(A/N: I mentioned before Chapter 6: Dragon's Edge of Curse of the Emperor's Sword that the Dragon's Edge was hidden from view from the Hooligans and all those who oppose Draconia, well no thanks to the fact that the Map was stolen by them of all people; that's exactly what led Draconia to being left in ruins. No matter, the Book of Dragons will be reclaimed one way or another. This Chapter ain't a good one because I never did plan it out like this, more on that when the end comes. But still, like always: Enjoy!)

At the Dragon's Edge, the rain from the long night has passed and was now cloaked with an small drenched mist that surrounded the Outpost. The Knights and Dragons were all kept warm and dry from the overcast of clouds that cleared up from the passing storm, revealing the moon that shined down on the Island. No matter and regardless of the rain that soaked the Dragon's Edge in a shower of the God of Thunder's Chariot through the skies of the Archipelago, the Pendulum Guards always and continued to keep watch of what was in front of them in the far distance. The Sentinels always stood close to the Guardians and never once left their side, for they were the ones who scouted up ahead and alerted them to the incoming ships that entered their seas

But as the hours come and pass like the calm waters that was apart of the Archipelago and apart of Midgard as a whole, as the sun was beginning to rise above the horizon; the Night Terrors had flocked in alert and the Thunderear had begun to sound as there was an incoming fleet of Hooligan Longships heading this way. The Pendulum Guardians were the first to be notified and turned to the General who was speaking with the Timberjack Rider

"Hooligan Longships coming this way, they're coming for the Book of Dragons; we're providing defense for it right away, they will have not have it in their hands for long if we are unsucessful in defending the Book" The Pendulum Guard reported, Scorpio nodded

"Gather your friend and go with Tubison to the Ancient Island, alert Drayko that the Hooligans are attacking the Edge; we'll defend the line until you all return" The General ordered

"Yes General, we'll go on ahead to reach him early" The Timberjack Rider responded, running off to gather Tubison and the Snaptrapper Rider before taking off

In the meantime, the Knights were on the verge of setting up defenses and preparing for the battle that was about to emerge on the horizon; Stoick the Vast will not be denied his retribution for his son and neither will the Teens be denied of their own to rescue Fishlegs from these Devil Lovers, but it is their blind, arrogant and foolishness that will be their end nonetheless. So as the Knights on the Dragon's Edge were ready for battle to defend the Edge and defend the Book of Dragons by all means necessary until Drayko returns, the Hooligans Tribe were aboard their Longships and planning out their battle tactics and what they can use against them; Stoick being in command of this attack on the ones whom he had believed that they still had his son with them, only making him into a fool by leaving his remains on the battlefield with Red Death and making him think that Hiccup was dead. Now is the time for him to be guided by Odin and reclaim who he had lost, even if it meant going up against his wife that he loved so much

They were coming within range of the Dragon's Edge and they had their weapons armed, catapults loaded and cannons ready to fire and lay siege upon the second nest of the so-called "Devils" but this had made Stoick think to himself: How many nests have these Devils made? Because there was the one that they bombarded and left in ruins, and now they were about to take this one out. Whatever the answer might be, there will was simply no doubt about it that there was more than one because they will all be gone and these Knights will soon be out of the Archipelago once and for all; anyone who offers resistance in sympathy to these monsters are dealt with, no exceptions either. As they closed in on the Dragon's Edge, they awaited on Stoick's command as the 59 Year Old Chieftain whose red irish hair was becoming grey due to age; the Hooligan Chief raised his arm upwards before throwing it outwards towards their target. "Fire now!"

The Hooligan Longships fired their cannons and catapults towards the Dragon's Edge, slamming against the defensive walls that were built to withstand not only raids and bombardments; but also any incoming storms and tides that may cause this Outpost and the home to the Wild Dragons native to the Dragon's Edge to be no more. The Knights flew upwards into the skies and shot downwards towards the fleet, beginning another defensive battle against the Hooligans; for they have taken and left Draconia in smoking ruins, what they are doing now is but mere relentless assaults. The Knights will never be driven out of the Archipelago, for this is their home and the home of the Dragons that they love the most. The assault and attack on the Dragon's Edge was brutal but it was not so much as the battles against the evil Dragon Hunters that continue to raid their home, as it was the way of Ryker, Krogan and the Hunters United as a whole

Some of the Knights had anticipated this attack and began firing their Crossbow Shields towards the Vikings who threw their Axes and War Hammers, striking through their heads, legs and not even their hands were safe; the others rode upon their Dragons and used their fiery power to set them ablaze for the fate of the beasts they protect, the Hooligan Longships burned brightly and took their shipmate Vikings with them. Although they were not so easily repelled thanks to the anger of Stoick and the warpath that he takes all in the name of his Son, Fishlegs and his Wife who has long since lost her love for him no thanks to his selfish mistreatment towards her beloved child. They fought back fiercely and even more so as some of the Dragons were taken down, shot in midair and captured

However what they continue to fail is that whenever a Dragon falls, so does the many lives of the big and burly Hooligans that oppose them; such was the fates of those who took the Knights and their Dragons to be captured with them as prisoners, no Viking was left alive and neither were those who didn't take their Dragons down were spared of mercy. But as Stoick the Vast commanded his fleet of Hooligans Longships to send their men onto the Outpost to take the Book of Dragons away from the, the call of the Night Fury pierced through the earshots of many

"Night Fury!" A Viking had exclaimed in alert

"Get down!" Another commanded

The rage of the mystical black Dragon rained it's powerful Plasma Bolts down upon the fleet and the men who ran through the Outpost of the Dragon's Edge, bombing them all from the sky as the one and only Drayko Ryder appeared wielding the Nightbreaker in his hands; he leapt down from Toothless and joined his fellow Knights on the field as they made their attempt to prevent the Book of Dragons from being stolen. But Drayko was not alone as he had brought company in the form of many, many Dragons that had watched over his unconcious body following his duel with Snotbitch and flew with him to defend the Edge

Maria jumped from the rooftop of her Hut and fired off her ballista towards many of the Longships while Stormfly launched her spines to strike at their enemies' heads. Before long she took notice of Drayko's return and joined her lover on the field as her Nadder fired off streams of magnesium flares; Raedwit appeared from the smoke of the Zippleback Gas and impaled two of the shocked Hooligans who reacted too late to save themselves from the wrath of the Knights. Raijah on the other hand swung through the environment and spun his Phoenix Talons in a fiery cyclone of blazing chaos, setting the Vikings ablaze while the rest of the Knights joined in to defend the Dragon's Edge from the Hooligans

"By the shit 'ol brugordy, what is that?!" Bladehead yelled upon seeing the Ninjaken in Drayko's hands

"Nightbreaker: A Dark Forged sword that is said to become stronger in the night regardless of weather or not there is a moon, it's mysteries remain with Half-Darkbloods in the dusk of the moonlight. Simply put it's a Ninjaken, and it now belongs with me as it belonged with my Grandfather"

"Not anymore, it doesn't. Anything Bladehead sees, he wants to strengthen it even further beyond the limits" Raedwit replied

"Damn right laddie, it's staying with me for now" The Blacksmith answered

"You'll get your chance to do what you please with it soon, now let's take these Hooligans by their horned helmets. Even if I was a Viking, I wouldn't wear shit like that when fighting!"

Now together once again and reunited with the Huntress that he loved, Drayko and the Knights began to run through the Dragon's Edge and fight off any and all incoming forces of the Hooligans Tribe; however this was just a diversion to have them out of their way in stealing the Book of Dragons, Stoick and his best men have other plans for such a heist and attack like this. His men included Hoark the Haggard, Cleftjaw, Nozehair, Bucket, Mulch, Phelgma the Fierce and of course: Silent Sven, Berk's Shephard and a very strict man when it comes to his sheep. Although his name stated that he was silent, it would not be for very long...

HTTYD

Stoick and his men had broken through the defenses and fought with the Knights on the Dragon's Edge, fighting against these Riders who fought with their Volcanripper Metal weaponry and their armored Dragons that none of the Vikings could lay a single blow on them. Their weapons on the other hand proved to be stronger, more powerful and faster than their owns; even being enough to slice through their Gronckle Iron weapons. But none of this mattered to Stoick as he and his men charged right on through while some of his men foguht the Knights and the Dragons

Using his brute strength and sheer willpower, he broke through the defenses and used his unarmed punches and kicks to pass on ahead; although it was the Pendulum Guardians that gave him the most trouble as well as their Sentinel Dragons that none of the Hooligans had ever seen before, speaking of which there was lots and lots of Dragons that they've never fought against before. It seems like there's more than what they have to deal with, and that's exactly what they're gonna plan for when they return to Berk with the Book of Dragons in their hands

After breaking down the doors and into the large trapezoid and rectangular shaped fortress that served as the Main Building of the Dragon's Edge, the Hooligan Chieftain began to fight his way to where the Book was being kept guarded; though he suspected that it was hidden below, the Pendulum Guards came and surrounded him from everywhere as they spun their scythes around. "Cease Hostility!" They all yelled at him

"Move aside and tell me where my Son is, I will not have to continue this Raid any longer!" Stoick demanded, but it all fell on deaf ears as the Pendulum Guards stepped forward

"Cease your hostility now!" They gave him a final warning

"Over my resting place in Valhalla!" Stoick stubbornly refused

Now that it was clear that the Chieftain was seeking out his death wish without regard for his life and refusing to submit to them by calling of his raid, the Pendulum Guardians attacked as Stoick had to endure the pain of their spinning double bladed scythes. Nevertheless, he fought valiantly with his Axe in hand and Shield in the other; slashing and smacking them across while using his large fists to punch and kick them towards the walls, even using his hard skull to headbutt and subdue them before charging forward once again and coming down the stairs. Eventually making his way to where the Book of Dragons was kept, the same Book that was stolen by his son and reworked into this; if they were to have this in their hands then they would have the knowledge of how to defeat those Devils once and for all, but there was one last obstacle standing in his way: Jafaris Thornwhip

"Stand aside Devil Rider and I will not you share the fate of the monsters you protect like my traitorous wife" Stoick ordered

"You have caused enough attacks against us for a single day. You took our Kingdom but you will not take down the Dragon's Edge from us!"

With that declared, he activated his dual pair of spinning double bladed scythes as he ran forward to engage in combat with the Chieftain of the Hooligans. Stoick held up his Axe and came forward to strike as this skirmish between them began, but during this time the Chieftain's men had arrived just in time to aid him as they used this distraction to take the Book of Dragons with them; Stoick parried an blow and kicked Jafaris across the face before running off, taking the Book from his men before coming out of the fortress

"The Book is ours, we are returning to Berk right away so expect resistance to intercept us!" Stoick ordered to his men

"Yes Chief!" The Hooligan Vikings replied

While all of the Vikings retreated back to the Hooligan Longships in order to return to Berk, the Knights and Dragons did not stop once as they killed the remaining ones; spilling their blood on the grass and having their bodies burned alive. Drayko was furious and immediately mounted onto Toothless as the Alpha Night Fury commanded all Dragons to take their Riders and intercept them. "We can divert their route to the icy ravine at Wreck Reef, have the Draconia Naval Defense Fleet follow my lead and we can take the Book of Dragons back!" Drayko ordered to the other Knights, coming with a roar of warcries as they say things such as these

"To hell with those Vikings!"

"We're right behind you!"

"Death to the Hooligans!"

"I will make them pay for leaving Draconia in ruins!"

"They will fall with their leader!

"Arson take care of Jafaris and bring him aboard the fleet. General, you will go ahead of us to intercept them" He told his Medic before turning to Scorpio, they both nodded in response. The Leader of the Pendulum Guardians was hurt too bad, it was just that they were really wanting to get their Chieftain's son back; Drayko knew what Stoick was thinking and for once in his life as a Dragon Rider, he just didn't know what to do next. He's planned revenge against Stoick for a long time and he's made himself a gallery of enemies like the main threat: The Dragon Hunters, the Outcasts and the Berserkers who follow Savage. One of the Outcasts who acted like a prince to the late Alvin the Treacherous and proclaimed that he came from a Island named Knaff used Dragon Enraging powers to erupt chaos among the Archipelago while also sending those to attack Draconia

His name was Hroar and he was an tall and brawny teenager who had long tawny to peanut blonde hair that rested on his shoulders. He had blue eyes and wore black pants with brown with golden furry boots, an teal colored sleeveless tunic not only fell past his waist but also had silver scales around the A-Shirt (A/N: Short for "Athletic Shirt" due to seeing it in sports and other such shit like the Olympics for example) which went around to his back like an metal shoulder vest. He also had silver scale bracers with golden fur trims on both ends with an brown belt around his waist, sporting an red furry cape that went down to his leg pits. His skin color was an latte tan color. The studded helmet he wore featured Dragon fang shaped horns that curved downward before shooting upwards, slightly curving with an dual pronged trident on the front that also curved upwards towards the center. His Dragon Enraging powers involved chanting in Dragonese while preforming gestures, but that chanting turned out to be more like venomous racial insults that always according to him whenever he used this power: He always gets an reaction, oh and this "Ancient Language" just so happened to be Dragonese

However it only worked on Toothless once, as a demonstration when he first arrived; but once he figured out and heard from the other victims of this power, they silenced him together and made sure that he will never again be brought near anymore Dragons. However this was not the last time they would see him as he came back riding an Typhoomerang that was controlled by him: Like Torch, he was an tiger orange color with an very pale sea of sand orange color on his underbelly. Speaking of such Dragon, he actually came to aid him and Toothless in order to defeat the Leader and Prince of the Outcasts

When he and Toothless last saw Torch who angered them both, he was an Hatchling and he was curious about new things. Nowadays and during the time when he and his brother were going off to settle the score with the latter's unfair exile, he came back as an fully grown Adult Dragon. Nevertheless, Torch has not forgotten what Drayko thinks about him and gave him payback; just to settle this rivalry between them, but that payback ended with a spectacular failure in the end. Although Torch has come to respect Toothless as the Alpha and even learned to respect him since he cared for his mother and siblings more than anything else in the world. But there is something ironic to mention: Regardless of Drayko and Hroar's first confrontation as he revealed his intentions, he never says a single word to him; as if he was acting like a mute but it does make sense as Drayko has nothing to say to him, Hroar was making his Dragons angry and he's not gonna have that. Besides, he was in his way and he just needed him to get the hell out of his way

As the Dragon's Edge started on rebuilding and recovering themselves from the raid by the Hooligans while the Draconia Naval Defense Fleet sailed off with quick and fast speed ahead of them to intercept his former Tribe from returning to Berk, Drayko flew ahead on Toothless with the Knights following his lead. The Book of Dragons may have been stolen by Stoick on his warpath against the Knights of the Dragon Riders, but they will not have it long enough to read it and they can't read it anyways since he placed two locks on it; and it's a good thing that even though Gobber supposedly went with them, not even a Blacksmith like him can get the damn Book to open. Always planning ahead to make sure that things like this doesn't happen

Still, Drayko's thoughts about what to do next was clouding his mind; at least until he just had to talk to his Mother, the choice on what to do next may be his to make but at this moment: He really needs to talk to Valka on what he should do

And that right there is exactly what he will do next, that's for sure...

In the basic structure of how the story would go that I wrote on paper, I never planned to have the raid happen: it was supposed to be Tubison telling Drayko that the Book of Dragons was stolen when the Hooligans attacked the Dragon's Edge, and because of this he immediately followed him to intercept join the battle between the Draconia Navel Defense Fleet against the Hooligan Longships. Unfortunately, I couldn't do that and the naval battle in the next Chapter is gonna be short like I wrote; but I really want to focus on rewriting Curse of the Emperor's Sword since I ended with an Chapter explaining that it was abandoned due to a Review suggesting I rewrite not only that Story but the first one as well. Now you know why this is one of those lackluster Chapters

In the meantime, I'll be focusing on Curse of the Emperor's Sword for now but I will have the next Chapter written. By the way do you hear an older and mature Drayko narrating the whole Trilogy? It supposed to be like in the Book Series where an older, wiser and mature Hiccup is narrating his journey to becoming the Hero that we all know him today. Remember this suggestion: Don't like it, don't read it. Otherwise, Feel free to Review and Until we meet again as I will return...

TheLegendaryBlackDragonKnight

P.S: In all seriousness do you really here an older and mature Drayko narrating the whole Trilogy? Think of it like in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) when Frodo (Elijah Wood) is writing in the Red Book of Westmarch and writes his story named after the Trilogy which is based on his journey to destroy the One Ring. Imagine that like Drayko is narrating his adventures and his journey for vengeance against his Tribe, becoming a Hero as he does so. Tell me what you think...