DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING HTTYD!
Hiccup and Astrid raced through the clouds, towards Dragon's Edge. "You've gotta fly faster than that if you want to win!" Astrid called to Hiccup over her shoulder.
Hiccup smiled mischieviously and whispered to Toothless, "Let's get her, bud."
Toothless purred in agreement.
"Oooh, here they come!" Fishlegs shouted as Hiccup and Astrid neared their base, towards the finish line.
"I'm hoping for a big bang!" Ruffnut exclaimed excitedly.
"Yeah, like, maybe some fire, some explosions...the works," Tuffnut agreed with Ruffnut.
"I bet Astrid will win," Snotlout said.
"Oh yeah?" Fishlegs challenged.
Up in the sky, Hiccup shouted, "Yeah, baby!" as he passed Astrid and Stormfly easily. He looked back over his shoulder at Astrid's astounded, confused face. "You've gotta fly faster than that if you want to win!" Hiccup teased, yelling her own words right back at her.
"What!?" Snotlout shouted in confusion. "HOW!?"
"Ha ha, funny!" Astrid laughed, although no one could tell whether or not she was being honest.
Toothless was flying directly over the trees, towards the finish line, when all of a sudden, Toothless' prosthetic tailfin ripped.
It took Hiccup a moment before he realized what had happened, and when he did, his eyes widened in shock as he looked back. "Oh no!" he shouted. When he looked ahead, the ground was coming towards them.
Or, maybe they were coming towards the ground.
"Toothless, we're going down!" Hiccup cried.
That was the last thing he was able to shout out before they crash landed.
"Hiccup!" Astrid yelled.
"Oh no!" Fishlegs shouted. "Hiccup!"
"Now that's what I call a big bang!" Ruffnut said excitedly as she pointed to the area where Hiccup and Toothless had crashed.
"Yeah!" Tuffnut agreed with his sister. "Except, there are no fire or explosions."
They ran, mounted their dragons, and flew towards Hiccup and Toothless.
Hiccup held his head in pain. "That's one way to land," he commented, shaking his head. "You okay, bud?"
Toothless stood up and licked him, happy Hiccup was okay.
"Hiccup!" Astrid shouted as they landed their dragons in front of Hiccup. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, that was one massive crash," Ruffnut said.
Tuffnut agreed. "Yeah, it was even bigger than Ruffnut's-"
Snotlout covered his mouth. "Just, stop right there," Snotlout said.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Hiccup said, ignoring the twins and Snotlout as he got to his feet shakily.
"Maybe you should go rest for a bit," Astrid suggested, concerned. "You landed pretty hard."
Hiccup didn't argue. "Okay. Come on, Toothless." Toothless nodded, purred, and followed Hiccup as the boy headed back towards his hut.
"Do you need anyone to go with you?" Astrid asked.
"No," Hiccup said. "I'll be fine. I've got Toothless."
"What should we do while you're resting?"
"Just do the usual afternoon lookout."
"Gotcha."
Hiccup and Toothless continued towards their hut, and once they were out of sight, Astrid looked back at the other riders.
"Well, you heard him," she said.
"Who cares what he says?" Snotlout asked angrily. "I say if he gets to rest, so do we." He crossed his arms as if adding to his point.
"And have Dragon's Edge attacked by Dagur and burned down without us having a chance to stop it?" Astrid asked in the same angry tone.
"Huh. Good point."
"When you're done, we'll meet at the Clubhouse."
They mounted their dragons, and flew in different directions.
"We need to get your tail fixed," Hiccup observed as he examined Toothless' prosthetic. "I've been meaning to upgrade it for a while, but I guess I never really had the time to."
Toothless purred, and once Hiccup gathered necessary supplies, he began working on Toothless' new tail. He stopped for a moment, just before he finished painting the tailfin. After looking around, he got an idea, turned back to his work, and continued painting.
"So, what do you think, Toothless?" Hiccup asked once he had finished. "You like it?"
Toothless nodded and cooed, which Hiccup assumed meant "yes."
"So, what do you say, bud?" Hiccup asked. "Wanna go see Astrid and Stormfly?"
Toothless nodded in agreement, and the duo began walking, but as they did, Toothless suddenly got caught in a dragon trap.
"Toothless!" Hiccup shouted. Hiccup didn't have time to wonder where the trap had come from or shout for help before a hand covered his mouth to keep him from speaking further.
Hiccup looked over his soldier at the owner of the hand; it was a guard. But it wasn't just any guard.
It was a Berserker guard.
Dagur stepped forward in front of them. "Hello, brother," he said with a fiendish grin.
"Dagur!?" Hiccup yelled angrily. "What do you want!?"
"Hmm..." Dagur tapped his chin in mock thought. "What I've always wanted! The Night Fury, and revenge on you!"
"Well, you're not gonna get him!" Hiccup shouted. "You're never gonna Toothless!"
"Well, it looks to me like I've already did!" Dagur shot back. "Tie him up!"
The guards listened, tying Hiccup's hands together to keep the Berkian from struggling.
"Are we ready to leave, sire?" one of the guards asked.
"No," Dagur said with another evil smile. "We're still missing one more thing."
The riders landed and walked into the Clubhouse.
"Find anything?" Astrid asked them.
"Nope, not me," Snotlout replied with a shake of his head.
"Neither did I," Fishlegs agreed.
"We didn't find anything," Tuffnut said.
"You would know if we did," Ruffnut added.
"Well," Astrid said, "we'll search more tomorrow."
They mounted their dragons once more, and went to their huts. All except Astrid, who went to Hiccup's establishment to see how the boy and his dragon were doing.
Astrid opened the door to Hiccup's hut and headed inside. "Hey," she called out, but she stopped when she realized how dark it was inside. "Hiccup?"
She stepped inside, the door swinging shut behind her. When her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she saw Hiccup tied and gagged in the corner.
"Hiccup!" she shouted.
Hiccup tried to warn her of the soldiers still there, but all she could hear was murmuring and mumbling.
Then, she was grabbed by one of the guards. Dagur stepped forward, standing by Hiccup.
"Dagur!" Astrid hissed.
"Tie her up, too!" Dagur shouted as if oblivious to Astrid's shout of his name. "She's the one I was waiting for."
A guard tied her and gagged her the same way they had tied and gagged Hiccup. Then, they threw her down beside the other dragon rider.
"May we leave now?" a guard asked Dagur.
"Yes," Dagur nodded, "but distract the Nadder. We can't let it see us."
"Yes, sir."
The guard opened the door and threw chicken away from the hut. Stormfly quickly chased after it.
"Let's head out!" Dagur ordered.
Hiccup and Astrid were surrounded by guards and forced towards the shores of Dragon's Edge. Night had fallen, which meant that the rest of the gang was sleeping, and even if they weren't sleeping, they couldn't see anything in the darkness.
They boarded the Berserker ship and sailed off.
The next morning, the dragon riders were at the Clubhouse, waiting for Hiccup and Astrid to arrive.
"Hey, have you guys seen Hiccup?" Fishlegs asked.
"Seen him?" Tuffnut questioned. "Haven't we all seen him?"
"Yeah, I've seen him before," Ruffnut shrugged.
"Not that kind of seen him!" Snotlout snapped. "Seen him, as in, have you seen him today?"
"Oooh, that kind of see him!" Tuffnut said, finally getting what they were saying.
"Yeah, you guys have got to be more specific about these things," Ruffnut commented. "And no, we haven't seen him today."
Fishlegs was worried. "Something doesn't feel right," he said. "Mayve we should go check Hiccup's hut to see if he's there."
They mounted their dragons and flew to Hiccup's hut. When Fishlegs opened the door, they saw that the place was trashed.
"Wow," Fishlegs breathed. "Either Hiccup was really trying to find something, or someone else was trying to find something."
From across the room, Snotlout shouted. "Guys!" he said. "The Dragon Eye is gone!"
"Dagur," Fishlegs said. "It must have been Dagur."
"Then what do we do!?" Snotlout demanded.
"The Dragon Eye is gone," Fishlegs said, "and so are Hiccup, Astrid, and Toothless. We need to get back to Berk, and fast."
