Astrid frowned, her butt numb from sitting on Toothless's saddle for so long. The closest guess she had was that Hiccup had been missing for almost fourteen hours and she was beginning to lose hope that they would ever find him. The last time Hiccup had been missing this long he had been held hostage by Alvin for two days, they were sure they weren't going to find him alive then and compared to Dagur Alvin had much more patience than the rowdy teenager. On top of all that it was now dark, and now it was beginning to snow.

"Guys." She said, "We need to find a place to land and soon."

Toothless let out a grunt, as if to say; No! We're so close!

"I know, Toothless." She said, "But the snow is so thick we can hardly see anything if we did find him in this storm we could end up walking right into a trap without even knowing. We're not help to him if we get captured too."

Toothless seemed to sigh but let out a weak burst of energy, the sound echoing and bouncing back to him, telling him that there was an island near by. He angled his wings slightly as they flew towards the small island, landing a bit rough. Toothless shook violently as he stood on the sand while the other dragons seemed to full on collapse. Between the cold and the constant flying they were all exhausted.

Astrid climbed off of Toothless and made her way to Stormfly, running her hands across her dragons wings and side as she often did after a long uncomfortable flight. Her dragon purred softly pulling Astrid under her wing and into the warmth that she put off naturally. Astrid smiled, looking over at Toothless who simply sat on the edge of the island looking North still.

We'll find him, Toothless. I promise… She thought, letting her eyes drift shut. Just a small nap and then we'll find him.

Hiccup

Hiccup peeked over a snow covered bush as the snow continued to fall. The snow was falling in big clumps which were almost impossible to see through. Despite the fact that it was snowing and that it was freezing cold there had been more than once that Dagur and his men had walked right passed them, refusing to give up the search for the two teenagers.

Hiccup looked over at Adara before he gave her a careful smile and the two began to creep along again, their feet crunching the snow under their boots. It was loud an almost scary to hear but they kept doing their best to stay quiet and to stay calm.

Six hours til sunrise. He thought, But I doubt no matter if we make it til the sun comes up Dagur will still find a way to kill us. We have to get the hell out of here before they find us or figure out what we're trying to do.

They walked along in silence until a sudden scurrying sound to their right made them jump. The two stared at the bushes. Hiccup felt a tightness in his stomach, he didn't know what was back there but honestly he didn't want to know.

"I found them!" Yelled a voice as an arrow shot out of the bush, flying through the air right between them.

"Run!" Hiccup yelled, grabbing her hand and running, pulling the girl close behind him as they dashed through the snow, the man following directly behind them, and after he had yelled they could hear a large amount of the men following them.

The two teens dodged and weaved through the constant stream of trees, doing all they possibly could to avoid the branches as well as the group of attackers close behind them. They took a sharp left, then a right, then yet another right which ended up being a huge mistake. Upon making the right turn Hiccup's metal leg slipped on the snow.

Hiccup slipped, falling on his rear as he slid down a steep hill, dragging Adara directly behind him. He dug his real foot into the snow as he grabbed whatever he possibly could to slow down their fall.

"Cliff!" Adara yelled, catching Hiccup's attention. He gasped, once again continuing to do all he could to stop their fall but it was impossible to avoid as they fell right off the edge.

Hiccup and Adara let out screams as they fell through the air. Hiccup looked down and closed his eyes, he knew what was going to happen next and he knew that it was going to hurt like hell, all he could do was prepare for the pain.

It went from floating through the air to crashing into the water within seconds, the cold, partially frozen water, hit them like a some to their back as they plunged deeper into the darkness. Hiccup struggled as he tried to swim the the surface while also supporting the barely conscious Adara.

I can't let her die. I have to try and save her. He thought when they finally reached the top. He let in a gasp, pulling Adara up so that her head was out of the water. He then wrapped his arms around the girl who was shivering violently. At this rate we're both going to freeze to death. He thought, New plan. We need to find a cave and start a fire. He shivered again, breaking the ice with his elbow as they swam towards the edge of the river.

Once he was over to the edge he crawled out, pulling Adara out behind him.

"H-H-H-Hiccup." She said, her face pale and her lips almost a blue in color. "I-I-If we cut off my hand you can make it too the beach." She said, her voice cracking like she was going to cry but she was simply too cold to form any real tears. "T-t-t-t-there's no reason w-w-w-we bot-both have to d-d-die here."

"Don't t-talk like that." Hiccup said, helping her to her feet with a whimper of pain. The parts of his prosthetic leg were frozen together and limping would be the only possible way to get through this. "W-w-w-w-we're both going to g-g-g-get t-t-to a ca-c-cave and we'll be fine."

Adara gave a weak smile as they continued along, both supporting each other to the best of their abilities. They could see a cave about fifteen yards from where they were and they could only hope that they would make it safely to the cave without freezing to death.

Toothless

Toothless huffed, moving his tail from his right side to his left as he struggle to hold off the shivers. It was cold, and he was now the only one awake while the rest took a nap to try and recover their energy for the flight. Toothless let his lip tremble softly as he put his ears down.

Hold on brother, I'm almost there. I'm almost there…

Toothless allowed himself to close his eyes for but a second when he heard it, an unmistakable scream echoing through the storm. It sounded close, really really close. He wasn't the only one who heard it though, for it made Hookfang and Stormfly wake up as well.

"Did you guys hear that?" Hookfang said.

"Wake the humans!" Toothless ordered, as he got to his feet and let out a roar like sound. "HICCUP!" He yelled, the load roar waking up the others all around him. "I'M COMING BROTHER!"

"What is it?" Astrid yawned as Toothless roared out yet again in the direction of the scream. "Did you hear Hiccup?"

Toothless nodded; "Yes! Get on! Hurry we have to help him! We have to help him!"

Astrid, seeming to understand what Toothless was trying to say Astrid ran to him, climbing on his back. Without a second's warning Toothless shot into the air following the sound that he had heard. He took looked around, scanning the ground as the snow began to lighten up.

Ashe thought there was another island next to the small one they had landed on to rest, and there was a handful of ships surrounding it. Toothless snarled, looking at Stormfly.

"Can you smell him?"

"Not yet, but I'll keep trying." Stormfly promised.

Hiccup

"Hiccup…" Adara said weakly as they sat near a fire doing their best to warm up. "There's something I need to tell you…"

Hiccup looked at her, frowning. "W-w-w-what is it?"

"I um… I always have l-loved you, H-Hiccup, a-a-and I don't mean as a friend or a potential boyfriend, nothing like that. You're the closest thing I ever had to a brother and… I wanted to say th-thank you for that."

Hiccup smiled, "No problem." He said, pulling her head against his shoulder with his free hand, "I-I just wish I-I could do more…"

Adara smiled, "It's okay." She said, "I know you did your best."

"Awww, how touching." Snapped a voice making Hiccup and Adara gasp and look towards the entrance of the cave.

"Dagur." Hiccup growled protectively as he stood up, holding his hand down so that she didn't have to stand and exhaust herself even more.

"Give it up, Brother. You lose."

Hiccup glared, clenching his fist. "L-Lost or not I'm not giving up." He glared, "I-I-I'm n-n-not going to l-le-let you hurt her." He snapped, his knees trembling from cold.

Dagur laughed, "Please, Hiccup, you can hardly stand. There's no way you're going to be able to protect a pathetic coward like her for much longer."

"H-he doesn't hav-have too." Adara glared, standing up, her knees trembling just as bad as his was. "I can defend myself. I-I-I won't let you hurt him anymore, D-D-Dagur."

Dagur laughed, looking at the three men he had brought with him into the cave. "Kill them." He ordered too.

The men walked towards them, all armed with swords and maces. They were going to kill them, and the two teens knew that, but they were not going to give up without a fight. Adara reached down grabbing a piece of wood that was on fire while Hiccup readied his fists. The men laughed, one with a sword running directly towards them.

He swung his sword down, the two teens both attempting to jump away from the blade, which sliced not only through the linked metal but also into the top layer of Adara's forearm making her cry out. They were free from each other but now they were trapped with the enemy.

"Adara!" Hiccup yelled, then gasped as a second man grabbed Hiccup's arms yanking them backwards, causing one of his shoulders to pop out of place and in turn made Hiccup scream out in pain. The third man then pulled out a blade, readying to end Hiccup then and there; the shivering teen refused to give up though.

The third man lunged his sword forward and Hiccup managed to rip his good arm free, dodging the sword just in time to watch it plunge deep into the stomach of the second attacker. The third man, seemed shocked see this the pain on his buddy's face and was distracted enough by the other man that he didn't even notice when Hiccup picked up a rock and brought it down hard on his head, causing him to fall to his knees and then to the ground.

Hiccup had but a moment to prepare for the next attack but it was too late when Dagur did a roundhouse kick to his chest knocking the breath out of him and making him stumble back. Once again he felt like he was going to throw up because of pain and cold, his broken ribs becoming more agitated to the newest kick. Hiccup looked up at Dagur readying his fists as he swung his right arm at him, then his left, then his right again, each swing being easily dodged by the older teen. Dagur then dropped down, sweeping his legs and knocking Hiccup's legs out from under him, making the younger teen land on his back his head making a "crack" like sound upon hitting the ground.

Hiccup was seeing stars of white and black each flash making him feel sicker and sicker. Between the flashes though he could see Dagur standing above him with a sword, ready to bring it down on his chest. Hiccup allowed himself to go limp and close his eyes, accepting his death at Dagur's hand when the sound of metal clanking together made his eyes snap right back open. Adara was next to him, the sword the first man had used to attack her in her hands, a look of determination in her green eyes that made Hiccup smile and Dagur growl.

"I will not let you hurt him!" She yelled.

"You sound just like Hiccup!" Dagur yelled, bringing back his sword and swinging it down at her with enough force that it knocked her away from Hiccup and was almost enough force to knock the sword clear out of her hands.

Adara gasped, as yet another swing from Dagur, this time from the other direction knocked her back against the cave wall. Dagur raised his sword towards her, making Hiccup panic as he tried to get to his feet.

He needed to get up! He needed to help her! He needed to save her! "NO!" He yelled as Dagur lunged the sword towards her chest.