A Whole New World

Chapter 7

Dictatious growled and placed two hands on his hips, glaring blindly down at Tuffnut. "What is the meaning of this?! I told you clumsy oafs to keep the repairs to the exits." Tuffnut stood and dusted himself off with a nervous smile. "Sorry my man, I'll get to it." Dictatious blinked, and his ears twitched with annoyance.

"What is wrong with you? Come with me, you're obviously in need of repair." He reached out and froze, having grabbed Tuffnut's long hair. "What is- are you even a-" The evil troll was cut off when Dagur leaped through and savagely punched the troll in the face, slamming his head into the stone and knocking Dictatious out cold.

"Woo hoo! Punching trolls is awesome! Well not really actually that kinda hurt." Dagur made a face and shook his hand, Heather looking at it and rolling her eyes with exasperation. "You just broke your hand Dagur. I can't wait to see Mala's face when you have to explain that one." Dagur scowled and nursed his broken hand.

Blinky could hear the clink of approaching guards, and he wished that Aargh was with him instead of staying to defend the troll base. "There's guards coming. We need to leave now. Jim, I think we should take Dictatious with us- one less servant for Gunmar." Dagur was the only one strong enough to carry the unconscious troll, but somehow they got him up and out, as well as through the portal."

Once the riders and trollhunters were back on the island, Dagur bandaged his hand and Dictatious began to stir. It was nice to have Hiccup understanding their need for the island, even if he refused to fight a war in an entirely different dimension. And now that Blinky had Dictatious as his prisoner, he found himself at a loss for what to do.

Dictatious sat up and rubbed his eyes, brow wrinkled in confusion. "Blinkous?" Blinky let him know he was there, and Dictatious looked suddenly angry. "Where did you take me?" Blinky grinned and helped his brother to his feet. "That's for me to know, and for you to explore. You have missed many wonderful things while serving Gunmar." Dictatious frowned, but Blinky started to hope that maybe, just maybe, this broken shell of a troll could be cured. Blinky led his brother away across the sand, eager to describe a whole new world of maybes.