Hiccup was fine on top of Toothless in the night sky heading straight towards Viggo's base. He however was not alone as he had the Dragon Riders, the A Team, his father, Gobber, Alvin, Dagur and Heather.

"Everyone ready?" he asked looking at the Dragon Riders.

Astrid nodded.

"We're ready and waiting," said Ragnar.

"A Team?" said Hiccup looking up at his father and the others.

"Aye!" Stoick nodded.

"A Team!" said Gustav excitedly.

"Oh, yes!" Spitelout yelled.

"Outcasts!" Hiccup asked looking at Alvin.

"Ready to get me hands dirty," Alvin smiled.

"Berserkers?" Hiccup asked looking at Heather and Dagur.

Dagur laughed.

"You know it," said Heather.

Hiccup then looked at Toothless. "What do you think, bud?" Toothless roared with enthusiasm. "I was hoping you'd say that."

They then flew down towards the island as they began making their attack run. The plan was simple get in and get out without arising too much attention.


The Hunters were keeping a lookout on board their ships and one of them reached the edge unaware that Gustav and Fanghook were looking up at him. Then before he realised, Gustav grabbed the helm of his tone and pulled him overboard.

"Oh, Gustav!" Gustav cheered quietly.

The other Hunter on the ship noticed that he was gone and went to investigate, but Spitelout flew out of nowhere and his Deadly Nadder grabbed him and jumped him into the ocean.

"Spitelout, Spitelout, oi, oi, oi!" he whispered quietly.


Dagur was actually on the island setting of a netter trap.

"I guess the trapper's trap can trap the trapper," he said to himself. He then turned around to find a Hunter directly behind him with his sword raised and looked at him quite calmly. "Hello? Have you met my sister? The Berserker?"

"Hi," Heather waved as Windshear warped her tail around him and pulled him into the air.

"I promise you, she lives up to the name," Dagur called.

Heather then dumped him into the ocean.

"See ya," she said flying back.

A few Hunters saw this and got the catapults ready, but suddenly emerging out of the ground was Alvin and Groundsplitter.

"Hello," he said menacingly before Groundsplitter fired at them.


The Hunters were now aware of their presence, but it was far too late as Snotlout and Hookfang landed in front of them.

"Hello!" he waved and Hookfang ignited.

The Hunters immediately ran away screaming, but Fishlegs appeared in front of them on top of Meatlug.

"And now, it's time to introduce the band. I'm Fishlegs. And on tail bludgeon, we Meatlug," said Fishlegs.

Meatlug then began spinning around and smacked her tail right into the Hunters knocking him out cold.


The twins were flying through the caves unleashing gas upon on quitting hunters that were patrolling the area.

"One for the gold, two for the show…" said Tuffnut.

"Three to get Barf and Belch ready, and four to blow!" Ruffnut yelled.

Belch then ignited the gas explosions down the tunnels and scattering the Hunters across the island.


Ryker drew his blade to see what was going on and then saw Stoick landing in front of them on top of Skullcrusher.

"Ryker! Nice to see you again," said Stoick narrowing his eyes.

Ryker chuckled menacingly, but next second he was flattened by Grump, with Gobber as his Rider.

"Even if it's just a moment," said Gobber.

Hiccup and Toothless landed on the ground.

"All yours, son," said Stoick.

Hiccup dismounted Toothless and the two of them then approached Viggo's tent which was being guarded by Astrid and Ragnar. Once he entered he found that he had caught Viggo completely by surprise and he went for his weapons, but Toothless fired a plasma blast destroying them.

Hiccup then quickly grabbed the Dragon Eye which was on his desk before Viggo had a chance to grab it himself.

"I'll take that," said Hiccup.


"Really? 'I'll take that?'" said Tuffnut.

The entire event had been nothing more than just Hiccup explaining his plan to reclaim the Dragon Eye to the others.

"Seriously that's the best you can come up with?" Tuffnut continued shaking his head in disappointment. "This is your big moment, H. Books will be written about it. Children will act it out. Some adults were acted out, but it will be cute as the children. You need a killer catchphrase. One line that will withstand the test of time. As the sand and ocean pass, your words will remain. I mean you just defeated one of the toughest, most ruthless villains in the world."

"Who everyone thought was smarter than you," Ruffnut added.

"Really? Everyone?" said Hiccup.

"Well, you know, there's no hard data, but if you had to guess…" said Tuffnut.

"Okay, I'll work on something cool to say to him when I taken down," said Hiccup. "Happy?"

"Uh, uh, uh," said Tuffnut wiggling his finger and got to his feet. "Au contraire, mon frère. We will work on something better for you to say to him when we taken down. Trust us, we've gotcha." He then turned to Ruffnut and the two of them walked away. "It should be something with a growl, and, I mean, like…"


Once everything was finally sorted out everyone went their separate ways. Stoick was smiling down at his son at the steps of the Great Hall and patting him on the shoulders

"Now, that's what I call a plan," said Stoick and walked off.

Hiccup waved at him and then suddenly was grabbed and pulled behind the steps. He turned and saw that it had been Astrid who pulled him away.

"You did it!" she said hugging him. "I'm really proud of you."

"A lot of those ideas were yours," Hiccup reminded. "I… I could have done it without you."

"We may quite the team, huh?" Astrid smiled as they leaned against the steps.

"I certainly think so."

They then watched as the dragons began playing with one another, but Hiccup was focused on something quite differently which Astrid took notice.

"I know that look. What's wrong?" she asked.

"Nothing is wrong. It's just… Well, yeah, Tuff's right, this is huge. Viggo, Berk, the Edge. And my dad, putting his trust in me. If the mission fails, we could lose the Dragon Eye forever. That could mean the end of the dragons. And they could be hunted to extinction. And I—"

Astrid then placed a finger over his lips. "But, they won't be. Because this mission will not fail."

"Then there's this Project Shellfire thing. And Ragnar's vision of the Edge being attacked. I mean, what's?" he said worriedly.

Astrid then placed her hands on his shoulders and looked at him firmly in the eyes. "Hiccup, stop! You spent months planning this. It's gonna work."

Hiccup smiled and the two of them brought their heads closer to one another.

"Oh, my Thor!" said a voice above them. They looked up and saw Fishlegs staring at them and quickly separated. "What are you two… Wait, I know. It's so obvious!"

"It is?" they said in unison awkwardly.

"Of course!" said Fishlegs. "You're discussing where to hide the Dragon Eye once we get it back." The two of them just smiled awkwardly. "Meatlug, and I are way ahead of you, aren't we girl?" Meatlug growled happily as Fishlegs stroke her. "We've got hiding places inside hiding places."

Hiccup and Astrid merely nodded.

"Well, I'm gonna give Meatlug some Andesite. Helps her leave when she's this excited. Carry on, you two."

They then watched as Fishlegs flew away and sighed with relief.

"That was close," said Astrid.

"Yeah," Hiccup agreed. He then frowned at her. "Wait, why do we care if they know about us?"

"I mean, we don't, I guess. It's all also new. I just want to share it with you right now, you know?" she smiled. Hiccup looked at her with an emotionless expression. "Look, we'll tell everyone, I just want the time to be right."

"Yeah, I get it. This-this isn't the time," he agreed. "We can't take a chance on anyone doing anything differently. Including us."

Hiccup then outstretched his hand, but Astrid merely pulled him towards her and kissed him on the lips. She then pulled away and made her way over to Stormfly and mounted.

"Did you think I'd leave with just the handshake?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

She then took off and Hiccup was with his girlfriend disappeared into the distance. Toothless approached him and growled at him.

"Yeah, I know. She something else, huh, bud?" said Hiccup as he mounted him and then took off.


Later that very same night, everyone was making their way towards Viggo's base and the twins approached Hiccup.

"Okay, we've given that a lot of thought and here's what we have so far," said Ruffnut.

They then twisted their dragon's necks so Tuffnut was facing him. "'Is that axe in your face, or are you just happy to see me?'" he said. Hiccup just stared at him. "No? Okay. Not a problem."

Ruffnut then switched positions. "'Viggo, this is gonna hurt me a lot more is gonna hurt me!'" she said.

Hiccup was now starting to get annoyed as was Toothless.

After a brief silence Tuffnut then switch positions yet again. "'Good night, and good luck!'" He then frowned. "Wait, wait. No, no, no."

"Given a rest, will you?" Snotlout asked.

"We didn't say you were involved in this, Snotlout," said Tuffnut.

"Although that line wasn't half bad," said Ruffnut. "'Give it a rest, will ya, Viggo?'"

"Oh, for the love of…" Hiccup moaned. He then cleaned his throat. "Riders, ready? Just like we practised!"

They all then went their separate ways the fall the plan, but discovered something quite unusual.

"A Gustav?" said Gustav as he emerged out of the water.

He then soon discover that every single ship had been destroyed and Spitelout was equally as confused.

Alvin, Dagur and Heather discover that the catapults and traps had also been destroyed.

"What's going on?" Heather frowned.

The Riders had completely looked around the island and there was no sign of any Hunters. The twins had just exited from the tunnels, who also completely empty handed.

"Ugh! What a rip off," Snotlout moaned.

"Oh, looks like someone beat us to it," said Fishlegs.

"The question is, who?" said Stoick.

"And how come there is no dead bodies, I don't even say any trace of Ryker or Viggo," said Ragnar rubbing his head.

Hiccup soon landed and then made his way towards Viggo's tent to find the place was completely ransacked and there was no trace of Viggo or the Dragon Eye.

"I'll help the other search the island," said Stoick as he took off.

Hiccup entered the tent and looked at the desk where a Maces and Talons gameboard laid.

"Oh, Thor!" he yelled an upturn the table in a rage. "What is it gonna take to catch this guy?"

Then one of the pieces from the game board landed on the rug and Hiccup heard a hollowed sound. Looking at Toothless he bent down and signalled Toothless to sniff the floor and immediately he growled.

Hiccup pulled the rug away to reveal a wooden door and opened it up to reveal a hole. There, to his utter bewilderment, was Viggo battered and bruised and cradling himself within the hole.

Toothless was immediately about to fire plasma blast, but Hiccup stopped him. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold your fire!"

"I never imagined that these words would come out of this mouth, but, my dear Hiccup, I am overjoyed to see you," said Viggo.


A few moments later they pulled him out of the hole and had sat down on a stool. The other Riders were now with Hiccup all of them looking at Viggo.

"What happened here? Viggo, where is the Dragon eye?" Hiccup demanded.

Stoick then entered the tent and glared at Viggo. "You come after my son. You come after my home," he growled and lift Viggo up while clenching his throat. "Now you get to deal with me!"

"Dad, wait! Revenge is not a plan," Hiccup reminded him. "Remember."

"That was for you. For me, it goes down like a treat," he said tightening his grip.

"Let Viggo speak," Hiccup pleaded.

"Sir, he's the only one who knows what happened here and the only one who can point us in the direction of the Dragon Eye," said Ragnar.

He stood there for moment and reluctantly, Stoick released Viggo. Viggo gasped for air as he massaged his throat, clearly he had never been on the receiving end of such treatment. Hiccup then approached him clearly wanting answers.

"Ryker's lost all sense of reason," said Viggo. "He's on his own and unfortunately managed this way the soft mind of the Dragon Hunters. My brother has turned them on their leader."

"And that, right there, is why I'd rather have a sister any day of the week," said Tuffnut. Ruffnut nodded and raised her hand believing that her brother was a high five. "Not you, obviously, but, a different sis."

"Ryker's plan, as simple-minded as it is, is to wipe out the Dragon Riders and all of your allies," Viggo continued.

"Yeah, h-how is that different from every other bad guy we've ever dealt with?" Hiccup asked.

"And defeated!" Fishlegs added and folded his arms. "Yeah."

"The difference, my dear Hiccup, is Project Shellfire," said Viggo and looked at the twins. "You two remember that, don't you?"

Ruffnut then marched up and looked straight at him. "Just remember, if Viggo, you go!" she said moved away from him.

Tuffnut then leaned towards him. "That's right. It's your day to burn, and we're the torches with a fire that burns!"

Viggo looked at Ragnar with a puzzled look. "I'm sorry. Did I miss something?"

"No, this is getting quite normal for them," Ragnar assured.

The twins started to back away and Tuffnut gave his noises as he pointed to fingers at his eyes and then back at Viggo.

"Guys, guys, maybe not now," said Hiccup looking at them. He then looked at Viggo. "Tell me what Project Shellfire is. We know it's some sort of weapon. Is it a boat? A dragon?"

"In due time, I will divulge all," said Viggo. "Project Shellfire, the location of the Dragon Eye. But only if you help me stop my brother and send me on my way."

"Yak dung!" Snotlout coughed. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I had something in my lying throat!"

"Snotlout is right, Hiccup," Fishlegs agreed. "We shouldn't trust Viggo as far as we can flow him."

"Agreed. Trusting me is, shall we say, a stretch," said Viggo. "Therefore, as a show of good faith, I will tell you where and when my brother will strike next. Give you time to save some of your allies, which he symptomatically intends to destroy." Hiccup and his father looked at one another and then turned her attention back onto Viggo. "The next attack is on the Defenders of the Wing. Followed by the Outcast, Berserkers and Berk itself, in no particular order. While Ryker is no tactical genius, he still manages to hold some things close to the vest."

Hiccup looked at everyone and gestured them to go outside.

"Time is of the essence, Hiccup," Viggo called. "It is the ability to make expeditious decisions that saves lives."

Hiccup closed the tent behind him and looked at everyone.

"There is no way we're believing one word this guy says," said Astrid.

"We can't just ignore it," said Hiccup. "Astrid, there are too many lives at stake."

"Agreed," said Stoick placing a hand on his shoulder. "Gobber and I will take the auxiliary riders back to Berk. Just in case."

"Heather, Dagur, Alvin, go make sure Berserker and Outcast Islands' are ready," said Hiccup looking at both the Outcast and the Berserkers.

The three of them nodded and went to their dragons.

Hiccup then looked at his Riders. "We're gonna check on the Defenders of the Wing."

"And what about Viggo?" Astrid asked.

"I guess he's comin' with us," said Hiccup. "There is no other way, Astrid."

Astrid didn't like it, but she knew that he was right and nodded.

Hiccup then made his way back into the tent and saw Viggo smiling at him as if he had predicted this scenario.


They soon reached the Defenders island, and almost instantly they to Viggo into custody. Throk dragged Viggo towards the prison cells and Mala looked at Hiccup with a concerned look.

"Hiccup Haddock, I am going to assume that there is a sane reason that you'd even think of bringing this man into our home," she said folding her arms.

"Mala, I don't trust either," said Hiccup honestly. "But what he says is true, you could be in grave danger."

"It isn't only the Defenders of the Wing I am concerned with," said Mala. "There is something else we must protect at all costs."


Mala soon took the Riders to the lava pool and there they saw the Eruptodon and opposite it was a baby Eruptodon.

Fishlegs was immediately excited. "Oh! It's hatched? It's hatched!" he cried excitedly.

The baby Eruptodon was busy eating the lava pool with a hungry look on its face.

"A few weeks past," Mala smiled. "He must be protected and must keep his hunger satiated. He's too young and frail to survive anything else."

Then suddenly there was a large explosion directly behind them and they turned a fire large rocks firing down upon them.

"Oh, you mean something like that?" said Snotlout.

It wasn't just the lava pool that was under attack for the entire village in the Defenders were running away screaming.

"The wraith of the gods is upon us!" Throk yelled.

Toothless quickly fired a plasma blast at one of the rocks destroying it and fired yet again, but there was just too many of them.

"I've seen this sort of attacking my vision," said Ragnar looking at Hiccup.

"Hiccup, we need to get the baby Eruptodon out of here," said Fishlegs, who was cradling the baby Eruptodon.

"Yes, please," Mala pleaded.

"Fishlegs, go," Hiccup ordered.

Fishlegs then picked up the baby Eruptodon and mounted Meatlug. The Eruptodon gave them a concerned look as they hovered in front of her.

"We'll protect him as if he was one of our own, we promise," Fishlegs promised.

They then flew away far away from the village and to the far side of the island.

"Believe me now, Hiccup?" said Viggo's voice from within the underground cell he was trapped in.

"Not even remotely," said Hiccup. He then looked at Mala and Throk. "Mala, Throk, you and your men keep Viggo locked down. We're gonna fly into the attack and find the source."

Once they mounted their dragons they took off heading towards the direction falling boulders. Of course flying into them was proving to be quite hazardous.

"I mean, not that we're ones to complain about a totally awesome situation, but, hey, Hiccup, why are we doing this?" Tuffnut asked trying to avoid his head been taken up by the boulders flying above them.

"We have to find the source. The only way is applied towards it," said Hiccup. He then quickly ducked just in time to avoid being hit by a flying boulder.

"Hiccup, that was way too close!" said Astrid frantically. "Maybe you should go back, guard Viggo."

Hiccup then flew towards her. "Astrid, we talk about this. It's gotta be business as usual. We can't risk anyone thinking—"

"Thinking what?" Snotlout frowned overhearing part of their conversation.

"Nothing!" they both said in unison quickly.

"Whoa! Take it easy, Hicstrid."

"Stay focused and keep moving forward! No matter what!" Hiccup ordered.

They then flew past the clouds and saw several Hunters ships close to the sea stack.

"There. Down there," said Hiccup.

They then flew down towards the ship and was spotted instantly by the Hunters aboard it. They then started to engage them in battle and easily took them down with some precise dragon fire.

Then they saw the boulders flying from behind the sea stack.

"Behind the sea stack!" Astrid yelled.

"Cover us!" Hiccup ordered as he and Astrid approached the sea stack.

They circled around it and nearly collide with one another. They looked down and saw no trace of anything that could have caused the attack leaving them completely bewildered.


When they returned to the island, they discovered that Viggo managed to escape during the confusion.

"He escaped?" Astrid stared.

"The explosions are allowed him to slip away," said Throk regretfully. "I… I failed you."

"You sure did, Throkman. I would be looking for a new gig if I were you. Or a new head!" said Snotlout folding his arms and laughed.

"I can't believe I fell for it. What was I thinking?" said Hiccup mentally kicking himself.

"Now, there's a good question," said Snotlout. "I personally wouldn't have done—"

"Snotlout, don't," Astrid glared.

"No, no, no. It's all right," said Hiccup. "Um, we can't focus on Viggo right now anyway. We need to get back to the Edge." He then approached Mala and Throk. "We don't know when the next attack will happen. Of course, you and your tribe are welcome to come with us."

"No. We must defend our home," said Mala firmly. "But I do have a favour to ask. I fear that the baby Eruptodon will not be safe here."

She then turned to the baby Eruptodon, who was playing with Meatlug. She then spewed some lava out of which the baby happily ate.

"Don't worry, Mala. Meatlug and I were made for this," Fishlegs assured. "We're gonna keep this little guy say no matter what!"

Mala smiled at him and nodded gratefully.

"Send a Terror Mail if you need us," said Hiccup.

They then mounted their dragons and took off and headed straight back to the Edge.


Once at the Edge, Hiccup and Astrid were in his hut going over a battle plan while their dragons played outside.

"The problem is, we've been thinking like Viggo," Hiccup frowned. "We have to start thinking like Ryker."

"Good luck with that," said Astrid. She then sighed and looked at him apologetically. "Look, I'm sorry for—"

Hiccup knew what she was about to say. "Me too. It won't happen again. Look we have to put our personal feelings aside and accept the risks. We can only protect each other to a point. Like we've been doing for years."

"No, I know. You're right," Astrid nodded. "I lost my head. It won't happen again."

"It is nice to know you care though," Hiccup smiled.

Astrid blushed slightly. "If you don't know that by now, then…"

The two of them looked at one another and drew closer to one another, but before they kissed the twins barged in and they quickly pulled apart from one another.

"Looks like she's got the makes, and I've got the talons," said Tuffnut gesturing to his sister and himself. "So, Viggo, it's game over. And we haven't even—"

"Tuffnut!" Hiccup and Astrid yelled together furiously.

"Yeah, you're right," said Tuffnut. He signed. "I could have the mace, you know, not her. Everyone knows I'm a mace man." He then laughed softly. "Guilty as charged, mace man at heart. Good lookin' out, H."

The twins then left leaving a very annoyed Hiccup and Astrid behind.

"Okay, uh, that's awful," said Hiccup. They then turn towards the map. "Let's assume that Viggo is telling the truth. If you're Ryker, which ally do you hit next?"

The two of them then placed a finger on a small island.

"Outcast Island," they said in unison.


Later that night they were at the Straits of Baldur and accompanying them was Alvin.

"Not that I don't love hanging out with you guys, but how does hovering over an empty ocean do us any good?" Snotlout asked.

"They can't reach the archipelago without passing through the Straits of Baldur," said Astrid.

"And when they do, they'll come through us," said Hiccup looking through his spyglass.

"And then there witnessed the rage of the Outcast," Alvin growled.

"Hey, Hoff," said Tuffnut looking at her. "Hey, question for you. Which of these two do you like best?"

"'My name is Hiccup Haddock. Submit or be filleted where you stand and fed by my favourite yak,'" said Ruffnut. "Or…"

"—'Oh, you want a battle, Viggo? Well, how about I give you a war instead? It's bigger and there's more fighting!'" said Tuffnut.

"Hiccup doesn't even have a favourite yak," Astrid pointed out.

"What about Yakkity?" Ruffnut asked.

"That's my yak, pal. Yakkity Jorgenson," said Snotlout shaking his head.

"A-and, by the way, we don't want a war, guys," Hiccup added.

"How due to start coming up with catchphrases for release coming up with good ones," said Ragnar rolling his eyes.

Alvin looked at Ragnar. "Are they always like this?"

"Pretty much," Ragnar shrugged.

"Hunter ship, due South!" Hiccup yelled.

Snotlout narrowed his eyes. "Is that a white flag?" he asked confused.

Hiccup looked at the deck of the ship. "Uh, yeah. It is," he said equally confused. "But that's not the weirdest part." He was right, because the plan waving the white flag was none other than Ryker.


Soon they approached the Hunter ship to question Ryker about his weird behaviour. He pretty much gave the same explanation that Viggo gave them.

"Funny. That's the exact same story Viggo told us, but he said you're the one who flipped," said Hiccup.

"Oh, yeah? Then where is he?" Ryker asked raising an eyebrow. Hiccup just looked at him in silence and Ryker smiled. "Let me ask you this. Between Viggo and myself, who has more than interest in you, Hiccup?"

Again Hiccup was silent with answered Ryker question. "Exactly," he said with a smile. "It's Viggo who's lost his mind. It's Viggo who came up and built the Shellfire. It's Viggo who wants a war. But it's Ryker who has the Dragon Eye."

"Great. Where is it?" Hiccup asked.

"And you can prove us wrong by telling us where the Dragon Eye is," Hiccup added.

"Oh, don't worry. It's safely hidden," Ryker assured. "Think about it, if Viggo had the Shellfire and the Dragon Eye, what would he do? He'd set you up. Which is exactly what my beloved it brother is doing."

Alvin snorted. "I know more about treachery than anyone else and I think we can all agree what makes you think that we would believe you even more than your brother?"

"Oh, that's great!" Snotlout moaned. "Another lunatic Dragon Hunter that we can't trust."

Then suddenly they heard very familiar sounds in the distance.

"The Shellfire," said Hiccup and approached the edge of the ship.

In the distance they could see a massive display of firepower attacking something in the distance.

"But where is it attacking?" Astrid asked. Hiccup pulled out the map to search and soon found the answer and Astrid gasped in horror. "We have to help them, Hiccup!"

"Help who?" Snotlout asked.

"Dagur and Heather!" Astrid answered as he mounted Stormfly.

"Oh, no," said Ragnar horrified as he mounted Skull and he took off with Astrid.

"Berserker Island! Now!" Hiccup ordered and looked at Alvin. "Alvin, you better return to Outcast Island just in case."

"Good hunting," said Alvin as he mounted Groundsplitter and headed towards Outcast Island.

Ryker smiled at Hiccup. "You see, Hiccup? That attack proves what I've been saying," he said. "Bring me Viggo and I will give you what you want. Otherwise, I disappear for good along with the Dragon Eye."

Hiccup had no time for negotiations and rushed towards Berserker Island as quickly as he could.


When they got there Heather and Dagur were already approaching them looking quite frantic.

"Brother!" Dagur yelled.

"Hiccup! It came at us out of nowhere!" Heather yelled.

They quickly moved to avoid a boulder almost striking them and the other Riders made fancy manoeuvres to avoid being hit as well.

"Hiccup, staying together won't help. We need to split up," said Astrid.

"You're right," Hiccup nodded. "You're with me." He then looked at Ragnar and the others. "Go with Heather and Dagur. Save you can, then meet us back at the Edge."

"And where are you two going?" Snotlout asked.

"To find out whatever this Shellfire is, and stop it, once and for all," said Hiccup.

Then he and Astrid headed straight towards the direction of the boulder fire. While the others went straight towards Berserker Island.

"You guys felt that, right?" said Snotlout looking at the twins.

"Definitely," they said in unison.

Snotlout rolled his eyes. "You have no idea what I'm talking about do you?"

"Not a clue," said Ruffnut.

"And, strangely, we're not that broken up about it," said Tuffnut.

"Hiccup, Astrid. Something is up with them," said Snotlout.

"Oh, that!" they said in unison.

"Yeah, well, I know what it is, though. It is obvious. I'm sorry you had hear it from me, but, Hiccup is dying," said Tuffnut sadly. Snotlout and Hookfang stared at him. "Yep. I mean, he didn't tell me or anything, but I can tell. He's on death's door, he's a-knockin', and death's home, but he's changing and it's gonna be a bit before he can come to the door, so Hiccup's preparing to say his goodbyes. That's the only reason he's rejecting our catch phrases. Is just too painful to think about them being used when he's not here. Especially because he knows that he'd never be as good saying them as me."

"That's ridiculous!" Ruffnut yelled punching him. "It Astrid who's dying. And she's trying to spend as much time as he can with Hiccup so she can break it to him slowly. Duh!"

"You two muttonhead have no idea how to read people," said Snotlout rolling his eyes. "They're not dying. They're spending all this time together because Hiccup clearly has a gambling problem and Astrid is trying to help him conceal it."

The twins looked at one another and then back to Snotlout.

"By Thor! You've got it!" said Tuffnut.

Heather flew next to Ragnar and shook her head. "They really have no idea what's going on between the two of them, do they?"

"Not a clue," said Ragnar.

"So, when did they become a couple?" Heather asked intriguingly.

"A few days ago and they're still adjusting to it, especially Astrid," said Ragnar.

Before he could explain more, a flying boulder headed straight towards them and he barely had enough time to dodge it. They then quickly flew down towards the island in order to help the Berserkers evacuate.


Hiccup and Astrid were flying as fast they could towards the direction of the fire.

"Faster, bud! We need to close the distance before it can disappear!" Hiccup yelled.

It wasn't easy to manoeuvre past the flying boulders, but eventually they got past them.

"There!" Astrid pointed.

Down below them they saw a strange looking ship with no deck or sails and completely made of dragon-proof metal.

"I see it! Looks like a ship!" said Hiccup.

They then flew down towards it, but then strangely it sank beneath the waves and then a second later a large dragon emerge out of the water. It had to be one hundred and sixty feet long with two long horns on its head, relatively long wings, and a hard shell on its back for protection. Beneath it and had four legs and uniquely shaped wings used mainly for swimming. Hiccup then noticed that the ship they saw the ball was actually chained to the creature's back. It then opened its mouth and fired several cannonball-sized plasma charges.

"What is that?" Hiccup stared as the dragon fired more shots. "This Shellfire isn't a ship or a dragon. It's both! He's weaponised a dragon, Astrid!"

"Dragon Riders! Move!" said a Hunter on the deck of the ship.

They then jumped into the nearest and closed it behind them. A few seconds later, the Shellfire turned around and sank beneath the waves.

"And that's why it's so hard to find and defend against," said Astrid.

"I'm going after it," said Hiccup.

Hiccup then dive down into the sea and attempted to follow the Shellfire, but the dragon was far too fast underwater and soon disappeared from sight. With no other option, Hiccup and Toothless flew back up to the surface and joined Astrid.

"Too fast and too deep," he said.

"It can't stay down for long, there are Hunters under those hatches" Astrid pointed out.

"But we don't know which direction it's headed or where it's gonna come up," said Hiccup frustratingly. "Ah, we've gotta get back to the Edge to regroup."


Later that night, they returned to the Edge with Heather and Dagur. Hiccup then began explaining what he and Astrid had seen.

"Tidal Class for sure. If I had to guess, Titan Wing," said Hiccup. "Bigger than a Submaripper. Long range firing capabilities."

"Sounds like a modified version of that chariot, Ryker came up with," said Ragnar folding his arms.

"Titan Class dragons don't attack humans. They just don't," said Fishlegs as Meatlug fed the baby Eruptodon. "It's not in their nature. They're forcing it to do that."

"I know they are, Fishlegs," said Hiccup.

"Subjugation," said Tuffnut. Everyone just stared at him openmouthed. "What? I listen and learn, people." He then looked to his sister. "That's the word, right?" Ruffnut facepalmed herself at her brother's stupidity. "No?"

Hiccup then looked at Dagur and Heather. Dagur was comforting Heather after what they witnessed on their island.

"Dagur, Heather, I'm sorry about Berserker Island," he said apologetically. "We all are."

"At least we managed to save most of our people. But to rebuild…" Heather sighed.

"I've been trying really hard to manage my anger, Hiccup," said Dagur. "But Viggo? He's got to go."

"Hey, that's my line," said Snotlout.

"Sorry, Snot-hat," said Dagur.

Snotlout narrowed his eyes and folded his arms and saw that Hookfang was doing a dragon's equivalent of a laugh. "What are you looking at? No laughing," he snapped.

Astrid then looked at Hiccup. "So, what's our next move?"

"I don't know," said Hiccup depressingly. He then made his way over to Toothless. "The only thing I do know is we've got to find Viggo soon or Ryker and the Dragon Eye could be gone for good."

"Good luck with that," said Snotlout. "What do you think Viggo's gonna do? Walk in here and turn himself in?"

"Not helping, Snotlout," said Fishlegs.

"Maybe Ryker will give us more time?" Astrid offered.

"I highly doubt that," said Hiccup.

"We don't even know if he's telling the truth," said Ragnar rubbing the back of his head.

Hiccup grunted in annoyance and Astrid went to comfort him. "I need to clear my head."

"I'll hold things together while you're gone," Astrid assured. "Take your time. We'll be fine."

Hiccup smiled at her and mounted Toothless and took off.


They soon landed on the edge of a cliff that overlooks the sea and Hiccup sat on the edge contemplating with Toothless by his side.

"Looks peaceful, doesn't it?" said Hiccup looking at Toothless. He then shook his head. "I always have at least a gut feeling for something to do. But this time…"

Hiccup sighed and noticing his troubled look, Toothless nudged him affectionately and Hiccup stretched him on the nose.

"Perhaps I can help?" said a very familiar voice behind him. They turned and saw Viggo approaching them and Toothless growled at him. "I hope you didn't think I would leave you hanging in the wind. I'm nothing if not a man of my word, Hiccup."

Hiccup got to his feet and glared at him as Toothless growled at him furiously.

"Let me guess. Ryker told you that I was the one who went rogue," said Viggo. He then chuckled slightly. "I figured as much. Probably offered you peace and the Dragon Eye, either of which he is either willing or able to give you."

"Oh, and you are?" Hiccup asked raising an eyebrow.

Viggo merely smiled and approached Hiccup. Toothless got ready to fire a plasma blast. "As I said, my dear Hiccup, you help me stop my brother and I'll give you what you desire."

Hiccup narrowed his eyes. "Which is exactly what he said. Almost to the word."

"But he conveniently could produce it, could he?" Viggo smiled.

"But you can?" Viggo expression change and he went silent. "Yeah, that's just what I…" He then stopped when Ryker produced a large cylinder with engravings. It was the Dragon Eye. "Thought."

"Now, when will Ryker be arriving?" Viggo asked.

"Uh, in the morning," said Hiccup still slightly perplexed.

Viggo then walked up to him and presented him with the Dragon Eye. "Rest assured. The Shellfire will be with him." Hiccup was about to grab it, but Viggo pulled it away. "Uh-un, whatever we're going to do, Hiccup, we must do it together."

Hiccup was in two minds, he didn't trust Viggo an inch, but there was no denying that the present moment Ryker was the bigger threat. He knew that he would regret it, but right now they were allies.

Satisfied, Viggo gave him the Dragon Eye and Hiccup had a feeling that the finals competition of their war was about to begin.