"Italics: Dragon's speaking"

*Italics: telepathical speaking*

Italics: Thinking

Author's note: The dragon riders ride on their dragons while the guardians such as Aniu and Nava fly using their wings. All dragons with more than one head have a – between their names as each head has a name. For example: Barf-Belch, Lefa-Rila. This note is here just to avoid confusion.

Right now the Dragoniters group consists of: Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly, Snotlout, Hookfang, Fishlegs, Meatlug, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Barf-Belch, Aniu and Nava.

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Dragons and Guardians: Defenders of Berk

Chapter 1: Live and Let Fly

Inside a dark cave lit by torches, Fishlegs Ingerman sat on a chair bound by ropes. "Tell us what you about dragons, boy. Tell us how you train them." A sinister voice said. "I won't talk. You can't make me." Fishlegs said firmly, struggling against the ropes holding him to the chair.

"Oh, I think we can." The voice said evilly and one by one, the torches were blown out, leaving Fishlegs unable to see. "H-h-hello? Is anybody there? You can't...you can't leave me in here." Fishlegs whimpered as his fear of the dark began to take over.

After a few seconds, he cracked. "Okay! Hiccup and Aniu are the joint leaders of the Berk Dragon Academy! Hiccup rides a Night Fury named Toothless! Aniu's a guardian. She's kind and sweet most of the time but when someone makes her mad, she gets really angry! Then there's Astrid. She's mean but in a nice way. Her dragon is a Deadly Nadder named Stormfly. She shoots spines and really hot fire and likes chicken. Nava is a guardian and he's Aniu's boyfriend. Snotlout rides a Monstrous Nightmare named Hookfang. We're not actually sure who's more monstrous, him or the dragon. And then there's the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut. They share a Hideous Zippleback named Barf-Belch and they fight over him."

The sound of a Night Fury's incoming plasma blast was heard and the torches were relit. Fishlegs's fellow Dragoniters were standing there, staring at Fishlegs with less than impressed expressions on their faces. They were learning how to avoid breaking and revealing any information in case they were ever captured and interrogated by hostile people. The others had done okay but Fishlegs...didn't do so well.

"What? You know I hate the dark!" Fishlegs exclaimed, still recovering from his moment of panic. "Well, that was an epic fail." Aniu remarked. "Fishlegs needs to learn how to overcome his fear of the dark." Nava said. "Great, Fishlegs. More like Guppylegs. Oh, jeez." Tuffnut muttered.

"Fishlegs, you can't cave in. Alvin will do a lot more than turn out the lights to get you to talk. He had Aniu and I locked in a dudgeon. Toothless was chained and muzzled for days. You need to stick with what we discussed: your name, where you live and nothing else." Hiccup said.

"Actually, Hiccup, I am sensing a problem with the last thing you said. Berk is where us Dragoniters live and Fishlegs is a member of our group. If Fishlegs said his name was Fishlegs and that he lived on the Island of Berk, the interrogators would know Fishlegs knows about us since he is one of us and comes from the same place as us. And there is the fact that they could recognise him from any past confrontations or encounters." Aniu said.

"Aniu, you're right but I can't think of anything else for us to say if any of us do get captured and interrogated. And what you said was nothing short of geniusness." Hiccup said. "If Fishlegs was captured and someone interrogated him, he could always say that his name is something like Thomas and that he doesn't live on Berk or know anything about us Dragoniters. But you're gonna have to try really hard if you are a bad liar." Nava said.

"All right, I'll work on it." Fishlegs said. "Try your best, Fishlegs." Aniu said gently. She was the one who had suggested the training exercise in the first place. Ever since they were young, Aniu and Nava had been taught survival skills plus basic battle strategies and tactics when they lived on Guardian Island so they knew a thing or two about what to do when being interrogated.

The teens began to leave. "Mean? I'm not mean." Astrid said defensively, remembering what Fishlegs had said about her. Snotlout chose that moment to flirt with her. "It's okay, Astrid. I like mean girls." He said suavely. Astrid groaned in disgust. As they left, the Dragoniters forgot the fact that they had left Fishlegs alone in the dark with just Meatlug for company.

"Hey, girl. Can you untie me?" He asked his beloved Gronckle. But not knowing how to untie the ropes without hurting Fishlegs, Meatlug gave her rider a sloppy lick across the cheek and lay down for a nap. "Please." Fishlegs begged. Aniu and Nava remembered Fishlegs and came back for him minutes later. "Sorry, Fish." Aniu apologized, untying the ropes that held Fishlegs to the chair. Nava woke Meatlug up and the four of them went to back to their homes.

The next morning, Stoick Haddock, the chief of Berk had issued an order that his son Hiccup and Aniu were not happy about. Theo and Nala were helping some men push a catapult down the ramps while Fengo and Namara supervised the construction of the defences in case there was an attack.

"Grounded? All the dragons and guardians, are you serious?" Hiccup asked Stoick, flabbergasted. "Deadly serious. From this point forth, there is a ban on flying, period." Stoick told his son and Aniu firmly. Hiccup and Aniu were astounded. How were they supposed to defend the island if they couldn't get airborne in any way. And there was the fact that banning a dragon from flying was oppressive and unfair.

"What? What about training, patrolling?" Aniu asked in disbelief. "What part of 'ban on flying' do you not understand, Aniu?" Stoick asked her. "But that's...that's ridiculous." Hiccup protested. "I want that wall higher!" Stoick yelled at a man who was building a wall. "Aye, aye, sir." The Viking yelled back.

"Are you calling your father ridiculous?" Stoick questioned his son. "Of course not. I would never call my father ridiculous. I'm calling my chief ridiculous." Hiccup snarked. "Oooh, burn." Toothless said in agreement before startling as a wooden pole fell behind him and landed with a thud.

"Careful, you two. You as well, dragon." Stoick said before walking up the walkway with Hiccup, Aniu and Toothless following him. "Stoick, grounding the dragons and forbidding us from training and preparing will mean facing a huge risk of being unprepared for any attacks from the Outcasts. If we don't patrol, then how will we be able to see an incoming fleet?" Aniu tried to reason with Stoick but the stubborn Viking didn't listen to her.

"Dad, Alvin has his own dragons. Changewings, Scauldrons, Whispering Deaths. I saw them with my own eyes. Aniu did as well." Hiccup said. "He could even have Typhoomerangs, Thunderdrums and Smothering Smokebreaths for all we know." Aniu added.

"Yes, when you two were kidnapped and locked up in an Outcast prison." Stoick said, referring to what Hiccup had said. "A prison which we managed to escape from." Aniu pointed out. "He's also read the Book of Dragons, he has seen Astrid train a Monstrous Nightmare and he still has Mildew. Who, by the way, I really doubt will hold up under questioning." Hiccup said pleadingly.

"Speaking of Mildew, I have this feeling that he's working for our enemies now. Why would he change his mind towards dragons so much? I thought he hated them immensely. He was acting pretty suspicious when he was with us." Aniu murmured thoughtfully.

Stoick put his large hands on his son's small shoulders. "If Alvin learns how to train his dragons and he attacks with them, our only chance is to fight back with ours." Hiccup said firmly."I understand that. But I'm not going to risk your life, Aniu's life or the lives of any of your fellow Dragoniters. This is my final word." He said firmly before walking away.

Hiccup and Aniu glanced at each other, sighed in disappointment and petted their best dragon friend in the world. "This stinks." Aniu muttered. "No kidding." Hiccup mumbled in agreement.

Later in the afternoon, Hiccup and Aniu told their fellow Dragoniters about the ban on flying. Needless to say, they were not happy. They were quite upset, actually. "And you two agreed? Just like that?" Astrid asked, glaring at the two. "So none of us can fly at all? But we have to train, patrol the island and prepare ourselves" Nava said in disbelief.

"What other choice did we have? He's the chief, who also happens to be my incredibly overprotective father." Hiccup said. "Well, we have to get him to change his mind!" Astrid exclaimed. "That's not going to be easy, considering who the chief is, Astrid." Aniu said. "Stoick the Vast. Uh, good luck with that." Fishlegs said nervously.

"So what am I supposed to do with Hookfang if he can't fly?" Snotlout asked angrily. "You know what happens when his 'inner warrior' is caged up?" He didn't notice his Monstrous Nightmare set the end of his tail on fire, raise it up and take a swing at him. Snotlout was sent sliding across the arena floor and into Astrid's waiting boot. "That is what happens." He said, his voice muffled by Astrid's boot pinning his face down.

"Whoa. We should've have caged his inner warrior up a long time ago. That was awesome." Tuffnut said. "Yeah." Ruffnut agreed. "But what about Stormfly, Hookfang, Meatlug and Barf-Belch's mates and kids? What are they going to do?" Nava asked. "We don't know, Nava. But we'll find something, hopefully." Aniu said.

"Look, I know this is going to be hard, but I'll keep working on my father and hopefully he'll change his mind." Hiccup calmed his friends down. "And what if he doesn't?" Astrid asked. Hiccup frowned, he couldn't not answer that one. "Well, we went behind Stoick's back once and look what we got." Aniu said, gesturing around her at the Academy. "If nothing else works, Ni, we'll use that one again." Hiccup said, smiling at his surrogate sister's suggestion.

As the sky darkened, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu, Nava, Toothless and Stormfly walked back to their homes. "Wow, I forgot what a long walk it is from the Academy. Sure would be nice to be flying home." Astrid remarked. "Why, thank you, Astrid, for that observation because I clearly don't have enough on my plate right now." Hiccup replied.

Stormfly walked back to the Hofferson House where Arrow, Skyflier, Forestflier and Violet would be waiting for her in their stable. "We could always train in hand-to-hand combat and weapons, magic for Nava and I." Aniu suggested. "Yeah, but not all of our battles are going to be on land." Hiccup said. "I hate to think of what will happen if we don't train." Nava remarked.

"Don't worry, guys. We will get some training done and teaching our dragons how to fight without flying seems to be a pretty good idea." Astrid replied. Then Toothless saw the setting sun and nudged Hiccup and Aniu. "Come on, it's time for our Night Flight." The Night Fury said impatiently.

"What's with him?" Astrid asked. "It's sunset. We always fly around the village when it gets dark with Aniu. He loves it." Hiccup said. "I love it too. It's a good activity to do to end the day right." Aniu said, running her fingers over the short spines on Toothless's head.

"Poor Toothless. No family, no other Night Furies, no night flying. What's left for him really?" Astrid said sympathetically. Hiccup and Aniu gave her slightly offended looks. "Okay. Why don't Nava and I leave the three of you alone?" Astrid said and walked away. "That's probably a good idea." Hiccup said.

"Nava, aren't you going to go home?" Aniu asked her boyfriend when he didn't leave. "I just want to see how I can improve my staff to make it a better weapon in the blacksmiths." Nava said. "All right." Aniu said and kissed her boyfriend on the cheek. Nava gently kissed her back on the lips. The two guardians stared lovingly into each other's eyes before Hiccup cleared his throat, reminding them that he and Toothless were still there.

Aniu and Nava sighed and moved away from each other. They, along with Hiccup and Toothless went to the blacksmiths.

That night while Hiccup, Aniu and Nava were in the forge, Toothless finally saw that he, Hiccup and Aniu were not going to go on their Night Flight and was upset about it. Hiccup was busy working on a new shield which was a multi-purpose shield with mini catapults around the edge, bola launcher, grappling hooks and a crossbow function. A black Night Fury with a red tailfin curled up into a circle was painted on it.

"We know you want to go flying with us, Toothless but there's a ban on it right now. To be honest, my parents aren't happy about it either. But for now, we have to obey the chief's orders." Aniu said. "I can't wait until the ban on flying is lifted." Toothless grumbled, giving Hiccup a hard nudge.

"What? Toothless, you have to relax." The teen told his Night Fury. "It's hard to relax when you're forbidden to fly." Nava muttered, examining his staff. "You know, I'm thinking about attaching a battle axe blade to one end and a club to the other end." He said thoughtfully.

Desperate to go flying, Toothless sat down in front of Hiccup and Aniu and roared. "I'm sorry, Toothless but no means no. I want to go flying just as much as you do but I can't." Aniu said. Hiccup gestured with his hands for Toothless to calm down. Toothless grumbled angrily and lay down.

Hiccup and Aniu sighed. "Nice to have you three in the shop. Usually you kids are out enjoying a beautiful Night Flight around the village at this hour. Of course, you can't do that anymore, what with the ban on flying and all." Gobber said, walking into the forge. Hiccup and Aniu glared at him.

"Eh...shame about that. So, what are you two boys making?" Gobber asked. "What do you think?" Hiccup and Nava asked, holding up their shield and staff. "All this work for a shield and a staff?" Gobber asked. "Well, this beauty's not gonna be an ordinary staff for long." Nava grinned.

"My shield's not just a shield." Hiccup said and triggered something on his shield. The hub in the centre popped open and a grappling hook shot out of it, wrapping around Gobber like a snare. Hiccup, due to his small size and lack of weight, was pulled forward. Aniu and Nava stifled laughs at the sight of Hiccup pressed against Gobber's belly.

An awkward silence ensued. "Handy." Gobber commented, breaking the silence. Hiccup retracted the line back into the shield and the hub closed. "If we can't ride dragons, we have to defend ourselves somehow." Hiccup said.

"And plus Astrid told me she believes it's time for hiccup to start using some kind of a weapon." Nava said. "You know, Hiccup, your father is just doing what's best for you. He's trying to keep you and your friends safe." Gobber said. "I know. But the problem is the safest place for me is on Toothless and with Aniu." Hiccup said.

"Even then you're not safe all the time." Aniu whispered to Hiccup, squeezing his hand affectionately. "I know but with you, Toothless and the other Dragoniters, I have a much higher chance of staying safe." Hiccup whispered back. Gobber smiled at the two before saying "Well, I'll leave you three to it. Imagine you'll be here quite a while. Too bad really. Have you seen that moon? I can't imagine a more beautiful night for a flight."

Hiccup, Aniu and Nava glared at him. "Don't tempt us, Gobber. It's hard enough for us as it is." Nava said. "I did it again, didn't I?" Gobber asked and left the forge. Hiccup was about to return to his work when Toothless came face to face with him and growled in his rider's face.

"I know what you're thinking and you might as well forget it." Hiccup told his Night Fury. "No, I won't forget it until we go out for a flight. I don't care what Stoick says." Toothless said. "Toothless, Stoick forbade us from going out flying but Gobber's right. It is a perfect night to go out on a Night Flight." Aniu said, wistfully staring at the luminous full moon.

"Oh, fine then, we'll go." Hiccup groaned, giving up. "Can I come with you?" Nava asked hopefully, putting his staff down and fanning out his wings. "Come on, let's go. I hope Stoick doesn't kill us if he finds out what we're about to do." Aniu said. "Yes!" Toothless exclaimed, rearing up in joy.

At the Hofferson house, Astrid was feeding Stormfly, Arrow, Skyflier, Forestflier and Violet fish in their stable. The five Deadly Nadders were unhappy about the ban on flying and the fact they weren't having chicken for dinner, only fish. As Stormfly was about to accept a fish, she sensed something and growled to alert Astrid.

"What is it, Stormfly?" Astrid asked before hearing a Night Fury's roar. Running out the stable, Astrid saw a dragon flying across the black sky followed by two guardians. "Is that Toothless, Aniu and Nava? I bet my axe that Hiccup is riding on Toothless. Come on, Stormfly. Let's follow them!" She said.

Stormfly squawked and let Astrid put her saddle on her before climbing onto her back. The Deadly Nadder ran out of the stable and flew up into the sky to chase after Toothless, Aniu and Nava. Arrow, Skyflier, Forestflier and Violet watched them go. "Dad, can we go flying too?" Skyflier asked. "Please! Pretty please with fish and chicken on top." Forestflier begged. "We'll do anything you and Mum say if you let us go." Violet said.

Arrow let out a draconian sigh. "I'm sorry, hatchlings but if we go out flying we'll get into deep trouble and we don't want that." He said. "Okay, Dad." The three young Deadly Nadders sighed. Arrow breathed fire on his stone bed and lay down to sleep. Skyflier, Forestflier and Violet cuddled up to their father and fell asleep.

"Hiccup, I do believe that Astrid and Stormfly are following us." Aniu said as she and Nava followed Hiccup and Toothless through the night sky. "They're catching up fast." Nava remarked, speeding up to fly beside Aniu and Toothless. "Alright, you three. What are you up too?" Astrid asked under her breath as Stormfly chased the Night Fury and two guardians around the sea stacks surrounding Berk.

Looking over his shoulder, Hiccup could see his girlfriend and her dragon right behind him, Aniu and Nava. He signalled to Aniu and Nava and they and Toothless sped up. Eventually, the four managed to lose Astrid and Stormfly at a sea stack.

"That was a close one. Nice flying, guys. I think we lost her." Hiccup said as Toothless, Aniu and Nava landed. "Think again, Hiccup." Astrid said victoriously as Stormfly landed beside them. "Astrid, we were just talking about you!" Hiccup exclaimed. "All good things, all good things of course." Aniu added. "We would never say anything bad about you." Nava put in.

"So, Hiccup, I guess this is the part where I ask if your father changed his mind, you tell me he didn't and we're going behind his back...again." Astrid knowingly said. "Actually, no. This is the part where I tell you my father is wrong." Hiccup said. "Stoick doesn't know just how important it is that we train." Aniu said. "Us Dragoniters are Berk's best chance of repelling any possible future attacks and sieges by Alvin or some other person or dragon." Nava added.

"So, he knows?" Astrid asked, referring to Stoick. "I didn't say that. Look, you were there on Outcast Island just like Aniu and I were. You know what Alvin is capable of." Hiccup said. "So, you, Aniu and Nava were just going to fly around at night, all by yourselves and say nothing?" Astrid retorted.

"That was our plan." Hiccup admitted. "Our plan and not a good one." Aniu chimed in. "It could use a little more thinking out. More like a lot more consideration actually." Nava mumbled, shifting his wings. Aniu slowly extended one wing and gently touched his wing with it.

"We didn't want to get anyone else into trouble. We were trying to do the right thing. Sort of." Hiccup continued. "We all know what the right thing is, Hiccup. But if we're gonna ride dragons behind your father's back, all of us Dragoniters are going to ride dragons behind your father's back." Astrid said.

Nodding, Hiccup got Toothless to take off and they flew back to Berk with Astrid, Stormfly, Aniu and Nava following. On the way back, they tried to come up with a plan. "The way I see it, the only way we can fly around and continue our training is if we do it at night, away from Berk." Aniu said. "Okay. So, what do we call what we're doing?" Hiccup asked. "It has to be something not too obvious." Nava commented. "Oh, I have got the perfect name." Astrid smirked.

"Dragon Flight Club. I like that! What is it?" Snotlout exclaimed in excitement the next morning. "It's a secret dragon flying society. We train at night, under the cover of darkness." Astrid told him. "Sharpening our skills against possible attacks by Alvin." Hiccup said. "But remember, it's secret. No one can know." Aniu added. "Only us Dragoniters can know about it." Nava put in.

"As far as you're concerned, it doesn't exist. There is no Dragon Flight Club." Hiccup said. "What Hiccup means is that you have to pretend it doesn't exist outside meetings and sessions." Aniu said. "If someone asks you 'what is the Dragon Flight Club?' you have to say it doesn't exist and there is no such thing as a Dragon Flight Club. Got it?" Nava asked.

"Hey, what do you think?" Snotlout asked Hookfang who blew out a fireball which sent his rider flying into a nearby cart. "He's in." Snotlout groaned from his painful position. They opted to go to the Thorston twin's house next.

"So listen. This is very, very important. The first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club." Hiccup told Ruffnut and Tuffnut who were hanging upside down from a rafter. But neither twin understand what Hiccup was saying. "Okay, so, wait a minute. Is there a Dragon Flight Club or not?" Tuffnut asked, swinging down from the rafter and landing on the ground.

"Yes. There is a Dragon Flight Club." Astrid said in exasperation as Ruffnut joined her brother on the floor. "But he just said there is no Dragon Flight Club." She said in confusion, pointing at Hiccup. "No. The first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club. Get it?" Hiccup said.

"Absolutely...not." Tuffnut said. "Yeah, I think I need to lie down." Ruffnut mumbled, laying a hand on her head which was hurting due to all the thinking she was not used to doing. "Me too. Why don't you guys come back when you have made up your minds and you stop saying is so much." Tuffnut added as he and his sister headed towards their beds.

Hiccup and Astrid glanced at each other and rolled their eyes. On the other hand, Aniu and Nava went over to the twins and stopped them. "What we're trying to say is that the Dragon Flight Club is a secret." Nava said. "The Dragon Flight Club does exist but nobody, other than us Dragoniters, must know about it. Understand?" Aniu told them.

"Okay. We get it now." Tuffnut said. "But what about all our dragon's mates and kids? Lefa-Rila and Boomer-Banger will want to know what Barf-Belch is doing." Ruffnut said. "Lefa-Rila, Boomer-Banger and the other dragons such as Arrow, Firesnow, Clobbertail and their hatchlings are allowed to know but that's it." Aniu told them sternly.

"Yes, ma'am." Tuffnut said, raising hand to his head and flicking it away in a salute. Aniu raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. Fishlegs and Meatlug were lucky last. "Um, I'm not sure this is a good idea. Besides, I hate having to wake them. They're so beautiful when they're asleep." Fishlegs said nervously, gesturing to Meatlug, Clobbertail, Stonecruncher and Sweetiepie who were fast asleep. Meatlug accidently farted in her sleep.

Unlike Aniu and Nava, who both groaned and covered their noses and mouths in disgust, Fishlegs wasn't bothered by the smell or the sound and hugged his beloved Gronckle affectionately. "Fishlegs, this is a defining moment in the history of the Berk Dragon Academy. Hundreds of years from now, when they're building statues of us in the middle of town, they're going to hearken back to the courage it took for all of us to stand up for what we know is right, regardless of the consequences." Hiccup said.

Astrid glanced at her boyfriend in surprise. She had to admit, Hiccup was good at making speeches. "So...I get a statue?" Fishlegs asked eagerly. "Yes, Fishlegs. You'll get a statue." Hiccup sighed. "The future generations of Berk will remember you as the Rider of Meatlug the Gronckle and for your devotion to studying dragons." Aniu said.

As the sun set over Berk, the Dragoniters assembled in the Academy for the first ever operation of Dragon Flight Club. "Okay, Dragon Flight Club members, you know why you're here." Hiccup started off. "Speak for yourself." Tuffnut scoffed. Ruffnut nodded in agreement. "Pay close attention, you two." Aniu said sternly.

"We need to be ready for riders on any type of dragon, from a Typhoomerang to a Scauldron to a Changewing, even Whispering Deaths. So, Aniu and I have put together some training exercises..." Hiccup continued before being interrupted by Snotlout who asked "Can we go already?"

"Let's mount up." Hiccup said. The human Dragoniters mounted their dragons and flew out of the Academy with Aniu and Nava following them. "First stop: Changewing Island." Aniu announced as they flew through the night sky. The Dragoniters were ecstatic to be flying again but they knew they had to get some training done.

"Oh, yeah. Stones of Good Fortune. A lifetime of good luck. I can't wait to get my hands on one of those." Tuffnut said. "Tuffnut, we've been over this. Those are not Stones of Good Fortune. Those are dragon eggs." Astrid told him, flying past him on Stormfly."The Changewings will be furious if any of us take one or more of their eggs." Nava said.

"Leave them alone, please. I really don't want to revisit the 'Changewing Debacle'." Fishlegs said, remembering what had happened a few weeks ago. Once they reached the island, the Dragoniters hid in the trees and watched a group of four boars search for their evening meal.

What the boars didn't know was that four Changewings had camouflaged themselves and were preparing to hunt their prey. Working as a team, the Changewings scared the boars into splitting up. One unlucky boar was separated from its companions. "Tonight, we begin by learning about the different hunting techniques of each individual breed of dragons." Aniu whispered to the others as they watched the Changweings gang up on the boar.

"Changewing s hunt like wolves. One dragon lures a single boar from the herd." Hiccup lectured. "And the other Changewings surround it." Fishlegs added. While she felt sorry for the boar about to be eaten by the dragons, Aniu smiled as she remembered the wolves of Guardian Island. She and Nava had occasionally watched the wolves when they were hunting. A few of their attack strategies had been inspired by the wolves.

Nava smiled as he remembered the Wolves of the Beyond books. He and Aniu exchanged glances with each other and smiled. "Hey, don't we know that boar?" Tuffnut suddenly asked. "Yeah, we do. That's Bjoren Boar." Ruffnut said. "You two are friends with a wild boar?" Aniu and Nava asked, confused. "Are they serious?" Astrid inquired.

"You leave Bjoren alone!" Tuffnut yelled at the Changewings who saw them. "Clearly, they are." Hiccup said as the Changewings started shooting acid at them. "You're on your own, Bjoren!" Tuffnut yelled as the Dragoniters flew away with the Changewings hot on their tails.

"Keep your distance! Their acid is only effective at close range!" Hiccup yelled at his friends. "Not very comforting when you're on the slowest dragon. Sorry, girl, it had to be said." Fishlegs said then apologized to Meatlug as they tried their very best to keep up with the others.

"There's too many of them and they come out of nowhere!" Snotlout yelled."Just use evasive manoeuvres." Nava told him, flying ahead of Hookfang. Hiccup glanced up at the dark sky. "Wait a minute, if they don't have anything to camouflage against..." He started to say. "...it'll take away their advantage." Fishlegs realized. "Up!" Astrid yelled.

"Let's go!" Aniu shouted. "Come on, guys!" Nava called as the Dragoniters flew up into the sky. Aniu and Nava turned into their dragon forms to help Toothless and Stormfly fend off the Changewings using plasma blasts, fireballs and tail spines. Aniu's green-tipped ear plates flicked up as she heard an incoming Changewing and hit it with a low-powered plasma blast, knocking the dragon out of the sky.

The Changewings retreated and the Dragoniters flew back to Berk. "What did I say about the 'Changewing Debacle'? Was no one listening?" Fishlegs asked. "Don't worry, Fish. It's all over now." Nava said. "Let's just get back home before anyone finds out we're gone." Aniu said.

The Dragoniters made it back to Berk, put their dragons in the stables with their mates and hatchlings and went to bed for a good night's sleep. Fortunately, no one had noticed their absence. "I dare say tonight was a success." Astrid smiled. "Tonight was fun even if we had some trouble with the Changewings." Hiccup told his girlfriend.

"I agree with you." Astrid smiled and kissed Hiccup on the lips. Hiccup kissed her back and both of them moaned. After a few seconds, they parted and embraced each other. "I love you, my adorkable, goof of a boyfriend." Astrid sighed. "I love you too, my divine, warrior beauty." Hiccup whispered. Finally, the two of them said goodnight and went to their homes.

Meanwhile, Aniu and Nava were talking about the mission they just had. "That training session was fun." Nava remarked. "Yeah, it was." Aniu agreed and rubbed her head against Nava's neck, giving him an nuzzle and being careful of his horns. Nava sighed happily and rubbed his head against Aniu's, nuzzling her back and feeling the small, green spines on her head. They stepped back and admired each other's dragon forms.

Nava thought Aniu was beautiful in her Night Fury form with her golden-brown scales, emerald green spines and eyes. He admired her green tiger-like stripes on her legs, sides, wings and ear plate tips. He didn't care that Aniu's tail was not a Night Fury tail. Instead, it was long and whip-like with no tailfins. The way she spat plasma blasts and flew really suited her.

Aniu thought Nava was handsome in his Deadly Nadder form. She admired his silver-blonde scales with sapphire blue eyes and tiger-like stripes on his legs, sides, back and head. His undersides were as white as snow. Nava was very accurate with his tail spines and magnesium fireballs.

After admiring each other, Nava and Aniu turned back into their human forms and kissed each other briefly on the lips. "Goodnight." They whispered to each other then walked to their houses. Both turned around briefly to smile at each other than continued on their way.

The next morning, Stoick walked into the forge and found Gobber examining Hiccup's multi-purpose shield. "Hmm. Now, where did he hide it? Where's the trigger for that..." Gobber asked himself. "Gobber!" Stoick called just as Gobber found the trigger and triggered it. A line shot out of the shield and wrapped around Stoick, pulling him forward so that he and Gobber were face-to-face with a table separating them.

At that moment, Fengo and Namara passed by. "Need any help, gentleman?" Fengo asked, trying not to smile at the sight. "Looks like you're a bit tangled up there, Stoick." Namara remarked. "Eh-heh. So I'll just...unwind that and hopefully no one aside from Fengo and Namara are looking." Gobber muttered awkwardly and got the line to retract back into the shield.

"So, what can I do for you?" Gobber asked merrily once Stoick was untangled. "I came for my saddle. Did you make the adjustments I asked for?" Stoick inquired. "It's done and back on Thornado. I have been wondering if I should make a saddle for Sonica. Riding on her saddle-less, scaly back is starting to hurt my backside. And besides, your saddle should do wonders for your manoeuvrability." Gobber said.

"Good." Stoick said approvingly. "Of course, that shouldn't matter right now, what with the ban on flying and all." Gobber remarked. "And what ban would that be, Gobber?" Stoick questioned. "You should know what that ban is, Stoick." Fengo muttered, rolling his eyes. "Stoick, the ban. On flying dragons and guardians. The one where no one is allowed to..." Gobber said before trailing off when Stoick raised an eyebrow at him.

"Ah, I see. The ban where no one is allowed to fly dragons except for the chief." Gobber realized. "Someone's got to patrol the island. Might as well be me." Stoick said nonchalantly. "And not a word to anyone, especially Hiccup and Aniu. I mean it."

"Stoick, I'm nothing if not careful." Gobber said, casually holding the shield and yeping in pain when a mini-catapult whacked him in the face. "Oof. Mini-catapult, should've seen that one coming." He muttered. With a sigh, Stoick left the forge and came to face with Fengo and Namara.

"All dragons and guardians banned from flying except for you and Thornado, Stoick? That doesn't sound fair." Fengo said, crossing his arms and raising his eyebrows. "My husband and I will like to join you and Thornado on your patrols. You could use our help. In exchange, Fengo and I will not breath a word of this to anyone unless you want us too." Namara negotiated.

"Oh, fine. You two can come but no one else unless I say so." Stoick gave in and walked and Nala had come up to talk to their fellow adult guardians and waited for them to finish their conversation with Stoick. "So what was that all about?" Nala asked. "Namara and I requested to be part of the nightly patrols with Stoick and Thornado." Fengo said.

"And we can't come." Theo sighed, crossing his arms. "We're sorry but you know what they say: rules are rules, orders are orders." Namara said sympathetically, patting Theo's shoulder. "Oh, well. Have fun then. If any Outcast ship is seen, we will want to join in on the action." Nala sighed.

That night, the Dragoniters flew to an island for their next lesson. "Much like the rings inside a tree, the scorch mark can tell you the age and thus the size of the Typhoomerang in question." Fishlegs lectured, kneeling on the ground and examining a scorch mark left by a Typhoomerang.

"It's still warm." Hiccup muttered, feeling the dirt and ashes under his hand. "Which means it wasn't here too long ago." Astrid said. "And if you look at the mark, you can tell which way it came from and which way it was headed." Fishlegs added. "I know which way it's headed without all that stupid stuff." Snotlout said, standing up.

"You know which way the Typhoomerang's headed?"Aniu asked. "That's an accomplishment from you, Snot. Well done." Nava said. "Oh, really? Where's it going?" Astrid asked irritably. "It's not. It's coming...at us...right now!" Snotlout yelled, pointing at the sky from where a Typhoomerang flew straight at them, fire spewing from its mouth.

"Anything else we need to learn?" Hiccup asked quickly. "Nope." Tuffnut said. "We're good." Ruffnut agreed. "Learning how to run away from angry dragons sounds like a good idea! Nava yelled, flapping his wings and flying up into the sky with Aniu following him. The dragon riders ran to their dragons, mounted and followed the two teenage guardians to safety.

On their way back to Berk, Tuffnut spotted three figures flying underneath them. "Hey, Hiccup, Aniu!" He called. "Yes, Tuffnut?" Hiccup and Aniu asked in unison. "When did your parents join Dragon Flight Club?" Tuffnut asked. "They didn't." Hiccup and Aniu said simultaneously.

"Oh, weird. Because they're right there." Tuffnut said and pointed at the three flying figures. Hiccup and Aniu heard a familiar, loud roar and paled as they recognised just who the three figures were. Stoick, Thornado, Fengo and Namara were flying around on their patrol.

"Oh, great. The adults get to patrol but what about us?" Aniu asked herself in disbelief. "We should be patrolling with them." Nava groaned. "I'm getting pretty jealous." Toothless muttered. "Us too." Stormfly, Hookfang, Meatlug and Barf-Belch agreed. "What the...oh! Quick, evasive cloud manoeuvres." Hiccup ordered.

The Dragoniters swiftly flew up into the clouds. "We have to stay up here in the clouds until we're over town." Hiccup said. "What are you two doing?" Astrid asked Ruffnut and Tuffnut who were hanging upside-down from Barf-Belch. "We can't see in the clouds." Tuffnut said. "Yeah, it's too cloudy." Ruffnut added.

Fengo and Namara glanced up and saw the twins. "What are those?" Fengo asked, squinting at the two. "Stoick, up there." Namara alerted Stoick who looked up and saw the two mysterious objects floating through the clouds. "What in the name of Thor?" He asked himself in confusion.

"Uh, guys. If your heads are out of the clouds, my dad and Aniu's parents can see you." Hiccup said. "Not going to disagree with you there." Tuffnut said, seeing Thornado, Fengo and Namara fly up to them. "Uh, alright, guys, split up, head home and please keep the dragons out of sight." Hiccup told his friends."Don't let them see who we are." Aniu said.

The Dragoniters spilt up and flew back to their respective homes. "You can't all get away!" Stoick yelled, chasing after them with Fengo and Namara. "It's no use, they're too fast." Fengo said. "They might be flying to the village. Let's see if we can catch one of them there." Namara said. Ruffnut and Tuffnut jumped off Barf-Belch's necks onto their house roof and snuck inside through an open window.

Hookfang tossed Snotlout threw his bedroom window. "Way to go, Hookfang!" Snotlout called after his Monstrous Nightmare as he flew back to his stable where his mate, son and daughter were. Astrid and Stormfly landed in front of the Hofferson House. Astrid slid down her Deadly Nadder's wing and ran inside but not before signalling Stormfly to go into the stable.

Aniu and Nava turned into their owl forms and flew through their respective bedroom windows. That was close. Both of them thought as they turned back into their human forms, went to bed and fell asleep. "This never happened." Hiccup told Toothless once they were in their room. Hiccup quickly got into bed and Toothless lay down on his stone slab. Both dragon and rider were asleep in seconds.

Fishlegs and Meatlug were the last to get to their house. "Okay, come on. We made it, girl. I knew you were smarter than..." Fishlegs began saying before..."Smarter than who, Fishlegs?" Stoick interrupted him. Fengo and Namara were standing behind him. "Chief, Fengo, Namara, what are you three doing up?" Fishlegs asked nervously. "You're coming with us, son." Stoick said, glaring at the Ingerman boy. Fishlegs gulped in fear, hoping that nothing bad would happen to him or Meatlug.

"I'm going to ask you one more time, Fishlegs. What were you doing out there and who was with you?" Stoick questioned Fishlegs with Gobber in the Great Hall. Fengo and Namara stood guard by the Great Hall doors in case Fishlegs tried to escape. "My name is Fishlegs, I live on the Island of Berk, I don't know anything about dragons or those who ride them." Fishlegs said, repeating what he had told his questioners over and over again.

"Fishlegs, you do know about dragons and those who ride them." Fengo said, shaking his head. "I wouldn't be surprised if Hiccup and Aniu taught their friends how to deal with interrogations during one of their lessons." Namara told her husband. Fengo nodded in agreement.

"Why does he keep saying that? It's giving me the willies." Gobber said as Fishlegs repeated what he had said again. "Fishlegs, this is not an interrogation." Stoick said. Fishlegs was about to calm down when all the torches were blown out by a gust of wind, causing him to whimper and breath heavily in fear.

"Actually, it does kind of feel like an interrogation, Stoick." Gobber pointed out. "Not helping, Gobber." Stoick muttered. "Maybe we should let Fishlegs off the hook. I think he's starting to have a panic attack." Fengo said, concerned for the Ingerman boy. "Poor boy." Namara said sympathetically, feeling pity for Fishlegs. "My name is Fishlegs, I live on the Island of Berk, I don't know anything about dragons or those who ride them." Fishlegs shouted defiantly. Eventually, he was allowed to leave and go home.

The following evening, he told his fellow Dragoniters in the Academy about the questioning he had gone through. "He put the screws to me. I thought I was gonna crack. Especially when the lights went out but I held firm because I know that the first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club." Fishlegs regaled. "Oh, great. Not that again." Tuffnut groaned. Ruffnut nodded in agreement.

"You did great, Fishlegs." Hiccup said. "Yeah, good job." Aniu agreed. "Well done." Nava added. "So, what are we doing tonight?" Ruffnut asked. "Nothing." Hiccup told her reluctantly. "That doesn't sound fun at all." Tuffnut protested. "After what happened to Fishlegs last night, it's too risky to be flying around again tonight. If another one of us gets caught, we're toast." Aniu said gravely.

"Aniu's right. Look, my dad and Aniu's parents are on to us. It's important that we lay low until this blows over. We need to be invisible." Hiccup said. "More like subtle and inconspicuous." Aniu added. Then Snotlout flew in on a flaming Hookfang-the complete opposite of invisible, subtle and inconspicuous.

"Hey! Hey, you guys!" Snotlout yelled as Hookfang spat fire at the stone ground. "And here comes the muttonhead." Aniu deadpanned. "Who totally forgot to be inconspicuous." Nava muttered. "Snotlout, what did I tell you? No dragons." Hiccup scolded. "Yeah, even I knew that." Tuffnut said.

"What's so important anyway?" Hiccup sighed. "Let's just say I may have saved this entire island. Alvin and the Outcasts are attacking as we speak." Snotlout reported, leaning on one of Hookfang's horns. "Alvin." Hiccup said grimly. "That no good monster." Aniu muttered angrily. "That barbarous brute." Nava hissed. "So what do we do now?" Astrid asked, eager to drive the Outcasts away from her home island.

Out in the waters surrounding Berk, Alvin stood at the head of his ship. "Alvin, we're getting closer." One of his men reported. "Yeah, we are. And the closer we get, the stronger the smell." Alvin growled. "The smell of what?" The man asked. "The smell of Berk's destruction." Alvin said

Back on Berk in the chief's house, Stoick was fast asleep in his chair. "Dad, wake up. Dad." Hiccup said urgently, trying to wake his father up. Stoick quickly woke up from dreaming about Valka. Assuming he was being attacked, Stoick grabbed an axe, grabbed the person who dared to wake him up and prepared to cut his head off.

"Dad, it's me! Please don't kill me!" Hiccup yelled. Stoick realized it was only his son and put him down. "Hiccup! What did I tell you about sneaking up on me when I'm asleep?" Stoick asked, annoyed. "Ok, it's not fun for me either but this is an emergency. The Outcasts are sailing towards Berk." Hiccup said.

"And how would you know that?" Stoick asked. "Do I really need to answer that question?" Hiccup asked, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. "I told you no flying, Hiccup." Stoick said, not happy that his son had disobeyed his order. "Yeah, by the way, I have been thinking about that. Doesn't a ban on flying pertain to all dragons even, let's say, a Thunderdrum?" Hiccup asked.

Stoick stared at him then put his helmet on. "We'll talk about this later. Wake the others. We'll need the full Academy." Stoick said, opening the door to find Fishlegs and Meatlug all ready to go. "Hey, chief." Fishlegs said. Stoick glanced behind him to see the Dragoniters assembled. Even Fengo, Namara, Theo and Nala were there.

"Stoick, Aniu told us about the Outcast situation. She and the other Dragoniters have formed this Dragon Flight Club thing." Namara said. "Even though she has gone behind our backs, my wife and I believe she's done a good thing." Fengo said. "Nava told us too." Theo said. "And we're ready to send the Outcasts running back to their island." Nala grinned.

Stoick woke Thornado up and they set out to defend their home island. Within a few minutes, the small Outcast fleet came into view."Fengo, Namara, Theo, Nala and I are going to draw the first round of fire. When they're reloading, you attack. But not before." Stoick ordered. Hiccup and Aniu nodded.

Thornado and the four guardians swooped in to attack. Alvin saw them coming. "On my command! And, now!" He shouted. Boulders from a line of catapults were launched. "Thornado, down!" Stoick ordered. Fengo, Namara,Theo and Nala turned into their dragon forms.

Alvin and his Outcasts had to dodge a sonic blast from a Thunderdrum, two fire blasts from a Monstrous Nightmare and a Deadly Nadder, tail spines from the Deadly Nadder, a blue plasma blast from a golden Night Fury and a gas-spark attack from a Hideous Zippleback.

"Fire!" Alvin ordered. Outcasts shot arrows at them but were repelled by Thornado's sonic blast. More boulders were fired. Stoick caught one and threw it back at the Outcasts while Nala-Naba dodged another boulder by stretching her necks apart.

"Hey, Namara, mind showing them with your glowing ability?" Fengo asked his wife. "Sure thing, my love." Namara said and concentrated. Her golden scales lit up with a bright golden glow which was so bright many Outcasts had to cover their eyes. Namara used that opportunity to shoot another blue plasma blast at the Outcasts while Fengo set himself on fire and breathed fire at them.

"Now, Hiccup!" Stoick yelled. Hiccup, Toothless and Aniu led the Dragoniters into battle and began shooting at the Outcasts. Both Aniu and Nava turned into their dragons and used their respective dragon abilities and firepower to shoot at the enemy. "Here they come, just like you said." An Outcast soldier said. "Open the cargo hold." Alvin ordered.

Two Outcasts obeyed and opened the cargo hold, from which a bunch of Changewings flew out of. "Changewings!" Hiccup and Aniu alerted their fellow Berkians. The Changewings flew in the direction of Berk. "We can't let them get to Berk!" Astrid and Nava yelled.

"If they go into town, they'll tear Berk apart and we won't be able to see them!" Fishlegs exclaimed. Snotlout and Hookfang managed to fly ahead of the Changewings and spin around. Hookfang let loose a torrent of flames at them, causing the Mystery Class dragons to scatter.

Stormfly and Nava scattered some more by shooting flames and tail spines at them. Toothless and Aniu helped them out by plasma blasting the Changewings."Astrid, you and the others herd them towards Changewing Island and make sure they don't head back this way .Nava, Aniu and I will help our parents." Hiccup said." Got it!" Astrid yelled and led Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut in chasing the Changewings away while Hiccup, Toothless, Aniu and Nava went for the Outcast ships.

"Alvin, the wild dragons are retreating..." An Outcast reported only to get punched in the face by Alvin. "I can see that." The Outcast chief snarled. Up in the air, Stoick, Hiccup, Aniu, Nava, Fengo, Namara, Theo and Nala attacked. When Toothless's plasma blast collided with Thornado's sonic blast, blue plasma flames erupted from the explosion, burning the ships.

"Dad! Our shots combined!" Hiccup told his father. "Hit them again, son!" Stoick yelled. Toothless and Thornado combined their shots again and the same thing happened. Seeing this, Aniu got an idea. "Mum! We'll combine our shots!" She yelled. "Let's do it!" Namara yelled and shot out another plasma blast at the same time Aniu shot hers. The blue and green plasma blasts collided and exploded in one giant fireball. "Whoa." Nava, Fengo, Theo and Nala gasped in awe.

"Oh, come about. Set a course for Outcast Island." Alvin growled, seeing no other choice than to retreat. The Outcast ships quickly turned and sailed away. "They're retreating!" Hiccup, Aniu and Nava cheered. "Well done, you lot!" Stoick said. "Thanks, Dad." Hiccup said happily. "Thanks, Stoick!" The guardians exclaimed.

On the way back to Berk, Hiccup and Aniu looked troubled. "It isn't like Alvin to retreat so quickly." Aniu murmured. "What is it?" Stoick asked, seeing the looks on the two teens faces. "I don't know. I just figured that Alvin would have a better plan than this." Hiccup said. "Let's just be thankful he didn't." Stoick told them. "I don't know, Stoick. There seems to be more to this attack than we know." Nala said. "I think you're right, Mum." Nava said.

It turned out that Alvin did have a better plan after all. During the attack, a small ship had snuck away from the chaos and docked at the mouth of a cave. Inside it, Savage and Mildew watched as a few Outcast soldiers carried crates and put them down. "Hahaha. Alvin's diversion worked perfectly. Hey, are you sure we're putting these in the right place?" Savage asked.

"I'm sure. These caves lead directly underneath Berk. They'll never know there are Whispering Deaths right beneath their feet." Mildew said. One of the Outcasts carrying a crate accidently tripped over a rock and nearly fell. "Careful with that." Savage barked. The man put the crate down and used an axe to open the lid. Savage and Mildew grinned at the ready-to-hatch Whispering Deaths eggs inside it.

In the Haddock House, Hiccup and Toothless walked down the stairs for a late night snack. Stoick was sitting at the table going over some documents. Hiccup sat down at the table and waited for his father to start talking. "I don't like that you disobeyed me, son but I can admit when I was wrong. I should not have grounded the dragons. I was just...being a father." Stoick finally said.

"I understand, Dad." Hiccup said. "All right. Now, tell me about this Dragon Flight Club of yours and don't leave out a thing." Stoick said. "Well, the first thing you have to remember is that there is no Dragon Flight Club..." Hiccup told his father everything about the Dragon Flight Club and both of them went to bed when he was finished.

Nava was sleeping in his bed when his door opened. He opened his eyes and saw who it was. "What;s wrong, Ni?" He asked. "I just wanted to be with you. So, can I sleep beside you?" Aniu asked shyly. Nava smiled, moved over and lifted up the blanket. "Yeah, you can." He said. "Thanks, Nava." Aniu said and lay down beside her boyfriend, tucking her wings and body into her favourite sleeping position. Nava folded his arms and wings around her and Aniu sighed in contentment. "Good night, Nava." She whispered. "Good night, Aniu." Nava whispered before he fell asleep again. Aniu listened to Nava's steady, soothing heart beat before falling asleep. 16

Meanwhile, in the caves, one of the dragon eggs rattled and exploded. A baby Whispering Death rose up from the remains of the eggs and roared as the other Whispering Death eggs started to hatch.

Hey, people. Sorry, this took longer than usual because I am dealing with school, I made a goal to level up my dragons to adults in School of Dragons and other things. I have been watching Star Wars and when I was watching Star Wars the clone Wars, I watched this episode called 'The Lawless' and it got me thinking. What if Anakin and Ahsoka had snuck aboard the ship that Obi-wan used to travel to Mandalore to save Duchess Satine and because of that, they succeeded in saving Satine's life?

I like the Anakin x Padme and Obi-wan x Satine pairings so maybe I will write a story where things went differently, Palpatine was found out to be Darth Sidious, Order 6 was discovered before it happened, Anakin never turned to the dark side of the force and became Darth Vader plus Padme never died so she, Anakin, Luke and Leia were able to live happy lives together as a family, Ahsoka was never framed for the bombing and never left the Jedi Order than she fell in love and found her family. Oh, so many things could have happened. Maybe once I am more familiar with the Star Wars franchise I will start writing out the story (ies). But I am focusing on my Httyd stories, so, yeah.

Namara's dragon form is not actually a Night Fury but you will find out what it is in Fury Island.

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Updated: 21.03.2016