Alright I know I haven't updated for a while, and it was because I was grounded, okay? I'm really really sorry that I had to get in trouble, again. And right now I'm just kind of taking a break from Soul of a Dragon 2 right now. Don't worry! You can rest assured that I'm not giving up on it. Seriously, I'm already planning the third. Yes, there's going to be a third. You'll have to read the Epilogue for Soul of a Dragon 2 to find out why there is going to be a third. If i didn't do the epilogue or the third, Midnightsky0612 would hunt me down and kill me. I'm not telling you why because that would spoil. I don't want to be a spoiler. Even though Emily said I am. Oh also, I just got the new "Magnus Chase: Hammer of Thor" book, so It might be a while before I update again. It's really good so far, and I want to get it done by the time school comes back so I can rub it in Emily's face. I'm weird that way. Enjoy the new story!

I studied the Maces and Talons game board, trying to figure out what Viggo Gimborn's next move would be.

"Hiccup? Could we talk for a sec?" Astrid called from outside.

"Sure. Come in." I got up from where I was sitting, and Toothless's head perked up. Astrid and Heather walked in, their dragons right behind.

"We were going to go out on patrol around the neighboring islands. Wanna come?" Heather asked.

"Nah. I'm gonna stay here." I said, and walked over to the game board.

"Hiccup, you've been in here for a whole week. You've barely even eaten." Astrid said. "You even turned down Heather's yak chops!"

I winced at Astrid tone. It was true I hadn't eaten for a while, and Heather's yak chops were no exception. They were the food of the gods.(Now I really want yak chops. :P)

"Come on Hiccup, you have to get of here at some point. You can't stay in here forever." Heather agreed.

Toothless warbled in agreement and I looked at him. "You're supposed to be on my side here." i said.

"See? Even Toothless agrees." Astrid said.

I threw my hands up in surrender. "Fine. I'll go." I said.

"Finally. Now come on, we're losing daylight." Astrid and ran off with Heather following.

Toothless got up from his slab of rock, and walked over. I looked at him. "Why do you hate me?" I said. He warbled.

. . .

A few hours later, I flew Toothless alongside Astrid and Heather.

"I'll take the islands to the west. Astrid, you'll take south. Hiccup, east." Heather said, and she took off.

"Well she's coming out of her shell." Astrid said, and flew off.

"Looks like it's just me and you, bud."I said. Suddenly a roar cut through the air.

"What-" I then I noticed the roar sounded familiar: A skrill.

"Come on. We have to find out where that was." I said. Toothless growled in agreement, and took off for the source of the sound.

About an hour later, we came to Changewing Island, with no luck finding the source if the sound. I was starting to think it was just the Twins messing with me again, but when we came to the shores of the island, there was something there that looked terribly like a body. Toothless growled, and I patted his neck.

"Yeah, I see it too. Let's check it out." I said, and landed Toothless a few yards away from the thing on the beach. When we got closer, I noticed it was a female body. But it was only a child, maybe twelve or thirteen years old. I got off Toothless and walked to the girl. I studied her features as I got closer: long, jet black hair, black shirt and pants, and yeah, you guessed it, black boots. She would've been beautiful, except for the fact that her hair was in knots and had sand all over it. Her shirt was in tatters with slash marks all over it like someone had repeatedly whipped her, and she had a deep gash on her forehead, which was oozing blood and seeping into her eyes. In fact she also had slash marks across her back, which were bleeding with no end. She looked like she was dead, and her chest wasn't even rising and falling to the rhythm of her slow breaths. I put my hand on her neck for a pulse. I kept it for about five seconds before I finally felt the light thump of her pulse. I breathed a sigh of relief and noticed the prints in the sand around her. Skrill tracks. Toothless came over and sniffed the tracks. He growled at the prints and I patted his head. "Yeah I know bud, they're Skrill tracks." I said and looked up at the sky. Not a cloud in sight. Weird. Where did the Skrill go? I pushed the thought aside and picked up the girl. "Come one we have to get her to base." I said, and mounted Toothless. We took off, but met Astrid and Heather only a few seconds later.

"What in the name of Thor? Who is that?" Astrid asked.

I shrugged. "We have to get her base, she's losing blood fast." I said.

"We should get her to Fishlegs. He knows a lot about healing." Heather offered.

I nodded, and we all took off for the edge.

. . .

I layed her down on my bed, and Fishlegs gasped from behind me.

"She looks horrible! How did this happen?" He asked.

"I don't know. I just found her on Changewing island like this." I said.

"Anyone recognize her?" Astrid asked the others.

"Actually, she does kind of look familiar." Snotlout said.

I looked at her more closely, and noticed Snotlout was right. She did look familiar, but from where?

I went over to the cabinet and brought out the gauze and bandages.

"I actually noticed something while I was there." I said, and gave the supplies to Fishlegs.

"What was it?" He asked.

"Dragon tracks. But not regular tracks, Skrill tracks." I said, and everyone's mouths dropped.

"Another Skrill?" Tuffnut exclaimed happily.

"Great! Just what we needed along with the hunters. Just great!" Snotlout said.

"And that's not all. Before I found her, I heard a roar of a Skrill. But the weird thing is, there were no clouds at all." I said.

"That's weird. Skrills will always follow a storm, so they can protect themselves." Fishlegs said.

"That's what I thought. What would a Skrill be doing away from a storm?" I said.

. . .

That night, I slept beside Toothless while the girl slept in my bed. She still hadn't woken up yet, probably from the blood loss. Fishlegs had found multiple whip marks across her back, which was kind of weird for a twelve year old. She also had a deep gash across her forehead, and a broken left leg. We had cleaned her up best we could, although her whip marks and gash are infected. We got the sand out of her hair, which took forever. What I'm trying to figure out; how in the name of Thor did she get this beat up?

A groan came from upstairs and Toothless's head perked up. "Well she's up." I said, and walked over to the stairs. I started to go up when there was a small intake from the girl. I went up and found the girl curled up in the corner of the bed, staring at me with wide, terrified blue eyes.

"It's okay." I said. "Just calm down, I'm not gonna hurt you."

That did a total of absolutely nothing to calm down the petrified girl.

"Where am I?" She squeaked.

"You're in our base camp, Dragon's Edge." I said.

Toothless came out from behind me and the girl gasped.

"It's okay, he's not gonna hurt you." I soothed. "What's your name?" I asked.

"L-lydia." She got out. Toothless walked over and sniffed her. Her blue eyes widened in terror as Toothless growled at her.

"Toothless!" I scolded. I pulled him away from Lydia. "Sorry, he's usually not like this." I apologized.

"Hiccup? What's going on in there?" Astrid called.

"It's fine, Astrid." I called down. The door opened and Astrid came running upstairs. When she saw Lydia, she smirked.

"Well she's up." She said. "But why is he so scared?" She asked in a lower voice.

"Because Toothless was growling at her, but she was scared before that." I whispered.

"Why would he growl at her?" She asked.

"Trying to figure that part out." I said.

I looked over at Lydia, who was staring at Astrid like she just grew two more arms.

"So, Lydia," I started. "What can you tell us about the Skrill?"

If possible, her eyes got bigger. "The Skrill? What Skrill?" She quickly said. I mentally raised an eyebrow. Why was she acting so strange?

"The Skrill that was with you while you were still passed out on that island. What happened to it?" I asked.

"I didn't see any Skrill." She said.

"There were tracks around you when I found you." I said.

"I don't know what happened to it." She said.

"Really? Could you at least tell us what you remember?" I asked.

"All I remember is when I was with the hunters." She said, and my blood ran cold.

The Dragon Hunters?

"What were you doing with them?" I asked.

"I forget. All I remember from there are the faces of my cousins." Lidia said. Her eyes seemed to soften as she thought about them. I started to form an idea, but quickly pushed the thought aside. But I had to be sure.

"And who are your cousins?" I asked.

"Viggo and Ryker Grimborn."

*Crowd gasps loudly* If you thought that was surprising, wait till you see what I have in store. It's unpredictable. *Laughs evilly* Okay so here's a question: What is the diff between a slither song and a death song? Cause I have no idea. I watched a video but it didn't help. Also: did anyone else notice that in the first episode of the third season of "Race to The Edge," That when Hiccup was about to be branded, it was the same brand that Eret had in HTTYD 2? Anyone else think that's a coincidence?! Put it in the reviews if you agree.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed and please review!