Author's note: Here is the next chapter of Dragons: Race to the Edge. Sorry it took so long. I recently got a new laptop and the Microsoft word was on a trail run so it took me a while to get a product key to activate it.

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), Blizzard (Snow Wraith).

"..." 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 3: Imperfect Harmony

That same night Hicca discovered the secret of the Dragon Eye she redressed into her new outfit and called the other riders to join her in her room.

"Okay sweetie, go ahead" Hicca says as Toothless gives off a low flame causing the Dragon Eye to show the projected map on her wall.

"Whoa." Asher says in awe.

"Amazing." Snotlout says sitting in a chair backwards.

"Whoa." Ruffnut says.

"Cool." Tuffnut says.

"Definitely worth getting up for." Fishlegs says smiling.

"Fishlegs, can you make any of it out?" Hicca says sitting cross-legged on the edge of her bed.

"There parts of maps and symbols, nothing I've seen before. And there is writing but it is in a language I've never read before." Fishlegs says observing the map from on the wall.

"What's that thing?" Snotlout asks pointing at what looks like a fist on a bent arm.

"That must be some kind of tribal crest or something." Hicca guesses.

"Ooh, I like that way better than our tribal crest." Tuffnut says.

"Tuff, we don't have a tribal crest." Hicca says.

"Well we should." Ruffnut says.

"Yeah, and it should be that." Tuffnut says making two check symbols with his thumb and pointer finger.

"Hicca, this map. you realize it…" Fishlegs begins to say.

"Goes beyond the boundaries of the archipelago. Oh I know." Hicca says smiling.

Everyone is shocked by this as they all look at their leader.

"So, what's our next move?" Asher asks.


The next morning, Hicca calls for a meeting with Berk's council as she shows them the secret of the Dragon Eye.

"Look at this! There are maps we have never seen, writing we can't read, dragons that we don't recognize. It's-It's incredible. This Dragon Eye-this is proof that there is a whole other world down there, a world that must be explored." Hicca says to the council.

The council consisted of Stoick, Gobber, Spitelout, Sven, Bucket, and Mulch.

"This sure beats normal council business." Gobber says to the others as Toothless releases his low flame.

"It's alright lads, you can speak your mind. We're a council after all, that's why we're here." Stoick says standing next to his daughter.

"We've been at peace for three years, best years on Berk I can remember. I think you know as well as I do, when you go looking for trouble, you usually find it." Spitelout says pointing at Hicca.

"I'm with Spitelout, if that Dragon Eye leads to unknown places and new wild dragons then no good will come from any of that." Sven says agreeing with Snotlout's father.

"I completely disagree, Sven. Look around you. How can you say that no good can come from discovering new species of dragons. If they're out there, we have to find them." Hicca says making her point.

"If there is anything you and the other riders should be doing is hunting down Dagur and putting him back in jail where he belongs." Spitelout says countering the girl's point.

"Another reason to go. Dagur was heading beyond our borders. He thinks we won't go past them. But that's where we'll find him." Hicca says.

"Stoick, anytime you like to chime in, we can put this thing to rest. Not to mention that she's the Jewel of Berk, the link between Vikings and dragons and that must be guarded at all times." Spitelout says making Hicca roll her eyes at her titles.

"You're right Spitelout, let's put this to rest." Stoick says walking up beside his daughter.

"Daddy." Hicca says wanting to get her point across.

"Let me speak, darling. This is as important for you to hear as it is for them. Spitelout, you're absolutely right. These have been some of our best years. Nothing is more important than peace, peace among us, peace with our neighbors and peace with our dragons." Stoick says making Hicca sigh as she turns away. "Having said that, let me ask you this Spitelout. When you and I first had Alvin in our sights and everyone was trying to tell us to leave well enough alone, what did we do?" He asks.

"Crushed him, that's what you did." Gobber says banging his prosthetic stone hammer on the table.

"Thank you Gobber." Stoick says.

"My pleasure, chief." Gobber says and accidentally smacks his head with his hammer.

"When Valka was taken and I went in search for her, could anyone have stopped me?" Stoick asks.

"Well, technically, you're the chief so no." Gobber points out.

"Yes Gobber, fair point, but you know where I'm going. Think of the most important thing in the world to each of you. Ask your selves honestly, how far would you be willing to go to get it, what would you risk." Stoick says placing a hand on Hicca's shoulder making her look at him as he smiles. "The girl's life has been dragons. Her life is dragons. And will continue to be. We can't stop her from going if we wanted to. So we might as well support her. And as for her being the jewel of Berk, she has been and always will be. As for guarding this jewel, I believe that 19 dragons that would give their lives for her in a second is more than what the Berk fleet could ever do." He says and looks to his daughter. "Go lass, find whatever it is out there that's pulling on you. And when you find it, Berk will be right here waiting for you." He says.

"You best get out of here before all this nostalgia wears of and he changes his mind." Gobber says to the girl.

Hicca then runs for the exit of the Great Hall and whistles to Toothless on the way.

"One second, Hicca." Toothless says and then turns to Stoick.

"You and those dragons take care of my girl, Night Fury." Stoick says.

"We always do." Toothless says and grabs the Dragon Eye with his mouth and follows after his rider.


After Hicca prepared everything she needed for her journey, she and her 19 dragons were hovering in front of the fog bank with Rush on Screech's head.

"You ready for this." Hicca asks her dragons.

"Blah, blah, blah. Why do you have to make a production out of everything?" Snotlout asks as she, Hookfang, and Pain appear beside Bones.

Hicca then looks and sees Asher, Stormfly, and Sneaky appear beside Voltage. Ruffnut and Tuffnut, Barf and Belch, Head and Butt, Scauldy, and Flame appear below Laval and Mist. And finally Fishlegs, Meatlug, and Iggy appear above Etch and Serpentina.

"Let's just go already." Snotlout says as Hookfang moves forward beside Toothless and Hicca.

"Okay, but if anyone has any reservations-" Hicca begins to say but the other riders and their dragons minus Snotlout and Hookfang fly into the fog bank.

"Into the great beyond!" Snotlout shouts as Hookfang flies after the other riders.

"Yeah, great beyond!" The rest of the riders shout.

"Okay, no reservations. Let's go, everyone!" Hicca shouts and Toothless and the rest of her dragons follow too. "Whoo!" She cheers.


However, the excitement ended quickly after a couple of hours of flying through the fog.

"Into the great beyond." Snotlout says weakly.

"Great beyond." Asher groans.

"Yeah, great beyond." The twins say resting their arms against Barf and Belch's horns.

"Great beyond." Fishlegs says yawning with Meatlug barely flying in place.

"Oh, come on, you guys. So we had a couple of tough hours. Nothing that's worth anything comes easy." Hicca says as she and the rest of her dragons are the only ones to still hold onto the excitement of a new world.

"Is that one of your riddles. Cause now is not the time my friend. We have to keep saying "great beyond". Great Beyond." Tuffnut says crossing his arms with a huff.

"Great beyond." Ruffnut repeats.

"Yeah, great beyond." Tuffnut says less enthusiastic.

"Okay." Hicca says with a sigh and shakes her head. "Toothless, let's see if anything's out there." She says.

"You got it." Toothless says and uses his echo-location ability inside the dark clouds.

"Nothing." Hicca says but then it suddenly begins raining and the wind picks up causing the Terrible Terrors and Grabble to go to their riders shoulders and Rush to wrap his tail around one of Screech's spikes.

"Hold on, Hicca." Torch says as he uses his large body and wing span to shield Hicca from the pouring rain.

"Thank you, Torch." Hicca says giving a smile to her Typhoomerang.

"Uhh! Seems the farther we go in, the worse it gets." Asher says shielding his face from the rain.

"Hicca, I think we should turn back. We've been flying for most of the day." Fishlegs says holding onto Meatlug's saddle and her helmet too as she gets soaked.

"We just have to keep moving forward until we're out of this." Hicca says to the riders.

"Hey, Hicca, look straight ahead." Grabble says from Hicca's left shoulder.

"Hicca, is that-" Asher begins to ask.

"Yeah it is. Everybody, fly for the light." Hicca says and Toothless and his siblings fly forward followed by the other riders' dragons.


Once they emerge from the clouds they see an amazing sight; an array of new islands they've never seen before.

"Whoa." Fishlegs says looking around.

"Wow!" Snotlout says in awe.

"Whoa, awesome." Ruffnut says in awe too.

"Whoa." Asher says in awe as well. "Look at this." He says.

"It's incredible." Hicca says with a big smile on her face.

"I know, right? We made it, Hicca! We made it!" Asher says with excitement.

"Uh, guys, can we slap each other on the backs later? Meatlug's wings are about to fall off." Fishlegs says gesturing to her dragon.

"I'm going to die." Meatlug says exhausted.

"Sorry guys. There's a place up ahead we can set down." Hicca says but then she and the dragons minus Thornado hear a strange sound.

"What's wrong with all of you?" Thornado asks.

"Whoa, whoa, what is it girl? Don't you wanna rest?" Fishlegs asks as they turn to the closest island where they hear the strange sound.

"Guys do you hear that?" Hicca asks.

"What is that?" Snotlout asks.

"I have no idea, but the dragons are definitely pulled towards it." Fishlegs says as Meatlug begins to move towards the island.

"Then I guess that's where we're going." Hicca says as Toothless flies towards the island.


After touching down on the island they find it to be a paradise with lush trees, a waterfall, and a huge lake.

"This place is amazing." Fishlegs says walking through the water as Ruffnut and Tuffnut balance on some rocks in the lake, Thornado, Mist, and Scauldy refresh their bodies with the cool water, the other dragons get drinks from the lake while Toothless and Snotlout rest by the shore and Hicca, Rush, and Asher sit on top on a large boulder on the edge of the lake.

"Okay! I'm never going back to Berk." Snotlout says with a smile.

"Berk? What's that? Cause I forgot." Tuffnut says calmly.

"Well, I guess we don't have to vote on where we're making camp." Hicca says having shed her coat for the moment.

"Ha ha! I'll take care of the fire." Snotlout says and a few moments later she lays a trail of green liquid in front of Hookfang and pours some onto a plant in the ground. "Hookfang, light it up!" She shouts and her Monstrous Nightmare ignites his body and cause the gel to catch fire sending the flames down towards the plant where it bursts in flames. "Monstrous Nightmare gel. Don't leave home without it." She says smirking.

"Ehh." Hicca says not seeing the point since one of their dragons could've started a fire without it.

The day soon gives away into night as all the riders and dragons are asleep except for Hicca and Asher. The two of them were sitting together on the beach looking at the full moon.

"Give it back. It's my blanket." Tuffnut mutters in her sleep.

"You were right Hicca. There's so much more out here. And it's beautiful." Asher says.

"And this is only the beginning Asher. Who knows what we'll find out here?" Hicca says and rests her head against her crush's shoulder as he rests his head against hers.

A moment later the sound is heard once again causing Hicca's eyes to turn into slits for a split second before she shakes it off but unknown to her the rest of the dragons minus Thornado are awoken by it.


The next morning Hicca shakes Asher out of concern.

"Asher, wake up. Do you hear that?" Hicca asks looking around placing her Screaming Death coat back on.

"What? I don't hear anything." Asher says rubbing his eyes as he sits up.

"Exactly, it's gone. The sound is gone." Hicca points out.

"So are the dragons. All of them, gone." Fishlegs says as everyone of their dragons are gone.

A second later the sound of splashing is heard and they turn to see Thornado coming out of the ocean and move towards Hicca.

"Well, all except Thornado." Hicca says wrapping her arms around her Thunderdrum.

"Hicca, what's going on? Where did the others go?" Thornado asks.

"I was hoping you knew." Hicca says.

"No. They were here when I went into the ocean to eat an hour ago and I just got back." Thornado explains to Hicca.

Later the riders are searching for their dragons.

"Stormfly! Blazer! Sneaky!" Asher shouts calling for his dragons.

Snotlout was standing on top of a pile of rocks looking up at the sky searching for her dragons. The twins keep on checking behind a rock.

"Uhh!" Tuffnut grunts as he falls off the rock he was trying to climb.

"Uhh, how many times are you gonna check behind that rock. Barf and Belch, Scauldy, and Flame cannot hide behind there. Only Head and Butt can." Asher says to them.

"Clearly, you are not aware of the stealthiness of one Barf and Belch, Scauldy, and Flame." Ruffnut says but then realizes something. "Or is that "two Barf and Belch"?" She asks.

"Hmm, excellent question. Two heads…" Tuffnut begins to say.

"One dragon." Ruffnut finishes.

"Two brains…" Tuffnut begins to say.

"One body." Ruffnut finishes, again.

"Two bodies, half a brain. Ha ha ha!" Snotlout laughs walking past Asher.

Meanwhile, Hicca was kneeling on a flat rock with her eyes closed using her sensory ability to locate the dragons.

"Nothing, I don't get it. Where would they go." Hicca says upset that she can't locate them.

"Don't worry, Hicca, we'll find them. I promise." Thornado says nuzzling his rider.

"Oh my Meatlug. She wouldn't do this. She would never leave me. She would never do this on her own." Fishlegs whines but then they all hear a bush rustling behind them and a second later Toothless jumps out and tackles Hicca licking her face.

"Ha ha ha! There you are, sweetie. Where did you go?" Hicca asks but Toothless just roars and circles the group.

"Okay, I think your dragon ate something weird in the forest, because he's out of his mind." Snotlout says watching the Night Fury circle them like they were his prey.

"I think he's trying to tell us something. What's he saying, Hicca?" Fishlegs asks.

"I don't know. He's not talking, he's just roaring. What is it, sweetie? Is it the other dragons?" Hicca asks but then Toothless grabs Hicca by her prosthetic leg and runs off.

"How far do you think he's gonna get before he realizes?" Asher asks as Hicca sits back up.

"Hard to say, he seemed pretty committed." Hicca says and looks down to see her prosthetic leg is missing.

Toothless continues running carrying Hicca's prosthetic leg in his mouth and once he jumps over a bush he looks down to see he accidentally ripped his rider's leg off.

"Damn it." Toothless groans and returns to the riders and Thornado and drops Hicca's metal leg in front of her with a sorry look on his face.

"That's okay sweetie, I like the enthusiasm." Hicca says and then mounts Toothless saddle. "You guys stay here in case they come back. Toothless, Thornado, and I are gonna look for them from above." She says and Toothless and Thornado take off.

Almost immediately as they take off Hicca spots a wild Thunderdrum heading towards the riders. Hicca forces Toothless to fly towards them but Toothless resists and tries to fly towards the mountain.

"No, no sweetie this way." Hicca says as they hear a roaring echo.

"Fine." Toothless says with a sigh as he turns around and flies back towards the other riders with Thornado following.

The riders hear rustling behind them as they turn to see the wild Thunderdrum appears and chases them.

"Oh Thor! Oh Thor!" Fishlegs shouts as they are chased towards some large rocks. "Thunderdrum!" She yells as they dive behind the rocks just as the Thunderdrum releases its sonic blast.

The riders cover their ears as the attack continues but then Toothless and Thornado fires a combine plasma blast and sonic blast at the wild Thunderdrum causing it to take flight towards the mountain.

"Good job boys. Let's hope that's the last we see of this guy." Hicca says to her dragons as they land in front of the riders as they gather around her.

"Anything else you want to draw towards us? Changewing? Ooh, Screaming Death, maybe? I'm sure there one of those around here." Snotlout says very loudly.

"Snotlout, you're yelling very loudly." Hicca says dismounting Toothless.

"Oh really? I can barely hear myself! Because that's what happens when you get attacked by a wild Thunderdrum!" Snotlout yells.

"Okay, we need our dragons. I'm gonna go back out there." Hicca says but the group couldn't hear her. "I'm saying I'm going back out there!" She shouts causing the group to angrily argue about it.

"No! You're not! I will take your other leg!" Snotlout yells.

"No way, Hicca, you are not leaving us alone." Asher says glaring at his crush.

"We're dragon-less and defenseless." Fishlegs reminds her.

"And we can only communicate by yelling!" Ruffnut tells her best friend.

"Which, although quite enjoyable, is not very stealthy! Are you hearing any of this?" Tuffnut asks.

"Okay, fine. We'll all go together." Hicca says but gets the same result as before. "Oh, for-I said we'll all go together!" She yells.

"Why didn't you just say so. Jeez!" Tuffnut says.

'Boys, I swear to the gods every single one of them will drive me insane.' Hicca says to her dragons through her mind.

'We're right there with you.' Toothless and Thornado say back.


As they venture through the island deeper to the source of the song, the area becomes suddenly dark and creepy.

"Uh Hicca?" Fishlegs asks.

"I know, Fishlegs. No longer amazing." Hicca says.

"Can we get a vote for creepy and weird?" Snotlout asks as everyone raises their hands.

The group continue through the forest and come to an opening with a huge pile of bones in front of them causing everyone to gasp.

"Are those what I think there are?" Fishlegs asks.

"Weirdly-shaped white rocks." Tuffnut asks.

"Dragon bones." Hicca says.

"Ah a bone yard. Yes, I like it." Tuffnut says but everyone glares at him. "I don't like it." He corrects himself.

"What is this stuff?" Asher asks picking up some kind of amber like substance.

"No idea." Hicca says but then the pile of bones begins rustling and a second land a familiar dragon emerges. "Bones!" She yells running to her Boneknapper.

"Hicca!" Bones shouts as his rider wraps her arms around his neck.

"Where did you go? And where are the others?" Hicca asks.

"We've got a problem." Bones says and then an echoing roar is heard.

"Okay, what was that?" Snotlout asks a little freaked out.

"That, my friend, is a dragon in trouble." Fishlegs says.

"That's what I've been trying to tell you. Follow me." Toothless says and runs towards the mountain with Bones behind him and the others following.

As Hicca rounds the corner she sees a horrible sight before her.

"Whoa." Hicca says in shock as seeing countless dragons trapped in an amber like substance.

"You guys do know what's going on here, don't you?" Tuffnut asks

"Yeah. Something is trapping the dragons in its amber rock substance and immobilizing them." Fishlegs says.

"Oh. Oh, I had a completely different idea which involved oily fish and bad mutton." Tuffnut says.

"Then its breaking them out and-and eating them. Ohh." Fishlegs gasps in horror.

"Ah, come on. Who would be doing that?" Ruffnut asks but then they heard a loud roar coming their way.

A second later a huge dragon with a long, slender body appears. Its wings resemble that of a Thunderdrum. It has a tail that is very reminiscent of a Monstrous Nightmare. Its body resembles that of a Timberjack, as it is very thin. The dragon has the striking and bright colors of blue, yellow, and orange on both of its wings and its tail. It has spikes that run along its back.

"How about that guy? Yeah, he looks suspect to me." Ruffnut says but Fishlegs covers her mouth and pulls her down as the dragon looks in their direction only to see nothing as the riders minus Hicca, Toothless, Bones, and Thornado were hiding behind a large boulder.

The dragon the grabs and encased Terrible Terror and flies off, giving off the strange sound they've been hearing.

"No, boys! No!" Hicca shouts trying to stop her Night Fury and Boneknapper. "It's the sound. That song- that's what draws the dragons in." She explains.

"Doesn't it affect you, Hicca? Given that you have dragon blood in you." Ruffnut asks.

"Only slightly, to me, it sounds like it's sing a song." Hicca says to her best friend.

"Songwing." Fishlegs says confusing everyone.

"What?" Asher asks the girl.

"That's what we should name it." Fishlegs says.

"Now? Really? You want to name it now?" Hicca asks.

"We need to call it something." Fishlegs says.

"Yeah, I'm thinking Deathsong might be more appropriate. You know, 'cause you hear the song, you're dead." Tuffnut says.

"Tell you what, he makes a pretty good point." Hicca says.

"Yeah, I do. Wait, what was it again?" Tuffnut asks forgetting already.

"It doesn't matter what we call it. If it's doing it to all these dragons, then it probably did it to ours." Asher says reminding them of their mission.

"We have to find them." Fishlegs says.

"Fast." Hicca says and they all run off in search of their dragons.

"Stormfly! Blazer! Sneaky!" Asher calls out to his three dragons.

"Hookfang! Pain!" Snotlout yells for her two dragons.

"Snotlout, look!" Asher says kneeling next to a trapped Hookfang in an amber cocoon.

"Hooky! I am getting you out of there, Fangster." Snotlout says to her Monstrous Nightmare.

"Asher, I've got Stormfly and Blazer!" Fishlegs says trying to pull Stormfly out of the cocoon with Blazer next to her.

The gang hears roaring and Toothless and Bones run away.

"Toothless! Bones! No!" Hicca yells.

The Deathsong arrives and Toothless and Bones get ready to face it. The Deathsong coats them with amber and they are stuck, fortunately next to his brothers and sisters.

"No!" Hicca yells running to her dragons with Thornado following. "You guys, get your dragons free now!" She orders.

The gang moves out and tries to get their dragons out but the Deathsong fires its amber at them, trapping all but Hicca and Asher.

"Wha-I can't move! I'm totally stuck!" Fishlegs panics as her cocoon hardens.

"Me, too. I can't believe that thing got me. I'm usually so limber." Snotlout says stuck to Hookfang.

"Yeah? Well, at least you got your own cocoon." Tuffnut says stuck with Ruffnut after trying to free Barf and Belch.

"Oh, yeah, like this is a picnic for me." Ruffnut says.

"Aah!" They both shouts as their cocoon tumbles down to the ground.

"I'm fine." Tuffnut says.

The Deathsong heads towards Hicca feeling drawn towards her.

"Hicca, it's come for you!" Asher shouts and rushes forwards, pushing Hicca away.

Asher is then gets shot along with Thornado while Hicca is still free.

"Asher!" Hicca says but then runs away into a narrow opening the Deathsong can't enter.

Hicca following the opening but ends up falling down into a valley.

"Aah! Oh! Oh! Aaaaaah!" Hicca yells as she hits the ground.


Unfortunately, the Wild Thunderdrum prior discovers him, and seems to get revenge on Hicca.

"Oh, hey. Heh heh. Remember me?" Hicca asks nervously as the Thunderdrum roars at her. "Okay, so, yeah, I'm thinking…we may have gotten off on the wrong foot." She say holding up her shield as the Thunderdrum roars and blasts her with its sonic blast but thankfully her shield is about to withstand it. "Note for the Book of Dragons, Thunderdrums carry a grudge." She says but then the Thunderdrum charges at her, knocking her out of the way of the Deathsong's amber as it misses them both.

The Thunderdrum and the Deathsong face off. The Death Song knocks the Thunderdrum over with its tail and pins it to the ground while preparing to shoot amber.

"Don't worry, I got your back." Hicca says and fires rope from her shield onto the Deathsong's mouth. "That's not gonna hold it for long. Okay, you might not like what I'm about to do, but trust me, it's gonna work out for both of us." She say and jumps onto Thunderdrum's back.

The Thunderdrum is startled by this and it takes off quickly and spins madly in the air while the Deathsong gets free.

"Whoa. Haven't we been over this?" Hicca asks as the Thunderdrum spirals in the air. "I said I'm trying to help the both of us. Don't you listen? Of course. Of course, you don't listen, you're a Thunderdrum, and Thunderdrums are hard of hearing." She says as the Thunderdrum plunges down to the ground. "Aaaah!" She screams as she is thrown off the Thunderdrum's back and hits the ground with a thud. "Uhh!" She grunts getting up and looks around. "At least we lost the Deathsong. Oh, no, I can't believe this is actually happening. I should've left all those guys back on Berk. Now they're cocooned in that crazy rock stuff, I'm being chased by an angry Deathsong, and I'm stuck here with a wild Thunderdrum who can't hear a word I'm saying." She says but then realizes something. "Wait a second. If you guys can hardly hear a thing, then you probably can't hear the Deathsong's call. And if you can't hear the Deathsong, then it can't lure you in. No wonder you haven't been caught and you're all alone. And that explains why Thornado was caught, he couldn't hear the Deathsong coming at him." She says as the Thunderdrum roars. "You know what, Mr. Thunderdrum? You're gonna help me get my friends back. And I'm gonna make sure that dragon never bothers you again. What do you say?" She asks reaching her right hand forward and waits for the Thunderdrum to respond.

Once Hicca feels the dragon place its snout against her hand, she knows she has successfully tamed it and they take to the skies.


At the Deathsong's territory, the riders are still stuck for an hour now.

"Uhh! Uhh! Where's Hicca? I knew she'd leave us! I have to pee." Snotlout complains.

"She didn't leave us. She'll be back. You saw how that Deathsong went after her." Asher says.

"Yeah almost like it was drawn to her, but why?" Ruffnut asks.

"If I could just reach my knife." Asher says struggling to move.

"It wouldn't matter, Asher. Whatever this is, it's really strong. Uhh! I don't think we can cut through it." Fishlegs says.

"If we can't cut it, then how do we get out of here?" Snotlout asks.

"Yeah, you can't tell me that my last breath is gonna be inhaling her stinky fish hair." Tuffnut says as Ruffnut is stuck above him with her hair dangling down in his face.

"Oh, yeah, that's real original. You know what? I hope it eats you first. At least I'll have something cool to watch before I die." Ruffnut says.

"You just stay on your side of the cocoon, missy." Tuffnut says but then suddenly, their cocoon starts to tumble away. "Whoa! Whoa! What's going on? Do it again!" He shouts.

"Okay, so that's a negative on plan A-ramming the cocoon open." Hicca says sitting on the Thunderdrum's back.

"Please tell me you have a plan B." Asher says.

"If it involves cutting, ramming or ripping, you might as well forget it, Hicca. Once it cools down, this stuff is hard as any rock I've ever seen." Fishlegs says.

"Cools down?" Hicca asks.

"And hardens." Fishlegs adds.

"Hmm. Nobody move." Hicca says.

"Oh, yeah, that's funny. A real comedian." Tuffnut says as Hicca spreads Snotlout's Monstrous Nightmare gel all over the cocoons.

"What are you doing, Hicca?" Snotlout asks.

"Just trust me, Snotlout." Hicca says.

"Says the woman who's about to set me on fire?" Snotlout asks.

"You said it only stings a little." Hicca says spreading the last of the gel over her dragons' cocoons.

"I was lying. You know I'm a liar!" Snotlout says.

"It'll be okay, Snotlout, I promise." Hicca says and walks away.

"Uhh." Snotlout groans but then the Deathsong approaches. "Ohh!" She panics and decides to play dead.

The Deathsong then picks up another encased dragon and flies off.

"Hurry up, Hicca! He just took the appetizer. I think I'm the main course." Fishlegs says as her cocoon falls apart from Meatlug's. Uhh! Oh, Thor!" She says after hitting the ground.

"Fishlegs, relax. It could take hours for it to eat that dragon." Asher says but then the Deathsong returns and approaches the girl.

"Or minutes! Help!" Fishlegs screams as the Deathsong lands in front of her. "Hello." She says but then the Deathsong turns to see Hicca on the Thunderdrum approaching.

"Hey, remember us?" Hicca says with a smile as the Death Song chases after them and they divert its attention.

They fly upwards quickly avoiding its amber spit and then swoops down. Hicca lights up the Nightmare gel using her shield as she slides across the ground.

"Aah!" Tuffnut yelps as the fire turns blue and he amber melts and the gang springs out from it.

"Yes! It's working!" Asher says.

"Finally." Toothless says as he and his siblings burst from their prisons and run to Hicca.

"Hey, everyone, good to see you all." Hicca says as she is surround by all her dragons.

All riders confront the Death Song, together with the Thunderdrum. Hicca spots an adolescent Thunderdrum stuck in amber.

"It's an adolescent Thunderdrum. No wonder he stuck around. Snotlout, you get the Thunderdrum. I'll handle the Deathsong but I need a dragon who can't be tempted by it. Thornado, you're with me." Hicca says and flies off on Thornado. "Okay, time to tame this thing…permanently." She says and looks ahead to see a cave opening in the cliff. "And I've got just the place to do it. Okay, Deathsong, you're about to become part of my herd." She says.

"Are you sure about this, Hicca?" Thornado asks.

"Yes, that thing has been drawn to me and I think I know why." Hicca says as they enter the cave.


Inside the cave the Deathsong smash into stalagmites and stalactites. Then something catches Hicca's eye as she spots a flat rock platform bigger enough to put her plan into motion.

"Okay, Thornado, put me on that platform." Hicca says and Thornado obeys and moves behind his rider as she sits down and pulls out her flute. "Okay let's play." She says as the Deathsong approaches and Hicca begins to play a song on her flute causing the dragon to halt its advance.

After a few minutes the song ends and Hicca holds out her right hand to the Deathsong. The dragon stares at her hand for a minute before placing its snout against her hand.

"That music was beautiful." The Deathsong says in a female voice.

"Thank you. Now you mind telling me why you're eating dragons?" Hicca asks.

"Well at first I didn't use to eat my own kind but after the island ran out of food I had no other choice. And fish don't usually come anywhere near this island so I didn't have the energy to leave for the next one." The Deathsong says

"She's right Hicca, this morning it took me 30 minutes to be able to find fish and by then I was at the next island." Thornado says.

"Hicca is your name, is it? Well Hicca, I'm sorry for the trouble I caused." The Deathsong says.

"It's okay, hunger can drive us to do things we normally wouldn't do. But I can help you." Hicca says.

"How?" The Deathsong asks.

"Join my dragon herd and you'll never go hungry again." Hicca says with a beautiful smile.

"Hicca makes a great point. Hicca has 19 dragons including me that she takes care of and not one of us goes hungry." Thornado informs the female dragon.

"Hmm, well it's better than eating your own kind, so I'll gladly join your herd." The Deathsong says.

"Great, now all you need is a name. Hmm, how about Siren cause you lure your prey in with your song?" Hicca asks.

"Siren, I like it." Siren says.

"Great now follow closely behind Thornado, Siren, cause we're getting out of here." Hicca says mounting her Thunderdrum and fly off with her new Deathsong following.

As they exit the cave the appear in front of the wild Thunderdrum who growls at the Deathsong.

"Relax big guy, Siren won't be bothering you anymore." Hicca says and then sees the other riders and her dragons coming with the Thunderdrum's child.

The Thunderdrum unites with its child rubbing against each other.

"If I were you two, I'd maybe find another island. Siren says there are other Deathsongs on this island." Hicca says.

"Uh, you know they can't hear you, right?" Tuffnut asks.

"Yes, Tuff, I know." Hicca says. "Let's get out of here." She says and quickly switches to Toothless and they all fly off. "Hey, gang, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for getting you all into this. If you want to turn back…" She begins to say.

"Are you kidding?" Asher asks.

"No way." Ruffnut says.

"This is the most fun we've had in years." Snotlout says.

"There is one thing we need to do, though." Asher says.

"I'm all ears." Hicca says.

"We need an island, our own island." Asher says.

"Asher's right, Hicca. We're way too far out to travel back and forth to Berk." Fishlegs says.

"What we need is a base of operations." Hicca says.

"Exactly. But this time, we don't let the dragons pick it. Sorry, girl, it had to be said." Fishlegs says to Meatlug.

"We take offence to that." All the dragons say.

"All right, Snotlout, you're the man of the hour for bringing the Monstrous Nightmare gel. You choose." Hicca says.

"Seriously?" Snotlout asks.

"Yeah, seriously." Hicca says.

"All right! What do you say, Fangster?" Snotlout asks her dragon.

"Let's go!" Hookfang roars.

"Ha! Couldn't agree more. Into the great beyond!" Snotlout shouts.

"The great beyond!" The riders yell.


Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Next I'll be working on my Digimon story.

Here's the update list of the rider's 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), Siren (Deathsong).

Asher's dragon: 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: Barf and Belch (Hideous Zippleback), Butt (Terrible Terror), Flame (Tyhoomerang).

Gustav's dragons: Fanghook (Monstrous Nightmare).