It was a nice calm morning and Hiccup was having a peaceful walk with Astrid. It was nice having her around, but the problem was that he didn't know what to say.
"So, nice day," he said before mentally slapping himself.
"Yes, it is," said Astrid.
"So… uh, how's your brother?"
"Still out cold," she said sadly.
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"I'm not giving help hope. I'm sure he'll be back to his old self in no time, though I don't know if that's a good thing?"
Hiccup frowned. "What do you mean?"
Astrid bit her lip. "Let's say my brother has an unusual personality."
Hiccup was almost afraid to ask what she meant by that, but decided against asking for more details.
"Ragnar and Heather seem to getting alone," he said.
"Yes, they are," said Astrid almost depressingly.
He frowned. "What's the matter?"
"It's just that Heather's so happy and I just wish I had someone like that."
Hiccup felt slightly depressed by that, and before either of them could speak they saw Ragnar rushing over to them.
"Ragnar?" Hiccup blinked.
Ragnar stopped in front of them panting. "You… you guys need to get to the docks fast."
"Why?" Hiccup and Astrid asked together.
Ragnar looked at them and then down towards the docks. "I'll be easier if I showed you."
Hiccup and Astrid looked at one another and both of them had the same thought. What could possibly be by the docks that it needs there attention.
They soon got there answer.
"Avast, ye landlubbers! I be the Admiral!"
A loud, high-pitched sound echoed around the docks of Duel Academy as a large, fat man dressed in sailor's garb and captain's hat stood on top of a huge submarine that sat peacefully in the waters. Everyone clutched their heads at the noise, hoping their eardrums didn't burst suddenly.
Hiccup winced as he held his head, "Who is he, a pirate or something?!" he yelled over the noise.
"Ye scalawags ne'er laid yer ears on tales of the Admiral?" The large man yelled into his microphone, "Scourge of the Seven Seas?!"
"Uh... yeah," Astrid rolled her eyes, "I'm thinkin' he's a pirate."
"But with a submarine?" Snotlout wondered. "If he is one, then this is definitely the first time I've seen this…"
"Or if he's just plain crazy…" Heather added.
"There's that…" Snotlout agreed.
"I'm here to challenge one of ye to a duel—!" Everyone cried out again as the high-pitched tone ripped through the air. "—the bilge rat known as Hiccup Haddock!"
Speedfist and Astrid looked up at the man in surprise, "Is he—?"
"A Shadow Rider!" Hiccup growled, glaring at the fat pirate.
"Show yerself, Hiccup!" the Admiral barked, "Where ye be?"
"I be right here!" Hiccup stepped forward, "And aren't you a little old to be playin' dress-up?"
The Admiral glared at him, "Why, I'll keelhaul ya poopdeck!" he shouted, "Now at arms, ya scurvy dog, it time we be duelling!" he pointed to Hiccup, grinning.
"Now?"
"No, next week," Speedfist muttered sarcastically.
"I'm kinda in the middle of something right now…"
"This should be good," Snotlout cracked.
"Let's go! Get aboard!" the Admiral cried, "If not, I be tyin' yer mates to the port for Hela!"
Hiccup grit his teeth and started to walk to a small boat that lay in the water nearby.
"Hiccup, wait!" Astrid called after him, "If this is a Shadow Rider, there's no way we'll let you go all alone! I'm coming with you"
Hiccup stopped in his tracks, "I dunno… think about it," he turned and looked at them, "In all of these duels recently, someone ends up in danger somehow," Hiccup reminded.
Alexis smiled slightly, "Hiccup, we're in this together."
"Right!" Speedfist walked up beside her, "I'm with you too!"
Snotlout grinned, "I just wish I had a parrot… or at least an eyepatch, but at least you've got the peg leg."
"Not funny, Snotlout, but I'm coming too," said Heather.
"As I," said Ragnar.
"I guess that settles it," said Astrid.
Hiccup frowned. "Well…"
They then cover their ears after the ear-splitting sound of the microphone the Admiral 's was holding.
"I'll scuttle the likes of ye, if ye don't come aboard!"
With that, Hiccup, his fellow Key-Keepers, boarded the small boat and sped towards the large submarine, where a large crane apparatus took hold of the boat and lifted them out of the water.
Speedfist looked at the device as they touched the roof of the sub, only to descend through another entrance while the Admiral slowly sank into his own entrance.
"Seems too high-tech for a pirate," he mused, "I think the Admiral is less buccaneer and more financier."
The gang entered a large control room that was filled with TV monitors that showed a large duel arena, and that was apparently on board.
"How else can he afford a submarine, or a submerged Duel Arena?" Speedfsit glanced at the Admiral.
"Give a whole new definition to 'shiver my timbers'…" said Hiccup with his eyes widened.
"Aye, tis be a fine ship," the Admiral said proudly, turning to the group, "Now let's weigh anchor and duel ya filthy bilge rat!"
Hiccup and the Admiral stood in the sub's duel arena, duel disks at the ready. This was the strangest place he had ever seen a duel arena so far. A platform for walking and duellists went around the side of the room, but below them, they both could see the ocean's depths as clear as day.
"Wish yer mates farewell, ye ain't be seein' them again!" the Admiral laughed as he inserted his deck into a beautiful, custom duel disk. The disk had dozens of incredible looking gems and gold lacings around the edges. Needless to say, it looked like a treasure from the old world.
"Duel!"
Hiccup: 4000
Admiral: 4000
Hiccup drew his card, "I summon the Dragon Knight Fanghook in defence mode!"
The young knight appeared on the field, bulging arms folded across its chest. (ATK: 1400/DEF: 800)
At that moment, everything in the room went very dark.
Hiccup growled, "I shoulda guessed you'd turn off all the lights… it is a Shadow Game!"
"A Shadow Game?" the Admiral blinked, looking confused.
"What's it for?" Hiccup barked, "My soul? My Key?"
"What ye be speaking, ya yella-livered-linny swabby?!"
"You know what I mean! What's your Shadow sham gonna be?!" Hiccup demanded, "Are you gonna turn me into a doll? Or maybe suck me into some magic card?"
The Admiral scratched his head, looking very lost, "What ye be squawkin'?" he asked.
"The Shadow Game, remember?!"
"Tis no Shadow Game!"
"But what about my Key?"
"Key? What key?"
"The Key that—" Hiccup stopped and the two duellists stared at each other for a few moments, "Hold on a second. You are trying to unlock the Spirit Gates, right? Aren't you?"
"Why you scurvy swine!" the Admiral glared daggers at him, "I be no Shadow Rider, and I'll prove it!"
What happened next, tossed most everyone else on the ship off their feet and onto the floor. The submarine rose from the murky depths of the ocean and broke surface, and now it sat peacefully on the water's surface.
Snotlout groaned, "I think… I'm gonna be sick."
Astrid and Heather were up against the wall. "That wasn't fun…" Heather noted.
"I'm okay," Astrid added and held her head, "Looks like the Admiral wasn't lying. This guy really knows his sailing… so I guess he's not really a Shadow Rider."
"Well, he didn't had to go over the top to prove it," Ragnar groaned.
Speedfist frowned and pointed to the monitors, showing the darkened arena, "Hold on. If he's not a Shadow Rider, how did he manage to shroud the entire arena in darkness?" he demanded, "Could one of you care to explain that?"
At that moment, a sailor hopped onto the control deck and pressed the intercom button as the light in the arena turned back on, "Sir, we fixed the electrical problems in the duel arena, it should be ok now," he reported.
Hiccup's friends all fell over at the news.
"See, me mate? I be no Shadow Rider, I be an Ocean Rider!"
"All right, shall we carry on with our duel then?" Hiccup asked.
"Indeed, let's duel!" the fat sailor drew his card. Then his end tray opened up, "Now, prepare to taste the briney deep with this: A Legendary Ocean!" his disk glowed a blue aura after placing a card into the end tray.
The area surrounding them turned into a beautiful, underwater realm fill with large stone ruins.
Hiccup looked around the area. "Not bad looking…"
"He's right," Astrid nodded as she too looked at the new field.
"Will ye think it be a grand laugh… when me sea monsters rip ye from limb to limb?" the Admiral chuckled as he took a card from his hand.
"Of course!" Speedfist leaned forward, "The Legendary Ocean card! It reduces the summoning level of all Water-Attribute monsters!"
"Your mate be right, boy," the Admiral nodded, "That means I can play Orca Mega-Fortress of Darkness without a sacrifice, and I be doin' just that!" he declared, slapping the card onto his disk.
Hiccup watched as a huge killer whale with mechanical features on its back, large cannon in its mouth appeared, wailing. (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200)
"Also, in case ye be forgetting, me sea monsters also get an extra bounty of 200 points in both attack and defence!" (ATK: 2100-2300/DEF: 1200-1400)
"Now, Orca Mega Fortress, scuttle that Fanghook!" he pointed to the Knight, "That means 'attack', you swab!"
Orca Mega Fortress took a deep breath, and then shot a huge fireball from the cannon in its mouth at Fanghook, blowing the Hero out of the water.
"I be expectin' more of ye, Hiccup…"
Hiccup looked through the aftermath of the blast, "Huh?"
"It be true. I know who ye be! Yer deck, yer victories…" the Admiral took a card from his hand, "Oh yes, I've studied ye like a map. A map with a handsome treasure, which is why I came to find ye!" he slipped the card into his disk, "Oh, and I place one card facedown…"
"Why've you been spying on me?" Hiccup asked as he drew. "I summon Dragon Knight Bing in defence mode." Then suddenly appearing on the field was a young Knight wearing thick green armour and then took up a kneeling position. (ATK: 300/ DEF: 300) "And I'll follow that up with a facedown!" The electric themed hero appeared kneeling. (ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)
The fat sailor smiled, "Well lad, listen. The Admiral be building a new Duel Academy at the bottom of the briney deep! Well, waddya think?"
"Uh… huh?"
"But, me still needs a first mate. A mate that'd be grand… A mate like…" he pointed at Hiccup, "Ye! And you'll help me run it, ye swab!"
"What?" Hiccup blinked.
"Not Hiccup!" Astrid protested, "He can't leave us!"
"Why not?" Speedfist mused, "It is an amazing opportunity…"
Snotlout just crossed his arms. "Good, maybe now I'll get a new room."
."Shut up Snotlout!" Heather glared. "Hiccup's not gonna leave us! He can't! He won't!"
"And we still need to protect those Sacred Beast Cards!" Ragnar added, "Hiccup can't leave!"
"Hiccup, ye be the finest duelist in the Seven Seas! I want ye to teach with me! Ye'd be great!"
"Yeah, and then I'll probably sprout some wings and fly…" Hiccup said sarcastically.
"Then yer in!" the Admiral declared, "Welcome aboard!"
Hiccup stared at him in shock, "Okay, clearly you don't get sarcasm."
"Were ye?" the Admiral raised an eyebrow, "Then what say ye to a friendly wager, between mates?"
"Don't do it, Hiccup!" Astrid protested.
"It's a trap!" Speedfist cried.
"Who cares?" Snotlout muttered.
"He won't do it!" said Heather.
"Hiccup's no fool," said Ragnar.
"Forget it!" Hiccup glared. "I quit!"
"I ain't be askin' ye, I be tellin' ye! The duel has begun, and the wage has been set," the Admiral shrugged, "If ye win, I be lettin' ye and ye mates go free. But if not, ye leave Duel Academy and join me!"
Hiccup growled. "I'm really not in the mood for your games, so I'm gonna make this quick!"
"It be my turn now," the Admiral drew his card, "And, I play me facedown card… a Trap card known as Cursed Waters Level 3!"
Hiccup looked at the card, "Weird name… but what's it do?"
"It be lettin' me summon monsters from the deep, whose Level totals 3!" the sailor took two cards from his hand and placed them on his disk, "I be summonin' Torpedo Fish and Cannonball Spear Shellfish!"
Hiccup watched as two monsters came onto the field. The first was fish shaped torpedo aiming itself at Hiccup. (ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000) And the second was a mollusk inside a steel drill. (ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)
"Brilliant!" Speedfist nodded, "Normally, those two monsters combined levels would equal 5, but with A Legendary Ocean card in play, their normal levels are downgraded by 1, so they're combined Levels are now 3… clever."
"Yeah, guess this Admiral isn't that bad…" Heather begrudgingly admitted.
"And what worse is his Orca's special ability," said Ragnar grimly.
"He'd be right, you see by sending one of my beasts to the great deep, I can scuttle your facedown!"
Hiccup watched as the Cannonball Spear Shellfish appeared above the Orca and shot through the holo-water like a bullet, crashing into his facedown Dragon Guard card, destroying it easily.
"Now, I be bidding adieu to me Torpedo Fish to make your green fellow walk the mutinous plank!"
Much like the Spear Shellfish, Torpedo Fish swam fast and hard into Bing, blowing him to pieces, leaving Hiccup wide open.
"Now you'd be wide open matey."
"Not quite, because when Bing is destroyed I can summon Dragon Knight Bam for my deck to the field," said Hiccup as a young knight wearing armour much like Bing only blue appeared on his field in a defence position. (ATK: 200/ DEF: 200)
The Admiral snarled, "Fine, then me Orca will attack him!"
The huge killer whale fired off another huge blast of fiery energy that struck Bam destroying him completely.
"And Bam has an ability when he is destroyed, I get a summon Dragon Knight Boom to the field!" Hiccup smirked as another a young knight wearing armour much like Bing and Bam appeared on the field in a defence position. (ATK: 100/ DEF: 100)
"You'd can't hide forever matey," The Admiral grumbled.
"I don't plan to," Hiccup said as he drew his card. "Because I now play Polymerization, in order to fuse Dragon Knights Barf and Belch in order to form Dragon Knight Twin Swordsman!"
The Admiral raised an eyebrow at the new, fusion Knight, clearly unimpressed, (ATK: 2400/DEF: 1800)
"Is that the best ye can do? Even if that green and black-belled gizzard keelhauled me Orca, me only take 100 points of damage!"
Hiccup smirked, "You missed the boat, Admiral. Allow me to explain. Once per turn, he can attack twice in one move!"
"How that be?!"
"I read the card," Hiccup said. "Now, Twin Swordsman, Twin Dragon Sword Slash!"
Twin Swordsman charged straight towards the Orca, sending a powerful slash right though it. The giant whale moaned before blowing apart, knocking the Admiral off his feet.
Hiccup: 4000
Admiral: 3900
"Well, that's why they're endangered," Speedfist shrugged.
"And now Twin Swordsman attacks you directly!" Hiccup pointed to the Admiral.
The Admiral climbed to his feet, only to be hit with a huge massive sword. "Shiver me timbers!" he cried before falling over on his side, smoking a little.
Hiccup: 4000
Admiral: 1500
The Admiral looked at Hiccup, smiling slightly, "Perchance a deal, me boy?" he flipped over, surprisingly, onto his feet, "We maroon this duel here and now, and you come work for me for a thousand doubloons!"
"How much?" Snotlout blinked, amazed.
"Amazing! That's over a million dollars!" Speedfist added.
"That is a lot of booty…" Astrid thought aloud.
"I beg your pardon?" Speedfist asked.
"Money, Speedfist…" Heather added.
"That's a lot of cash," Ragnar whistled.
"Ahoy, waddya say, Hiccup?" the Admiral rubbed his hands together, "Do ye wanna be rich?"
"Nope!" Hiccup firmly answered.
Everyone in the control room smiled at his answer, except for Snotlout, who just stared at him in bewilderment.
"He seriously passing up the chance to become rich?" he stared in shock.
"That's Hiccup for you," Ragnar smiled.
"Don't ya get it? I don't care about the money," Hiccup explained.
The Admiral raised an eyebrow, "I'm sure I can persuade you."
"Read my lips, I don't want your money and I'm not leaving to be a teacher in your underwater Duel Academy!"
Admiral wasn't fazed by Hiccup's threats. "Mull it over whilst we duel, but remember, ye'd be mine either way!" the Admiral drew his card, "Now, me play this, A Shallow Grave! Here's how this card works: we search our Graveyards and find a beast we want, then we summon it in defense mode," the Admiral reached down and plucked a card that popped out, "I think I be choosin' the terror of the Seven Seas, the Orca-Mega Fortress of Darkness!"
Once again, this time in defence mode, the huge killer whale appeared on the field, again boosted thanks to the Legendary Ocean card. (ATK: 2100-2300/DEF: 1200-1400)
Hiccup glared as he picked his monster. "I'll pick my Barf!" The mischievousness knight appeared on the field in defence. (ATK: 1200/DEF: 1000)
"But, before yer Twin Swordsman makes quick work of me Orca, I be tellin' ye he's only a sacrifice!" the Admiral smiled, "So hold onto yer britches, for there be another monster…"
"Uh oh."
"…and he be called Levia-Dragon - Daedalus!"
A huge sea serpent with blue scales, red spikes on its body, and a gaping jaw of spiked teeth emerged from the watery depths with an almighty roar as the Field card gave it more strength. (ATK: 2600-2800/DEF: 1500-1700)
"Ye best be wary of his special ability," the Admiral warned as he took out the Field card from his tray and sent it to the Graveyard slot, "By sending me Legendary Ocean to the Graveyard, the whole lot of cards in this field of war, meets a dastardly end!"
The field spell disappeared and lowered the sea serpent's strength. (ATK: 2800-2600/DEF: 1700-1500)
"Don't forget I've got more life points," Hiccup reminded.
"That doesn't matter, for yer cards are goin' the way of Hel!" the Admiral cried as his Levia-Dragon blasted the entire field, completely obliterating Hiccup's defense, leaving him completely exposed.
"Ramparts be down! Fire all forward battery!" he ordered, pointing to Hiccup, "…in other words, ATTACK!"
Again, the Levia-Dragon roared and fired another beam of blue energy at Hiccup, taking a huge chunk of Life Points out of him.
Hiccup: 1400
Admiral: 1500
"There he goes!" the Admiral laughed as Hiccup fell to his knees, "He be mine, now! Ya'rr finished, tis nothing ye can do to stop me monster!"
Hiccup rose to his feet, glancing at the beast, "I beg to differ. I still got one draw left… mate," he muttered as he looked at his deck. 'All or nothing.' Hiccup then drew his card. "Here we go."
Hiccup looked at it and smirked.
Astrid smiled. "You guys see that smirk? I know it means Hiccup has something planned!"
"Oh you know it!" Ragnar nodded.
"Now since I have Dragon Knight's Bing, Bam and Boom in my graveyard I can summon Dragon Knight Thornado from my hand," said Hiccup slamming a card on his Duel Disk.
Suddenly there was a huge gush of water shooting out of the field and when it dispelled their stillness tall muscular man in blue dragon-like armour. Though there was a slight difference and that he had some sort of metal clamp over his mouth. (ATK: 1500/ DEF: 1800)
Admiral laughed. "Ye be a good effort, but not ye good enough me afraid!"
"Oh, I'm not quite finished," said Hiccup. "Because now I summon Dragon Knight Touch to the field in attack mode!"
Then appearing in a bust of flames was young blazing knight. (ATK: 1500/ DEF: 1300)
Admiral was slightly confused by this move. "You'd make a foolish move matey. Neither of ya Knight tis strong enough to take down me Levia-Dragon."
"I wouldn't be too sure that," said Hiccup and everyone stared at him. "Now Thornado attack is Levia-Dragon with Sonic Blast!"
The metal clap on Thornado's mouth opened and he sent a powerful sonic attack straight at Levia-Dragon. It was so loud that everyone that everyone had to cover their ears, except for Hiccup who just stood there as if nothing happened.
"Why'd ya do that?" the Admiral yelled over the noise, "me Sea Monster has more points that you're scurvy knight."
"My scurvy knight has quite the special ability," said Hiccup as he pulled out Bing from his Graveyard, "firstly, by either removing a Bing, Bam or Boom for my graveyard I can reduce all battle damage to 0 and Thornado gets the stick around. Secondly, after damage is dealt your Dragon is destroyed."
Admiral stared in horror and looked up at his Dragon just in time to see it being blown up.
"And Admiral you haven't forgotten about Torch, have you?"
Admiral stared in horror as he realises field was wide open and Touch had enough points to win the match.
"Touch, shiver his timbers! Typhoon Boomerang!" Hiccup ordered.
Torch began to spin furiously as flames covered him from head to toe and he soared straight towards the Admiral and he yelled in pain as the flames covered him which was followed by an explosion and he found himself at Hiccup's feet.
Hiccup: 1400 (Winner)
Admiral: 0
"I guess I'll be going," said Hiccup.
'Argh… I might've been bested in this duel, but tharr be another way to catch this wily fish, Hiccup!' The Admiral thought with a smirk as he regained his composure.
When Hiccup reached the control room he found that his friends were gone and he stared up at the Admiral, who just explained the situation.
"What do you mean they are left?" he said bewildered.
"They took the first and only dinghy home," said Admiral.
"So, I'm stuck?"
"Aye, I fear it be true."
Hiccup has a hard time believing his friends would abandon him. "But—"
"Just look for yourself," said Admiral pointing to one of the screens which showed his friends sailing away on the boat that brought them here. "Hi def video tell no tall tales."
Hiccup just stared at it in shock and then looked back at the Admiral. "Very convenient."
"Aye, you now begin your new life under the sea, Hiccup," said Admiral as the submarine submerged. "Ship to the wind, we'd be making way to me first mates new home."
A week later on Duel Academy, as it was looking out towards the sea from the docks. Ragnar and Heather were watching her from behind the lighthouse.
"She's taken a pretty hard," said Ragnar looking at her with sympathy, "it's been a whole week since Hiccup left."
"I still find it hard to believe that Hiccup wanted to stay with the Admiral," Heather admitted.
"Hiccup I knew wouldn't do this to his friends for money," said Ragnar crossing his arms.
Astrid then stood up. "Do you guys hear that?"
Ragnar and Heather looked up and I could definitely hear the sound of an engine coming straight towards them.
"Guys!" a voice yelled.
"Hiccup!" said Astrid with tears of joy running down her cheek.
Then they saw emerging into the bay was a boat and Hiccup was driving it. Smoke was pouring out from the boat and Hiccup was covered in oil and grime.
"I escaped!" Hiccup yelled from the boat as he drove towards the port. "He trapped me, but I managed to get myself out of there!"
"We should have known," said Ragnar. "I can't believe I fell for that."
"What's it matter? Hiccup's back and Astrid seems to be quite happy about it," Heather smiled.
Ragnar can help but agree with her as they ran down towards the port to meet up with Hiccup. Once Hiccup jumped out of the boat he was soon tackled by Astrid in a massive hug.
"Uh…" was all he could say.
Astrid soon realised she was making a scene and pulled away from him. They looked at one another both their faces blushing.
"I'm glad you're back," she said slightly embarrassed.
"It's great to be back," said Hiccup equally embarrassed.
Ragnar and Heather looked at one another and rolled their eyes. When were the two of them going to admit their feelings to one another?
Dragon Knight Bing
ATK: 300/ DEF: 300
3 stars
WATER
Warrior/ Effect
This card is treated as a Dragon type while face up on the field or in the Graveyard. When this card is destroyed a result of battle and send the Graveyard, you can special summon warn "Dragon Knight Bam" from your hand or deck.
Dragon Knight Bam
ATK: 200/ DEF: 200
2 stars
WATER
Warrior/ Effect
This card is treated as a Dragon type while face up on the field or in the Graveyard. When this card is destroyed a result of battle and send the Graveyard, you can special summon warn "Dragon Knight Boom" from your hand or deck.
Dragon Knight Boom
ATK: 100/ DEF: 100
1 stars
WATER
Warrior/ Effect
This card is treated as a Dragon type while face up on the field or in the Graveyard.
Dragon Knight Thornado
ATK: 1500/ DEF: 1800
5 stars
WATER
Warrior/ Effect
This card is treated as a Dragon type while face up on the field or in the Graveyard. This card cannot be normal summon or set, this card can only be special summoned when Dragon Knights Bing, Bam and Boom are in your graveyard. Destroy an opponent's monster that battles this card at the end of the Damage Step. You can prevent this card's destruction and reduce all battle damage to 0 that involves this card by removing from play either Dragon Knight Bing, Bam or Boom from your graveyard.