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Chapter 7: Alvin and the Outcasts
There's an old Viking saying: "When your friends are roasting on the spit, you're the one who feels the fire."
On Dragon Island, the banished dragons are now trying to adjust to their former lives without their riders. This has been proven difficult for some of the dragons. Hookfang and Barf and Belch were roaring at each other about to attack, when they were interrupted by Toothless, who commanded both dragons to stop. Reluctantly, the Monstrous Nightmare and the Hideous Zippleback walked away. Toothless then went to the rock which contain his saddle and his mates' saddle and looked at them sadly. A familiar roar caused the male Night Fury to look up and see his mate flying towards him.
'Any sign of them?' Toothless asked his mate.
'No. Not even one. Their scents seemed to be a few months old. Midnight warbled sadly. They were talking about their hatchlings Darkrie, Nightshade, Starlight, Blaze and Shadow. After the adult Night Furies watched their riders leave Dragon Island the first thing they did was look for their hatchlings, hoping to be cheered up in light of the new banishment. Unfortunately for the two Night Furies, the five child dragons were nowhere to be seen and that made the parents even more depressed.
Midnight gave another sad warble and laid her head to the ground near her riders' saddle. 'First we lose our humans then we lose our children. I don't know how much more I can take.'
Toothless hated to see his mate like this and nuzzled her neck in an attempt to comfort her. 'Hey, come on now. We didn't lose anyone. You heard Hiccup and Hicca. They promised they will be back for us and they're both too stubborn to quit. We will be reunited soon. And as for our children, they were talking about how much they wanted to fly all over the world. They probably went to do just that. I'm sure wherever they are they are alright and together.'
Midnight raised her head and gave her mate and gummy smile. 'I hope you're right.'
The two Night Furies then went looked out to the ocean, wondering what their riders were doing at the moment.
Mildew has made the entire village believe that dragons are too wild, that we all can't live together in peace. He's wrong, and Hicca and I are going to prove it.
In Berk, Hiccup and Hicca were at a beach looking towards the ocean with longing. The sound off their cousin complaining broke them out of their thoughts.
"Arrrrrrgggh! We've been here for hours and we haven't found anything!" Snotlout complained. As soon as they discovered that Mildew was behind the banishment, the Haddock twins quickly gathered all the teens and brought them to the beach, in hopes of retrieving the evidences that have been thrown in the ocean.
Hicca rolled her eyes while Hiccup corrected their cousin. "We've only been here for ten minutes! And you didn't even do any searching. All you did was built that!" He gestured to a pile of stones and sticks that have stacked up by Snotlout.
"What in the world is that suppose to be?" Hicca asked.
"That is Snotlout Manor." Snotlout answered, gesturing to his work. He then turned to Astrid "And all I need now is a queen for the brave and handsome king."
"Ugh." Astrid rolled her eyes.
"Aaaarrrrrrrgggh!" Suddenly Tuffnut jumped on top of Snotlout Manor and started destroying it while his sister cheered him on.
"What-What are you doing?!" Snotlout asked the male Thorston.
"Storming the castle." Tuffnut simply answered.
Hiccup tried to get the others back on the task at hand "Come on, guys! I'm telling you, Mildew framed our dragons! I found the dragon feet in Mildew's house and Hicca and I watched him throw them into the ocean."
Raeda then walked up to him and Hicca. "You know, the more time we're spending here the more I'm starting to favour Hiccas' plan."
Hicca beamed while Hiccup gave the Henderson girl a disapproving look. "We are not murdering Mildew!"
"Come on bro, I know how to make a poison that's untraceable. We can slip it in Mildews food and people will think he died of old age and we can also forge a note from him giving his confession on framing the dragons and the dragons will come back to Berk! No one will suspect us!" Hicca argued.
"Sis, we are not murderers. We will get the dragons back without having to kill anyone. We just need to find the evidence and prove that they were Mildews'." Hiccup said.
Fishlegs voiced in his thoughts "I don't mean to be Norbert the Negative, but the ocean is really, really vast. And our chances at finding those dragon feet are as equal as the chances of Snotlout and Astrid-"
"Don't go there." Astrid threatened, daring the boy to finish his sentence.
"Going nowhere." Fishlegs said meekly, shrinking away from the tough shield maiden.
Astrid then walked up to Hiccup "Look, Fishlegs is right. Even if Mildew did throw them in the ocean, they're not just gonna wash up on shore here. They're probably drifting far away from Berk by now."
"I found it!" Snotlout suddenly shouted.
"Really?" Hicca asked surprised.
"GREAT!" Hiccup exclaimed "Ehm... You were saying?" He asked Astrid before running towards Snotlout and the evidence. Or what he thought was the evidence.
"I haven't seen since I was a baby." Snotlout said happily as he held up a small bludgeon. "You never forget your first bludgeon."
"Should have known." Raeda said, rolling her eyes.
Hicca turned to her brother who sighed. "Now about that poison-"
"No!" He said, cutting her off. He then turned to the others "Just keep looking."
Meanwhile at the forge, Gobber and Stoick were in the forge with the former crafting weapons to replace the ones destroyed in the armoury. He had just finished hammering a sword. "There you go. One axe down and only 345 more weapons to go."
Stoick sighed "Can't build the weapons faster? Until you restock our weapons, we're completely defenceless."'
"Maybe you should have thought about that before sending the dragons away." Gobber said.
"You know I had no choice. They destroyed the armoury." The chief pointed out.
"Still would have helped defending Berk. This would be a bad time to get attacked."
"I know, Gobber."
"Not that there's ever a good time, but this would be particularly bad. Cause not only do we not have weapons, but we also don't have dragons."
"I know, Gobber."
"And it would be a really bad time to be invaded by Alvin. The Treacherous. Our oldest and most-feared enemy, who'd kill us all to take Berk for his own."
"You made your point, Gobber!" Stoick said firmly. He then scowled as he remembered his old enemy "Alvin the Treacherous..."
Far away from Berk was an island, known as Outcast Island. This is a place for all the people who have been banished from their islands as punishment for their crimes. Currently it was being raided by a group of rogue dragons.
"Alvin, they're coming back!" One of the soldiers shouted.
A man, the same size of Stoick, looked up at the dragons murderously. He then went to a nearby catapult that was upturned.
"Out of me way! You can't find good marauders anywhere these days. " Alvin shouted, shoving a nearby outcast away. He used his whole strength to get the catapult standing again and then used it to fire at a Deadly Nadder.
"Alvin, there are too many of them! We need to retreat!" Savage, Alvins' right hand man, said, approaching the chief of the Outcasts.
Alvin gave one last glare to the dragons and then reluctantly went to the Great Hall of the island. He got inside just as a Monstrous Nightmare blasted the door.
"Oh, I've had it with these dragons! Is the ship ready?" Alvin asked moving to the centre of the Great Hall.
"We still have a little more work to do." Savage answered.
"That's not my problem, is it?" Alvin asked glaring at Savage who shrunk back a bit. He then turned to a map on the stone table "We sail for Berk immediately. We'll land here and under the cover of night."
"Why aren't we taking the whole army?" Savage asked.
"We're not there to fight Stoick. We're there for two men: The Dragon Conquerors." Alvin answered.
"Oh, and you'll have them. We hear they're both ten feet tall each with the strength of a dozen men." Savage said.
"Well, they shouldn't be too hard to find then, should they?"
Little did they know who the 'Dragon Conquerors' actually were.
"We're telling you! Hicca and I saw a pair of Zippleback feet in Mildew's house. He must have used them to make the footprints of the dragon who supposedly stole the boots." Hiccup said. He and the rest of the gang had no luck finding the evidence they needed so Hiccup and Hicca decided to go to their dad and hope that what they saw would be good enough.
"And he also used the Monstrous Nightmare claw to make it look like a dragon destroyed the Great Hall." Hicca added.
"Well, then let's go have a look at them." Stoick said getting up.
"Yeah. Umm...one slight problem there; we also saw him throw them into the ocean..." Hiccup said rubbing his arm.
"And we weren't able to retrieve it so far." Hicca said.
Stoick sighed "I know you both are upset about the dragons, kids, but you're gonna need evidence to accuse a man of high treason."
It was clear that their fathers' decision was final so both the twins went outside near the edge of Berk where they were joined by Astrid.
Hiccup turned to the two girls "Hicca, Astrid, we'll prove Mildew did it. We have to if we ever want to see our dragons again."
"It's easier said than done without the evidence." Hicca said, staring out into the ocean.
"I just hope the dragons are okay." Astrid said.
"Me too." Hicca said, turning to the blonde girl.
Something from the ocean caught Astrids' eyes as she walked towards the cliff. "Why would one of our ships be anchoring there?" She asked, pointing to a ship near the sea-stack.
Hicca squint her eyes. "It doesn't look like one of our ships."
Hiccup took out his pocket telescope to get a better view. His eyes widened when he recognised the ship. "It's not one of our ships."
He gave the telescope to his sister and as soon as she saw the ship, her eyes widened as well. "Outcasts." She muttered.
"We've gotta tell Dad. Come on!" With that, three of them immediately went to look for the chief to warn him of the upcoming invasion of Berk.
At night, the Outcast ship has reached the shores of Berk and Alvin, Savage and the rest of the Outcasts stepped out of the ship.
"Ah, it's good to be back on the shores of Berk." Alvin commented with a smirk.
"Good for you. Not so good for them." Savage said, coming up to his chief.
"Let's find these Dragon Conquerors!"
In the Great Hall, the entire village was there to discuss the situation. It was made more difficult without weapons or dragons to defend themselves. Everyone started panicking.
"This is no time to panic! That's what the Outcasts are counting on!" Stoick said.
"Stoick!" Sven, one of the warriors said, running up to the chief.
"Sven, did you get a count?" The chief of Berk asked.
"I saw thirty men at least, all armed to the teeth." Sven reported.
"Without my weapons, we'll never be able to fight them head on." Gobber pointed out.
"No weapons! And Outcasts on our shores! All thanks to your children and their dragons!" Mildew said dramatically, gesturing to the Haddock twins who were glaring at him.
"In case you haven't noticed, Mildew, this isn't the right time." Stoick said firmly. He then turned to Mulch "Mulch! You and Bucket gather the elders and the children. Get them to Thor's beach. They'll be safe in the caves there."
Astrid did not like this idea "We can help fight! We've been trained as warriors."
Snotlout came up behind her "She may have been trained, but I was born a warrior."
Stoick held up a hatchet. "Take this. It belonged to Alvin." Snotlout held up his hands, expecting the chief to give him the weapon. He was disappointed, however, when he saw that Astrid got the weapon instead "But go with the others. You can help protect them."
Astrid nodded and she, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut headed out with the other villagers.
Hiccup and Hicca then approached their dad "Let me and Hicca go get the dragons. At least if we have them, Dad, we can defend ourselves." Hiccup said.
"They're the only defence we have now." Hicca pleaded.
Knowing that there was no other choice, Stoick reluctantly agreed to this "Go."
Just as Hicca and Hiccup turned to leave, a voice stopped them. "I'm coming with you." Raeda, who didn't go with the others, said as she walked up to the twins. "You guys are going to need some kind of defence if you run into the outcast." She held up her bow and an arrow, ready to be used.
The twins agreed and the three of them were at the doors of the Great Hall when the chief spoke up. "The three of you be careful. You guys don't know what Alvin is capable of." Hiccup, Hicca and Raeda nodded and left the Great Hall. Stoick then turned to the remaining warriors "The rest of you follow me to the woods. Nobody knows that forest like we do."
"And when Alvin comes to looking for us there, he'll greet our traps with open arms!" Gobber said as the warriors head out to the forest.
At the edge of the cliff was Fishlegs. Having not attended the meeting, the Ingerman boy had no idea what was going on. "Oh, Meatlug, I miss you." He said with sorrow. He then decided to compose a poem, unaware of a figure approaching him from behind "The moon is full, my heart is empty. What rhymes with empty?"
The figure behind him then spoke up "Don't waste your time. Nothing rhymes with 'empty'." Slowly and fearfully, Fishlegs turned around and saw Alvin the Treacherous right behind him! The chief of the Outcasts then grabbed Fishlegs by his tunic and held him up "Who're the Dragon Conquerors?" He demanded.
Hyperventilating, Fishlegs did the only thing he could think of at the moment. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Irritated, Alvin simply threw Fishlegs off the cliff and into the ocean.
Meanwhile, Hicca, Raeda and Hiccup were near the docks planning on getting a boat to go to Dragon Island when they spotted two Outcasts coming towards the docks in a boat. Raeda got her bow and arrow ready. "Two Outcasts spotted; reasonable range, clear area equals easy targets. I'll take them down and then we can use their boat to get to Dragon Island."
She was about to fire when Hiccup stopped her. He pointed to a group of Outcasts heading in their direction. The three of them immediately ran off to avoid being spotted by the Outcasts. They ran into the plaza when they saw more Outcasts heading in their direction. It seemed that the three of them were going to get captured by the Outcasts, until Hicca spotted a nearby cart. "There!" She whispered pointing at the cart. Understanding what she meant, Hiccup and Raeda followed her and they ducked under the cart, just in time as the Outcasts walked by the cart.
The three teens gave a sigh of relief but stiffened when they heard something, or rather someone, behind them. This gave the three of them a jolt, with Hicca bumping her head on the wheelbarrow, until they saw who it was.
"Fishlegs!" Hiccup whispered.
"You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Raeda hissed.
Fishlegs stopped shaking and spoke in a low voice "Alvin's looking for you two." He said, pointing to Hiccup and Hicca "He's looking for the Dragon Conquerors." Raeda, Hiccup and Hiccas' eyes widened at this new revelation.
Alvin and Savage, along with a few Outcasts, walked up to the Haddock household as Alvin inspected a destroyed sword. "Doesn't look like Stoick is armed as we thought."
"From the looks of the armory, he's not armed at all." Savage said.
They reached the door "Hmm... Do you think I should knock? I mean, what's the proper way to treat these situations?" Alvin asked his right hand man rhetorically. He then settled for a kick. "I think that seems about right. Stoick! Show your face!" Seeing that the house was empty, Alvin turned away. "The old coward's turned and run." He muttered.
One of his men then came up to him to report his findings. "I spotted fresh tracks leading into the forest. And I heard reports of a big guy with a bucket on his head heading down to the beach."
"Ehh, we'll split up. You four, go into the woods." Alvin ordered, pointing to four of his men.
"Where are we going?" Another Outcast asked.
"We'll go to the beach! How many hostages do you think the Dragon Conquerors are worth?"
"Seven! No! Eight!"
Unbeknownst to any of them, four figures were eavesdropping on them.
"Oh, no." Raeda said.
"This is bad." Hicca commented.
"What do we do now?" Fishlegs asked.
The wheels in Hiccups' mind turned as he came up with a plan "Fishlegs, Raeda, you two go to the woods and warn our father. Hicca and I need to get ahead of Alvin and warn Mulch and the others."
Hicca, Raeda and Fishlegs nodded in agreement and the four of them split up. "Be careful." Raeda said to the twins before she and Fishlegs ran towards the forest.
Hiccup turned to his sister. "Come on, sis. And stay close!" Hicca nodded and the two left to the beach.
In the forest Stoick, Gobber and the other warriors were devising a plan.
"When they come looking for us in the forest, they'll have to come through here." Gobber explained.
"Alright. What do we have?"
"Two frying pans, a rolling pin, and a kitchen knife." Gobber listed.
Stoick wasn't impressed by that "And what are we going to do when we find Alvin? Bake him a cake?!"
"Eh, I would prefer pie. Who doesn't like pie?" Gobber said casually as he picked up a knife. He then threw the knife at a nearby tree and the tree ended up getting split in half! "That could be useful!"
Mulch was leading the other villagers to the beach "Hurry now! The cave is just up ahead." The farmer/fisherman then noticed someone missing. "Where's Bucket?"
He started getting worried and looked around for his friend until a little girl walked up to him. "He went back to get my Lamby." She said.
Mulch sighed "Oh, for the love of..." He then went back to look for Bucket "Why am I always looking for Bucket? Hey, yeah, why can't he- Bucket? It's like trying to keep track of a half-wit pig." He finally found his friend carrying a stuffed lamb over his shoulder. "Ugh, Bucket! You had one job: Bring up the rear."
"But the little girl! You should've seen the look on her face, big blue eyes with the tears welling up." Bucket said.
Mulch couldn't help but sigh "Ugh, oh... your bucket's hard, but your heart is soft. Come on, come on." The two of them went back to join the others when they were suddenly held at spear-point! "Uh-oh..."
"You made it easy for us, Bucket. It's hard to miss a half-wit and his lamb." Alvin said smugly. He and his men then force Mulch and Bucket to take them to the others. None of them were aware that they were being watched by two auburn twins.
Meanwhile, in the forest, the four Outcasts were chasing a certain blonde blacksmith.
"There he is! Get him!"
"Oh, you lousy Outcasts! You'll never take me alive!" Gobber yelled as he kept running.
"Come on, get him!"
The blacksmith then reached a dead-end. He turned to face the Outcasts. "Ugh. You win, boys." He said putting his hand and prosthetic up in surrender.
"Come on, get him!" The Outcasts were getting ready to capture him when suddenly Stoick and the other warriors came out from hiding and attacked the Outcasts! Their element of surprise gave them the advantage as they manage to subdue all four Outcasts.
"And the tables have turned." Gobber said in triumph of their successful plan. A noise from the distance put the adults back on alert.
"That way. Over there." Stoick commanded. They then split up. Stoick ran on the gorge and saw a figure running through the bushes. He ran through the gorge to catch up to the figure. He then jumped across and tackled the person to the ground. Just as he was about to deliver a punch, a feminine voice called out from behind.
"Chief, no! That's Fishlegs!"
The made Stoick pause and see that the person was in fact Fishlegs!
"Stoick! No!" Fishlegs pleaded, not wanting to take a punch from his chief.
The chief glared at the boy "For the love of Thor, Fishlegs, I could have killed you!"
"Thank you... for not killing me." Fishlegs said meekly.
Stoick then turned to the young Henderson girl who was walking towards them. "Raeda, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be with Hicca and Hiccup."
"I know chief and I was. But then we ran into Fishlegs." Raeda answered.
"Alvin the Treacherous grabbed me. He looked really treacherous." Fishlegs explained.
"I know they're here, Fishlegs." Stoick said.
"Yeah. They're here for Hiccup and Hicca." Fishlegs said.
"Hiccup? Hicca?" Stoick said as he started worrying for his children.
"Alvin knows where Mulch and the others are. He's planning on using them as hostages to capture Hicca and Hiccup." Raeda informed the chief.
That alone told the chief what he needed to do. He went, with the two teens in tow, to gather Gobber and the other adults. He intends to get to Alvin before that barbarian lays a finger on either one of his children.
At the beach, Alvin and his men have found and captured the other villagers. Surrounded by armed Outcasts the villagers, including Astrid, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, could do nothing but glare at Alvin as he addressed the crowd. "For those of you who haven't figured it out...I am the one and only Alvin the Treacherous. And let me be clear, that name was earned."
"'Alvin'? Pft... How did he earn that?" Tuffnut joked as his sister snickered.
Alvin paid no attention to the blonde twins and continued "Your leader has abandoned ya. But Stoick doesn't concern me. I'm not here for him. I want the Dragon Conquerors."
Seeing his opportunity to get rid of the auburn haired, dragon-loving twins, Mildew whispered to Astrid "Say goodbye to Hiccup and Hicca." He then raised his hand to get Alvins' attention. "Alvin!"
Before he could say anything though, Astrid elbowed him in the face knocking him out cold. This caught Alvins' attention. "My grandfather's frail. He needs his nap." Astrid lied.
Alvin bought the deception and turned away from her, allowing Astrid to drop Mildew to the ground. "Well, like I said...tell me who the Dragon Conquerors are and you can all go free."
"The Conquerors?" Snotlout scoffed "Come on! I'll show Alvin who's a conqueror." With encouragement from the Thorston twins, the Jorgenson brought out his bludgeon and snuck up to Alvin, prepared to strike him. He froze, however, when the chief of the Outcasts saw him and glared at him, daring him to attack. "For you, sir." Snotlout said meekly, handing over his bludgeon. This caused Tuffnut to give him a disapproving look while Ruffnut face-palmed.
Alvin took the bludgeon "Well, you'd better check your trousers, son. I think you've soiled yourself." He said, shoving the boy aside. Seeing Alvins' back turned, Astrid took the opportunity and threw her hatchet at him. But as impressive as her throw was, it was futile as Alvin caught it with no problem. "Will you look at that? My old hatchet. I was wondering when I'd get that back." He then turned to the tough Hofferson girl who was pushed in front of him by one of his men. "Trying to kill Alvin the Treacherous? Ooh hoo! You're not as smart as you look." Alvin said as he walked around Astrid. "Tell me, who's your Dragon Conqueror, eh?" When he saw that Astrid wasn't going to answer him, he decided to pull her braid tail, causing the girl to yelp in pain. "Tell me!"
"Leave her alone!"
That got Alvins' attention as he let go of Astrids' braid tail and looked towards the source. He found both Hiccup and Hicca coming out of there hiding places to confront him with determined expressions, with Hiccups' mixed with a bit of rage.
"Hiccup! Hicca! What are you two doing?" Astrid asked, worried for the two.
"Looking for us, Alvin?" Hicca asked, glaring at the Outcasts chief.
"We're the Dragon Conquerors." Hiccup said firmly.
That statement caused Alvin, Savage and the other Outcasts to laugh. "You two? Stoicks' little embarrassments?" Alvin chuckled.
This did not deter either of the Haddock twins "We drove the dragons from Berk. Look around. You don't see any on this island, do you?" Hiccup asked, gesturing.
"We did that by ourselves." Hicca said.
While Alvin was looking at the skies for any sign of a dragon, Astrid gave a look to Hicca and Hiccup that was asking them what they were doing. The two of them gave her a look that said to play along and Astrid did just that. "I-It's true! All the dragons are afraid of them. They even conquered a Night Fury!
Alvin still seemed unconvinced "You're both bluffing." He said approaching the Haddock twins.
"You think so? Well, there's only one way to find out. Take us to Dragon Island." Hiccup said, looking Alvin in the eyes.
"Once you see us conquering a dragon, you'll know we're not bluffing." Hicca said with the same determination as her brother.
Looking at the twins in front of him, Alvin decided to go along with their idea. He took Savage and a few of his men with him, leaving the rest to guard the captured Berkians.
With no weapons at all, the villagers had no choice but to sit around and hope that Hiccup and Hicca have a plan. All of a sudden one of the Outcasts was attacked from behind by none other than Stoick himself! This gave the other warriors the cue to attack and soon they were able to subdue the Outcasts.
Stoick pounced on one of the Outcasts and pinned him to the ground. "Where's Alvin?!" He demanded.
Instead of answering, the Outcast defiantly spit on Stoick. The chief of Berk then grabbed that guy by his tunic until Astrid interjected.
"Alvin took Hiccup and Hicca."
The Berkian chief froze with shocked with the words he was hoping he wouldn't hear. "What?!"
"They gave themselves up. They're on their way to Dragon Island." Astrid explained.
Stoick glared towards the ocean. This has just become personal.
On the Outcast ship, the Haddock twins were held behind two Outcasts with swords with Hiccup standing in front of his sister, not trusting any of these Outcast men.
"I'm sure you're fathers' told you two plenty about your island's most feared enemy." Alvin said coming up to the twins.
"Wh-who's that?" Hiccup said feigning ignorance "Oh, right, uh, you. No. Not so much."
Alvin was surprised at that "Really? Not a word?"
"Nope, not really." Hicca said casually, understanding what her brother was doing.
"Nothing?"
"Uh-uh." Hiccup said checking his fingers.
"Nothing about Alvin?"
"Nope." The twins said in unison.
That got Alvin irritated. Hiccup then spoke up. "Look, 'Al', all Hicca and I care about is that if we do what we say, you will leave the people of Berk in peace."
"No invasions, no kidnapping." Hicca added.
"On me word, kids!" Alvin said.
Unbeknownst to the chief of the Outcast was that a Berkian ship was trailing them "When we get there, we'll lay down cover fire with these catapults. Astrid, Raeda you get your dragons." Stoick ordered.
"No!" Snotlout said, putting his arm up "Save your cover fire for the others, sir. I can handle myself." While he said that, he leaned into the lever of the catapult causing it to launch a boulder placed by the Thorston twins into the sea.
Gobber rolled his eyes "I'll fire extra rounds to cover that one."
Ruffnut and Tuffnut then stepped up to the chief "Sir, we'd like to personally volunteer to kick Alvin's butt." Tuffnut offered, punching his right fist to his left palm while his sister gave a menacing look.
"I'll beat you guys to it." Raeda said, holding her bow up.
Stoick, however, shook his head "This isn't about Alvin. It's about Hiccup and Hicca. We're here to bring them home." He said. 'Although I will definitely be reminding Alvin not to take either of my children again.'
On Dragon Island, Hicca and Hiccup walked across the land, both were held at sword-point.
"Hey, is the sword really necessary?" Hiccup asked after Alvin pushed him with the sword.
"We're not even armed here." Hicca pointed out.
Two black figures emerging from the rocks caught everyones' eyes. "Odin's Ghost!" Alvin muttered. "Are those...?"
"Night Furies! The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself!" Hiccup answered, trying to contain his smile.
"The most feared and dangerous dragon known to man." Hicca said, secretly wanting to go over to Midnight.
On instinct, the Outcasts raised their weapons at the two dragons.
"Ah, stop!" Hiccup said, holding out his arms. He then corrected himself. "...It will only make them angrier! Stand back and watch and learn."
"We'll handle this." Hicca said following her brothers' lead.
"By all means, proceed." Alvin said. He then turned to his men "I hope you're not squeamish. You're about to see two dragons eat a boy and a girl."
As soon as Hiccup and Hicca got close the two dragons pounced on the twins, causing some of the Outcasts to panic. What they didn't know was that Toothless and Midnight were actually giving their riders a few licks.
'Hicca! I am so glad to see you again!'
'I knew you'd come back, Hiccup!'
"Hey Midnight. Good to see you two." Hicca whispered to her dragon.
"I missed you, too...w-we'll catch up later. Right now you guys need to follow our lead." Hiccup whispered as he and his sister got up. They then nodded at each other as they continued the facade.
"Is that the best you've got? That's pathetic!" Hicca said out loud.
"That is right! You cannot defeat us! You dirty dragons!" Hiccup shouted. The two of them moved closer to where their saddles were. Then using Toothless and Midnights' wings for cover, they strapped their saddles on to their dragons. "We are the Dragon Conquerors!"
Alvin started to get a bit suspicious "Hey, what are you two doing with those dragons?!"
However, he was too late as Hicca and Hiccup got on their dragons and were now ready to face off against him.
"A word of advice Alvin; get your information right." Hicca said as she and Midnight turned around.
Hiccup and Toothless also turned around "Hicca is right, cause it's not really 'Dragon Conqueror', it's "Dragon Trainer"! Now!" With that the four of them flew up above Alvin and the other Outcasts.
Alvin could not believe what he was seeing "Great thunder of Thor! They are the Dragon Conquerors! Fire!" At that command, the Outcast readied their crossbows and fired at the dragons
"Incoming!" Hicca shouted as the four of them tried to dodge the arrows.
"Look out! Whoa! Whoa! Hey!" Hiccup shouted.
"What are you waiting for?! Shoot them down!"Alvin ordered his men. The Outcasts then used their catapults to launch boulders at the dragons and their riders. They seem to have some success as Toothless and Midnight were both struggling to avoid both the incoming boulders and arrows.
"There they are! Now we've got them!"
"Fire!"
Three arrows were about to hit Toothless and Midnight, when a fire blast intercepted its' path.
Hiccup looked at the source of the fire and smiled "Oh, what took you so long?"
"Why, did you two miss me?" Astrid asked as she and Stormfly flew towards the twins.
"Perfect timing!" Hicca said.
"What, you didn't expect us to miss out on all the fun, did you?" Raeda asked as she and Sparkfire joined the group.
"Hiccup! Hicca!" Fishlegs shouted, alerting the twins of the oncoming boulders.
"We've gotta get in closer!" Hiccup said.
The Berkian then came near the Outcast ship. "Aim for their catapults! If we knock them out, the dragons can finish off the ship! Fire!" Stoick commanded as Gobber and the others fired at the enemy.
Alvin and his men quickly got back on the boat "Move offshore!"
"Here's our chance! Come on!" Hiccup said to the other dragon riders.
"Let's blast their ship!" Hicca said.
Alvin was getting frustrated by their lack of success "Oh, shoot that dragon down! Fire!" The Outcasts raised their crossbows and this time aimed for Astrid and Stormfly who were flying by! Astrid turned and saw the arrows flying towards them. On instinct, Stormfly did a barrel roll to avoid the arrows. But since Astrid wasn't ready, she fell off her dragon, hit the mast and landed in a crate on the Outcasts ship!
"Oh, no!" Hicca cried
"ASTRID!" Hiccup yelled as he guided Toothless to try to get Astrid from the ship.
"HICCUP!" Astrid yelled back as she got out of the crate. She ran to the side of the ship waved her arms around. But she was stopped as Alvin grabbed her by her arm!
"Welcome aboard, Astrid." Alvin sneered. He kept Astrid close and turned to the Outcasts. "Don't miss this time!"
Hiccup and Toothless tried to get Astrid out of there, but their plan was thwarted by the oncoming arrows. "Look out!" They then flew towards the other dragon riders and their dragons.
"Hold your fire! He's got Astrid!" Hiccup commanded.
"What do we do now?" Raeda asked, worried about Astrid.
Before Hiccup could answer that, Snotlout gave Hookfang the command to fire near the Outcast ship!
"What are you doing?!" Hiccup asked incredulously.
'I'm just doing what Snotlout told me to do.' Hookfang replied.
"I heard you say 'fire'!" Snotlout explained.
"I said 'Hold your fire'!" Hiccup said.
Snotlout didn't seem to get it "See?! You said it again!"
'That sounds different...' Hookfang thought.
"Snotlout! That's two different things." Hicca said exasperated.
'I knew it!'
"No, he's right!" Stoick yelled from the Berkian ship.
'Wait, what?'
"Thank you!" Snotlout said to his chief.
"Fire again, Hiccup and Hicca! All of you!"
The Haddock twins couldn't understand what their father was asking them until Hicca saw the water where Hookfang fired. "Hiccup, the smoke!"
Hiccup then understood "Everyone! Fire into the water!" He ordered.
The seven teens then flew across the Outcast ship and got their dragons to fire into the water, creating a fog around the ship. There was dead silent as no one on the Outcast ship had a clear view on anything anymore.
A sudden movement from the fog made Alvin agitated "Fire!"
"At what?" One of the Outcasts asked.
"Everything!"
The Outcasts did what they were told and fired their arrows. Predictably, none of them were able to hit any hidden target.
"Did you hear that? Oh, what's that?!" One of the Outcasts asked fearfully.
A large figure then came into view. Still holding Astrid, Alvin threw his sword at what he thought was a dragon. But as the figure came closer, it was revealed to be a masthead from the Berkian ship. The Berkian ship then rammed into the Outcast ship, causing everyone onboard to stumble backwards. Seeing her opportunity, Astrid grabbed a nearby rod and hit Alvin in the stomach and in the face and then made her escape.
"Astrid, hop on!" Hiccup said as he and Toothless flew by and took Astrid to rejoin the others in the sky.
Stoick then jumped onto the ship for the confrontation he has been waiting for "You're a coward taking my son and daughter." He said coldly, before punching his rival in the face.
"I take what I want! You know that, Stoick!" Alvin retorted getting up. The two then engaged in a combat.
"Not this time."
Stoick threw another punch, but this time Alvin caught it. Alvin then kneed Stoick in the chest causing the latter to fall. Alvin followed up with a punch, but Stoick managed to duck and retaliate with two punches, one to the stomach and another to the head. This caused Alvin to fall backwards. The chief of Berk was about to head back to his own ship when he noticed that the chief of the Outcasts grabbed onto an anchor with a rope tied on it. Alvin swung the anchor at Stoick, who barely managed to avoid it. At the second swing, Stoick ducked and the anchor hit the ships' masthead. Stoick got up and placed his foot on the rope tied on to the anchor. This allowed Alvin to pull the rope and trip up the Berkian chief. He then continued swinging the anchor at Stoick and Stoick kept dodging each swing until the last swing caused the anchor to get stuck at the same masthead it damaged earlier. Stoick took advantage of this and tied the rope around Alvins' hand. After delivering one final punch to the treacherous man, Stoick watched as the masthead broke and fell into the ocean, taking Alvin with it.
Stoick then pushed the Berkian ship away and jumped back on. "NOW, HICCUP AND HICCA! BURN THE SHIP!"
"That's our cue." Hicca said.
"Here we go guys! HIT 'EM WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!" Hiccup hollered.
All the teens got their dragons to fire away at the ship, causing it to catch on fire. The Outcasts, who were still onboard, immediately jumped off the ship and into the ocean.
The Berkians won.
From their ship, Stoick watched as his children landed on deck with their dragons.
"Hicca, Hiccup, what were you two thinking?"
His children exchanged a glance before Hiccup answered "We were thinking... all we needed to do was to get to Toothless and Midnight. And together, we'd be able to make things right."
"And we did." Hicca added with a smile. The three humans and two dragons then turned to the burning ship as they watched it sank.
Happy with the reunion with their dragons and the victory over the Outcast, the dragon riders cheered as they headed home, none of them knowing that a certain Outcast chief, who swam back on to Dragon Island, was glaring at them.
It looked like he was enraged over their defeat, but to the surprise of the Outcast, their chief started laughing.
"They ride dragons!" Alvin said "We get that boy and that girl, and we'll ride dragons!" Understanding now, the Outcasts started to laugh along with their chief. This was just the beginning...
Back on Berk, the dragons and their riders flew over the village with everyone cheering for them.
"You hear that, bud? You're back home." Hiccup said to Toothless.
"I believe order has been restored." Hicca said happily. But the two Night Furies, however, still looked a little downcast.
Their riders have noticed "Hey, what's wrong? Are you guys still worried about your kids?" Hiccup asked, he and his sister found out that Shadow, Nightshade, Starlight, Blaze and Darkrie were gone from Dragon Island. The two adult Night Furies nodded their heads. "I'm sure they're off having their own adventures. Who knows, they might come back soon, maybe even tomorrow!"
"I'm sure their fine. They are Night Furies after all, right guys?" Midnight and Toothless cheered up at that. One day they will reunite with their kids, just like they reunited with their humans.
One person, however, wasn't happy with the dragons return. "What are you cheering about? Don't you remember what these beasts have done?!" Mildew asked the cheering crowd.
Having none of that, Stoick approached Mildew. "I do. They saved our lives." The chief finished off with a glare, daring Mildew to try and protest. Mildew simply kept silent, offering no protest.
As the chief walked, his children and Raeda decided to have a word with Mildew as well
"And we may not be able to prove what you've done, but we will never forget it." Hiccup said.
"We will be watching you from now on Mildew." Hicca said, holding the same glare as her brother.
"Mess with my tapestry again and you will be my next target practice." Raeda threatened, holding up her bow. The three of them then walked away with their dragons behind them.
It's funny how an attack by your greatest enemy can change things overnight. Hicca and I set out to prove that our dragons would never hurt us... what they proved, is that they will always protect us.