Here's the newest chapter of the story. I hope you guys enjoy this one, because it's going to delve a little bit into when Hiccup and the others founded the Dragon's Edge and began to build their empire. It's not exactly when the other Viking chiefs show up at the empire, that probably won't be until next chapter. But for now, I hope you guys all like this chapter. Let's do this! On to the story, shall we!

*I still don't own How To Train Your Dragon or Star Wars: The Clone Wars!*


Things That Go Bump In The Night!


The next day, as the sun started to rise up over the horizon, everything was peaceful in the still sleeping capital of the Draconian Empire. And in the palace, in a rather large room, Hiccup was asleep with two of his wives sleeping on either side of him. Barriss was on his left as she had her face in the crook of his neck, while Astrid lay cuddled up to his right using his chest as a pillow.

They all had a very rough day yesterday, so they had fallen asleep before any of them had even hit the bed. Not that anyone would blame them for doing so, after all, ruling an entire empire full of people and Dragons is a lot for anyone to handle.

As the first rays of sunlight peeked through the window and the birds began to sing, Hiccup scrunched up his eyes as the light hit his face. He tried his best to ignore the brightness that dared to disturb his slumber. Unfortunately for him, he was fighting a losing battle against the great, life giving ball of light in the sky.

He cracked his eyes open and glared at the sun with such a glare that, if it could, it would have made the sun turn into a Red Giant and go supernova.

'One day, sun…! One day! I shall find a way to defeat you!' Hiccup thought to himself.

But that drive and anger disappeared as he looked at the sleeping forms of two of his wives. He smiled as he remembered all the good times they had in their time together. Sure, life's had its ups and downs when they first started building this empire, but they always found a way to get through it.

Hiccup looked towards Toothless, who was sleeping on a slab of rock in a different part of the room with Stormfly and Barriss' Boneknapper, Skull n' Crossbones. Or Skully, as people prefer to call him.

Looking back up at the ceiling of his room, Hiccup recalled exactly how Dragon's Edge came to be, and the Dragons and riders that helped make it possible.

'I remember it all like it was yesterday…'


Five Years Ago...


"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" screamed Hiccup and his cousin, Snotlout.

The two boys were currently running from a pack of Wild Boars, unarmed and vulnerable to the Boars and their own natural weapons of sharp hooves and tusks. Clearly, Snotlout wasn't happy with Hiccup's choice to explore the island the way they were.

"Let's explore the island on foot. Rest the Dragons for a long trip over the ocean. I'm a MUTTONHEAD!" Snotlout mocked, insulting Hiccup at the end.

The two boys came to an abrupt stop as they were forced to stop running before they fell off a cliff. They turned around to see the Boars, snarling as they slowly closed in on their chosen victims.

"Okay, genius, what's our next move?" Snotlout asked.

"Uh, wea-weapons. We need weapons." Hiccup replied.

While Hiccup stared down the angry Boars, Snotlout looked around for anything they could use as weapons in this situation. He smirked as his eyes settled upon something that Hiccup was carrying. A strange sword hilt that he had tied to his belt after they had freed some people calling themselves Jedi and Sith.

"Got one!" exclaimed Snotlout.

Snotlout tried to pry the weapon from off of his cousin's belt, but was met with quite a bit of resistance. Hiccup didn't want Snotlout to use the weapon because of a.) he'd most likely break it trying to figure out how to use the darn thing, and b.) Hiccup's not sure if it even works still!

They ended their little scuffle when they saw that the Boars were closing in and were now within striking range. One of them was about to charge, but then the boys were saved by Astrid and her Deadly Nadder, Stormfly! The Sharp Class dragon shot a stream of fire in front of the boars, causing the wild pigs to run off, fearing for their lives.

Unfortunately, a few of those Boars met a swift end to Anakin's Lightsaber. The Jedi Knight had decapitated the Boars and was now stuffing the bodies and heads into a few burlap sacks.

"Check it out, guys! I got us some extra food!" Anakin quipped.

Everyone was actually pleased by that.

"Nice work, my friend. It's been awhile since I had bacon." Obi-Wan quipped in response.

The two Jedi laughed while the others began to get back on the Dragons. They still have much to do, and not a lot of time to do it before it gets dark.

"Okay, so check THAT island off the list!" Hiccup said once they were back in the air.

He was on Toothless' back with one of the Jedi, who we see is a younger Barriss, riding behind him while holding onto him so she wouldn't fall off of the Night Fury. Ahsoka rode with Astrid on Stormfly, Ventress and Dooku rode on Hookfang with Snotlout, the large dragon being big enough to accomodate all three of them with no problem. Anakin and his wife, Padme, were riding with Tuffnut and Ruffnut on their Hideous Zippleback, Barf and Belch, and Aayla and Obi-Wan were riding on Meatlug with Fishlegs.

However, despite the lack of Dragons for them all to ride on, everyone was hardly able to contain their excitement as they searched the high seas for a place to call home. A place where they would build a village where humans and other humanoids could live in peace and harmony with the Dragons. The Jedi and Sith were also quite excited to start learning how to, eventually, train their own Dragons.

"Oh, this is so exciting! Searching the high seas for an island outpost to call our own!" squealed Fishlegs.

"Yeah, I like this idea!" Ruffnut said in agreement. "Move away from Berk, get my own place… away from 'You-Know-Who'."

"Yeah, you're telling me, sister! I am so sick of 'You-Know-Who'! He never knows when to shut up! I want him out of here!" Tuffnut exclaimed, not realizing his sister was talking about him.

"Ah, yeah, Tuff? I'm pretty sure that 'You-Know-Who' is actually you." Anakin quipped.

Padme laughed at the dumbstruck face that the male Thorston twin made in response to that.

"Guys, guys! Let's focus here! Okay? We need to find an island that's safe, secure, and hospitable for us AND the dragons!" Hiccup reminded, breaking up the twins' argument that was fueled by Anakin and Padme.

Naturally, this got him some backtalk from Snotlout and, surprisingly, Dooku.

"Blah, blah, blah! How many times do we have to hear that?!" Snotlout asked rudely.

"Yes, I too am growing tired of searching for an island to build our outpost and yielding no results from the search." Dooku added.

All Hiccup could do was silently groan as he responded.

"Until we find what we're looking for!" Hiccup replied. "Let's check this one out."

Hiccup lead the troops down to the island that he had spotted from the air. It didn't take long for them to survey the island before gathering in a clearing filled with bushes of blue flowers. But something about those flowers seems a little odd to me.

"Not bad, not bad! Lot's of fresh water, seems like a plentiful food supply," started Hiccup.

"And lots of cool blue flowers." Ruffnut said, sniffing a bushel of them. "I'm in!"

Suddenly, Astrid seemed to recognize those blue flowers and the nature of them.

"Wait, aren't those…"

"Blue Oleander! Deadly poisonous to dragons!" gasped Fishlegs as he too recognized the plant.

That got the attention of the twins, who were holding up some of the Blue Oleander for Barf and Belch to sniff.

"So, we're not staying?" Tuffnut asked, though it sounded like a statement.

He and Ruffnut yelped as Barf and Belch sneezed a fireball onto them, burning up the flowers in the process. Ladies and gentlemen, it looks as though Dragons can be allergic to pollen, just like you and me.


*Island #3…*


As the group flew over their next island choice, Fishlegs began to voice his admiration of the island's natural beauty.

"This island is beautiful! I even like those weird dots all over the beach!" Fishlegs said.

But Hiccup wasn't so sure about those 'dots'. He, Barriss and Toothless dove down to get a closer look, and soon came to a fearful realization.

"THOSE AREN'T DOTS! THEY'RE WHISPERING DEATH HOLES!" shouted Hiccup.

And he was right! No sooner than when he said that did two of the Whispering Deaths come up from their burrows. And they did NOT look too happy about being woken up before evening hours!

The Whispering Death is a dragon from the Boulder Class. It has a very large head and mouth with bulging white eyes that have a little bit of red bleeding into them, a spiny face, and a ton of spikes along their long, limbless, snake-like body. Their mouth is full of rows of rotating teeth that allow it to burrow through just about anything, and their colors are generally a grayish steel green with red highlights on their spikes.

"Been there, done that!" exclaimed Snotlout.

"Next!" added Astrid.

And so, the group flew away on their dragons before the Whispering Deaths could decide to give chase. Even though one of these Dragons looked on towards Padme with a sense of longing. Maybe they'll have better luck on the next island?


*Island #4…*


"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

...Or not…

Now it's FISHLEGS who's being chased by wild boars, and I'm actually quite surprised that he can outrun those things on his stumpy legs.

"My bad! Should've crossed this island off the list!" Fishlegs exclaimed.

Well, now we know why the boars are chasing them again. It's the same island that they were at before! Hiccup and Astrid were the first to reach the cliff before jumping off the edge. They fell a little ways before landing on the backs of their dragons before flying off for another island and AWAY from those wild boars!

Although, Meatlug did take a small dive from Fishlegs landing on her back, but she quickly recovered as they flew off for the great unknown. All the while, Fishlegs, Aayla and Obi-Wan felt like they were gonna throw up from that little experience. Obi-Wan is actually looking a little green, in fact.

"And this is why I don't like flying." he groaned sickly.

Aayla could only nod in agreement, placing a hand on her now upset stomach. She really did feel like she was gonna puke.


*Island #5…*


As they flew over the next island, Hiccup and the crew saw that it was indeed perfect. It had all the necessary things they'd need for their Outpost. Lush greenery for camouflage, cliffs that make great vantage points, tons of fresh water, and what looks like a plentiful food supply! For both the Vikings AND their dragon partners!

"I think we have ourselves a winner!" exclaimed Barriss.

"Yeah! Those cliffs could work! Great sightlines, easily defendable…" trailed off Astrid.

"I love the location!" Fishlegs said.

"It's so beautiful!" gushed Padme.

Anakin merely smiled at the sight of the island. Despite being raised mostly at the Jedi Temple and the deserts of Tatooine, Anakin has always loved nature. It's why he wants to form a bond with a Dragon so badly.

"This place is perfect!" Ruffnut praised.

But it seems like Tuffnut is less than enthusiastic about settling on this island. Something about it was making him feel very off. And not in the usual destructive way.

"Yeah… TOO perfect…" said Tuffnut.

Ruffnut looked at her twin brother like he was crazy. How could an island like this one possibly be 'too perfect'? It just doesn't make any sense to her.

"I'm just saying, like in the immortal words of the mighty Thor: 'When something seems too perfect, it probably sucks'!" Tuffnut quoted.

"Okay, I'm pretty sure Thor has never said anything remotely like that." Hiccup said.

"Yeah, I'm with Hiccup. That doesn't sound like anything a God would ever say." Ventress added.

She may not know much about the Gods and Goddesses in the Viking religion, but she does know enough to understand that none of them would ever say anything as stupid as that. But apparently, Tuffnut disagrees with the Nightsister.

"Oh yeah? And how do you know that? Do either of you know Thor? Have either of you spoken with him recently?" Tuffnut asked.

"Well, no but…" Ventress tried to say, only to be cut off by the male Thorston twin.

"Well I have! And I don't remember him mentioning either of you!" Tuffnut interjected. "Look, I'm just saying that I've got a feeling about this place. And we all know what happens when I get a feeling."

"We ignore it." Astrid deadpanned.

With that, she and Ahsoka flew down to the island with Stormfly while Hiccup, Fishlegs, Snotlout and the others did the same with Toothless, Meatlug and Hookfang. But Tuffnut was still on his little tangent about that bad feeling he's having about the island.

"Oh, you'll see! Something will be wrong with this island! Something mysterious. Something horrifying. Something… SOMETHING…!"

Ruffnut, Anakin, Padme and Barf just looked at Tuffnut like he was crazy for a few seconds. Oh, wait. He may very well be the crazy one around here.

"Ya finished?" Anakin asked.

And with that, Ruffnut had Barf and Belch land on the island in the same clearing as everyone else. After disembarking from their dragons, Hiccup, Barriss and Ahsoka began to focus on the first rule of living on any strange island. And that's survival.

"Okay, the first thing we need to do is set up camp. We need dry wood for fire, we need fresh water and we need someone on traps." Hiccup instructed.

Three members out of the whole group nodded in agreement, but the others? Well, their minds are currently focused on something other than survival. And that something is the Dragon Outpost and what it will look like when complete.

"What is that supposed to be?" Astrid asked.

"It's an 'S'. For Snotlout. I think, aesthetically, it would look nice flying over." Snotlout explained/bragged, drawing an 'S' in the dirt with a stick.

"That's ridiculous, Snotlout! It doesn't matter WHAT the Outpost looks like, it needs to be functional and operational!" Astrid said, shooting down Snotlout's idea.

"Indeed! If anything, this outpost should have a Sith training ground. A place where Ventress and I can train others in the ways of the Sith." Dooku added.

"Okay, guys look, what we really need is-"

"Is a place for rest, relaxation and replenishing after a hard day's work." Fishlegs said, interrupting Ahsoka. "You're absolutely right, Ahsoka. Look, Meatlug and I had some thoughts."

He turned around a brought out a scale model of what his version of the Outpost would look like. It was made entirely out of small stones and sticks, and while Hiccup, Ahsoka, Barriss, and even Ventress were impressed at his craftsmanship, they thought it resembled more of a day spa rather than a dragon Outpost. And…

"Is that a hot tub?" Aayla asked excitedly, pointing to one of the small structures.

"No, that's the mud bath. The hot tub is over there." Fishlegs replied, pointing to a different structure.

Ahsoka could only pinch the bridge of her nose in irritation at these guys and their focus on the design of the Outpost while Barriss was too busy hitting her head against a nearby tree due to her own irritation at the others. Ventress was even massaging her temples in an effort to stave off the incoming headache she was getting from the others. Toothless looked at Hiccup and warbled his own concern on this lack of knowing where priorities lay.

"Tell me about it." Hiccup mumbled loud enough for Toothless to hear.

"Wait. Everyone stop." Tuffnut said.

He and Ruffnut took a closer look at Fishlegs' diorama and squinted their eyes. Something important was missing from this design. Even Anakin seemed to think that there was something wrong with this design. And it's not the fact that it's pretty much a day spa.

"I don't see it!" Tuffnut exclaimed.

"Me neither…!" Ruffnut added.

"Yeah, I'm not seeing it either." Anakin commented.

"Seeing what?" Hiccup asked.

"Uh, the boar pit! Where is it?! WHERE'S THE BOAR PIT?!" Tuffnut replied.

"Yeah! We need that Boar Pit in the Outpost, A.S.A.P!" Anakin added.

"You see, the centerpiece of every good Outpost is a boar pit." Ruffnut explained.

"Why?" Astrid asked.

"Everyone needs a little entertainment every now and again. Don't they?" replied Tuffnut.

Astrid could only stare at the male twin. Even Padme looked quite disturbed by that particular comment. An awkward silence filled the place before Fishlegs spoke up.

"Well, we DO know where to get boars…" relented Fishlegs.

All conversation about the dragon Outpost was put to a grinding halt when a Plasma Blast to Snotlout's 'S' resonated through the clearing. It startled everyone but Hiccup, Toothless, Barriss, Ahsoka and Ventress. And that suited them just fine, so long as they could finally get some work done around here.

"Whoops! Sorry! Okay, now that we have your attention, we really need to set up camp for the night." Hiccup said.

"Uh, but what about the…" Tuffnut tried to say.

But Hiccup stopped him from saying anything, knowing that he was gonna start talking about the dragon Outpost.

"Ah da da da da da da! We'll talk about the dragon base in the morning. For now, someone needs to get the water."

Snotlout scoffed at Hiccup's attitude and said "I don't know about you, but I like Whiny Berk Hiccup way more than Princess Outpost Hiccup."

"I know, right?" Astrid replied, humoring Snotlout.

Right before giving Hiccup a discreet thumb's up at his ability to take charge of the situation. Hiccup sighed at the attitude he was getting from everyone due to the delay of designing and constructing the Outpost. It seems like Barriss, Ahsoka and Ventress are the only ones, besides himself and Toothless, who have their priorities straight.


*Later That Night…*


Camp was eventually set up and our group of young voyagers was resting with their dragons as they warmed up by the campfire. As Ahsoka and Obi-Wan had only JUST finished setting up the traps and scouting the area, the two of them were cooking their dinner. A couple of salmon that they'd caught earlier.

Suddenly, Toothless looked up and searched the area with his eyes. It looked like he was sensing something, but couldn't pinpoint it's location.

"What is it, Bud?" Hiccup asked.

"I'll tell you what it is! Rats! Rats the size of yaks! Or maybe yaks the size of rats? Yakrats!" Tuffnut exclaimed before adding with a laugh "Wait, no those would be adorable. Oh, I got it! It's yaks the size of dragons! Right, Toothless? Ya feel me, Tee?"

Toothless just growled in irritation and laid his head back down. He was most likely thinking something along the lines of 'ignore it, and it'll go away'. Even Fishlegs and Dooku scoffed at Tuffnut's ludicrous claims.

"There is no such thing as yaks the size of dragons." Fishlegs said to Astrid and Ventress.

Only for the three of them to yelp in surprise as Tuffnut appeared behind them seemingly out of nowhere.

"Yak Dragons to you, my friend! And when you hear their call, you'll believe! Trust me…"

The male twin of the Thorstons proceeded to make a loud and highly obnoxious version of what he expected a Yak Dragon to sound like, forcing the two Viking teens and one Sith Apprentice to cover their ears. Clearly, he's just being Tuffnut.

"Eh? Let that stew around in your heads for awhile…!"

"Okay, seriously. Stop that!" said Hiccup.

"Yeah. You're not scaring anyone." Anakin added.

Only to flinch back in fright as Tuffnut seemed to teleport right in his face.

"Oh, really? Well, what if there were… SNAKES out there in those woods? Giant snakes… snakes big enough to swallow a man whole and then barf out his bones!"

...Okay, that would be cause for concern. I mean, I'm not gonna lie, there are some pretty big snakes out there in the world. So, it could happen. But Anakin just put up a brave front and scoffed at Tuffnut's notion.

"Yeah right! Barfing out bones…" Anakin scoffed weakly.

But his face betrayed his own words. If there's one thing that scares Anakin more than battalions of Battle Droids, it's two things. Those he cares about being harmed or killed, and snakes. So, he quickly grabbed Hookfang's wing and brought it over him like a scared child would with their blanket, drawing an annoyed hiss from Hookfang.

"What? I have Ophidiophobia, okay?" Anakin quietly hissed.

"Go ahead! Go to bed! Sleep, if you can…!" declared Tuffnut.

He laid down against Belch's neck and was out like a light. Although he did mumble something about trolls and demon toads in his sleep before going quiet.

Later on in the night when the light of the fire went out, everyone was sleeping soundly as they all dreamed of building the dragon outpost their own way. Each one had unique designs, but they all, even in their dreams, felt as if something was missing from their outposts. But none of them could ever quite figure out what. They just knew that it had something to do with each other's designs.

Tuffnut gasped in fright as he was startled awake as he heard a strange sound in the area.

"What was that?!" Tuffnut gasped.

But he got no answer. Looking around, he saw that his fellow Vikings, the Jedi and the Sith were all still sound asleep with the Dragons. Anakin and Padme held each other in their arms, and even Ahsoka and Barriss seemed to have cuddled up to Hiccup in their sleep, much to the secret jealousy of Tuffnut.

He was snapped out of his jealousy when he heard the sound again. He yelped as he looked out to the trees surrounding the clearing as he nervously began to hone in on the sound. As he walked further away from camp, the sounds grew louder. And the shadows appeared more frequently.

"It's in the trees…!" yelped Tuffnut.

His head snapped towards some rustling bushes, and he immediately came to the conclusion of what was there.

"Yakrats! I knew it…!"

As the creature in the bushes charged, Tuffnut flinched and closed his eyes as he waited for the pain of being eaten alive. When it never came, he opened one eye, looked down and saw… a wild hen.

"Oh… it's a chicken. Just a tiny chicken." Tuffnut sighed in relief.

As soon as he collected himself, he began to grin at the prospect of good poultry for breakfast. And an early one, at that.

"Well then…" Tuff said, clearing his throat. "Hellooo, breakfast!"

But before he could pounce on the wild hen, a large shadow seemed to blot out the moonlight. The male Thorston twin turned around to check it out, and instantly regretted it as he saw what it was. A loud echoing roar resonated throughout the clearing he was in when he saw… the biggest dragon he's ever seen in his life!

"Oh… my… Thor…!" gasped Tuffnut.

And the chicken agreed.

"Bock BA-GAWK!"


*With The Others…*


Anakin briefly woke up as he usually did when out in the field during the war. He looked around to see that everyone was still in a deep sleep, seeming to be blissfully unaware of any potential threats in the area. However, he did see that some of his fellow Jedi and the Sith, such as Obi-Wan and Count Dooku, were sleeping with literally one eye open.

He looked around and saw both his Padawan and Barriss using Hiccup as a shared pillow/teddy bear. It made him smile a bit as he silently hoped that this would help Ahsoka to get over the loss of Senator Bonteri as well as helping Barriss to get over the harsh words said by her master before they all had been frozen in the ice. He noticed the tear stains on the faces of all three teens and knew that they had all been crying in their sleep at one point or another. So, he decided to leave them be. They needed the emotional support right now.

However, Anakin had mentally decided that if Hiccup hurt either of them, he'd break his legs until the bones were nothing but dust. Something that made the young exiled Viking shudder in fear in his sleep.

Anakin was about to go back to sleep, however, he and the others were startled fully awake from the sound of someone screaming really loudly. And from the sound of the voice, it was the most obnoxious one of the bunch.

They all looked up to see a screaming Tuffnut running out of the bushes. As they met up with him, Tuffnut began to spout a bunch of gibberish while trying to catch his breath.

"Chicken! Roaring! Roaring huge chicken! Chicken roar! Huge! Huge roaring chicken!"

"Is he saying he saw a big roaring chicken?"

Good question, Fishlegs. Is that what he's trying to say? Let's find out.

"Not chicken… Dragon! Huge! Massive! What's another word? Colossal." Tuffnut said.

"But what happened to the chicken?" Fishlegs asked.

"Forget the chicken! WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!" shouted Tuff.

Astrid just yawned and crossed her arms over her chest. It was way too early for her to be dealing with something like this, and like we all know, a sleep deprived Astrid is a dangerous Astrid.

"Is anyone believing this?" she asked.

But Ruffnut walked up to her panting brother looking kind of concerned. And that's astounding, if you consider how much they hate each other.

"I don't know. I haven't seen him this freaked out since he found a leech on his-"

"Okay, I'm gonna stop you there!" groaned Astrid.

Hiccup yawned and began to make for the bushes.

"Okay, fine! Let's just check this out so we can all go back to sleep!" he said, feeling cranky from being woken up so early.

They followed Tuffnut to where he said he saw the giant Dragon and hid in the bushes as he began to, once again, run his mouth.

"Okay, when this giant beast rips us limb from limb I will expect a full apology from each and every one of you. And a handshake. ...No, you won't be able to shake hands, because your limbs will be gone."

They waited for but a few short seconds before Tuffnut roared and leapt into the clearing where he saw that dragon. He started moving around like a crazy person as he made a few ad libbed karate moves. And he was rewarded with… the same chicken as before.

"Bock buck buck buck." she clucked.

"What?! No! No, it was here! And it was HUGE! I'm not making this up!" Tuffnut exclaimed before turning to the chicken. "You saw it! You were there too! Tell them, Chicken!"

But the chicken remained silent. She had nothing to say on the subject.

"Uh, you're scaring me, Bro. 'Kay? And we shared a womb." said Ruffnut.

With what felt like a waste of time over with, everyone else walked back to camp to try and get some more sleep. They have a busy day ahead of them and need to be well rested. Tuffnut, in the meantime, glared at Chicken for a moment before turning away.

"I can't even look at you right now." He said.

"Bawwwwwk! Bawk bawk bawk bawk!" clucked Chicken.

Something that Tuffnut, apparently, understood perfectly. He must be fluent in chicken speech.

"What did you just say?" Tuffnut questioned.

Chicken stared at him for a second before replying with "Bawk.".

"I didn't think so." Tuffnut said.

He walked off back to the Zippleback head named Belch so he could go back to sleep while Chicken followed after him. He'd be safer from predators if he stayed with the strange humans.


*To Be Continued…*


This chapter will be a two-parter. Next chapter, we'll see the rest of what happens in the Founding of Dragon's Edge. Please don't forget to leave a review to help the story along. Also, here's a list of a couple of my other stories that you might enjoy!


Pokemon Blue - Barriss' Redemption

Star Wars: The Dragon Wars

The Book of Digimon - Rewritten

The Second Coming of Tulak Hord


Be sure to check those stories out when you get the chance. They're pretty good! Leave reviews for those stories too, if you don't mind. But until next time, may the Force be with you and have a great day.