Astrid

The sword battle between Ryker and me was harder than I thought it would be.

Ryker said, "Is that all you got, girl?" He seemed to be enjoying my frustration.

I replied to him with an glare, "There is no way I'm giving up, Ryker. You are nothing but a coward."

As he was going to hurt me, Stormfly scooped me to safety!

"S-Stormfly?!? How did you find me?" I asked the Nadder in a surprised tone.

The Nadder squawked, relief that I was safe from harm, then she unleashed one of her spikes like a bullet to Ryker as he backs away from it.

"I didn't know you could that! Ok, girl, do it again!" I commanded to the blue Nadder as I hear an familiar voice calling me.

"Astrid!" It was Hiccup. He looked better but I looked more closer to the sixteen year old boy, to revealed that one of his legs was completely gone and was replaced with a metal leg.

"Hiccup..." I said, felt bad as he notices my expression.

"Astrid, we can talk about it later after we defeat Ryker and his evil plan?" Ruffnut said pointing to the other dragons that needed help.

Hiccup turns to Tames, Ingrid and Snoutlout who was riding with Islas.

"Tames, you, Ingrid, Islas and Snoutlout get those innocent dragons out of their prison cell and make them follow you to Dragon Paradise. The rest of us will stay here to fight Ryker and his men." He instructs them.

"Be careful, all of you." Tames said. He couldn't bear of loosing Hiccup. Hiccup basically was raised by him and he was almost the son he never had.

"Don't worry, Tames, I'll be careful." Hiccup reassures the Chief of Dragon Paradise.

As we flew toward into battle, I knew that after this is over, things wouldn't be the same again.

Islas

As we go free the imprisoned Dragons, I still couldn't believe that Aric was a girl named Astrid.

Snoutlout looks at me with a curious expression on his face.

"Hey, you all right, Islas?" He asks, while he was unlocking the lock on the cell of a Dragon.

I replied to him, "It just felt so weird that I met Astrid as a boy. I mean, I didn't know he was actually a She!"

He laughs, "Well, I had known Astrid most of lives in Berk. You would be surprised of what she is capable of."

I said, "You have a Nightmare. Where did you get him?"

"Hookfang is an old friend of mine when Berk was under siege by Viggo. He escaped through a tunnel and never saw him again... until now." He explains, petting his dragon.

"But what ever happened to Hayden- I mean-"

"Hiccup? Oh, that is a story that is hard on him. You see..." Ingrid explains how he was originally from Berk and he was banished, forced to become an outcast and he was part of Dragon Paradise for a year until Astrid told him that Berk was held captive by Viggo.

She also told me that Stoick the Vast was not just the Chief of Berk, but also Hiccup's own father!

I gulped, "Yikes! I couldn't believe it."

"Don't worry about it, Islas. You weren't the only Viking who was shocked when Hic told us the truth." Tames laughed.

"But how you commend it? I mean that the only friend who you met lied to you and now fighting alone?"

"Not everyone is alone, Islas. You are fighting for the right reason, just like Hiccup is now."

I looked at Hiccup.

Astrid

As Hiccup and I were back side by side, Hiccup said, clashing a swipe on his sword, "I still can't believe you and Toothless decided to go after me."

"And what? Let you die? Hiccup I had to do what is right and I'm so sorry that I couldn't tell you right away that I was Aric."

He said, "A little warning would've been nice, like saying "Oh, Hi, Hic, I'm here to pretend to be a boy to save you."

Toothless smirks at him, as I said, "Hey, it was HIS idea! He showed me the armor and tailfin."

He looks at his dragon with a stern look. "Toothless!"

The black Night Fury laughs at him.

"I still can't believe you went through all that trouble, Astrid. You could've been hurt by Ryker! I couldn't bear of loosing you." The sixteen year old said in worried tone.

I thought about what he had said. Did I really got him worried that much?

I said, "I'm sorry, Hiccup." As he defend me from one of the soldiers, he pulled me closer to him in total surprise and then he kissed me!

It was totally unexpected, especially in the middle of a battle.

The soldiers fraught as much they could, and they were blood spreading throughout the isle and Hiccup looks at me with his suit.

"Astrid, pull the right sides of the suit." He instructs me. I looked at him with a curious expression.

Hiccup asks me, "Do you trust me?"

I nodded at him.

"Of course I do, Hiccup. I do trust you with all my heart." I replied, curious of what he had in mind.

"Toothless and I will be right behind you! Go!" He yells, as I run as fast as I can and pulled the suit like Hiccup instructs me to do.

Then all of a sudden, I felt a breeze blowing through me. I looked down as I realized that I was flying!

It was actually brilliant! It was truly incredible.

Stormfly squawks happily besides Toothless and Hiccup.

"We have to find the other Riders quickly as possible." I said, thinking about Tames, Ingrid and the others.

Hiccup nods with serious tone, "Yeah, I totally agree. I just hope that they got all the imprisoned dragons out in time."

We flew in other direction to find the others. I hope that we weren't too late.

Author's note: 

 What you think will happen next? Find out soon! - Jan