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Chapter 12: Heather Report II
Previously on the Haddock twins: Riders of Berk
The teens found a mysterious girl ship-wrecked on Berk. Her name is Heather who claimed that she and her parents were attacked by pirates. Stoick the Vast, the Chief of Berk and Hicca and Hiccups' father, allowed Heather to stay on Berk as well as in their household. As Heather got closer to the other teens, specifically the boys, Astrid and Raeda started to get suspicious of this new arrival. Their suspicions were confirmed when they saw Heather talking to Savage from the Outcast tribe. Although Hiccup didn't believe them, they convinced Hicca and Ruffnut and the four of them were on high alert. But it was in vain as Heather managed to steal the Book of Dragons and gave it right in the hands of Alvin the Treacherous. Now the Dragon Riders have to deal with a possible attack from Alvin as well as a new prisoner.
In the forest of Berk, Heather was running as fast as she possibly could, looking behind her to make sure no one was following her. She didn't stop for one second; she couldn't, because if she did then she will get caught. She reached the shores of Berk where she saw a small, lone rowboat. She immediately ran towards it, but was stopped when a blast of fire blew the boat into ashes, sending Heather flying back.
Heather looked up and saw the cause of the blast "You can break out of jail a million times, but you're not getting off this island!" Astrid, flying on Stormfly, yelled. She then got the blue Nadder to grab Heather in her claws and took her back to Berks' prison. Heather was shoved back into her cell. "Give it up, Heather. We have dragons. You should have figured that out the first three times." Astrid said, crossing her arms.
The Hofferson girl was about to leave when Heather stopped her. "Astrid, I have to get back to Outcast Island!"
"Yeah, I bet you do." Astrid said dryly.
"You don't understand! Alvin has my parents!" Heather exclaimed.
"Oh, yeah?" Astrid asked, raising her eyebrows. "What happened to the 'pirates'?"
"There were never any pirates. I made it all up." Heather admitted. "But, I had to. I needed you to trust me."
"Well, guess what? We did trust you, so congratulations. Too bad we don't anymore." Astrid said, before walking away.
On Outcast Island, Alvin sent Savage with some of his men to retrieve the Book of Dragons. There was just one problem in retrieving the book.
"Uh, is that the book?" One of the Outcasts asked pointing to the book right near a wild Gronckle which seemed docile enough for the time being.
"Looks like." Savage answered. "The only question is, how are we gonna get to it?"
"Uh, if we had the dragon book, maybe it would tell us what to do!" The Outcast said dumbly, not realising the obvious thing.
"You mean the same book under the Gronckles' feet?" Savage pointed out.
"Uh, right!"
Savage sighed. "The husky, smart kid on Berk rides one of these dragons. They're very gentle." As if to prove Savages' point, the Gronckle sat there acting like a puppy dog rather than a menacing dragon. "So... go take it from him! What are you waiting for? It's just one little dragon, go!" He said, shoving the Outcast in the path of the Gronckle.
The Outcast slowly approached the Gronckle. "Uh, hello there, uh, dragon. If you wouldn't mind, I'd just like to, uh, borrow your-" He was interrupted when the Gronckle placed its' claw on the book. In a second all resemblance to a puppy dog disappeared as the Gronckle roared right into the Outcasts' face!
Savage and the other Outcasts winced as they watched what happened to the unfortunate guy. Needless to say, it was not a pretty sight.
"Well, that didn't work... who's next?" Savage asked, turning to the other men. The two other Outcasts just stood there and whistled, neither of them wanting to be the next victim. Sighing, Savage went to do the job himself.
In the Berk Dragon Academy, the teens were with their dragons, practicing new moves to prepare for an encounter with the Outcasts. Snotlout readied a mini-catapult and fired a boulder right at Fishlegs and Meatlug! The Gronckle saw the boulder coming and caught it in her mouth just in time, much to her riders' relief.
"Hey, watch it! That was a little close, Snotlout!" Fishlegs complained.
"Quit whining, Fishlegs!" Snotlout sneered.
In retaliation, Fishlegs got his dragon to fire a lava blast right at Snotlout! Luckily the Jorgenson boy jumped right out of the way.
"Hey! Cut it out!" Snotlout shouted.
"Quit whining, Snotlout!" Fishlegs mocked
Hiccup and Hicca were observing the training. "Nice job, guys. But remember, the Outcasts are not gonna be coming one at a time." Hiccup said.
"You don't need to remind me, we're under enough stress." Fishlegs said nervously.
"Remember, we're only gonna have one shot at getting the Book of Dragons back." Hiccup continued.
"We can't afford to make any mistakes, or it can end badly." Hicca added.
This did not help Fishlegs at all. "Um, did I not make myself clear about the stress...?"
The Thorston twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, and their dragon, Barf and Belch, were working creating a line of fire. What none of them noticed was that Snotlout and Hookfang were in that line of fire! Again Snotlout managed to dodge before the gas lit up and Hookfang, being a fireproof dragon, only got irritated by this.
"Too early, Snotlout. We have to time it perfectly!" Astrid shouted.
"I wasn't even ready." Raeda exclaimed.
"It wasn't me, it was them!" Snotlout said, pointing to Ruffnut and Tuffnut.
"Uh, sorry." Ruffnut said, although she and her twin didn't seem sorry one bit.
"Yeah, still working out the kinks." Tuffnut added.
Hookfang was still annoyed and was about to go on rampage. "Can you calm him down?" Astrid shouted to Snotlout.
"Fine, whatever." Snotlout said, running to his dragon. The other teens were surprised as they watched the Jorgenson boy grab his dragons by the horns and bent it to the ground. Hookfang immediately relaxed. "Figured that one out yesterday. He likes it!" He said.
"We need to make a note of that." Hicca said.
"Wait, wait, wait. He likes having his horns bent to the ground?" Fishlegs asked.
"Tuffnut does." Ruffnut stated.
Even Tuffnut was surprised by this "I do?" To demonstrate, Ruffnut tackled her brother off his dragon and bended the horns on his helmet to the ground, the same way Snotlout did with Hookfang. But Tuffnut wasn't complaining. "Oh, yeah... that does feel kinda nice. The dirt's soft..."
"Can we get on with it? There could be a whole army coming at us!" Astrid said to Snotlout and Raeda.
"Well? We're waiting!" Snotlout said.
"Ready when you guys are." Raeda said, as the three of them got on their dragons.
"Hit it!" Snotlout commanded, getting Hookfang to create a fire blast.
"Spines, Stormfly/Sparkfire!" Astrid and Raeda commanded. The two Nadders immediately shot their spines right through the fire, creating flaming spines which all landed on the wall, except for one which landed on Tuffnuts' helmet.
The Thorston boy didn't seem to mind. "Eh, I kinda like that too. Make a note." He said to his sister, who gladly did.
"That's gonna work great!" Hiccup said, referring to the new trick.
"You know all this training is nice once we have the book. But Alvin's not just gonna hand it over to us." Fishlegs pointed out.
"No... but maybe Alvin will hand it to Heather." Astrid said with a glint in her eyes.
The others were confused at that. "Uh... I think Astrid's been eating Dragon Nip again. Hicca, you might want to give Astrid a check-up." Fishlegs whispered. Astrid overheard that and punched the Ingerman boy in the stomach.
"OW! Why is it always violence with you?!" Fishlegs asked, clutching his stomach.
"It's not violence, its communication!" Astrid explained calmly.
"It's Astrids' communication." Raeda added.
"So you're suggesting that we let Heather go?" Hiccup asked.
"Sort of." Astrid answered.
"Yep. Dragon Nip." That gave Fishlegs another punch to his stomach.
"Do you have any idea what Astrid is talking about?" Raeda asked Hicca.
"Not one clue." The Haddock girl answered.
"Rae, you come with me. The rest of you need to get some supplies and a small boat and meet us at the shores of Berk at night after dinner." Astrid instructed before she led the Henderson girl out of the Academy.
"Are you going to tell me what you have in mind?" Raeda asked Astrid as they walked out.
"You'll see."
On Outcast Island, Savage somehow managed to retrieve the Book of Dragons alive and he handed it over to Alvin. "What's that on your helmet?" The leader of the Outcasts asked, pointing to the bit of lava on Savages' helmet.
"Lava." Savage explained. "Gronckle chapter. You might wanna read it."
Alvin looked at the Book of Dragons "Hm. Well, this is all very interesting. I'll have to see it to believe it." He then turned to his right hand man. "Where's the girl?"
"She was captured after she made the drop." Savage answered.
"How unfortunate for her." Alvin sneered. "But hey, let's give this a try, shall we?"
At night, after dinner in the Great Hall, Hiccup, Hicca, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Ruffnut and Tuffnut were preparing the boat and were waiting for Astrid and Raeda. They didn't see either of the girls in the Great Hall so they still didn't know what the plan was. "T-t-t-t-t-this is gonna w-work, right?" Fishlegs asked, clearly panicking. "Cause if it doesn't work, Alvin's gonna know all of our dragon secrets. And if Alvin knows all of our dragon secrets..."
"Fishlegs! It'll work." Hiccup said calmly, confident in Astrids' plan even though he still didn't know what it was. The teens then noticed two figures walking towards them. "Oh, that must be-"
One of the figures stepped forward revealing herself to be-
"Heather!" Ruffnut exclaimed.
"Get her! That rhymes!" Tuffnut shouted as he and his twins pounced on Heather and pinned her to the ground.
"YOU! MUST! STAY! IN! YOUR! CELL!" Tuffnut yelled as he and his sister struggled to keep Heather pinned to the ground. "How many times do we have to tell you-?!"
"Guys, that's not Heather!" Raeda said, walking up towards them.
Suddenly 'Heather' punched both Ruffnut and Tuffnut off her. "It's me, you muttonheads!"
It took the other teens a second to realize that it was actually Astrid in disguise. They then figured out her plan. Snotlout and Fishlegs were impressed.
"Wow."
"Oooh."
"Nice job with the disguise, Rae." Hicca praised.
"No problem and all I needed was soot, stitched clothes and a new hairstyle for this." Raeda replied.
"Oh, sorry, Astrid. Totally unconvincing." Tuffnut said, clearly forgetting what happened a second ago.
"Oh, yeah, I could tell." Astrid said sarcastically as she walked to the boat.
"You sure about this?" Hiccup asked worriedly.
"No." Astrid admitted. "But it's our only chance."
"We'll be shadowing you from the sky." Hiccup informed her.
"I don't need shadowing." Astrid said, getting on the boat.
"I know that. But just in case. You know... it'll make me feel better." It was clear that Hiccup was still feeling guilty about not listening to Astrid earlier. Maybe things would have gone differently if he had.
"Fine, just stay out of sight. If Alvin sees you, it'll all be over!"
"Don't worry about us. Just get the book and get out of there. We'll be waiting." Hiccup said as he and Fishlegs pushed the boat to the ocean, sending the disguised shield maiden on her way to Outcast Island.
"Hey, Astrid? Be safe..." Hiccup said to the leaving boat.
"Don't worry bro. She will be safe. If anyone can handle this, its' Astrid. Plus, there are seven dragon riders and six dragons ready to bail her out of any possible trouble." Hicca said reassuringly, causing Hiccup to smile.
"That's right!" Tuffnut said from behind. He then got confused. "Wait, what exactly are we going to do?"
The Haddock twins rolled their eyes, not bothering to answer the male Thorston. The teens then went to get their supplies and their dragons ready before they head out to shadow Astrid.
In the prison, Bucket, who was in charge of watching Heather, brought a bowl of soup to the cell.
"Anyone in here hungry?" He called to the cell. "We've got a lovely cabbage soup tonight. Yummy!" His eyes widened as he saw that the cell was empty again! "Aw, not again! Stoick's gonna kill me!" He used the key to open the cell and looked around. "Oh, not good, not good, not good..." Unbeknownst to Bucket, Heather was using a different approach to escape.
She was hanging on the ceiling of the cell and as soon as Bucket came inside, she jumped on the poor bucket-wearing man, knocking him out. She then dragged him into the cell and locked him in there. "Sorry, Bucket, but I have to get to Outcast Island. And nothing is gonna stop me." She said before sneaking off.
Astrid reached the shores of Outcast Island. "Whoa..." She whispered as she got out of the boat, she started looking around, deciding what to do when a voice called out from behind.
"We thought you'd been captured." Astrid turned around and saw that it was Savage along with a few Outcast men.
Checking her disguise to make sure it was intact, 'Heather' spoke up. "I was! But I got away!"
"Well, it's good to see you safe and sound." Savage said insincerely before turning to his men. "Get rid of her."
"WHAT?!" 'Heather' shouted, eyes widening.
"We don't need you anymore."
"Savage, wait!" 'Heather' pleaded. "You do need me! I can prove it! You have the book, right? But that's not going to be enough. I've watched them. I've learned a lot from them. Trust me! That book is only worth something if you know how to use it."
Back on Berk, Stormfly was sleeping peacefully in her stable when the real Heather woke her up. Startled, the blue Nadder immediately shot a few spines and one of them pinned Heathers' sleeve to the wall.
"Okay. Never startle a sleeping Nadder." Heather muttered, taking the spine off.
She carefully approached the blue Nadder. "Hey, it's me girl. Your old pal, Heather. You and I are gonna go on a little trip." She got the saddle and strapped on to Stormfly. "I'm-I'm just gonna put this saddle on you." Stormfly sniffed her new friend, hoping for a treat. "Sorry, girl. No chicken tonight." The Nadder was disappointed to hear that. As soon as she got the saddle on, Heather got on Stormfly. "See? No big deal. Okay. Good girl! That wasn't so hard. Now. Let's go find Astrid." At the mention of her riders' name, Stormfly narrowed her pupils and immediately took off, knowing exactly where to go.
Hicca, Hiccup, Raeda, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Fishlegs and Snotlout were on their way to Outcast Island on Midnight, Toothless, Sparkfire, Barf and Belch, Meatlug and Hookfang. Each rider was carrying a basket.
"I wanna go on record as saying I'm not so sure about this plan, guys." Fishlegs said to the Haddock twins.
"If you have another one, we're open." Hiccup replied.
"Actually it's kind of too late to change plans right now." Hicca said.
"I just think landing in a wild dragon nesting ground is really going to freak Meatlug out." Fishlegs said, although the female dragon seemed calm.
'Wouldn't be my first time.' Meatlug said in her dragon voice.
"Really?" Hiccup asked, raising his eyebrows. "Well, how does she feel about flaming arrows and catapults?"
"Uh, yeah, she really doesn't like those, either."
'If the catapults throw rocks, I'm okay with that.'
"Oh, you don't say?" Hiccup asked, humouring Fishlegs.
"Tell you what, Fishlegs." Snotlout spoke up. "When we get there, you just lay back, and let the real dragons do the work."
"Yeah... You really have no idea what a swarm of angry wild dragons are capable of." Fishlegs said nervously.
Barf and Belch came up on either side of Fishlegs with Ruffnut and Tuffnut. "You know what would be awesome?" Tuffnut asked his sister with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
'All three of those things?' Barf guessed.
"Flaming arrows... Catapults..." Ruffnut answered.
"And wild dragons!" The Thorston said in unison as they flew back.
'Yes!' Belch exclaimed.
Fishlegs gulped. "That makes three of you."
"Come on, Fish. No time to have second thoughts." Raeda said.
On Outcast Island, Savage took 'Heather' back to the Great Hall and told Alvin that they need her to understand the Book of Dragons
"Seems pretty straightforward to me." Alvin said, reading through the chapters of the book.
"It's anything but straightforward, Alvin." 'Heather' said.
Alvin didn't believe it. "If there's one thing I've learned, it's that people will say anything to keep themselves alive." He turned to his right hand man. "Isn't that right, Savage?"
"Right! A-as usual, Alvin." Savage said nervously, proving Alvins' point.
"See? Now you say I need you to interpret what's in this book, to use it properly. I say it's nothing but a ploy." Alvin said to 'Heather'.
"Fine. Give it a try." 'Heather' said innocently.
Alvin threw the book at one of the Outcasts. "You heard the girl."
Two other Outcasts brought a wild Deadly Nadder and the Outcast with the book looked nervous. "Alright. Uh, seems easy enough." The look on his face said otherwise. "Uh... What kinda dragon is this?"
"It's a Deadly Nadder." 'Heather' answered. "You need the page number?"
"Uh... Nope. Nope, nope, right here." The Outcast said, turning to the page of the Deadly Nadder. He then read the notes. "Deadly Nadder. Likes to preen. Very sure of itself. Uh, constant grooming. Hmm, alright, we'll appeal to its vanity." Closing the book, the Outcast approached the wild Nadder. "Well, you, uh, certainly are a lovely girl."
'Oh, thank you!' The Nadder seemed flattered until the Outcast spoke again. "O-or are you a handsome boy? Wh-who can tell?"
'What!' That offended the Nadder greatly and she shot spines at the Outcast in retaliation. Luckily for the Outcast, 'Heather' jumped in and got a nearby shield, keeping the Outcast from getting pierced by the spines.
"Like I said. The book can only get you so far, Alvin." 'Heather' said throwing the spine filled shield near Alvin.
The rest of the dragons and the riders were getting close to Outcast Island.
"Everything seems alright. No Outcast or catapult in sight." Hicca reported.
Hiccup turned to Fishlegs. "You see this, Fishlegs? You got yourself all worked up for nothin'."
He spoke too soon as a group of wild dragons started surrounding them "Umm... You were saying?" Fishlegs asked.
"Guys, remember! Stick to the plan! No matter how crazy it gets." Hiccup ordered.
"Crazy? I love crazy! Bring it!" Snotlout yelled enthusiastically. He then got confused. "Wait! What's the plan again?"
"Just do what everyone else is doing!" Hicca shouted.
As the wild dragons came closer, Hiccup decided to execute their plan. "Now! Fire!" Instead of commanding their dragons to fire at the wild dragons, however, the dragon riders opened the baskets they were carrying and emptied out its contents, which were lots and lots of fish!
The wild dragons made a beeline for the raining fishes while Toothless, Midnight, Sparkfire, Hookfang, Meatlug and Barf and Belch were trying to fight the tempting urge to dive themselves.
"That's sweet!" Fishlegs said, instantly relaxing.
"Yes! We did it! Stupid dragons!" Snotlout shouted, holding up a fish. He soon regretted that though as one of the wild Deadly Nadders grabbed him by the arm, trying to get his fish! Snotlout yelped as he was carried away by the wild Nadder and Hiccup and Toothless followed right behind them.
"Would you just let go of the fish?! I'll catch you!" Hiccup shouted.
"NO! THAT'S MY LUNCH!" Snotlout hollered stubbornly.
"Now!"
Reluctantly, Snotlout let go of the fish he was holding and was immediately released from the Nadders' claws. He landed right behind Hiccup on Toothless saddle and the three of them rejoined the rest of the gang.
In the Outcast version of the Arena, Alvin shoved 'Heather' to the entrance, wanting the girl to prove herself in a little test. 'Heather' held out her arm expectantly.
"What is it?" Alvin demanded.
"The book. I need it." 'Heather' said. "Well, I didn't memorize it." Annoyed, Alvin gave the book to her and shoved her in to the Arena. Astrid clutched the book close to her while looking at the gate doors with anticipation. "Please be a Nadder, please be a Nadder, please be a Nadder, please be a Nadder. Please be a Nadder, please be a Nadder." She muttered. To her dismay, the dragon she is going to face is a Monstrous Nightmare! The dragon blasted into the Arena, flaming itself up and ready for a fight. "Ugh. Great." She grumbled. She opened the book on the Monstrous Nightmare chapter, but was interrupted by Alvin from the sidelines.
"Well? I'm waiting." Alvin called, getting impatient.
'Heather' closed the book and faced the dragon. "Alright, big boy. It's you and me." She approached the dragon and tried using the techniques she usually uses with Stormfly. She ran to the dragons' tail and smoothen it out, but it had no effect as she had to dodge a blast of fire from the Monstrous Nightmare. "Okay. Check that off the list. How 'bout the direct approach." Again, it was no use as the Monstrous Nightmare continued to blast fire at her and 'Heather' continued to dodge.
"Our little Heather is feistier than I remember." Alvin commented to Savage who nodded in agreement."This isn't anything my soldiers haven't already tried. You'll need to do better." He shouted.
"Ugh! The one time I wish Snotlout was here." 'Heather' muttered. She then remembered something Snotlout showed to her and the others in the Academy. "Snotlout..." With a new determination, 'Heather' ran up to the Monstrous Nightmare and jumped grabbing the dragon by its' horns. Before she could bend them to the ground, the dragon fought as much as it could and slammed 'Heather' right to the wall!
"Well. That's the end of that." Alvin said, not really bothered by what just happened.
Savage then saw something. "Wait! Look." He pointed.
"Urgh!" 'Heather' had her feet on the wall and she used all her strength to push the dragons' head back. "These things don't budge!" She grunted. She pushed her feet off the wall and bent the horns to the ground, finally calming the Monstrous Nightmare.
Alvin was shocked by this "What?! Oh, ho! I told you she knew what she was doing!"
"Yes, you certainly did." Savage said sighing.
Astrid got on the dragons neck and slouched her shoulders. "Ugh! What do you say we get outta here?" She said to the dragon.
'Thought you'd never ask.' The Monstrous Nightmare agreed and rose its' head up. 'Heather' grabbed the Book of Dragons that was on the floor and prepared her escape.
"Going somewhere, Heather?" Alvin called.
"As far away from this place as possible!" 'Heather' shouted.
"Without your parents?" Alvin asked as a man and a woman, both terrified, were ushered in the sidelines.
"Parents?" Astrid muttered. She then remembered when Heather told her about Alvin having her parents. "She was telling the truth?"
"I might see my way clear to trading 'em for that book." Alvin said. "Or you can leave and I'll kill 'em!"
That put Astrid in a dilemma. Heather was being blackmailed by Alvin this whole time. Astrid couldn't leave and let Heather become an orphan and she certainly couldn't let an innocent couple lose their lives. She needed a new plan.
The rest of the gang landed in a safe spot on Outcast Island and were waiting for Astrid who has yet to come.
"Ca-caw, ca-caw." Snotlout called, cupping his hands around his mouth.
"What are you doing?" Hiccup asked his cousin.
"Duh, that's our signal." Snotlout answered.
"We don't give the signal this time, Astrid does! We talked about this!" Hiccup said exasperated.
"Yeah, like about ten times already. Eleven if you include this." Hicca said while she sat with Midnight.
"Like any of this matters anyway." Fishlegs said worriedly. "She's almost an hour late! Alvin must have figured out what was going on and..." He trailed off not wanting to finish that sentence.
"That costume sucked. I told you guys." Tuffnut said as he sat with his twin and their dragon.
"Oh, are you talking about the one that made you and Ruffnut tackled Astrid to the ground, thinking she was Heather?" Raeda retorted.
"Guys!" Hiccup shouted, breaking up any possible fight. "She'll be here. It's Astrid."
"Yep, none of us would have agreed to this plan if we didn't think she could do this." Hicca added. The seven teens and six dragons continued to wait for the Hofferson girl to come.
Alvin brought Heathers' parents into the Arena and 'Heather' got off the Monstrous Nightmare with the book in her arms. "Well, let's have it." Alvin demanded.
"Send them over first!" 'Heather' shouted.
"Fine..." Alvin said annoyed. "Off you go." He shoved Heathers' parents forward and they walked. However, on closer view the couple realised that the girl in front of them was not their daughter.
"Mom! Dad!" 'Heather' exclaimed hugging them both. The couple didn't hug back and, instead, were confused. "I'm a friend of Heather's." Astrid whispered. "I'm here to help."
"You do realize I'll never let you out of here with that book." Alvin reminded her.
"No kidding!" 'Heather' said. She then whispered to the couple again. "When I tell you, drop to the ground. It's about to get really hot in here!"
"Oh, Heather! I'm waiting."
"Now!" Astrid shouted. Immediately the couple dropped to the floor and Astrid threw the book in the air. She then turned to the Monstrous Nightmare behind her. "Sorry, boy!" She punched his snout, angering the dragon and causing it to shoot fire at the Outcasts.
Astrid caught the book and made her escape with Heathers' parents. However, Alvin grabbed a bola and threw it at Heathers' father, tying his legs together. His wife and Astrid tried to help him up as Alvin walked to them.
"Heather, Heather, Heather..." Alvin said, grabbing the girl by her hair. He let go when he felt something on his hand. He started becoming suspicious when he saw that it was soot. "Aye! Or are yeh?"
The teens continued to wait for their eighth member to come back. Hiccup spotted a familiar figure in the distance. "There's Astrid!"
Fishlegs noticed the older couple with her. "Who's that with her?"
"I don't know." Hiccup answered, looking at Astrid. Astrid gave a hand signal. "But that's the signal."
"You guys know what to do." Hicca said to Snotlout, Raeda, Fishlegs, Tuffnut and Ruffnut. The five teens nodded, got on their dragons and flew off to their hiding spots. Hicca then got on Midnight. "Come on, girl. It's show time!"
Hiccup followed suit. "Okay, let's go bud!"
The Haddock twins and the Night Furies flew to where Astrid and the couple were. The couple seemed afraid of Midnight and Toothless as they took a few steps back.
"Who are they?" Hiccup asked
"Heather's parents." Astrid explained. "She was telling the truth. Just go with the plan."
Before either of the twins could let the new piece of information sink in, they were confronted by none other than Alvin the Treacherous himself.
"Oi! There they are! Get 'em!" The five Vikings and two dragons were surrounded by armed Outcasts as Alvin moved forward to the group with the Book of Dragons strapped on his belt. "Heh, heh, Hiccup and Hicca. Bet you're both surprised to see me."
"Eh, not really." Hiccup said, shrugging his shoulders "This is where you live, right?"
"We'd be surprised not to see you here." Hicca said casually.
Toothless and Midnight growled at Alvin, both of them ready to attack. "Easy, bud." Hiccup said, calming down his dragon. "Looks like he's got us. This time."
"Stand down girl." Hicca said to her dragon.
"You know, Hiccup and Hicca, with this book, your knowledge of dragons combined, and my knowledge of warfare, we could make quite the team. How's that sound?" Alvin offered.
"Uh, insane? Demented? Delusional? Stupid?" Hiccup said, listing the words on his fingers.
"And absolutely, one hundred per cent never happening." Hicca added.
"Alright then, we'll just have to agree to disagree." Alvin said, shrugging. "You're two smart kids. You know I can't let you leave the island."
"And you're a smart, murderous, barbarian, Alvin. You know we have a better plan than this." Hiccup replied.
"So do I."
"Now!"
"Now!"
Both leaders gave the command to their teams and the fight began! The rest of the dragon riders flew out of their hiding spots and attacked the Outcasts. Hookfang and Sparkfire blasted the Outcasts away while Meatlug, Barf and Belch used their tails to knock the Outcasts down.
It seemed that the dragon riders were going to win, but the Outcasts have learned from the previous experience. They lassoed Barf and Belchs' necks together, knocking their riders off their saddles. "Yeouch!" Tuffnut yelled as he hit the ground.
Fishlegs and Meatlug got captured under a net. "This wasn't part of the plan, guys!" He shouted nervously to the Haddock twins while clutching the net.
Some of the Outcasts also lassoed Sparkfire by her tail and mouth. Raeda tried firing arrows, but it was deflected by the Outcasts' shields "What do we do now?!" Raeda asked, hoping that either Hicca or Hiccup would have a back-up plan.
Toothless and Midnight tried firing plasma blasts at the Outcasts by it got deflected by the shields. Astrid managed to grab one of the shields from the Outcasts.
Hookfang was surrounded by Outcasts. "There's too many of them!" Snotlout yelled.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Ruffnut shouted as she and her twin were also surrounded by Outcasts.
"We're never getting out of here!" Astrid exclaimed.
Just when all hope seems to be lost for the dragon riders, spines were shot from above, freeing Sparkfire from her binds.
"Is that...?" Astrid looked up to the source.
"Yeah!" Heather shouted in triumph. Stormfly then lifted the net of Fishlegs and Meatlug shot a jet of fire at Barf and Belch, freeing them from their binds.
"Heather!" Hiccup said.
"Stormfly!" Astrid exclaimed, happy to see her dragon.
"What? Heather?!" Alvin yelled, outraged that his plan is being foiled.
Heather and Stormfly landed near Astrid. "I'm sorry I didn't believe you!" Astrid said.
"It's okay. I wouldn't have believed me either." Heather replied.
Astrid got on Stormfly behind Heather. "Now let's get your parents."
The Stormfly then grabbed the two adult with her claws. "Mom, Dad, hang on!" Heather shouted to her parent, who offered no complaints.
Barf and Belch kept the Outcasts away from their riders. Getting up and giving each other a high-five, the Thorston twins got on their dragons, ready for action.
"Alright guys, just like we practiced!" Hiccup ordered. "Ruffnut, cover fire!"
"It's about time!" Ruffnut exclaimed. She got Barf to fire a line of green gas.
"I love this part!" Tuffnut said. "Wait for it..." Belch then lit up the gas creating a line of fire.
The Outcasts got their catapults ready and launched a boulder towards Fishlegs and Meatlug.
"Fishlegs! Incoming!" Hicca shouted.
Luckily for Fishlegs, his dragon caught the boulder right on time again. "Whoa! Nice catch girl! Lava blast!" Meatlug happily complied and fired a lava blast, destroying the catapult. "That's it, Meatlug!"
"Yeah!" Heather exclaimed.
"Now, Raeda, Snotlout!" Astrid shouted.
"We're ready!"
"Go for it!"
Through their combined attacks, the three dragons created flaming spines which sent the Outcast running.
"Yee-haw! You feelin' the heat, boys? 'Cuz I sure am!" Snotlout hollered.
Alvin was so busy watching the dragon riders in anger that he failed to notice a female Night Fury until she rammed right into him! As fast as she possibly could, Hicca got of her dragon and snatched the Book of Dragons from the dazed chief of the Outcast. She then jumped right back on her saddle and rejoined the others in the sky.
Seeing his sister with the book, Hiccup smiled. "Great job, guys. Let's get out of here." The eight riders, seven dragons and two adults then made their escape.
But Alvin wasn't ready to give up. "They're getting away! Stop them!" He was so determined to get them back that he would do anything. Even put his second hand man in one of the catapults.
"Shouldn't we test this first?" Savage asked nervously. Sadly for him, Alvin didn't listen and launched him in the air. "AAAAHHHH!" Savage went flying towards Stormfly and knocked into her, causing Astrid to fall off!
Luckily for Astrid, a few branches broke her fall as she landed on the ground. Before she could recover, Alvin came and picked her up, throwing her on his shoulders. "Why you little-"
"Astrid!" Hiccup and Hicca yelled as they steered Toothless and Midnight to follow Alvin. They cornered him to a cliff and he dangled Astrid off the cliff! "Surrender! Or I'll... eheheh, you know the rest." Alvin threatened.
"Do it, bud." Hiccup said, while Hicca and Midnight prepare to catch Astrid when she falls.
Astrid then looked down and saw a familiar dragon flying towards her. "Hiccup! Don't shoot!" She yelled. Toothless held back a plasma blast. The Monstrous Nightmare from the Arena flew up and slammed into Alvin, throwing him to the ground. Astrid immediately jumped onto her new friend and made her escape with Hicca, Hiccup, Toothless and Midnight.
"Who is that?" Hiccup asked, referring to the Monstrous Nightmare.
"Just a new friend I made." Astrid answered.
'Hi there.'
The teens were finally out of danger and headed home.
Alvin got up and was shocked by what he just saw. "Did you see that?" He asked Savage, who walked up to him. "That dragon came for her. It protected her!"
"Bonded with her." Savage said. "We need to get that book back, Alvin!"
Alvin had a new idea in mind. "Oh, we need more than that book. We need that boy and that girl."
This was definitely not the last time Hiccup and Hicca encounter the Outcasts.
The teens reached Berk and told the chief about their mission as well Heather being blackmailed by Alvin. Stoick was glad to see everyone okay, especially Hicca and Hiccup, and arranged for a ship to take Heather and her parents back to their home.
Hiccup, Hicca and Astrid said goodbye to her at the docks. "I can't thank you enough." Heather said while hugging Hicca. "Especially you, Astrid. You put your life on the line for us. I'll never forget that." She then gave Astrid a hug as well.
She turned to Hiccup and gave Toothless a good pat on the snout. "I'm gonna miss you." She said to the dragon. "Both of you."
"Eh, who knows? Maybe we'll see each other again sometime." Hiccup said
"Maybe we will." Heather said smiling.
"Just promise me one thing: If you need help again, you'll ask." Hiccup requested.
"We'll always be ready to help." Hicca added.
"I will. I promise." Heather said. She got on the ship with her parents and they sailed away back to their home
Ever since dragons showed up on Berk, we've learned to expect the unexpected.
Snotlout was standing on one of the outposts at the docks "Write me." He signed to Heather. The raven haired girl kindly shook her head to say no.
But every once in a while something or someone comes along that surprises us. And when that happens, you kind of hate to see them go.
