Toothless and the five teens stood side-by-side on the beach looking up at the docks of Berk.

"That's really odd, I thought we sealed off this tunnel…" Astrid commented as she looked to the docks and back to the tunnel.

"We did, I'm sure of it," Hiccup put a hand to his chin.

He began to feel a small pit of uncertainty growing at the bottom of his stomach. Something wasn't right.

"Well maybe you're NOT so sure of it, because this tunnel isn't filled Hiccup" Snot lout crossed his arms and raised a brow, always ready to question the Viking teen.

"That's impossible" Astrid commented, as she faintly remembered this part of the island being sealed off as well. Even if it wasn't sealed off, that doesn't explain the mess they found in the cave earlier.

"Come on! Hiccup messes up all the time! What's new?" Ruffnut chimed in, half-hearing the conversation.

Hiccup rolled his eyes, "What's new is the fact that someone is on this island. And-"

"And they're trying to hide something…" Astrid finished.

Snotlout headed towards the docks, "Well I'm not waiting up."

"See you guys at the academy!" Ruff and Tuff waved before racing each other to Snotlout.

Hiccup sighed and looked to toothless, who peered up at the Viking with wide worried eyes.

"Hiccup…" Astrid placed a hand on his shoulder to get his attention, "I think we should tell Stoick" but her voice faltered at the end.

His shoulders tensed at the mention of his father, and flashes of their fight before replayed faintly in his head.

You have to take responsibility Hiccup!

Just because we have dragons now doesn't mean you can be careless!

Don't you see how hard I'm trying to make you into a proper chief?

"…Not yet." Hiccup finally said after a long pause.

"But," Her hand fell off his shoulder, then she thought for a moment. She knew how Hiccup felt about his father, and the ice she was treading when she spoke was too thin for her liking, "Look. Hiccup. I know you may be upset with your father but-"

"No, that's not it." He looked up from Toothless to her, "We don't know enough yet. Even if I told him he's way too busy to listen."

"We should gather more information first." He began to walk towards toothless.

"You're right." Astrid said as she looked to the tunnel they had all just emerged from, "You think it might be outcasts?"

Hiccup climbed onto the saddle and hooked his prosthetic into place, "Maybe, but I have a feeling it might be something else…"

Astrid climbed onto toothless behind Hiccup, "Something worse?"

"Something close." Hiccup answered as toothless lifted them into the air. They flew back to the forest to get Fishlegs and Heidi.

"Oh no Hiccup this is really, really, really bad!" Fishlegs cried out as Hiccup and Astrid explained the details of the tunnel to him, "What are we going to do!?"

"Investigate." Astrid answered.

Heidi looked at the girl with speculation, "Investigate? What's there to investigate?" She flipped her braids over her shoulder and lifted her head, "Leave it to the Berkians to look for trouble where there's no trouble to be found…"

"What are you trying to say-" Astrid growled as she loomed over the girl aggressively.

"Well" Hiccup slid between them trying to subtly sever the tension, "Whether there's trouble or no trouble we still need to investigate to ensure the safety of-"

"Whatever." Heidi flipped her head, her braids swinging straight into hiccup's face and strutted away.

Astrid rolled her eyes and stalked away in the opposite direction.

Hiccup sighed and then turned to Fishlegs, "Well I found some stuff down there that might help us out, you have to help me figure it out as soon as we get back to the island, we might not have much time."

Fishlegs nodded then mounted Meatlug along with Heidi, "We'll meet you back at the island."

"Okay" Hiccup agreed before mounting Toothless himself. He looked towards Astrid, seeing her a top Stormfly already.

"Let's go," He tried to say but she was already off, close behind Fishlegs. Hiccup, confused look down to toothless who shot back up at him a similar look along with a shrug.

This whole ordeal left Hiccup feeling odd. Even though the possibility of this mystery being the outcasts was very probable, Hiccup's gut was telling him it was something else, and the fact that he didn't know what that something else was made him feel even more uneasy.

After a long and silent flight, they had all reached the academy, where the other teens' dragons had met them.

"Hiccup!" Heidi jumped off of Meatlug and rubbed her backside, "My butt hurts! I'm sore!"

Rolling his eyes and sighing Hiccup turned to the girl, "Heidi… what am I supposed to do about that?" managing a surprisingly calm voice.

She pointed her eyebrows at him, but seemed too tired to say anything about it, "I want to go back to the hut. I'm sleepy."

"…Don't you know the way?" He asked, his annoyance growing as they spoke.

Heidi smiled a malicious grin, "Carry me."

Hiccups eyes widened at her demand. Did he hear her right?

"Are you… joking?" He asked hesitantly.

"No." She looked down and inspected her fingernails while jutting out her hip, "I wasn't joking when I told you what happens to those who don't give me what I want either."

Hiccup sighed as he turned his back towards her and bent lower so that she could get on easily. He realized then that the only way to be rid of her was to comply.

She climbed up, wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck, "Don't let me fall or else."

Straitening his legs up, Hiccup lifted the girl up with him then turned to the other teens, "I'll be right back Legs, so that we can look at the-"

"Hurry Up!"

With another sigh he turned away from them and exited the arena, carrying Heidi on his back down the trail, villages laughing as they watched.

"Are you kidding me?" Snotlout huffed in exasperation.

"Let's follow them and see if he drops her!" Ruffnut suggested as she and Tuff snickered beside Snotlout. The three of them hurried down the path behind Hiccup and Heidi.

Astrid just stood there, her mouth hanging open in disbelief. Hiccup was known for his incredibly high tolerance level despite being a Viking, but this was just too much. If it were her, she thought, she would've thrown over that brat into the mud already, and Hiccups quiet compliance only furthered her anger. Trying to calm down she took off somewhere on Stormfly, leaving Fishlegs in the arena with only the rest of the dragons for company.


(A/N): Okay, I know it's been a while and this chapter is so short! I'm sorry!

It's been difficult to write, and I've been tempted to drop the story, but since there are followers I won't. Please leave reviews on what you think so far about it. That would be a huge help for inspiration!

Sorry again, I will try to write, I don't want to just keep uploading shitty short chapters. X(