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Special thanks to HurryPollo for editing.

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Ch. 14: Jailbreak

What took you so long? The Gronckle asked, as Hiccup approached the ring quietly. The party was going full swing in the great hall, and everyone but Hiccup was in there, drinking ale and swapping stories.

"Sorry, I had to say goodbye to my father, and get some things," Hiccup whispered, hoping the Gronckle could hear him. He set down his travel bag, and opened the gate to the arena as quietly as he could, as well as the secondary gate.

The Nightfury came by hours ago, to give us the signal, the Zippleback said groggily, we were starting to think you'd been caught and burned alive.

"Why would they burn me alive?" Hiccup asked, throwing up the levers to the Gronckle's and Nadder's cages, thanking Gobber silently for oiling the mechanism. The man hated the sound of screeching metal as much as he hated taking a bath.

It doesn't hurt to hope.

"You know, I could just leave you," Hiccup hissed as the two headed beast walked out of its cage.

He left the cage doors open, as well as the arena's, and followed the dragons out, grabbing his bag on the way. He checked to make sure there wasn't anything incriminating in the ring, and then turned to the dragons. With luck most of the villagers would think that a drunkard released the dragons, though he doubted that would happen.

"Alright," Hiccup whispered, turning to the five (six if he counted the Zippleback as two separate entities) dragons, "you guys are free to do whatever you want. Me and Tooth- the Nightfury are going to head out to meet the Queen tonight. If you want to fly with us, meet us over by that cliff, if not, well, have at it," Hiccup said, then threw his bag over his shoulder.

Thank you human, The Gronckle said, I for one will be traveling with you, I'll meet you later.

Yeah, I'll be going as well. The Nadder said, cocking its head to one side.

I don't have anything better to do. The Monstrous Nightmare said, giving the dragon equivalent of a shrug.

Don't count us out either! The Zippleback heads said in unison.

"You're all coming with us?" Hiccup said, not sure how to feel, "Alright then, I'll see you later. I guess."

The dragons and he all said their farewells, and Hiccup made his way into the forest to meet up with Toothless.

He found the dragon sitting in the same place he had been knocked down not two weeks ago.

Funny how time went, it almost felt like a year ago to him.

"All the others are meeting up by the cliff face," Hiccup said, attaching the bag onto the saddle, and pulling himself up.

Toothless flicked his ears fins in surprise, I wonder why they all decided to come?

"Beats me, maybe they're just returning to their Queen?"

I get the funny feeling that they aren't. Nice hat by the way.

"Thanks, it was a gift, let's get going," Hiccup said, unfurling the tail fin.

The two flew up into the night sky to meet up with the other dragons.

The two Zippleback's were arguing about directions, while the Nadder and the Gronckle seemed to just enjoy being able to fly freely again.

"Where's the Monstrous Nightmare?" Hiccup asked as they glided up, the only thing visible in the darkness were the dragons' eyes.

He wanted to eat something before we left The Gronckle said.

Hiccup glanced over at the town immediately.

Don't worry human, I just went and caught some fish, the deep voice of the Monstrous Nightmare said, flying up, I'm not stupid enough to get caught again.

"Right, we're all here," Hiccup said, "let's get going," he turned sharply in his saddle to the Zippleback, "you two, stop arguing will you? Just follow us. You're just as bad a Ruff and Tuff, I swear."

Who are they? One of the heads asked as the group set off.

"The two trainees with the really long, blond hair."

I liked them, the other head said happily.

Hiccup didn't comment on that, and focused on staying in tune with Toothless. He couldn't see at all this late into the night, and had to rely on his connection with the dragon to know how to fly.

The group flew in general silence, the Nadder humming one of her tunes as they went. The entire air was filled with a general high spirit feeling, radiating from the newly freed dragons.

Hiccup, however, was filled with fear and dread.

Anxiety of what the future might hold.

Fear of not being able to stop the transformation.

The Dread of meeting the Dragon Queen.

However, as afraid as Hiccup was, he knew he was on the right path.

He was rising to meet his destiny.

It would be a long, arduous journey.

This was only the first step.

A/N: We've officially made it to the end of part one! Hurray!

This story is LONG, as I have warned you before, and i'm going to break it up into parts. This chapter concludes the first part, Tales of Berk. The second part will be posted next Thursday/Friday per the usual but as a separate story, titled Tales of the Berserker Isle, by me of coarse :D

I want to give some special thanks to some people before we move on to the next section.

First, of coarse, is HurryPollo,

She motivated me not only to write and publish this story, but has also edited all of the chapters, helped me develop the story, make the cover art, suffered through all night sessions of plot talk, and dealt with me rambling on about a million things in general. She's been a real driving force behind this whole story and if you guys get the chance, send her a PM to thank her. Because she deserves a lot of credit for making this story.

Second, Denis.d2505;

He's only reviewed twice, but following the first post we had a long discussion that really made me thankful for how awesome people in the HTTYD fandom can be. The second post actually pointed out a small plot hole, and made me go back and look over the second part, inspiring a whole rewrite of the second part, and the small scene with Astrid and Ruffnut in the previous chapter. I'm looking forward to hearing more of your story ideas, if you'll share them, and I wish you good luck with your own writing.

Third, K-chan's Kisses;

For reviewing on EVERY chapter that one day as you read them. You have no idea what it felt like to check my email that one day and have 11 reviews sitting in my inbox. Me and HurryPollo literally had a freak attack when we saw them, we didn't know what to do. I don't remember if you replied back to me, but thanks all the same.

Thanks of coarse to everyone else who reviewed! and to all you silent folk that didn't. At the posting of this chapter there are 96 followers; a number that is way more than I ever thought I would get for this story. (like seriously my expectation was 10 followers- you guys are awesome)

It was wonderful sharing this part with all of you, i'll see you next week in the second part:Tales of the Berserker Isle

-darkmickyangel