Alvin shoved Hiccup in a cell and closed the door. "Comfortable?" he asked with a sneer.

"No actually, but thanks." Hiccup replied sarcastically. Alvin just chuckled and walked off. Hiccup sighed and sat down on the bench in the corner. "What is this… the fourth time?" he muttered to himself.

"Fourth seems about right." said a familiar voice from the adjoining cell.

"Great. Juuuust who I needed to make my day complete." Hiccup said sarcastically.

"Aww, don't be so glum, Hiccup." Mildew smirked.

"How'd you get in here anyway?"

"I learned how he earned the title "treacherous"."

"Wow, same here." Hiccup frowned at the white-haired old man. "This seems awfully similar to the setup that time a while ago when you convinced me to free you and you learned about dragon training."

"Pity about that." Mildew shrugged. "We can't escape now anyway. Alvin's tightened security since we last escaped."
"Of course he has." Hiccup stood up and looked around the dim hallway Mildew and his cells were located in, searching for any easy exits. Then he examined his cell door, looking for loose pieces of metal. He found one and yanked on it. It bent, but didn't break.

"You might have better luck if you weren't so frail." Mildew called.

"You think you can do better?"

"Well… no."

"Then don't bother me." Hiccup went back to yanking on pieces on metal as Mildew sat down and leaned against the wall.

Stormfly, Shard, Barf and Belch, Meatlug, Ebony, and Hookfang flew through the air, seemingly by themselves.

"Get your foot out of my hair." A voice whispered from near Belch's head.

"My foot isn't in your hair. Your foot's in mine!" another voice replied from Barf.

"Pipe down!" A voice hissed from Stormfly's back.

"Fine." A strange green shape sat up from Belch's head. "I still don't see-"

"Sit down!" A blue shape rose up from Shard's back and shoved the green shape down.

"It was a really good idea of yours to paint ourselves the colors of our dragons." Fishleg's voice came from Meatlug.

"Thanks." Astrid replied from Stormfly.

"It doesn't work that well for Shard and I, though." Lidyah sighed. "She can't camouflage now, because I would stand out and give her away."

"The paint IS camouflage." Astrid pointed out. "And it's not supposed to be for when we land. We already sort of stick out. Bucket's the best painter we have, but even he's not THAT good."

"True."

"Bucket made most of you invisible… but he can't hide your eyes." Snotlout grinned at Astrid, who snorted and turned away.

"I can. Quiet, you guys, we're coming up to the island." She gestured for them to stay down and laid down on Stormfly's back.

Hiccup, after yanking at the bars on his door for almost an hour, finally managed to make a hole in the corner of the door big enough for him to squeeze through. Not wanting to get caught by the guard, he waited until the guard had made his rounds before squeezing through (not without scraping himself up considerably) and walking as quietly as possible down the hall. Mildew, who had been sleeping, woke up just in time to see him leave.

"GUARD! THE PRISONER IS ESCAPING!" Mildew yelled. Hiccup flinched and groaned as the guards ran down the hall and tossed him in a new cell.

"Thanks a lot." Hiccup frowned at Mildew.

"What? If I'm a good prisoner, they might let me out sooner." Mildew just grinned.

"If I had escaped, I MIGHT have come back and gotten you. If I do escape now, it's not likely." Hiccup let out an exasperated sigh, and got to work

bending bars again.

"I told you this would work."

"This is awesome."

"We can see them, and they don't even know we're here."

Ruffnut and Tuffnut were hiding in the leafy branches of a tree on outcast island, and since they were painted green, they blended in perfectly.

"What is are these green trees even doing on outcast island? I thought they were all boney and leafless." Hosaf asked, looking around at the cluster of trees the dragon riders were standing in.

"I think some berkians planted them here when Alvin made peace with us." Lidyah explained.

"Ooookay." Hosaf glanced through the trees at the prison. "So, how do we know where Hiccup is?"

"There's only a small part of the prison for actual people. Most of it is for storing Alvin's various dragons." Astrid pointed to a small branch on the prison. "Hiccup will be in there."

"What if we accidently hit him?" Fishlegs asked.

"Someone will have to go down there and tap him a message in Bork code." Astrid decided. "The question is, who?"

"I don't know Bork code." Hosaf stated bluntly.

"Me either." Snotlout shrugged.

"Anyone else?" Astrid glanced around. Getting no reply, she continued. "Anyone want to volunteer?"

"I'll do it." Lidyah raised her hand.

"Great! Thanks Lidyah. We'll stay here with the dragons." Fishlegs looked relieved at not having to go.

"One last thing. Does anyone have a hammer?"

Hiccup let go of the bar and flopped to the ground. The bars on this door seemed stronger than the last one, too strong to bend. He sighed. He could only hope that the other riders would res—

tap tap taptap tap

Hiccup glanced up in surprise.

taptap tap taptaptap taptap tap tap tap

It was… a message in Bork code? Coming from the wall? One of the other riders must be out there! He put his ear to the wall and listened closely, translating the taps into words in his head.

…a…c...i…d…a…t…t…h…e…w…a…l…l…g…e…t…

…a…w…a…y…f…r…o…m…t…h…e…w…a…l…l…w…e…r…e…g…o…i…n…g…t…o…s…h…o…o…t…a…c…i…d…a…t…t…h…e…w…a…l…l…

Realizing what he was hearing, he began tapping a message of his own.

O…K…

After repeating it a few times, he backed away from the wall, putting as much distance between him and it as possible. He pulled his knees up to his chest and began to wait.

"Alright, we're good!" Lidyah called as she climbed back up the grove. She got no answer. "Guys?" she whispered. Suddenly, a net dropped on top of her and she let out a shriek. The next moment, she heard Alvin's laughter. "Oh. Wonderful." She muttered as she was dragged up the hill by some outcast soldiers. They tied her hands behind her back like the rest of the riders, who were lying in a heap by the biggest tree.

"That's all of them, let's go!" Savage called to some soldiers that had been searching the area, probably for Lidyah. The riders were tossed into a cart and carted off towards the jail.

"What happened?" Lidyah whispered to Astrid.

"We got jumped. They knew we'd come to the green grove. It was a trap." Astrid muttered darkly.

"Hey! No talking amongst the prisoners!" Alvin yelled and the girls were silent.

"So much for that plan." Fishlegs whispered. "Now we're all prisoners.

"I think it worked." Snotlout, who was lying on top on Astrid, whispered back. Astrid growled and wiggled out from under him.

"Well I think this is AWESOME!" Tuffnut yelled.

"What did I jus' say?!" Alvin growled.

"I dunno. Weren't you listening either?" Tuffnut asked.

Hiccup stretched out his legs. It had been at least half an hour since he got the message, and nothing had happened. Was it a trick? He wondered. Before he could debate this, however, the door to the prison opened and he heard voices, including Astrid, Savage, and Alvin's. Hiccup groaned inwardly. If Astrid was caught, probably the rest of the riders were as well. Alvin walked into his view, followed by Savage, and, as he had suspected, all of the other dragon riders. Alvin stopped and looked around.

"Hmm… not enough cells. I'll have to put you in pairs." Alvin turned to the riders. Snotlout quickly put his arm around Astrid's shoulders. Astrid promptly twisted his arm and threw him onto the ground. "And no, you don't get to choose your cellmates." Alvin pushed Astrid and Snotlout in a cell, Ruffnut and Tuffnut in another, and Fishlegs by himself. Hosaf was shoved into Mildew's cell, and Lidyah and shoved in with Hiccup.

"AGH! NOT YOU! YOU'RE THE DRAGON HATING GUY!" Hosaf shrieked, backing away from Mildew.

"Why put Fishlegs all by himself?" Lidyah asked Alvin.

"Just because." Alvin gave her a gap-toothed grin.

"Ooookay. Weirdo."In Snotlout and Astrid's cell, Snotlout tried to help Astrid to her feet but she slapped him away.

"Touch me, and I'll break your arm." She hissed.

"Okay, okay." Snotlout backed away innocently.

"Hey! Leggo of my back hair!" Tuffnut yelled.

"YOUR back hair? What about MINE?!" Ruffnut shouted back.

"Ohhh… we're never gonna escape! We're doomed! NO ONE CAN SAVE US NOW!" Fishlegs wailed.

"Wait… there is someone…" Hiccup's mind was drawn to a certain girl with a hybrid dragon…

No, I am not shipping Wyldi with Hiccup. That was for dramatic effect.