Hi everyone. Big day today because I just saw... Guess what? Dum dum dum. Yep, you guessed right. I just saw How to train your dragon The hidden world in theaters. It's a great movie but for few reasons, I felt not completly satisfied with it. Yet, I plan of watching again and again, I hope it will lessen what I didn't like. Is there others people here who also already watched it?

Also, I want to thanks everyone so far who reviewed, followed or put my story as one of their favorite. Thank you for your support.

Meanwhile, here chapter 26. Enjoy.

Hiccup's POV

I look at the rocky construction made by Falla under which rest Owen's body. But I can't stop the circle of guilty thoughts tormenting me since last night. It's my fault if he put himself at risk and died. Maybe he wasn't from Berk, but he was still my responsibility. I should have been able to save him. Asking someone inexperienced to join the fight. What was I thinking? Now, Midgard lost another soul, we lost a new and good friend…and a dragon lost her rider.

I look at Falla, worried about what is going to happen to her. Considering her past, I don't doubt she'll be able to survive in the wild but with the hunters back in full activity it's not safe. In addition, she's clearly not in her normal state right now. She seems depressed, which is totally understandable. The best for her, in my opinion, would be to follow us on Berk, I can just hope she'll want to.

Berk. My island is in danger. We can't waste more time.

-Come on bud, we must get back to Berk quickly, I say.

I move a few steps but Toothless hesitate. He looks at Falla expectantly but she just closes her eyes. Sad, Toothless slowly follow me as we walk back toward our friends who are at our camp in the forest. He coos sadly.

-I know. This is so unfair, I respond as we walk on the open space between the cliff and the forest. Don't worry, we won't just abandon her here.

He responds with a low grunt, his ears down. This reminds me of his attitude when I told him Owen decided to leave with Falla just before the hunter's attack. I know he and Falla became close during the trip but I wonder…how much he could have grown attached to her. The idea brings a little smile on my face.

We continue in silence, taking the long way around the forest to rejoin our friends at the camp, when the sudden sound of an explosion startles me. Smoke is coming out from the other side of the forest where our camp is, and I hear roars. This can't be good. I'm about to run toward my friends when something pushes me in the back, sending me rolling on the ground while sounds of a crash and snarls can be heard. Looking up, I see Toothless growling and standing between me and a very angry Skrill.

Toothless's POV

I growl at the Skrill, ready to react in case she tries to attack Hiccup again. Thanks the sky I heard her coming from the sky or she would have killed him. There are also sounds of battles coming from farther in the forest. Our friends. Are they fighting? And Falla? Suddenly a dragon, a Thunderclaw, appears and lands on Hiccup, pinning him to the ground. Before I can act, lightning hit me sending me on the grassy ground as two other Thunderclaw lands around us.

-What are you doing, I ask the Skrill as I stand up. Let my rider go.

-Are you serious? Are you so corrupted that you don't see what's happening? The humans are destroying our whole world.. They killed dragons from my colony, again, including innocent hatchlings. And during this time, you, Alpha, you are protecting them instead of us.

-I told you our humans aren't hunters, I growl sharply.

-It doesn't make any difference. We can accept that you aren't a Bewilderbeast, but to be some human pet. You dishonor all the previous alphas by not protecting our own existence. I won't tolerate this.

She roars long and savagely, lightning gliding between her spines and her pupils so slim they almost disappear. She's challenging me, for the title of Alpha. It's something we, dragons, rarely hear because very few would dare to try. The last time it happened, it was when I challenged Drago's Bewilderbeast. It's also a way for her to prevent me from controlling her and her dragons. Maybe I'm not a Bewilderbeast but if she thinks I'm weak, that I'm just a pet, then she'll be sorry. It's not like I have the choice anyway.

My dorsal spines extend and start shining blue as I roar on the same long and brutal tone. My pupils as slim as hers. Behind all this, I can hear Hiccup calls me. He's struggling to free himself, but the dragon is too heavy for a human of his stature. Once I've won, I'll take control of the Thunderclaw to free him without any risk. Yet, I can't stand to see him hurt and give a vicious snarl at the Thunderclaw which seems to scare him. Good. Looking back at the Skrill, I ready a plasma blast, ready to take her, and her dragons, down.

Falla's POV

My ears stand up as I hear roars coming from far away, their intensity sends a chill in my scales. My instinct tells me it's a challenge. Looking behind me, I see smoke rising from several places in the forest. Suddenly, a Thunderclaw and a Raincutter lands close to me. What's happening? Not reassured, I stand up, facing them.

-Don't worry, the Thunderclaw says as they lower their head and wings in a sign of none hostility. We mean you no harm.

-What do you want, I growl not trusting their words.

-The Alpha believe we could help each other, the Raincutter explains.

-You're lying, I say. Why would Toothless send you?

Their pupils become slim as the Raincutter responds.

-We aren't talking about the Night Fury but our queen who soon will displace him.

What? So the columns of smoke, it's because they're attacking the others. And the roar I heard, the Skrill did challenge Toothless.

-We know what happened to your…human, the Thunderclaw adds, that he was killed by those who only love to hunt our kind.

-You want me to believe you care, I snap angry they dare to talk about Owen with such hypocrisy.

-We understand what it is to lose someone dear to us, the Raincutter counters. Don't forget these humans took everything from us, just like they did for you. What we wonder is if you want to avenge him.

-Of course, I affirm. I'll do anything for this but it doesn't concern you.

-Maybe it does, the Raincutter continues. We have the same enemy, the same goal but alone, our chances of success are slim.

He's…not wrong. Even Toothless admitted this. Owen…my poor Owen. That hunter, Fenroc, needs to pay for what he did to him. Can I really trust these dragons? I debate this during a long minute, the Raincutter's words echoing in my mind, trying to think about all the options at my disposal. Almost nothing. Reaching this disappointing conclusion, I sight and sit down.

-Continue, I say to the two dragons which seem to greatly please them.

-Our queen, the future Alpha, has a proposition for you, the Thunderclaw reveals.

Toothless's POV

I can taste the Skrill's blood as I dig my teeth in the flesh of her leg. She gives me an electric shock which really hurt and force me to let go. A little disoriented, I try to hit her with a plasma blast. However, she takes off.

Moving is not easy because of the lacerations on my left-front shoulder. Yet, my injuries are not as bad as hers and her leg I just bit bleed a little. Challenges can end without too much injury like it can go until one dies, and now it's clear how this fight will end.

The Skrill fly all around me, knowing I can't take the fight airborne and fires her lightning again. I jump away just in time but it almost hit me. I won't be able to dodge them for long and I'm not in the best position to hit her with my own fire. I need to bring her back on the ground. How? The last Skrill I fought always used lightning too but I had Hiccup to help me fly. Wait. The Frozen Skrill? His lightning. Several times, when my plasma blast hit his lightning, it created electric explosion.

The Skrill slow down and open her mouth. She's going to shoot lightning again. Quickly, I fire a plasma blast directly on the lightning leaving her mouth. The effect is immediate. The Skrill is hit by her own electricity while I cover myself with my wings and she crashes. She tries to stand up but I'm quicker. With my claws, I slash her face, sending her back on the ground with four disfiguring claws marks. I then put my claws on her neck, partially smothering her. She roars in pain, or at least try too. One movement and she's dead before she can move one scale. My wings are open in dominance with a brutal growl coming from my throat. I let out a long roar, my spines brightly glowing blue. I win and she lost.

Hiccup's POV

-Yes, you won.

I'm so glad Toothless won the challenge. Even if I don't know why these dragons attack us, it would have obliviously ended badly if Toothless had lost. Plus, I'm sure the Skrill would have killed him if she would have the opportunity.

The Thunderclaws seems completely shocked. I don't like to see a dragon being hurt but they didn't leave Toothless any choices. The three dragons are about to move but Toothless raises his head and roar, his spines brightly glowing blue, asserting his dominance on them. Their pupils become slim as they slowly walk back, including the Thunderclaw pinning me on the ground. Once free, I stand up, relieved to be able to move and immediately run toward my dragon. We won here but what about Astrid and the others. However, I don't have the time to reach him that a new dragon, a fourth Thunderclaw descending from the sky, collide against Toothless, his open mouth closing on his flank while the strength of the impact ejects Toothless off the Skrill. They both roll on the ground and Toothless manages to push the Thunderclaw off him but a second one jumps on his back.

-HEY, what are you doing, I scream shocked.

A third Thunderclaws attacks Toothless while the fourth one rejoins an Raincutter who just landed next to the unconscious Skrill. Toothless is now fighting three Thunderclaws but with clear difficulty.

-Leave him alone, I yell. He won. You have no right. Get off.

But no one pays attention to me. Toothless tries to free himself after one Thunderclaw climb on him, keeping him on the ground. Another one bite Toothless's tail, making him roar in pain. They're really trying to kill him. My breathing becomes uncontrollable as I instinctively take out and activate Inferno, closing the remaining distance between us. Toothless free his tail and hit the Thunderclaw who bit it. Another Thunderclaw on him then block Toothless's head with his paw, exposing his neck to his fangs. He's going to kill him.

-NOOO.

Without thinking, I pass under the Thunderclaw wings and reaching his neck, plunges Inferno directly into it. Time seems to stop. The Thunderclaw slowly falls off Toothless without a single wail, Inferno is still in my hands with blood falling on the grass. No one moves during the next seconds, just like the Thunderclaw who is now dead. It's only then that I realise what I've done. I killed a dragon. Me…I killed a dragon. I look at Toothless who is as shocked as me. Something then hits me hard, sending me crashing several meters away. When I hit the ground, everything becomes black.

Toothless's POV

-HICCUP, I roar.

Ignoring all my injuries and pain, I jump on the Thunderclaw who just hit Hiccup, biting his back hard before he ejects me on the ground.

-THIS CAN'T BE, I then hear a dragon (a Raincutter) roars angrily.

The three Thunderclaws still alive charge at me while the Raincutter goes directly for Hiccup. Hiccup! One look reveals he's unconscious. Without thinking, I raise my head and, my extended spines glowing blue, roar.

-STOP.

The effect is immediate. In addition, the Skrill is unconscious and not in condition to oppose. Their pupils slim, the dragons stop and slowly stand back, bowing their head in the process. However, my sudden movement hurt because of my injuries, almost making me lose my control but I manage to keep my focus despite the dragons try to resist my dominance without success. I hear Hiccup moan, he's waking up. A feeling of relief invades me. After everything these dragons just done, especially to Hiccup, they won't get away unharmed.

Something then hit the ground next to me, creating an explosion that blinds me because of the smoke and dust. I shake off the dust from my head only to see the dragon who did this.

-F…Falla, I say flabbergasted as she lands in front of me.

-Sorry but I can't let you do this.

-What in the sky are you saying, I ask not understanding. They're attacking us.

-She knows and she chose her side, the Raincutter explains as he and the Thunderclaws are now free from my control.

What? I look back at Falla. She lowers her gaze to the ground, like if she was ashamed, but she doesn't deny what he said. No. It can't be true.

-Falla, I repeat.

She's hesitant at the beginning but finally looks at me. The expression in her eyes, where since Owen's death there was only pain and regret, it's now filled with coldness determination. She's really turning against us, against me. A new pain appears inside me, different from all the ones I felt previously in my life. She…I thought that...My heart hurt, so much more than all my injuries. It's like someone is slowly piercing it with a spear. All my will to fight gradually leave my mind as I can't even find something to say or do.

-Toothless, what's happening, I hear Hiccup asks.

From the corner of my eye, I see that he's fully awake but don't really pay him intention once I'm sure he's okay.

-Why, I finally ask Falla.

-These dragons may be my best chance at avenging Owen, they want to kill the hunters, she responds.

-They want to kill all the humans and the dragons allied with them, I counter outraged, and you want to go with them.

-I don't agree with their ideas, she argues, but I need their help just like they asked for mine.

-Please, don't do this, I murmur desperately.

-I have to.

After a few seconds, she adds with a low voice.

-I'm sorry.

It's only then that I notice the other dragons aren't here. Looking up, I see them flying away with the unconscious Skrill in their paws. I'm about to try to stop them but Falla fire another plasma blast, this time at a tree. The tree falls off in Hiccup's direction, scaring me to no end, but he jumps out of the way just in time. Turning around, I see Falla used this diversion to take off at high speed. The pack of wild dragons is already far away as she follows them.

Oh no. No, no no no no. What did I just did?

I bet you didn't see that one coming. Or maybe did you? As always, I will love to know your opinion and if someone saw HTTYD 3 or don't mind spoilers, I'll be happy to discuss about the movie.

Until next time and take care.