Chapter 2: Truths Reviled

Inside the Dragon Hangar, Stoick was barking out orders, "GROUND ALL DRAGONS!" The Riders and Speakers look at him shock and confused. All the Vikings are putting all the dragons inside. Hiccup went over to his dad, "What? Why?!"

"SEAL THE GATES! LOWER THE STORM DOORS!" All the Villagers did what they are told.

Calanthe was being carried by Daniel, "What's going on?" Daniel shook his head while Amethyst and Sparky were by his side, hugging his legs

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait! What is happening?" Hiccup asked.

Gobber helps out Stoick, "Come on! You heard the man! Lock it down!"

"No DRAGON or VIKING sets foot off this island until I give the word!" Stoick yelled.

"Wait, because some guy you knew is stirring up trouble in some faraway land?"

Stoick grabs Hiccup's shoulders, "Because Drago Bludvist is a madman, without conscious or mercy. And if he's built a dragon army... gods help us all." He mutters the last part before shouting, "Get them into their pens!"

Hoark called, "Aye, Stoick!" All the dragons went inside the pen along with their Riders.

"Quickly!" all the Dragons entered the Hanger. The Speakers were worried about Stoick commands.

"Then let's ride back out there. We'll follow those trappers to Drago and talk some sense into him."

Stoick gives him a stern look, "No. We fortify the island."

"It's our duty to keep the peace!"

"Peace is over, Hiccup. I must prepare you for war."

"War? Dad, if Drago's coming for our dragons, we can't wait around for him to get here. Let's go find him and change his mind."

"Some minds won't be changed, Hiccup. Berk is what you need to worry about. A chief protects his own," Stoick then shouts, "SECURE THE STABLE! LATCH EVERY STALL!"

Hiccup couldn't take and he was ready to leave. Astrid tries to stop him, "Hiccup, don't!"

Hiccup looks at her, "I have to." Hiccup kisses Astrid before hoping on Toothless. Stoick was busy giving orders.

Stoick guides them, "THIS WAY! QUICKLY!" Then Hiccup and Toothless blast past, heading for the exit. Stoick was shock to see that. "HICCUP!" They try to fly through one door, but it seals shut. "Come on!" Toothless spins around and dives through the gap in the second lowering storm door.

"Hiccup!" Stoick yells in frustration. Astrid and Stormfly blow past Stoick and slip through the storm door before it shuts, leaving Stoick fuming.

"Oh for the love of- Ocean! You and the Speakers come with me! With the Riders!" Stoick orders. Ocean and the others nodded and got on their dragons. Bell stayed behind to watch the Dragon Shifters siblings and Splash. Vamp was perched on Ocean's shoulder, Smoky was perched on Raven's shoulder and Ruby was in her pouch. They all went out to find Hiccup and Astrid.


At the ocean, The Riders and Speakers were still searching. Then they saw a ship with Hiccup and Astrid along with dragon trappers, "Attack!" Snotlout ordered Hookfang to snatch Hiccup while Barf and Belch slice through the port sail.

Unknown man yelled, "Dragon Riders!" Toothless roars and climbs onto the top of the boat. Once he sees the Speakers and Riders, he relaxed.

"Put me down! Snotlout! What are you doing?"

Snotlout looks at Ruffnut, "See how well I protect and provide?" The Speakers rolled their eyes before dodging some nets. Barf and Belch dodges it in time. Tuffnut complains, "Aggh! What is with all the nets?!" They dodge another net that was fired.

Ruffnut glares at the direction where the net was thrown, "Hey watch it! That was close..." then everything started to go in slow motion, "Oh, my." Ruffnut watches the man's muscular arms dreamily. Like Daniel, he was also handsome. Ruffnut was in slow motion, Me likey." The man fires the net and Ruffnut opens her arms out as the net ties her and Barf. "Take me." Ocean can feel a pink aura on Ruffnut and shivered in disgust. Hiccup pushes off Hookfang and glides back to the ship on his flightsuit.

"HOLD YOUR FIRE!" Astrid pushes Eret away from the net catapult as he fires, causing the net to barely missed Hiccup. Hiccup glides to the sail, grabs a rope and rides it down to the deck. Strike fired at the net launcher causing it to burn.

"Uh, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE?!" Hiccup yells.

Grumps landed on the ship along with the Speakers except for the Dragon Shifters, they stay in the sky watching them down bellow. Gobber looks at him, "We're here to rescue you!"

"I don't NEED to be rescued!" Then Skullcrusher landed near the sail. Stoick yelled, "ENOUGH!" Stoick marched over to them then Eret appeared, "Well, didn't you just pick the wrong ship, eh? I am Eret, son of-"

Stoick shoves Eret's face. As Eret fell on the floor, Gobber hits him in the head and Grump lies on him. Eret became breathless, "Get... this... thing... off... me!"

"Anyone else? Hmm," he looks at the Trappers who backed off, "that's what I figured."

"You.," Stoick points at Hiccup, "Saddle up. We're going home."

"No."

"Of all the irresponsible-"

"I'm trying to protect our dragons and stop a war! How is that irresponsible?!"

"BECAUSE WAR IS WHAT HE WANTS, SON!" That made the Speakers, Riders and Dragons shock to hear that. Jack asked, "What?" Stoick looks at him and sighs. He has to tell the truth.


Flashback: Stoick's POV

Years ago, there was a great gathering of chieftains to discuss the dragon scourge we all faced. Into our midst came a stranger from a strange land, covered in scars and draped in a cloak of dragon skin. He carried no weapon and spoke softly, saying that he, Drago Bludvist, was a man of the people, devoted to freeing mankind from the tyranny of dragons. He claimed that he alone could control the dragons and he alone could keep us safe, if we chose to bow down and follow him.


The gang laughs except for the Trappers, Speakers, Gobber, Astrid and Hiccup.

"Stupid." Ruffnut snickers

Tuffnut added, "Ah, good one."


Flashback: Stoick's POV

Aye. We laughed too. Until he wrapped himself in his cloak and cried, "Then see how well you do without me!" The rooftop suddenly burst into flames, and from it, armored dragons descended, burning the hall to the ground. I… was the only one to escape.


Everyone looks at him in horror but Achilles looks at him in wide eyes

"Men who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with." Stoick said before he looks at Achilles sadly, "And he's the one that killed Achilles village and parents."

Achilles looks at him in horror. Drago Bludvist, the madman that took his people and family away from him. He remembers that day. So shock, Achilles leans behind the ship, heavily breathing. Sunset and Spirit tried to calm him down the best they could. But, Hiccup didn't believe that.

"Maybe."

"Hiccup..."

"I'm still going to try. This is what I'm good at and if I could change your mind... I can change his, too." He looks at Toothless, "Come on." Hiccup gets on Toothless before taking off to the sky, leaving the rest behind. Astrid climbs Stormfly, "Let's go."

Stoick stops her, "No! Lead the others back to Berk. I've had enough mutiny for one day."

Stoick walks past Ruffnut and Eret, who was still being crushed by Grump. Ruffnut flirted at Eret's muscles, "Ooh, I like that." She started touching Eret's muscular arm.

"Ruffnut!"

Ruffnut groans, "Ugh! Okay!" But before Ruffnut gets up, she plants an indirect kiss on Eret, who is completely disgusted. Then the Dragon Shifters landed, making Eret's men scream in shock. Eret looks at the three wide eyes, "What are you?"

Sapphire removes her mask and hood to revile her face. Making the Trappers and Eret's mouth drop on they saw her beauty, as well as Ocean and Raven.

Sapphire answered coldly, "We are Dragon Shifters."

Eret looks at her dreamily, like he saw his angel. Achilles gets on Sunset before taking to who knows where. Ocean was looking at Achilles, "We should fallow them."

The Speakers nodded, Jack, Ocean and Raven got on their dragons before taking off, Daniel, Hono and Sapphire follows them. Even Dagur, Heather, Solus, Moonrose and Spirit.


At the cloudy sky, Achilles flies Sunset far away, his mind full of fear and anger. Achilles couldn't think straight, he was scared that Drago might still be looking for him because of his roar. But he was also angry, Achilles wanted to kill that man with his bare hands and torturing him. Achilles was about to roar until he heard Ocean call him, "Achilles!"

Achilles turns around to see the Speakers flying towards them, "What do you guys want?"

Raven answered, "Look, we know you want to have revenge on Drago but you can't do it by yourself."

"I know is just-"

Hono stops him, "Achilles, you heard what Stoick said, Drago has an army and he will kill you and Sunset in a second."

Achilles didn't say anything. He sighs before nodding. There was a dead silence before Sapphire broke it, "So… what shall we do?"

Daniel flies over, "Well, Stoick said we should head back."

But, Raven had another idea, "Or go find Hiccup before he kills himself."

Ruby look at her, "How are we going to find them?"

Raven took out Hiccup's knife, on her pocket. Their eyes widen in shock. Okay, she's a master thief, "Isn't that Hiccup's?" Moonrose asked.

Raven nodded, "Yeah, I took it when we were at that Eret guy's ship."

The Speakers looks at her. Raven just shrugs before showing the knife to Flame. Flame sniffs at it before taking off to find Hiccup followed by the others.

Nightshade was thinking about her mate, "I wonder what Toothless and Hiccup got their selves into?"


Meanwhile, Hiccup stares ahead, frustrated, as Toothless glides over a bed of clouds, glowing in the low, Arctic sun. Hiccup screams in frustration, and then slumps back onto the saddle. Toothless recoils, sensitive to Hiccup's upset.

Hiccup looks at his dragon, "Don't worry bud, I'm not gonna let anything happen to you. I promise." The clouds start to tear from something and then two mysterious people appear to be flying in thin air, "Aw, come on, Dad! Really?!" Hiccup turns to see a warrior wearing a mask and armor.

The other one was a bit shorter and also wearing armor but it was grey metal armor. His dragon it has two wings and two legs. The tip of its tail ends with an arrow-shaped triangle, where the wing claws would be located; it has triangular spear-like tips like in the tail, orange glowing mouth; metallic-like Skin, it was the same size as a Boneknapper dragon, and its eyes were silver. The two warriors look at them before they disappeared in the clouds.

Hiccup whispers to Toothless, "Okay. No sudden moves."

Then the Stormcutter and the metal dragon appeared. They roar uses their massive wings to cut through the clouds. Hiccup tells Toothless to hold on. But, Hiccup gets snatched by a dragon and Toothless falls to icy floor.

"TOOTHLESS!"

Toothless falls through ice and Hiccup gets carried away, Toothless watches and struggles to get out the water. Seashockers carry him away.

"HEY! YOU LEFT MY DRAGON BACK THERE! HE CAN'T FLY ON HIS OWN! HE'LL DROWN!"

The dragons take Hiccup in an icy sanctuary, leaving Toothless behind, "Hey! We have to head back for my dragon!"

As they all enter, the dragon that was carrying Hiccup puts him down. All the Dragons surround Hiccup. Hiccup pulls out his fire blade, showing he's one of the dragons. The dragons were amaze by this as well as the warriors, who were hidden in the shadows. Hiccup draws a circle of gas and ignites it. Hiccup walks towards a dragon, with an extended arm, they were about to bond until the warriors step forward and Hiccup recoils.

Hiccup looks at them, "Who are you? The Dragon Thieves? Drago Bludvist? Do you two even understand what I'm saying?"

The warriors didn't say anything until the older one orders a dragon to bring Toothless. Hiccup rushes toward his dragon.

"Toothless!" Hiccup hugs Toothless' head, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm glad to see you too, bud. You really had me worried there."

Then the warriors ordered the dragons to light the place, as they did, the older warrior approaches Toothless. Toothless snarls at the warrior, "Come any closer and I'll-"

The warrior did hand movement and Toothless fainted, with a smile. Then the warrior examines Hiccup. Hiccup gets nervous and turns his head a little, revealing the scar on his chin, which the warrior recognizes. The warrior backs off and stuttered in a female voice, "Hiccup?"

Hiccup looks at the warrior in confusion. How does he, I mean, she know his name? The warrior takes off her helmet to revile a woman about her early forties; she has long brown hair that is tied into toe braids and blue green eyes. The metal warrior removes his helmet to revile a girl, about her early twenties, with long silver hair, which is tied in a high ponytail, and eyes.

"C-Could it be? After all these years? How is this possible?" She whispers.

Hiccup looks at her in confusion, "Uh, should I... should I know you?"

The woman became sad and looks at him, "No. You were only a babe. But a mother never forgets."

Hiccup stammers, tongue-tied, aghast. He was shock his mom, Valka, was alive! But how? Hiccup then looks at the girl, who was looking at him curiously.

"Come..." Valka runs somewhere followed by the girl in amazing speed. Hiccup and Toothless, who is awake from his trance, followed them.