Sorry it took me so Long thanks for waiting
Tu's hair: (this is me btw)
Talulahh's POV:
"Why do you do your hair for every mission?" Astrid asked, watching as I parted my hair down the back.
"It's fun. And I want to look good if I meet any cute Dragon Hunters." I wiggled my eyebrows.
"Oh, whatever." Astrid rolled her eyes. I did two neat space buns atop my head, leaving out the bottom section. Then I put the bottom into two twin braids. "Hmm?" I turned around.
Astrid tugged on one of my braids. "Adorable. Promise to do that to our future daughter someday?"
My face flushed. "Mhm." I nodded shyly.
"Aww, you're blushing." The blonde cooed.
"Obviously." I squeaked.
Hiccup landed on a sea stack. "What are we landing for?" Snotlout asked. "Hookfang, come on!"
"No, there's too many." Hiccup objected, looking at the hunter ships. "And they're sailing in tight formation.
"I'll show you tight formation." Snotlout muttered. I looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Hiccup's right. We'll never be able to approach that convoy without being spotted first." Fishlegs nodded. Sapphire landed, though I stayed seated on her saddle.
"We need a distraction." Astrid decided.
"Leave that to us." Hiccup reached into his saddle bag, pulling out a neon yellow tail.
"Hiccup, this is no time to play dress-up." Snotlout groaned.
"And how can you even think of wearing yellow after Snoggletog?" Tuff put a hand on his hip. "That, my friend, is a fashion faux pas."
"Ugh! How gauche!" Ruffnut added.
"The colors clash." I made a face, slipping off of my saddles.
"This one is lighter and stiffer. It's made of a thin sheet of Gronckle Iron." Hiccup stood up, having switched the tails. "It's not great for long-distance flying, but..."
"The added stability will allow you to fly along the water's surface without using any wing-flap. It's ingenious." Fishlegs marveled.
"Exactly, Fishlegs. We're gonna glide in right under their sight line. Watch for my signal!" Hiccup instructed before he and Toothless flew off above the water.
"Honestly, I would've stuck with the red." Tuff muttered. "Yellow with Night Fury black? Really? Puh-lease."
"I agree." I jutted my hip out and rested my hand atop it.
"That's our signal. Let's go!" Fishlegs pointed at the smoke coming from one of the ships.
"About time. Giddy up!" Snotlout grinned.
Saph flipped me onto my saddles before we all flew off of the sea stack.
Hunters shot nets at us, though we dodged skillfully. Hookfang set a few sails on fire, while Stormfly shot spines at the Hunters.
"Windshear, down!" Heather instructed. The dragon sliced some sails, River shot at Hunters, and Saph cacooned a few catapults.
Snotlout and the twins landed on one ship, Hiccup, Astrid, and Fishlegs on another. Dahlia, Heather, and I on the last one.
"Hey, uglies!" Dahlia called to the Hunters. I grinned, "That's your worst insult?"
"I'm trying." Dahlia replied.
Easily, Saph shot amber at the Hunters. Unexpectedly, Windshear drove a spine into each one of their heads. Dahlia gasped, tears brimming her eyes as blood trickled down their faces.
"They died quickly." I assured the redhead, glaring at Heather, who had already walked away. The girl nodded, still visibly upset.
"Let's go..." Dahlia muttered, grabbing onto my arm and leading me towards the trapdoor.
Heather was already down. When we joined her, there was no dragons. "It's just...marble." The raven-haired girl furrowed her brows.
"What the.." I ran my fingers across the stone with a tilt of my head.
"That's...weird." Heather said.
"Really weird." I nodded. I turned to Dahlia, she was still noticably upset. I'll definitely be talking to Heather later.
"Let's meet up with the others." I suggested. The three of us climbed back up the landed and flew to the middle ship. The others were already waiting.
"Was the violence your idea?" Astrid asked, nodding to the bloodied Hunters on the others ship.
"No." I replied.
"I figured." Astrid shrugged.
I walked over to Dahlia, wrapping my arm around her shoulder and tracing idle patterns across her skin. "Thank you." She whispered softly.
"No need." I replied.
"Hiccup, these ships don't have any dragons on them." I said.
"Just marble blocks." Astrid added with a frown.
"Why would they fight so hard to protect a bunch pf rocks?" Heather wondered.
"Hiccup." Fishlegs said as we all heard a distant screech.
"What is that?" Snotlout pointed.
"What ever it is, it's moving fast." Astrid observed.
Hiccup pulled out his spyglass and sighed. "Bad news?" Fishlegs asked.
"It's not great." Hiccup responded. "Duck!" He dropped to the ground.
"Duck? Where?" I asked, looking around to see where the bird was.
"No, you idiot!" Snotlout grabbed me and pulled me to the ground. "Dragon stampede! Take cover!"
"No! We need to get in the air!" Hiccup countered, climbing onto his saddle.
Chip!
"Just, come on!" I groaned, grabbing the Fireworm and climbing onto Saph.
We flew against the stampede (which was not fun).
"We're gonna follow this stampede to its source. These dragons, they're fleeing for a reason." Hiccup explained.
"There!" Fishlegs pointed to the island ahead. Suddenly, we heard a large boom. "Do you hear that?"
"We need to take a closer look." Hiccup said.
"Incoming!" Tuff warned as a Nightmare bumped into Barf and Belch. The force rammed them into Sapphire. The twins fell towards the island as I fell towards the water. "I regret nothing!" Tuff yelled.
"I regret everything!" Ruff added.
"I regret some things!" I said before plunging into the cold water. I seem to do that a lot, huh?
Hookfang swooped down amd grabbed me. "Thanks!" I smiled.
"You're so not welcome." Snotlout replied as Hookfang dropped me onto my saddle.
Chip!
"Oh, ha ha." I rolled my eyes.
We landed on the island to search for the twins.
"Ruff? Tuff?" Heather called out.
"It's all good in the archipela-hood." Tuffnut came out of a bush. Then he fell to the ground.
Ruff and Barf and Belch them walked out of the forest. Barf and Belch were limping.
"I'm fine. But it doesn't look like Barf and Belch are going anywhere for a while." Ruff said.
"Perfect. Great plan, Hiccup." Snotlout said sarcastically.
"Hmm." Hiccup's eyes were focused on a ship at the docks. A mischevious grin spread across my face. Quietly, I creaked up to my twin. I wrapped my arms around him, getting him soaking wet.
"H-hey!"
"Ha!" I laughed.
"Hiccup." Fishlegs said. "These ships are just like the ones from the convoy."
We heard grunting from behind us. "Hide!" Hiccup said in a hushed urgency. We all ran to the trees, being very quiet.
Two Hunters were wheeling a wagon full of marble blocks, as well as another Hunter, who was sitting neatly on the stones.
"Come on, Toothless." Hiccup whispered.
The Night Fury jumped in front of the Hunters, teeth bared.
"Do your worst." One of the tied up Hunters said. "I've stares down the mouth of a Whispering Death."
"Have you now?" I asked, putting my dagger to his cheek.
"Oh, real tough guy, huh?" Tuff said. "Put your mace where your mouth is."
"You won't get anything out of us, you dragon-riding dogs!" The Hunter claimed.
"We won't?" I carefully dragged the blade across his cheek, blood spilling. "Snotlout?"
The Jorgenson boy snapped his fingers. On command, Hookfang walked up, lighting himself on fire and roaring.
"Okay, I'll talk." The Hunter decided. I smirked. Typical.
"Two convoys left earlier this morning headed for-" The Hunter got cut off when Tuff knocked him out.
"Ugh! I thought that guy would never shut up. Am I right?" Tuff said.
"Tuff, he was about to tell us everything." Fishlegs explained.
"He was?" The boy said. When the Hunter started to wake up, Tuff knocked him out again. "Sorry, it's a reflex."
"Oh, my gods." I sighed.
"Astrid, Heather, Tu, and Snotlout get out there and see if you can track down that other convoy, find out where it's headed." Hiccup instructed. "Meanwhile, the rest of us will scout the island for more answers."
"Good luck." I nudged Dahlia.
"You too." She replied before I ran off.
"You know, I've been meaning to get this out in the open for a while." Snotlout started. "Moments between the four of us don't have to be weird, guys."
"What are you talking about?" Astrid asked.
"I realized you're all into me and that's hard on our group dynamic." Snotlout explained.
"Pardon?" I raised and eyebrow.
"Oh, no, he did not." Heather muttered.
"What?" Astrid seemed absolutely disgusted.
"But I think it can still work. We're all grown-ups." Snotlout continued. "And I think you're all great. Tu a little less great, but still."
"Wait-what?" I coughed.
"I really don't want you guys to take this one too hard." Snotlout ignored me. "We gotta keep it professional. It's best for the team."
"Is he serious?" Heather asked.
"You have no idea." Astrid rolled her eyes. "Wait! Up ahead!" Astrid pointed.
"Looks like our missing convoy." Heather observed.
"Let's hang back and see if they lead us to Viggo's delivery point." Astrid decided.
"Come on, Lovebug." Heather called, making me realize I had been staring at Astrid. I laughed slightly.
"Seriously, we can make this work, ladies." Snotlout spoke.
"Snotlout!"
"Snotlout!"
"Snotlout!"
The three of us all shouted.
"Hey, does this place look familiar?" Snotlout asked, looking at the island.
"Too familiar." Heather responded.
"Viggo's base." Astrid observed.
"I think we just figured out why Viggo needs all That marble." Snotlout looked at the large dome that sat on the island.
"Look at that thing." I muttered.
"It's impenetrable." Heather nodded.
"Almost impenetrable." Astrid corrected, pointing at the unfinished part of the dome.
"What do you say we make some renevations?" Snotlout offered.
"For once, Snotlout, you didn't say something ridiculous and annoying." Astrid shot back.
"Aww, see? I knew we could make this work." Snotlout smiled. Astrid rolled her eyes.
The four of us flew into the dome through the small opening.
We shot at the Hunters and their catapults, dodging the arrows they shot back.
"Hit 'em, Hookie!" Snotlout yelled.
Hookfang shot at the marble, though nothing happened.
"It's not working!" I frowned.
"It's the marble!" Astrid realized. "It must be impervous to dragon fire!"
"Then we need a different approach." Heather decided, directing Windshear towards the marble. The Razorwhip slashed at the stones with her tail, barely leaving a scratch.
"Viggo's created the ultimate dragon-proof fortress." Snotlout realized.
"We need to tell Hiccup what we found." I said.
"Before another convoy arrives." Astrid added.
"One more shipmemt and this stronghold will be complete." Heather intailed.
"And no dragon will be able to get in." Astrid frowned.
"Or out." I added, a pit forming in the bottom of my stomach.
"Uh, what happenes to Barf and Belch? Why is the island sunk? And where did those two Quakens come from?" Snotlout ranted. "It feels like we missed a lot."
"Hiccup, we know what Viggo wants the marble for." Astrid said. "He's building a dragon-prood stronghold."
"A stronghold?" He repeated. "We need to strike immediatly."
"It won't do any good. Marble can withstand dragon fire." Heather told him.
"Um, Hiccup, I might have an idea of how we can take it down." Fishlegs spoke up, motioning to the two Quakens on either side of him.
Fishlegs pointed his new hammer at the ground in front of the stronghold. The Catastrophic Quakens rammed into the ground, sending the Hunters and their catapults flying.
Then, Fishlegs pointed at the dome. After multiple hard hits from the Quakens, the whole thing crumpled to the ground.
Gently, the Quakens returned to Fishlegs' side. "No. No more work." Fishlegs dropped the hammer, holding his hand out.
One of the Quakens softly pressed its forehead to Fishlegs' outstretched hand.
"You did it, Fishlegs." Hiccup smiled.
"But how many more dragons like these does he have out there?" Fishlegs wondered.
"If they're out there, we'll find them and free them." Hiccup decided. "Now, take us to Dark Deep. It's time for these Quakens to enjoy their retirement. I'd say they've earned it."
"Seriously, is someone gonna tell me where those Quakens came from?" Snotlout asked.
I laughed, "I'm also curious."
"Are you coming to Dark Deep?" Hiccup asked.
"Nope, I'm going home." I decided.
Hiccup and Fishlegs left for Dark Deep while the rest of us went back to the Edge.
I hummed as I distributed fish between Sharpflame, Spikefly, Ladon, Soulflower, Chip, and Saph. "Dinner time." I sing-songed.
I watched as they all ate their food happily. Once they finished, I spoke again. "Saph, Chip, go home, I'll be there soon"
Chip!
"Go." The two reluctanly left as I put the other four in their stalls.
"Good night, guys."
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