Author's Note: Here is the next chapter of Dragons: Race to the Edge.
I don't own How to Train Your Dragon, only Hicca (female Hiccup), Asher (male Astrid), Bones (Boneknapper), Serpentina (Grapple Grounder), Mist (Scauldron), Blazer (Monstrous Nightmare), Etch (Whispering Death), Grabble (Smothering Smokebreath), Melt (titan-wing Changewing), Spinetail (Deadly Nadder), Laval (Fireworm Princess), Glint (Flightmare), Flame (Typhoomerang), Voltage (Skrill), Rush (lead Speed Stinger), Screech (Screaming Death), Sweet Scent (Snaptrapper), Slice (Timberjack).
"..." Human p.o.v.
"..." Dragon p.o.v.
'...' Human thought.
'...' Dragon thought.
Hope you all enjoy. Be sure to review. Now on with the chapter.
Chapter 2: Dragon Eye of the Beholder, Part 2
Hicca and her dragons hover in the air as Hicca tries to decide what to do. The rest of the riders were still stuck in the dragon cage shouting for help as the Reaper began sinking.
"Get us out of here!" Fishlegs yells.
"Hicca!" Snotlout shouts.
"Get us out of here!" Ruffnut screams.
"Isn't this exciting?" Dagur asks laughing like a maniac. "What will she choose, ladies and gentlemen? Saving her friends or capturing her mortal enemy, her lover?" He asks and watches Hicca go to save her friends and zooms off on Toothless with the rest of her dragons following to the Reaper. "Hmm. Disappointing, but all-so-typically Hicca." He says smiling evilly as his ship enters the fog bank.
"Get us out of here! Hicca, help!" The riders yell as Hicca and Toothless land on the mast pole with Voltage while Sweet Scent and Slice hover in the air and Screech uses his tail to hold the Reaper up from sinking any faster.
"Move back from the door!" Hicca shouts as she and Toothless jump down in front of the cage. "Toothless, plasma blast." She orders.
"Here goes." Toothless says and blasts the door of the cage, but leaves it without a single scratch.
"What?" Hicca exclaims in shock and then turns to her Timberjack. "Slice you try." She says.
"Got it." Slice says and moves to the front of the cage and tries to cut open the cage but gets the same result; not even a single scratch.
"Dragon-proof bars? Oh, fascinating." Fishlegs says observing the bars of the cage.
"Whoever built this ship really knew what they were doing." Hicca says observing them as well but then the ship rocks to a side, tossing Snotlout onto Fishlegs.
"Whoa! Oh, you know what would be more fascinating?" Snotlout asks as the ships rocks to the other side, tossing Fishlegs onto her squishing her between the large girl and the cage. "Getting us out of here!" She shouts.
"Toothless, now!" Hicca says and Toothless fires two more shots, but to no avail.
Unknown to them two giant eels sees the plasma blasts and move towards the sinking Reaper.
"We need more firepower. Guys, dragon calls." Hicca says and the riders begin calling their dragons.
"No, no, no!" Tuffnut shouts as the shaking of the ship causes him to fall from the top of the cage.
A giant eel emerges, and leaps towards the Reaper landing on top of the cage hissing at the riders.
"Why'd it have to be eels?" Snotlout asks as Voltage blast the eel with a lightning blast.
"Get lost!" Voltage shouts as he and Toothless move towards Hicca and away from the water where three more eels are waiting.
"Scram!" Toothless shouts and fires a plasma blast at three eels on the rocks in the water.
"Come on!" Hicca says straining to open the cage but then a giant eel grabs her prosthetic leg. "Aah! Sweet Scent!" She shouts and Sweet Scent blasts acid at the eel, freeing Hicca. "Thanks, girls." She says with a smile.
"Our pleasure, Hicca." Sweet Scent says and watches Hicca remove her prosthetic leg and tries to open door with it.
"Uhh! Hookfang! Help us! I'm important!" Snotlout yells.
"Stormfly!" Asher shouts as the Reaper begins to sink straight downward causing the riders to hang from the bars.
"Barf, Belch, get your butts over here!" Ruffnut shouts.
"Uhh! Toothless!" Hicca shouts clinging onto the cage for her life on the now-vertical ship.
"Hang on!" Toothless shouts snarling, and gets ready to fire before realizing that he used up his shot limit. "Damn, out of shots." He says and then hears the roars of the other dragons.
"We're coming, my love." Stormfly says flying in with the other rider's dragons.
The riders scream as they fall causing the cage door to open and they fall out of it, clinging onto each other and the open cage door.
"Aah. That was great." Tuffnut says holding Hicca's prosthetic leg. "Aah! No! Aah!" He yells fighting off eels.
"Need some help?" Barf and Belch ask as they emerge and fire at the eels.
"Oh, so now you decide to show up." Tuffnut says as he and the others get onto their dragons and Screech release the Reaper as it sink into the water.
"That was way too close." Fishlegs says.
"Hicca, what are we doing?" Asher asks.
"You guys go back to Berk. I'm going after Dagur. Whatever that cylinder-looking thing is, I know one thing for sure-it shouldn't be in his hands. Toothless you go back with Screech. Voltage, you're with me." Hicca says as Toothless land on his Screaming Death brother and watches Hicca front flip onto his Skrill brother.
"Let's go." Voltage says as he and Hicca take off into the fog.
"Amazing. I've never seen anything quite like this." Dagur says staring at the cylindrical object.
"Me, neither. What do you suppose it is?" Savage asks picking his left ear.
"Don't ask ridiculous questions, Savage! Just know this-it's mine now, all mine!" Dagur says laughing. "Now, what exactly is it that you do? Tell Dagur, now. That's it. Don't be afraid. Tell Daddy Dagur." He says not noticing Hicca flying in on Voltage.
"Uh, Dagur?" Savage asks pointing towards the incoming Hicca and Voltage.
"Uhh! What now?! Another stupid question?!" Dagur asks loudly raising the cylindrical object above his head.
"More of an observation." Savage says as Voltage flies in and Hicca grabs cylindrical object.
"Thank you kindly." Hicca says as she and Voltage fly off.
"Aah!" Dagur screams as his men fire at Hicca and her Skrill but miss causing Dagur to throw a crew member overboard while the other immediately jumped into the water. "Aah! See what you did? You distracted me. And now my pretty, cylindrical, mysterious object is gone." He says grabbing Savage. "Good for you, Hicca! Good for you! But I got all the gold! You hear me? All the gold! All…the…gold!" He shouts laughing and pushes Savage onto the ground. "You know, you can never have nice things around that woman." He says and steps on Savage.
"Uhh!" Savage grunts in pain.
After successfully retrieving the cylinder from Dagur, Hicca returns it to Berk and brings the mysterious cylindrical object to Gobber as he struggles to open cylindrical object.
"Have you ever seen anything like this Dragon Eye before?" Hicca asks with Grabble and Sharpshot on her shoulders.
"Dragon Eye? How do you know it's called a Dragon Eye?" Tuffnut asks leaning against a barrel.
"Because I named it." Hicca says staring at the teen.
"Whoa, whoa. Aren't we supposed to vote on stuff like that?" Snotlout asks.
"Fine. All in favor, say "Dragon Eye"." Hicca says.
"Dragon Eye!" All the riders minus Snotlout say together.
"Just wanted to make sure we voted." Snotlout says with her hands on her hips.
"Can you open it, Gobber?" Asher asks with his arms crossed.
"Ha ha! Can I open it?" Gobber asks chuckling. "I once opened a 500-year-old giant clam at the bottom of the ocean with my bare hook. Can I open it? Ha! I think it's going to be-huh. Aha." He says as a dart shoots out of Dragon Eye and hits Tuffnut in the chest.
"Ugh. What is that? That looks like a-" Tuffnut begins to say but then passes out.
"Ha ha!" Ruffnut laughs at her brother's misfortune.
"Well, that was…something, maybe." Gobber says observing the effects of the dart that hit Tuffnut and continues to try and open the Dragon Eye.
"Gobber, maybe you shouldn't-" Hicca tries to say.
"Trust me. I'm-" Gobber begins to say but then green gas sprays out of Dragon Eye.
"It's all right, I'm okay." Tuffnut says waking up. "I got hit with something, but now-" He begins to say but sniffs the gas. "No, scratch that." He says and falls down into a spasm as the others observe him twitching.
"Yeah, I'm thinking we should probably go get Gothi." Hicca says.
The riders brought Tuffnut to Gothi's for healing as they watch her mix medicine together. Tuffnut starts hacking and Gothi shoves some medicine into his mouth. Once he gulps the medicine down Tuffnut begins scratching his teeth.
"My teeth are itching. My teeth are itchy." Tuffnut says as Gothi scribbles something in the dirt.
"She says that's a good sign. Means it's working." Gobber translates for the riders.
"Thank you, Gothi. We really appreciate this." Hicca says to her grandmother-like figure.
"Huh." Gobber says fiddling with Dragon Eye.
Gothi's eyes widen in sock as she points to a keyhole on the Dragon Eye causing her turn away, troubled.
"Gothi, are you okay? What is it?" Hicca asks.
Gothi looks at the girl and points to scar on her arm and walks away.
"Gothi. Her-Her scar-it matches the keyhole." Hicca says in shock.
"Yeah, and it looked like a dragon bite to me." Fishlegs says.
"Oh, it is. But she doesn't like to talk about it." Gobber informs the riders.
"She doesn't like to talk about anything." Fishlegs says.
"Oh, that's why she writes in the dirt with her stick. I thought that was just, like, her thing." Tuffnut says still scratching his teeth.
"Yeah, like Snotlout being a man repellent." Ruffnut says.
"Maybe we could use the stick to itch the teeth." Tuffnut says scratching his teeth harder.
"Where are you going?" Gobber asks seeing Hicca follow after Gothi.
"After her. We have to find out what kind of dragon made that scar. It could be the key to opening the Dragon Eye." Hicca says to her mentor.
"Hold on. I have ways of making her talk. Heh. Well…scribble, anyway." Gobber says crossing his arms.
Later that night at Gothi's hut, Gobber opens a pot of steaming soup.
"It's the old bat's weakness, isn't it? Come on." Gobber says waving the steam in Gothi's direction. "You know you can't resist Gobber's home-made yak noodle soup." He says making the old woman slurp and a second later she downs the soup.
"Ho ho! She downed that like a yak in a heat wave." Fishlegs says to Hicca making her stare at the girl in confusion. "That makes sense, right?" She asks.
"Now, tell me about this bite mark." Hicca says after Gothi sits down in her chair.
Gothi grabs her staff and starts writing in the dirt.
"I was a turkey neck-" Gobber translates but gets hit in the head by Gothi. "Ow! "Teenager." Sorry." He says and Gothi continues scribbling. "I had a longing to climb Glacier Island to find pure glacial water known for its healing properties. So, I went with two vegetables." He translates and gets hit by Gothi, again. "Ow! "Vikings." Sorry. I'm a bit rusty." He says scratching his cheek.
[Flashback]
A young Gothi climbs up the mountain with two Vikings behind her.
"We had only been at the summit for a few hours, when we were hit by a terrible snowstorm." Gobber narrates.
Gothi and the two Vikings are caught in a snowstorm.
"That's when it attacked. It was vicious." Gobber narrates.
A white blur zooms in and snatches the male Viking in a second.
"Relentless." Gobber continues.
The blur moves in again and snatches the female Viking.
"And impossible to see in the white-out." Gobber says.
Gothi swings her staff around unable to see the blur until it lands behind her.
"The Snow Wraith." Gobber says.
The Snow Wraith has a snowy white body. It also has blue highlights, mainly around the wing frames, legs, face and tail spikes. It possess two legs and broad wings.
The dragons bites Gothi's hand as she hits it with her staff. It hurls her into a mound of snow before walking past.
[End Flashback]
"I'll never know why it didn't finish me off that day. I left knowing only one thing-that I never wanted to smooch that dragon again. Smooch-" Gobber begins to say but gets hit by Gothi once again. "Ow! "See! Never wanted to see it again." You know, your drawing ain't what it used to be, old woman." He says and Gothi prepares to hit him. "But your swing, strong as ever." He says.
"Gothi, a tooth from the Snow Wraith is the key to unlocking the Dragon Eye. You have to help us find it." Hicca says excited to unlock the Dragon Eye but deep down she wanted to add a Snow Wraith to her dragon herd.
Gothi frowns at her granddaughter figure, knowing her true intentions and scribbles in the dirt.
"I can't say that to her. She's a lady and the chief's daughter." Gobber says and Gothi erases the scribbles and rewrites. "She says, no way she's ever going back. And besides, Berk needs her." He translates. "It's true. She's the best healer we've got." He says.
"Well, Gobber can cover for you." Hicca says.
"Huh? Oh, well, uh, of course I can. I've watched Gothi work so many times, I know this place like the back of my hand." Gobber says lifting up his hook by mistake before lifting up the other hand. "Uh…heh." He chuckles at his mistake.
"You remember the viciousness of the Snow Wraith. I get that. But you also remember how it was to be my age, to want to explore, to need to see what else is out there. To get answers to questions you haven't even asked yet." Hicca says and picks up the Dragon Eye. "This will help me do all of that. But only-only if you help me unlock it." She says holding it out to Gothi.
Gothi stares at the girl and then smiles in approval.
The next day, the dragon riders make their way to Glacier Island.
"Look at the size of that island." Hicca says riding on Toothless with Rush behind her.
"It's definitively big." Rush says.
"And probably freezing." Toothless says.
"Oh! The Book of Dragons mentions the Snow Wraith, but doesn't have any information on it. Can you believe this? A brand-new dragon. It's been so long, I've forgotten what this feeling is." Fishlegs says with a squeal making everyone look at her. "Sorry. Excited about the new dragon." She says.
"You mean the dragon that single-handedly wiped out Gothi's entire search party." Asher says.
"And let's not forget that we all know Hicca wants to add this dragon to her herd." Ruffnut says riding on Scauldy knowing her best friend's intentions.
"That would be correct. So worth the long flight." Fishlegs says.
"Speak for yourself! Your neck hair's not covered in old lady drool!" Snotlout shouts gesturing to the sleeping Gothi behind her on Hookfang.
"Okay, here we are." Asher says as they approach Glacier Island.
"Oh, thank Thor." Hicca says as they fly in and land near a lake.
Snotlout lifts her hand to help Gothi down off of Hookfang, but as she holds the girl's hand, Snotlout retracts it, sending her tumbling down into the snow.
"Oh! Yak hands. Oh, I'm so sorry. Are you okay? Ha ha ha ha!" Snotlout laughs but Gothi uses her staff and sweeps Snotlout's feet from under her. "Uhh! Fair enough." She says on the ground.
"You know, we should bring her along more often." Asher says enjoying the scene he just saw.
Gothi looks around and inspects the island before shrugging.
"Great, just great. She's got nothin'. Someone else is wearing that bag of bones home. She's all knees and elbows." Snotlout says but then the wind howls as the riders try to shield against it.
Hicca wraps the bottom half of her face with her gold scarf and tucks her hair into her coat before pulling the hood over her head. Toothless and Rush move closer to her to keep her warm and safe. Fishlegs tries to get a grip on the snow but slip and Meatlug grabs her rider quickly. Scauldy and Flame shield their riders with the wings. Stormfly hugs Asher to her underbelly and Snotlout is left to shiver in the cold.
"Can we please do something? My mouth is starting to freeze shut." Snotlout says walking towards Hicca and Asher.
"Don't get our hopes up." Asher says.
"Well, then we should work fast to find this Snow Wraith. Because I sense close but I don't see it. And we're not leaving until we find it." Hicca says her voice muffled at bit through her scarf.
"Let's split up so we can cover more ground." Asher suggests.
"Good idea. Dragon call if you come across anything." Hicca says mounting Toothless and Rush climbs onto his brother's back.
"Quick, Hookfang, before she sees us! Ah!" Snotlout yelps as she sees Gothi already sitting on Hookfang patting the saddle. "Hi. I was just talking about you." She says and mounts her Monstrous Nightmare.
The dragons take off but unknown to them the Sow Wraith was behind them as it opens its eyes.
Back at Berk, Gobber is now temporary the village's healer with a long line on patents waiting to be looked at.
"Hmm. Hmm. Okay, you got this, Gobber. Just follow the steps. Listen, diagnose, heal. Just like riding your first wild yak." Gobber says taking a sniff of a jar of medicine. "Ohh, you never forget that first kick." He says and takes a seat on a small wooden stool but it couldn't take his wait and broken underneath him. "Ahh. I'll have to heal that later." He says grabbing another stool and takes a seat. "Ahem. Okay, first sick, nasty Viking, Dr. Gobber is in the house." He says as a male Viking hobbles in. "Magnus, what seems to be the problem?" He asks the man.
"The problem?! My leg is caught in an old dragon trap, Gobber." Magnus says showing Gobber the dragon trap.
"Oh, yes, of course it is." Gobber says as he walks over to Magnus and whacks away his walking stick. "Ah, I remember my first leg break." He says and twists Magnus' leg causing the bone to crack.
"Aaaah!" Magnus screams in pain.
"Let me clean up that wound for you." Gobber says and pours a jar of liquid onto Magnus' leg.
"Aah! Aah, it burns! It burns!" Magnus yells in pain.
"Ah, that just means it's working." Gobber says with a smile but then sees Magnus screaming and shaking his leg that is on fire.
Gobber acts quickly and splashes water onto Magnus' leg but ends up hitting the Viking in the face, knocking him out.
"Cured." Gobber says and drags the unconscious Magnus away. "Next." He says.
At Glacier Island, the snowstorm seemingly disappears as the riders meet back up in a clearing.
"Anybody find anything?" Hicca asks pulling her scarf down from her mouth.
"All we found was some scattered yak bones." Ruffnut says to her best friend.
"I didn't see anything, but I had this weird feeling that something was watching me." Fishlegs says.
"Oh, I had a weird feeling, too. Like this old lady was stuck on my back." Snotlout says and Gothi slowly appears over the girl's shoulder.
"Aah! Two heads! Oh, sorry. I mean, on Barf and Belch, it works. I've seen it before. I'm used to it." Tuffnut says after receiving a glare from his sister.
Suddenly another snowstorm starts to brew as the wind whistles.
"Hicca, maybe we should get out of here. That looks like a huge storm." Asher says moving closer to the girl.
"No. We should dig in here and wait for the Snow Wraith to show itself. Remember, it likes to attack when you can't see it." Hicca says pulling her scarf back over the bottom half of her face.
"Great. Just great." Fishlegs complains.
'I can sense the Snow Wraith but I can't see it.' Hicca thought.
'Rush and I can smell it too, Hicca.' Toothless told his rider through their mental link.
'We'll just have to be patient.' Rush says moving closer to his rider.
Back on Berk, Gobber once again receives another injured Viking.
"Mm-hmm." Gobber says as he stares through a magnifying glass at a foot. "My official diagnosis is…a thorn." He says.
"Yes, I told you that already!" The male Viking patient shouts.
"Not to worry, I can remove it right quick." Gobber says.
"The thorn?" The Viking patient asks.
"The foot." Gobber says and turns around and shuffles through his tools. "Hmm, no. Uh, no. No. Aha! This was what my mother used to do for me." He says wielding an axe but when he turns around the Viking was gone. "Some people just don't appreciate the practice of medicine." He says.
Back on Glacier Island, the snowstorm seems to get worse.
"Use your dragons as extra protection from the wind!" Hicca shouts but then the tent behind her is destroyed.
"It's the Snow Wraith! Oh!" Fishlegs yells and jumps into her tent for cover. "Okay, I'm gonna be okay. I'm gonna be okay. Ohh!" She yelps as the Snow Wraith destroys her tent in a second.
"Hold your ground and fire back! Rush the minute you see it try and paralyze it for me." Hicca says to her Speed Stinger as he nods and readies his tail.
"Fire back where? We can't see it." Asher says as the Snow Wraith destroys a third tent.
"Actually, you know what? Take cover!" Hicca yells and runs followed by the others.
Snotlout gets hit by Snow Wraith's blast and is sent flying into a snow bank as the snow from the blast covers Hicca, Toothless, and Rush.
"Uhh! Whoa." Hicca says getting a good look at the Strike class dragon as it roars.
Snotlout was still in the snow bank coughing up snow as the Snow Wraith comes up to her.
"Aah!" Snotlout yelps as the Snow Wraith sniffs at her and roars but doesn't seem to see her.
"Toothless, warning shot." Hicca says.
"Hey, Wraith." Toothless says and fires at Snow Wraith and the others follow suit causing the Snow Wraith to move out of the way.
"Ha! Uhh!" Snotlout groans as more snow falls on her.
The Snow Wraith flies over to Hookfang and Flame as they try to fight it off but the fire blast hit the snow bank Hicca and her dragons are it.
"Cease fire! Cease fire!" Hicca yells.
The Snow Wraith moves quickly past Stormfly causing Asher to get knocked off his dragon's saddle and over a cliff but manages to get a grip.
"Stormfly!" Asher shouts.
"Hang on." Stormfly says and puts the spines of her tail out for her rider to climb up on.
"All right, I've had just about enough of this dragon, sweetie. Do your thing." Hicca says and Toothless uses his echo-location ability to spot the Snow Wraith in the air. "Toothless, now! Multiple blasts!" She yells the moment the Snow Wraith stops in mid-air and Toothless tries to hit the Snow Wraith but it ducks under all the blasts and flies away. "I think it's gone. Everybody okay? Everybody here?" She asks.
"What do you mean by "here"?" Ruffnut asks appearing beside Hicca with Scauldy.
"I have a question, Hicca. What exactly is your plan to get a Snow Wraith tooth? Take it out of one of our dead bodies?" Snotlout asks brushing the snow off herself.
"If all goes well, it'll be Ruffnut's dead body. And the Wraith tooth." Tuffnut says with his arms crossed as Flame walks up behind him.
"Hold on, quiet. Gothi wants to tell us something." Hicca says as the old woman scribbles something in the snow.
"She says we should've left when we had the chance." Fishlegs translates as they her roaring in the distance.
'I just don't know.' Hicca thought.
'What is it, Hicca?' Toothless asks.
'That Snow Wraith had many opportunities to take us out but it didn't.' Hicca says through her mental link.
'Plus the Snow Wraith from Gothi's young is probably long gone by now or at least too old to move as quickly as it did.' Rush says.
'Exactly, that dragon wasn't hunting, it felt more like it was playing. There was no anger coming from it at all.' Hicca says.
Back on Berk, Gobber has yet another sick Viking patient, who was throwing up into his helmet.
"Don't you worry, Agnar. I've seen her whip this stomach cure up a thousand times." Gobber says placing ingredients into cauldron. "One dab, eye of yak." He says adding a drop to the cauldron. "Would that be one eye or a dab of an eye?" He asks looking at the book but knocks over a bottle of green liquid into cauldron. "Ah! Whoa." He says grabbing the bottle and looks at Agnar who didn't see his mistake but then sneezes into cauldron twice. "Heh. Drink this three times a day and come back and see me if it doesn't kill you." He says making Agnar gasp. "I'm just kidding. Hopefully." He says quietly as Agnar walks away.
On the Glacier Island, the snowstorm dies down once again and the riders and Gothi are gathered up to discuss their next move.
"Okay, that thing was gnarly." Snotlout says.
"Asher, are you okay?" Hicca asks her crush.
"Yep, barely." Asher replies.
"Hicca, you know I want a shot at this as badly as you, but maybe we should get out of here. We're just sitting ducks in this storm." Fishlegs says shocking Hicca by her choice of words.
"Wait a minute. What did you just say?" Hicca asks.
"She said we're sitting ducks. And for once, I agree with her." Snotlout says crossing her arms.
"Sitting ducks." Hicca says looking at the snow banks she and Snotlout were caught in. "Yes, yes! Yes, that's exactly what we need to be." She says.
"Excuse me?" Asher asks confused.
"What if we could make the Snow Wraith think it sees us when we're not here?" Hicca asks the group.
"You can make yourself invisible like a Changewing? Why does she get to do all the cool stuff? I just have to sit here with you as a sister." Tuffnut says.
"Will you two be quiet for ten seconds?" Snotlout asks.
"Tuff's not that far off. I can't be invisible like a Changewing but look, the Snow Wraith didn't have any trouble seeing us until Snotlout got buried in the snow. And Gothi said it couldn't find her when she fell into a snow bank. I think that's because it sees body heat in the same way Toothless can find things with sound. We'll use this to our advantage to confuse it. Then, while it's distracted, we'll net it and get that tooth." Hicca says.
"And you're sure it will work?" Asher asks walking up behind her.
"Uhh…" Hicca says unsure of herself.
"Of course not." Asher says with a sigh.
"I hate you. You know that?" Snotlout asks.
"Yes, I am aware of that. All right, gang, let's get to work." Hicca says.
Later the snowstorm picks back up and the riders have constructed several dummies in the snow while they hide in a cave not far off.
"Pretty good. Now, if I'm right, when we light these on fire, the Snow Wraith will think they're us and attack. Then we'll have the drop on it." Hicca says.
"Wait, wait, wait! Look at how realistically gorgeous my statue is. I can't in good conscience send that into flames." Snotlout says as her statue's head is blown off by the wind. "Ahh!" She yelps.
"I'll work through the pain and do it for you." Asher says sarcastically.
"Wow, you'd do that for me, Asher?" Snotlout asks not picking up on the sarcastic remark or seeing him roll his eyes.
"All right, Toothless, light 'em up." Hicca says on one knee scratching Rush's neck.
"With pleasure." Toothless says and sends a plasma blast at the dummies.
"Somewhere in the world, a silent tear was just cried." Snotlout says after removing her helmet.
After a minute of waiting the riders don't see anything in the storm.
"Hicca, I don't know if this-" Fishlegs begins to say but then the Snow Wraith swoops over.
"Wait, look!" Hicca shouts as she sees the Snow Wraith flying over the flaming dummies. "Okay, next time it comes in, we go." She says.
The Snow Wraith roars as it moves in and destroys Snotlout's statue.
"Oh, no, you did not!" Snotlout shouts and taps Hookfang as he lights up a fire jacket in anger.
The cave begins to melt as a few drops hit Toothless on the head causing him to look up and see the cracks forming in the ceiling. Toothless rushes forward to protect Hicca and Rush, sending them both tumbling out and trapping the rest of the riders in the cave.
"Hookfang! Get over here now!" Snotlout shouts as she and Gothi try to break out.
"Thanks, sweetie. Boy, look out!" Hicca yells as the Snow Wraith swoops over them and Rush tries to strike it with his tail but misses. "If it can see our body heat, then we are way too easy a target out here." She says and the three walk into the middle of the blazing statues. "This should even the odds a little. It won't be able to make us out within the heat of these fires. It won't be able to make us out within the heat of these fires. Do your thing, Toothless." She says.
"Sure thing." Toothless says and starts to echo-locate the surrounding area but picks up nothing.
"Easy, sweetie. Nothing. Where is it?" Hicca asks but unknown to them the Snow Wraith's thermal vision gives it a clear image of Hicca, Toothless, and Rush. "Keep going." She says unaware that the Snow Wraith has landed behind them. "Keep going, keep going." She says still unaware of the Snow Wraith slowly approaching them. "Keep going. Keep going." She says and finally spins around to see Snow Wraith after sensing it only to see Gothi rush forward. "Gothi, no!" She shouts as Gothi rapidly attacking the dragon with her staff. "Toothless, plasma blast! And careful not to hit the crazy little woman with the staff." She says after the Snow Wraith grabbing Gothi by her staff.
"I'll try." Toothless says and blasts the Snow Wraith a few times causing it to let go of Gothi
The dragon roar at the girl and her dragons but then a fireball hits it in the side of the head as they turn to see Snotlout and a flaming Hookfang outside of the collapsed cave.
"Oh, yeah, that's right. Snotlout got us out of the snow." Snotlout cheers for herself.
"Yeah, and you're also the one that got us buried in it to begin with." Asher informs the girl as her rushes forward to Hicca's side.
"Ah, details." Snotlout says following the boy.
The dragons fire blasts at the Snow Wraith causing it to back up slowly and then they surround it.
"Okay, we have him surrounded. Okay my turn." Hicca says and slowly walks up to the Snow Wraith as it looks at her.
Hicca calmly holds up her right hand and extends it to the dragon and waits to see if it will accept. The Snow Wraith sniffs her hand for a second and then presses his snout to her hand making her smile as she gets on her knees and holds the dragons face in the palms of her hands.
"You smell really nice. Very sweet." The Snow Wraith says in a male voice that sounds like it's around her age maybe a year younger.
"Thank you. That's very kind of you to say." Hicca says smiling.
"That was a fun game we played. Can we do it again?" The Snow Wraith asks.
"I knew you were playing a game with us. You had many opportunities to take us out but you didn't. Why?" Hicca asks.
"Because I haven't had any fun for a long time. I have an older brother and a young sister but they're not fun to play with and the moment I saw you all I thought I could have some fun since it gets really boring around here." The Snow Wraith says.
"Well how about you come with me and you'll have lots of other dragons to play with like Toothless and Rush here." Hicca says gesturing to her Night Fury and Speed Stinger.
"Sounds like fun. I'm in." The Snow Wraith says excitedly.
"Great, welcome to my herd. I'm gonna call you, Blizzard." Hicca says giving the Snow Wraith his new name.
"Blizzard? Hmm, I like it." Blizzard says liking his new name.
"Well Blizzard there's just one thing I need from you." Hicca says but Gothi taps her shoulder. "Not now, Gothi. Blizzard we found this object and in order to unlock it we need one of your teeth so-" She continues to say but Gothi taps her shoulder again. "I said in a minute, Gothi. I know it's a lot to ask but-" She says but Gothi taps holds up her staff and shows it to the girl. "Gothi! Can we-oh. Oh, a tooth. A tooth!" She says seeing the small tooth embedded in the staff. "Uh, never mind Blizzard." She says to her newest dragon holding her hand underneath the small tooth.
The riders and Gothi return to Berk and meet up with Gobber at his smith.
"So, Gobber, how was it being Gothi?" Hicca asks with Blizzard by her side.
"Well, I didn't get to wallop anybody with my staff, but-" Gobber begins to say.
"Gobber! Gobber!" Agnar shouts running up to him. "I must have more of that potion you made me earlier." He says.
"So, it cured your stomach ailments, did it?" Gobber asks but Agnar throws up onto the ground.
"Far from it! But it cured something else. It's made my hair grow back!" Agnar says removing his helmet and showing the group.
"Congrats, Agnar. You look so…" Snotlout says patting Agnar on the back but causes him to throw up again. "…good." She finishes.
"Well, at least you got only one of the side effects." Gobber says but then Agnar breaks wind and covers his backside with his helmet. "Ugh…" He says after catching a whiff of the smell from Agnar.
"Ohh." Hicca says coughing. "Well, Gobber, just whip up some more of that potion for him." She says.
"Uh, well, it was very complicated, and I'm retired. Gothi, why don't you take this one?" Gobber asks and Gothi whacks him with her staff as she leads Agnar away.
"You really have no idea what was in that potion, do you?" Hicca asks.
"No, not a drop. But here's your key. And a little pocket to attach to your belt to keep it in." Gobber says handing both items to the girl.
Hicca takes the Snow Wraith tooth and fits it into the keyhole and waits for something to happen but nothing does.
"We almost died for that?" Snotlout asks.
"No, there's gotta be more to it than this. It just doesn't make any sense." Hicca says picking up the Dragon Eye.
"Welcome to my world, sister. Nothing makes sense and you got itchy teeth." Tuffnut says scratching his teeth.
After a day of trying to unlock the Dragon Eye and introducing Blizzard to his new brothers and sisters, it was soon nighttime and Hicca was in her room wearing her nightgown, a silky white gown that reaches to her knees and shows a large amount of her cleavage, and sitting at her desk.
"All right." Hicca says with a yawn. "That's it, I'm calling it a night. Maybe tomorrow. Fresh eyes." She says placing the Dragon Eye on her desk and undoing her ponytail letting her hair fall down free of its ties.
"Yeah, that'll do you some good." Toothless says and moves to his stone slab where he sleeps and fires it up.
Hicca sits on her bed watching her Night Fury with a smile but then notices the Dragon Eye project a faint purple glow and looks to the watch to see an image appear for a second before it vanishes. She then turns to Toothless to see him finish fire up his slab and then gets an idea.
"Toothless, come here." Hicca says grabbing her desk chair and the Dragon Eye while looking into it. "Do that again, sweetie. Give me a low flame." She says.
"Okay." Toothless says and breathes a low flame into the Dragon Eye causing it to project maps onto her wall.
"Whoa. This changes everything." Hicca says in amazement.
Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Be sure to review and tell me what you thought. Stay tuned for the next chapter: Imperfect Harmony.
Here's the upadate list of the riders dragons.
Hicca's dragons: Toothless (Night Fury), Bones (Boneknapper), Serpentina (Grapple Grounder), Mist (Scauldron), Etch (Whispering Death), Grabble (Smothering Smokebreath), Melt (titan-wing Changewing), Spinetail (Deadly Nadder), Laval (Fireworm Princess), Glint (Flightmare), Sharpshot (Terrible Terror), Torch (Typhoomerang), Voltage (Skrill), Rush (lead Speed Stinger), Screech (Screaming Death), Sweet Scent (Snaptrapper), Slice (Timberjack), Thornado (Thunderdrum), Blizzard (Snow Wraith).
Asher's dragons: Stormfly (Deadly Nadder), Blazer (Monstrous Nightmare), Sneaky (Terrible Terror).
Snotlout's dragons: Hookfang (Monstrous Nightmare), Pain (Terrible Terror).
Fishlegs' dragons: Meatlug (Gronckle), Iggy (Terrible Terror).
Ruffnut's dragons: Barf and Belch (Hideous Zippleback), Head (Terrible Terror), Scauldy (Scauldron).
Tuffnut's dragons: Belch and Belch (Hideous Zippleback), Butt (Terrible Terror), Flame (Typhoomerang).
Gustov's dragons: Fanghook (Monstrous Nightmare).