The Vikings stood around a large table in the main hall. Stoick stood over the table with a large map spread in front of him.

"Either we finish them or they'll finish us! It's the only way we'll be rid of them!" He shouted for everyone to hear "If we find the nest and destroy it the dragons will leave! They'll find another home!" He slammed a knife into the corner of the map, where there were paintings in the corner of the map. "One more search before the ice sets in."

"Those ships never come back!" A random Viking said.

"We're Vikings! It's an occupational hazard! Now who's with me?!" Stoick shouted to the hall of vikings. The vikings fell into silence with a few of them mumbling.

"All right then. Those who stay will look after my kids." Immediately everyone's hands shot up, "Aye that's better."

Soon the room began to empty out and soon all that was left was Gobber and Stoick. "All right I'll pack my undies." Gobber said setting down his mug he was drinking from.

"No, I need you to stay here and train some new recruits." Stoick said as he walked over to the table Gobber was sitting on.

"Oh ye ye, and while I'm busy Hiccup and Kaida will cover the stole! Won't steal, razor sharp blades, lot's of time to their self. What could possibly go wrong?" Stoick sighed.

"What am I gonna do with them Gobber?"

"Put them in training with the others." Gobber said as it was a simple answer.

"No I'm serious" Stoick replied.

"So am I."

"They'd be killed before you let the first dragon out of its cage!" Stoick said trying to talk some seine into him.

"Oh you don't know that."

"I do know that."

"No, you don't."

"No actually I do."

"No you don't!"

"Look you know how they are. Since the time they could craw they've been... different. They never listens, they has the attention span of a sparrow! I took Kaida and Hiccup fishing and they go hunting! For trolls!"

Gobber turned around sharply, waving his mug around in defence, "Trolls exist! They steal your socks! Only the left ones. What's with that?"

"When I was a boy..." Stoick started.

Gobber sighed knowing what was coming, "Oh here we go."

Stoick ignored him "My father told me to bang my head against a rock and I did it. I thought I was crazy but I didn't question him. And do you know what happened?"

"You got a head ache." Gobber said 'finishing' his sentence.

"That rock broke split in two! He taught me what a Viking could do Gobber. He could crush mountains, level forests, tame seas!" Stoick sighed before sitting next to Gobber "Even as a boy I know what I was, what I had to become. Hiccup is not that boy, and Kaida is not that girl…"

"You can't stop them Stoic. You can only prepare them." He paused making sure his friend was listening. "I know it seems hopeless but the truth is you won't always be around to protect them. Their going to get out there again. Their probably out there now!"

xxxx

"For crying out loud!" Kaida shouted.

"Still nothing?!" Hiccup yelled over to his sister.

She walks over to him, "No nothing."

Hiccup puts his pencil in his book, snapped the book shut and placed it in his vest pocket.

"Ooh, the Gods hate us," He groaned miserably, kicking the dirt. "Some people lose their knife or their mug, but no, not us. We manage to lose and entire dragon?!"

He let out an irritated yell as he pushed a low hanging branch out of his way. Only problem; it came back and smacked his in the face.

"OW!"

"Hiccup are you okay?" Kaida asked checking his face.

"Yeah I'm fine."

Hiccup rubbed his eye and glared at the stupid branch. The tree Hiccup was standing next to looked like it had been split down the middle, bits of bark sticking out everywhere. Kaida looked down at the other half that was just handing there and saw what looked like long trench leading down and over a small hill. They started walking down the hill, following the trail.

They gasped as they suddenly ducked their head back behind the hill. They swallowed as they slowly lifted their heads up, trying to sneak another peek at the thing that was in front of them. They sat up straight and stared right at the thing in front of them. Big, black, and shielded by wings.

Hiccup fumbled around in his vest before producing his very small dagger. It was the only weapon his dad would let him use because he thought he and Kaida would kill themselves with anything else. Kaida too got a dagger out of her vest. They took a deep breath, looked at each other and wiped their heads around. The thing appeared to be unconscious, or maybe even dead.

"Wow, we…we did it?" Hiccup smiled. "Ooh, we did it! This fixes everything! Yes! We have brought down this mighty beast-"

Suddenly push him off its leg. They gasped as Hiccup stepped back, standing against the rock. He held his dagger. He walked around, trying to get a good look at the dragons' face, and that's when he saw it. A pair of large, stunning electric green eyes, their slit-pupils staring back into his own. Hiccup stared at it for a moment, held still by fear. He took long slow breaths, regaining his ability to speak.

"We're gonna kill you, dragon," Hiccup said in a low voice.

"We're gonna… cut out your heart and take it to our father." Kaida said.

"We're Vikings… WE'RE VIKINGS!" They both yelled at the same time.

The dragon gave a small choking sound, as though asking them to stop. They ignored it and lifted their dagger high. Hiccup got the feeling to open his eyes and look at the dragon. It was staring at him more than his sister. He shook his head and got ready to bring the knife down. But he couldn't do it. His hands fell down on top of his head, and he shook it. He looked down at the dagger in his hand, then at the dragon tangled the bola ropes.

He then turned to his sister, who was in the same position as she started in. "Kaida I can't do it."

"Oh thank Thor," Kaida said with a big sigh, letting her arms drop, "I can't do it either."

Without thinking they turned and started to leave. Hiccup heard the dragon groan again, and he slowly turned his head. It looked pretty tided up in the ropes. He gritted his teeth together as he groaned.

Kaida turned around and looked at him, "Hiccup what are you doing?"

"What do you think?" Sighing, he ran up and slid on his knees in front of the dragon. He one of the ropes, paused, and began cutting it with his dagger. Kaida went next to him and started to help. A few of the ropes started to fall off onto the ground, and the dragons legs began to shift. Just one more…

Scratch, scratch, scratch, scratch- SNAP!

There was a loud growl as Hiccup felt his whole body be pushed up hard against the rock, along with his sister screaming his name. He started gasping, looking up the see the Night Fury towering over him.

Kaida went to run to her brother but was stopped by something pushing her to the ground. She moved her head and looked up to see another Night Fury standing above her. Hiccup and Kaida both stared back at the dragon. Then the dragon started to growl as it reared its head back. Kaida and Hiccup closed their eyes, ready for the blast. But instead all they got was loud, ear-piercing roar that nearly made them deaf.

There was a rush of wind and a large weight was lifted off their body. They opened their eyes to see the dragon had gone. They gasped and panted. Hiccup and Kaida grabbed their daggers and pushed themselves to their feet. As they both started to walk they started to wobble and suddenly dropped to the ground and fainted.

xxxx

Hiccup pushed the door opened and walked inside along with his sister and shut it before noticing that their dad was there, sitting in front of the fire. They froze. Not wanting to get in another argument, they tiptoed over to the stairs and started to crawl up on their hands and knees. They nearly made it before...

"Hiccup, Kaida."

"Dad," Hiccup swallowed hard.

"We, uh… Uhh, er have to talk to you, dad." Kaida said, while scratching the back of her head.

"I need to speak with you both to, dear."

Hiccup took a deep breath, his hands forming fists. It's now or never.

"We've decided we don't wanna fight dragons."

Unfortunately, their dad spoke the same time as them. Non of them didn't understand any of it, but he definitely said something about dragons, too.

"What?" They said in unison.

"Um, you go first," he offered.

"No no, you go first," Hiccup insisted, stepping down off the stairs.

"Alright… You get your wish. Dragon training. You start in the mornin'. But not you Kaida."

"Ooh man, I should've gone fist!" Hiccup panicked.

"Yeah you should!" Kaida complained to her brother.

"'Cause I was just thinking, after all, we already have more than enough dragon-fighting-Vikings, right? But do we have enough- I don't know…bread-making-Vikings? Or- or small home-repair-Vikings…"

"You'll need this."

Stoick dropped a large axe into Hiccup's arms. The weight of it made him loose his balance and he fell against the wall.

"I-I don't wanna fight dragons…" He stammered lowly.

"Ha! C'mon, yes you do!" Stoick said with a laughed.

"Okay, rephrase: Dad, I can't kill dragons!"

"But you will kill dragons."

"No, I'm very extra sure that I won't."

"It's time, son."

"Can you not hear me?!"

"This is serious, Hiccup!" Stoick said loudly. "When you carry this axe, you carry all of us with you. Which means you walk like us, you talk like us, you think like us. No more of…this."

"You just gestured to all of me," Hiccup said bluntly, frowning up at him.

"Deal?"

"This conversation is feeling pretty one-sided."

"Deal?!"

He sighed, his arms hanging by his sides due to the weight of the axe.

"Deal…"

Their dad nodded, looking satisfied. Then he turned and picked up a large sack and his helmet.

"Good," he looked around, putting his helmet on. "Train hard. I'll be back. Probably…"

"And we're be here. Maybe…" Kaida said and as her watched him leave.

"Man, do I feel sorry for you." Kaida said before heading upstairs.