第三章：小嗝嗝必须死(4)

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.