Author's Note: This is the last chapter before I go back to work. I will be back next Tuesday, April the 1st with an update. THIS IS AN ALL HICCUP CHAPTER. I hope you enjoy it. ALSO thanks everyone for their reviews. (Some grammatical errors might appear as I don't have time to double check it, will be corrected when I am off work next week).

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He was disoriented for a moment but as soon as he saw Toothless and Fishlegs at the entrance calling for him he knew he had been saved.

"What are you waiting for?! An Invitation?!" Toothless called before Hiccup dodged the now fighting Vikings and ran to them. As soon as they could they left running back through where they came from. They ran for what felt an eternity until they saw the entrance through the cliff.

"Wait! What about the Changewings?" Hiccup made them stop and they listened for any sound of the dragons.

"The crazy twins are still distracting them" for the first time he noticed Sting was with them.

They climbed as fast as they could over the cliff. As they made it to the top, they noticed the moon was out and well above them.

"We must hide until dawn" Hiccup told them.

"Back to being a coward, I see" Snotlout jeered.

"The Skullions know where our boats are and will wait for us in the coast" Hiccup said trying to keep calm.

"Let them come, I will kill them all" said Wartihog

"Yeah, me too" echoed Dogsbreath

"Me… me too" Heather said not so sure.

"You can all go if your want," Speedifist said with alert eyes and ears, listening for any strange sound.

"No, we all must stay together," Hiccup said before a cold wind shook their young bodies, "if we want a chance to survive against the Skullion we must stay all together"

The smaller of them walked towards the woods and it was then under the moon of the light the rest of the teens finally noticed Hiccup's blood covered body. Speedifist, Fishlegs, Sting and Toothless followed him short after, then the rest. Sting took them to a cave she had spotted earlier that day.

"No fire, the smoke will attract them" Hiccup said when he spotted some of them starting to gather dry wood.

"You don't give the orders around here" sneered Snotlout hating how close Toothless was to Hiccup, "you are the one that was stupid enough to get caught by him"

Hiccup raised an eyebrow at him, which didn't go unnoticed by the rest. They all remembered it quite differently.

"Then go right ahead, won't you?" Fishlegs said sitting on the most comfortable place he could find, "when the Skullions get here, make sure to greet them with a cup of tea"

"Shut up fish face" Snotlout sneered, but he too sat down and the rest followed.

They sat in the darkness and took turns to sleep. Fishlegs, Speedifist, or Toothless always remained awake while Hiccup slept. Morning didn't take too long arrive and soon they were all walking back to the beach.

"Any sign of the Changewings?" Hiccup asked the dragons.

"None," Sting replied.

"They are all probably panicking over their nests" Toothless chuckled.

"I hope father and the rest made it out alright" Hiccup said wondering if they should go back.

"They are grown Vikings, they can take care of themselves" Toothless said carelessly.

And thought Hiccup knew this was true, he couldn't help worrying.

When they made it to the beach Hiccup felt relief wash over him, for his father, Gobber, and his uncle Spitelout were all waiting for them along with a tied up Alvin and the chest of treasure.

Hiccup saw his father's smiling face, his true face unlike that one of the mirror. His father greeted him with a path on the back before leading them to the ships. Gobber told the boys how they had fought the Changewings as they dragged the captured Alvin. All of the carried cuts and hits they received during the fight. The fight lasted most of the night, and once over dawn was creeping in. They had carried the chest and dragged Alvin along until they reached beach at break of dawn. Thankfully only one slow Skullion remained and Stoick along with Thornado was fast to kill it.

Thornado, sadly to say was injured in the whole matter and now rested in the boat Alvin had taken from them. Gobber took charge of the one Alvin had taken from them with the teens. Stoick and Spitelout the other with their sons, Fishlegs and their tied up enemy took the other.

"So, are we like gonna get portion of the treasure? We got chased after Changewings all night" Tuffnut said before Gobber started shouting orders at them.

In no time they were off and away from Skull Island.

"Wash son or your clothes will be ruined" after a while Stoick brought his son a pale of sea water. What really bothered him was to see his small son covered in the now dry blood.

Hiccup was more than happy to comply. He took off his clothing until he was down to his skivvies and washed his tainted skin. He heard Snotlout chuckled at his light body, but Hiccup paid him no mind. His scrubbed at his skin until every spot of dragon blood was washed off. He took a lot of care when he washed his reddish hair. After that day, he could have sworn that his hair became redder. When done with his body he proceeded to do the same with his clothing. His clothes were already ruined, forever a red. He let them dry in the sun as he finally had a decent meal. Toothless joined him with his own catch from the sea.

"That one was even too close for you" Toothless said before giving a large yawn.

"It was," Hiccup said as he checked his now dry clothes. He started to dress.

"You owe me big for this one" Toothless gave him a playful smile.

"What do you want bud?" Hiccup asked him wondering what outrageousness he would ask for this time.

"Part of the treasure," Toothless didn't bother to complain about being called bud.

"I never understood that, why do dragons like treasure so much? You can't spend it, just hoard it"

"It would be my treasure; it's up to me to decide what to do with it, is it not?"

"Alright," Hiccup agreed.

"What are you two chattering about?" Stoick asked when he noted his son smiling as he talked to his dragon.

"Toothless wants into the treasure," and before his father could get upset, he added, "I told him that I didn't see the point on a dragon having treasure, but he tells me he will do what he wants with it for it would be his"

"That dragon of yours," and Hiccup and Toothless were both surprised when they heard him laugh "he earned it. Let's open that chest already! My son's treasure!"

"Wait Father," Hiccup said, "Alvin said the coffin was booby trapped. The chest could be too"

Snotlout and Spitelout didn't look happy at all to hear this proclamation, but still followed as Stoick went to the chest.

"Is that true?" Stoick turned to the fuming Alvin.

"The boy is mad, I just saw him talking to his dragon" Alvin said.

"I will take that as a yes," Stoick said.

"We should wait until reaching the village. Gobber and I can use the tools from the smithy to take care of it" Hiccup said passing a hand over the chest. Under the sun, he was finally able to see that the chest was covered with carvings of what seemed to be the Dragon Rebellion.

As they finally came close to Berk and the sun started to set Hiccup sat at the end of the boat and took out the three pieces of metal he had found. Using the map as a guide, it took him no time to put them in the correct order. Something clicked on them and they became one. He wondered if this was clue into opening the chest. It would be great if it was.

Just as he was about to take the note he had found he felt a shiver through his back. He put the piece of metal away and turned around to find Snotlout behind him, his sword at hand. He saw his father had his back to them as he talked to Spitelout, Fishlegs was seasick and was heaving on the side of the boat and Toothless had gone off to fish for his dinner.

"I haven't forgotten what you said" he sneered.

"You do know my father will kill you as soon as he sees you next to my body, right?"

"He will be dead and your stupid frined too" Snotlout sneered, "my father and I will kill them and then we will kill Alvin and blame it on him"

"I am surprised; did you think that all on your own?"

"Shut your mouth" Snotlout growled.

"I think not," then the two boys turned and watched Alvin stand up, his ropes fell to the floor.

"Hiccup!"

"Snotlout!"

The two boys were in a headlock. Alvin used Snotlout's sword to threaten both.

"Now Stoick, open the chest" he said with a smug smile

Without a doubt Stoick went the chest and opened it. They waited but nothing happened. Stoick looked rather surprise at the inside of the chest.

"That is most unfortunate, depending on where you stand I suppose"

Alvin dragged the two boys forwards so he could see inside the chest. In there they all saw one thing, a magnificent blade.

"The Storm Blade" and everyone gasped. The Storm Blade had been Grimbeard's magnificent sword, said to be the best of all.

"Good enough I would say," Alvin reached into the chest and pulled the sword out and threw Snotlout's into the water, "how does it feel Stoick to watch your ancestors precious swords held by no other than me"

Stoick only sneered at Alvin for he treasured his son more than any sword.

Then they heard a familiar sound and suddenly the floor before Alvin exploded in purple flames.

"NOW!" shouted Toothless before Hiccup grabbed Snotlout and pulled them out of Alvin's head lock. All Hel broke loose at that moment for Toothless had also struck the mast of the boat and it was falling down.

"You!" shouted Alvin as he charged at Hiccup, Stormblade now replacing his hand blade ready to strike him down. Toothless latched to Alvin's bladed arm, using his new set of teeth fort he first time to fight.

"Ahhh!" Alvin screamed a blood poured down his arm. He was sure the dragon had graced his bones.

"That will teach you not to mess with us!" growled Toothes with a mouth full of Vikings

"Let!" Alvin punched him in the middle of his eyes, "Go!" and then at top of his head. The poor dragon fell unconscious to the ship's floor.

"Toothless!" Hiccup ran to his dragon, trying to pick him up as the flames got hotter and hotter. Alvin took advantage of the distracted boy and raised his blade once again.

Roaaar!

But it was no a dragon that roared, but Fishlegs. Fishlegs was very mild mannered boy who always tried to see reason into things, but there was another side of him which was unknown to all, even him until that day. He charged like a bull and tackled Alvin with all his force making him crash into the already falling mast. This was enough to bring the mast down once and for all.

Alvin raised his blade to block Fishlegs launch.

"Berseker!" he shouted before kicked Fishlegs in the stomach, making him stumble back for a moment so he could get up.

The boat started to tilt and soon they knew they would all fall into the sea. Still Fishlegs kept on fighting with a ferocity never seen in a boy his age. His long due berserker blood had finally awakened and all it could see and understand was that he had to kill the man before him.

Hiccup watched unable to recognize his old friend. Toothless started to stir, "c'mon bud, we have to go!"

Meatlug knew of the danger her trainer was, but every time she tried to approach the boy would roar at her.

"Over here!" shouted Gobber as their boat pulled on the side of theirs.

Stoick grabbed the first child he could find, who was Snotlout and threw him over to the other boat.

"Hurry!" he shouted to the rest. Spitelout wasted no time and he too jumped to the other boat.

Stoick tried to reach for his son, but the flames had grown and there was too much smoke. He could no longer see the remaining two boys.

The boat finally gave into the weight of the fallen mast and it flipped on its back. Stoick barely had the chance to jump into Gobber's boat and watched in horror as the other boat trapped his son, Fishlegs and Toothless along with Alvin under it. Then even before he could shout his son's name, it sank.

"Hiccup!" he shouted in despair.

However Hiccup could not hear for the boat was sinking so fast to the bottom of the sea that he thought he was going to drown. For a moment, he really didn't care but then images he had seen in the mirror came back to him. If he died, it would be like running away from all his fears, and a big part of him didn't want that. He wanted to see his father smile proudly at him again and so many more things.

As if the gods had heard him, a strong hand took hold of him and pulled him into an air pocket that had been created when the boat flipped. They were still sinking, but at least now he could breathe. The first face he saw was that of Toothless, who was still dazed from the punches he had received. He had lit a small piece of lumber so they had a little bit of light.

"Stupid Vikings" he growled shaking his head.

"Hiccup?" he heard Fishlegs's scared voice.

"Fishlegs!" he gasped when he saw his terrified friend.

"Wh…where are we?" he asked looking around. There was a lot of water, and with him unable to swim he couldn't help being very scared.

"You don't remember?" Hiccup asked.

"No, but my face hurts a lot!" he cried out touching his cheek where Alvin had landed one mighty blow.

"You are a berserker boy," they both turned and stared at the glaring Alvin, "get used to it… or maybe not"

"You!" Toothless screeched before he got ready to shoot.

"Don't! Or you will get us killed!" Hiccup shouted before the dragon stopped, "we are not done yet" and glared at Alvin.

"He doesn't like me, does he?" Alvin said with a mocking smile.

Then their feet touched the seabed.

"To answer your question," Hiccup said feeling panic rising on his chest "we are at the bottom of the ocean"

"That's just great!" cried Fishlegs.

"Stop shouting," said Hiccup before he touched the bottom of the boat, which was not the ceiling, "the air pocket is getting smaller. Turn off the fire!" and Fishlegs slapped water until it was out.

"Now what smartass" Alvin grumbled.

"Toothless, I need you to go see if we are not too far to swim back up"

"What is there for me?"

"For Thor help you when we get out of this one," he grumbled, "just do it before I punch you myself!"

"I was just joking" grumbled Toothless before he swam out.

The minutes passed and though they tried to breathe as slow as possible they soon had to press their faces to what used to be the floor of the ship.

"Where in Hel is your mongrel," growled Alvin as they were reduced to their last breaths.

"Stop talking," whispered Fishlegs starting to feel true panic.

Then Toothless emerged, "we are too far for your stupid Vikings to swim, but I found a cave not far from here"

Hiccup was fast to tell them this, "Follow Toothless! Fishlegs you grab on to him and kick really hard" and so they swam taking the last of the air with them. Hadn't there been a little light coming from the surface they would have been in utter darkness. Then, attached to one of the cliff walls belonging to Berk he spotted a light. Toothless was taking them towards it. Trying to not think how much his lungs were burning to take another breath. They finally reached that light which was the entrance to the cave; they swam a short distance before surfacing into a cavern illuminated by Fire-worms.

Once they were all out of the water they saw it was a very large cavern. Oddly enough, there seemed to be a path carved through the middle of it. Maybe there was a way out, so they walked straight ahead.

"We should kill him," Toothless said, "why haven't we killed him?"

"We don't know what we might find here," Hiccup told him, "we might need his brute strength" also, he had never killed a man before and was in no rush for it.

"Fine," growled Toothless.

Meanwhile Alvin was surprised at hearing the boy talk to his dragon. He would have thought Stoick who was so attached to the traditions would have banished the boy by now, but here he was. He was the strangest heir Alvin had ever met and he guessed the most dangerous too.

At the end of the path they found a door.

DO NOT OPEN THIS DOOR

UNLESS YOU ARE THE TRUE HEIR OF HEIR TO GRIMBEARD THE GASTLY

DEATH AWAYS THOSE WHO DARE NOT LISTEN

And right below it there was an empty space where something was missing; a very familiar shape that burned into Hiccup's leg.

"So, this is what it meant that only the heir of the Hooligans could find the treasure" Alvin recalled the warning in the now destroyed coffin he had found. In a smooth movement he took hold of Fishlegs and threatened him with his bladed hand.

"This again!" Hiccup couldn't help sound exasperated. Did this guy not know anything else but threaten kids?

"I don't think we are in a position to complain," gulped Fishlegs.

"Just open the door," he laughed grimly, "this is the true treasure and I bet you knew it"

Hiccup sighed and brought out the piece of paper he found and finally read it.

If you have comet his far, it means you are my true heir

Through the island of Berk, for where else should a Viking hide his treasure

There are seven doors, all with a lock that can only be opened by the especial key you have found

They are found deep under water, and you must have trust in your dragon to find them.

Inside riches await you, but beware for there are things that go unseen that will not let you have them so easily

To you, my heir, I wish you the best of luck.

It was not a riddle but mostly a congratulations note. Hiccup took a deep breath and brought out the key before placing it in its place. There were mechanical sounds all over the wall before the door slid to the side. Inside, all of them gasped including Toothless, was a treasure so great that it seemed to not end. A gigantic cavern almost filled to the brim with gold, jewels, magnificent weapons and so much more.

Alvin released Fishlegs in his amazement and went to pick up a beautiful sword with a golden hilt with jewels encrusted on it.

Hiccup and Fishlegs jumped when the door closed behind them, trapping them inside with the murderous, treasure hungry Alvin.

"So, here we are" Alvin said putting the sword down and turning to face them.

"You… you said you would let me go if I helped you find the treasure" Hiccup said when he caught a glint of murderous madness in the man's eyes.

"That was before your dear father interfered," Alvin said, "now Grimbeard's heir, you will die here and your friends too"