When Hiccup woke up tried to stretch his limbs but he couldn't. He was sitting in cage, that was very tight, he couldn't even sit straight and it was hangin on tree in the middle of camp. Place was full of hunters, the camp was setled in forest on some strange island. That wasn't good at all. The last thing Hiccup remembered from before waking were pain and arrow in his arm. On the right arm he had bandage and his wrists were shackled in thick metal menacles, at least they didn't take his prothestic. He sat there and tried to find a way out by destroying a lock or chain but he failed, when one of the hunters spoted this and scared Hiccup with fire, ten minutes later started to rain. He didn't know where Toothless is and without ability to walk he couldn't find him, he got his knees close to his chest and had to wait for rain to stop falling. There was no other option. He wondered 'where is he?'
Astrid and Ruffnut weren't in better situation. They were washing the dishes and making laundry for hunters. They were on the island of dragon hunters, many hunters were crowling all around and watching so there was no way to escape. They didn't know where is Hiccup or boys or any of their dragons, but not only they disappeared. Since the day of their capture, that mean two days, Viggo and his ship were mising, Ryker was in charge and girls had enough of him already. Some times he was brutal that's why Astrid had big, purple bruise on her chin. Most of the hunters weren't agressive, most of them weren't even intersted in them but a group of hunters were. They were young, maybe in her age but stronger and better equiped than her. These weren't nice guys.
"Get back to work you filthy rider!" Another hit of whip landed on Snotlout's backs, leaving red trace on it. Snotlout, Fishlegs and Tuffnut were in the mines with other slaves, they didn't know what they are mining, but when Fishlegs wanted to ask they whipped him and said if one of them will say anything else all three will be whipped. So they worked in quiet, they didn't know where are they or where are their dragons. He was afraid of them he didn't liked caves very much and this whip-threat wasn't helping. They were having two meals on day, a piece of bread, white gruel and cup of water, not very tasty but could be worst.
Dragons had similar isiues as their riders. Meatlug was making gronckle iron, Stormfly was shaved from spikes, from Hookfang they colected monsterous nightmare gel. Barf and Belch were just closed in cage but Toothless was somewere else. On island far, far away in deep, dark cave stood tight cage with lonly, muzzled dragon. This dragon was Toothless. In complete darkness dragon was alone and couldn't do anything accept sleeping. His only meal for whole day were two fishes, enough to survive not enough to save his strength. He was afraid about his rider and himself. He was afraid about Hiccup.
