A/N: Another chapter I enjoyed writing. Hope you guys enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from 'How to train your dragon' except my OCs

Chapter 12: A View To Skrill (Part 2)

Previously on The Haddock Twins: Defenders of Berk

Hiccup, Hicca, Astrid and Snotlout found the Berserkers trying to free an unknown dragon trapped in an iceberg. The four teens then brought the iceberg back to Berk and discovered that the dragon is a Skrill; a symbol of the Berserker tribe and a dragon who can survive being trapped in an iceberg for several years! Unfortunately, thanks to Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, the Skrill is now free and highly dangerous. The Dragon Riders raced to find and tame the Skrill before the Berserkers find it and use it invade Berk. While trying to get the Skrill under control, the teens found trouble when the Berserkers attacked them, trying to get the Skrill for themselves. An attack on the Berserker ships and an explosion caused by the Skrill, Toothless and Midnight thwarted Dagur the Deranged plans and separated Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Barf and Belch from the others. The Thorston twins spotted Alvin the Treacherous bringing the Skrill into his ship and flew after him, unbeknownst to the other dragon riders.

It's been hours since Ruffnut, Tuffnut and their dragon were separated from the rest of the Dragon Riders and dragons. It was late at night and there is still no sign of any of them, no matter how long and far any of the other dragon riders looked with their dragons. The dragons had no luck picking up on any of the Thorston twins or Zipplebacks' scents either. Astrid and Snotlout turned in for the night, the two of them and their dragons completely exhausted and unable to muster anymore energy to go on anymore search parties. Hiccup, Hicca, Fishlegs and Raeda were still up with their dragons and continued their search. Without luck, they regrouped back at the Academy.

"Guys, any sign of them yet?" Fishlegs asked with a hopeful expression, despite the odds.

"Unfortunately not." Raeda answered.

"Same here." Hicca admitted

"None." Hiccup said. "The other riders have come in for the night. They're resting their dragons."

"I don't blame them. I mean, look at Meatlug. She's sleep-flying." Fishlegs said, looking at his dragon who was hovering in the air in her sleep while drooling out lava.

"Sparkfire isn't doing any better." Raeda said, looking at her dragon, who fell asleep as soon as they landed in the Academy.

"I got some provisions. I'm going back out." Hiccup said, walking to Toothless.

"Wait, what are you gonna do, fly all night?" Fishlegs asked in disbelief.

"If I have to, yes." Hiccup said.

"No." Hicca suddenly said, surprising the four teens.

"Sis?" Hiccup questioned.

"You can't go out there, Hiccup. Don't forget that there is still a lightning powered dragon out there on the loose. We were lucky in our last encounter. But you and Toothless won't be so lucky if you two run into the Skrill again, especially with the amount of metal you guys have." Hicca pointed out.

"I get that, sis, but I can't rest knowing the Thorston twins are lost out there somewhere. And knowing you, you definitely feel the same way." Hiccup argued.

"That is true." Hicca admitted. "That is why Midnight and I are going to out there and look for them on our own."

That surprised the other three teens even more.

"What?! Hicca, you going out there on your own does not make me feel any better!" Hiccup exclaimed, his over-protective brother instincts kicking in. "We'll go together!"

"I know you're worried about me, but you need to think about this. Suppose you and Toothless do come with us. We might run into the Skrill again and you guys could hit this time. The lightning bolt will damage Toothless' prosthetic tail and you guys could end up crashing into the sea, or if you're lucky an island. And if it's the latter then you two might not be that lucky if you end up on Outcast Island again or Berserker Island or any other hostile island! Then Midnight and I will have to look for you two as well as the Thorston and we'll all be lost!" Hicca argued.

"Yeah, but… uh well…" Hiccup struggle to come up with a counter-argument. Deep down he knew his sister was making a smart choice, but that doesn't mean he has to like it! She could end up hurt! "What if you or Midnight get hurt!"

"I'm an aspiring healer. You know very well I never leave the house without a medical kit. I will be prepared for that." Hicca reassured.

"But, Hicca-"

"Look, bro, we can spend all night arguing back and forth about this or I can go with Midnight and find Ruffnut and Tuffnut before something happens to them or their dragon." Hicca said firmly, getting on her dragon.

"Wait Hicca, Raeda and I can come with you." Fishlegs offered.

"No, it looks like you dragons need some rest." Hicca said, looking at the still sleeping Meatlug and Sparkfire. "Plus, you two need to be here to make sure Hiccup doesn't come after me. I'll be fine."

"If you're not back here by sunrise, Skrill or no Skrill, I will come looking for you." Hiccup said, the tone of his voice leaving no room for argument.

"Fine, but don't you dare come without anyone else. Raeda?"

"I'll make sure of it." Raeda reassured.

"See you guys later." Hicca said. Midnight warbled at her mate and nuzzled his neck before she took off. Toothless and Hiccup stood and watched the two girls they cared about disappearing from their view.

Raeda walked up to Hiccup. "Don't worry, Hiccup. Hicca is more than capable of handling herself." She said, giving him a comforting pat on the shoulder.

"I know that, but still…" Hiccup said as he stared at the sky.

Hicca and Midnight flew far through the clouds, with Hicca calling out for Ruffnut and Tuffnut, but still no luck.

She sighed. "You'd think that with the Thorston twins we'd have a clear sign of where they are, but so far there hasn't been any signs of an explosion. Right, Hiccup?" She turned to the left, thinking her brother was flying by her side as usual. But when she the empty space, she suddenly remembered. "Oh, right. I made him stay behind." Hicca said, now to Midnight. "I gotta admit girl, it does kinda feel a bit weird flying without Hiccup and Toothless for so long." Midnight warbled in agreement, wishing Toothless was with her.

Hicca then shook her head. "But it's for a good reason. I just wished we could at least have a sign of where the Thorston twins are. We'd have a better chance of finding the Skrill than finding them."

An idea then came to her. "Wait! What if the Thorston twins went after the Skrill? It's worth a try, right? If we find the Skrill, then we might find Ruff and Tuff." She then looked up to the clouds filled with lightning. "Hiccup's not going to be happy that we're doing this, but he would do the same if he was here right now."

The girl and her Night Fury then flew through the clouds, hoping to find the Skrill somewhere there. There was a hindrance, however, when they started attracting lightning bolts thanks to Hicca's metal staff. "Okay, a staff make from Gronckle Iron is definitely not a good thing to carry in a situation like this." Hicca said as Midnight struggled to avoid getting struck by lightning. She flinched when another lightning bolt struck her staff, causing Midnight to swerve away. "Okay this was a bad idea. Midnight, get us out of here!"

Without any hesitation, Midnight immediately flew out of the clouds and zoomed to find an island for shelter. She did find one and Hicca easily recognised the island, unfortunately.

"Outcast island." Hicca said. Midnight gave a growl. There was absolutely no way she was going to bring her human on that island. "I know, girl. I don't like it either, but we don't have many options right now. We need to lay low until the storm clears."

Reluctantly Midnight landed on Outcast Island. The two girls kept a sharp eye on their surroundings, as if they could be ambushed any second which actually could be a possibility.

"Let's not tell Hiccup about our little detour." Hicca whispered to Midnight as the quietly made their way to the Outcast Arena. As long as they were here, they might as well see what Alvin is up to since they haven't heard from him in a while which wasn't a good thing.

Once they reached the cliffs surrounding the Arena they looked at the inside of the Arena and saw many Outcasts soldiers gathered inside with Alvin the Treacherous in the center. Hiccas' eyes narrowed at that. "Seems a little late for Outcasts to be up and active don't you think girl?" Midnight warbled in agreement. "What are you up to, Alvin?"

"All I know is he's planning something big with that Skrill." A familiar voice said, coming to her side with a familiar Zippleback.

"What? How did Alvin get the-" Hiccas' eyes suddenly widened as she realised who she is talking to. "Ruff? You're... you're alive! Thank goodness!" Hicca said in relief as she saw Ruffnut, Barf and Belch. She then noticed Tuffnut wasn't with them. "Where's Tuff?"

"He didn't make it, Hicca." Ruffnut answered solemnly, looking down.

"What?!" Hicca asked in shock and disbelief.

Ruffnut then looked back to her with a mischievous grin. "Kidding! He's right behind you."

Hicca and Midnight turned around, but instead of seeing the blonde Thorston boy, all they saw was a tree.

"What's up Hicca?" Tuffnuts' voice asked, apparently coming from the tree. "Cool disguise, huh? It's kinda itchy."

"Uh, yeah. Not bad." Hicca said, wondering just how Tuffnut managed to get himself inside a tree.

"Yeah, yeah, Tuff hollowed out that tree so he couldn't be seen." Ruffnut explained. "Problem is he can't move."

"And I have bark beetles in my pants. I'm starting to like them." Tuffnut said. Hicca and Midnight grimaced at that. "Hey, fellas. A little to the left. Really scratch around down there. See what you can find."

"That is something I did not need to hear." Hicca said with a shudder. "How did you guys end up here?"

"Alvin grabbed the Skrill out of the water. We decided to follow it." Ruffnut answered.

"Weird, right?" Tuffnut said

"No! Actually, you guys made a smart choice following Alvin." Hicca said, clearly impressed by the blonde twins

"We knew that. That's... why we did it." Tuffnut commented

Hicca and Ruffnut then brought their attention back to the Arena. "Okay. Let's see what Alvins' going to do with that Skrill." Hicca taking out her spy-glass. She watched as Alvin ordered his men to bring the chained up Skrill to the center of the Arena "Yep. There it is."

"Yeah." Tuffnut said, although he couldn't really see what was going on.

"This is definitely not good." Hicca commented

"No." Tuffnut echoed.

"We are in serious trouble." Hicca said.

"With a capital 'T'... no, 'S'." Annoyed at his commentary, Hicca turned to the tree Tuffnut was hiding in as the blonde boy continued to talk. "Wait, would you capitalize "serious" or "trouble"? Both?"

"Tuffnut, do you mind?" Hicca asked in exasperation.

"I'll shut up now." Tuffnut said, before quieting down.

Hicca looked back at the Academy and noticed some more people coming in. "Hang on." She brought out her spyglass again. She saw a very familiar old man joining the group down below. "Mildew." She hissed. When the Dragon Riders saw Mildew on the Outcast ship the day Alvin kidnapped Meatlug, it was clear that the old man was still working with the Outcasts and on his own free will. It didn't take long for Hiccup to realised that he'd been duped by Mildew back when he was kidnapped by Alvin and that the Outcast chief now knew some tricks on taming dragons. Hicca is not one to hate on other people, but Mildew is one of the rare exceptions.

She then saw some soldiers walking in, who weren't dressed in Outcast armour. "Wait a minute. Those look like Berserker soldiers." Then to her horror, she watched as Dagur the Deranged walked in a shook Alvins' hand. "Oh, no! Dagur! Dagur, Alvin and the Skrill? This definitely does not look good."

Inside the Arena, the young Berserker chief watched the Skrill struggling in its' chains with awe and admiration. "The Skrill, dragon of my people." The Skrill then gave out a loud roar. "So beautiful! So supple! So furious!"

Mildew, however, wasn't so impressed by the dragon. "The only thing a dragon understands is a staff to the snout." With that, he raised his staff, preparing to hit the Skrill until Dagur stopped him.

"Touch him with that stick and I'll make you eat it." Dagur threatened, making Mildew lower his staff. "You have no idea what you're dealing with, do you? Because if you did, you'd have this dragon safely out of the storm."

"And why is that?" Mildew challenged.

"He draws his power from lightning…" Dagur informed him before he scrunched his nose in disgust. "...smelly old man."

Mildew scoffed at the fact. "Bah, that's nothing but an old dragon's tale."

As if to prove Dagurs' point, the Skrill started drawing lightning from the clouds, causing the soldiers standing near it to move away.

Dagur calmly step back, just before the Skrill struck Mildew with a lightning bolt. "Man, I love it when I'm right."

Getting struck by lightning seemed to have given Mildew the same effect Snotlout got; speaking gibberish.

Dagur then walked to the restrained Skrill, who has now been shoved into a cage. "Not to worry, baby." Dagur said, putting a hand on the snout as the Skrill glared at him. "When we get you all harnessed up, you'll be free to strike anyone you want. Or, more precisely, anyone I want." He cackled.

Having overheard this, Alvin decided to step in. "Ah, the Skrill isn't yours yet, Dagur. You'll get your prize, but only after you fulfill the terms of our deal."

The Berserker chief simply stared at the Outcast chief before walking away.

"Remind me again why we're dealing with this lunatic." Savage asked Alvin in a low voice so that Dagur wouldn't hear.

"His knowledge of the Skrill and the size of his fleet." Alvin answered, also in a low voice. "We need both to make sure we reclaim Berk. After we have, we'll dispose of 'em all."

Hicca, Ruffnut and Tuffnut (who finally got himself out of the tree) watched from the cliffs. "We have to go down and find out what Dagur and Alvins' plans are." Hicca said to the Thorston twins "I can't go, they'd recognize me in a second. Ruff?"

"Outcast food gives me gas." Ruffnut said.

"What does that have to do with-" Hicca started to question before shaking her head. "Nevermind." She then turned to Tuffnut. "Okay, Tuff! Looks like you're up. You just need to go there, find out what they're going to do and get out of there without being seen."

Tuffnut was definitely ready for this. "Way ahead of you. I'll move like the wind." He started climbing down the cliff. "They won't even see me coming!" He suddenly slipped and fell, tumbling down the cliff while screaming. Hicca winced at that. So much for being sneaky.

And if that wasn't bad enough, Tuffnut landed right in front of an Outcast soldier guarding the Academy! "Oh! That was great!" Tuffnut groaned.

"Halt! What are you doing there? And who are you?" The Outcast guard demanded, pointing his weapon at Tuffnut.

"Who am I?" Tuffnut repeated, stalling as he tried to come up with a fake name. "I'm, uh… I'm Buffnut." He said getting up. "Yep! That's it! Berserker Buffnut 'BB,' they call me. Ol' Buffynut. I was sent by Dagur to check your defenses. Yep! I gotta check 'em out. See if they're strong."

Thankfully, the guard bought it. "Oh, yes! Yes, sir!" He said, straightening up. "I'm ready for anything."

Looks like Alvin needs to re-evaluate his soldiers.

"Okay. Good!" Tuffnut said, walking around the guard with his arms folded back. "Now, where's the big meeting? You know, the pow wow."

"You mean Alvin and Dagur?" The guard questioned in confusion.

"Did you seriously just ask me that, soldier?" Tuffnut challenged, step closer to the guard with a glare. "If you think I know the answer, you are sorely mistaken, mister. Did you just ask me that? I've forgotten."

The poor Outcast had no idea how to answer that. "Uh, so do you want to know?"

"Don't sass me!" Tuffnut retorted. "I'm still talking about whether or not you did seriously just ask me that!"

The guard decided to just give him the answer. "Alvin's throne room. Just opposite the harbor. They're celebrating the treaty, sir."

Tuffnut then stepped back, calming down. "Awesome. Ju... uh, just... uh, stand there, at attention. Straight... straight back." He said, making the Outcast stand straighter. "A healthy spine is a happy spine. My fine fellow."

"Yes, sir!" The guard said, maintaining his posture.

As Tuffnut walked away, the Outcast guard breathed a sigh of relief and slouched a little. 'Those Berserkers definitely earned their title. They are all insane!' The guard thought.

Tuffnut snuck into the throne room undetected and found Alvin the Treacherous and Dagur the Deranged sitting across from each other at a round table. "All right, Dagur. Let's talk strategy." Alvin said.

"Ooh! Strategy! Strategy! I love strategy!" Dagur exclaimed with crazed excitement. "You first."

"Fine. My fleet will lead…" Alvin started to explain, before Dagur cut him off.

"Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Let me stop you there, big boy." Dagur said, getting up. He then picked up a sword and swung it around. "Try this on for size. My fleet, led by the glorious Skrill, will lay siege to the dragon training arena…" He swiped his sword again. "Gah! and incapacitate Hiccup Hicca and their Night Furies. While you and your little fleet of rejects blockade their harbor."

Instead of getting angered, the Outcast chief simply chuckled. "I don't think so, Dagur."

That's when Tuffnut snuck in and spied on them. His eyes then widened when something caught his eye. "Whoa!" Except what got his attention wasn't Alvin or Dagur or any of the soldiers in the room. What caught his attention was the vast amount of food spread out on the table. He slowly made his way to the buffet while Alvin continued talking.

"First, I get Berk. Then, and only then, do you get the Skrill." The Outcast chief said firmly.

"Really?" Dagur challenged with a glare.

"Yeah." Alvin replied, returning the glare.

Dagur then had a look of nonchalance on his face. "Geez, Al. Don't get your skivvies in a bunch. Fine. We'll do it your way."

Giving one last glare to the younger chief, Alvin walked away. That's when Captain Vorg decided to approached Dagur. "Remind me why we're working with him again." The Captain asked his chief in a low voice.

"Because we want that Skrill." Dagur answered also in a low voice. "Once we have it, we'll dispose of him. And I was thinking, there are some really, really fun ways we could do that-"

The sudden smacking sounds caught Dagurs' attention as he looked around the room with a glare. "Who is smacking their food!" Dagur demanded. "I h-hate smacking! My father used to smack!"

His eyes found the culprit; Tuffnut. "Sorry. I hate it when my mouth does that." He said sheepishly, finding the food behind his back. He then pointed to his mouth. "Cut it out, mouth!" He then pointed to his nose. "Shut up, nose!" He gave out a nervous chuckle. "They don't like each other."

A second later Dagur held a sword inches away from Tuffnuts' neck. "Who are you?" The older teen demanded.

Tuffnut gulped nervously. "Uh, me? I'm, uh... I'm Buffnut. You know, Buffnut the Berserker." He answered.

Dagur raised his eyebrows in surprise. "You're one of mine? What were you doing back there?"

Tuffnut struggled to find a good answer. "Uh, well, I was, uh, composing a poem in honor of your new deal with Alvin, and I got hungry, 'cause poetry is very exhausting. Geez, you gotta have a little something every six lines."

"A poem, eh?" Dagur asked intrigued, as he lowered his sword. "Let me hear it. If I like it, I won't chop your legs off. Now!"

That made Tuffnut even more nervous. Why did he had to say he was composing poetry? "Uh… Okay, yeah, definitely need those legs for the running and walking stuff." He stalled as he tried to think of a good poem.

There once was a village called Berk,

Run by a big Viking jerk.

Blasting him would be thrilling, then you'd go a-skrilling,

And show us how to be... berserk?

Dagur paused as he thought about the poem. "I... would go... a-skrilling?" He said. He then gave out a laugh. "I like it! You can keep your legs! In fact, yak ribs and burly cakes for my friend, Buffnut!" He ordered another soldier for his new "friend". "But no smacking. I hate, hate smacking!" He warned.

The Berserker chief walked away, allowing Tuffnut to breathe a sigh of relief, happy that he got to keep his legs and eat more food.

Unfortunately that moment of relief was over when Mildew walked to the table for more food. He dropped his plate when he saw Tuffnut and the youngers' boys eyes widened when he saw the former Berkian man.

Mildew tried to alert the two chiefs about the spy, but he was still experiencing side-effects from getting struck by the thunder-bolt that he could only speak gibberish.

"Oh, what is your village babbler going on about now?" Dagur asked in annoyance.

Tuffnut shoved the old man out of the way as he tried to take the attention away from Mildew. "Uh, so did I mention how much I hate Berk? Hey, directions to Berk! North till you smell it, west till you step in it. Am I right, people? Come on." That joked caused everyone in the room, except for Mildew, to laugh.

The old man got up and tried warning everyone again, causing Tuffnut to shove him away again. "Great idea, babbler! A song! I should sing a song. So..".

Hooligan tribe, won't you come out tonight

Come out tonight, come out tonight

Hooligan tribe, won't you come out tonight

Or die by the light of the moon

Oh, by the light of the moon

Oh, by the light of the moon

Remember to use your fork and your knife

And also use your spoon

His distraction work as everyone continued to laugh. But it didn't deter Mildew as he tried again, only to have Tuffnut once again push him away. "Nobody likes a heckler."

Try as Mildew did, no one would listen to him as he continued to blather on in gibberish. Everyone ignored the old man and celebrated the new treaty with the Outcasts and the Berserkers. Making sure everyone was distracted, Tuffnut quietly snuck out and when back to the cliffs where Hicca, Ruffnut, Midnight, Barf and Belch were waiting for him.

"The plan is to smash those dirty Berkians to pieces with both fleets!" Tuffnut explained, clearly into his undercover role. "It's gonna be awesome."

Hicca just stared at the blonde boy. Clearly he forgot something. "Yeah, it would be awesome, except for the fact that we're the Berkians they're planning to smash." She pointed out.

"Oh, right." Tuffnut said. "Still gonna be awesome."

Hicca then got up and thought about the situation. "Two fleets and a Skrill are gonna be pretty tough to beat." She said to the blonde twins.

"No, Alvin has made it pretty clear. Dagur doesn't get the Skrill until after they destroy Berk." Tuffnut corrected "I think they have trust issues."

Hicca then got a thought. "Wait, what did you just say?" She asked.

"I said they have trust issues." Tuffnut answered.

"No, you said 'Dagur doesn't get the Skrill until after the attack.'" Hicca said, as an idea formed in her mind. "Don't you see? That Skrill is what's keeping the Outcasts and the Berserkers together. If we take away the Skrill, then we'll take away their alliance! And with no alliance, they won't invade Berk! Tuff, you need to go to the Arena and distract the guards. Midnight and I will free that Skrill."

"Uh, hang on a sec. I'm pretty sure Dagur threatened to cut my legs off." Tuffnut informed the two girls.

"So?" Ruffnut asked nonchalantly.

"Just wanted to get that out there." Tuffnut said. The two girls just stared at him. When he saw that the fact wasn't going to help him, Tuffnut got up. Ah, fine! I'm going. And my legs are on your head." He then paused and thought about his last sentence. "But not... I mean, not... you know what I'm saying. You'll be thinking about these legs if I... lose 'em."

The two teens split up with Ruffnut staying behind with Barf and Belch.

Midnight and Hicca slowly made their way to the Arena, being extra careful not to be spotted. They climb up on the roof of the Arena and looked down the entrance where they saw the guards knocked down. "Okay, not what I was expecting Tuffnut to do, but that works to." Hicca said to Midnight, impressed that the Thorston boy got the job done fast. The girl and dragon then made their way into the Arena.

Unbeknownst to Hicca, however, Tuffnut actually got side-tracked from his job when he met up with some soldiers from the feast. They encouraged him to tell them some more jokes about Berk, which Tuffnut was more than happy to do.

"Okay, okay, okay, okay. I-I got another one." Tuffnut said to the crowd. "How do you get a one-armed Berkian out of a tree?"

"How?" The audience asked.

"You wave." Tuffnut said, waving his hand, causing the soldiers to laugh. "That's assuming that he isn't just sitting on a branch." He quickly added.

"Ah, you kill us, Buffnut." One of the Outcast soldiers said.

"Oh, stop!" Tuffnut said, swatting the air. "You... you guards... you guys are just saying that." He then thought of what he said. "I almost said 'guards.' Wait. Guards? Aren't I supposed to be doing something with guards?" He then remembered what he was supposed to do and immediately rushed out, much to the soldiers dismay.

"Oh, hey, don't leave!"

"Oh, tell the one about the Viking girl with the woolly igloo."

The soldiers called out to Tuffnut, but the Thorston boy paid no attention to them as he raced to the Arena, hoping he wasn't too late.

After making sure the coast is clear, Hicca and Midnight walked to the cage with the Skrill in it, only to be surprised to find that the door is opened and the dragon is gone. "What? Where'd the Skrill go?" Hicca wondered.

"Oh, good." Tuffnut called as he ran up to Hicca and Midnight. "I thought I was too late." Tuffnut panted. "Nice job with those guards, by the way. Didn't know you had it in you."

"What do you mean?" Hicca asked. "You weren't the one who took out those guards? And where's the Skrill?"

The blonde boy looked at the cage and found it empty. "Uh-oh."

"Uh, yeah, 'uh-oh.'" Hicca said, getting a bad feeling.

"Well, if you don't have the Skrill, and I don't have the Skrill, then who has the Skrill?"

Suddenly the two teens and Night Fury heard shouts coming right outside the Arena. "Come on!" Hicca urged. She, Tuffnut and Midnight managed to hide just before the Outcasts soldiers came inside.

They too noticed the empty cage.

"The Skrill is gone! Sound the alarm!"

"Tuff, you go get Ruff." Hicca ordered. "Midnight and I are gonna try and find that Skrill before Dagur does." Though something told her that she may be too late for that, she was hoping she was wrong.

Hicca and Midnight flew into the air, while Tuffnut snuck out on foot. All three of them made it out undetected.

Hicca and Midnight flew the sea stacks surrounding the island and hid themselves behind one of them when they spotted a Berserker ship and an Outcast ship facing each other, each with their respective chief on board. "Going somewhere, Dagur?" Alvin demanded in a growl.

"I go where I want, Alvin." Dagur retorted.

"Not with our Skrill, you don't." Alvin said.

"It's not yours. It was never yours." Dagur informed the Outcast chief. "Hello! It's on my belt buckle. It's on my sail, my shields!"

"We had a deal, Dagur!" Alvin reminded the boy.

"Yeah, uh, about that deal, I just changed the terms." Dagur said with a smirk. He then brought out his sword and sliced a rope behind him that was a sheet up. That sheet dropped revealing the Skrill muzzled and tied up with two Berserkers on the deck, each holding a rope to keep the Skrill in place.

Alvin narrowed his eyes into slits and took out his own sword. He then jumped from the Outcast ship to the Berserker ship to face Dagur. "I'll cut you to pieces!" He roared. He struck Dagur with the flat part of his sword, sending the younger boy down.

"You'll try!" Dagur said, getting up. He was ready to fight.

The two chiefs then got in an intense sword-fight, neither one of them backing down so soon. While Dagur proven to be faster than Alvin, the latter has proven to be stronger and soon had the former pinned to his own mast by sword.

"Give me back my Skrill!" Alvin demanded.

"It was never your Skrill, Alvin." Dagur retorted. With that, he managed to shove Alvin back. "It's ours! It's always been ours!"

The two got locked in yet another intense sword-to-sword combat. Hicca and Midnight could only watch the fight unfold from the sea-stack they were hiding behind.

"Take that!" Take that Dagur exclaimed, sending a kick to Alvins' face. But Alvin was not one to give up that easily and fought back, disarming Dagur. He then swung the sword at Dagur, but the Berserker chief dodged each swing and rolled away.

"You can't run forever, boy!" Alvin said, glaring at the boy.

Dagur stood right where the Skrill was being held. Realising what their chief is planning to do, the two Berserker soldiers let go of their ropes, allowing Dagur to hold it instead and control the Skrill. "Oh, I think it's time you did some running."

He then yanked on the ropes, causing the Skrill to fire a lightning bolt at Alvin. The Outcast chief managed to dodge just in time, but Dagur continued to get the Skrill to fire at Alvin. Then one lightning bolt caused Alvin to jump off the ship and into the water."Whoa-ho-ho-ho." Dagur chuckled enjoying his new power. "Tired of running? Wanna try swimming? That won't work either."

He then gave a wicked grin as he got a golden idea. He yanked at the ropes again causing the Skrill to charge up. Realising what Dagur is going to do, Alvin dived deep under water, hoping to get to safety in time. The Skrill then fired another lightning bolt into the sea. The sea was filled with massive amounts of lightning coursing through. An attack of that magnitude would be difficult for Alvin or anyone to survive.

The Outcasts eyes widened as they looked for any signs that their chief may still be alive.

"Well, that takes care of that." Dagur said turning around. Several Outcasts soldiers then jumped aboard Dagurs' ship to attack him with Savage leading the group. Dagur calmly turned to the group "Savage, I have a one-time offer for you and your men." He said. "You can join me, or you can join Alvin. Your choice."

The Outcasts looked at the sea where dead fishes started emerging. The definitely did not want to end up there and if their chief is gone then they don't have to worry about him coming after them for switching sides. So they decided to stand by Dagur the Deranged, their new chief.

"Outcasts, Berserkers and a Skrill, all under Dagurs' control." Hicca said to Midnight. "Midnight, we need to stop them."

While Hicca thought over a plan to stop Dagur, the young Berserker chief was over-looking all preparations made for their invasion to Berk.

"The fleet is ready to sail to Berk...Sir." Savage reported.

"Excellent!" Dagur said smirking. "Now that this whole Alvin thing is behind us, we can lure Hicca, Hiccup and their Night Furies into battle!"

They were then taken by surprised when a plasma blast was shot near them, making them look up to the sky. "Why wait Dagur when you can fight half of that group right now?" Hicca called.

"Hicca." Dagur growled, glaring at the Haddock girl.

"I thought we could settle this like real Vikings, just you and me." Hicca challenged. "Unless you're scared you'll get beaten by a girl, again."

She succeeded in riling him up, as the deranged teen clearly accepted the challenge. "Sir, don't let her bait you. We have the advantage in numbers." Savage advised.

But that didn't work. "Just keep an eye on her brother and his Night Fury." Dagur ordered, shoving Savage aside.

He then brought out his most dangerous weapon; the Skrill. "Me and my Skrill against you and your Night Fury?" He tugged at the ropes, causing the Skrill to charge up. "I like those odds." He then yanked on the ropes, causing the Skrill to fire a blast at Midnight. "Take that!" Luckily Midnight dodged the blast and they flew off. The Skrill flew after them, carrying Dagur along as the Berserker chief held on to the ropes.

"Oh, ho, ho, ho!" Dagur taunted as he continued to make the Skrill fired blast after blast at the female Night Fury. Hicca and Midnight landed on the edge of one cliff, while the Skrill hovered making Dagur stand on the edge of another cliff facing opposite of the two girls. "Want to see superior warrior-ness? Just keep watching!"

"Really, Dagur? Cause I'm looking and I don't see any superior warrior-ness." Hicca retorted. She then saw her opportunity. "Midnight, plasma blast!" The female Night Fury fired at the Skrill, but it didn't have any effect with the lightning coursing through the wild dragons' body.

Dagur laughed at that. "That's it? Huh! I was hoping for something more challenging."

"Careful what you wish for Dagur." Hicca advised. Midnight fired some more plasma blasts at the Skrill, but again no effect.

Dagur tugged at the rope, making the Skrill charge up for one strong blast. "Your twin really isn't here, is he?" He suddenly asked. "There is no way he would wait this long to attack while you're facing the enemy." He then laughed like a maniac. "Oh this is priceless! Imagine his face when I invade Berk and tell what happened to his beloved sister! Any last words, Hicca?"

While he was talking, Hicca noticed Dagur stepped on a puddle of water. She smiled as she saw the perfect opportunity. When asked for any last words, she shrugged. "I got nothing. How 'bout you, girl?"

Midnight noticed the same thing her human did and responded by firing another plasma blast at the Skrill. This time it sent all the built up electricity through the ropes and straight to Dagur, electrocuting him. The contact with his feet and the water intensified the electrocution, causing Dagur to let go of the ropes. Dazed and completely out of it, the Berserker chief started blathering in gibberish, before he fell to the ground.

"And that puts an end to the Berkian invasion." Hicca said, grinning in triumph. But her moment of victory was short-lived when Midnight dodged another lightning bolt, from the Skrill. Finally free from restraints, the Skrill decided to let out all the rage he built up over the hours of being captured. And it looks like the dragon is going to take it out on Hicca and Midnight. "And brings us back to the Skrill on the loose problem." Hicca sighed as Midnight flew off, with the Skrill right on her tail.

Midnight raced through the ocean, hoping to shake off the Skrill. Hicca looked back and saw that they didn't have any luck. "We need to lose him." Hicca said to Midnight. The female Night Fury agreed. She then spotted an iceberg ahead and got an idea. "Actually, scratch that. We need him to follow us."

She then guided Midnight to fly in the direction of the iceberg with the Skrill close behind. Once the three of them got there, the Skrill fired a lightning bolt which missed Midnight and Hicca but hit a part of the iceberg, causing it to crash down. Both dragons avoided the landslide and Midnight continued to dodge more lightning bolts. That's when Hicca saw a cut at the glacier which looked big enough for Midnight and her to fit through. "There, Midnight! Go into the cut in the glacier!" Midnight dived into the cut with the Skrill following suit. The wild dragon continued to chase the Night Fury and the human through the tunnels until it reached a cavern. The Skrill looked around the cavern for the girl and the dragon until it spotted them. The dragon charged at them with full speed, only to slam into an ice wall!

"That'll teach you not to mess with a Haddock twin." Hicca said to the Skrill from the opposite side of the cavern, revealing that the wall the Skrill slammed into was actually showing a reflection of Hicca and Midnight. (A/N: Credit for that line goes to Arwen the Storyteller and Rachel who have both suggested similar lines in my reviews)

The two girls flew out of the cavern through an opening from above. Midnight was just about to fire a plasma blast at the opening to seal the Skrill in when she was interrupted by a small and harmless explosion.

"Hey, why do you get to have all the fun?" Tuffnut called as he, Ruffnut, Barf and Belch flew to the scene.

"Yeah, this job was made for us."

"Be my guests." Hicca said as Midnight made way for the Zippleback.

Excitedly, Ruff and Tuff had their dragon fill the opening with Zippleback gas before sparking it, causing icy cold water to fill the tavern and seal the Skrill in an ice-block once again.

Hicca smiled as she watched the sun starting rise in the horizon, marking the start of a new day. "Guys, let's go home."

"Thought you'd never ask." Ruffnut said happily.

"I am gonna miss some of those Outcast guys." Tuffnut said as the three teens flew back to Berk on their dragons. "Thought they could really carry a tune."

"I know, right?" Ruffnut agreed

Hooligan tribe, won't you come out tonight

come out tonight, come out tonight...

"Uh, they could carry a tune, not you." Ruffnut commented.

A/N: Surprise! I bet you guys weren't expecting this chapter to be too different, did you? Hicca going on her own was an idea I had for a really long time that's why this chapter is one of my favorite chapters to write. I hope you guys liked it. I know there were some of you who wanted Hicca and Midnight to get captured by Alvin at the end of the last chapter, but I was already settled with my first choice. Hope this chapter makes up for that! Thank you again for your suggestions and I do try to incorporate them as much as I can.

Also don't forget to vote on my poll. It's open until the end of 'Defenders of Berk'. Until next time!