3 Hiccup Must Die

3. HICCUP MUST DIE The Wodensfang had in fact been right about the Dragon Furious sending a dragon to kill Hiccup. A few weeks earlier, in the endless night of winter on the little isle of Berk, where the air was so cold it stung the skin like bees, the Dragon Furious lay in the smoking ashy remains of what had once been a Hooligan village. The Dragon Furious was a Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus, and he was in command of the Dragon Rebellion. His aim was nothing less than the extinction of the entire human race. The Hooligans had escaped from the last terrible dragon attack, fleeing to the islands of the south which were still holding out against the relentless progress of the dragon invaders, but leaving the island of Berk to a triumphant Dragon Furious. The island of Berk was a new and important conquest for Furious. And yet… And yet there was one Hooligan who had not been among the Hooligans who escaped from the island on this day. One Hooligan whom the Dragon Furious and the entire Dragon Rebellion had been hunting without success, over seas and forests and

mountains, through ice caves and volcanoes… Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. So many times had the little Hooligan slipped through Furious's talons at the very last minute, double-backing, sneaking past, and streaking away on the back of his Windwalker, with the whole howling pack of dragons after him, like a tricksy little fox fleeing the hunt. Kneeling in front of the Dragon Furious was a rare Triple-header Deadly Shadow dragon. You could not see him, for a Deadly Shadow was one of those chameleon dragons whose skin can mirror any background or passing object, so at that moment he appeared to be invisible. 'Hiccup must die,' said the Dragon Furious to the Deadly Shadow. 'We have to catch him, or our cause is lost. Can you do it? Can you find and kill Hiccup where all others have failed?' Slowly the camouflaged skin of the Deadly Shadow turned back to its natural colour, and it was as if the terrifying creature was suddenly materializing out of thin air. You could see him in all his splendour now: gleaming, muscled, panther-like strength, frighteningly efficient-looking claws and jaws that could shoot forth both lightning bolts and flame.

The three heads of the Shadow smiled. The poison-ducts in his six cheeks pulsed yellow for a second. Out of their secret hiding-places crept a bright, slitting talon or two that shone for a second and then slid back. 'My lord Furious,' said the middle head of the Deadly Shadow dragon. 'Once, my brothers and I loved a human. And this human died of grief because of the actions of her human family. Now we hate the human with a hatred strong as acid. If you ask us to kill him, the boy is as good as dead already.' 'Ah,' said the Dragon Furious with satisfaction. 'I knew I was right to choose you, for you are so like myself. I needed one who hates like I do, and who will not weaken, for the Hiccup boy, with his antics releasing all the dragon-traps, has even been gaining sympathy among the weaker members of my Rebellion. Follow him, and kill him. Hiccup must die!' 'And Hiccup shall die!' hissed the three heads of the Deadly Shadow. He folded back his wings like a bat, and leapt into the air, turning white as the blizzard as soon as he hit the sky. The Dragon Furious watched him go, the quiet snow falling.

Seadragons Giganticus Maximus ~STATISTICS~ FEAR FACTOR:.....................10 ATTACK:..............................10 SPEED:................................10 SIZE:....................................10 DISOBEDIENCE:....................10 The largest of the dragon species; Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus live in the open ocean.

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