Everyone just remain silent as Hagan stood there narrowing his eyes at all them.

Kaia looked at him. "Uh, actually, Hagan, these people—"

"Not now, Kaia," said Hagan as he adjusted his glasses once again. "You can tell me all about this riffraff after they've left. Now get out all of you, leave now unless you have some business with me."

"Look we're merely looking to get a ship," said Hiccup calmly.

"That is out of the question," said Hagan strictly.

Hiccup didn't look surprised, but he was disappointed.

Hagan then looked at Snotlout. "Snotlout! You have quite the reputation, you are very well known in the village."

"You could say that," said Snotlout.

"I hear that you burn causing a bit ruckus in the village and telling many stories of your adventures," said Hagan not looking amused in the slightest. "Quite impressive for someone your age."

"People who usually are impressed with me often call me Captain," Snotlout smirked. "So it's Captain Snotlout to you."

Hagan raised a dubious eye. "Captain, huh?" He then shook his head. "Quite the lofty title font orphan, who was tossed aside by his parents."

"What did you say?" Snotlout glared.

Kaia immediately scolded at Hagan. "Hagan, stop!"

Hagan narrowed his eyes at Snotlout. "He won't be anything more than a boy who cannot accept the reality that his parents abandoned him! If that wasn't bad enough you're causing constant trouble with the villagers and all I ask is that you and your kind leave this respectable young lady alone."

Snotlout clenched his fist and gritted his teeth. "You wanna say that again!"

"The two of you come from completely different worlds and you know it! Is it money that you're after, how much do you want?"

Kaia glared at him. "Cease this at once, Hagan! Apologise to him!"

Snotlout looked at her. "Hey, calm down, Kaia."

"I don't believe there's any reason to apologise to this savage young man, my lady," said Hagan as he adjusted his glasses once again with his palm. "My goal isn't a slander, I am merely stating the truth. I sympathise with your situation, I mean here you are completely alone in this little village by yourself, because your parents were sick and tired of you."

Kaia glared at him. "Hagan stop!"

Snotlout was now completely furious. "Don't you dare insult me or my family like that?"

He then immediately jumped off the tree branch and landed on the ground and glared at Hagan with a hateful expression.

Hagan laughed as he adjusted his glasses again. "Why have you gotten so worked up, Snotlout? It's times like this that you do what you do best and boast how great you are. Tell me that you sailed away from your hateful parents completely alone and rounded up here or how—"

Snotlout had had enough and immediately punched him hard in the face. "Enough!"

Kaia and the kids were completely shocked, but Hiccup and the others just stood there in silence.

"Captain!" the kids cried.

Hagan winced, he clearly underestimated Snotlout's strength, but he maintained his composure. "Case in point. He was also to violence, I guess he inherited that from his parents."

"Shut up!" Snotlout roared. "Don't even think you know me, because you don't! I work hard every single day to earn a living and I don't need anyone's charity to help to get me on my feet! You're just lucky that I let you off easy this time, but next time you insult me and my family and I swear that I'll do far worse!"

Hagan laughed. "Is that so and yet all you do is mess around and annoy people." Hagan got to his feet and immediately brush the dust of his jacket. "You're nothing more than a bully that things he's on top of everyone else and have a chance whenever you can't get your way. To top it all of you cosy to the lady of the house to steal her fortune."

"I told you I didn't need anyone's charity," Snotlout growled.

"You are nothing more than a greedy bully, who will never change!" Hagan roared.

Snotlout then immediately grab the helm of his jacket and raised his fist. "You won't let up well you!"

"Stop it, Snotlout, please," Kaia begged. "No more violence, I can't take it. Hagan isn't a bad person, he's just… he's just doing what he thinks is best for me and sometimes he goes too far."

Snotlout then reluctantly released his grip on Hagan, who then immediately slapped his hand away.

"Leave this place," he ordered strictly. "You are never to come here again!"

"I get it," Snotlout growled. "You don't have to tell me twice, pal." He then walked past him. "This is the last you'll see of me."

Kaia looks quite upset. "Snotlout."

The three kids then immediately glared at Hagan.

"Hey, you Butler jerk our Captain is not that kind of guy!" Pepper yelled.

"You stupid jerk face!" Carrot yelled.

"Jerk face!" Onion yelled.

Hagan glared at the three of them and the immediately looked at him terrified and immediately hid behind Hiccup.

Hagan looked at all of them. "You will all leave immediately!"

An hour later, Kaia was in her bed looking immensely upset and was coughing furiously. She then heard a knock at the door and a split second later Hagan entered pushing a trolley of food.

"Your meal is ready now, Miss Kaia," he said.

"Thank you," she said with her face on her pillow. "I don't want it."

Hagan sighed. "The cook would be most upset to hear you say that, he works his hardest day and night to come up with delicious meals that suit your needs." He then immediately poured out a cup of tea for her.

Kaia looked at him. "Why were you so cruel to him? I know I was wrong to talk to Snotlout without telling you, I will admit that much and I am sorry for not being honest with you. But that situation did not warrant that kind of harsh treatment."

Hagan placed the cup of tea down on the tray and looked at her. "May I sit down?"

"Go ahead," she said.

Hagan then sat down on the bed and looked at her. "It's been quite some time since I first arrived at this house. Soon it will be three years since I have come in service of your family, I will never forget what happened when I showed up at your father's door."

Kaia also remembered, on that day she had been watering the plants and then she saw Hagan making his way to the gates wounded and exhausted.

'My former employers were brutal, pitiless men,' said Hagan. 'I had been kicked off the ship I worked on for some small blunder I had made and with no worker money I was on the verge of dying like a beggar.'

The guards at the front gate weren't exactly rolling out the red carpet.

"Hey you, beat it," said one of them.

"Get out of here, this isn't a place for the likes of you."

Kaia was about to stop them when her father placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. He then immediately ordered the guards to allow the man in, much to their confusion.

"What?"

"But sir, he—?"

However with one look the guards immediately change their attitude.

"I understood, take him inside and tender him."

'As far as I know I would have died without your father's help I own my life to your parents,' said Hagan. 'And now that they're gone, I own my life to you.'

Back in the present, the two of them just sat there reminiscing the past.

"I know that it isn't my place to interfere with your friendships, I wouldn't have taken such bold step unless I thought that it was absolutely necessary," Hagan explained he then began to cry. "It's just that Snotlout isn't known for his upstanding character, you see if anything would happen to you it would be my fault for not seeing to your safety and I would never ask for forgiveness from your parents. Do you think ill of me for my childish behaviour earlier today?"

Kaia smiled at him. "No, of course I don't. I'm thankful for having you around too Hagan, but I stand by my opinion. Snotlout is one of the nicest people I know."

"We'll see about that," said Hagan as he got to his feet. "Until then he's still not welcome here."

Kaia scolded him. "Hagan! You blockhead!"

"Blockhead will do just fine," he said and he looked at her with a smile.

Meanwhile everyone apart from Hiccup, Snotlout and Onion were hanging out the fence and it was only then that they noticed that people were missing from their party.

"Hey, where did Hiccup go?" Astrid asked.

"I think he went after Snotlout," said Fishlegs.

"I bet he's at his secret start," Carrot assumed.

Pepper nodded. "Yeah, over by the shore, he always goes there when he thinks something over."

Carrot looked at them. "Should we go and see?"

Toothless shook his head. "Hiccup can look after himself."

"Yeah, but they're not the only ones missing," Astrid noted as she looked at the two boys. "Where's your other friend?"

"Oh yeah, Onion," they said in unison.

"Come to think of it, he just ups and disappears a lot," said Carrot thinking back.

"Yeah, and then he shows up out of nowhere all freaked out," Pepper nodded.

As if on cue Onion immediately rushed over them with a fearful look on his face screaming.

"Terrible news, guys!" he cried.

"You see," said Pepper.

"Liston to me!" Onion cried as he reached them. "There's some stranger here and he looks weird."

"How weird?" they asked.

"Super weird!" He then immediately pointed behind him. "Have a look for yourselves!"

They turned and saw someone walking down the road and he did look a bit unusual. He was wearing a strange blue cap on his head and a pair of sunglasses that look like stars, not to mention he was walking a bit peculiar with his hands in his pockets.

He also appeared to have very good hearing because he immediately turned to them. "Now which one of you people has the nerve to call me weird? I'm just a normal guy."

Astrid looked a bit dubious. "Is that so? You look insane."

"Don't be silly, I'm just a normal run-of-the-mill hypnotist," he said simply.

"A hypnotist? Really? Awesome!" said Onion.

"Show us something!" Carrot pleaded.

"Yeah, do something," said Pepper encouragingly.

The hypnotist looked at them. "What? What gives you the idea that I want to reveal my masterful hypnosis techniques to a bunch of roadside strangers?" He then immediately pulled out a ring. "I was hoping for a few volunteers. Now watch the ring closely."

Toothless rolled his eyes. "What a ham."

The hypnotist immediately began to swing the ring in front of the boys. "So by the count of Jango you will be in a deep sleep. All right, are you ready?" The boys were watching the ring as it moved. "One, two, Jango!"

Immediately the three boys immediately fell to the ground and began snoring, but the hypnotist had somehow hypnotised himself and he too had fallen asleep.

"The idiot hypnotised himself," said Toothless shaking his head.

Snotlout meanwhile was at the coast looking out to sea.

"Nice view," said a voice behind him.

Snotlout jumped and immediately turned around and discovered Hiccup standing there. "What are you doing here?"

"I figured that you could do with some cheering up," said Hiccup.

"I want to be alone," Snotlout growled, but then he took a deep breath. "However I get the impression that's going to be impossible with you around."

"That Butler did say some pretty harsh things to you, I don't blame you for hitting him," said Hiccup.

Snotlout grunted. "That Butler said some pretty terrible things, insulting me and my parents."

Hiccup nodded. "He was out of line and the way I see you want exactly doing anything dangerous with Kaia, in fact she was a lot happier before he showed his ugly mug."

Hiccup sat down. "So you can see that girl again?"

"I don't know," said Snotlout honestly. "I will consider it at that Butler apologises to me for the things he said."

"You can ask him yourself, is right down there," said Hiccup pointing at the coast.

Snotlout immediately leaned over towards the cliff. "What in the world is he doing right here?"

Hagan was certainly standing upon the coast and with him was that hypnotist from earlier.

"Hey, Jango, I specifically ordered you to keep yourself inconspicuous," said Hagan looking slightly annoyed. "That doesn't mean sleeping in the road."

"Relax, man, I've perfected the skills of the chameleon I blend in," Jango assured.

Unbeknownst to the two of them both Hiccup and Snotlout were watching and listening to their entire conversation.

"Who's that guy with him, he certainly looks weird?" Hiccup asked.

"I've never seen him before," Snotlout frowned. "Who is he?"

Hagan adjusted his glasses again. "So have all the necessary preparations been made?"

"But of course," Jango assured. "We can start at any time on the Rich Girl Murder Plan."

Hiccup and Snotlout's eyes widened in horror upon hearing this.

"Murder?" Snotlout gaped.

"Don't call it murder, Jango," Hagan advised. "I do not like the sound of it."

"Oh, right, accident, it's an accident that you plan," Jango corrected.

Hiccup looked at Snotlout. "Clearly the two of them are planning to murder someone."

"The question is who," said Snotlout.

"We can't simply kill her," said Hagan regretfully. "It is critical to our plan that Miss Kaia perishes in an unfortunate accident. So do not screw that up."

Jango sat down on a rock. "So basically, on your signal, me and the men will storm the village and managed to accidentally kill the rich girl. Then you get her inheritance and we all get paid, right?"

Hagan immediately turned towards him. "You moron! Your ignorance is astounding, we are not related so how can I inherit anything from her?"

"You work very hard to," said Jango simply.

Hagan shook his head. "No, Jango, I won't. Now listen to me this is the most important part, before you kill her you will use your hypnosis to make Kaia right her will and it will say, 'I will leave my entire fortune to my Butler Hagan.'"

Snotlout's eyes widened in horror.

"And then and only then will I undisputed control of her massive fortune and no one will suspect a thing," Hagan smirked. "I have spent three long years gaining the trust around me so it would be unsurprising for her to leave her entire inheritance to me."

"Three years as a butler for this, huh?" said Jango as he rose to his feet. "You sure had a scared back then Captain Hagen, three years ago you suddenly said you were giving up life as a pirate. In no time at all you set someone to be your double and then you let the world see Captain Hagen get executed. Only now do I understand that this was the beginning of this plan, you are indeed the man of 1000 plans."

Hagan or rather Hagen narrowed his eyes at him. "Never call me that again. I abandoned that name years ago, I now wish to obtain my wealth without attracting the attention of the government. In other words I'm a pacifist."

Jango laughed. "Some pacifist you are, murdering an entire family doesn't exactly qualify as peaceful."

Hagen looked at him. "Hold on, I haven't murdered an entire family. The father's death wasn't planned."

"Whatever you say, it makes no difference to me," said Jango. "If it's all the same to you hurry up and give the word, the crew is getting bored. We have been waiting in the waters near here over a week and the men are growing more anxious by the minute."

Snotlout couldn't believe his ears. 'I can't believe this, this is really horrible.'

Hiccup looked as shocked as he was. "Captain Hagen, I've heard of him. Very few people have actually seen him in person and lived to tell the tale, I even heard rumours that most of his own crew haven't seen him in person. He is known for his deception and cunning amongst the pirates of the East Blue and for his brutality."

"I heard that the Marines managed to capture him and executed him three years ago," said Snotlout.

"Three years ago? Is at the same time that Hagan showed up at Kaia's front door?" Hiccup asked.

"He must have planned this for quite some time," said Snotlout stunned. "He was after Kaia's fortune for the last three years."

"Sounds as if he's going to order them to attack the village and then stormed the mansion," Hiccup concluded. "Then he'll get that hypnotist to force Kaia to write her will, giving Hagen her entire fortune and then kill her. With that amount of money, he could buy an entire fleet of ships buy any pirate or mercenaries over to his side."

Snotlout immediately got to his feet and clenched his fists. "I've always wanted to beat him into the dirt now I've got my chance."

Hiccup immediately stopped him by grasping his arm. "Don't be foolish, we have absolutely no idea what he's capable of. We could better spend our time by warning the villages."

Snotlout shoved his hand away. "They'll never believe me, I'm a nuisance that tells tall tales and there's no secret of ill will between me and Hagen or should I say Hagan. And they will believe the words of a stranger over someone they've known for three years that has been friendly to the entire town."

Hiccup looked at him calmly. "Look, me and my friends can help defend the village I think that were more than capable of beating these pirates."

"All we could do it right now," said Snotlout shoving him. "So get out of my way!"

"What was that?" said Jango looking up.

Hiccup sighed. "And now they've spotted us."

Hagen noticed the two of them. "Well now, if it isn't Snotlout the annoying brat."

Snotlout gritted his teeth. "You dare insult my family and accuse me of stealing money when you're about to lead a bunch of pirates and slaughter the entire town!"

Hiccup shook his head. "So much for the element of surprise."

Hagen then immediately looked at Jango and moved his head gesturing towards them.

"Well, if you say so," said Jango and Hagen turned his head away from him. He then immediately pulled out his ring and looked up at Hiccup and Snotlout. "Pay attention boys and watch this ring closely."

Hiccup realise what he was about to do and immediately pulled Snotlout back. "Don't look at it!"

"By the count of Jango you will be in a deep sleep are you ready," he said smiling. "One, two, Jango!"

"What you think you're telling!" Snotlout roared as Hiccup pulled him back.

Hiccup then immediately fell asleep, but he wasn't the only one as Jango had hypnotised himself again. He was now leaning on the back of Hagen snoring like a baby, much to his captain's annoyance.

"Jango, you idiot! I see that you're still falling asleep on the job!" Hagen roared.

Hiccup then immediately tipped over and fell off the cliff and then slammed into the coast.

Jango had woken up and shook his head. "He had to fall off a cliff didn't he? A pity really, I didn't mean to kill him, but there's no way he could have survived."

Snotlout couldn't believe his eyes. "He could have saved himself, but he saved me instead? I can't believe they actually killed him."

Jango looked at Hagen. "What about the other one? Should I take care of him?"

"There's no need," said Hagen as he adjusted his glasses again. "Anything he could say would sound like lies. Jango tomorrow at daybreak the men are supposed to attack the village, rough up the villages some and then tear up their homes a little for good measure. And above all make sure that Miss Kaia's death looks accidental."

Snotlout stared at him in shock. "Tomorrow?"

Hagen merely smiled. "Just accepted, Snotlout. There is nothing you can say or do to warn the villages of this impending tragedy."

Snotlout then immediately ran off.

Jango looked at Hagen. "Are you sure about that one?"

"Of course I am, my plans are flawless."

Snotlout began running through the forest as quickly as he could. 'I can't believe this, this is terrible. I have to do something, everyone in the villages in danger and Kaia is going to be killed. I can't let that happen.'

Hagen was standing on the shore and looked out to sea and saw pirate ship in the distance. The ship was flying a pirate flag with a skull and cross bone, but the skull resembled that of a cat and even had a pair of slits for eyes.