak spots. The Nightmare I was riding was named Sunny, and yes it was a girl. Astrid and Legend were getting better at working as a team. And wrecked ships were starting to become more obvious. Since there were so many dragons and Vikings in the air, I decided to go on the ground and fight there. Sunny landed and lit herself on fire. I battled with two Vikings at first but soon beat them. We were near Toothless so I sidled over to him. That meant that Stormfly would have two dragons protecting her and myself. But there were two things I didn't realise. One, Drago was dead. And two, he had a son. And I didn't realise that his son was right behind me.

"Arghhh!!!" The voice came behind me. I dodged and and met his sword with my fire sword. His eyes widened as his hands burnt a bit. I kicked his legs and hit his chin with the blunt end if the sword.
"Don't muck with me creep!" I snapped, thinking he would leave me alone. He didn't.
"Don't call me creep! I'am Derelict, Drago's son who your white beast just killed!" He spat at me. Drago is dead? Finally! That weirdo is gone. Now I just have to get rid of his offspring and everything will be fine.
"Oh, my apologies. My name is Hiccup, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. Stoick The Vast's son. Heir to the throne of Berk. And your not welcome on my island!" I replied casually. Derelict's eyes grew big and then turned to anger. He charged full on at me, knocking me flat. Toothless couldn't help because he currently was shaking a net off himself and Sunny was firing at some nets aimed at Stormfly.
"Enjoy your last breath boy." He raised his word above my head and was about to strike when a ball of sand that was slightly on fire hit him. He fell over next to me with a grunt. I jumped up and looked around at who threw that. My jaw dropped. My eyes grew big and the whole island seemed to go quiet. Because there in front of me was something I thought I'd never see.
"Ah, Hiccup. Are you okay?" Rocky asked.
"You.....your....your on a......Sand Wraith." I stumbled my words.
"Uhhh, yes. You taught me how to train a dragon. So I did. His name is Sandclaw. But I ran away because Johan was there and he's my father. But that's another story."