I would have updated sooner but the file I saved my story in deleted itself twice so I had to start from scratch.
Hiccup and Toothless were flying around the entire island doing a time trial. The rest of the Viking teens were at the arena waiting for Hiccup.
"Here they come!" Astrid yelled to Fishlegs who was timing them with a sundial.
"Yep, it a new course record." Fishlegs said as Hiccup entered the arena.
"So, how'd I do?" Hiccup asked jumping off of Toothless.
"New course record!" Ragnar said looking down at the sundial.
"But someone and I won't mention who is gaining significant ground." Fishlegs said looking at the times on his note pad.
Hiccup glanced at the twins, whose helmets' horns were stuck around each other. "Don't look at us!" Tuffnut snorted.
He then turned to look at Astrid who was rubbing Stormly's chin and smirked at him. "How can that be? How can Toothless be getting slower?" Hiccup asked confused.
"He's not. Stormfly's getting faster." Fishlegs said showing Hiccup the times.
"Really, is that so?" Hiccup asked looking straight at Astrid. "Anything you'd like to share, Astrid?"
"Let just say I'm experimenting on what she eats. Apparently, it's working and making you mad." Astrid smirking as Stormfly burped out a spurt of fire.
Then suddenly Snotlout and Hookfang landed in the arena. "You are not going to believe what I found!" He said crossing his arms.
"A severed head?" Tuffnut guessed.
"Our cousin Lars?" Ruffnut asked.
"Our cousin Lars' severed head?!" Tuffnut asked excitedly.
"Lars died?" Fishlegs asked subbing.
"Who said that?" Tuffnut asked confused.
"Uh, excuse me! But do you guys want to see this or not?" Snotlout asked.
Moments later Snotlout led them to a beach and once they got there they saw a small boat sitting on the shore, completely destroyed. The mast and sail was folded over the edge of the boat, creating a small, dark shelter. It was loosely wedged between two large rock formations.
"Huh, a wrecked boat on Berk? Yeah, there's something new." Tuffnut snorted
"Just remember, I found it, so it's mine." Snotlout said.
They bent down and once they did they saw a wrapped in shadow, a girl about their age. She had raven-black hair that was neatly brushed; it parted to her left in a sort of ponytail that lay over her left shoulder. Her clothing was patched up and there was a horn strapped to her left thigh.
"Wow, now I like the boat," Tuffnut muttered.
"Hey, remember? I get to keep her!" Snotlout whispered.
"Snotlout it's a person." Astrid said glaring.
"Right, how lucky is that?" Snotlout said.
"And you wonder why you can't get Astrid to fall for you." Ragnar muttered.
At the sound of Ragnar voice, the mysterious girl twitched. With a soft, groan, she sat up and instantly saw them with her green eyes. Suddenly, she gasped and shrank back deeper into the darkness.
"It's okay!" Hiccup said quietly. "We're friends."
"Do… do you have any… water?" She asked coughing.
Snotlout, Tuffnut, and Fishlegs each offered her a vase. Ragnar rolled his eyes and pushed them out of the way and held out his own vase. "Here you go." He said, smiling sweetly.
The girl took the vase and drank it. "Thank you!" The girl said, giving Ragnar the vase back. "Wh-where am I?"
"This is Berk! It's our home." Hiccup explained. At that moment Toothless suddenly butted his head in. The girl quickly drove back into the shadows again. "It's fine!" Hiccup said quickly nudging Toothless away. "He won't hurt you. Come on out."
The girl slowly crawled out and saw Hiccup back Toothless away. "Easy, bud." He said
"How did you do that?" The girl asked in amazement.
"That's nothing. Watch this." Snotlout said dismissively and turned to Hookfang, who was resting on the beach. "Hookfang, get your butt over here." He ordered.
Hookfang got up and a few second later flew up into the sky, disappearing from view. "He'll be back jokester." Snotlout chuckled lamely. "Oh, just so you know I'm the one who rescued you."
"Yeah, before you said that you were going to keep like a prize you won at a fair." Ragnar muttered.
"And I would be Hiccup." Hiccup said walking up to her.
"Heather!" Heather said in a quiet tone.
"So, Heather, what happened to you?" Astrid asked.
Heather's smile dropped and looked down at the beach. "My family and I were on our way home to our island when our boat was attack by pirates."
"I want to be a pirate!" Tuffnut said eagerly. Everyone turned to look at him. "O-Or a fish cleaner. Still on the fence."
"You were saying?" Astrid asked gesturing Heather to continue.
"They attacked your boat and took us back to our island laying siege to it." Heather continued sadly. "I was able to escape but my mother and father they weren't so lucky." She said looking out to sea sadly.
"Stupid pirates! I definitely want to be a fish cleaner!" Tuffnut said in rage.
"Yeah, if it is any consolation I know how it feels to lose a family." Ragnar said placing a hand on her shoulder. "Even if one of them were the course of it." He said bitterly.
"Yeah, everything's going to be okay." Hiccup said walking up to them. She turned to look at Hiccup hopefully. "My dad's the chief, we'll figure something out."
"But first I better take a look at you." Ragnar said.
Heather looked at him funnily obviously getting the wrong idea. "Ragnar's the tribes healer. He wants to see if you've damaged anything." Hiccup explained.
Hiccup then led her to Toothless and helped her to climb onto Toothless' saddle. Fishlegs and the twins flew off and Astrid hopped on to Stormfly.
"Yeah, don't forget, we're meeting tomorrow to work on our times!" Astrid said cheery. "Unless, of course, you want Stormfly to be the fastest dragon in the Book of Dragons."
"Yeah, that's definitely not going to happen." Hiccup said pattingToothless' neck and looked at Heather "Now hold on." He told her.
She gasped and held onto Hiccup's shoulders as Toothless, Stormfly and Skull took off. However everyone forgot Snotlout who was stuck on the beach.
"Can I get a ride from someone?" He yelled.
It was night and Hiccup was leading Heather up to his room with Toothless and Ragnar close behind.
"Right this way, watch your step and here we are." Hiccup called back as they climbed up the stairs.
"It was nice of your father to allow me to stay here." Heather said.
"Well, until we can find you a safe place to go, consider Berk your home." Hiccup said.
"I've had a look, nothing but a few bruises, nothing what a goodnight sleep won't cure." Ragnar said smiling.
Heather smiled and walked over to Hiccup's study desk and saw the drawings that littered it. "Wow, what are these there really cool?" she asked, interested.
"A new saddle and tail fin for Toothless." Hiccup said, pointing at one of the drawing. "We're trying to get extra speed so we can stay on top of Astrid and Stormfly. Astrid is very competitive."
"And your girlfriend." Ragnar said.
"You don't have to tell her that." Hiccup said.
"No, I was telling you. Goodnight!" Ragnar said walking down the steps.
"You have to excuse him, he's be trying to get me and Astrid together for years and doesn't what us to split up." Hiccup explained.
She just smiled knowingly and said nothing. "Okay, so can I get you anything? Warm yak milk or a nice fish stew?"
"No thanks, Hiccup. I really tired. It's been a long day." Heather said in a sad tone.
"Right! Okay Toothless, were sleeping down stairs." Hiccup said and walked down the stairs with Toothless following him.
"Yeah, Hiccup!" Heather called.
"Yes?" Hiccup asked.
"Thanks!" She said smiling.
"Sleep well, Heather." Hiccup said, and she smiled and nodded gratefully.
Later that night at Astrid's house Astrid was lugging a basket of chicken legs to Stormfly's kennel.
"That's it girl, finish up your chicken." Astrid said cheerfully. "By the time the Hiccup realise that this is what's giving you so much energy, he'll be eating our dust."
Suddenly Stormfly's head perked up and surveyed the area suspiciously like she had heard something. "What is it girl?" Astrid asked.
"You stay here." Astrid oordered and began to investigate the plaza.
Astrid peeked behind a building, but saw nothing. Once she re-entered the plaza she heard a noise and saw a shadowy figure fleeing behind a building.
"Hey!" Astrid yelled and began to follow the shadowy figure.
She couldn't see much as it was dark but she would tell that the shadowy figure was small and had black hair. Once the shadowy figure ran towards the side Hiccup's house Astrid got an idea on who is was.
"Heather!" Astrid said uncertainly.
The next morning Hiccup was at the forge working on Toothless' new tail fin in the forge. Ragnar was at the other side of the island gathering herbs with Skull.
"You're up early." A voice said. Hiccup placed the hammer down and turned to see Heather standing there.
"Yeah, just wanted to get the jump on this." Hiccup said modestly.
Heather examined the saddle that already stood finished. "You know, with a shorter connecting rod, it would push you back on the saddle and make you more streamlined." Heather advised.
"Which would increase our speed!" Hiccup said pulling a connecting rode out of the furnace. "You hear that, bud? Oh, Stormfly is going to seeing a lot more of your tail."
"So, when can we test it out?" Heather asked eagerly.
"How about right now?" Hiccup asked and plunged the connecting rode into a bucket of water.
Later that morning Astrid was on Stormfly waiting for Hiccup. That's when she heard a roar and saw Hiccup flying past on Toothless with Heather holding on to him laughing.
"You have got to be kidding me." Astrid muttered.
Moments later she returned to the arena where the other Viking teens were waiting for Hiccup. Ragnar was placing a bone on Skull's armour, Fishlegs was cleaning Meatlug's ears with a stick, the twins just sat on Barf and Belch looking bored and Sntolout was trying to calm Hookfang down.
"Hookfang will you just calm down." Snotlout ordered. Hookfang looked at him and fired some smoking in his face and walked away. "Are we training or not?" He shouted.
"Yeah, where's Hiccup?" Ragnar asked looking at Astrid.
"Giving a private lesson." Astrid growled pointing up where Toothless was circling around in the sky.
"Ooh, I didn't know he gave private lessons!" Fishlegs said excitedly. "Can anyone get in on that?"
"Apparently just her." Astrid growled.
"Uh oh!" Ruffnut said sitting up from her resting position on Barf's neck. "I think there's another hen in the rooster house."
"Uh oh!" Tuffnut said bored. "There's another rooster in the hen house… Wait, what?"
"Nothing, she thinks I'm jealous. Which is completely ridiculous." Astrid said petting Stormfly.
"Oh, right of who? Me? Wait, am I the rooster or the hen?" Tuffnut asked confused.
"Trust me. The last thing I am is jealous." Astrid said fiercely
Just then Hiccup, Heather, and Toothless flow into the arena. "Top of the morning, class!" Hiccup said cheerily, as he and Heather hopped off of Toothless' back. "How's everyone doing today?"
"Oh, nice of you to show up." Astrid said sarcastically.
"What?" Hiccup said confused. Then he remembered and facepalmed himself. "Ohhhhh, we were supposed to meet up, I'm sorry." He muttered. Astrid just gave him skeptical glare.
"Awwwwk-ward," Snotlout sang to the twins.
"Oh, I've got it! Astrid's jealous of the pretty one! Why all this talk about hens and roosters?" Tuffnut said still a bit confused.
"So, sleep well, Heather?" Astrid asked raising an eyebrow
"Very well, thank you, Astrid" Heather said politely. Astrid just narrowed her eyes.
"So this is it," Heather said, turning to Hiccup. "Your dragon training academy."
"No, our dragon training academy." Tuffnut corrected. "Remember I called you the pretty one."
"We've been train the dragons to become a part of our everyday lives." Hiccup said quickly.
"And it all goes right in here." Fishlegs said holding up the Book of Dragons.
"The Book of Dragons made by my ancestor Bork the Bold." Ragnar said proudly.
"Really?" Heather said interestedly.
"Yep, I'm the log keeper – well, log master, really." Fishleg said as he adjusting his helmet modestly.
"He writes what Hiccup and Ragnar tells him to." Snotlout jumped in.
"I give my own spin, thank you." Fishlegs said.
"May I see it?" Heather asked excitedly.
Suddenly, Astrid snatched the Book of Dragons from. "I'll take that, thank you." Astrid said storming off, tugging Hiccup's arm and leading him to the other side of the arena.
"Hiccup, I don't think we should be showing her all of our dragon secrets." Astrid said once they were out of earshot.
"Astrid, it'll be fine." Hiccup said calmly.
"I just don't trust her and you shouldn't either." Astrid growled.
"Well I do and you should trust me." Hiccup said
He then walked off, toward where the others were chatting with Heather.
Later that day Heather was asking the Viking teens about their dragons. First she talked to Fishlegs about the Gronckle.
"So, Mr Fishlegs, log master of the Book of Dragons. I can call you that can't I?" Heather asked.
"Absolutely!" Fishlegs said.
"Tell me, Fishlegs, what would one find in the Book of Dragons about, the magnificent Gronckle?" Heather asked curiously.
"Well, the Gronckle is a member of the Boulder class of dragons. Its 14 feet long with a 10 foot wingspan and exactly 5,724 pounds of pure love." Fishlegs said hugging Meatlug.
"She's so cute, but how does she perform in battle?" Heather asked.
"Well, feel her skin." Fishlegs said letting Heather to pet Meatlug. "It's thick and impenetrable like armour." Fishlegs then threw a stone at Meatlug which bounced off and hit him in the face. "It's also quite springy."
"What about her tail?" Heather asked looking at Meatlug's tail. "Looks like it would be a weapon."
"Oh, it is tough, bulbous, deadly and can be used like a bludgeon." Fishlegs explained picking it up.
"Oooh, She sounds so fierce." Heather said, letting a note of restrained fear into her voice.
"Oh, she's fierce on the outside." Fishlegs assured her. "But inside, she's as soft as a bed of rose petals, aren't you, Meatlug?" He hugged her and kept up the baby talk.
Next she talked to Tuffnut at the docks about the Hideous Zippleback. Tuffnut sat on Belch's head while Heather sat upon Barf's.
"So, Tuff, tell me how this works again?" Heather asked curiously.
"Okay!" Tuffnut said eagerly. "You yank on his head and he spits up this really nasty gas and I will spark it. But try not to breathe any in."
"Why not?" Heather asked.
"You don't want to know. Just give me the signal." Tuffnut said eagerly.
"What's the signal?" Heather asked.
"Oh, man I always forget that." Tuffnut said, banging his head with his fist.
"How about fire?" Heather suggested
"Wow, You're really good at this, much better than my sister." Tuffnut said as he swung Belch's head up to Barf's, grinning at her. "Who I can easily get rid of by the way, I mean easily you know she looks a lot like me sometimes I impersonate both of us."
"Uh, yeah, why don't we concentrate at the task at hand?" Heather said nervously.
"Right, ready?" Tuffnut asked, as they aimed Barf's and Belch's heads at a target in the water.
"Ready!" Heather said.
"Signal! Darn I mean, FIRE!" Tuffnut shouted.
Heather yanked on Barf's horns at the same time Belch lit the resulting burst of gas. The fireball missed the target and hit a ship that was sailing past. The moment it hit the ship got caught on fire and all the Vikings on board jumped into the water.
"What do we do now?" Heather asked looking at Tuffnut.
"Usually we hide until the chief finds us. Then we get in trouble. Hehehe…" Tuffnut said laughing.
After that Heather went back to the plaza and talked to Snotlout about the Monstrous Nightmare.
"I have to say Snotlout, your dragon is really the most impressive." Heather said patting Hookfang's snort.
"Yeah, I know, so let's talk about you and me. You never did thank me for saving your life." Snotlout said smiling.
"You're right. Thank you, Snotlout." Heather said politely.
"So how much does he weigh exactly?" Heather asked changing the subject.
"Oh, him about 5,000 pounds, give or take he's monstrous. Remember sort of like his rider." Snotlout said smiling. "So, tour of the island you and me what do you say?"
"Actually, Hiccup took me on Toothless, it was beautiful." Heather said quickly. She then began to rub Hookfang's wing. "So, Snotlout how does the whole fire thing work with Hookfang?"
"It's his spit. It cooks his body that what's light him on fire Okay!" Snotlout said getting annoyed. "But between you and me I use it on date nights the ladies seem to love smells." He said as he rubbed the spit all over his body.
"Can he flame up on command?" Heather asked.
"Oh, he can but he won't." Snotlout said glaring up at Hookfang. "Pig-headed dragon." He muttered.
Hookfang then glared at Snotlout and lowered his head. He then fired a small stream of fire straight at Snotlout's pants.
It took Snotlout a few seconds to realise what just happen. He then looked at Heather and gave her a small chuckle. "Can you give me a minute?"
Without waiting for answer Snotlout ran away screaming to the nearest trough of water. "Take as much time as you need." Heather yelled.
Heather then noticed that Ragnar was in the forge and walked over there. Once she entered she saw that Ragnar was looking at some pieces of wood.
"Why are you looking at those pieces of wood?" Heather asked.
Ragnar turned around and looked at her and give her a small smile. "Those pieces of wood are what's left of my bow." He said. "And I see you managed to get away from Snotlout."
"Yeah, tell me about." Heather said shaking her head. "Is he always like that?"
"Pretty much, yeah." Ragnar said.
"So, why have you still got those pieces around?" Heather asked curiously.
"You see this bow is the only thing I have left from my mother." Ragnar said looking down at the smashed bow. "."
"I'm sorry." Heather said looking down at the floor.
"Why would you be? It's not your fault." Ragnar said turning to look at her.
They looked at each other eyes and without knowing it their lips got closer. They were centimetres away from touching each other when they got interrupted by Skull who poked his head out of the window. They quickly pulled away from each other and looked at each other awkwardly.
"So, uh!" Heather said nervously trying to think of something. "What can you tell me about the Boneknapper?"
"You're very curious aren't you?" Ragnar said rubbing the back of his head.
"Wouldn't you be if you found yourself on an island where the people train dragons?" Heather asked raising an eyebrow.
"Guess I would." Ragnar said chuckling. He thought for a moment and looked at Heather with a smile on his face. "I tell you what if you stop distracting Hiccup I'll tell you everything I know about Skull deal."
"Uh, why?" Heather asked confused.
"Don't take this the wrong way, but since you've came Hiccup has almost forgot about Astrid I just don't want them to split up." Ragnar explained.
"You are really a good friend." Heather said sadly looking at the floor. "I wish I had a friend like you."
"Well you can all you have to say is 'will you be my friend.'" Ragnar said cheerfully. "And like I always say a true friend never trues their back on a friend no matter what."
"I wish I could." Heather said looking away from him.
Ragnar looked at her funnily but shrugged it off and looked at her then to Skull then back to her. "So what do you want to know about the Boneknapper?" He asked.
Heather looked at him and smile. Then the two of them walked their way towards Skull.
Later that evening Heather watched Hiccup from the door. He was attaching the new connecting rode to Toothless' saddle. She closed the door snuck up the stairs to Hiccup's room.
She then began to search the room for something. First she went through Hiccup's satchel but didn't found what she was looking for. She then searched a nearby cupboard but found nothing. She then looked under the bed and found what she was looking for the Book of Dragons.
"Gotcha, the Book of Dragons." Heather muttered.
She took the book out and began to look through its pages. "Monstrous Nightmare, Gronckle… here we go!" Heather said triumphantly when she found the page she wanted.
"The Deadly Nadder! Piercing spines, loyal, powerful-." Heather read out loud.
"Intelligent and of course deadly." A voice said behind her. Heather froze and slowly turned her head to see Astrid glaring at her. "What do you think you're doing?" She demanded.
A few moments later Astrid had got Hiccup and Ragnar to talk about Heather reading the Book of Dragons. Hiccup had the book in his arms and Ragnar was leaning against the wall.
"Well, are you going to say something?" Astrid asked.
"I am so sorry, Hiccup." Heather said, turning away guiltily. "I was cleaning your room and found the book. I couldn't help myself! I would of have asked if it was alright to read it but I made a deal with Ragnar not to distract you." Hiccup and Astrid turned to Ragnar.
"It's true I did make a deal with her but it would have been fine to ask if you wanted to read a book." Ragnar said looking straight at Heather.
"It's fine, it's okay." Hiccup said.
"What do you mean, 'it's okay'?" Astrid asked glaring at Hiccup. "She's reading the Book of Dragons!" She said glaring at Heather.
"Astrid, come one lighten up." Hiccup said.
"Me! She's the one sneaking around and looking at our stuff!" Astrid said narrowing her eyes at Heather.
"Sneaking around?" Ragnar said with a frown.
"What are you talking about?" Hiccup asked with a frown of his own.
"I'm talking about last night." Astrid said, angrily. "Near my house?"
"That was indeed me." Heather confessed. "I couldn't sleep, so I went for a walk. I was having the most terrible nightmares." She said looking down at the floor sadly.
"I can imagine." Hiccup said murmured as Ragnar placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Is this really happening." Astrid said bewildered.
"Give the girl a break Astrid." Ragnar said rubbing Heather shoulder.
"Yeah, Astrid that's enough!" Hiccup said firmly.
"Your right Hiccup it is!" Astrid said and stormed off down stairs.
"Sorry about that." Hiccup said embarrassed.
"No, I'm the one that should apologize." Heather insisted. "I was wrong to look at your book and thanks to me you and Astrid have split up."
"Don't worry about it, she'll calm down." Ragnar said as Hiccup placed the book back under his bed.
"Ragnar's right we trust you." Hiccup said smiling.
None of them noticed that Heather was eyeing the Book of Dragons and gave a cunning smile.
Later that night Heather crept up to the Astrid's house and walked towards Stormfly's stable where she was sleeping.
"Approach the Deadly Nadder slowly." Heather said to herself. Suddenly Stormfly woke up and pointed her spiky tail at Heather. "Spines! Just like the book said."
"Stay in the blind spot." Heather said as she slowly pulled a chicken leg from her satchel and offered it to Stormfly. "I hear that you like this."
Stormfly lowered her tail and began to sniff the chicken leg. She then eat it and Heather patted her on the snout.
"What are you doing with my dragon?" A voice asked. Heather turned around and was surprised to find Astrid there glaring at her.
"Huh, you like to sneak up on people." Heather growled.
"Only the ones that deserve it." Astrid shot back.
"Ragnar told me as much." Heather said with a smirk. Astrid just stared at her confused. "He mentioned that you did the same to them when he and Hiccup were keeping Toothless and Skull a secret."
"Wait, are you two-?" Astrid asked.
"Why not, Ragnar is a nice guy?" Heather asked smiling.
"Well, don't think of doing your innocent routine on me." Astrid said narrowing her eyes.
"I wouldn't dream of it. You're too smart for that." Heather said plainly.
That moment Stormfly nudged Heather and she just petted her making Astrid mad. "I think your dragon likes me. See you, Stormfly."
Heather then began to walk away but stopped. "Oh, and whatever you think I didn't wish to hurt anybody." Heather said without turning around and continued to walk away.
Astrid just looked at Stormfly disappointedly. "Really, where's the loyalty?"
Later that night Astrid was throwing her axe at some tress in frustration.
"Ugh, that Heather. 'I think your dragon likes me.'" Astrid said bitterly. "No one messes with me and my friends." She said pulling her axe out of the tree.
Suddenly she heard a twig snap and hide behind a tree. She looked around and saw Heather walking past and began to follow her. Heather finally stopped at a beach and sat herself on a flat rock and stared off into the distance.
"This is stupid." Astrid muttered. She was about to leave when she heard a strange, sound. She saw a small boat was heading toward the shore, carrying several men one of them being Savage. Astrid noticed that the boats crest was a Viking helmet with four spikes sticking out from the top. "That's an Outcast boat!" She said to herself.
She then saw Savage getting off the boat and walking towards Heather. "What have you learned about the dragons?" He asked.
"I've learned a lot, Savage." Heather said in fear. "But there's something else, something that'll make Alvin very happy."
"I'm listening." Savage said looking down on her.
"They have a book. The Book of Dragons it's got everything in it! Everything Alvin ever hoped to learn know about controlling dragons."
"Where is this book?" Savage asked looking skeptical.
"I don't have it yet." Heather replied, just a little bit nervously. "But I will I promise! I just need a little more time."
"Alvin isn't known for his patients he won't be happy having to wait." Savage said.
"Please you have to trust me when I get back to Outcast Island with that book the wait will be worth it." Heather said.
"What about his son has he got sick of Stoick?" Savage asked.
"No! Ragnar is still very much on their side." Heather said.
"Well, you better bring that book to Alvin your you know what will happen." Savage said.
Heather nodded and dashed off, immediately slipping into the darkness. Then Astrid did the same she soon bumped into Ragnar who was picking some herbs.
"Astrid what where are you going in such a rush?" Ragnar asked.
"No time I'll tell you no the way." Astrid said grabbing Ragnar's arm dragging him with her.
Astrid ran up to Hiccup's house with Ragnar behind and slammed the door open. She then walked up to Hiccup who was sleeping on a rug on the floor and kicked him.
"Wake up!" She ordered.
"Why would you do that? What are you doing?" Hiccup asked rubbing his shoulder.
Astrid's eyes were both angry and desperate. "Saving our butts!" she hissed. "I just saw Heather talking to Savage. She's working with the Outcasts!"
"What?" Hiccup said confused.
"That's what she told me when I bumped into her." Ragnar said.
"But, Heather is upstairs sleeping." Hiccup said.
"Oh, yeah?" Astrid challenged. "Let's go find out."
Astrid then marched up the stairs and Hiccup and Ragnar followed her. But once they got there they saw Heather was sleeping in Hiccup's bed. Heather then opened her eyes and saw the three of them.
"Hey, guys is everything okay." Heather asked.
"Yes Heather, everything is fine." Hiccup said.
"Yeah, just get some sleep." Ragnar said.
The three of them then went outside. "Astrid, don't you think it's possible that you saw something else?" Hiccup asked.
"Yeah, it's pretty dark out here." Ragnar pointed out.
"I know what I saw. Ragnar, I'm sorry but she's not the sweet innocent girl you think she is." Astrid said.
"Then who is she?" Ragnar asked skeptically.
"I don't know! Nobody knows! You don't think it's strange that she mysteriously washed up on our beach?" Astrid asked.
"No!" Hiccup said shaking his head in bewilderment. "Because her ship was taking over my pirates. Her whole island is under siege."
"The only thing under siege is your brain." Astrid said angrily. "You two a not thinking clearly."
"What do you mean us." Hiccup said glaring.
"Yeah, Astrid you're just acting like the time when Hiccup was the top student at Dragon Training." Ragnar said crossing his arms. "There is also a reason why I trust her. I saw her helping us in one of my visions."
"What?!" Astrid said confused.
"And that's a good enough reason for me to trust her." Hiccup said.
"Guy's the Outcasts would be attacking any minute." Astrid said firmly.
"Do you even have any proof that Heather is even working with the Outcasts?" Ragnar said glaring.
"No!" Astrid said looking down at the ground.
"Astrid, there's one thing I know it's this, Heather is not working for the Outcasts." Hiccup said.
Then Hiccup went back into the house and Ragnar walked back to his place glaring at Astrid. Astrid just watched as the two of them left.
The next morning Hiccup was looking around the house for the Book of Dragons which had disappeared.
"Hey dad, have you seen the book?" Hiccup asked as Stoick gathered up the potatoes that he had got from the farm.
"You'll have to be a little more specific, son." Stoick replied.
"The Book of Dragons! I can't find it anywhere." Hiccup said looking worried.
Suddenly the door slammed open and Astrid walked in. "She's gone!" Astrid cried.
"Heather?" Hiccip asked.
"No Stormfly! Little Miss Innocent stole my dragon!" Astrid said.
Less than ten minutes later all the Viking teens were at the arena.
"This is very, very bad." Fishlegs said in a worried tone. "This is worse than bad! This is catastrophic! If Alvin gets that book…"
"He won't!" Hiccup said firmly.
"Heather I can't believe it." Ragnar said in a sad tone.
"Me either, how could she walk away from this?" Snotlout said gesturing himself.
"How could I not have seen it?" Hiccup said.
"Because your brain was under siege." Tuffnut said bluntly.
"Do you even know what that means?" I asked him sarcastically.
"Yes!" Tuffnut replied indignantly. "Maybe… no… It's bad, right?"
"No! It's not good." Astrid said glaring at Hiccup and Ragnar as she got onto Toothless.
"Astrid look-." Hiccup began to say before Astrid cut him off.
"Save it! You and Ragnar can apologies for when you get my dragon back." She said bluntly.
"Alright let's go!" Hiccup ordered climbing onto Toothless. "We can't let her reach Outcast Island."
Then all of the Viking teens flow into the air straight towards Outcast Island.
It was late in the evening and they still hadn't found Heather or Stormfly.
"We'll never catch them!" Astrid called. "Stormfly's too fast!"
"When you're riding her, definitely. But not with a stranger." Hiccup said.
"What's that up ahead?" Snotlout asked pointing.
They looked forwards and saw Heather and Stormfly just a few feet away. From what they could see Heather was having a hard time trying to get Stormfly under control.
"It's Heather." Hiccup said. "And she's ever going to be sorry she helped me with Toothless' speed."
Hiccup pressed down on the stirrup and Toothless thrust himself forwards at a great speed. Toothless' rising screech prompted Heather to look back. Toothless had managed to get within a few yards away from her.
"I'll try to get you in close." Hiccup said and flew in closer.
Heather then pulled a chicken leg from her satchel and threw it towards Stormfly's mouth who then ate it. Stormfly then put on an abrupt burst of speed.
"Is that chicken?" Hiccup asked looking at Astrid. "Is that what you've been-?"
"Really you want to talk about that now?" Astrid interrupted
Toothless kept on following Stormfly which wasn't easy as Heather made her go up and down and side to side. "I'm going to pull in right above her." Hiccup yelled at Astrid.
They then we climbed up and were now right over Heather and Stormfly. Once they were about a few meters above them Astrid stood up. "Okay, hold him steady!" Astrid then jumped off Toothless' back and straight down onto Stormfly's. "Going somewherer?"
Heather then pushed Astrid off who would have fallen into the sea if she hadn't grabbed hold of Stormfly's tail. "Stormfly, tail flip!" Astrid ordered.
Stormfly did what she was told and flipped Astrid into the air and landed back onto her back and then Astrid and Heather began to wrestle.
"This is going to be awesome!" Tuffnut sang as the others caught up.
As the two girls grappled with each other Fishlegs noticed that they were coming up to Outcast Island. "Uh, Hiccup I really hate being the voice of doom, but we just crossed Outcast waters!" Fishlegs said pointing down.
Hiccup looked down and saw that they were flying over the sea stacks near Outcast Island.
"Hey Astrid, you might want to move this along!" Hiccup shouted.
Astrid was struggling to keep Heather pinned down. "Give me a minute she's stronger than she looks!" Astrid yelled back.
As they neared Outcast Island, the Outcasts aimed their catapults at them. They then started to fire some boulders covered in oil which they lit on fire at the Viking teens. Astrid was still having a tough time with Heather who somehow managed to wrap her arm around Astrid's neck.
"Don't you ever touch my dragon again!" Astrid growled and pushed her off.
Unfortunately when Astrid pushed Heather back she had lost her balance and fell of Stormfly. Astrid tried to grab her but was out of reach and both Heather and the Book of Dragons plummeted toward the raging waters below.
"I'll get her!" Ragnar said.
"And I'll go after the book." Hiccup said.
They then both flew down trying to avoid the flaming boulders. Ragnar had managed to grab Heather. "You could have at least said goodbye." He said and Heather just looked away sadly not daring to look at him in the face.
Hiccup continued to dive down to grab the Book of Dragons as it got closer and closer to the island. He out his hand for the falling book desperately and was inchers away from grabbing it. But then a flaming boulder missed him by inches. Another boulder came at him and Toothless dodged it. The flaming boulder just missed them just living a scorch mark on Hiccup's shirt. Left with no choice he flew away to return to the others.
They could hear the Outcasts cheering behind them. Heather was quiet, likely not willing to risk giving them an excuse to dump her in the ocean. "Please tell me you got it!" Fishlegs asked.
"I was too late." Hiccup said rubbing his shoulder. "Alvin has the Book of Dragons."