Hello amazing readers! I have news! I've done some research and I am happy to announce… DREAMWORKS DRAGONS RACE TO THE EDGE SEASON 5 AIRS ON JUNE 24th, 2016! That's 13 days away guys! I honestly can't contain my excitement! ^_^

On other news, thank you so much for the reviews, and input I got from my last chapter! I have decided on a dragon for Hadley, and I've picked… *INSERT DRUMROLL* The Hobblegrunt! I am still working on a name, but feel free to leave requests! I am also planning out how Hadley will come across finding and training this special dragon (It will take place during the Riders/Defenders time period!)

One last thing, one of the main reasons I started this fanfic series was that lately my older siblings have been getting really overprotective of me because of some issues at school, so, chances are likely that Hiccup will be a VERY overprotective older brother to Hadley, considering I have tons of stuff to work with from personal experience! Just a heads up!

Onto chapter 10! R&R, and ENJOY!

Chapter 10

All of the Vikings of berk, minus the kids and elders, met down at the docks, weapons in hand for the battle to come. Toothless was chained and muzzled to a wooden platform and lifted onto the lead ship. Hiccup was up on the cliffside of Berk, looking down sadly as his best friend was tied down and shipped off with his fa-chief to their impending death. Hadley laid a hand on his shoulder, in hopes of comforting her distressed brother. Hiccup looked over and grabbed his sisters hand, squeezing it as they both looked back down.

"Set sail! We head for Helheim's Gate. Stoick commanded as he stepped onto the ship Toothless was strapped down to. Stoick looked around at his fellow warriors, catching a glimpse of two smaller figures up on the cliffs. Upon closer inspection, the chief found it to be Hiccup and Hadley. Stoick noticed that Hiccup shifted slightly, his head down, and Hadley leaning over and taking him into an embrace for comfort. Stoick sighed, and turned towards Toothless, his angry glare returning at the sight of the struggling Night Fury. "Lead us home, devil."

Hiccup and Hadley watched from above as the ships disappeared from their view, Hadley's arm around his shoulders, Hiccup's arm around her waist. Soft foot falls caught the attention of both Haddock's, but neither had to turn to know who it was.

Astrid stepped up to the ledge, looking out at the ocean, as she stated her opinion of this mess they all found themselves in.

"It's a mess. You must feel horrible. You've lost everything. Your father, your tribe, your best friend…" Hadley sent a glare towards Astrid as her brother sighed.

"Thank you, for summing that up." Hiccup deadpanned.

"You've always had such a way with words, Astrid, way to cheer him up." Hadley grumbled. Hiccup sighed again, turning away from the two girls.

"Why couldn't I have killed that dragon when I found him in the woods? It would've been better, for everyone…"

"Yup." Hadley sent another glare at the 15-year-old, but let her continue. "The rest of us would've of done it. So why didn't you?" Astrid finished. Hadley looked back at Hiccup, now wondering the same thing. She walked up behind her brother, leaning slightly forward to see his face.

"Um, yeah… why didn't you?"

"I don't know, I couldn't." Hiccup mumbled.

"That's not an answer." Astrid replied, stepping forward.

"Why is this so important, all of a sudden?" Hiccup raised his voice slightly, not fazing Astrid in the slightest, but causing Hadley to stumble back a bit, not used to her brother raising his voice, ever.

"Because I want to remember what you say, right now."

"Ugh, for the love of- I-I was a coward, I was weak! I wouldn't kill a dragon!"

"You said wouldn't that time." Hadley pointed out. Hiccup turned back towards his sister and friend, an annoyed and distressed look on his face.

"Oh, u-ugh whatever! I wouldn't! Three hundred years and I'm the first Viking who wouldn't kill a dragon!"

"First to ride one though…" Hadley mumbled, just loud enough for the others to hear. Hiccup lifted his head slightly, eyes widening at the realization of what she said being true.

"So…" Astrid let her sentence trail off, letting Hiccup finish. Hiccup sighed and looked at the expectant girls in the eyes.

"I wouldn't kill him, because he looked as frightened as I was… I looked at him, and I saw myself…" Hiccup finished, waiting for their response. Hadley and Astrid looked at each other, shook written clearly on their features, then turned to Hiccup.

"I bet he's really frightened now… what are you going to do about it?" Hadley stepped closer to her brother waiting for his reply to Astrid. Hiccup shrugged and gave a little sniffle.

"Eh, probably somethin' stupid…"

"Good, but you've already done that…" A flash of realization coated Hiccup's eyes as he bounced on the spot, backing up and shaking a finger at them.

"Then something crazy…" Hadley and Astrid shared a glance and smiled as Hiccup ran off. They nodded to each other and followed the boy.

"That's, more like it."

…

The ships sent out to find the nest pulled up to the fogbank, just on the edge of Helheim's Gate. Stoick stood on the head ship, overlooking the foggy sea in front of him.

"Sound your positions, stay within meteor shot." He ordered in a harsh whisper. The Vikings on the other ships recapped what was said by the chief and followed orders. Gobber sheepishly walked up to Stoick, unconsciously rubbing his hook arm.

"Listen, Stoick. I was overhearing some of the mangers now, and-and well, some of them, are wondering what it is we are up to here. No-not me of course, I-I always know you're the one with the plan, but some- not me- are, are wondering, if there is in fact a plan at all? And what that might be?"

"Find the nest a take it." Stoick simply replied, still staring at the foggy rocks in front of them.

"Oh! Of course, send them running. The old Viking fall back! Nice and simple-"

"Shhh…" Gobber was silenced by Stoick as they both looked at Toothless, seeing him perk his ears up and start to rumble. The chief and blacksmith leaned forward slightly, before Stoick walked to the back of the ship and took control of steering.

"Step aside." Toothless' head shot up as he looked towards the right, sending Stoick to turn the ship in that direction. The Night Fury then turned to the left, Stoick following the dragons every move. The Vikings on the other ships all followed the chief's movements, sailing carefully through the fog, and mass of sea stacks.

…

"If your planning on getting eaten, I'd definitely go with the Gronkle." Hiccup turned around to see Hadley, Astrid and the other teens standing in a line. Tuffnut pushed forward and walked up to Hiccup, standing in front of the Monstrous Nightmare's cage.

"You were wise to seek help from the worlds most deadly weapon… it's me." He exclaimed, getting in Hiccup's face and gesturing to himself. Snotlout walked up and shoved Tuff out of the way, talking his place in front of the Haddock boy.

"I love this plan!" He exclaimed, punching the air with his fists.

"I didn't-" Hiccup stumbled to get out. Ruffnut then came up, knocking Snotlout out of the way and making him punch himself in the face.

"Your crazy! I like that…" Astrid came up, pulling the female twin away from Hiccup by her braid, then smiled at him, Hadley walking up and resting a hand on her brother's shoulder. Hiccup let out a breath of relief from the Thorston twin being moved away from him.

"So…" Hadley started, letting Astrid finish.

"What is the plan?" Hiccup smiled, backing up towards the Nightmare's cage door.

"Your going to learn, how to train a dragon."

…

The boats sailed silently across the bumpy waters, the only sound being the waves crashing against the sides of the boats. As they sailed on, they passed an old, torn apart ship from one of their past venters to find the nest. The Vikings murmured quietly to each other at the sight.

"That's not very encouraging…" Gobber and Stoick looked up and grimaced at the sight, not really wanting to relive how that got there.

"Huh, I was wondering where that went…" Gobber commented quietly. Stoick moved back towards the steering as Toothless started to shift a bit more. The dragon leaned left and right until finally deciding on a direction, getting Stoick to turn abruptly to avoid hitting a sea stack, which they grazed slightly. Toothless started to bang against his chains in vain attempt to get free as they reached a tall mountain.

"Stay low, and ready your weapons." Stoick commanded, hunching down slightly. The boat drifted towards the shores of the beach, stopping their movement fast. Stoick went to the front of the ship, pushing past all of his fellow warriors as he looked up at the mountain, noticing the slight movement and red color of a tail, sliding back into the mountain. The chief grinned and hopped out of the boat, looking around at the island they landed on.

"We're here."

…

Hiccup walked out of the Monstrous Nightmare's cage, his palm hovering over the dragon's snout, as he began to back up towards the over excited teens, ignoring their gasps and 'whoa's'. Hadley smiled at the sight in front of her. Her smile turned into a frown as she noticed Snotlout pick up a broken spear head. Before she could do anything, Astrid smacked the side of his arm, shaking her head, a silent gesture that clearly stated, 'don't even think about it.'

Hiccup continued to back up, hand still hovering over the dragon, and led him to Snotlout. He grabbed Snotlout's arm, pulling him towards the Nightmare. Snotlout started stuttering and jerked his hand back.

"Wait! W-what are you-!" He shrieked keeping his hand towards his chest. Hiccup reached out again, getting a firm grip on buff teenager's arm, and placed his hand on the dragon's snout.

"Shhh… It's ok, it's ok…" Hiccup and Snotlout shared a laugh as they watched the Nightmare nuzzle into the boy's palm, purring loudly. Hiccup smirked and walked to the other side of the arena towards the storage bins.

"Where'r you goin'!" Snotlout exclaimed nervously, still shaking from being left alone with a 5000 pound, flammable dragon. Hiccup turned back towards the teens, some rope in his hands.

"You're gonna need something to help you hold on." All of the teens turned back around to come face to face with the Nadder, Zippleback, and Gronkle.

…

All of the Vikings worked together to set up the catapults and weapons they would use to fight the dragons, and send them running from their nest. Stoick, Gobber, Spitelout, and a couple other Vikings stood in a circle, discussing their plan of action.

"When we crack this mountain open, all hell is gonna break loose…" Stoick commented darkly, looking down at the diagram he drew in the gravel.

"And my undies! Good thing I brought extras…" Gobber commented. Stoick walked forward, a hand raised in the air.

"No matter how this ends, it ends today!" He closed his hand into a fist, signalling for the catapults to fire at the mountain. All of the massive rocks flew up and hit the mountain, causing a gaping hole to form in the front. Stoick walked up and gestured with his hammer to send the ball of fire so he could see what it was exactly that he was dealing with. The ball of flames soared through the sky, then down the hole, lighting it up just enough to see all of the dragons gathered on the walls in clusters.

Stoick bellowed a war cry and leapt into the hole, tossing and turning as he let his hammer aim for the dragons. As the dragons all left the mountain, Gobber looked to the sky and shrugged.

"Is that it?" The crowds immediately started to cheer at their recent victory.

"We've done it!"

Down at the ships, Toothless whimpered with worry as the dragons all left the nest. The only thing the ebony dragon could think was, 'They don't know what they're doing, or what it'll cost them…'

Stoick looked over to see Toothless thrashing about, once again trying to escape. That's when he noticed the faint rumbling coming from inside the mountain. The chief's eyes widened, as he turned to his people, then back at the cave.

"This isn't over! Form your ranks, hold together!" He called out. Suddenly, a loud roar sounded, and shortly after, was followed by an enormous dragon, crashing its way through the small cave opening. All of the Vikings gasped at the sight of the giant beast in front of them. Stoick jumped down from his perch and ran away from the dragon.

"Get clear!" He hollered. The Vikings screamed as the dragon broke through the mountain, roaring and growling at them. Stoick ran up by Gobber, turning around to get a full view of what they were up against.

"Beard of Thor! What is that!" Gobber cried out. Stoick's eyes widening to the size of dinner plates.

"Odin help us…"

CLIFFHANGER! I know, I'm horrible, and I'm sorry! I will try to update as fast as I can! These fighting scenes are actually really tough to write and plan out! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! Once again, I LOVE reviews! And remember, if you feel up to giving some input and ideas into my stories, I got a bunch of questions I need answers to in my previous chapter's Author's Note! Love you all my fantastic readers!

-Jem