Hello. First of all, if I am wrong about something, I double checked my knowledge on a site (Just in case I slipped up) so if something is incorrect (Name of a dragon, human) Blame it on the site. I also haven't watched Riders of Berg or the series, soooo if someone died besides Stoick then I don't know.

Toothless swerved in an arch upward and broke through the cloud. Hiccup peered down at the clouds as they flew on. He jerked to a stop as he saw Hookfang fly up beside him. As the Monstrous Nightmare lunged, Toothless tucked his wings and dived down.

"Come on, Hiccup!" Snoutlout called from his position upon Hookfang.

"The whole point of a secret hideout is that its secret!" Hiccup flattened himself on Toothless as the Night Fury flared its wings. When they didn't progress further, Hiccup sat up and bent around to meet Toothless's gaze. The dragon let out a concerned rumble and looked below them.

"Watcha looking at?" Snoutlout asked as Hookfang swiftly flew in beside them. Hiccup gave him a confused look and shrugged slightly.

"I don't recognize this forest," Hiccup murmured. The Night Fury let out a worried moan and swooped down a bit, glancing back at his companion. The hairs stood on the back of his neck as the auburn haired rider heard a dragonlike wail.

"Toothless, does it seem safe?" He murmured. He shook his head a bit and gave Hiccup a pleading look. "He wants to help. We should go and investigate,"

Snoutlout nodded and looked at his dragon for confirmation. He yelped as Hookfang suddenly plunged down. Hiccup and Toothless followed closely, the wind whistling past them as they neared the forest. Toothless roared in alarm as a red blurred shot out of the canopy. The Night Fury flared his wings and slowed down to a hover.

"Snoutlout!" He called as the blurred shot past. Hookfang whirled a little higher up before regaining balance.

"What was that?!" He exclaimed, leaning down a bit and placing a hand protectively on the Monstrous Nightmare.

Hiccup looked up and saw the dragon had turned around and was slingshotting his way back towards them. It took him a second to realize that the dragon was aiming for them. He jerked his foot into position and pressed himself onto Toothless's back. Just as they turned to shoot off, the red blurred rushed by. It hit the Night Fury's tail and sent them tumbling down.

"Toothless!" Hiccup yelled. His latch kept him attached, though they were spinning around and plummeting to the forest. As he was spun upside down, he caught sight of a large gash on his friends tail. He curled hi fingers under the saddle and brought himself back in position. Hiccup inserted his mechanical foot and placed a hand on the Night Fury's neck to calm his thrashing and small roars of confusion. Once he realized his rider was back in control, Toothless righted himself and spread his extra appendages to full span.

With a heavy thrust, he lifted them up and made the tree canopies nearby rustle in the disturbed wind. With a few powerful beats, Toothless was airborne and gaining height. Hiccup looked back and saw Hookfang desperately flying as he tried to escape the blur. He guided his dragon in an upward arch and flew upside down for a moment before righting him and heading over to Snoutlout.

The Monstrous Nightmare was swerving around sharply and managed to avoid the blur for the most part. As Toothless neared, he lowered his bottom jaw slightly and charged up a blast of blue fire. As the arrived to the scene, the Night Fury opened his mouth with aloud screech and shot out a forceful blast of fire. It flew to intercept the blur, but it was proven faster than expected. It shot past just as the fireball soared and began slowly falling.

The blur rounded and aimed back at Snoutlout. He yelped as the blur flew by and unbalanced them with the current it carried behind it. Hiccup gently stroked one of Toothless's ear flaps before urging him to fly over.

"Snoutlout! Detach from Hookfang!" He called as he rounded the pair.

"I can't leave him!" Snoutlout shouted back as Hookfang swiftly turned and narrowly avoided an attack.

"Jump onto Toothless and Hookfang can light himself on fire!" Hiccup explained as he turned and leaned closer.

"Oh yeah," He replied before detaching his harness and leaning over to whisper to the Monstrous Nightmare. With a nod, Snoutlout stood up and stretched out his arms, dramatically falling to the side. Toothless soared under him and prepared for the catch; a red blur was quicker. It flashed by and took Snoutlout with it.

"No!" Hiccup outstretched a hand, though it was useless. He stared after the retreating blur in dismay, his breathing growing rapid. "Toothless!"

The Night Fury was already rocketing after the blur. He kept his eyes narrowed and pressed his wings to his side after every burst of multiple flaps. They followed the red blur, though they weren't gaining any distance, and the dragon seemed to be getting farther away.

Hyperventilating, Hiccup began murmuring encouragement to Toothless in case he was tiring. From his peripheral vision, he caught sight of Hookfang trying to overtake them and find his rider. Hiccup heard Toothless let out a tired moan.

"No!" As Toothless slowed, the blur was nearly out of sight. "No Toothless please, please, please, please..." He finally gave up as his Night Fury spread its wings and heavily landed on a treetop. It swayed to and fro at the momentum from his half crash, half land.

Hookfang continued on, though he was lagging and was slowly reaching the canopies. With a loud roar full of heart ache, the Monstrous Nightmare crashed onto a clump of trees. Hiccup sat up and slowly ran a hand along Toothless's neck. He let out an apologetic rumble and slowly pushed himself to a sit up, letting his wings fall askew beside him.

"You tried, buddy." Hiccup murmured as he stared off. The blur had escaped his field of vision-further into the unknown forest. He sighed and looked up. He saw Hookfang raise his head and looked at the horizon. He cocked his head back and roared out, continuing to do so. His breath billowed out in the chilly air as sunset approached.

"We need to help him," The rider explained. Toothless nodded in silent agreement and slowly lifted his wings, stretching out the tips and testing his muscles. He slowly ascended up with a few flaps and made his way to the Monstrous Nightmare.

It was now thrashing around and flapping its wings. Hiccup saw its tail was caught between two branches, holding it back. The Night Fury slowly lined himself up and built a spurt of blue flame. He shot it out and let it hit the branch. It shuddered before quickly being engulfed in fire and withered away. As it snapped, Hookfang flared his wings and let out a large caterwaul.

He shot out, spraying sticks and leaves that had been unfortunate enough to be in his way, and flew off after Snoutlout. Toothless flew upland began following, though it wasn't hard with the claw marks that were scrawled over his scales.

"Hookfang," Hiccup gently whispered, "You're too tired. We need to get back." Toothless let out a concerned rumble. When he repeated, louder, Hiccup realized it was forwarded to his words. He glanced around before his shoulders sagged.

"Bud... Where are we?" He murmured. The Night Fury grunted in confusion, twitching his ear flaps.

"Oh no..." He blinked and gazed around. The forest was beginning to become enveloped in a mist. He turned and urged Toothless right next to Hookfang. He leaned over and placed a comforting hand on the Monstrous Nightmare's forehead. It turned to look at him, and the stern, determined expression slipped away into a shared gave of worry and sorrow.

"It's alright." Hiccup murmured, though he was almost definite that the dragon could see through the mask he was trying to apply and see that everything was going south. He sighed and finally sat up straight onto Toothless, gently stroking the black scales at the top of his head.

"I don't think he's going to stop searching for Snoutlout," Hiccup murmured to his scaled companion, "The best we can do is follow."

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