The final choice is…Option 1!
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"So…what are we going to do when we find the Screaming Death?" asked Snotlout.
Hiccup took a deep breath to calm himself, "When we find the Screaming Death, we will most likely find Ruffnut," he said as Tuffnut's shoulders sagged.
"Oh," said Snotlout, "Then what?"
"We find my sister, get her out of here, and then we trap this stupid dragon so it never sees the light of day again!" screamed Tuffnut, tightly gripping onto Belch's horns.
Tuffnut's voice echoed throughout the cave, ringing in everyones ears. Hiccup massaged his scalp before he made a quick landing, everyone swiftly following him. He said, "Alright gang, we have something very important to do so I am going to assign everyone jobs."
Snotlout groaned, "Not again!"
Hiccup ignored him, "Fishlegs! Can you start exploring the tunnels to find out which way the Screaming Death went?" he asked.
"Ummm, Meatlug doesn't do too well in tight, enclosed spaces," started Fishlegs, earning glares from Snotlout, Hiccup, and Tuffnut. Fishlegs paused, "Going! Going..." he said, clambering onto Meatlug and clumsily flying into the closest tunnel.
"Snotlout," said Hiccup, "Go back up to where we came from and make sure the Screaming Death doesn't escape," he said. Snotlout was about to protest, but knew he would loose anyways…so with a frustrated grunt, he mounted Hookfang and flew away.
"Wait, are you telling me that we're just going to wait here and do nothing while my sister is being chased by that thing?!" yelled Tuffnut.
Hiccup returned to his place next to Toothless, "Yes…and no…" he said.
Tuffnut groaned, "Would you stop speaking in riddles?!"
Hiccup sighed, " A, we have no idea where the Screaming Death is and B, we don't want to go anywhere until we know exactly which way it went. Otherwise we would be aimlessly flying around not knowing where to go," he said.
Tuffnut hung his head, "…Tuff? You okay?" asked Hiccup.
Tuffnut's knees shook as he collapsed onto the ground, shoulders shaking slightly. His voice was so hushed Hiccup had to bend down to hear him, "You don't know what it's like…" he said.
"What?" asked Hiccup, kneeling across from Tuffnut.
"You don't know what it's like to be missing a part of your family!" choked Tuffnut, "You don't know what it feels like to be missing a part of you!" he said, tightly wrapping his arms around his body.
Hiccup sat down next to Tuffnut, "You have no idea…" he said.
Tuffnut looked up, "Huh?"
Hiccup released his breath, "You know how my father is the chief…right?"
Tuffnut half sniffed-half snickered, "Duh, everybody knows that," he said.
Hiccup took a long breath, "How would you feel…if someone you loved was never home and never took you seriously? How would you feel if that person never accepted you? How would you feel if they wanted a replacement of you? How would you feel if YOUR OWN FATHER DISOWNED YOU?!" he almost yelled.
Tuffnut was shocked, "Whoa…your dad disowned you? Cool!"
Hiccup realized he said too much, "Oh…did I say disowned? I meant…oh whatever it would probably get out anyways," he said sadly.
Toothless jolted out of his nap at the sound of Hiccup's distress. Warily—because he still wasn't completely sure that Hiccup wasn't going to run away from him—he approached Hiccup, rubbing his snout into his rider's chest. Hiccup gladly accepted his offer, and leaned onto Toothless' head. Tuffnut looked at his Zippleback, then back to the inseparable pair.
"I wish my-our dragon was as close to me-us as you two are," said Tuffnut.
"Really?" asked Hiccup, surprised that Tuffnut was still opening up to him.
Tuffnut seemed unfazed by this, "Yeah…even though you forgot everything, you still managed to stick together..."
Hiccup's "adventures" of the past few weeks started running though his mind, and he suddenly realized how terribly he'd treated his best friend, "How did you do it, bud?" he asked.
Toothless looked up at him, confused, "Why did you never give up on me?" he asked.
Toothless snorted and licked Hiccup's cheek to say, "Wouldn't you have done the same for me?"
Hiccup grinned and hugged his friend, but almost immediately that grin was replaced with a deep frown. Toothless sensed this and crooned, "I'm alright bud…I'm just thinking…" said Hiccup.
"Thinking about what?" asked Tuffnut.
Hiccup opened his mouth to speak, but before he could reply, a faint scream and a loud roar came from the right of them. Tuffnut frantically jumped up, "It's Ruffnut!" he yelled, "Quick! We have to save her!" he said, clambering onto the Zippleback, taking off.
"Tuff! Wait! We don't even know if that's the right way to go!" yelled Hiccup, but Tuffnut was long gone.
Hiccup sighed, "I guess I'll just leave a note for Fishlegs…" he said as he picked up a stick and wrote a message into the dirt. A few seconds later he too was airborne, flying through the same tunnel that Tuffnut had just gone into.
"Hiccup! I couldn't find anything over here but I'm pretty sure I heard the—what's this?" asked Fishlegs, stopping in front of markings that read…
FISHLEGS,
TUFF AND I WENT INTO THE TUNNEL ON THE FAR RIGHT.
SORRY WE DIDN'T WAIT.
HICCUP
(CAN YOU BRING SNOTLOUT WITH YOU? THANKS)
Fishlegs read the note a couple of times, "Well girl, looks like we're going to have to go fetch Snotlout now," he said as the pair took to the nearest tunnel.
"Tuff! Tuff?! Where'd you go?" Hiccup half whispered-half yelled, "Toothless, plasma blast!" he instructed. Toothless obediently fired, lighting up the entire tunnel. Now Hiccup was able to see the…
"Turn left! Turn left!" he screamed, gripping the saddle and nudging Toothless' side. Toothless made a sharp turn into an open space…where he saw Tuffnut standing in the middle of it.
"Tuff!" Hiccup cried in relief, landing next to said Viking. Tuffnut looked at Hiccup, "I guess you were right..." he said.
Hiccup stopped, "What do you mean?"
"If only I waited, then maybe we would've been able to find her by now…this is all my fault…I've let my sister down…" he said.
Hiccup laid a comforting hand on his shoulder, "No it's not, you really want to help Ruff…so you'll do whatever your instinct tells you to do, which can be good or bad…" he said.
Before Tuffnut could respond, Snotlout and Fishlegs entered, "Where's the action? I thought you needed me for my skills!" said Snotlout, flexing his muscles.
Fishlegs looked at him with disgust, "In you dreams…"
"What did you say?!" demanded Snotlout.
"Nothing…" squeaked Fishlegs.
Hiccup rolled his eyes, "Guys…not helping!"
Tuffnut had been ignoring their conversation because he was sure he felt the ground move. He was also pretty sure that his sister was close by, "Do you guys hear that?" he asked.
The three teens stopped talking, "Uhh…what are we supposed to be hearing?" asked Snotlout, who was not amused.
Suddenly, rocks started falling from the ceiling, and the ground began to shake violently. The four teens were thrown onto the ground, "Well Tuff, looks like your instincts were right!" yelled Hiccup as the Screaming Death burst out from under them, clutching Ruffnut in it's claws.
Tuffnut immediately became defensive, "HEY! You leave my sister alone!" he yelled.
During this panic, Hiccup yelled, "Fishlegs! Do you know where the opening of the cave is?"
"Yes!" Fishlegs replied, "I passed it multiple times earlier," he said.
"Can you and Snotlout drive the Screaming Death there? Astrid, Gobber, and Stoick are there, maybe you guys can attack it and drive it away from here…" said Hiccup.
Fishlegs nodded as Hiccup thought of a plan, "Does anyone have any paint?" he asked.
"As a matter of fact, I do," said Fishelgs, pulling out two bags of purple paint.
"Okay, you need to cover its eyes with the paint so it will—hopefully—let go of Ruffnut, then you have to get it to chase you all the way to where Astrid is," he said.
Snotlout held up his hands, "Throw me some purple paint already!"
Fishlegs cleared his throat, "It's called eggplant, actually," he said as everyone glared at him, "And here you go…" he said sheepishly, tossing a bag to Snotlout. After successfully hitting both eyes, the dragon screamed in pain and let go of it's victim. Ruffnut wearily opened her eyes, but was to scared and winded to scream.
"Toothless! Rescue Dive!" said Hiccup.
Toothless grunted and charged with incredible speed, Tuffnut watching with wide eyes the entire time. Toothless positioned himself so that he was right under the falling girl. Within seconds Ruffnut was safely in Hiccup's arms, flying away from the Screaming Death. With Ruffnut clinging onto Hiccup, he yelled, "Now Fishlegs! Get it out of here! Meet us back on Berk!"
Fishlegs and Snotlout started shouting insults at the Screaming Death, one in front and one in back of it, and quickly led it away from the three teens.
Tuffnut silently flew over to Hiccup, "Ruff?" he said in a small voice, "You okay?" he asked.
Ruffnut groaned and her grip around Hiccup's neck tightened.
"What?" asked Tuffnut.
Ruffnut opened her eyes and stared at her brother, "Ruff…"
Ruffnut launched herself at her brother, almost making them fall off their dragon, "You're such an idiot, of course I'm not okay!" she cried.
"Did you break something?" he genuinely asked.
Ruffnut sniffed, "No…"
"Then what is it?" he asked.
"I...I…I thought I was never going to see you again…" she choked.
"Oh…" said Tuffnut, "…me too…" he said, wrapping his arms around his sister. Ruffnut gladly accepted his comforting gesture and leaned into his chest, finally feeling safe.
Hiccup looked at Toothless, "You know what bud? I don't think anybody is going to forget this day for a long time…" he said, looking at the twins in wonder.
Toothless crooned as he flew next to Barf and Belch. Hiccup cleared his throat, "Sorry to break up your reunion…but the sooner we get back to Berk, the sooner we can get away from the Screaming Death," he said.
At the words "Screaming Death" Ruffnut perched herself on to Barf's head and said with a shaky voice, "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go already!"
Tuffnut agreed, "Yeah, the sooner the better," he said.
Hiccup shook his head, "The twins agreeing is something that I'm never going to get used to…" he said as the three of them started the long trip back to Berk.
Next Chapter:
What happened after Fishlegs and Snotlout chased the Screaming Death away from Hiccup and the twins? And what were Astrid, Stoick, and Gobber doing during this commotion?
-I can use RayRay's idea (Hiccup gets knocked off Toothless and gets all his memories back) but then he still won't talk to Stoick, and now he has to mend his relationship with his father
OR
-They could fly back to Berk and Hiccup still hasn't regained his memories and he still isn't talking to his father, and he ISN'T trying to mend his relationship with his father