How To Train Your Dragon: Broken

The Dragons Soothing Tongue

  A/N #Hello2017! I hope that your New Years Eve and Day was wonderful and I hope that this new year will be good for you too!

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Kari and the others followed the Dragon Trappers for three hours. They did their best to stay hidden far above and out of sight range. "How long are we going to follow them?" Ruffnut whined for the tenth time.

"Until they get to their base," Kari reminded her for the tenth time.

"Shouldn't we go back and tell Stoick?" Fishlegs suggested. The husky viking looked at his dragon, "Meatlug can't fly for much longer."

'Gronckles weren't meant to fly this much,' Meatlug groaned. She flapped her wings hard and fast like that of a Hummingbird.

"Well I don't think that we'll have to fly for much longer," Andres shouted above the wind, "I think I see their base." He pointed ahead t a large silhouette coming into view.

"Oh thank Thor," Fishlegs sighed.

The Dragon Riders flew a little lower, careful to not come into their view. "That's a weak looking base," Snotlout stared at reasonably big wooden fort. It had two towers sticking out in the front and two open courtyards, which where connected by not so safe looking bridge. Multiple buildings huddled together at the end of one of the courtyards. The moans and cries of captured dragons echoed from within the forts walls and  up to them and broke their hearts.

"Poor things," Fishlegs pitied them.

"I can tell what your thinking Fishlegs," Kari eyed him.

"What?" Fishlegs acted like he had no idea what she was talking about.

"I don't want to admit it, "Kari sighed, "but there is no way that we can save all of those dragons. We just need to rescue Toothless and get out of there. Maybe...bang up their base a bit and those dragons could escape on their own."

"Fine," Fishlegs sighed in defeat and sadness.

"Let's put the dragons down there," Kari pointed over to a nearby forest. The Dragon Riders flew over and landed as close to the base as they could. They crept over stuck their heads out above a hill ans looked at the fort.

"You know...the fort looked much smaller while up in the air," Snotlout said, voicing his thoughts, " I think I'll stay here and watch the dragons."

"Really Snotlout?" Fishlegs couldn't believe him, " You've always talked about being brave and strong but when you get put into battle your the first to chicken out."

"Actually, that's not a bad idea," Andres thought, "Someone does need to stay and make sure that the dragons don't get caught."

'We can handle ourselves,' Striker pointed out with a little annoyance in his voice.

"Better safe than sorry," Kari agreed with Andres, "Snotlout you'll stay while the rest of us go."

"Why does Snotlout have to be the one to say behind?" Fishlegs whined.

"'Cuz I'm the one who suggested it," Snotlout teased with a smirk face.

All the teens but Snotlout began heading towards the fort, the closer they got the more bigger it got.

"So...what's the plan?" Tuffnut asked.

"Yea," Ruffnut said, "Where not just going to walk on up to them...are we?"

"Kinda of," Kari scanned the ground around them.

"What?" Fishlegs rolled his eyes, "That has to be the worst idea that I've ever heard!"

"Just hear me out," Kari found a large mud puddle and bent down, "We'll pretend to our village was destroyed and we have been wandering the land for a long time." She scooped up two hand fulls of mud and painted it all over herself.

"Do you really think that's going to work?"Andres asked skeptically.

"No reason to not find out," Kari gestured to the mud puddle.

The other teens gave it a thought and decided that they had no other option. And once they were covered in mud they continued their way to the Dragon Hunters fort.

"Just let me do all the talking okay guys," Kari whispered to them as they approached the fort.

"Who goes there!?" came loudly from above. The riders looked up and ,after shielding their eyes from the sun, saw two guards staring down at them.

"We are lost!" Kari shouted up to them, "Our village was destroyed and we haven't had any food or a place to sleep in a long time. May we come in?"

The two guards chatted quietly to each other for two minutes before one turned and walked away.

"My buddy is going to talk to our boss about it, "the man said, "Wait there!"

"Okay!" Kari turned to the others and smiled.

"This might actually work," Fishlegs was surprised.

"Maybe," Kari whispered even though the guard up top wouldn't hear if she spoke normally, "Stay on guard just to be safe."

Ten minutes later the second guard returned, "He said your welcomed to come in! The front is over there!" He pointed towards a beach where a dock sat quietly.

"Thanks!" Kari shouted up to them. Okay, good so far. But there is the chance that it could be a trap.

The riders quickly entered the fort and were greeted by a tall, broad-framed man with beefy arms marred with scars, which the riders presumed that they were to be from his battles against dragons. He boasted a light blue tattoo on his chin and had neat black hair, with two bangs draped in front of his ears. He wore a beige-white and white tunic under a thick, sleeveless fur vest with a metal owl brooch pinned on it. Two sheaths hung from his thick waistband, one behind his waist, and the other at his side. He also wore two grey fur wristbands. "Good morning my visitors," the man said politely, "My name is Eret, Son of Eret." He bowed with a smile.

"Uh is that your full name?" Tuffnut asked.

Kari elbowed him in his side, "Well I thank you for letting us in...Eret, Son of Eret. We really have been walking for a long time and need some food. We have no tools to catch some wild game."

"Such a pity," Eret sighed, "Young ones like yourselves should not be in such conditions. Come. Follow me to our Banquet Hall. We were just about to have Breakfast."

The riders began to follow him when a sudden and loud dragon scream nearly made them go deaf. 'Let me out of here you pigs!' it screamed, 'I'll turn each and every one of you into ashes!'

Fishlegs scooted far from where he heard the angry threat.

"Oh please don't mind that," Eert chuckled, "We have a few dragons here that a little cranky-uh because the poor things were hurt. So we take care of them."

"Of course," Kari pretended to understand.

They continued their way to the Hall when Fishlegs pulled on Karis clothing and whispered to her, "I have a very bad feeling about this."

"Don't worry Fishlegs," Kari reassured him, "Everything is fine. Just stick to the plan."

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Meanwhile, deep within the fort, among the damp walls and dark corridors Toothless laid quietly in a cage. The area was eerily quiet with the occasionally grunts and groans from nearby dragons. He looked at his confinement. The bars themselves were dragon proof, as Toothless tried to fire at them the first chance he got. The other three walls were thick stone so blasting out of those would take to long. Even if I do get out of here, Toothless thought, Where would I go? I can't fly....Not without Hiccup...The tired dragon sighed, I hope Stormy can get help....would hew be able to find me? I know that he's a Tracker Class dragon but....we don't have any Rumblehorns on Berk. Toothless stared out into the hallway that separated his cage with another, I have to keep my spirits up! There's always a chance! But....would this one be possible?