The next day the teens couldn't wait to go and meet Hiccup. As soon as their parents let them they grabbed some food and rushed to the forest. When they got there Hiccup helped them with the saddles and give them a few tips about flying. They all agreed to take Hiccup's blueprints and plan out things on the island.

It took them about 2 hours flight to get there but when they did they had to agree Hiccup. The island was beautiful and had everything needed. There was a lot of water and a forest where they could hunt and they would bet there were a lot of fish in the sea around too. It had everything to be a perfect place to build a village.

They spend hours flying and speaking about the things they could do. How they should build things and where to? They aggered that they should start with the forge because then Hiccup can make everything they need while building. While they were at it the teens even helped Hiccup train a little too. They were amazed how well Hiccup and Toothless flew together.

When it started to get late they decided to go home but come back tomorrow as soon as possible and start working on the forge. Hiccup was surprised by this at first but more than happy to get the chance to work with them on it. However this brought up a question no one really thought about from Fishlegs:
"So, you think even if you beat the Red Death, the village won't accept the truth?"

At that everybody looked at Hiccup, who giving a sigh answered:
"I don't really know... Even if I beat the thing.. I don't plan on bringing them with me so they won't really know it at all and if I appear before them.. I..I could easily be jailed or killed without being listened to. The last time I had Toothless there as a proof but they wouldn't hear a thing I say... or rather the Chief wouldn't and the others are respecting him enought to follow him in anything so.. It is complicated but I will have to try. If for nothing else then because I got you guys into this and I can't put you into a situation to choose between your dragon and family."

They didn't know how react to this. Hiccup was completly rigth again. The adults didn't believe him at the arena even thought it was clear the Night Fury was on the boy's side and they couldn't really show the queen to them. Also, if they sided with Hiccup it would mean they would be traitors too so if they can't get the adults to understand they would be thrown out of their families too. They wanted to say their parents would understand and wouldn't let Stoick lead them the wrong way but Hiccup was totally right, they all respect the chief and will do as he says without question. On the other hand they couldn't just put Hiccup out there alone and wait how it would turn out though, they were his friends.

Hiccup saw that they understood and agreed with him, he also knew what was on their mind so he added:
"Guys, I will think of a way, you just make sure you are not discovered before I get them to understand. I said I don't want you to have to choice between your dragons and family, but I didn't mean you have to choose between me and the village to side with. It's clear you can't be on my side until I got them to understand and you all know why."
Astrid however said:
"But we can't just leave you to deal with them."
Fishlegs agreed:
"Yeah. You just said they would kill you before you say anything."
Snotlout smiled a bit as he put in:
"Sorry Hiccup, but they are right, and besides for me you are family too."
Hiccup however cut in with a shout:
"But you can't!"
Then he lowered his voice but the teens still caught parts of his words:
"You don't understand...It's hurt when.."
They understood even with the unheard parts. Hiccup fooled them most of the time but now it was clear. He was still in pain because of what happened back in the village and he wanted to protect them from that feeling.

The rest of the flight was spend in silence until they landed. As they left the cove and were walkin in the forest Tuffnut asked:
"We 're not gonna let him do this alone, are we?"
Fishlegs said:
"I don't like the idea but he isn't going to let us help."
Astrid snorted:
"As if he could stop us if we wanted to help and... He wants help he just doesn't want us to lose our family like he did, he wants all the burdens to protect us."
Snotlout put in:
"As for me I gonna stand by him like the village by his father, if things go wrong I still have my cousin and Hookfang and we could live in his village on that island."
The others looked at him surprised at first but then remembered how much closer the two became the past few days and smiled. To everyones surprise Astrid shot out:
"I'm with you two. If we try and don't success I don't want to be here to hear their comments. It's hard enough now too. I almost attacked a woman for some comment about Hiccup this morning. I think if he trys again and fails it will just become worse..and I like that island and the plans too."

Fishleg was the next to speak:
"Yeah,...I will miss my family but..Meatlung is as good as family to me too. And I think Hiccup's new village would be worth living too, that place is great."
Ruffnut added:
"Yeah and we could use your dragons to blow stuff up. I saw Hiccup's plan to defense and he wrote that we could fight with the dragons to stop the ships."
Tuffnut:
"Yeah, I already like Chief Hiccup better than Chief Stoick. He at least let's us have some fun too even if he still says no to a lot of things."
The others all paused at this now that Tuff actually said it they noticed they all would refer to te island as Hiccup's and him as leader from the begining. Then they started laughing again. They agreed on telling Hiccup about this the next day. He may won't like it but they knew what they were doing or hoped so anyway.

Next morning

The teens had great time having breakfast while talking with each other until they heard some villagers start talking about Hiccup again. When they started to speak about how they hoped he died something snapped in the teens. They run to the forge grabbed everything they would need and went to the forest again. Thank Odin their parents never asked where or what they were doing all the time.. but at the moment they didn't care anyway.
When they got there Hiccup was looking at the blueprints so they decided to join in when they got down to the cove Tuffnut called:
"How is it going, Chief?"
Everybody was surprised by this and they almost laughed but the look on Hiccup face confused them, they thought he would be surprised but he paniced. The look on his face and horror in his eyes along with the way he looked around.. That's when they understood. Hiccup thought Stoick was there.
Ruff hit Tuff hard while Astrid said:
"Hiccup, calm down he meant you not Stoick."
Now the look on Hiccup's face had them all laughing the confusion written in his eyes, the way his body visibly relaxed at once, it was too much. Hiccup getting over the shock bluntly noted:
"Way to give a guy a heart attack, Tuff."
Fishlegs using the bit silence decided to get to the main point:
"Uhm..Hiccup we wanted to speak to you about something actually."
Hiccup asked:
"What is it ? You looked kinda angry when you got here. Is it about that?"
Snotlout answered
"Yeah. It kinda related. We were speaking yesterday. About what you said and how we feel and.. We decided that we will help you with everything and if things go wrong we will go to live with you too. And before you say it we do know what it would mean Hiccup but we decided to do it anyway. I think that's why Tuff said what he said too."

Tuffnut nodded at that a bit. Hiccup was left spreechless, he couldn't believe it. They wanted to go with him? Even accept him as Chief? He was about to speak when Astrid said:
"We do know it will be hard, Hiccup. However, you have to understand that we can't live here if we can't live with our dragons and the villagers are getting on our nerves too. The comments they make and all. We don't want to stay here with them without you and the dragons, Hiccup."
Hiccup could tell they would not drop this so he decided to let them do as they wanted. He sighed defeatedly and nodded. The others were surprised. They were prepared to figth for it but Hiccup agreed so easily. They were even more shocked by the next question from Hiccup:
"Are you all ok with the name Scalon for the island? I made it up from the words scale and dragon since if we look at the form of it on a map then it's almost like a scale and we do plan on having dragons around anyway."
They all noded at that. They didn't really think about a name and it did sounded good. Hiccup then offered:
"Alright then let's get there. Even if we do get the adults to see the truth we could still use Scalon as a base or something."
With that they all headed for Scalon.

They spend the entire day building things. First the forge. Then a little house that would be good for Hiccup to spend a night in if needed, and where they could put things they bring with them. They even started to build their houses but they weren't done with those just yet. The dragons helped a lot too, they had such a good time working they almost forgot to go back to Berk.

The next day they sleep in, which was a surprise. Their parents would normally wake them up at the morning, something wasn't rigth. They went to the village and noticed that there weren't so many people around then noticed the ships weren't at the docks. They learned that the Stoick captured a Terrible Terror yesterday and left to find the nest at the early morning.

They took of running. They needed to tell Hiccup. They needed his help and fast. They just hoped he would know what to do.
When Hiccup saw them runnin towards him he knew something was wrong so he run towards them too. As soon as they stopped he asked:
"What happened?"
Snotlout a little out of breath answered:
"Stoick...He got a Terror...yesterday...he went out..this morning...we just learned too."
Hiccup's eyes widened then he started:
"Ok. Sit down a little. Igot it. I will get the dragons ready..."
Then he stopped and stated:
"Or not. I will be going."
At that the others shouted:
"WHAT?! We're coming too."
Hiccup started:
"But..."
Turning to themhe knew they wouldn't let him go alone so defeatedly said:
"Ok. I got it. All to the dragons then."