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The group fly into a cave, Eret grunting in pain as Stormfly drops him into the snow. He scrambles to his feet, attempting to run away as Stormfly lands on him.

She wraps her wings around him, cooing happily as she settles in. "Okay!" Eret grunts out in pain. "Look, I got you here. Now get this thing off me!"

Astrid jumps off Stormfly, looking back at Eret with a scoff. "Never take a toy from a dragon. Don't you know anything?"

"Why does this keep happening to me?" Eret wheezes out at Stormfly snuggles into him. The others follow Astrid up the hill, ducking and peering down below at the group of men and dozens of ships.

In the center the water was bubbling, the waves occasionally shifting. "What's down there?" Astrid whispers, Fishlegs taking out his cards of dragons.

"Large diameter of bubbles...massive lungs.."he mumbles, shifting through his cards. "Cold water deep dweller. I'm thinking class five leviathan, maybe six!"

Stormfly perks up with a low growl, swiftly rising and gaining the attention of Astrid and the group. She takes off flying, making Eret leap to his feet with a yell as he draws his sword.

Darts were suddenly fired, striking Hookfang in the neck several times. He roars, collapsing in a deep sleep.

Barf and Belch sit up, roaring as darts were fired all along Barf's neck. They roar and collapse, out cold.

Astrid and the others shout at their dragons in concern, halting as spears were aimed at them. Fishlegs shoots his hands up, dropping his cards into the snow.

...

Drago sneers, watching as bubbles rise in the water. He kneels down, his black braids shifting to his front from the motion as his dark brown eyes move along the water, scars littering his face.

"Drago!" Eret greets in a nervous tone from behind him, making the man grunt and rise to his feet. "Get off me!" He snaps at a trapper holding him, walking freely as he chuckles.

"Always great to see you, my friend!"
Armored dragons pull carts carrying their dragons, their hands bound as they were forced forward.

"Keeping warm up here?" Eret grins as Drago approaches, the armored dragons submitting in fear as he passes.

A man takes Eret's weapons, making him reach for them as he watches in confusion.

"As you...can see, I'm right on time with a new batch of dragons. Just like I promised!"
Hookfang stirs, making men gasp and clammor as he raises his head.

"He's waking up!"

"Give me some backup here!" A man shouts as he pulls on Hookfang's rope. Hookfang growls at them, snapping and snarling with a roar. "Drop the ropes." Drago calmly commands, smirking at the dragon.

The men listen, swiftly backing away as Hookfang snaps at them before facing Drago with a low hiss. Drago snarls back, causing Hookfang to raise his head and blow a powerful blast of fire at him.

Drago uses his cloak, blocking the fire and remaining unharmed as he continues to approach. Astrid gasps softly, the others watching in anger and fear as Eret nervously laughs.

Hookfang roars at Drago as he grabs his staff, smirking. He lets out a horrifying yell, startling Hookfang and making him flinch as Drago starts swinging his staff.

He slams the staff into the ground, causing Hookfang to recoil and flinch as his eyes dart from Drago to the floor.

Drago growls at Hookfang, making him rumble in fear as he lowers his head slowly and submits.

Drago steps onto Hookfang's snout, causing smoke to release from his nose. "Hookfang!" Snotlout shouts, struggling against the man holding him.

"Hey!" Ruffnut snaps, gasping softly.
"What are you doing?!" Astrid demands in anger, glaring at Drago.

"You belong to me now," Drago sneers at Hookfang, his men laughing.

His eyes trail up to the saddle, making him grunt. "And as an added bonus, I also caught you their riders," Eret smirks, chuckling softly.

"No extra charge."

"What?" Astrid shakes her head, glaring at Eret. "Are you kidding me?"

"Aww, but you were so perfect!" Ruffnut whines. "Turns out there's a whole bunch of them out there!" Eret ignores them as Drago approaches. "They attacked-!"

Drago swiftly grabs Eret's throat, holding him up as he gasps and grabs at his hand.

"How many?" He demands in a low voice.
"Their not here.." Astrid whispers in realization, quickly thinking of a plan. "How many?!" Drago bellows, making Eret flinch.

"Hundreds!" Astrid answers, making Drago's gaze flicker to her. "A whole island full!"
Eret scoffs, wheezing slightly.

"I wouldn't worry about it." He grunts and chokes out as Drago's grip tightens.

"My men are hunting them down as we speak. They won't know where your hiding, I promise you that."

"Oh, yes they will!" Astrid shouts, stepping closer as Drago releases Eret. "They know we're missing, and they have tracking dragons.

Eret looks at her with wide eyes on the floor, shaking his head before coughing.

"If you so much as touch us, Hiccup and (Y/N) will kick your -!"

"Hiccup? (Y/N)?" Drago scoffs at the names. raising a brow.

"They're not a problem!" Eret raspily breathes out, recovering. "I mean, sure, the girl..maybe. But trust me!"

"Hiccup is only the son of Stoick the Vast, his heir to the throne of Berk!" Astrid gloats, a few paces from Drago.

"And (Y/N) is our strongest, smartest and the most cunning warrior Berk has ever seen! They're the greatest dragon masters this world has ever seen!"

"Dragon masters?" Drago repeats, scoffing and glaring at her. "I alone control the dragons!"

".. No," Tuffnut snickers, shaking his head.

"Mm-mm."

"Sorry," Fishlegs muses, Snotlout and Ruffnut laughing. Astrid sighs deeply before confidently facing Drago once more.

"And unless you let us go, right now, they will blast through here on his Night Fury and her Woolly Howl and blow your entire fleet of ships to splinters."

"Then they'll be crying like babies!" Ruffnut snickers. Snotlout and Fishlegs laugh a little too much with her, the girl raising a brow.

"Funny and beautiful," Snotlout smirks as she sighs. "Good one babe!" Fishlegs adds, making her groan in disgust.

"Like babies," Tuffnut snickers. "They always cry. The real tiny ones."

Drago snarls as he grabs Eret's throat once more, raising him up. "First, there were two riders. And now...all of Berk!" His grip tightens as he growls in anger. "And you led them to me!"

Drago throws Eret roughly, making him gasp out in pain and sit up.

"Drago!"

"Stop all preparations!" Drago shouts to his men, stepping onto a platform. "We must attack the dragon riders nest at once!" He orders, nodding.

"We will take down their Alpha! Then...we will take Berk!"

Astrid's face falls as she gasps, the others frantically looking at one another as the men cheer.

"Drago?" Eret staggers after him, making him
sneer.

"Get rid of him."

Men begin to surround him with their weapons ready as Eret stammers. "Drago, please! I..." He gasps as a man throws a sharp boomerang at him, ducking.

Stormfly swiftly dives down and lands protectively on Eret, deflecting their weapons and snarling at them as she releases her tail spikes.

"Stormfly!" Astrid shouts as a dart was fired at her, striking her neck. She rumbles softly, staggering before collapsing besides Eret.

Drago smirks, Astrid gasping and struggling against the man as she looks at her friend.

Eret rises to his feet in disbelief, looking at Stormfly with confusion and awe.

"You said a Woolly Howl?" Drago questions with a smirk, Astrid looks to him in slight anger and confusion.

She nods hesitantly, the man's smirk widening at the response. He reaches into his shirt, grabbing hold of a long necklace and pulling it out.

"Seems I'll be adding to my collection.."

Astrid and the group look in horror at the necklace, several teeth and claws hung loosely on the chain, dried blood sticking to the bones.

They look closely and Astrid feels her stomach twist as she takes notice of the purple markings that ran along the top of the teeth.

They were the teeth of a Woolly Howl.

...

With Hiccup and (Y/N)...

"We don't have to talk to him you know.."
(Y/N) softly replies, watching the dragons fly around the nest. "You heard what our moms said, he can't be trusted..we shouldn't risk it.."

Toothless was sleeping at her side, (D/N)
curled up behind her resting as she leaned her back against him.

(Y/N) jumps and laughs as a baby Nadder lightly pokes at her, jumping over her lap and onto Toothless.

Another joins her, tugging on Toothless' ear and disturbing his sleep. They happily squeak and lick his face, making him lowly rumble in annoyance as (D/N) watches with amusement.

"I don't know," Hiccup sighs, adjusting his gear as (Y/N) rises and walks over besides him. "But we can't wait around for Drago to attack this place. We've gotta find him first."

(Y/N) pauses for a moment, sighing and nodding. "Okay, you make a good point."
Hiccup smiles at her, rising to his feet he.

"Cant do this without you.." he mumbles, wrapping both arms around her waist and tugging her forward.

(Y/N) raises a brow at her boyfriend, a giddy feeling rising in her stomach.

She wraps her arms around his neck and plays with his hair, Hiccup's back shivering at the feeling. "You're hopeless without me.." she mumbles back, a small smile on her face when she watches his ears turn a slight pink.

Hiccup smiles wide, tightening his grip on her and pulling her with him, twirling eachother in a clumsy circle. They laugh together, looking to eachother with enough love to satisfy them both.

(D/N) huffs, rising and padding over to Toothless as the babies continue to play on him.

Toothless snaps, roaring loudly and scaring them off and unintentionally causing (D/N) to bow slightly.

He blinks rapidly, rising and shaking his head before rumbling in amusement as a baby continues nibbling on Toothless' tail.

"Let's go, then," Hiccup smiles. (Y/N) gasps as he was suddenly yanked from her, swiftly reaching down and grabbing her sword as Toothless and (D/N) turn with snarls.

"Easy now.." Stoick chuckles at the girl, making her sigh heavily in relief and tuck her sword to her side.

She raises a brow at the Chief, her eyes widening when she notices her father a few feet behind him.

"Odin's beard.." She mumbles in disbelief, looking to her dad with a nervous laugh, her heart still hammering. "Are you kidding me?" Hiccup struggles out of Stoick's grip, staggering to (Y/N) and turning to him.

"How did you find us?' (Y/N) questions, gasping as (F/N) reaches out and offers her the prosthetics. She sighs deeply, looking to the man and giving him a grateful hug.

The Commander sighs, bringing his daughter in before nodding, turning away and starting towards the dark corridor.

"I had Skullcrusher track you."

"How did you get in here?" Hiccup demands, his eyes flickering from (Y/N) to Stoick. "The same way we're getting you two out."

"We?!" Hiccup questions frantically, his eyes wide. "All clear!" Gobber calls from a side passage, waving them over.

(F/N) peeks his head out for a second before nodding, turning away and walking.

"Toothless, (D/N), come," Stoick orders, grabbing Hiccup's arm and dragging him behind him as (Y/N) quickly follows.

She nervously laughs, rubbing her neck.
"Um... Stoick? There is, uh, something you should know."

"Yeah, okay, tell me on the way!" Stoick replies, not looking back as they move through the tight cave. "Well, this isn't an on-the-way sort of update, actually," Hiccup stammers, his voice higher from nerves.

"I've heard enough." Stoick firmly says, dismissing them.

"This really is super imporant-"

"This is more of the earth-shattering development variety!" Hiccup continues stammering, rushing after Stoick.

"Yeah? Just add it to the pile," Stoick grunts, squeezing himself out of a tight space.

"Um..dad?!" (Y/N) calls, her father raising a brow at her. "This kind of involves you too!" (F/N) shakes his head, turning away and ignoring his daughters calls.

"Not now (Y/N).."

(D/N) grabs the back of her shirt, stabling her as she almost falls on her face.

She runs after Hiccup, (D/N) tilting his head and struggling to squeeze through the gap along with Toothless, both getting stuck.

"Dad! Unlike most surprises we spring on you, this is one you'll like," Hiccup rushes after Stoick, trying to stop him. "I promise!"

"You just have to be calm and have an open-mind," (Y/N) nods, Stoick continuing to swiftly walk.

"Y-yeah, you just have to handle it delicately," Hiccup agrees, pausing when he sees Gobber and (F/N) frozen up ahead.

Stoick raises a brow at his friend, watching as they slowly turns with pale faces and wide eyes.

"Eh...you might want to take this one,"
Gobber slowly says, walking past Stock and patting his shoulder before he sits on a rock.

"Might want to take a breath.."(F/N) calls, nodding to his friend with a small smile before making his way to his daughters side.

"Oh, boy." Stoick sighs, drawing his sword as both Hiccup and (Y/N) to gasp in worry. "Stoick..there's, um, no need for that-!"

"Uh...dad, could you put the sword away, please?" Hiccup stammers as Stock walks into the open. His eyes widen, his breath hitching in his throat as he sees Valka standing across the room.

(Y/N) and Hiccup peek out from one side of Stock, Gobber and (F/N) on the other as Stoick drops his blade and removes his helmet.

Valka swallows thickly, her voice shaking as she speaks. "I-I know what you're going to say, Stoick. How could I have done this?" She sobs softly, regaining her composer as she continues.

"Stayed away all these years...why didn't I come back to you? To our son?" Stoick remains silent as he slowly starts approaching, Valka taking in a deep breath.

"Well, what choice did I have?!" She yells, her eyes brimming with tears as she rants.

"(M/N) was the only one in the whole bloody village who believed in what I thought possible! But you all were to thick headed understand!"

(F/N) looks down sadly, reaching over and grabbing his daughters hand.

(Y/N) looks to her father sadly, squeezing his hand as she looks around in confusion, wondering where her mother was.

Dragons sense Valka's distress, slowly making their way down the icy walls, causing Hiccup to gasp, approaching and watching the man closely as he walks closer to Valka.

"We pleaded so many times to stop the fighting, to find another answer! But did any of you listen?"

"This is why I never married," Gobber comments to the three, pausing. "This and..one other reason.."

"I-I know that I left you to raise Hiccup alone," Valka stammers, holding her staff horizontally in front of her. "But I thought he would be better off without me."

She takes a step back as Stick draws near, her heart hammering and her voice shaking as tears form in her eyes. "And I was wrong. I see that now, but.."

Valka gasps as she backs into the wall, Stoick now a mere two steps from her. "Stop being so stoic, Stoick! Shout, scream, say something!"

She jumps and blinks rapidly as he reaches up and gently caresses her cheek. Stoick looks over her face, his voice unusually soft as he stares at her.

"You're as beautiful as the day I lost you.."

Valka's eyes widened before they softly shut, a tear escaping as her grip loosens on her staff behind her.

Stock slowly raises her chin up carefully, leaning down and placing a gently kiss to her lips. He pulls away after a moment, smiling softly at her.

The dragons behind them rumble softly, backing away when they no longer sense her distress.

Toothless tilts his head at the couple with a happy chitter, (D/N) smiling and purring as he watches them.

Hiccup smiles softly, grabbing (Y/N)'s hand and happily watching his parents as she smiles, hugging his arm lightly.

She turns to her father, her heart breaking slightly as tears poured down his face. (F/N) looks to his daughter with a sad smile, the next words leaving his lips making (Y/N)'s heart break in two.

"If only (M/N) were here to see this.."

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