That night, Hiccup and Astro had decided to observe the island that was inhabited by Typhoomerangs, but also wasn't infested with eels. Hiccup told them of the time the twins had forced her to eat an eel and became so dangerous that even she was harmed by the side effects the eel had on her.

Everyone was kneeling on a whirled burn mark that a Typhoomerang had made about an hour earlier. Hiccup was in a nearby tree, staring in the direction of Outcast Island, as this island was between Outcast Island and Berk, so she would surely see them if they tried anything tonight.

Fishlegs pointed all over the scorch mark and explained, "Just by the depths and slants of certain places of the scorch mark, you can determine which direction the fire was shot from, and which direction the dragon went.

Astro nodded in amazement. He was really interested with anything that involved fire and weapons, anything that could be useful in battle, so this fact easily caught his attention.

Snotlout just shook his head. He always hated it when Fishlegs just had to show off his know-it-all skills to everyone.

Tuffnut and Ruffnut began to argue over which direction it went. All the other teens could hear was "It went north!" "No, you muttonhead! It went east! It's so obvious that it went east!" "Then how come it's deeper in the south!" "You're really going blind! The deepest part is west!" Even Hiccup was having trouble focusing on her current task.

Tuffnut shoved his sister away as he laughs, "You know what? I don't even need to look at the mark to tell where it went! I already know!"

Hiccup groaned as she gave up on trying to focus. Surely she would hear the Outcasts if they were coming, so she looked to Tuffnut, "And where, Tuffnut, is the Typhoomerang going?"

Tuffnut turned to face Hiccup, "Oh, it's not going. It's coming, this way, right at you! DUCK!"

Hiccup turned around and dove into the leaves of the tree just before a Typhoomerang jaw snapped shut. Hiccup peeked out and shouted, "Get to your dragons! Take to the sky!"

Everyone quickly mounted their dragons and flew away. Hiccup ran up to Toothless and took a moment to look back at the Typhoomerang. It turned out, the dragon was only hunting a wild deer. Hiccup sighed with relief, and joined the other riders.

Just as the riders were below the clouds, Jack flew in front of Hiccup and pointed down, "Hiccup, your dad is dangerously close. You guys need to fly up in the clouds! I'll channel the wind to clear a path for you."

Hiccup looked down to Stoick as the chief flew along the water. "Astro, you take the controls. I'm gonna lead my dad away. If I don't come back in ten minutes, it means I was caught and I won't be joining you guys tomorrow night."

Astro jumped off of Stormfly and switched places with Hiccup on Toothless' saddle. Hiccup flew down.

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Hiccup flew in front of Stoick and lead him to Dragon Island. Hiccup flew through the trees and caves until she reached a clearing. She climbed into one of the trees and waited for Stoick to appear.

Stoick arrived shortly. He dismounted his dragon and scanned the clearing for a few moments. Hiccup thought Stoick had given up after two minutes of silence until Stoick cupped his hands around his mouth, "Hiccup, I know you're out there! Just come out!"

Hiccup sighed. There was no way out of it this time. She slowly climbed down from the tree and walked to her father.

Stoick sighed as he recited, "Hiccup, you were right in front of me at the docks when I specifically said, 'There is a ban on flying.'"

Hiccup sighed. "I know how the ban works."

"You always have to go against my orders."

"I'm trying to keep us safe!"

"That's what I'm doing."

"You can't see through dense clouds or hear quiet noises!"

"I have Thornado!"

"But you can't understand him! Even if he does see something, how can he tell you?"

"He'll take me to them!"

"You're too stubborn to let him!"

"And this makes you above my rule?"

"I don't want to go back!"

"What?"

"I just learned how to be myself without being judged for it! But with this stupid ban... it's like bring judged all over again!" Hiccup didn't want to, but she started to cry.

Stoick sighed and rested his hand on Hiccup's shoulder. "Hiccup... I don't want things to be that way again. I want you to be yourself... But I also want you to be safe. That is why I banned flying. I just want to make sure that nothing happens to you. I want to keep you safe."

Hiccup smiled through her tears. She wiped her tears with her sleeve.

Stoick hugged Hiccup tightly.

Jack watched from nearby. With a smile on his face, he flew back to Astro and explained that Hiccup wouldn't be joining them tomorrow night.

The riders flew home and went to sleep. Astro let Toothless into the hut before Stoick and Hiccup could arrive, and returned to his hut.

000

Stoick and Hiccup entered their house and went to bed. Hiccup lay in her bed, thinking about what Stoick said, and decided that he was right. Hiccup went to sleep.

000

Toothless woke up as he heard a strange noise somewhere downstairs. Seeming as he was awake, Toothless looked out the ceiling door, at the cloudy sky. He still wanted one thing, to meet his mother again. He had been taken from her shortly after he was born. He had never even seen his mother's face.

"Don't worry, Mother. I will find you... I promise."

000

Jack hovered in front of the Great Hall, looking at the statues that stood on both sides of the doors. Jack was tempted to frost them, but he refused. Winter wasn't for a while now, and frosting the statues would bring chaos to the village.

Jack heard a strange noise by the Haddock's house. When he turned to the house, he saw someone climbing out the ceiling door. Jack immediately realised that someone had broken into their house, as the human was a boy.

Jack flew after the intruder, chasing him through the forest. Jack easily lost track of the boy as he flew through the dense trees. Thinking the boy was running to the other side of the island, Jack flew farther.

The intruder smiled as Jack flew over him. The intruder was a boy. The boy had brown, messy hair and emerald eyes. His body build looked somewhat weak, but he still looked like a tough kid. The boy ran back to the village to hide.