How To Train Your Dragon: Broken

The Pit of Broken Spirits

They piled more rocks into Hiccups already heavy baskets. He tried to balance the weight but it was to much. The weight pulled him down to his knees, every breath was a gasp. Hiccup assumed that this was apart of the "breaking" that he overheard. His only guess was that it was to break the spirit, like a horse.

"Haha, what's wrong?" Agrippa grabbed Hiccup by his hair and pulled. Hiccup glared at him.

'It's to heavy!'

Hiccup and Agrippa turned towards the dragon, it was a Deadly Nadder.

"Get that thing back to work!" Agrippa ordered.

His men tried and tried to make the dragon work but he continued to refuse. One of the men, with a sword in hand, looked at Agrippa. Agrippa gave nod and the unthinkable happened...with one fatal swipe the dragons throat was slit.

"NO!" Hiccup could only watch as the dragon fall like a rock.

"That's what happens when you don't obey," Agrippa shoved Hiccups face into the mud. Then he stood laughing like a maniac.

Hiccup coughed up some mud and watched as the poor Nadder cling to life. Rage filled every bit of Hiccup.

Something in him snapped...

With sudden strength Hiccup picked up one of the baskets and cracked it against Agrippas skull. The madman fell to ground with a loud groan. The commotion caught the attention of nearby guards, who came running instantly and quickly pinned Hiccup to the ground.

Agrippa groaned from the pain. He went to stand but nearly fell over. Some men assisted him as nerwgain his balance.

"You sure are feisty?" Agrippa chuckled as he bent down, staring at Hiccup.

Hiccup glared at Agrippa; then he spat right in his face.

Agrippa back up and wiped it off, "Why you little.." He drew his sword, ready to strike.

"Boss!" one of Agrippas men called, "You want us to throw the dead beast in the Pit?"

Agrippa looked at the dead dragon. "Yes, "then he pointed his sword at Hiccup, "And throw him in as well."

They forced Hiccup to his feet. He tried to fight them but his sudden strength had disappeared. They brought him to a grate in the ground. One man opened it and the dead Nadder was thrown in like garbage. Then with a big shove Hiccup was thrown in. He crashed to the bottom. "Aha..." Hiccup cried. Then he felt something sticky, it was blood. Hiccup screamed as he backed up into a wall. The pit was filled with the rotting corpses of dragons.

"Haha!" Agrippa laughed form above, "Let's see how long it'll take for you to break now." Then he slammed the grate shut.

Hiccup hugged the wall, he sat in a somewhat fetal position. He rocked back and forth as he raked his fingers through his hair. "I-It's okay. It's okay," his breathing was quick and hard. The rotting bodies brought back long buried memories. Dead bodies, Dagur, the blood spray..."No...no...no..."

'Who's...there?'

Hiccup was startled by the sudden voice. Someone was alive down here!? He scanned the pit until he saw movement, it was a Gronckle. Hiccup crawled over to the dying dragon.

'Wh-Who are you?' the dragon asked with dying breath.

Pity filled Hiccups heart and tears fell from his eyes. "A friend," he held out his hand and gently placed it on the Gronckles nose, "And I'll make sure that Agrippa pays for his deeds."