Hiccup was still running through the frozen forest, trying to search for the mysterious voice that he heard.
"Now where is that voice?" he wondered. "I know I heard it somewhere near here, but it's too quiet and narrowed down."
He then trip over his trousers leg sleeves and landed face first into the icy ground.
Hiccup groaned as he began to tighten his leg sleeves. "I feel like I've completely forgot how to run. I hope this is a permanent, but it'll likely that the spell won't end until he's defeated."
Hiccup sighed as he got to his feet. "I guess the most important thing right now is try and track down a voice, I know that it's important."
Hiccup then continue to run through the frozen forest.
Meanwhile Ruby and Merrill were completely stunned by the arrival of Flare.
"You saved us?" Ruby gasped.
"Yeah, thanks," said Merrill.
Hal narrowed his eyes. "Don't remember this redhead."
"Guess they call for backup," Vartag assumed.
Merrill smiled at her. "I've gotta say your timing is incredible."
"Yeah, we're glad for the help and all, but why you here?" Ruby asked.
"I'm following you," she said simply.
Ruby stared at her. "What?"
"I'm always following you," she smirked.
Ruby was immediately creeped out.
"I was joking," she said with a smile.
Ruby looked at her furiously.
Flare's face then became sad. "Honestly, I've been feeling so lost lately. Homesick. So I came back here."
Ruby and Merrill stared at her.
"Are you saying that you live here?" Merrill asked.
Flare nodded. "Yes. This is where I grew up," she said and then revealed the emblem on her breast. "The giants took me in, raised me, let me bear the symbol of their village."
"That's amazing," said Merrill in wonder. "You were raised by giants? Seriously?"
"No way," Ruby breathed.
"They found me by myself in the forest when I was little," Flare explained as he looked over the frozen giants. "They gave me a home and protected me, but I can do the same for them. So I must avenge them!"
"Not that we care what you think of us, but we had nothing to do with it," said Hal.
"We're not here to screw with any giants, we just want now that sacred flame," said Vartag.
Flare narrowed her eyes. "That's every bit as wrong! The Eternal Flame is in some trinket you can steal, it is the divine protector of this village. I won't let anyone defile it!"
Immediately her hair began to stretch and Hal and Vartag jumped back in shock.
"She can stretch her hair?" Vartag gasped.
"Let me trim it back," said Hal as his chainsaw immediately transformed into a chainsaw as he sliced through her hair with the greatest of ease.
"Open! Gate of the Giant Crab! Cancer!" Ruby cried holding Cancer's key up into the air.
Immediately appearing right before her was Cancer and his pincers immediately transformed into hands. "I got your hair all covered," he said as he pulled out a pair of scissors.
He then immediately rushed over towards Flare and began to do her hair and she relaxed in comfort.
"What are you doing to me?" she sighed.
"Just giving your hair makeover," he said assuring
Flare looked at Ruby. "Thanks, Red."
"We are here to save those giants," said Ruby.
"So why don't we work together?" Merrill asked.
Flare smiled at them and once Cancer was finished her hair was like new.
She then immediately glared at the treasure hunters. "Now I'm ready!"
Immediately her hair began to extend towards Hal and struck in with such force that he was sent flying. Vartag then jumped into the air and raising his hammer, but Merrill was more than prepared for him.
"Sea Dragon's Tsunami Claw!" she cried and her fist which was now covered in water collided with his hammer blocking it.
The impact was so sharp that Vartag was sent flying backwards.
Hahoh then began firing several shots towards them. "Stupid wenches!"
Ruby immediately ran to avoid the bullet and hit behind the frozen tree.
"Not good," she said and immediately grabbed Sagittarius's key. "Open! Gate of the Archer! Sagittarius!"
Immediately appearing directly behind a tree was Sagittarius. "I'm raring for battle," he said as he grabbed an arrow from his quiver.
Hahon then began firing several shots directly at him, but he immediately countered with his arrow. The moment the arrow sawed across the air it divided up and each one struck the bullet perfectly.
"Dammit," Hahon curse and kept on firing. "Why won't you die?"
Sagittarius kept on countering his bullets with his arrows and in truth both sides were at a stalemate.
Ruby smiled. "As long as he's keeping that guy distracted, I might as well…" She then immediately pulled out Virgo's key. "Open! Gate of the Maid! Virgo!"
Immediately appearing in front of her was Virgo. "How may I serve you mistress?" she asked.
"I need you to dig behind that sniper and take a while his focus on Sagittarius," Ruby explained.
"At once my lady," said Virgo and immediately slammed her hand into the ground.
However, no hole appeared much to their surprise.
"What happened, Virgo?" Ruby asked.
"I regret to inform you that I'm unable to penetrate the ground my lady," said Virgo regretfully.
"But why?" Ruby stared.
"It would seem as if this ice is protected by some sort of magic," Virgo informed her. "I'm unable to pierce it."
Then to make matters worse Hahon managed to shoot Sagittarius through the chest.
Sagittarius groaned clutching his chest. "Apologies Lady Ruby, but I must go."
Sagittarius then vanished into thin air.
"Sagittarius! No!" Ruby panicked.
Hahon smirked. "You really shouldn't underestimate the power of technology," he said as he removed his blanks. "When it comes to shooting fast a good rifle just can't be beat."
Ruby grimace as she remained hidden behind the tree.
Flare was pressing her advantage on to Hal.
"Hair Show: Wolf Fang!" she roared as a hair began to change the form of a wolf.
"It doesn't matter how you style it, hair won't win against deal!" Hal yelled charging towards her with a tight grip on his sword. He then immediately sliced through her hair like it was nothing. "Told you!"
However the hair that had been discarded and burst into flames.
"This hair is my pride, it was bestowed to me by the Eternal Flame!" Flare announced. "And it has never let me down! Hair Show: Firefly Flame!"
"Firefly?" Hal stared. "What the heck are you up to?"
Immediately the particles of herring the air then exploded around him and he was sent skidding across the ice.
Vartag then charged towards Merrill, but he was immediately kicked back by a powerful kick of herds which was covered in water.
"I'll make you cry like a little girl!" he roared.
He moved so fast there was no time for to counter and immediately pressed his hammer into her chest pinning her against a large boulder. Try as she might she was unable to break his hold and Vartag was enjoying every minute of it.
"Go ahead squirm away," Vartag smirked. "Only a Superman can break free from this."
"Merrill, I'm coming!" Ruby cried.
"No you're not," said Hahon firing yet another shot from his rifle.
Ruby was forced to back away as he was completely pinned by Hahon.
Flare immediately turned towards them. "I've got a help her!"
She then tried to approach them, but her hair didn't seem to want to move with her body.
"What of my hair?" she gasped.
She turned her eyes and found that Hal had tied her hair around a frozen tree.
"Got you where I want you now," he smirked. "In a nice tight leash. You like that? I think this is a pretty fitting look for you myself."
Hahon smirked. "Seems as if were starting to wrap this up," he said looking at the three girls through his scope.
"Sylph Labyrinth, wins again," Hal smirked. "You Vikings were always so cocky, but now you see where the real power lies. Maybe if you spend another 10 years training you would have stood a chance, but I have my doubts. Girls just aren't meant for fighting, they aren't even meant to leave the kitchen if you ask me." He laughed at them mockingly. "Well, squirm in pain if you agree."
"I think this one agrees," said Vartag smirking at Merrill. "You see how much she squirming, just watched her go."
However, a large smirk then appeared on Ruby's face and hey immediately looked at him in confusion.
"You guys are just as dumb as you look," she said.
Virgo nodded in agreement. "I think you're about to learn just how powerful we girls truly are."
Merrill had stopped squirming and was now concentrating and Flare too looked as if she was waiting for something.
Ruby narrowed her eyes at them. "You would have to train another hundred years, to stand a chance against us!"
Suddenly a green aura began to cover Merrill's body. "O strength of arms to cleanse the sea!" She chanted she then placed a hand under the hammer pinning her to the boulder and began to push another way. "ARMS!"
Flare smirked at Hal. "You know tying my hair doesn't make it less powerful."
"Wait for real?" Hal panicked as he saw her hair began to move. "I was positive that would work!"
Suddenly her hair began to wrap itself around his body trapping him in place from head to toe.
Hahoh could tell that things were not going their way now. "I can't lose… I may—"
"A sexist pig," said a voice behind him.
Hahon gulped and turned around slowly to find Leo standing directly behind him. Ruby had summoned him secretly and he had snapped directly behind him without him noticing.
"Awesome timing," Ruby smiled.
Leo then immediately grabbed him and tossed him into the air with all his strength. "Of course, gorgeous!"
"Sea Dragon's Tidal Wave!" Merrill cried and unleashed a massive wave of water directly at Vartag.
The wave struck him and he was immediately washed away.
"Hair Show: Thousand Birds!" Flare roared and began pummelling Hal with his hair a 1000 times.
Hahoh soon found himself falling back towards the ground.
"Let's do it, Virgo!" said Ruby as she stretched her leg.
"Of course my lady," said Virgo raising her lack at the same time.
Immediately the two of them struck Hahon with as much power as they could muster right in the gut. The impact of the attack caused him to fly up into the air once more and soon he joined the others as they began to disappear into the distance.
"Good riddance," said Virgo.
Ruby turned towards Flare. "We solve that problem."
Flare turned and smiled appreciably at them. "Yeah," she nodded.
Meanwhile Toothless and Stormfly was still flying around the area trying to locate Hiccup, who was nearly impossible for the thick forest canopy.
"Hiccup!" Toothless cried.
"Don't you find a bit ironic that you and I are the ones that are herding cats on this team?" Stormfly asked.
Toothless looked at her. "Hiccup would not run off if it was not important."
"Which base the question what did you hear that puddle of water?" Stormfly wondered. She then noticed something above them and immediately grabbed Toothless. "Come quickly."
Immediately she pulled him into one of the frozen trees below them.
"What's the matter?" Toothless asked.
"Look up," said Stormfly.
Toothless looked up and saw what she saw, it was some strange creature flying above them.
Astrid meanwhile was still facing Minerva, though in her weakened state.
"You said this will be a fight to the death," said Astrid with a firm grip on her axe. "Do you truly mean that?"
"When I take revenge I don't believe survivors," said Minerva coldly. "That's how people end up in the situation you're in."
"It's not too late for you to change your mind Minerva," said Astrid strongly. "Good people still care about you."
"You kept me talking for quite some time Astrid, too bad no one came to help you," Minerva smirked as she raised her hand.
Then a strange aura began to cover it and certainly several explosions appeared right in front of Astrid. When the explosion stopped, Astrid in waste any time by charging towards Minerva with her battleaxe, but another explosion appeared right in front of her.
Minerva smirked as Astrid appeared on her knees. "Would you look at that, six hits in and you're already on your knees."
Suddenly more explosions surrounded Astrid and he screamed in pain.
Hiccup meanwhile was still searching for the voice that he heard, though he was finding it difficult across the terrain in his new body.
"Got to be close by now," said Hiccup as he looked around.
Ruby and Merrill had sat down in front of Flare, who was about to tell them her story.
"I thought… when I came back… I would be happier," she said with the sad look on her face.
Ruby blinked. "Wait? So they took you in? Even though you were just a tiny human?"
"They did," Flare nodded. "Giants have a bad reputation, but to me they were always very kind. In all my years with them they never treated me as an outsider and yet no amount of kindness could hide the fact that I was different. It was too much to bear so I left."
Ruby and Merrill just stared at her, unable to comprehend what she went through.
"For the first time in my life I saw people who were small and insignificant as me," Flare continued. "This might not make any sense, but to me they were terrifying."
"How did you end up joining Raven Tail?" Ruby asked curiously.
"I have any skills except for my hair so I ended up broke on the streets," Flare explained. "Excellinor was the first person to offer me a job, so I signed on. In doing so I became a member of Raven Tail, a guild practically built around its hatred for yours. Still I was grateful for them, I figured their anger had to be justified that we were light of Dragon Tails darkness. It took me a long time to learn the truth."
"Don't worry about it, none of that was your fault," Merrill assured.
Flare shook her head. "It was though. I screwed up."
"Yeah, but you also saved our lives," Ruby reminded.
"So I guess the village was already frozen when you got here, huh?" Merrill assumed. "Have any idea what might have happened?"
"Yes it was and no I don't," Flare answered and then tears began to form in her eyes. "All that I know is that whatever did this, should have done it somewhere else. These people were too kind, this is the last thing they deserve. Why them?"
"It will be okay," Ruby assured. "They're still alive and we can help them."
"Right," Flare nodded as she began to dry her eyes. "If there is a way to thaw them out, it might have to do with the Eternal Flame." She then stood up and looked at them strongly. "It's over this way, just follow me."
Soon the three of them began to make their way towards the Eternal Flame.
Meanwhile that strange creature was still flying above the canopy and Toothless and Stormfly were stuck, unable to fly away or else they would be spotted.
"What is that thing?" Toothless whispered.
"Something big enough to eat us," said Stormfly fearfully. "This is a major problem, how are we supposed to fly with that thing on patrol?"
"There's no way we can," said Toothless regretfully. "I just hope it doesn't spot the others."
Hiccup was still tracing the voice that he heard and he soon re-entered the village.
"I'm going round in circles," he groaned. "I just wish that I know more precisely where the voice is located." He then jumped onto a nearby building and started to jump from roof to roof. "I also need to figure out how I can become an adult again."
Astrid was having problems of our own as she was being blasted by Minerva, who was endlessly kept on bombarding her with her magic.
"You used to be so strong," said Minerva enjoying the sight of Astrid's displeasure. "The great Freya, now your child at my non-existent mercy."
One of the explosion struck Astrid so hard that she was sent skidding across the frozen ground.
Minerva looked at her sadistically. "Like a helpless lamb, the only trade you lack is innocence."
Astrid was battered and bruised and completely exhausted and were still she had yet to land a single strike against Minerva. Minerva didn't waste any time by striking yet again with her magic, but she was holding back slightly no doubt to prolong her suffering.
"I could kill you will be," said Minerva with a sadistic smile. "But I would much rather enjoy myself, I have a lot of stress to work off with that time you beat me in the street with that power of yours."
Astrid attempted to stand, but yet again she was immediately blown away by several explosions.
'I don't stand a chance against her in this party,' said Astrid to herself. 'What do I have to do to lift this magic? Defeat the caster? I don't even know where he is though.'
Astrid then struck the ground and yet more explosions erupted around her and Minerva laughed at the sight of her squirming.
"I knew this would be fun, but I never dream that it would be this fun," she laughed. "I mean just look at you so pathetic!"
Ragnar had soon reached the valley that overlooks the village, but still he could find no trace of Hiccup.
"Man, this sucks," said Ragnar looking around. "Hiccup took off somewhere, and I lost track of Ruby and the others to boot."
He then heard footsteps and saw someone walking around in the village.
"Hey, you there!" Ragnar called, the man stopped and looked up at him. Ragnar then noticed his monstrous features.
"Now they're just being a nuisance," said Gigloth. "Splitting up and showing up one at a time."
Ragnar stared at him. "What's with that mouth? It's… gigantic."
Gigloth smiled at him showing his fangs. "All the better to eat you with, my boy! Oh, yeah!"
He then immediately roared directly at Ragnar and seconds later Ragnar with a 10-year-old boy.
"No way," he gasped as his coach fell to the ground. "What happened to me?"
Gigloth then began climbing the icy surface towards him.
Ragnar was still stunned about what happened to him. "I'm a kid, but how?"
He then immediately began having nightmares of that night when Deliora attacked his hometown. Then he remembered Ur sacrificing herself to save him and then Ultear, during the exact same thing.
Gigloth then appeared directly in front of him raising his fist, but then he clutched his head and began screaming. Gigloth then immediately stops stunned by this strange behaviour.
"Reliving our memories," said Gigloth not looking entirely surprised. "You are the first person to have some flashbacks after regression, but you might just be the loudest. You are one messed up kid, but it will all be over real soon!"
"No," said Ragnar his face filled with horror. "It's him… Deliora! Help me!"
Gigloth then immediately grabbed his face and lifted him into the air pulling him right out of his boots. "I'm a star you should be asking for help, but I will tell you something before you die… there's one place here in this world that people should have avoided all costs. And that places the gate to the netherworld, you and your friends came right to it… we're nearly on top of the thing."
He then laughed. "At least you won't have far to go when you're dead."
Ragnar then immediately narrowed his eyes at him and he closes eyes.
'Ragnar,' said a familiar voice and Ragnar immediately recognised it as Ultear. 'Deliora is long gone.'
'I know, but he killed my mother and then he killed your mom' said Ragnar to himself. 'I was so weak that I couldn't…'
'You were never weak, but for the sake of your friends you have to be brave now. Forget the past and faced the threat before you.'
Ragnar's eyes and immediately shot open. 'My friends?' He then looked directly at Gigloth. 'Defeat the threat before me.'
'Yes,' said Ultear. 'You can do this, I will be watching.'
'Okay,' said Ragnar.
Ragnar then immediately placed his hands on Gigloth wrist and immediately ice began to form around it. The cold from the ice stung causing Gigloth to drop Ragnar and he looked immensely surprised by the ice.
"Ice Viking?" he gasped.
Ragnar then immediately looked up to one of the frozen giants. 'Cages of ice.' He then looked at Gigloth. 'A demon.' He then looked at his wrist. "Childhood." He then remembered the Moondrip bottle. 'Moondrip. Everything I want to forget I found here.'
He then looked up at Gigloth. "That was pathetic, you made me lose my head with one spell. Won't happen again, this curse of ice was that you was well?"
"Might have been," Gigloth grunted. "So what if it was?"
Ragnar then raised his fist. "Well, then first of all I should tell you that your ice smells as terrible as it looks. And right after that I'll give you a taste of the real deal."
"Oh yeah," said Gigloth looking sceptical.
He then smiled viciously as if he was going to enjoy what was going to happen next.
Minerva was still pelting Astrid with explosions.
"To weak," Astrid groaned. "I need to quit, but I don't even have enough strength to dodge her."
Then an explosion struck her right in her face and that was quickly followed by more explosions.
Minerva kept on laughing. "That was great. Now let's put an end to it before it starts to drag."
This time she put more power to her explosions and it was so powerful that Astrid was not right off her feet and she dropped her axe. Minerva then immediately picked it up and then pointed right underneath Astrid's chin.
"The look on your face, simply exquisite," said Minerva.
Meanwhile Ruby and the others were rushing towards the Eternal Flame with Flare as their guide.
"The Eternal Flame isn't far from here," Flare informed them.
"Might be a good place to try and find the others," Ruby suggested.
"If we can't find them near their then where else could they have gone?" Merrill asked.
"Everyone hang in there," said Flare looking at the frozen giants. "We will free you, there's got to be away."
Toothless and Stormfly was still trapped in the trees canopy with the strange creature flying overhead.
"That thing has been circling around non-stop," Toothless noted.
"Perhaps it has something to do with the village being frozen," Stormfly suggested. "Though I doubt it."
Hiccup soon reached the mountain that Astrid climbed earlier.
"That's it," he said. "That mountain, that's where I heard the voice."
He then immediately ran towards it at full speed.