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Well, Fishlegs found Hiccup. Just not how Astrid or Valka would have expected he had.

"Hiccup!" they shouted almost in perfect unison.

"Hey, guys," he called back. "Glad to see you all still in one piece. Lilya's crazy!"

"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!?" Astrid shouted.

"Dude, seriously!" said Snotlout.

"Nothing too serious," said Hiccup.

"An arrow," said Fishlegs.

"A WHAT!?" the others exclaimed in unison.

"Yep, you heard right, but it's okay!" said Hiccup.

"No it's not," said Valka.

"Really, Mom, it is," he said.

"Hiccup Horrendous..." said Valka.

"Okay, but we really have to go," said Hiccup before his mother could finish his full name. He had heard it enough from Lilya; he really didn't want to hear it again.

"Noted duly," said Valka. "Astrid, can you fly Toothless?"

"You bet," Astrid answered. She moved Stormfly above the Night Fury, and then jumped down, landing behind Hiccup. "You ready to let me take over, Dragon Boy?"

"Yeah yeah, sure," said Hiccup. Cloudjumper flew beneath Toothless, and Hiccup slid off his back, landing behind his mother. Astrid forced her foot into Toothless' foot pedal and hovered, Stormfly moving to fly above beside her.

Valka turned around so she faced Hiccup, telling Cloudjumper to follow the other dragons back to Berk. While the others led and Cloudjumper followed, Valka wrapped Hiccup's injury and asked him different questions about it.

"So what's the deal with this Lilya girl?" said Valka. "We saw her for a few seconds, and that was enough to see how much she hated you. Is there a justified reason, or is it just meaningless hatred?"

Hiccup was shaking his head even before she stopped speaking. "She hates me because she thought I killed Dagur intentionally," he said. "She was...his sister."

"His sister!?" the others shouted in unison.

Hiccup nodded. "Dagur told me he had one once," he said. "I guess I just didn't think about it too much...ow."

"Sorry," Valka apologized. "She got you good."

"Yeah, yeah she did," said Hiccup. "Or, if she didn't, at least one of her men did. There were around fifty of them. I'm not sure which one shot me, but the arrow didn't sink in very far, so I was able to remove it without much of a problem."

"The bleeding looks like it's stopped," said Valka, tying off the bandage. "You're lucky the arrow didn't go in deeper. And you did a good job of removing it."

"Thanks," he said. "I think."

"So what happened?" said Astrid. "After you learned Lilya was Dagur's sister, what did she do?"

"She tried to kill me," said Hiccup.

"I shouldn't have asked," said Astrid. "I figured she had after you learned the truth."

Hiccup nodded. "After that, I just barely managed to escape," he said. "Her men weren't very good, apparently, because there was one of me and fifty of them, and none of them seemed able to kill me. But they'd do good in war, with multiple targets. When they march on Berk, it will be a fifty to fifty chance on either side, from what I saw."

"So now what?" said Astrid.

"We get back to Berk, and confirm the war Lilya told us about in her message," said Hiccup. "I don't know when Lilya and her men will attack, but we can well assume it won't be long, especially after the events of tonight."

"Agreed," said Valka. "You okay?"

"Fine," Hiccup replied. "It wasn't too big of a wound."

"You're lucky," said Valka for the second time in the course of five minutes. "How does it feel?"

"Ah, you know, pain," said Hiccup. "Love it."

Astrid laughed. "We should reach Berk by tomorrow," she said. "We'll take rest on the same sea stack, and then cover the rest of the distance in the morning. It really shouldn't be too much of a difficulty."

"Great!" said Hiccup. "Can I fly Toothless now?"

"No," said Valka. "I don't want the wound reopening."

"Mom," Hiccup groaned.

"I'm not letting you back on Toothless either, so you may as well forget it," said Astrid. "You can ride Stormfly." The Nadder squawked, almost mockingly, lifting her snout with pride.

"Thanks, Stormfly," said Hiccup. "You just instill me with confidence."

The others laughed, and then headed to the sea stack in which they had camped the night before. Hiccup decided to stay on Cloudjumper, just because he didn't want to move to Stormfly. He was still tired from the after effects of the dart, not to mention his new wound. After a few hours, they arrived at the sea stack and landed.

"Well, we're here," said Astrid, dismounting Toothless and walking over to Stormfly. Snotlout and Fishlegs dismounted right after she did, patting their dragons as a quick "good job."

"I'll take the watch," Hiccup suggested, sliding off Cloudjumper, Valka doing the same. "Lilya told me she forces dragons to do her bidding sometimes. For all we know, she could have a bunch of them coming after us."

"Oooh no you won't," said Valka. "You get some sleep, and I will take the watch."

Hiccup was about to protest, but there was no arguing with her, so he just sighed and nodded. He walked over to Toothless and pet the dragon gently. Toothless sniffed Hiccup's bandages and cooed worriedly, looking up at his rider with concern.

"Yeah, I know, buddy," said Hiccup. "I got hurt, but I'm okay now. Okay?" Toothless didn't seem completely satisfied, but maybe it was just as well. He would have to watch Hiccup all the more closer now.

"Okay, so Valka, wake me up in a little and I'll take over," Snotlout said to his aunt. "I haven't done near enough to help anyone since we started. It's high time I did something."

"Thank you, Snotlout," said Valka. Maybe Hiccup getting hurt finally made Snotlout think about someone other than himself for once. Valka hadn't known Snotlout for very long, but she knew him long enough to be able to tell that he was a prideful, arrogant, slightly ignorant person who normally didn't care about anyone or anything else besides himself and his stuff.

Shortly afterwards, the others were asleep, while Valka watched out for any sign of attackers. Cloudjumper stayed up with his rider, matching Valka's gaze, looking at nothing in particular. Hopefully, the worst was over with.

...

"You let them escape!?" Lilya screamed at one of her soldiers.

"I didn't let them, Lilya the Maniacal, they left!" the guard pleaded. "I didn't know you were looking for them!"

"You blabbering fool!" Lilya shouted. "You just see five dragon riders flying away from here, and you don't find anything suspicious!?"

"I'm sorry, Lilya!" the guard begged.

"Sorry doesn't cut it," said Lilya. "Only swords do. We set sail for Berk tonight!" She turned around and screamed to the other soldiers. "And don't forget to bring the ultimate weapon. We will arrive there in a few days, when the moon is full, and the tide is high. And if any one of you sees Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third...kill him."

WHOA WHOA WHOA CLIFFHANGER! Yeah, I'm sorry about that, but I tend to lean on the cliffy side of things. But what about the Berkians on Berk? How are they doing? Will Hiccup be okay? What about the Berserkers? Will they win? What is the "ultimate weapon"? How are the Berkians holding up? How is there different colored cheese like WASSUP WITH THAT!? Okay, I'm done. Stay tuned for chapter 11!