A/N: This chapter was edited a bit. Merry Christmas!

Hiccup was running. He panted, dodging daggers that were being flung after him. Dagur's maniacal laugh sounded. "You can run, but you can't hide! Don't worry, I want you alive!"

With that, Dagur seemed to realize that daggers could kill Hiccup. He switched to bolas. They flew around Hiccup, twisting around trees. Hiccup stumbled, his prosthetic catching on a tree root. He couldn't keep this up for long.

Dagur was enjoying himself. Hiccup was much craftier and smaller than a dragon, which made him harder to catch. Hard, but not impossible. They were hours away from the village and the place where the dragons were. Hiccup wouldn't escape him. Oh, Dagur was enjoying this hunt!

Hiccup ran across a clearing. Adrenaline rushed through him, helping him dodge and weave through the bolas Dagur was throwing. The cove was on the other side of the island. So was the village. However, Hiccup knew that there was a whispering death tunnel near here. He could use the tunnel as a secret passage, and lose Dagur in the labyrinth.

He saw it! The dark tunnel entrance! Thirty feet, twenty feet, ten feet, five feet-

Hiccup was knocked to the ground by a bola. He attempted to pry his arms free, but his limbs were all tangled in the rope. There was no escape. Dagur walked casually out of the woods.

"I must say, Hiccup, you did very well! I didn't expect you to make it that far! Congratulations! Now, I'm going to tie you to a tree and leave you here. That'll teach you not to lie to me!"

Hiccup tried to protest. "Dagur, what do you mean, lying?"

Dagur snorted. "Hiccup, I saw you at Raven Point with a bunch of dragons. I'll leave you here, and use your location as a negotiating advantage! Combine that with my armada, and I can force your father to do whatever I want! Now, where's a suitable tree?"

Dagur dragged Hiccup, who was kicking and screaming, to a big spruce tree. He tied Hiccup to the tree in a standing position, and removed his prosthetic. Dagur didn't want Hiccup to get to the village if he somehow got free.

Then, Dagur cackled at his handiwork, and walked off, leaving a struggling Hiccup tied up and helpless.

Something was very very wrong. His rider was in trouble, Toothless could feel it! He didn't have time to claw his way out of the cove, he had to go now!

"Toothless, is everything okay?" Stormfly had walked up while Toothless was fretting.

"Hey Stormfly, can you and Hookfang lift me out of the cove? Hiccup's in trouble!" Stormfly immediately bobbed her head and called Hookfang over. They had almost gotten Toothless out when the riders walked into the cove. The teens all froze in shock.

Toothless used their surprise to his advantage and scrambled over the ledge. He took off running. Toothless could smell Hiccup, and he wasn't in the village. There was another smell near his rider. It smelled sickly sweet, and was mingled with the coppery scent of blood. It was the smell of madness, a horrible smell- a deranged smell.

Astrid stared as her dragon and Hookfang lifted Toothless out of the cove. Where was he going?! She had to stop Toothless, before he got to the village and gave the dragons away!

"Dragons, everyone!" Ugh, where was Hiccup when you needed him?

The riders mounted their dragons and gave chase. Toothless darted through the trees nearly as quickly as through the air. No matter where they were, Night Furies were fast!

Astrid caught up to the runaway dragon right as he entered the clearing. She was about to yell at Toothless when she noticed Hiccup.

A/N: I really wrote this ages ago. It's so short! Anyway, sorry it took so long and shoutouts, cause I got FOUR reviews! Edit: Lol, nowadays I get so much more than four reviews a chapter... all thanks to you guys!

Zoha Ven: Here's your chapter! Your spelling got kinda strange… but who am I to judge?

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