RTTE Season 3
The Enemy of my Enemy
Two months after Hiccup and the riders faced Viggo and the dragon hunters, Hiccup was even more determined to find Viggo and get the Dragon Eye back. It had gotten to the point where the other riders were getting worried about him.
Hiccup woke Toothless up one morning for a recon flight, just the two of them. Hiccup brought Toothless down to the stables where he saddled him up, and put his armor on. Toothless was still very sleepy. He shook himself awake when Hiccup put his armor on. The metal itched badly. Toothless roared in discomfort and shook the armor off.
"Come on bud work with me here," Hiccup said frustrated. Toothless just frowned at him. He didn't like his armor, it was very heavy and itchy. He knew it had good intentions, but it was really hard to fly with it. Hiccup gave in and lead Toothless outside to the runway. From here they could see the yurt where Serenity was sitting outside with her dragon friends.
Serenity was still traumatized from when Viggo captured her, mostly because she still had shackles on her wrists and neck. Hiccup didn't really have time to try and take them off. The dragons couldn't get them off, since the shackles were made by dragon hunters. Serenity was stuck with them for a while, and she was miserable. The shackles were heavy and rough. They didn't choke her, but she couldn't swallow large items. She didn't sleep very well at night because of them.
"Well Toothless," Hiccup said. "If you won't wear your armor, then we should bring a dragon that will, and a dragon healer." Toothless nodded in agreement. They made their way over to the yurt. Serenity's dragon friends were still asleep: Flash and Polaris slept on either side of the yurt, and Tenor slept beside the came fire. Serenity sat in her chair, also asleep.
"Hey Tenor," Hiccup said loudly. Tenor opened his eyes and sat up.
"What do you need?" he asked.
"We were hoping you would join us in a recon flight for Viggo or his dragon hunters," Hiccup said. "Toothless won't wear his armor, and you always wear yours." Tenor got to his feet and stretched his wings.
"I really don't want to leave Serenity behind," he said. "She's been through enough hell."
"Bring her along then," Hiccup said. "We may need a healer. You can put her on the nearest island or sea stack." Tenor narrowed his eyes.
"Alright," he said. He quietly approached his dragon healer. He nudged her face. Serenity stirred and opened her eyes. She sat up and yawned.
"Serenity, we're going on a little field trip," Tenor said. "And we may need a dragon healer." Serenity sighed.
"Ok, I like the idea of being useful," she said. She grabbed her hat and put her medical bag on the back of her saddle. She mounted up.
"Thanks Serenity," Hiccup said, also mounting up. They all took off and headed over the ocean.
They didn't talk much. Serenity was rummaging through her medical bag, to see if she was running low on anything. Luckily she had everything. No one spoke for several miles. Serenity kept wincing whenever the shackle on her neck pinched her.
After several hours of flying, they spotted an unfamiliar island up ahead. Both dragons sped up and flew over the island. On the other side of it, they saw a dragon hunting ship.
"There they are," Hiccup said. "What do you say we take a closer look."
"I'll join you in a minuet," Tenor said. He turned and flew towards the hart of the island. He landed in front of a large cave, shrouded by trees. Serenity dismounted and took her bag down. The shackle on her neck was really itchy. She started scratching it, but Tenor stopped her.
"Don't scratch," he said. "That shackle is doing enough damage to your neck, I don't want you making it worse."
"But it itches," Serenity said.
"I know," Tenor said. "We'll find a way to get it off I promise, but don't scratch it." Serenity sighed and went into the cave. Tenor spread his wings and took off. He joined back up with Hiccup and Toothless.
"What kept you?" Hiccup said.
"That shackle is making Serenity very sore," Tenor said. "I had to stop her from scratching it and making it worse."
"Let go get that ship," Hiccup said. "I'll worry about those shackles later." He turned Toothless around, and they headed for the ship.
They began firing at it the minuet they were in range. The hunters fired back at them. The dragonroot arrows rained down from the sky, and they all missed. Tenor was protected by his armor. Toothless wondered how he could tolerate having all that armor on him. They continued to attack the ship. Tenor tried to draw most of the arrows to him, and not Toothless. But just as they were circling around for another attack, Toothless felt something stab his tail. He roared in pain, for once it wasn't his red tail fin that got hit, but the main part of his tail. The dragonroot extract made him woozy. Hiccup instantly steered him towards the island, but Toothless was failing fast.
"Hang in there bud," Hiccup said. "Tenor! we need your help." Tenor turned his attention to them. He turned and headed over to help them. He barely noticed the arrows hitting his armor. Toothless descended rapidly and Hiccup was worried they wouldn't make it to the island. Tenor flew right below them, ready to catch Toothless if he ever passed out. But very luckily they did get to the island and crashed onto the ground. Hiccup was thrown out of the saddle. He quickly jumped to his feet and looked over at his dragon. Toothless was still down, and writhing in pain. Hiccup ran to him.
"I'm right here Toothless, I've got you," he said. Toothless either didn't hear him, or he was in too much pain to listen. Hiccup looked at the arrow in the dragon's tail. He grabbed it to pull it out, but Toothless roared in pain and jerked his tail away. Hiccup looked over at Tenor.
"Where did you put Serenity?" he asked.
"In a cave," Tenor said. "Not far from here." He could see the tall rock where the cave was.
"Can you help me get Toothless to to her?" Hiccup asked. Tenor walked over without a word. He held Toothless's tail down with his paw, and pulled the arrow out with his teeth. Toothless roared again. Tenor spat the arrow out.
"Come on cousin," he said. "Lets get you up." He used his wing and shoulder to boost Toothless on to his feet. Toothless leaned on him and they made their way to the cave.
It was a very slow trek to the cave. Toothless just wanted to lay down, every one of his limbs hurt. He put all his weight on Tenor. Little did they know that the hunters from the ship had landed on the island and were looking for them.
At long last they reached the cave. Serenity was there waiting for them. She got to her feet as they hobbled in. Tenor set Toothless down.
"What happened?" Serenity asked.
"He got shot in the tail by a dragonroot arrow," Hiccup said.
"Oh, dear," Serenity sighed. She knelt beside Toothless with her bag. He squirmed in pain. Serenity calmed him down the best she could. At that moment they heard the hunters closing in on them.
"I'll go lead them away," Hiccup said.
"I'll help," Tenor said.
"You guys stay here and try to stay quiet," Hiccup said. Serenity nodded.
"I'll try and do something about his tail," she said. Hiccup and Tenor ran outside. They put branches over the cave entrance.
"Hiccup, come back!" Toothless cried, trying to get to his feet. Serenity held him down.
"Toothless, calm down," she whispered. "They'll be back." Toothless settled back down, wincing.
"It hurts," he moaned.
"I know," Serenity said. "I know, but try to keep still. Can you breathe okay?"
"Yes ma'am," Toothless said. "It just hurts to move." Serenity petted him gently.
"Focus on your breathing, don't pay attention to anything else," she said. "It'll help keep you from going into shock. I'm going to take a look at your tail." She moved down to his tail and looked for the wound. She was careful to not break anything connected to his red tail fin. Eventually she found it, marked with red blood.
"Am I going to die?" Toothless asked. He sounded scared.
"No, I'll make sure of that," Serenity said, as she cleaned the wound with Night Fury saliva. When she was done, she moved back to his head.
"What do we do now?" Toothless asked.
"We wait," Serenity said. "And stay quiet." She grimaced as the shackle on her neck started itching again. She fought the urge to scratch it. The ones on her wrists weren't as bad. Toothless tried to sit up, but it hurt to much.
"Oh where are they?" he moaned. "I want to get out of here." Serenity petted him again.
"So do I," she said. She massaged his ears, keeping him from going into shock.
Tenor flew low over the trees, watching Hiccup run through the woods. The hunters closing in on him. Every time one of them got too close, they would be knocked to the ground by and unseen source. Tenor spotted something moving in the shadow, following Hiccup. Tenor wasn't sure if he should attack it or not. He decided to keep his distance, and attack if he felt it was a threat. He focused on keeping the hunters from capturing Hiccup and finding Toothless. He attacked the remaining hunters that were chasing Hiccup, then landed in front of him.
"Thanks Tenor," Hiccup said, out of breath.
"I always wondered, is it harder or easier to run with that?" Tenor asked, looking at Hiccup's metal leg.
"It's easier nowadays," Hiccup said. "But it was harder when I was breaking it in. Can you give me a ride back to Toothless."
"Yes," Tenor said. "But I should go on foot, if I fly the other hunters will spot me and follow me." Hiccup nodded. Tenor knelt down and Hiccup mounted him. Tenor got back up and galloped back through the woods.
He took a detour that took him through rougher terrain, making it harder for the hunters to follow them. Luckily they didn't meet any more hunters. Soon they reached the cave. Hiccup jumped off and entered the cave, Tenor behind him. They found Serenity and Toothless sitting quietly.
"How's he doing?" Hiccup asked, kneeling beside his dragon.
"He's not out of the woods yet," Serenity said. "But at least he's not going into shock."
"We have to get him on his feet," Hiccup said. "They could be on us any minuet." No sooner had he said this, then they heard voiced coming from outside. Hiccup when to the entrance and peeked through the branches. He saw several hunters closing in on their cave. Serenity was working on waking Toothless up. When he did wake up, he saw that Hiccup was back.
"Hiccup, you came back," he said. Serenity hurried to quiet him down. Hiccup came over too. Tenor put himself between them and the hunters, who had heard Toothless's roar. Hiccup got to his feet and stood beside Tenor.
"If they want you Toothless, they're going to have to go through me," he said. He picked up a nearby rock and held it above his head. Both he and Tenor readied themselves for a fight. But then all of a sudden there came a commotion from outside. Hiccup and Tenor exchanged a glance. Then the branches were removed, and a shadowy figure entered, that Hiccup knew all too well.
"Hello Hiccup," said Dagur. Hiccup stood there stunned. Tenor paused for a moment, also stunned. Hiccup quickly got over it and ran at Dagur with the rock in his hands. However he was so blinded by rage that Dagur put him in a headlock easily.
"Hiccup I'm not here to hurt you," Dagur said. But Hiccup still struggled. "Seriously you need to calm down." Tenor slammed his tail into the two of them, knocking them both out of the cave. Dagur released Hiccup, who rolled away. He jumped to his feet, and readied for another attack. But then he spotted all the hunters knocked out, and this surprised him. He looked at Dagur, realizing what had happen.
"You?" he asked.
"Plenty of time to answer your Hiccupy question later," Dagur said quickly. "But first we have to move your dragon before they wake up." He pointed at the defeated hunters. "Unless you'd rather deal with them yourself." Hiccup glanced from the hunters to Toothless. He sighed and dropped the rock in his hand.
"I'll take my chances," he said. They went back inside. Tenor remained tense, but didn't attack. Hiccup knelt beside Toothless. The dragon didn't look up to flying let alone walking.
"I have a cave, short ways from here," Dagur said. "It's much safer." He turned to Tenor. "Hello again." Tenor snarled in reply. Hiccup turned to Serenity.
"Looks like we're following Dagur," he said. Serenity looked at Dagur, and he looked back at her.
"Hello there," Dagur said pleasantly, giving a little wave. Serenity swallowed nervously.
"You're sure?" she asked.
"For now yes," Hiccup said. He and Serenity got Toothless up, and they followed Dagur out of the cave. Serenity grabbed her bag as they passed it.
They made their way through the woods again. Dagur led the way, and Tenor walked beside Toothless and his two supporters. He kept his eyes on Dagur, and was ready to attack if he turned on them. It was another long, slow trek; but luckily they didn't run into anymore hunters. Toothless seemed just as weary of Dagur as Tenor was.
Soon they reached the top of a waterfall. Dagur climbed down the rocks beside it. Everyone else paused. Hiccup turned to Serenity.
"I should take a look," he said.
"Go ahead, I've got him," Serenity said, adjusting her position so Toothless was leaning on just her. Hiccup went to the edge and looked down. He saw Dagur looking up at him from a lower rock. Hiccup groaned in frustration.
"I knew it," he said.
"Hiccup, this isn't a trap," said Dagur. "Look." Hiccup glanced around, confused.
"What?" he asked.
"Hiccup, just look over there," said Dagur. Please? I'll stay right here I promise." Hiccup went further out onto the rocks and looked where Dagur was pointing. He say another cave, perfectly concealed behind the waterfall. This surprised Hiccup further. But nonetheless he went back to the others, Dagur following. He led them to a small trail that led to the cave. Tenor took off and circled them, incase one of them fell off the edge.
"Be careful," Dagur said, as they crossed towards the cave. "The ledge is a bit slippery." His warning came a second too late. Hiccup's foot slipped and he fell off the edge towards the rapids below. Dagur quickly grabbed him, but slipped over as well. Toothless felt a surge of adrenaline, that woke him up enough to grab Dagur stopping both of them from falling to their deaths. He pulled them back up, and then the dragonroot kicked back in and he fainted. Serenity caught him before he hit the ground. Hiccup and Dagur were catching their breath.
"Could have warned me sooner," Hiccup said.
"I'll do better next time," Dagur said. He got to his feet.
"And I have officially stepped into an alternate Archipelago," Hiccup said. He got to his feet as well. They helped Serenity carry Toothless into the cave, Tenor soon joined them. When they entered Tenor shot fire onto a pile of logs, lighting up the cave. Toothless was laid down near the fire pit. Hiccup knelt beside him, and Serenity set her bag down. She noticed Dagur watching her, and stepped closer to Tenor.
"So you're a dragon healer," Dagur said.
"Yes," Serenity said. She moved her bag down by Toothless's tail. "I should get that wrapped up." She pointed at the wound. Hiccup cleared his throat to get Dagur's attention, then waited. Dagur realized what he was waiting for.
"Yes, answers, I did say those were in route," he said. He thought for a moment. "Well after I came to the unfortunate conclusion that I was merely expendable while part of the dragon hunters," he began. "Lead by Viggo Grimborn." He growled for several minuets then calmed down again. "How's Heather?" Hiccup thought around for an answer. Heather had flown off during the fight against Viggo.
"She's doing good," he said, hoping it wasn't a lie.
"Anyway," Dagur continued as he put more wood on the fire. "After that learning experience, I drifted at sea until I shipwrecked here. You'd be surprised what a near death experience and lots of hours of alone time will do to the mind." Hiccup chuckled, more out of amazement.
"What's so funny?" Dagur asked, raising his voice.
"You, this," Hiccup explained. "I knew you were crazy before, but this takes the cake."
"I am not, crazy," Dagur shouted, relaxing mid-sentence.
"Dagur why in Thor's name should I believe a word you say?" asked Hiccup.
"You shouldn't," Dagur said. "I don't deserve the benefit of the doubt." With that he turned back to Toothless. Serenity was finishing up with his tail. The dragon was barely moving.
"He's not looking good," Dagur said.
"He's never been hit with one of these," Hiccup said. "Maybe Night Furies react differently. Serenity?"
"His nerves are a lot more sensitive than the other dragons," Serenity explained, without looking up. "Dragonroot would not only make him pass out, but cause extreme pain. For now his nervous system has shut down and his whole body had gone numb. Don't worry it won't kill him, as long as he doesn't go into shock."
"I never liked those dragonroot arrows," Dagur commented. "Seemed like cheating to me, and I hate cheaters. There is an antidote for this though, I saw Ryker and his men make it."
"I've heard of it," Serenity said. "But I've never made it because I can never find all of the ingredients."
"The dragon hunters most like took them all," Dagur said. "But they can be found on this island. Hiccup and I can bring them back to you and you can make the antidote." Hiccup said nothing.
"Alright," Serenity agreed. Dagur grabbed two swords on the wall and tossed one to Hiccup.
"You may need that," he explained. "They're still out there."
"Tenor should go with you," Serenity said. "We'll be okay here." With that, they left. Serenity finished what she was doing and moved up to Toothless's head. He had fallen asleep.
Hiccup and Dagur wandered through the woods looking for the ingredients. Tenor kept his senses on alert for anymore hunters. Luckily none showed.
"First ingredient is bitterweed," said Dagur, glancing down at a green plant in front of him. "Looks like this only darker." Hiccup glanced around.
"So what caused this new Dagur?" he asked.
"I told you," Dagur said. "Near death experience, and a lot of time to think." Just then he spotted another plant nearby, a violet one. He went over and picked it up.
"Found it," he announced. Tenor landed and handed him a small pouch Serenity often used when gathering herbs. Dagur took it and put the bitterweed inside. They continued onwards.
"Next we need the branch of a fire fern," Dagur said. "It's the big red pant under the big elm trees." Hiccup spotted said plant and hurried over to it. "Just make sure you don't touch it with your bare hands." But again his warning came seconds too late. Hiccup grabbed the plant, but ended up slicing his hand open. Dagur and Tenor ran over to him. Tenor picked up the fern Hiccup had dropped, protected by his scales, and placed it in the pouch.
"Could have used the warning," Hiccup said, clutching his hand.
"Yeah, got to work on that," Dagur muttered. He grabbed Hiccup's hand and pulled him to a near by brook. He put Hiccup's hand in the water.
"Let that sit for a few minuets," Dagur said. "And hey, next ingredient, fresh water." He filled a water bottle with water from the brook. "So why are you out here by yourself if I might ask? That dragon healer is pretty and all, but she doesn't seem much of a fighter. I saw no weapons on her."
"Let just say you weren't the only one who changed after Viggo Grimborn," Hiccup explained. He pulled his hand out and Dagur looked at it.
"You'll live," he said. He put the now full water bottle into the pouch. They moved onto the last ingredient.
They came to a tall rock with purple flowers on the rim. Hiccup hesitated. He recognized the flowers as Purple Oleanders. He remembered that Blue Oleanders were poisonous. He turned to Dagur.
"You sure about this?" he asked.
"Of course I'm sure," said Dagur.
"Blue Oleander can kill a dragon," said Hiccup. "What makes you think Purple Oleander will be any different?"
"Well it's..."
"Please don't say it's purple," Hiccup interrupted, rolling his eyes.
"I was going to say, nature," Dagur clarified. "It's always a, a great mystery. Like Heather and me. We're brother and sister, and yet we are nothing alike." Hiccup sighed, finding he could't argue with this little speech. He began climbing the rock, Tenor was still watching for hunters. Hiccup was half way up the rock when a hunter ran at Dagur from behind the trees. Dagur spun round and punched him. The hunter stumbled and fell. Another hunter came at them. Tenor roared and tackled him, pinning him to the ground. Hiccup could do nothing as he was dangling from the rock. Tenor glared down at the hunter, and was about to bite his neck.
"Tenor no," Dagur ordered. "Don't kill him." Tenor paused and looked over at him, surprised. He looked back at the hunter, and knocked him out with his paw.
"You should go help Hiccup," Dagur suggested. Tenor nodded. He flew up to assist Hiccup. They got the Purple Oleanders and Tenor gave Hiccup a ride back down, saving him another deadly climb. They landed and Hiccup dismounted. He looked at Dagur amazed that he'd stopped Tenor from going in for the kill.
"I told you I've changed," Dagur said. Suddenly he spotted another hunter aiming a crossbow at Hiccup. He shoved Hiccup out of the way as the hunter fired, getting the arrow in his shoulder. Hiccup sat up and glanced around, a bit dizzy.
"What did you do that for?" he asked, but then he spotted the arrow in Dagur's shoulder. Just then the hunter who fired the arrow, ran at them. Tenor slammed his tail into his head, knocking him out.
Hiccup put the purple flower into the pouch with the other items. Then he heaved Dagur onto Tenor's back. They made their way back towards the cave. Neither of them spoke as Hiccup was too worried about Toothless, and Tenor was too worried about Serenity.
Soon they reached the cave. Serenity was still sitting beside Toothless, massaging his ears to keep him from going into shock. She looked up when they entered.
"How's he doing?" Hiccup asked.
"No change," Serenity said. "He hasn't moved the whole time, but he's not getting any worse. Did you find the ingredients?" Hiccup handed her the pouch and she looked inside it. Satisfied, Serenity got to her feet and grabbed a nearby cauldron. She put it over the fire, which Tenor ignited. Serenity poured the water into the pot, then waited for it to boil. While she was doing that, Hiccup got Dagur off Tenor's saddle and put him on a bed roll. He addressed his injures with supplies from Serenity's bag. No one spoke, and focused on work. Serenity checked on Toothless every few minuets.
When the water was boiling, Serenity put the rest on the items into the pot; she used a small pair of tongs to handle fire fern. She used a stick to stir it all together. She was almost done when Dagur came round. He sat up and saw Hiccup looking down at him.
"You'll live," Hiccup said.
"You did this for me?" Dagur asked, touched.
"Think of it as payback for, well, everything," Hiccup said, he couldn't help but be generous. Dagur got to his feet and took a look at the potion.
"We were just about to give it to him," Hiccup said.
"Needs more purple," Dagur said. Serenity reached into the pouch and pulled out another purple flower. She put it in the pot, the potion turned from dark green to bright purple. Dagur gave her thumbs up. Serenity ladled some of the potion into an empty flask, and put it in her bag to save for later. Hiccup took the cauldron off the fire and set it down in front of Toothless. Dagur saw him hesitate.
"You know we can wait until the dragonroot wears off and hope they don't find us before that happens" he said. "But if I were you, I'd drop the paranoia. It's not good, and it's not you." Hiccup sighed and turned to his dragon, who could hardly keep his eyes open.
"Here you go bud," Hiccup said. Toothless opened his mouth and Hiccup dumped the whole potion into his mouth. Only a second passed before Toothless started writhing violently, like he was having a seizure. Hiccup instantly grew concerned. Then Toothless slumped to the ground and went limp.
"Toothless!" Hiccup cried. He knelt beside the Night Fury, looking for signs of life. He didn't move at all. Hiccup turned on Dagur..
"What did you do?" he asked, getting furious. Dagur said nothing. Toothless woke back up and started writhing again, only to go limp again. Dagur approached him, but Hiccup turned on him again.
"You stay away from him!" Hiccup roared.
"Hiccup I didn't know I swear," Dagur said. But Hiccup was clearly done listening. He roared in outrage and tackled Dagur, right through the waterfall. Serenity took a huge breath. She had kept her distance, not wanting to get in the way of a fight. She pulled her stethoscope out of her bag and knelt beside Toothless. She listened to his heartbeat, it sounded normal. She sighed with relief.
"Is he dead?" Tenor asked.
"No," Serenity said. "He's just fine." She leaned over his head. "Toothless, come on wake up." She patted the side of his face. Toothless stirred and opened his green eyes. Serenity smiled at him.
"There you are," she said, her voice was really soft. "You feel better?" Toothless looked at her.
"Yes ma'am," he said. "That stuff is very spicy." Serenity chuckled.
"It worked though," she said. "Can you stand up?" She got up. Toothless rolled so his feet were under him, and heaved himself up. Serenity beamed and hugged him. "That was close." She let go and scratched his ears. Toothless looked around.
"Where's Hiccup?" he asked.
"He and Dagur took a dive though the waterfall," Tenor said. "Apparently Hiccup is really lacking patience today. I'm going to go see where they ended up." He spread his wings and flew out of the cave. Serenity heard Toothless moan sadly.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"Why would Hiccup just leave me here?" Toothless asked. "When I was sick in the past he almost never left my side, unless it was to find medicine." He sat on his haunches, and looked down at his tail. Serenity petted him gently.
"I wish I had an answer for you," she said. "But I haven't been around humans enough to know what goes on in their minds. Humans will always be a mystery to me." Toothless lowered his head, and she scratched behind his ears.
"It's so nice to have at least one human who understands us," Toothless said. "Our kind is so lucky to have you." They sat down to wait for Tenor.
Tenor flew over the woods, staying close to the river. He saw that Hiccup and Dagur had been captured by the hunters. They were bound and kneeling before the captain. Tenor tutted softly. He glided down and landed silently in the branches of a nearby tree. He saw Dagur escape, but he ran off leaving Hiccup. The hunters didn't follow Dagur but dragged Hiccup back to their ship. Tenor turned around and flew back towards the waterfall. He thought about rescuing Hiccup himself, but figured Toothless would want to do it instead.
He landed back in the cave. Serenity and Toothless jumped to their feet.
"The hunters got Hiccup," Tenor said. "Dagur escaped. I figured you would want to rescue your rider."
"Thanks cousin, it would nice to get out of this cave," Toothless said. He then turned to Serenity. "You're going to have to operate my tail." Serenity looked surprised at this.
"You sure?" she said.
"You just have to keep the tail open, and I'll do the rest. Hiccup fixed the pedals so people with both their legs can still operate my tail," Toothless said. "Please, Hiccup needs me. And I really want to get out of here."
"It's not a fight, it's just a rescue," Tenor added. Serenity sighed.
"Alright," she said. She picked up her bag and put it on Tenor's saddle. She then mounted Toothless. She opened his tail and they were off, Tenor right behind them.
They flew towards the coast. They kept their eyes open for Hiccup. Tenor led them in the direction he'd seen them go. They suddenly spotted Dagur below, flagging them down. Serenity steered Toothless down towards him, but didn't land.
"The hunters are taking Hiccup back to their ship," Dagur said. "I want to help rescue him" Serenity tilted her head in curiosity.
"You're very confusing Dagur," she said. "But alright." She landed Toothless and Dagur got on behind her.
"Just keep your hands to yourself," Serenity added. She clicked the stirrup and Toothless took off again.
Dagur gave her directions on what angle to fly in on. Serenity steered Toothless in the directions he pointed. Eventually they found the hunters on the beach. When Toothless saw his rider, he began chomping at the bit. Serenity clicked the stirrup and he went into an attack run. Dagur held on for dear life as the Night Fury sped up. Both dragons began firing at the hunters to ward them off. They were running in all directions, releasing their prisoner. When the hunters were long gone, Serenity landed Toothless near Hiccup. Dagur jumped off, and had to take a knee because wasn't accustomed to flying at Night Fury speeds. Hiccup was overjoyed to see his dragon. Serenity dismounted and went over to her dragon. Hiccup hugged Toothless best he could with his hands tied. Toothless nuzzled Hiccup, just as excited.
"Good to see you bud," Hiccup said. Dagur recovered slightly.
"I have no idea how you stomach that," he said, cutting Hiccup's bonds with his sword. Hiccup got on Toothless, just as the hunters came back. Serenity mounted Tenor and he flew her to safety. Hiccup and Toothless took off and attacked the hunters closing in on them, and the remaining hunters on the ship. It felt so good to be flying again after all that. They defeated the hunters with little effort.
However when they got back to the beach, Dagur was no where in sight. Serenity and Tenor were circling way above the beach. Hiccup called for Dagur, but got no answer. He steered Toothless out to sea, looking for him. But it was clear to both of them, that Dagur was long gone. Toothless crooned, slightly disappointed.
"I know bud," said Hiccup. "We really owe him one." He sighed and steered Toothless in the direction of Dragon's Edge.
They were finally on their way home. Serenity and Tenor flew beside them. Serenity was rubbing her neck, the shackle was making it really sore.
"Thanks for your help today Serenity," Hiccup said.
"You're welcome," Serenity said. "I like being useful."
"And nice job flying Toothless," Hiccup added. Serenity smiled at him.
"Not as tricky as it looks," she said, yawning. "I really need a nap after all that."
"Me too," Hiccup said. "Lets get back and get some shut eye." He clicked the stirrup and Toothless sped up. They all headed back towards Dragon's Edge. They failed to see Dagur sailing in the opposite direction, far below.