Author's Note: Here's the eighth chapter of my story. Hope you all enjoy it. I managed to get this one done earlier than usual.

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).

"..." 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 8: Appetite for Destruction

On a sea stack, two wild Deadly Nadders resting after long day flight, but suddenly interrupted when they get marked with yellow paint.

"Okay, these Nadder get tagged with yellow. That's how we know they belong on Sorrow Island." Hicca says sitting on Glint's saddle as Asher, riding Blazer, flies past her.

"Like this?" Asher asks twirling two paint bags and throws them at two wild Nadders, tagging them with yellow paint.

Asher looks to the side and spots a third wild Nadder and quickly tags it. He then spots a fourth and quickly tags it as well.

"Feel free to join in anytime." Asher says and Blazer charges at the fifth wild Nadder and Asher attempt to tag it but it makes a sudden turn causing Asher to miss.

"Okay." Hicca simply says as Glint takes off and passes over Asher's head making him duck at the last second. "How about now?" She asks as Glint chases the Nadder through the sea stacks.

The Nadder looks around for any sigh of Hicca and Glint but is shocked when it sees them in front of its path. Hicca then transforms her shield into its crossbow form and fires the paint bag at the dragon, tagging him on its underbelly and fly off.

"All right, I have to admit: the shield is pretty cool." Asher says as Blazer catches up to them.

"Why, thank you I quite like it too." Hicca says bowing.

"Explain to me again why Stormfly and Toothless refused to assist us with this." Asher says.

"Come on, Asher, those two wanted a day where it's just the two of them cause they're practically mates. Plus it's a great chance for me to bond with Glint and for you to bond more with Blazer." Hicca explains.

"I guess you're right. Toothless does seem to make Stormfly happy and that's really all I want for her." Asher says.

"Well as long as he doesn't hurt my sister I'm fine with it." Blazer says.

"Relax, Toothless treats Stormfly like a princess. He won't do anything to hurt her." Glint says to the Monstrous Nightmare assuring him that his brother wouldn't harm his sister.

"Okay, glad you understand. I'm gonna go check on the twins. They're supposed to be marking the Crescent Island dragons." Hicca says as Glint flies off.

"I'm sure that's going really well." Asher says as Blazer follows after Glint.


On Crescent Island, the twins both spot an unmarked wild Gronckle enjoying its meal of eating rocks. Tuffnut throws and aims at the Gronckle, but flew away and instead hit Ruffnut, who's about to fire too.

"Uh!" Ruffnut groans after getting hit in the face with a purple paint bag.

"Cool. I've always wondered what you look like purple." Tuffnut says chuckling.

"You know, you could at least say you're sorry." Ruffnut says wiping her face.

"You're right. I could. Okay, I'm sorry…that your head got in the way." Tuffnut says.

"Heard that." Ruffnut says furious and throws her paint at Tuffnut and the two start a fight by throwing most of their paints at each other.

"Uh, guys!" Hicca calls out side-stepping out of the way of two incoming paint bags. "You're supposed to be tagging the dragons, not each other." She says as Glint walks up behind her.

"You know, if you think it through, Hicca, this is pretty much your fault." Tuffnut says.

"How do you figure that?" Hicca asks crossing her arms.

"Uh, hello? You armed us with paint. Where'd you think that was gonna go? And we're the stupid ones." Ruffnut says laughing.

"How many of these do we have to do anyway?" Tuffnut asks.

"As many as we can. The more dragons we tag on each island, the better we can keep track of where they belong and where they may migrate to." Hicca explains the purpose to the twins.

"Wow. That was, uh…" Ruffnut says trailing off at the end.

"Fascinating?" Hicca asks.

"What's the opposite of fascinating?" Tuffnut asks but gets punched by his sister for insulting her best friend.

"Hicca, isn't it supposed to be one dragon color per island?" Asher asks as Blazer sets down on a boulder.

"Yeah. Why?" Hicca asks in confusion.

"I see two colors down there." Asher says pointing to two Gronckles, one tagged purple but the other was tagged green. "Have we been using the wrong one?" He asks.

"I don't think so." Hicca asks looking at the twins.

"Don't look at us. If we had green paint, you know where it would be." Tuffnut says.

"They've got a point, milady." Glint says.

"True. Well, I better ask Fishlegs. This was her idea." Hicca says.

"You're gonna fly all the way back to Berk?" Asher asks.

"Nope. I don't have to." Hicca says mysteriously.

"What is she talking about?" Ruffnut asks.

"She must have some of that magic paper we've been looking for." Tuffnut assumes.

"She always gets the good stuff." Ruffnut says crossing her arms.

"Relax, Ruff, it's not magic paper. Fishlegs and I have been working on something new. We call it "Air Mail."" Hicca says picking up Sharpshot, who was by her feet.

"Stupid name." Tuffnut says.

"Right?" Ruffnut asks laughing.

"Do you really think Sharpshot is gonna fly straight to Berk?" Asher asks watching Hicca attach the sheet of paper to Sharpshot's back leg.

"Yep, and right to the academy. Terrors are especially territorial. So it's a natural instinct for them to return to their home from wherever they get released." Hicca says as she watches Sharpshot fly towards Ruffnut.

"Whoa!" Ruffnut yells avoiding being bitten from Sharpshot but ends up on the ground and Tuffnut laughs at her misfortune.

"Ooh!" Tuffnut shouts dodging Sharpshot's biting.

"And how will we know if he made it?" Asher asks.

"When Fishlegs and Snotlout meet us at Dragon Island." Hicca says mounting her Flightmare.

"If that happens, I'll kiss Snotlout on the lips." Asher says crossing his arms.


Unfortunately, it did happen Fishlegs is seen at Dragon Island, scratching Iggy's chin, with Snotlout, who is fast asleep near a rock with Pain for once not biting her, and Sharpshot, sitting on a rock waiting for Hicca. Soon Hicca and Asher both arrive and Asher is shocked by what he sees.

"Well, look who it is. Fishlegs and Snotlout, both right here on Dragon Island." Hicca says as Snotlout wakes up. "Asher was just talking about you." She says.

"Of course he was." Snotlout says chuckling.

Hicca decides to tease Asher by puckering her lips and making kissy noise to remind him of the bet he made.

"Say it and those will be the last words you ever speak." Asher says cracking his neck.

"Hicca, you're back." Sharpshot says flies to his owner and lands on her shoulders.

"Hey, Sharpshot, you did good, boy." Hicca says scratching his chin making him purr.

"Hicca, I got your message. I knew Air Mail would work. So, uh, what's the emergency?" Fishlegs asks.

"We've been seeing dragons painted green on Crescent Island." Hicca informs the two girls.

"That's your emergency? I was in the middle of something very important." Snotlout says.

"You were sound asleep." Fishlegs says.

"Beauty rest. You think this just happens?" Snotlout asks gesturing to her face. "Ah! Pain!" She yells as her Terrible Terror bites her right arm.

"Fishlegs, does it make any sense to you that those dragons would be there?" Hicca asks petting Sharpshot in her arms.

"No. they shouldn't be." Fishlegs says and walks over to the map on a rock with Hicca and Asher following. "Crescent Island is clearly marked as purple." She says pointing at the island on the map.

"That's what I thought." Hicca says.

"so what were the green dragons doing there?" Asher asks.

"First of all, it's not green. It's pistachio. They belong on Tall Tree Island. That's where I tagged them." Fishlegs says circling her finger around the island on the map.

"Yeah, well, your pistachio dragons aren't where they're supposed to be." Asher says moving Fishlegs' hand to another island where the pistachio dragons are now.

"Huh. That's weird." Fishlegs says.

"We need to figure this out. Let's check out Tall Tree Island." Hicca says.

"Sounds awesome. I was wondering what I was gonna do with the rest of my day." Snotlout says.


A few minutes later the four were flying towards the Tall Tree Island.

"See ya back on Berk, suckas!" Snotlout shouts as she makes Hookfang do a u-turn and head back to Berk along with Pain following.

After flying for a long time, they thought they should have arrived at their destination by now.

"I don't understand. We should be there by now." Hicca says.

"I've flown past Tall Tree Island before. It should be around here." Glint says in confusion.

"Plus we were there just last week." Sharpshot says.

"Maybe we're off course." Asher suggests.

"That's a possibility." Blazer says.

"Yeah, I mean it shouldn't be hard to spot an island." Sneaky says.

"I don't do off course, Asher." Fishlegs says feeling insulted.

"She's right. She doesn't." Meatlug says.

"So true." Iggy says agreeing with his sister.

"According to my map it should be right-uh…" Fishlegs trails off looking around.

"You were saying?" Asher asks teasingly.

"Even if we were off course, we'd still be about to see it from here." Hicca says looking around.

"Well, an island can't just disappear." Asher says.

"Earthquake, maybe?" Fishlegs asks.

"Volcano?" Hicca questions.

"Wrath of Thor? Wrath of Odin?" Fishlegs asks making the others look at her. "What? Just throwing out the possible explanations." She says.

"None of that explains this." Asher says pointing ahead to see three Monstrous Nightmares tagged orange fly past them. "Orange?" He asks.

"Burnt apricot, actually." Fishlegs corrects.

"What island are they from?" Asher asks.

"According to this, they're from Sunstone Island." Hicca says reading from a sheet of paper.

"Ah, Sunstone Island. Pristine beaches. A veritable smorgasbord of fine mineral deposits for Meatlug." Fishlegs says rubbing her main dragon's side.

"I'm drooling already." Meatlug says happily.

"Calm down, sis, that's not all you're drooling." Iggy says as Meatlug looks to see lava dripping from her mouth.

"Sunstone Island it is." Hicca says as they make their way to the island.

Once they arrive they were in for a strange surprise.

"Huh. I thought it was bigger." Fishlegs says as Sunstone Island has appeared to have 'sunk', they even struggle to get their dragons to get into position except for Fishlegs and the three Terrible Terrors sitting on a tree branch.

"Ya, think?" Asher asks.

"I-I-I have to say the beaches are a bit of a disappointment." Hicca says.

"One island is missing. And one island's been sunk." Fishlegs says.

"I guess an entire island can disappear." Asher says correcting his mistake.

"Well, if-if the islands are gone, where do the dragons go?" Fishlegs asks.

"Good question. Dragons live in specific places for specific reasons." Hicca says.

"The food they eat, where they nest…" Fishlegs explains.

"If they lose their homes, it could endanger their whole species." Asher says.

"We need to figure out what's going on, now. Let's head back to Dragon Island." Hicca says.

"Thank goodness. I don't think I could have held on any longer." Glint says struggling to keep his claws in the rock.

"You and me both." Blazer says.

"If it's still there." Asher says with a laugh.

As the three head back, a dragon shadow figure flies overhead the sunken island.


On Dragon Island, many different species of wild Dragons now seek refuge.

"Look at them all." Hicca says in worry staring at all the dragons.

"Check their colors." Asher says staring at the dragons as well.

"I-I-I see pistachio, b-burnt apricot…" Fishlegs says pointing at the colors she spots.

"Look, a new color. Red." Asher says pointing at the dragons tagged with red paint.

"Technically, that's vermillion." Fishlegs says and Asher glares at her and groans. "What? It is." She says.

"Dragons from three different islands suddenly all here. Look, this forms a line, which means there are more islands in danger." Hicca says drawing a line through the three islands that dragons came from. "Boar Head Island. Thor Rock Island. Glint, we're going back out." She says walking towards her Flightmare.

"I'm coming with you." Asher says walking to his Monstrous Nightmare. "This could get dangerous." He says.

"What makes you think that?" Hicca asks.

"Oh, I don't know. Islands disappearing mysteriously, dragons fleeing in terror. Call it a hunch." Asher says.

"Fine. Fishlegs, you stay here in case any more dragons show up." Hicca says.

"Got it. New dragons. Meatlug, Iggy, and I are on the case." Fishlegs says as they watch the two riders and their dragons take off.


After flying for awhile they end up in the area near Boar Head Island.

"Boar Head Island should be down there." Hicca says but as they look to see it's gone as well. "It's gone too." She says.

"So now what?" Asher asks.

The two then fly onward towards Thor Rock Island but are surprised by what they see; the island is mostly sunk.

"Whoa, look at what's left of Thor Rock. You know maybe Fishlegs' "Wrath of Gobs" theory isn't so crazy." Asher says.

"Let's get a closer look, Glint." Hicca says as her Flightmare flies downward with Asher following on Blazer but they come upon a familiar hole. "These markings look familiar but different somehow." She says.

"Different how?" Asher asks.

"Different bigger." Hicca says but then clutches her head in pain. "There's defiantly a dragon here." She says and then a loud scream is heard as the island rumbles.

"That sounds like…" Asher begins to say but then a familiar dragon comes out of the ground, only bigger.

"The Screaming Death!" Hicca yells as she stares at the mutated white dragon of a Whispering Death. "Someone's been eating their vegetables." She says amazed by its size.

"And everything else in sight." Asher says as the Screaming Death releases a sonic shriek disorienting Glint, Sharpshot, Blazer, and Sneaky.

"It's scream disorients the dragons." Hicca reminds Asher.

"No kidding!" Asher shouts as they watch the Screaming Death burrow underground.

"The Screaming Death has been destroying all the islands. It must be tunneling underneath and causing them to collapse in on themselves." Hicca says.

"But why would it do that?" Asher asks.

"I don't know. Let's get a closer look." Hicca says but Asher just stares at her. "You wanted dangerous." She says but then the Screaming Death suddenly closes in on Hicca and Glint and they fly away from the dragon.

"Hicca!" Asher yells seeing the Screaming Death chasing his crush and her Flightmare.

"Easy, Glint. Maybe it wants to be friends." Hicca says but then sees hears it growl. "Or maybe not." She says as the Screaming Death, in pursuit of Hicca, fires several blasts at them and destroys anything that's in its way. "Ah!" She yells as Glint maneuvers through the sea stacks but the Screaming Death smashes through them instead.

Asher distracts the dragon by throwing some 'pistachio' paint tags at the dragon's eyes.

"Hope you like pistachio!" Asher yells and the Screaming Death unleashes another sonic shriek. "Whoa! Steady, Blazer. Just hang in there." He says as he and Hicca attack the Screaming Death and causing it to flee from the battle. "How's that for accuracy?" He asks smiling.


The two return to Dragon Island, where they notice more dragons than before they left.

"Periwinkle blue! There are now periwinkle-blue-marked dragons here." Fishlegs says.

"I know. Boar Head Island." Hicca says sliding off Glint's saddle.

"And-And look! There's eggshell white!" Fishlegs shouts pointing upward.

"From Thor Rock Island." Asher says as he and Hicca walk over.

"What happened to them?" Fishlegs asks.

"The same thing that happened to all the other islands: Screaming Death." Hicca says as she "X's" out one of the islands on the map.

"The Screaming Death is back?" Fishlegs asks with a gasp.

"I don't think it ever really left." Hicca says.

"Yeah, it just got bigger and nastier." Asher says.

"Uh, how much bigger?" Fishlegs asks.

"Chomp-chomp-there-goes-your-island big." Asher says crushing pebbles with his hand to demonstrate.

"Ah, it's just as I thought. The Screaming Death is following an imaginary line, destroying anything in its path." Hicca says drawing a line through the islands on the map.

"It's coming right at us." Fishlegs says.

"That's not even the worst part." Hicca says as she finishes the line on the map to Berk.

"It's headed straight to Berk." Asher says wide eyed.

"We have to get back to Berk and-and-and warn Stoick." Fishlegs says stuttering.

"No. We head it off. We make our stand here. Do you understand? There's no other land between here and Berk." Hicca says.

"Look, I'm all about danger. But did you see the size of that thing? And yet you said you wanted to tame that thing." Asher says.

"Yes, I still do want to tame it but after we've stopped it. And it's not going to be just us. We're sending for reinforcements." Hicca says reaching into Glint's saddle pouch and pulling out a sheet of paper.

"Snotlout and the twins? Ah, I feel so much better." Asher says sarcastically.

"Hey, we're gonna need all the help we can get." Hicca says as she attaches the sheet to Sharpshot's leg and sends him off to Berk. "And besides it's not going to be just them." She says pulling out her flute and plays March of the Dragon.


At Berk, the twins are playing hide and seek.

"Hey, you guys. Where is she?" Tuffnut asks Barf and Belch, who are sleeping.

"Liked I'd tell you." Barf says and goes back to sleep.

"I won't tell her you told me. I swear it." Tuffnut says not understanding his shared dragon.

"She's right here!" Ruffnut says from up above and tries to drop paint on her brother but he manages to dodge while she laughs.

Ruffnut makes a run for it but she is grabbed by the foot and trips. Tuffnut laughs at her and the two quickly wrestle each other, the two suddenly see Sharpshot.

"What are you two doing?" Sharpshot asks but forgets that they can't understand him.

"Why is that Terrible Terror staring us down?" Tuffnut asks.

"Right? I thought it was just me." Ruffnut says.

"It's totally eyeballing us." Tuffnut says.

"What does it want?" Ruffnut asks.

"Whatever it's selling, I'm not buying." Tuffnut says as they both run to the stair and hide there.

"Is it gone?" Ruffnut asks.

"I think so." Tuffnut says as they look up to see Sharpshot still there.

"Okay, on three, we run. One-" Ruffnut says and starts running grabbing her brother making him shout in surprise and as they run down the stairs, Sharpshot was there before they were.

"Leave us alone! You demented little monster." Tuffnut says and they run away again.

"What's the matter with them?" Sharpshot asks Head and Butt, who are to his left.

"Don't know." Head says.

"But are entertaining to watch." Butt says.

"Well I better follow them." Sharpshot says and flies after them.


Back on Dragon Island, Hicca keeps on a lookout for any sign of the Screaming Death with her dragons, minus Toothless who was still with Stormfly and Sharpshot who was still trying to give the twins the message, had arrived a few minutes ago.

"Hicca, the yellow-marked dragons from Sorrow Island just started showing up." Fishlegs says.

"Which means the Screaming Death is only one island away." Asher says pointing to the map.

"Looks like help's not coming. All right, we'll have to set up a defense here on Dragon Island with what we have." Hicca says with her dragons around her.

"Maybe we should fall back and head for home." Asher suggests.

"We can't. If the Screaming Death destroys Dragon Island, all these dragons will overwhelm Berk." Hicca says.

"And the Screaming Death won't be far behind." Fishlegs says realizing what Hicca means.

"Exactly." Hicca says.

"How soon till it gets here?" Asher asks but then they all here the scream of the Screaming Death in the distance.

"Serpentina and I will try to buy us some time. With her snake-like body, she'll be able to out maneuver the Screaming Death's attacks. You guys join me up there when Snotlout and the twins get here." Hicca says grabbing her shield.

"I'm going with you." Asher says.

"No, I need you as a safety net in case it gets past me." Hicca says mounting Serpentina's saddle.

"So you're leaving me by myself?" Asher asks holding his axe.

"Uh, hello? Woman on a dragon here. Right behind you." Fishlegs says already mounted on Meatlug's saddle.

"You know what I mean, Fishlegs." Asher says with a sigh.

"I do, and I'd like to go on record as saying we don't appreciate it. Do we, girl?" Fishlegs asks her main dragon.

"Well, I'm kinda okay with it. I don't wanna be up there with the Screaming Death and my title as the slowest dragon." Meatlug says.

"Just go." Asher says with a sigh after hearing another scream.


Back on Berk, The twins pretend to be statues in order for them to be unnoticed by Sharpshot. A Viking walks by and sees the twins and sighs at them.

"Statues." Tuffnut says laughing. "Great idea." He says.

"It's like we're not even here." Ruffnut says.

Snotlout then walks up and stares at the two.

"What are you two muttonheads doing?" Snotlout asks crossing her arms.

"We're not muttonheads." Tuffnut says.

"Yeah, we're statues." Ruffnut says.

"I guess we could be muttonhead statues." Tuffnut says as they both let their jaws drop.

"No, I mean why are you-" Snotlout begins to ask.

"Shh. It's right behind you." Tuffnut says.

"Pretend we're not here." Ruffnut says.

"What are you talking about?" Snotlout asks and looks around and spots Sharpshot with Head and Butt beside him. "Oh, cool, Sharpshot with air mail. Hm, didn't think that would catch on." She says bending down to grab the letter from Sharpshot.

"Finally." Sharpshot says sighing.

"Air mail?" Tuffnut asks.

"Wait, that's Sharpshot? As in Hicca's Terrible Terror?" Ruffnut asks.

"Pfft, muttonheads. Of course it's Sharpshot. Why do you think Head and Butt were hanging around him?" Snotlout asks.

"Oh, that explains it. And for you information, it's statues of muttonheads." Tuffnut says as he does his pose again but Ruffnut bangs her fist on his head.


Back on Dragon Island the Screaming Death is seen heading its way on full speed but gets distracted when it gets ambushed by Hicca and Serpentina.

"Well, we clearly got its attention, girl. Now let's play a little follow the leader and see if it goes for the shiny shield trick again." Hicca says.

"You got it." Serpentina says as she turns around heading at the Screaming Death.

Hicca tries to draw more attention to the Screaming Death by making it follow Hicca's shield again only for it to fire a Gatling Shot at them and give chase. The two chases each other for a brief moment when the Screaming Death knows that its being distracted.

"Huh. That was easy." Hicca says but then looks and sees the Screaming Death making its way towards Dragon Island. "Guess I spoke too soon." She says as her Grapple Grounder turns around and catches up to the dragon. "Come on. You love shiny things." She says but the Screaming Death just continues on. "At least you-you used to. Ahh!" She screams after blocking an attack from the dragon's tail sending her and Serpentina downward. "Okay, so it's getting bigger and smarter. Not the greatest combination." She says.

"At least when it's a wild dragon but if it's your dragon, then it's the greatest thing ever." Serpentina says complimenting her rider.

Back on Dragon Island, Asher was looking through a spy glass hoping to spot Snotlout and the twins but with no such luck.

"I knew we couldn't rely on that Terrible Terror air mail." Asher says jumping down from a boulder.

"Actually, we can. Like all dragons, Terrible Terrors are-" Fishlegs begins to say.

"Territorial. I know." Asher says.

"Wait. That's it. Asher, you're a genius. I-I could kiss you on the lips right now." Fishlegs says grabbing Asher by the shoulders.

"No one is kissing me on the lips ever." Asher says pushing the girl away but then hears the scream of the Screaming Death and turns around to see it getting closer only Hicca and Serpentina slowing it down and the rest of Hicca's dragons go to assist.

"Why don't you go cover Hicca's back? I-I've got an idea. But I'll need some time." Fishlegs says running off.

"Wait! Where are you going?" Asher asks.

"Just trust me." Fishlegs says and continues to run off while Asher mounts Blazer and takes off to help his crush.

"We're barely making a dent in that thing." Hicca says but then her the rest of her dragons fly in and attack the Screaming Death with Asher and Blazer helping.

"Turn around, you overgrowth earthworm!" Asher shouts but the Screaming Death fires Gatling Shots at him.

After Asher arrives and joins in and harass the dragon, Hicca suddenly sees Fishlegs.

"Fishlegs! What are you doing? You need backup!" Hicca shouts.

"Oh, I've got backup." Fishlegs says as a herd of Gronckles joins her in the air. "Meatlug! Spew!" She orders as her Gronckle and the others fire Lava Blasts at the Screaming Death and then begin ramming the dragon with their bodies.

"Hey, it's like Gronckle-Fest down there. How'd she do that?" Asher asks.

"Gronckles are territorial too. They will defend their home at any cost. Great idea, Fishlegs!" Hicca shouts.

"I know, right? Who's the safety net now?" Fishlegs asks as Meatlug flies in and bashes the Screaming Death along with the other Gronckles making the dragon retreat underground. "You see that? It ran away." She says as Meatlug hovers over the hole.

"Uh, not quite." Hicca says and then the whole island begins shaking. "Asher, Fishlegs. Get as many wild dragons together as you can. I'll try to force it back to the surface." She says jumping off of Serpentina and onto Etch. "Let's go, girl." She says to her Whispering Death.

"You bet." Etch says diving into the hole.

As they enter its tunnels, they see the underground terrain collapsing and water levels rising underground.

"It's trying to sink the island from within." Hicca says but then the Screaming Death surprises Hicca and Etch by firing Gatling Shots at them. "Etch, look out!" She yells.

They try to escape in the dark caverns and tunnels while the Screaming Death is in pursuit, luckily Etch has the ability to locate where they are going thanks to being able to see in the dark better than in the light. They find their exit blocked by collapsed boulders Etch manages to find another route upward, and the Screaming Death bashes its head against the blocked route. Hicca and Etch finally escapes and finally sees Snotlout and the twins arrive and Sharpshot appears on her shoulder.

"Hey, we got your message." Tuffnut says.

"Well, one of us did." Snotlout says but then the Screaming Death appears from the hole shocking the three new arrivals. "Whoa! Did that thing get bigger?" She asks.

"Yeah, and awesome-er!" Tuffnut shouts in excitement as they attack the Screaming Death causing it to fire more Gatling Shots at them but soon uses up its shot limit.

"All right, dragons. Let's get territorial!" Asher shouts arriving with a herd of wild Deadly Nadders joining in to defend their new homes too. "Blazer, flame up!" He orders as his Monstrous Nightmare bursts into flames and the Nadders fire Spine Shots through his flame at the Screaming Death.

"Meatlug, dive!" Fishlegs orders as she and the Gronckles begin bashes the Screaming Death nonstop and shooting Lava Blasts at it.

"It's working! All the wild dragons are defending their home!" Hicca shouts as she watches the wild dragons force the Screaming Death to retreat from Dragon Island.

"I don't think the Screaming Death is gonna mess with Dragon Island anymore." Asher says.

However, due to the Screaming Death's mass tunneling underground, the island begins to sink and collapse.

"Aw, man, but it is still sinking." Hicca says watching.

"Lava Blasts!" Fishlegs shouts getting everyone's attention as they watch her, Meatlug, and the wild Gronckles begin spewing molten lava as many times as possible to create a new terrain that quickly dries up solid.

The island finally stops sinking and collapsing, and the island is now stabilized.

"The lava is stabilizing the island. Fishlegs, Meatlug, you two were the heroes today." Hicca says.

"Oh, come on. You making us blush." Fishlegs says hugging Meatlug as she licks her.


Hours later on Berk, the riders arrive at the academy where Toothless and Stormfly were waiting and told the story of what happened.

"Everybody saw how that Screaming Death turned tail and ran as soon as Hookfang, Pain, and I showed up, right?" Snotlout asks boasting about herself while Hicca looks at the papers in her hands.

"Uh-huh, and all those wild dragons had nothing to do with it." Asher says sarcastically.

"Correct." Snotlout says.

"As long as we never have to see the Screaming Death. It's giving Meatlug gas. And I don't have to tell you what that's like." Fishlegs says as Asher walks over to Hicca, who was staring out over the horizon.

"Hey, did you find anything else about the Screaming Death?" Asher asks.

"The good news is they only hatch one every hundred years or so." Hicca says.

"That's the good news?" Asher asks.

"What's the bad news?" Snotlout asks.

"Let me guess. Uh, what is it gonna be? The end of the world?" Tuffnut asks with a laugh.

"Close." Hicca simply says crossing her arms.

"Uh, I was kidding." Tuffnut says.

"The bad news is it's still out there. Untamed and angry. And someday, it'll come back to Berk." Hicca says looking up at the sky.


Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Stay tuned for chapter 9: Zippleback Down. Torch will be returning and my surprise for Tuffnut will be revealed. Please be sure to review.