第三章：小嗝嗝必须死(5)

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.