How To Train Your Dragon: Broken

Shedding Scales

'He is coming!'

"I can feel the chill of hid powers!'

As the air grew colder the dragons grew more restless. And then it happened. The Alpha rose up from the sea and gave a mighty roar. The villagers, startled from their sleep, ran out their homes to see what had appeared. Their mouth dropped, never before had they seen a dragon so massive!

'Alpha!'

'Thank the Gods!'

The Alpha crashed down upon the village and swamped the wooden homes with his cold water, which froze immedietly. People ran confused and scared. They didn't understand why they were being attacked but they would soon learn.

Stoick the Vast landed his dragon and grasped the nearest panicked villager. "The slaves," he stared down the terrified man, "Where are they!?"

Scared for his life the man point up to the Slave Area. Stoick released his grip on the man and climbed back onto Thornado.

"Why are you attacking us!?" the man daringly asked Stoick.

"You took one of our own as your slave," Stoick growled, "And now your paying the price!" With a roar Thornado took off into the air. Following the Chief was Gobber, Kari, and the rest of the Riders. The Alpha, meanwhile, roared and stomped his heavy feet,. He didn't want to destroy the village; the ice he blasted out was a warning shot.

"Take it down!"

The Alpha turned to see a group of men rush at him with weapons. In full determination to protect the village they chucked their spears at the white dragon. Some spears fell short, but the ones that did hit only bounced off. The men stared up in disbelief. What do they do now?

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Stoick pushed for Thornado to fly faster. The Riders flew over Bard's house and into the Slave Area. "Gobber," Stoick turned to the old Blacksmith, "You and Grump can go free the dragons."

"Aye Chief!" Gobber and Grump turned and flew over to the cages of dragons.

"Hold on a second," Snotlout stopped his dragon, "Are we freeing all of the slaves!?"

"Slavery is a dark sin of humanity," Stoick eyed the building that housed the slaves, "The less of it the better. Besides, it wouldn't be fair to just leave them here."

"Okay fine," Snotlout huffed, "But I'm carrying them all the way back to Berk!"

'What do you mean by 'you'?' Hookfang snarled at the thought of having to carry so many humans.

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"Come on Grump," Gobber urged his sleepy dragon, "We're almost there."

"Gobber!"

The Blacksmith looked up and saw Astrid grinning ear to ear, "Astrid!" When Grump landed Gobber jumped off and ran over to Astrid.

"You can't believe how happy I am to see you," Astrid felt the sting of wet tears roll down her face. She was going home!

But suddenly Astrid was roughly grabbed by her hair and pulled back. A sharp dagur met her throat, daring her to move. Gobber stopped, stunned.

Astrid looked up without moving her head. "Bard!" she growled his name.

"Ah yes," he chuckled, "Your friends have come to save you!" He eyed Gobber, "You can take Ailsa over there but this pretty one stays with me!" He grinned like a twisted maniac. Gobber stood still, unsure of what move to make. He could charge at the man and buckle him to the ground, but...if he wasn't fast enough...