Hiccup sighed, wiping the sweat from his face. Toothless pulled up sharply as the boy directed them higher into the sky, calling out to his teamates.

The others circled around him as Toothless shifted to a hover. He sat there, formulating a plan. The battle had been going on relentlessly, probably one of the longest they've had in a long time. But the quiet as getting to much for the twins and thy just had to jump in.

"We are geting creamed here H." Tuffnut informed him so helpfully.

Hiccup rolled his eyes. "I know."

Ruff decided to jump in at that point. "We've lost a few more dragons."

His hand ran down his face, trying to hide his agitation. "I know."

"And Dagur is waiting for you." Snotlout helpfully finished.

"I know!" Hiccup yelled, annoyed and angry. "Do you think I haven't been paying attention to whaat's going on? Now can you three just shut up and let me think."

It had been along time since Hiccup ad gotten this angry, but the horrible feeling stuck in his gut as not helping any. Unease was constantly washing over him and clouded his judgement.

Taking a deep breath he settled himself. "I'm sorry. We just need to plan this next move carefully. There is not much room for error and there is still the...unpredictable variable."

"Oh Brother!" Speak of the devil. "Come on down and join the party will ya?"

Hiccup took another steadying breath. " I'll go in first to distract Dagur since he's so focused on me today. Ruff, Tuff, swing around behind the armada, using the slight cloud cover, and come in below Dagur's ship. Ring of Fire. Fishlegs and Snotlout, smoke screen. It'll help hide the gas. Astrid once I have Dagur's full attention, come in behind me." I sighed, rubbing my temples, hoping to get rid of the obnoxious feeling the had taken a sudden rise. Toothless warbled but I just patted his head. "Everyone's got it?"

"I've got it but just for the rest of the crew how about we go over it again?" Tuff smiled. Ruff slapped him upside the head and scowled.

"Alright. Let's move." Toothless flew up higher in the clouds, barely able to see the other riders through the thick clouds. "You ready bud."

Toothless warbled again, slightly worried but ready for anything with Hiccup. "Let's do this...together."

The Night Fury tipped himself into a dive as Hiccup pulled in close. They shot through the middle of the Riders as the signature whistle echoed through the air. Dagur's head snapped up, a smirk on his face.

"Welcome to the show Hiccup. Glad you could come." Dagur did a little dramatic bow, smirk still on his face.

Arrows flew at the pair as they continued to dive. Just before they reached the two, Toothless shot a blast toward the ship and rolled away from the arrows. The shot landed right at Daugr's feet, causing the man to jump back. The smoke began to mingle with the fog rising from the water. Hiccup could faitly see flashes of green but for the most part it was concealed. Perfect.

"Come on Brother! Face me head on." Dagur cackled.

"We were never brothers!" Hiccup called back, circling over head.

Astrid chose that moment to appear from the steadily growing clouds and fog, sending spines rocketing toward the Beserker. Dagur ducked at the last moment, scowling as the two circled together. Hiccup glanced down, as Toothless charged for a shot at the net heading for them. As he glanced back up, both dragon and rider missed the arrow coming from behind the net.

The girl next to him didn't hesitate. The two rolled into the other pair and knocked the out of the way. The arrow soared past, but not before digging a considerable gouge into Astrid's arm. She gasped, bringing one hand up to the cut while keeping the other firmly griped to the saddle.

"Astrid!" Hiccup gasped. "Are you O.K?"

"Yeah. Just stings." She sent a reassuring smile, which Hiccup returned.

It quickly morphed onto panic as Hiccup shoved Astrid off her dragon. The Night Fury couldn't move fast enough as the net tangled with the two, sending them crashing down into the ship. Hiccup felt his breath catch as it was knocked from him. Toothless scrabbled, desperate to get off Hiccup, who he had currently pinned, and into the air.

"Hiccup hold on!" Astrid shouted, safely back on Stormfly.

There was an ominous clicking sound from the fog and Hiccup's eyes widened.

"DON"T!" He gasped out, coughing as he wasted his breath.

Toothless finally stopped struggling, finding that it was only making Hiccup's breathing problem worse. But the dragon wasn't Hiccup's iggest worry about his airway. Currently it was Dagur and his firmly planted foot on his windpipe.

Astrid landed on the ship and charged the man, but missed the rest of the crew hiding in the mist. One grabbed her wrists, hoisting her up and forcing her to drop the axe. She sturggled, kicking out at the man.

Dagur stepped down on Hiccup's throat even more, causing him to claw desperatly at the foot. "I wouldn't do that if I were you."

With ease, Dagur sliced the next, pulled Hiccup out from underneath his dragon, and held him by the throat.

"What...do you want...Dagur?" He gasped through clenched teeth.

Toothless rounded on Dagur, blast charging, but Dagur was faster, squeezing harder and bringing a dagger to Hiccup's throat.

He brought his mouth down to Hiccup's ear, smiling sadistically. "What I've always wanted. You and that Night Fury."


So I'm sorry if the characters seem a little OOC but I'm working on it. I know Dagur turned good but let's just say this is before that but they still live on the Edge. I hope you like the new story I'm making and this does not mean I will stop The Other Rider.(Please check out my other story if you haven't already.)Remember to Review, Follow, and Fav.


Edit: I've finally rewritten this chaptre after many tries and am really happy with the way it turned out. I like this way a lot better than the original and it just makes a lot more sense.