Author's note: Well here's the next chapter. Hope you all enjoy 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), Siren (Death Song), Midnight (white Night Terror).

"..." 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 7: Reign of Fireworms

Fishlegs and Meatlug begin an annual dragon census of the island.

"Okay, that's 542, 43-oh, there's one hiding under that tree trunk!" Fishlegs exclaims counting the black Night Terrors. "I see you, little guy. You're 544. Isn't this exciting, girl? The first annual Dragon's Edge census. Once we get all these Night Terrors counted, we move on to the Gronckles. Ha ha! Maybe you'll make some new friends." She says giving her dragon a downward hug.

"That sounds like fun." Meatlug says as she lands in a clearing in the forest.

"Okay, there's a big flock." Fishlegs says seeing a bunch of black Night Terrors sleeping in the area. "575, 576…" She begins counting until a bright orange fell in front of her onto the map which turned out to be a Fireworm dragon. "Oh, hello." She says until the Fireworm bursts into flames causing the map to catch on fire and Fishlegs to scream as she falls off Meatlug's saddle. "What is a Fireworm doing this far out? They aren't supposed to be anywhere near our island. Eh, it could have lost its way." She says listing the different reasons a Fireworm could be out near the Edge. "Now where were we, Meatlug? Was it 576, or was it 675?" She asks pulling out another map until she sniffs the air smelling smoke as she turns around to see another Fireworm setting a bush on fire. "Whoa! Whoa, whoa." She yells frantically as she grunts trying to put out the fire. "Oooh." She says in relief but then her map catches fire, again. "Whoa!" She yelps and quickly drops the map.


Fishlegs and Meatlug then inform the other riders about then Fireworm encounter.

"It began with one Fireworm, and as we were flying back, we kept seeing more and more." Fishlegs says as she looks around and sees more small fires from the Fireworms.

"Do you think they're migrating?" Asher asks riding Blazer.

"If they were migrating, the whole island would be on fire." Hicca asks riding on Laval.

"Not necessarily." Fishlegs says.

"Here we go!" Snotlout shouts already annoyed.

"When Fireworms migrate, they send out scouts to see if their migration route is safe. If this is a stop along that route-" Fishlegs begins to say.

"An entire flock of Fireworms could be coming through here." Asher finishes.

"That is true, Hicca." Laval says to her rider.

"Well, I say bring 'em on! I love those little scorchers." Tuffnut says riding on Flame.

"Are you still gonna love them when they all land here and burn our entire island to the ground?" Hicca asks.

"Yes! Wait, no. Wait, is that a trick question? Because it's pretty tricky." Tuffnut says.

"Fishlegs, how much time do we have?" Asher asks.

"Uh, it's hard to say. If it's a full migration, the rest of them could be here as soon as next week." Fishlegs says.

"Actually, it's more like five days." Laval says to her rider.

"Ha! Good to know. It's been nice knowing you, island. Snotlout is outlout!" Snotlout says ready to abandon the Edge as she makes Hookfang turn around to fly away.

"We're not abandoning the island, Snotlout." Hicca says as she and Laval give chase.

"Uh, yeah, we are. Watch." Snotlout says but Hookfang stops when Laval gets in front of him.

"Guys, we put too much hard work into this place to just leave. Snotlout is not "outlout." We're staying. Now let's get to work." Hicca says with authority.

"Fine! But I still like my plan better." Snotlout says.

"You like any plan that's yours, whether it's good or bad." Hookfang says.


The riders then return to the clubhouse to discuss what to do about the approaching Fireworms.

"Okay, Asher, you and Fishlegs filled the watering troughs, right?" Hicca asks sitting cross-legged on fire-place table wearing a new piece of clothing in place of her Screaming Death coat.

A cloak made out of Laval's scales to protect her for Fireworm heat. The cloak is completely gold color, wraps around her shoulders with a hood on the back, and is able to cover her entire body if she needs to. It is designed to withstand intense heat unlike her Screaming Death coat that is designed to withstand intense cold.

"Yep! Topped off all the barrels too." Asher says standing in front of his crush.

"Ooh, I found a perfect cave for the Night Terrors. High enough and desolate enough so the flames won't get near them." Fishlegs says sitting in a chair at the fire-place table.

"Perfect. Good job, guys. Now if the twins would finally get back, we could find out what they've done." Hicca says holding up a piece of paper.

"Oh, I can tell you what they've done. Zero, zip, zilch. I'm forgetting something. Oh, yeah, goose egg!" Snotlout says leaning back in her chair with her feet propped up on the table.

"Oh, "contrary," my fine lady. We have done quite a lot, actually." Tuffnut says standing in the doorway of the clubhouse with Ruffnut.

"Did you clear the brush?" Hicca asks.

"Uh, no." Tuffnut says.

"Build a fire break?" Hicca asks.

"Nope, not that." Ruffnut says.

"How about water? Did you bring any back?" Asher asks.

"Couldn't. Too busy." Tuffnut says.

"Busy with what?" Hicca asks.

"Finding something awesome." Ruffnut says.


When they arrived, the Twins have found what is a large boulder with writing on it.

"Behold! We call it the Namey Rock." Ruffnut says with a smile.

"And why is that?" Asher asks.

"Duh, 'cause it has our name all over it. Cool, huh?" Tuffnut asks.

"Oh, yeah. I mean, no. Man, you two are completely ridiculous." Snotlout says angrily.

"Ridiculous? Perhaps. But answer me this-where's your Namey Rock?" Ruffnut asks putting a hand to her ear waiting for Snotlout's answer however, she pinches the bridge of her nose and groans while the twins laugh and bang their helmets together.

"Uh, Hicca, you might want to come take a closer look at this. I think it's a claim stone." Fishlegs says.

"I, Magmar Thorston, hereby claim this island in my name and the name of all my family present and future, forever and ever." Hicca reads the writing on the stone.

"And what else?" Tuffnut asks revealing that there is more on the stone.

""And ever," apparently." Hicca says.

"Ha! Long-lost great Uncle Magmar! Oh, my Thor! Wasn't he the one who could pass an entire cod through one nostril?" Tuffnut asks excitedly.

"And debone it at the same time? It's really a lost art." Ruffnut says stroking her chin.

"People just don't appreciate the craftsmanship." Tuffnut says.

"Oh, come on! That stone is a fake. It's so obvious that these two made it up." Snotlout says.

"I don't think so! For one thing, everything is spelled correctly." Fishlegs says checking the writing on the stone.

"Okay, you may have a point." Snotlout says slouching in defeat.

"Let me get this straight. These two own this island?" Asher asks.

"It would appear that way." Fishlegs answers.

"Yeah!" Ruffnut cheers.

"In your face!" Tuffnut gloats excitedly.

"We are so in charge of this place!" Ruffnut says.

"Whoo-hoo! Oh, preach, sister." Tuffnut says.

"Well! According to this stone-" Ruffnut says beginning to preach dramatically.

"That was a rhetorical preach. Hey, where are you going, subject?" Tuffnut asks seeing Snotlout mount Hookfang.

"Ha! You may be in charge of this island, but you're not in charge of me." Snotlout says.

"Ah, ah! Respect the crown. Don't make us get ugly." Tuffnut says glaring at the girl.

"That ship sailed a long time ago." Snotlout says smirking.

"Ugly!" Ruffnut says punching her brother in the arm.

"Clearly, we'll need a dungeon." Tuffnut says.

"Okay, let's all just take a breath and calm down." Hicca says getting in front of Tuffnut and prevents him from fighting with Snotlout. "The first thing we need to do is get this claim stone authenticated." She says.


Hicca sends for Gobber and Stoick to authenticate the stone.

"Mm-hmm. I see." Gobber says inspecting the stone more clearly.

"Well, Gobber?" Stoick asks.

"Give me a minute." Gobber says and hammers a small chunk of pebble off the stone and begins sniffing it before tossing it into his mouth. "Mm-hmm. Very interesting." He says chewing up the pebble and then swallows it. "Tastes right to me, Stoick. This claim stone is 100% authentic." He says standing back up.

"Aw, yeah!" Ruffnut cheers.

"Authentic!" Tuffnut shouts.

"100%! No more percents to be had, folks." Ruffnut says.

"That's good, right?" Tuffnut asks.

"Uh-uh, no!" Asher yells.

"No!" Snotlout shouts in anger.

"What? No! No way." Fishlegs says in shock.

"All right, that's enough. It looks like this island officially belongs to the twins." Stoick says.

"It's our island now!" Tuffnut shouts beginning to dance around.

"I knew it." Ruffnut says dancing with her brother.

"Now we got an island!" Tuffnut says.

"We got it." Ruffnut says pointing at the other riders.

"The island is ours! We don't have to do anything or take any showers." Tuffnut says.

Later the twins are now kneeling in front of Stoick with the Claim Stone behind them.

"Ahem! As Chief of Berk, I hereby declare that under Viking law, the living heirs to Magmar Thorston are indeed entitled to full ownership of this island with all the benefits that comes with it." Stoick says tapping their left shoulder with his sword.

"Now what?" Tuffnut asks.

"Don't ask me. It's your island." Stoick says sheathing his sword.

"Heh heh heh." Gobber chuckles following after Stoick.

"Oooh!" Ruffnut cheers.

"Yes! This is our island It's not your island. You cannot have it! " Tuffnut begins singing.

"No, no, no. Ugly!" Ruffnut says pointing at everyone minus Hicca.

" Because it's ours " Tuffnut finishes singing.

"Now, daddy, daddy, daddy, you can't be serious. You're not leaving me with this?" Hicca asks her father.

"Because it's ours! Ours! It's our island!" Tuffnut says dancing like an idiot.

"Uh, yes, I am. Welcome to my world. Only now it's your world." Stoick says to his daughter.

"Ho ho! It's your world!" Gobber says.

"Well this isn't going to end well." Laval says walking up to Hicca.

'I agree.' Hicca thought to her Fireworm Princess.

"Great, what do we do now? Any ideas?" Fishlegs asks.

"Oh, we could always…" Snotlout begins to say as she makes a hissing sound. "You know." She says.

"We're not killing the twins, Snotlout." Hicca says.

"Please tell me we're not giving them the island." Asher says.

"Actually, we are. We are giving them the island." Hicca says looking back at the twins.

"What?" Snotlout asks in confusion.

"First of all, we don't really have a choice. And second, once they find out being in charge isn't everything it's cracked up to be, and they have to deal with the Fireworm problem on their own, they will beg us to take the island back." Hicca explains.

"And if they don't?" Asher asks.

"It's our island! Man, how great is this?" Tuffnut asks as they bang their heads together. "I'm fine." He says.

"This really isn't going to end well." Laval says walking away.


Meanwhile, more of the Fireworms begin landing on the island and are creating a small blaze of fire.


Back at the clubhouse, Hicca is read the Book of Dragons while leaning against a curled-up Laval.

"Okay, a little higher. No, no, no, to the left. Yes! No. Little to the right." Tuffnut says causing Hicca to come out of her deep thought as she tosses the Book of Dragons onto the table and walks out of the clubhouse.

"Would you come on already? My entire body is going numb. Feels kinda cool." Ruffnut says.

"Hey, let's ask Hicca." Tuffnut says.

"Let's ask Hicca what?" Hicca asks repeating the question seeing the twins standing on Barf and Belch's heads while Head and Scauldy stand on the Ruffnut's side and Butt and Flame stand on Tuffnut's side.

"Our new Thorstonton sign, does it need to be a little higher?" Tuffnut asks.

"Thorstonton?" Hicca asks in confusion.

"Yeah, the name of our island." Ruffnut says.

"It came to us in a dream. That's right-same dream. It's a twin thing." Tuffnut says quickly releasing the sign causing Ruffnut to struggle to hold it by herself. "You wouldn't understand. Anyway, thoughts on the sign?" He asks however, Ruffnut was unable to hold it any longer causing her to drop it and crash through the clubhouse floor and break while Tuffnut glares angrily at his sister. "You know what? Never mind. We've got more important things on the agenda today." He says.

"I agree-we need to keep fireproofing the island." Hicca says.

"No, no, no, that's not it. We need to give out job assignments." Tuffnut says as he and Ruffnut still stand on Barf and Belch's heads.

"Job assignments?" Hicca asks.

"Oh, we got some good ones. Come along, lass. Don't be late." Tuffnut says as Barf and Belch take off for the arena with their dragons following.

"All right, Fishlegs. Says here you are now the official poet laureate of Thorstonton." Tuffnut says reading from a sheet of paper.

"Do you even know what that means?" Fishlegs asks.

"We were hoping you would! It's your job, after all." Ruffnut says leaving Fishlegs staring at them wide-eyed.

"Asher, you are the official royal brush-clearer. We don't want Thorstonton burning down, after all." Tuffnut says.

"Or do we?" Ruffnut asks her brother.

"Hmm." Tuffnut says seeing his sister's point.

"I'm not clearing brush for you two! I'm not clearing anything for you two!" Asher shouts angrily.

"Come on, Asher." Hicca says trying to calm her crush down.

"Oh. You'll do it. And you'll like it, mister." Tuffnut says glaring at the boy. "Snotlout, you, my friend, have an excellent job. You, ma'am, are our new sergeant at arms." He says to the girl.

"Mm. I like the sound of that-"arms."" Snotlout says liking her position.

"Knew you would. All right, Hicca. Oh, Hicca, you are our new stable girl." Tuffnut says.

"Stable girl?" Hicca says in complete shock while Asher tries not to laugh.

"Oh, this better be a joke." Laval growls threateningly.

"Come on, Hicca." Asher says teasingly making the girl sigh heavily.

"Wow, wow, wow, that's not what we agreed Hicca's job would be." Ruffnut says in shock at what her brother just assigned her best friend. "I had a job for her that suits her better." She says.

"I know you did, I just wasn't listening to what you said." Tuffnut says.

"So, uh, here's a question. What's a sergeant at arms do, anyway?" Snotlout asks interrupting the arguing twins.

"You enforce the rules. If someone doesn't follow them, you make sure they do. And if things get really nasty, you show them to the fancy new dungeon and give them some yak dung tea." Tuffnut says menacingly. "Got it?" He asks.

"Dungeon! I like it. Better than "stable girl."" Snotlout says teasingly to Hicca.

"Okay, and speaking of new rules, without further "adieu"…" Tuffnut begins to say taking another scroll out of his tunic but Ruffnut snatches it from him.

"Yeah, no more further "adieus." Anyway, rule number one: everyone must bow to your rulers when they enter the room expect for…" Ruffnut begins to say unable to finish because Tuffnut snatches the sheet back.

"Rule number two: everyone must also bow to your rulers when they exit the room." Tuffnut reads the second rule.

"Everyone must bow to your rulers when they are in the room." Ruffnut says taking the sheet back.

"So basically we just bow all the time?" Hicca asks.

"Ooh, stable girl, coming in for the big win. That deserve a bow…from you. I'm not doing any bowing." Tuffnut says making Hicca sigh as she performs a curtsy. "Thank you. That'll do, I guess." He says.

"Next, there will be a small fee for landing your dragons on the island." Ruffnut says.

"And another small fee for taking off." Tuffnut says.

"There will be a fee for sleeping." Ruffnut says.

"A fee for waking up." Tuffnut says.

"A fee for eating." Ruffnut says.

"And a small fee for drinking." Tuffnut says.

"How about breathing?" Asher asks already annoyed.

"Good idea! Mark that down." Tuffnut says.

"Way ahead of you." Ruffnut says already writing what Asher said down.

"And finally, the letter "S" has been officially removed from the alphabet. So you're going to want to avoid words like sword…" Tuffnut begins to say.

"Severed leg…" Ruffnut takes over.

"…severed head…" Tuffnut takes over.

"…cyclone!" Ruffnut finishes.

"That's actually a "C."" Fishlegs corrects them.

"Uh-uh! Notlout, quiet her!" Tuffnut says.

"Notlout? Who's Notlout?" Snotlout asks not recognizing her name without the "S".

"Do you two realize that there is an "S" in the name of your island?" Asher asks.

"Ilence, ubject! How dare you ay uch thing?" Tuffnut says avoiding using "S".

"Any other rules?" Hicca asks as Tuffnut pulls out another scroll but a Fireworm destroys it before eh can read from it.

"Table girl, clean that up." Tuffnut says.

"Okay, while I'm doing this, you guys need to stay on top of this Fireworm thing." Hicca tells Asher using a stick to pick up the Fireworm. "It's starting to get pretty real." She says tossing it to Laval as she bats it away with her tail.


Later the riders are now doing their assigned jobs under the rule of the Twins. Hicca was at the Dragon Stables with Toothless and Laval giving Barf and Belch a scrub down after doing Scauldy, Flame, Head and Butt. Tuffnut and Ruffnut arrive and view the clean dragons but then Tuffnut notices Hicca forgetting something.

"Oh, right there. That's the spot." Barf says.

"Sorry for making you do this, Hicca." Belch says.

"It's just we haven't been properly washed in a long time." Flame says.

"We usually have to do it ourselves or to each other." Scauldy says.

"Plus our scales have never been shinier." Head and Butt say together.

"Yeah, no problem, boys." Hicca says to the dragons.

"Uh, aren't you forgetting something?" Tuffnut asks.

"What? Oh, right. Sorry." Hicca says curtsying again.

"That's better. Now let's have a look at your work, table girl." Tuffnut says as he looks over Barf and Belch.

"Seriously, Ruff?" Hicca asks her best friend quietly. "This is getting out of hand." She whispers.

"Yeah, I know, I know, listen I'll talk to him about your job and title." Ruffnut whispers. "Just let him have this for now." She whispers.

"Hmm, good. That's nice attention to detail." Tuffnut says not hearing the girls whispering.

"Sorry about this, Hicca." Ruffnut whispers. "Uh, we have a problem." She says loudly.

"What? What's the problem?" Hicca asks watching Tuffnut walk over to the bucket of water.

"Pathetic." Tuffnut says after sticking his finger into the water.

"Disgraceful." Ruffnut says.

"Unacceptable." Tuffnut says.

"What is it?" Hicca asks annoyed.

"This water is lukewarm. "We pecifically asked for scalding... sorry, calding, if I'm not mitaken." Tuffnut says trying to avoid using "S".

"Oh, you are not mitaken, brother." Ruffnut says.

"Fine, scald-calding it is. Toothless-Toothle-Plama blat!" Hicca yells.

"You want calding?" Toothless says blasting the bucket causing the water to turn into smoke and hit Tuffnut in the face while Ruffnut dives out of the way. "There's your calding water." He says laughing.

"Good one, brother." Laval says laughing as well.

"Thanks, sis." Toothless says still laughing.

"I'm keeping an eye on you, Mr. Night Fury. My good eye." Tuffnut says. "You too, Ms. Fireworm Princess." He says walking away.

"Whatever." Toothless says not feeling threatened.

"Wait, are you telling me you have a bad eye?" Hicca asks.

"Wait, are you telling me you have a bad leg? Thought so." Ruffnut says following after her brother.

"And the weirdness continues." Hicca says.

"Oh yeah." Toothless and Laval say together.

Asher, riding Stormfly, and his dragons set down on a platform below the huts.

"That's a six-mackerel landing charge, little man." Ruffnut says making Asher sigh as Stormfly hops over to some spare branches. "Two more mackerel. Are you keeping track or should I?" She asks her brother.

"No, I got it." Tuffnut says.

"Look, I don't have any more mackerel. And if I did, I wouldn't give it to you for your dumb take-off and landing charge." Asher says.

"Excue me. Are you calling the laws of this land dumb?" Tuffnut asks.

"You don't like "dumb"? How about dopey? Brainless, dimwitted, moronic. Shall I go on?" Asher asks.

"Notlout!" Tuffnut yells.

"Coming in hot!" Snotlout shouts crashing onto the platform with Hookfang.

"Ow." Hookfang.

"Nice landing, ace." Blazer says sarcastically.

"Ergeant at arm Notlout reporting." Snotlout says enjoying her job.

Take this mutineer to the new dungeon, and his little dragons, too. Give him some time to think about him attitude." Tuffnut says.

"Dungeon? Are you serious?" Asher asks.

"Do we look serious?" Tuffnut asks.

"Ugh!" Asher groans as he, Stormfly, Blazer, and Sneaky are taken away by Snotlout, Hookfang, and Pain.

"You know, that's a good question. Do we?" Tuffnut asks.

"I don't know. Here, give me your best serious face." Ruffnut says as Tuffnut makes a serious face. "Whoa, pretty serious. Okay, what about me?" She asks making a goofy face.

"Oh, yeah." Tuffnut says.

"Okay, we look pretty serious." Ruffnut says.

Later the twins were in their hut enjoying a feast as Fishlegs reads them a poem.

"There once was an island named Thorstonton where everybody wanted to have fun, fun, fun. We sang and we danced and we all peed our pants when the ruler came up with a great pun…pun, pun." Fishlegs says unsure about the last part while Tuffnut's pet chicken then squawks.

"The chicken is not amused. Notlout!" Tuffnut yells.

"Ir, ye, ir, right here." Snotlout says appear quickly.

"To the dungeon with her." Tuffnut orders.

"No, the chicken is wrong! The chicken is wrong!" Fishlegs cries as Hookfang drags her away.

"How dare you? The chicken is never wrong." Tuffnut says as the chicken squawks. "Shh. I'm sorry you had to hear that. That's it, quiet. There we go." He says soothingly.


Meanwhile, the full migration of the Fireworms arrive on the island and almost immediately begins to burn the land they cover.

Snotlout and her dragons guide Asher, his dragons, Fishlegs, and her dragons to the dungeon, which turns out to be the Dragon Stables.

"All right, giddy up! Get back in line! Back in line!" Snotlout shouts pushing Fishlegs forward.

"Snotlout, what are you doing?" Hicca asks pausing on her cleaning.

"Never you mind, table girl. This is official Thorntontonston business." Snotlout says unlocking one of the stables. "Welcome to your new home, jailbirds." She laughs walking away.

"What are you in for?" Hicca asks jokingly.

"Funny." Asher says glaring at his crush. "Exactly how long are you going to let this go on? Have you seen all those Fireworms?" He asks.

"Yeah, Hicca, the migration is picking up steam." Fishlegs says but then Meatlug farts.

"Sorry." Meatlug says embarrassed.

"Ho ho ho! She does not deal well with prison food." Fishlegs explains.

"Ech!" Asher gags.

"All right, all right, I-I'll talk to them. I'm sure I can get this all straightened out. At least I can probably get Ruffnut to listen." Hicca says.


Later that night the twins were flying over the fires caused by the Fireworm dragons.

"So you guys surveying the damage?" Hicca asks riding on Laval with her Gronckle-Iron Shield on her left arm.

"No, we're looking for a place to build our summer palace." Tuffnut says.

"That might be a nice area once the fires burn the vegetation away." Ruffnut says pointing to a burning area.

"Any thoughts, table girl?" Tuffnut asks.

"Yeah, just-just one. Have you considered the fact that if you throw everyone in jail, there's no one left to actually build your summer palace?" Hicca asks.

"We're listening." Tuffnut says.

"And what about the Fireworm migration?" Hicca asks using her shield to block incoming Fireworms. "Don't you think it might be a good idea to have everyone working so that we can stop Thorstonton from burning down?" She asks.

"I see your point, but I also see something else." Tuffnut says.

"What?" Ruffnut asks confused.

"What? What's that?" Hicca asks confused as well.

"Laval is flying as fast as Barf and Belch! And by Thorstonton law-that is illegal!" Tuffnut shouts. "I hereby have you and every one of your dragons thrown in the dungeon!" He yells shocking the girls and dragons.


Later Hicca and her dragons are now in several stables across from Asher, Fishlegs, and their dragons.

"So what you in for, pretty lady?" Asher asks winking at her.

"Asher, please." Hicca says not in the mood.

"What? Just trying to be funny." Asher says but then they hear grunting and turn to see Snotlout dragging herself into the Dragon Stable.

"Snotlout?" Hicca asks as she watches the girl throw herself into Asher and Fishlegs' stable with Hookfang and Pain following behind and bumping into Asher.

"Hey!" Asher shouts.

"Sorry." Hookfang says.

"I was framed." Snotlout says after closing the stable door.

"All right, that's it. We're breaking out of here." Asher says.

"Great! Then we go back to my plan." Snotlout says making a hissing noise as she drags her thumb across her neck.

"Guys, guys, we're fine. There's nothing to worry about. I mean, the twins can't be that oblivious!" Hicca says.

"Don't be so sure, Hicca." Ruffnut's voice is heard.

"Ruffnut?" Hicca asks seeing her best friend and her dragons, Scauldy and Head entering her stable. "What happened?" She asks.

"Tuff's completely mad with power. We got into an argument over him sending you to the dungeon and then he stripped me of my power over the island and sent me and my dragons to the dungeon." Ruffnut says.

"Okay this is bad." Hicca says.


Meanwhile at the Clubhouse, Tuffnut was playing Keep Up with a sheep, alone, after sending his sister and her dragons to the dungeon. When the sheep lands on the ground it uses its chance to run away and Tuffnut gives chance. He then sees something coming towards him.

"What? Whoa, check it out! Fireworm! Burns with the heat of 1,000 suns. Ah, those little guys. Oh, look, it has a little buddy!" Tuffnut says forgetting he's alone. "Ow! Ow! Whoa!" He shouts after getting hit in the head by a falling Fireworm.

One of the Fireworms lands on the sheep's tail causing it to catch fire and run away.

"No! Stop, stop! As the ruler of Thorstonton, I'm ordering the ruler's sister to do something about this Fireworm problem." Tuffnut says but then realizes something. "Oh wait, I threw everyone in the dungeon. What do I do? I'm not the boss of them." He says as more stuff catches on fire.

"About time he realizes." Belch says.

"Well, if I don't do something, they're going to burn Thorstonton to the ground. Just like Hicca said." Tuffnut says and then the Thorstonton sign catches fire. "This is all your fault!" He yells. "Oh right, still alone." He says.


"That smoke's getting close. And where there's smoke-" Asher begins to say.

"There's Fireworms." Fishlegs says as the dragons get riled up.

"We can't let them take over this island." Stormfly says.

"No kidding, this place has one of kind rocks." Meatlug says making all the dragons glare at her. "Sorry." She apologizes.

"All right, you know what? Experiment over. We are getting out there and stopping them before there's nothing left of this island." Hicca says.

"Finally." Asher says.

"Toothless, plasma blast." Hicca orders.

"With pleasure." Toothless says charging a plasma blast.

"Meatlug, lava blast." Fishlegs orders.

"Here we go." Meatlug says ready to spew.

"Hey, guys?" Tuffnut shouts his question entering the Dragon Stable/Dungeon making Toothless and Meatlug halt their attacks.

"Now's our chance. Hookfang, destroy!" Snotlout shouts.

"I've been wanting to do this all day." Hookfang says.

'Hookfang stop!' Hicca yells in her mind and the Monstrous Nightmare obeys. "Oh, hey, ruler! How's stuff in the old kingdom?" She asks the lone ruler.

"Having lots of fun with all the smoke and fire?" Asher asks with a smirk.

"Yes. No. Okay, fine. As it turns out, I can't save Thorstonton by myself. So I talked about it, and I hereby decree that you can all come and help me put out the fires." Tuffnut says to them.

"Ah, that's a shame, 'cause from where I sit, you're on your own, bro. I mean, rules are rules, right?" Ruffnut asks leaning her arm against Hicca's shoulder.

"You have to help me save my island! It's all I've got!" Tuffnut begs.

"I don't know. Guys?" Hicca asks casually.

"I think you've got to stick to your guns. You make a rule, you follow it through. Otherwise it's-you know." Asher says.

"Anarchy. I'm with them." Fishlegs says.

"Come on, you guys, please? Is there anything I can do? Name it, I'll do anything." Tuffnut continues to beg.

"Well, now that you mention it, I suppose we could consider one possibility." Hicca says as the dragons laugh in her mind.

Tuffnut hears hissing and looks outside to see the flock of Fireworms getting closer.

"Anything! I'll make you assistant ruler. Ruler's best pal? Second string ruler?" Tuffnut asks.

"No, I have a better idea, actually. We divide the island up amongst all of us. We all own it. There's no ruler, no sister of the ruler. We're all rulers." Hicca says and the others agree including Ruffnut.

"What? That's blasphemous! You can't do that to the ruler." Tuffnut stated but then sniffs the air and realizes his butt is on fire. "Whaaaaa! Owwww! Whaaa! Okay, you guys can have whatever you want. The island's all of ours. Just get these things out of here! Ow!" He groans rolling around on the ground trying to put the fire out.


Later the riders and their dragons were making their way towards the herd of Fireworms.

"Okay, Fishlegs, gather up all the Night Terrors and take them to the cave." Hicca says riding Toothless.

"On it." Fishlegs says as she, Meatlug, and Iggy set off to find the Night Terrors.

"Okay, guys, we need to redirect the Fireworms around our island and on to the next one in the chain." Hicca says to the others.

"You really think it's gonna make a dent? I mean, look at them all." Asher asks gesturing to the large number of small dragons.

"Do you have a better idea? We don't really have a choice!" Hicca says as they fly towards the dragons.

"Stormfly, Blazer, Sneaky, fire!" Asher orders his three dragons but the Fireworms quickly move out of the way.

"Come on, Barf, Belch, do it for Thorstonton! You two Head and Butt, Flame, and Scauldy!" Tuffnut yells but they get the same result as Asher.

"Fall back! Maybe we can at least protect our base. Let's get started on building a fire break!" Hicca shouts as they return to the base.


The morning soon rises as the riders and dragons attempt to protect their base.

"Just keep digging, guys. The fire can't get past it if there's only dirt." Hicca says as she watches Etch and Screech dig trenches in the ground.

The twins were using their dragons as shovels to move dirt. Snotlout uses Hookfang and Pain to set more trees on fire so nothing else can burn. Asher uses Stormfly's magnesium blast to make a line for the rest of the dragons to dig.

"Oh, I can barely see, bud. If this gets much worse, we're gonna have to bail out." Hicca says to Toothless.

"What do we do now?" Asher asks coughing. "It's getting really dangerous." He says continuing to cough.

"The cave! We'll go there and wait it out with the Night Terrors." Hicca says coughing as well.

"Uh, Hicca, you may want to come up with another plan." Fishlegs says arrive at the scene.

"Why?" Hicca asks.

"I couldn't find the Night Terrors. I called them till my lips almost fell off. They're gone." Fishlegs says.

"And so is Midnight." Hicca says not seeing her white Night Terror.

"I told you we should have bailed on this place." Snotlout says.

"No, we're not bailing. This island is ours." Tuffnut says standing up on Belch's head.

"Not this again." Belch says.

"Tuff?" Hicca asks thinking he meant the island was only his.

"It's all of ours. And no one burns our equally-shared island to the ground but us." Tuffnut says.

"I may have to disagree with you there." Hicca says spotting something in the distance.

"What the-is that-" Asher begins to ask.

"Fireworm Queen! If she's here, then the entire flock can't be far behind it." Fishlegs says.

"Well, that settles it. Grab what you can. We're out of here." Hicca orders.

"Uh, Hicca, that's not the Fireworm Queen." Snotlout says confusing Hicca.

"She's right, Hicca. Look closer." Laval says to her rider.

It turns out that the supposed Fireworm Queen was nothing more than the…

"The Night Terrors! They're protecting the island by forming a Fireworm Queen!" Hicca says amazed.

"There's not going to be anything left to protect if all of those Fireworms land here." Asher says.

"Well, we just won't let them." Hicca says dismounting Toothless.

"Okay, I sense a plan." Asher says watching his crush mount her Fireworm Princess.

"I'm gonna have Midnight lead the Night Terrors out to sea by following Laval. Hopefully the Fireworms will follow. You guys stay behind and put out these fires." Hicca says as Laval takes off. "Come on, girl!" She says.

"Hang on!" Laval shouts as she bursts through the flock and heads towards her Night Terror sister.

"All right, girl, we need to get the Midnight's attention so she can turn the terrors out to sea." Hicca says as they move in close towards the Night Terrors. "All right, gang, let's take a little trip, shall we?" She says. "Laval, now!" She shouts as Laval flares up causing a bright light.

"This way, sis." Laval says after getting Midnights attention.

"Oh I see. Okay boys, sharp turn now." Midnight orders the black Night Terrors.

"Yes! Nice job, girls." Hicca praises her Fireworm Princess and white Night Terror.

The Fireworms witness the "Queen" turning around and follows after her.

"It's working!" Asher says seeing the flock follow after the Night Terrors.

"There we go, girl. That island's all rock. Perfect stopover for these guys." Hicca says checking out the island ahead. "Going down, gang!" She says as they dive downward and swerve through the rocks as Hicca turns and sees the Night Terrors disperse allowing the Fireworms to settle on the island. "Now that is something to write about. And Fishlegs thought the Book of Dragons was finished." She says smirking.


Later the riders were gathered at the Claim Stone.

"Ruff, Tuff, you guys did the right thing. I just hope you learned something in all this." Hicca says.

"Yeah, we sure did. Leading blow. Oh, we don't have to do the "S" thing anymore. Leading blows." Tuffnut says putting his helmet on.

"Seriously blows." Ruffnut says.

"You know what, though? At least we have our cool claim stone to remember our glorious reign!" Tuffnut says.

"Not for long." Meatlug says eating the rock and then spews it up.

"No respect." Tuffnut says.

"No respect at all." Ruffnut says as Snotlout begins laughing.

" It's everyone's island! This is our island. It's everyone's island " Everyone sings and dances.

"Ours. It's our island!" Tuffnut yells loudly.


Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait. I've been busy with busy and helping around the house but I'll try to have the next chapter up by Wednesday.

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