And back we are for Chapter 11. Going to be short and let's just get right into it. This stays in the same perspective as that last chapter left off, the gangs. Well if you hadn't guessed already there you go. Like the last chapter, there is a soft transition but back to the normal PoV.

It had been a few days since the new group of riders and dragons had been rescued from the Queen and the Nest and they had spent those days observing how the King ruled over the Sanctuary. What they saw shocked them as they had grown up in the environment where every dragon in the Nest was expected to give all food from the raids to the Queen and then hunt for their own food during the day. It was completely different here. Instead of having to give all food from the raids to the Queen; the King provided food for his subjects by making it rain fish, literally.

"What took you two idiots so long? We were supposed to do this hours ago!" Blaze snapped at the Twins once he saw they had finally arrived at the meeting. They had planned to meet earlier in the day but neither of the Twins could be found and it was now approaching night time.

"Chill out man, we just lost track of time." Spark offhandedly said to him as the two sat down with their dragon behind them. Blaze made to respond when he noticed Aqria staring both of them down and did not want to be on her bad side, again.

"Now that everybody is here, we have to decide if we are going to stay in this Sanctuary or leave and survive on our own," Aqria said once the three settled down. "I think that no matter what we pick, we should try and free the others from Her control. Not having to worry about returning to Her, it's something every Dragon should know." The rest of the gang looked at her and they all shared a look. They had just agreed that rescuing their fellow dragons from the evil grasps of the Queen's control.

"Then if we are doing that then I guess we should leave. Cause I doubt they will want us coming and going while leaving dragons they don't know," Earthen suggested to the group.

"I guess it's decided then, let's go. I've had enough of this place anyways," Blaze said while standing up and making to leave.

"Sit back down," Aqria snapped at him, which he did under protest.

"If they thought that way then why would they bring us here and insist we stay? I mean they could have left us anywhere out in the wild." Spark pondered aloud.

"They could be holding us prisoners?" Boom responded.

"Then why let us walk around freely?"

"It could be a trick to make us think we aren't, then when the time is right we get trapped!" The other three teens ignored most of what the twins said in their crazy banter but every now and again, one of them came up with something that resembled actually coherent thought. Especially considering most often they ended up in sibling squabbles with each other that Barf and Belch would end up having to end, like this time.

"You know, they actually made a good point. Why would they bring us here and wish we would stay?" Earthen asked, trying to think about the bigger picture that was at play.

"Wells it's not like we can't ask them." One of the twins said from the tussle they were still in. The three other riders looked between each other and moving to separate the Twins from their fight so they could go do just that. Before they got close Barf and Belch separated the two and the group got on their way to find one of the riders that had helped rescue them from the Queen. It just so happened that they found Hiccup and Zahnlos first.

"Hello, have you come to a decision about what you are going to do?" He asked the group in mind speech, something that they still had not gotten used to hearing from a human despite hearing it from their dragons, the Queen, and the King.

"Almost, first we have a few questions to ask you," Aqria said to the pair. Hiccup looked at Zahnlos expectedly for a few seconds before back at them.

"Well then, ask away and I'll do my best to answer them," came the response in their heads.

"Why did you take us away from the Queen?" Blaze asked suddenly and with a hint of accusation in his voice as if he was sad to have been taken away from Her.

"Because it was the right thing to do. She is an evil tyrant that needs to be deposed and we figured that by taking out Her five top generals she would be weakened enough to give us some more time and allow us to come up with a strategy to defeat Her," Hiccup stated rather matter of factly to the group.

"So it would be possible for us to use the Sanctuary as a base to try and free other dragons from Her tyranny?" Aqria asked hopefully.

"Ya, cause this place is like totally awesome!" Sparked added in from where he was standing. Hiccup looked over at Toothless and held the gaze with him for about a minute and they seemed to be discussing it, if their body language was anything to go off of. The pair soon looked back at the group and Hiccup once again spoke up.

"That is an issue you would have to take up with the King because it is his Sanctuary. Though honestly, I don't see any reason why he would turn down your offer to help us," Hiccup told them. That made the group ecstatic as even though they had talked about leaving, deep down they all wanted to stay.

"Hiccup is correct, there is no reason that I would deny your request to stay and help us in our battle against Her tranny," The calm voice of the Great Bewilderbeast boomed through their heads. The group became even more excited and started back and forth between each other and the Twins even started headbutting each other and their dragon. Though Hiccup couldn't hear anything that they said or did, he could only see their celebration and sense their happiness.

"Well I hate to interrupt the celebration but since you are to stay here on a but more permanent basis then I need to go over a few more things with you," Hiccup said to them and they soon stopped their celebration and looked at him. He went over a few things, such as where the nursery was, the little nuances of how the pairs lived in the Sanctuary, and some other things that it was decided not to tell them unless they decided to stay there. Once Hiccup had finished he let the group continue to celebrate while he and Zahnlos went to their cave.

"So how helpful do you think they are going to be?" Zahnlos asked his bonded as they made their way to their cave to sleep. Hiccup had been working on some more intensive mental exercises with the King and because of their bond, this had made both of them rather tired.

"No doubt they will be helpful. Without their leadership, the raids should become more chaotic and easier for this plan of ours to work," Came the response as they entered their cave.

"I hope it works. I still don't like it."

"Oh, you worry too much you big baby boo."

"And you not enough, now let's get some sleep before you pass out," Zahnlos said as Hiccup stumbled and ended up laid down in his wings with the pair soon falling fast asleep.

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"Zahnlos! Where are you, buddy?" Hiccup shouted out through the heavy smoke that was surrounding him, trying to find his bonded. He didn't hear anything back but a loud raspy breathing that seemed to echo from everywhere.

"Zahnlos!" Hiccup tried again, but with no better results. This time instead of standing in place he started walking forwards, hoping he would come across something friendly sooner rather than later. No sooner had he started walking did he trip and fall onto something warm and scaley. Feeling around for something to identify who he had just fallen on, he felt the spines of a Nadder and something that made him horrified. Suddenly the world seemed to light up and Hiccup could see what was in front of him.

The dragon he had landed on was Stormfly, Aqria's Nadder, and she was covered in deep gashes which he had felt the moment before. Horrified and seeing that there was nothing he could do for her, Hiccup stood up and looked around and he felt like puking. Where he was standing was the middle of what could only be described as a killing field. Dead and dying dragons were spread out on the ground for as far as he could see.

"See What Resisting My Rule Gets You?" Hiccup heard in his head as he dropped to his knees from the pain that it caused his mind.

"Who are you?" Hiccup shouted as the pain subsided. Getting back to his feet, Hiccup saw a massive shape appear through the smoke. Hopeful it was the King only to have that hope shattered before his eyes as the rough bulbous face of the Queen appeared through the smoke. Hiccup fell to the ground, the pain in his mind back and no spreading to the rest of his body.

"You Know Who I Am," She said to him while advancing towards him. Soon She was standing directly over Hiccup, who was writhing on the ground in pain.

"I'm Sorry, Is That Painful?" She taunted him while lowering Her head to just in front of the boy. At that time Hiccup started screaming out in pain as it felt as if he was being stabbed over and over again.

"This isn't real, this isn't real!" Hiccup kept thinking as pain assaulted him. His eyes were closed, his lips pursed and he was hunched into a ball. 'Come on Hiccup, pull yourself together!' He thought as horrible laughter from the Queen filled the space.

"What do you want?!" He heaved when the feeling of being stabbed let up slightly. The massive dragon had its beady eyes trained on him.

"Your Broken and Mangled Body At The Bottom Of A Ravine Would Be A Good Start." It grumbled.

"Zahnlos!" Hiccup shouted again. He really thought that this horrible creature was going to kill him in his sleep. "Zahnlos, bud, please where are you!"

"Look Around You Viking, I Killed Them All," The Queen gleefully roared."No One Can Save You Now Little Viking."

"You couldn't have!" Hiccup heaved as intense pain coursed through his body.

"You Will Find That I Can Do What I Want...Now BURN!" Hiccup's eyes widened as the gigantic maw started to fill with gas.

"Oh, Thor no.... Oh, Thor no.....ZAHNLOS!" He shouted one more time in desperation as the Queen let loose with her fire and incinerated the entire area. Hiccup bolted upright as his eyes snapped open, his bonded hovering over him worriedly.

"Hiccup! Oh, thank Thor you're alright!" Zahnlos said as he gave a tentative lick. "You were screaming for me in your sleep."

"It was horrible," Hiccup said as he turned over and hugged Zahnlos, letting the dragon wrap his wings tightly around the pair. Hiccup didn't say anything as he laid there crying. Zahnlos didn't say anything, neither of them did. Everything was going through their bond; emotions, feelings, the memory of the nightmare, everything. Nothing else was said for the rest of the night as the two fell back asleep, their minds intermingling and providing comfort for each other even after they fell asleep.

So uhm, ya. This was rather fast to write considering who long it took to write the last chapter. So as my Beta pointed out, I seem to love my cliffhangers, and then I pointed out both these new chapters have been nightmare cliffhangers....I don't know why it came out like that but its funny I think. So what did you guys think about it? Let me know what you think in the reviews, I love to read them.

A big shout-out and thank you to a good friend of mine, Vala411 for helping me with the ending here. I had gotten a little stuck and she helped me get past it. Go read her stories, they are amazing.

You guys rock and are the reason I keep writing. Well you know, that and I wouldn't be able to forget all my plots and ideas.

Semper Fi,

Thearizona