Chapter 10

"So what happened between you and Astrid?" Toothless asked as they flew around the island, looking for any unwelcome visitors. "I have no idea what you're talking about…" Hiccup said, glancing at Toothless. Toothless laughed and continued, "I woke up last night, and you two were laying at the door," He said bumping into Hiccup. "She was talking to me, then she fell asleep and I didn't want to wake her up by moving." Hiccup answered, slightly uncomfortable.

They continued their patrol, Toothless still picking on Hiccup. "You're really enjoying finally being able to talk to me, aren't you." Toothless nodded. "Even though you are actually pretty good at guessing what i'm saying." He finished. "Really? That's good to know." Hiccup was surprised by this. He always thought he could guess some of what Toothless told him, but not that much. They finished their morning flight and landed by the main building. After they ate, they met up with the rest of the gang.

"So, what's our plan?" Fishlegs asked, looking at Astrid. "Our plan for what?" Tuffnut said. "To cure Hiccup, idiot" Ruffnut said punching her brother. "Oh, but I thought we weren't gonna cure him, I mean, he's cool as a person and all, but having two night furys is awesome!" Tuff continued. The rest of the group sighed as the twins began fighting. When they pulled out an axe and mace, Hiccup decided it was time to intervene. He jumped in between them and pushed them apart with his wings.

"I don't know… I don't think Hiccup found out where it was being kept, and I have no clue." Astrid said. Hiccup sat, just staring into space. He could hear the group talking around him, but he didn't really understand anything they were saying, because he was so lost in thought. He thought back to his time in the ship or cave, trying to remember guard conversations, trying to find any clues. He didn't even notice when all of them started staring at him until Toothless nudged him, Knocking him out of his zoned out state.

"Huh? What?" Hiccup said, shaking his head. "They asked if you heard anything about where the cure was." Toothless said, kinda confused. "Oh, no, he only said there was one, and I don't even know if that's true." Hiccup said. The group was still looking at him and he remembered they couldn't understand him. He sighed, then looked at them, shook his head and shrugged. They seemed to physically deflate at that. "Then where are we supposed to begin looking!its not like we can search the ENTIRE OCEAN!" Snotlout said, being as impatient as ever.

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Astrid could see how sad Hiccup was because he couldn't really communicate with them very well. Toothless was trying his best, but Hiccup wanted to be able to talk to them, and now that he was a dragon, he couldn't. Astrid walked over to him and placed her hand on his head, trying to help him. He looked at her and seemed to smile a little, but then he turned and walked slowly back to his hut, dragging his tail and watching his feet.

She walked back to her hut and sat outside, looking towards Hiccups. He was sitting at the edge of the wooden front deck, looking out at sea. She sighed sadly and went to get up, but then she saw Hiccup perk up the spines on his head and seem to lean out, looking closer at something. She watched as he growled and got up, then he spun towards her, only to stop when he saw her right there. He motioned for her to come there, and then pointed to a spot on the horizon. "I can't see that far." She said, squinting into the red and blue haze.

He groaned, then picked her up on his back and flew off towards where he had been looking. She yelped in surprise, then wrapped her arms around his neck, trying not to fall off. She gasped when she saw what he had been looking at. It was a fleet of dragon hunter ships, but they were heading across their waters, parallel to dragons edge. Hiccup flew up under their sightlines and grabbed onto a hidden section of the boat. Then he crawled onto the deck and hid in a dark space. She slid off of him and he hid her with a wing as a soldier walked by. She crouched in the shelter of the big black wing and watched as Ryker, Viggos older brother, stepped out onto the main deck.

"We need to hurry and get this new supply of transforming arrows and cures to Viggo if you want to keep your heads. We must get out of the Dragon Riders waters as soon as possible" He growled at the sailors. They nodded and rushed to try and make the ships move faster. "We need to get the cure, and then sink these ships to cut off his supply of the transformation arrows." Astrid whispered. She felt Hiccup nod. When the deck was clear, Astrid ran out and slid below deck, looking for the cure.

She landed as softly as she could and hid behind some boxes, watching as a guard walked past. She opened one of them and saw they were full of vials of black liquid. That's the transformation poison. Astrid thought to herself. Then she opened another and saw a light blue, kinda clear liquid. She picked up a vial that read 'Reversal potion' then she quickly climbed up above deck. She silently ran towards a dark spot to hide, only to find it was Hiccup. He grabbed her and hid her right as another guard came around the corner.

"OK, i got the cure. Now we can sink these ships." She whispered. She jumped onto Hiccup's back and he leapt over the side of the ship, gliding right along the water's surface. When he was far enough away, he turned around and began to dive at the ships. It only took one blast per ship. He shot a hole in the ships right at the waterline, crippling them instantly. "Hey! Whats going on! Night Fury! Get Down!" They could hear being shouted from some of the ships. Astrid laughed as they said the age old phrase for Night fury sightings.

There were 8 ships in the fleet, and in a few short minutes, he had sunk them all. They never even knew what hit them.