Fishlegs patiently listened to what Tuffnut had to say. Tuffnut's plan was dangerous and definitely should have been labeled under Suicidal Plans. It was exactly what Astrid had instructed not to do, but in their situation, taking course of action was their only option.

"Okay! You said Toothless is on a normal trading ship, right?" Tuffnut asked and Fishlegs nodded. Tuffnut continued. "My plan is simple! We go beyond the Smog Barrier and any trade ship that passes the barrier should be the hunters, because no other sane ship would pass the barrier!" It was indeed a crazy plan, because they were going to a highly dangerous place. It wasn't named 'Odin's Wrath' for the beautiful sunsets. But Fishlegs had to give it some consideration.

"Well, Ah… I don't know. You have a point, but passing the Smog Barrier?" Fishlegs hesitated before accepting Tuffnut's plan. "I think we have no other choice."

"Yeah! That's what I'm talking about!" Tuffnut cheered.

"Well, then, follow me and don't do anything without telling me first, okay?" Fishlegs instructed before flying in the direction of the Smog Barrier, the twins following him behind.

"I didn't know you're good with plans!" Ruffnut told her brother.

"Me neither!" Tuffnut replied. "I think it's one of my hidden talents," he confided in her. She broke out laughing.

"Hidden talents?! One day you will become even better then Hiccup in making plans!"

Tuffnut nodded, not realizing that she was mocking him.

"Look, guys!" Fishlegs called. The twins turned their eyes toward him. "The Barrier is a very dangerous place, so we have to stick together if we wanted to survive. That means no messing around!" The twins nodded glumly.

They continued flying for nearly another hour before they reached the Archipelago Smog Barrier.

A huge wall of Smog came into view. It was high as the clouds' level and looked like it was completely engulfed the big ocean. The air was muddled and the dragons got agitated, and could hardly be controlled.

"Hey, keep flying steady, Barf!" "What's the matter, Belch?!" the twins complained as their dragons bobbed up and down uneasily in the air.

"Easy girl!" Fishlegs calmed Meatlug. "I think it's because we're getting closer to the Barrier."

They continued and entered the Barrier. The fog was thick, which made seeing more than a few feet in front of them a bit difficult. There was a creepy silence, filled by the whispers of an unknown party.

"Come closer," Fishlegs whispered to the twins, who obeyed. There's a possibility that we will run into a Red Death island, so stay away from any visible land."

"A Red Death?!" Ruff said, surprised.

"Yeah. Remember five years ago? The Red Death that Hiccup and Toothless fought was on an island in the Barrier, so I think there's more around here."

"That's no problem; we will fight him and cream him to a pulp just like we did five years ago!" Tuffnut interjected and Fishlegs gave him an 'Oh, really!' look.

"Anyway, have you two geniuses thought of how the hunters will pass the Barrier? Because it looks like Thor is playing a tug-of-war game down there in the sea," Ruffnut pointed out, matter-of-factly.

Both of the boys took a look down. They hadn't noticed before, but the sea was raging with mighty waves and tossed random debris about.

"We don't know, but since their base is out of the Archipelago, we can assume they can pass the sea," Fishlegs explained.

The weather turned very bad. The winds were so strong, the dragons could barely fly straight and keep themselves up in the air.

"We should go, or else we'll crash into the ocean," Fishlegs stated, and the other two nodded.

They flew in the opposite direction than they came from, and after a while they reached the end of the Barrier.

"WOW!" All the three of them exclaimed in bewilderment. The view outside of the barrier was Valhalla compared to inside's Helheim. They were amazed by the clear, blue sea, the fresh air, and aquiline sky.

"So, this is how it is beyond the Archipelago," Tuffnut said, amused.

"I think they didn't call the barrier 'Odin's Wrath' for nothing, but compared to this, the Archipelago is…" For the first time in his short life, Fishlegs couldn't find the right word to describe what he was seeing.

"Ruffnut, look to your right," Tuffnut addressed his sister.

Ruffnut turned her head and saw a beautiful, uninhabited island, with a gorgeous beach and beautiful green hills.

"What do you think if we dropped in and said hello to those lovely Non-Viking people?" Ruff nut suggested. Tuffnut agreed with the idea.

"Hey, we have a mission here! The hunters could pass the Barrier at any time, and we need to be prepared for when that happens," Fishlegs reminded them, trying to stay responsible and in control.

"Argh! But did you see how beautiful that island is and how friendly the people are?" Tuffnut tried to argue, but just then, a ship crossed the Barrier, and as Fishlegs had predicted, it was a trading ship.

"There they are!" Ruff pointed at it.

Both boys turned to look at the ship. There were a few Hunter on the deck, and they were light armored with no catapults or net-launchers. That was good for their quest.

"It's our chance to attack before they get close to their base!" Fishlegs said as he flew toward the ship with the twins on his trail.

"Hey, Fishlegs! Don't you think that these hunters are super dumb to transport a Night Fury on a trading ship with light weapons like this?" Tuffnut said. Fishlegs understood what he was saying, but the hunters must have considered that possibility before they set sail. Their loss, he thought!

"Full attack on the ship. Ruffnut, Tuffnut, you know what to do!"

"Shall, we brother?" Ruffnut asked.

"We shall!" Tuffnut answered as they flew towards the ship with Fishlegs, launching a full attack on the lightly armed hunters. It was as easy as taking candy away from a baby, and soon the hunters were defeated.

The riders jumped on the deck while the dragons scared the hunters who had thrown themselves in the waters. Fishlegs and the twins checked the few cages which were on deck, but Toothless wasn't in any of them. Then they heard a low growl of a dragon bellow deck. The riders raced down into the hull found Toothless chained and caged. The riders quickly freed Toothless, who was weak and tired, from the chains.

"What's wrong, Toothless!" Fishlegs asked worriedly. A quick scan of the room revealed dragon nip. The hunters had drugged him so they could transport him safely.

"And what about the other dragons?" the twins reminded Fishlegs.

"We will free them, and then we will fly back to the Archipelago as soon as Toothless regains his energy."

The three riders freed every single dragon on board and watched them as they flew to the sky with a sense of pride. Oddly, the dragons headed directly back to the Smog Barrier, and the Archipelago.

"Oh! They don't belong to this side of the world! They are going back to their real home," Fishlegs said, mostly to himself.

Toothless, being a resilient Night Fury, soon recovered from the effects of the dragon nip.

"I volunteer to fly Toothless!" Tuffnut cried as he dismounted his dragon and ran towards Toothless.

"No, you're not! I will fly Toothless!" Ruff dismounted as well and fought with her brother over who would fly Toothless back to the Archipelago. Their dragons watched amused (and a bit jealous) from a distance.

"Guys! This is not the time to fight. If you two keep at it like this, I will be the one to fly Toothless back home," Fishlegs interrupted them and mounted Toothless to settle the argument. From a distance, Fishlegs could see that Meatlug was pouting.

"Don't be sad, girl, I would never leave you or replace you. You're my one and only dragon!" Fishlegs cooed. He then turned and ordered the twins (who were arguing about only Thor knows what) and the three of them flew through the Smog Barrier and back to the Archipelago.