Love in The Time of Dragons (Hiccup)

Chapter Eight, The Fake Surrender

Chapter Eight, The Fake Surrender

As they flew towards the ice stricken fort they saw the boat not too far off and flew towards it only for nets to be shot at them once again. "Here was thinking we might turn up empty handed." Eret muttered as they landed on their ship removing their Nightfury helmets. Elivra's have twitching ready to summon her wand into her hand at any moment. Hiccup seeing her getting nervous held his arm out to her to calm her as Volta was getting agitated as she felt Elivra's magic start building. "Nope. It's your lucky day." Hiccup remarked. "We give up." He said raising his hands in surrender. 
"That's two Night Furies. One female and one male, and two of the finest dragon riders west of Luk Tuk." Hiccup infirned them as he threw a net over Elivra raising his hand to Volta's nose assuring her, her rider was okay. "That ought to make the boss happy, right?" Hiccup asked.

He wrapped his arm around Elivra leading her towards the hull of the ship Toothless and Volta following them. "Excuse us." Hiccup said pushing an axe out of their faces as their dragons growled protectively. Elivra threw off the net as she got close to the hull lifting the door up she started climbing down the ladder when Volta let out a startled call rushing to friend, her rider knocking the trappers over with her tail. "It's okay girl. I'm okay." Elivra soothed rubbing Volta's head before climbing down the ladder and quickly taking her potion. "Are you okay?" Hiccup whispered urgently seeing her eyes slightly cloudy as she took the potion. Elivra brushed the loose strands of red hair out of her face shaking her hand side to side. "Ahh. Toothless, Volta, stay." Hiccup said as he climbed down the ladder closing the trapdoor.

"Uh, the dragons don't really care for cramped spaces, so they'll just hang out with you. They won't be any trouble." Hiccup said as all the trappers pointed their weapons at the two Night Furies startling then as they crouched down snarling. "Unless you do that." Hiccup said quickly popping his head up through one of the holes in the metal trapdoor. "You know, wooden boat, big ocean. How if your swimming?" Hiccup asked casually.
"Not good." One of the trappers replied making Eret sigh in frustration. Hiccup and Elivra put up their flame swords attracting their attention once more. "Oops! Almost forgot. You can't have armed prisoners." Hiccup said handing over the two folded in swords.

"Just what every dragon trapper needs. On both of them one end coats the blade in Monstrous Nightmare saliva. The other sprays Hideous Zippleback gas." Hiccup told them backing down into the hole as two of the trappers holding the two swords sprays the gas into their faces surrounding the boat in the flammable gas. "All it takes is a spark, and..." Hiccup doesn't get to finish as he quickly ducks down as the trappers set off the explosion, smoke covering the boat some of exclaiming in pain and the others coughing from the smoke. All of them covered in soot. "Oh yeah there you go." Hiccup says offhandedly. "Once they see you as one of their own, even the testiness dragons can be trained. Right bud? Volta?" Hiccup asked as Toothless and Volta play with the embers of the explosion.

Eret exclaims in frustration having had enough snatches the two swords off of his men throwing them off of his ship. Only for the two dragons to fly off after it as they know it's their riders. "What game are you playing?" Eret snapped at Hiccup glaring at him in frustration and anger. He growls in anger seeing Toothless and Volta have brought them back and throws them off the other side of the ship. "No game." Hiccup assures. "We just wanna meet Drago."
"Why?" Eret asked as if it was the most stupidest thing he has ever heard and he has many stupid men on his ship.
"Because we're going to change his mind about dragons." Hiccup replied firmly as if it was obvious causing all the trappers to laugh in their face.
"We can be really persuasive." Elivra piped up from next to Hiccup. "Or did you forget I froze you all without saying a word?" Elivra asked sardonically her eyebrow raised challenging them.

"Once you've earned his loyalty, there is nothing a dragon won't do for you." Hiccup adds as Toothless and Volta come up beside their riders rubbing their heads against their shoulders asked to be stroked, purring as their riders rubbed their heads. But the trappers still aren't convinced even though they through frightened and apprehensive looks at Elivra. "You won't he changing any minds around here." Eret told them.
"I can change yours." Hiccup contradicted. "Right here. Right now." He said as he pulled the lever on Toothless' saddle changing the foot and tail setting as he climbed out of the hole.

"May I?" He asked pointing at Toothless as Eret opened his mouth maybe to scoff once more or maybe to agree we will never know as Hiccup was snatched off of the boat, Hiccup letting out a surprised yell, by Hookfang and Snotlout. The back up had arrived as Sirius on his Skrill Lija destroyed their sail almost knocking Elivra over if it hadn't have been for Volta, Toothless screeching angrily, worried for his rider. "Dragon riders!" Eret shouted to his men as they ran around the ship. Toothless snarled as he jumped from beam to beam only to realise its Sirius and the others who have come for Hiccup and Volta and watches on confused.

"Snotlout what are you doing?!" Hiccup shouted frustrated scoffing and rolling his eyes as Snotlout flirted with Ruffnut who was not interested in him only Eret. Scoffing he pushes himself out of Hookfang's hold and uses his suit to fly back to the ship. "Hold your fire!" Elivra shouted at Eret pushing him away from the cannon and freezing him once more as he went to fire at Hiccup. "Err what are you guys doing here?" Hiccup asked standing next to Elivra putting away his suits wings. Sharing a silent conversation with his girlfriend asking if she's okay which she just nods too. "We're here to rescue you two!" Sirius and Gobber exclaim landing on the boat Grump going to land on some of trappers but they ran away and Lija electrifying the ones close to her. "We don't need to be rescued." Hiccup argues but Sirius just gives him a pointed look at Elivra who looks rather clammy a sign of when seizures are on the way.

"Enough!" Stoick shouts landing Skullcrusher on the bow of the ship behind one of the ripped sails.
"Well, didn't you just pick the wrong ship? Eh?" Eret said sauntering up to Stoick as he stalked to his son and future-daughter-in-law. "I am Eret, son of Eret." Eret continued only for Stoick to cover his face muffling his words pushing him down landing in between Sirius and Gobber. Sirius sent him a Stinging Hex making him yelp in pain and Gobber knocked him on the head shutting him up only for Grump to pin him down with his great heavy head. "Get this thing off me." Eret gasped trying to crawl out from under the head but can't as no one listens to him.
"Any one else?" Gobber asked raising his clubbed hand but the rest just back away. "That's what I figured." Gobber smirked with Sirius.

"You two saddle up we're going home." Stoick told Hiccup and Elivra sternly.
"No." Hiccup argued.
"Of all the irresponsible... look at Elivra! Look at her!" Stoick raged.
"I'm trying to protect our dragons and protect her! Do you not think they will come for Elivra she has magic! She's used it on them! I'm trying to stop a war! How is that irresponsible?" Hiccup argues fed up.
"Because war is what he wants, son!" Stoick shouts sternly at his son. They both sighed as they realised they were both too stubborn. "Years ago, there was a great gathering of chieftains to discuss the dragon scourge we all faced." Stoick told them sharing his secret and Sirius and Elivra knew by his voice he was suffering with survivors guilt, they knew it from the war they had fought in.

"Into our midst came a stranger from a strange land covered in scars and draped in a cloak of dragon skin. He carried no weapon, and spoke softly, saying that he, Drago Bludvist, was a man of the people, devoted to freeing mankind from the tyranny of dragons. He claimed that he alone could control the dragons and that he alone could keep us safe, if we chose to bow down and follow him." At that Fishlegs, Snotlout and the twins burst into loud uproarious laughter but they were the only ones who did. "Aye, we laughed too." Stoick agreed not arguing with their laughter.

"Until he wrapped himself in his cloak and cried out, 'Then see how well you do without me!' The rooftop suddenly burst into flames, and from it armoured dragon descended, burning the hall to the ground. I...was the only one to escape." The mood on the ship was rather somber at that and Elivra felt rather sorry for the Chief and stepped forwards giving him a hug which he returned after a few moments before she returned to Hiccup and Volta's side. "Men who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with."
"Maybe." Hiccup said sharing a look with Elivra as they climbed into their Night Furies. "Hiccup! Elivra!" Stoick shouted walking forwards to try and stop them the same with Sirius he didn't want Elivra near that man and he didn't want her to fall off Volta due to a seizure.

"We're still going to try." Hiccup argued. "This what I'm good at. What we're good at. And if I could change you mind, I can change his too. Come on." Hiccup said as he and Elivra took off. Astrid jumped onto Stormfly ready to help her friends especially Elivra. "Let's go." She said to her dragon.
"No! Lead the other's back to Berk. I've had enough mutiny for one day." Stoick disagrees before shouting at Ruffnut to get on her dragon and head home.