It had been a three months since their victory against Viggo, but all was not well. While they were able to prevent a massive eruption from the volcano, it in stop it from trembling and causing reductions across the island.

It was the middle of the night when one of these eruptions happened much to the annoyance of everyone on the Edge.

Snotlout was snoring loudly in his hut when he was awoken by the tremors. "Hey. I'm trying to get some sleep here." He then grabbed his helmet placed on the side of his head and turned on his side. "Stupid volcano."


In the twins hut, Chicken was walking loudly around the place and immediately jumped into Tuffnut's arms.

"Chicken!" he said cuddling her. "Easy, little Chicken." He then looked to his sister. "I'm sick of these baby ones. I wish it would just volcano-up and start spewing already."

Ruffnut nodded. "Right?" She then turned to the direction of the volcano. "Either get on with it or keep it to yourself."


Immediately there was a giant tremor and Fishlegs was hiding in his bed with Meatlug.

"It's okay, girl," said Fishlegs as he rubbed Meatlug. "The volcano has erupted in three months. It's not gonna start now." He then looked at her questionably. "Right?"

Immediately there was another tremor.


Hiccup immediately exited his hut to meet up with Astrid and Ragnar, who running over towards him.

"Hiccup," they said.

Then the ground shook violently catching them completely by surprise.

Astrid looked at Hiccup. "Was that—"

"More intense than normal?" Hiccup finished. "No doubt."

"This could be the big one," said Ragnar.

Then suddenly there was a massive tremor almost knocking them off their feet. Cracks within the ground across the island began to erupt and lava began to crawl its way down the hill towards them.


Everyone immediately made their way towards the stables and mounted their dragons, who were outfitted with buckets of melted Gronckle Iron.

Hiccup looked at them. "All right, everyone got their Gronckle Iron?"

They all nodded.

"Good. Just like we practised, guys. And don't spill any. We can't afford to lose a drop."

Without immediately took to the air and found that lava was already spreading across the Edge.

"Guys, this is worse than I thought," said Hiccup.

"Yeah, I know!" Snotlout cried looking at his hut noticing that the S on it was a light. "Oh, my S. Hiccup, look at it. You know how attached I am to my S."

Hiccup immediately turned on him. "Snotlout, no one cares about your S. Just keep pouring Gronckle Iron into the cracks."

The twins were the first ones to reach such a crack and had already poured Gronckle Iron into it. Proud of themselves they immediately high-fived one another.

"Yes," said Tuffnut.

Then suddenly there was a massive eruption and the solid lump of Gronckle Iron launched into the air.

"Wait, for it," said Tuffnut.

They then landed right on top of Snotlout's head, knocking him out cold. He then slid off Hookfang and began to fall towards the fiery inferno below him.

"Yak's eye!" the twins yelled triumphantly.

"Char grilled Snotlout, anyone?" Tuffnut asked.

"He'll have a nice smoky finish from the lava," said Ruffnut pinching her finger and fun together.

Hiccup immediately turned on them. "Hey, Ruff. Tuff."

Tuffnut groaned as he looked at his sister. "Ugh. Buzz kill."

They immediately dive down towards the plummeting Snotlout and grabbed him before he had his lava bath. They promptly placed him down in front of the stables where he promptly stayed and mumbled to himself.

"It was such a beautiful S," he murmured.

Hiccup was flying around as lava began to erupt into the air and they promptly approached one of the worst of the cracks and jumped their Gronckle Iron into it. Fishlegs did the same in his area as did Astrid and Ragnar.

The twins then grabbed the water tank next to Snotlout's hut.

"Come on, Barf. Come on, Belch," said Ruffnut as they lifted it.

They then tossed the water down on a fiery inferno close to the Edge and doused the flames.


The next morning the Riders examined the damage that had been done to the Edge. They met at the stables where Snotlout was still mumbling to himself.

"This is a disaster," said Astrid.

Ragnar looked at her. "That's an understatement."

"Yeah, I've seen worse," said Tuffnut.

Fishlegs turned on him. "You mean you've caused worse."

"Huh, I wish. This is Odin's handiwork himself, my friend. But I, I am a mere mortal."

Snotlout finally came around and rose to his feet. Then, completely unsurprisingly, he turned to Hiccup. "You happy now, Hiccup?"

Hiccup stared at him. "Happy? What? What did I do?"

"We should have left this pile of rocks months ago, but no. You wanted to keep exploring. 'Hiccup the Explorer'."

Astrid then looked at him. "Hiccup, I'd rather planned dragon root under my fingernails then agree with Snotlout."

"Don't waste your time, A. That stuff need to torn of light to grow," said Tuffnut. "So unless you're willing to stand outside—"

"I think it might actually be time to head back to Berk," Astrid interrupted. "Viggo and Ryker are gone. The Dragon Eye is destroyed. Even Mother Nature is telling us to go."

Snotlout gave her a blank look. "Huh?"

"Uh… Mother Earth. The Earth Mother?" said Ruffnut.

"The earliest roots date back to the Mesopotamian tablets which show the personification of the creative and nurturing sides of nature as a female deity," Tuffnut explained. He then looked at him. "You should read more."

Ragnar then places hands on his hips and looked at Hiccup. "Hiccup, we can't stop a volcano and the threat level is down. As much as I would like to explore even further, I would prefer if we did it on an island without an active volcano."

Hiccup then looked towards the sky looking very unsure.

Astrid then placed a hand on Hiccup's shoulder. "Hiccup, we've won. We can go home now."


Later that night, Hiccup flew up to look at the island and could see that the lava was getting very much out of control. Then another chunk of Gronckle Iron launched into the air nearly hitting him and Toothless and he soon realised that they were right.

Toothless growled and Hiccup patted him on the head. "I know, bud. She's right."


The next morning they all gathered at the clubhouse and Hiccup informed them that they were going to be leaving the Edge.

"Really?" said Tuffnut in surprise. "Awesome news. And just in time for our estate sale."

Hiccup frowned. "I'm sorry. Your what?"

Tuffnut then gestured down towards his and his sister's hut. There they saw a gaggle of people gathering around their hut and saw that they were buying certain items that were being displayed there.

Ruffnut was down there trying to get people interested in this stuff. "Listen man. This helmet is a bona fide helmet…"

Tuffnut looked at Hiccup. "It's not too late to get in of the lifelike Nutt statues."

They looked down and saw Ruffnut displaying one of their scareships to a would-be customer.

"You act right now, I'll throw in some free shipping," she said. The customer just urges the tension onto the chest he was holding. "You're breaking my boars here."

"Made from our actual hair," said Tuffnut proudly.

"Ew…" said Astrid in disgust.

Tuffnut immediately turned on her. "Ew yourself, missy. You wish you had locks like these."

Hiccup frowned. "Uh, who in their right mind would ever by a statue of you two?"

"Sold! Statue of us two!" Ruffnut cried.

Everyone just stared open eyed as the customer took the scareships and leaving Ruffnut behind with two bags of coins laughing.

Tuffnut looked at Hiccup smugly.

"Of course," said Hiccup.

"Hi, question?" said Snotlout. "When are we getting out of here?"

"When the volcano is stabilised," said Hiccup. "We just need time to find new homes for all the dragons we've relocated here."

They then heard the sound of a horn in the distance and they looked down to see Johann's ship sailing towards them.

Astrid frowned. "That's weird. What's Johann doing here?"


They immediately made their way down to meet him at the dome. Johann was carrying the chest his hands and looked at the destruction around the Edge.

"Oh, dear," he said. "There hasn't been destruction like this since Emperor Nicephorus and the Byzantines were mostly annihilated in the Battle of Pliska. They say that Khan Krum had Nicephorus' skull encased in silver and drank mead from it." He then shook his head. "Ruthless."

He then turned his attention to Hiccup. "Anyway, it's going to take some cleanup. I have a multitude of items that could assist in that process. Hmm?"

"There's not going to be any cleanup, Johann," said Hiccup sadly.

"Well, Master Hiccup, perhaps this delivery will cheer you up," said Johann as he handed him the chest. "I think you will like what you see." He then looked at him curiously. "Although what mysterious avocation could you be working on that necessitates such an odd variety of articles? Hmm?"

"Doesn't really matter now, Johann," Hiccup sighed.

"Sold!" Ruffnut yelled in the distance.

They looked up and saw quite the disturbing ciders to outcasts were wearing wigs that resembled Ruffnut's hair and then gave each a bag of coins.


At the forge, Hiccup, Ragnar and Fishlegs were trying to come up with a way of dealing with a volcano problem. As they were doing this their dragons were playing with one another making it hard to concentrate.

"All right. Think. Think. Think," said Hiccup leaning against the forge. "We need something that'll not only hold to the intense heat of the lava, but—"

"Withstand the extreme buildup of volcanic pleasure," Fishlegs finished.

"And therefore preventing any more lava from running down the hillside," Ragnar concluded.

"Exactly," Hiccup nodded.

They then watched as Toothless and Meatlug rolled around the floor with Skull chasing after them.

"Uh, guys, do you mind?" said Hiccup.

They then returned their attention back onto the problem and the dragons continue to play.

"There's got to be something," said Hiccup.

"I can't think of any material that can both withstand the pressure of a volcano and its heat," Ragnar frowned.

That's when the dragons collided into the desk knocking the contents over. Hiccup's underwater helmet, his goggles and a melting pot landed on the floor.

"All right. Pick that up," Hiccup ordered the dragons.

The dragons then went to pick up the contents that they had knocked over and placed it back on the table. Toothless however accidentally tossed the Deathsong Amber goggles right over Meatlug's eyes.

All of them laughed and then Hiccup was hit by inspiration.

"Wait. You might actually be onto something," he said and remove the goggles from Meatlug. "Guys, what if we mixed Deathsong Amber with Gronckle Iron?"

"You mean the very same Deathsong Amber that withstood the pressure of water hundreds of feet beneath the surface of the ocean?" Fishlegs stared.

"And the same Gronckle Iron that withstood the very heat of a volcano?" Ragnar added.

"Yep, those two," Hiccup beamed as he joined them.

"It could work, but we have actually got no idea what the chemical reaction could be," Ragnar pointed out.

Fishlegs nodded. "Making the exact quantities of all the ingredients will be key so it doesn't set off a negative chemical reaction."

The dragons immediately retreated to a safe distance as Ragnar poured liquid Gronckle Iron into a pot and Hiccup added a small chunk of Deathsong Amber into it. They then saw as the pot began to shake and shudder and immediately the dragons tackle them just before there was a huge explosion.

They try the process again this time, Hiccup was holding a larger piece of Deathsong Amber in a pair of tongs. Fishlegs wore a pair of Deathsong Amber goggles and Ragnar a Deathsong Amber scuba mask. Hiccup then dropped the piece of amber into the pot and they immediately backed away from it.

A few seconds passed and it looked as if they were in the clear, but then there was another eruption and a large chunk of hot metal headed straight towards them. Thankfully, Toothless shielded them before it actually struck them.

They then tried a third time and this time Hiccup was wearing his underwater helmet and Ragnar and Fishlegs were each holding a shield for protection. Hiccup then carefully added a large chunk of Deathsong Amber into the mixture and they immediately ran away from the pot as quickly as they could and hid behind the dragons.

However, instead of an eruption nothing happened and three of them are merged from behind their dragons and smiled at one another as they had completed their experiment.


Later that night they poured the mixture into one of the cracks that was spewing lava. The effect was almost instant as the liquid metal hardened and forming a perfect cover around the crack.

Hiccup laughed triumphantly. "I can't believe actually worked."

"Well, let's not start slapping each other's yaks just yet," said Fishlegs. "That was the last of the Deathsong Amber. And even if we had more, there's no way Meatlug can make enough Gronckle Iron to stabilise the island."

"So, we need Gronckles and Deathsong Amber," Hiccup concluded. He then turned to face the others. "Well, we know where to find both, right."

Snotlout immediately panicked. "There is no way I'm going to Melody Island. The word death is in the dragon's name for very good reason."

"It's not like you're going to need the dragon itself to create the amber, we just need to acquire some from the island," Ragnar pointed out.

Hiccup nodded. "Astrid, Ragnar and I will get the Amber."

"Good. I like that plan," said Snotlout.

Hiccup then turned to Fishlegs. "Fishlegs, you stay behind and gather the ingredients for the Gronckle Iron and find a place to store the liquid metal."

"Oh, keep talking. This is the best plan," Snotlout smiled eagerly.

"What about us? What are we going to do?" Tuffnut asked gesturing to himself and his sister.

"Rounding up a group of Gronckles from Dark Deep."

The twins cringed upon hearing that.

Snotlout smirked at them. "You idiots. Why did you open your big—"

"And Snotlout, you're going with them," Hiccup added. "Congratulations."

Snotlout now fall wide open. "This is the worst plan I've ever heard."


The next morning, Hiccup and Astrid and Ragnar found themselves at Melody Island and immediately found something quite unusual. There was no sign of the Deathsong or any trace of dragons trapped within the amber.

"This is strange," said Hiccup.

"And I don't hear anything," Astrid added.

Ragnar nodded. "There's not even a single trace that a Deathsong has been here or any other dragon for that matter."

"No Deathsong," Hiccup concluded.

They then heard a familiar ground and turned to find a Deathsong emerging from behind some rocks. Immediately they drew their weapons and Hiccup ignited Inferno.

"You were saying?" said Astrid.

They were prepared to fight the dragon, but then it collapsed right in front of them. It was then that they noticed that there was a chain strap to its neck and it had very deep scratches on its skin.

Hiccup sheathed Inferno and then very gently placed a hand on the Deathsong's snout. The Deathsong relaxed and Hiccup saw that there were several Dragon Root arrow protruding from its body.

"These wounds are fresh," Hiccup noted.

"Dragon Hunters?" Astrid blinked.

"Not like any we've encountered," said Hiccup shaking his head. "This is beyond brutal."

"Clearly someone has taken over the Hunters," said Ragnar troublingly.

The Deathsong then performed a familiar sounding song and instantly the three of them recognised it at once.

"That sounds like… No way…" Hiccup breathed. He then ran up to the dragon's head. "Garff?"

"Oh, my Thor," Astrid gasped. "You're right. It is."

"I've got some medical supplied with me," said Ragnar as he reached to the statue on Skull's saddle.

Astrid immediately bent down at Garff. "Oh, you poor thing. What have they done to you?" Astrid then realised something quite important. "Wait a minute, where's the other Deathsong?"

Hiccup sighed. "Must not have been as lucky as this guy."

Astrid stared at him. "'Lucky'?"

"Well, Garff got away. He's still alive," Hiccup pointed out.

"Yeah, barely."

"I can fix that," said Ragnar as he bent down to Garff. He then examined him. "He's very weak, if you be some time before he's back to full strength."

"Do what you can," said Hiccup placing a hand on Ragnar's shoulder.

Astrid frowned. "Guys, if Viggo's gone, then…"

"Who's leading these Hunters?" Hiccup finished. He then turned towards the empty canyon. "And what's so important that they'd go toe to toe with a Deathsong."


On another island, dragons could hear the sound of a Deathsong and were hypnotically drawn to it. Of course the moment they got closer to the song they immediately found themselves trapped in amber and fell to the ground.

They landed at the feet of the same man that had once tried to buy Toothless and captured Hiccup. He was holding a massive axe in his hand directly behind him was the other Deathsong, who was chained up.

He was now leading the Hunters, who were that moment dragging the trap dragons onto carts. Not many of them were too happy about the change of leadership and a new tactic involved.

"Oh, this is no way to hunt dragons," a Hunter moment.

Unfortunately for him the scared man had heard him. "Not what you used to. Is that it?"

One of the Hunters immediately backed away from the one that had spoken as the man turned to face them with his axe over his shoulder.

"Well, please, do accept my most sincere apologies."

The Hunter merely nodded nervously.

"Now, if you would be so kind as to tell me why the objections?"

"Uh, take the sport out of it. Seems like cheating, is all, Korgan."

Krogan blinked. "Cheating. Cheating. When you're right, you're right." He then looked around at the other Hunters. "Ah, look at us, we crooked band of double dealers." He then took a deep breath and looked back at the Hunter. "Well, I suppose if you'd rather do things your way…" He then gestured for the Hunter to leave. "Good luck to you, hmm? And perhaps will meet again."

The Hunter was surprised by this gesture. "I can leave? Just like that?"

Krogan nodded. "Just like that. Safe travels, my friend."

The Hunter immediately left, but Krogan demeanour certainly change. The Hunter had at that moment just turned round to wave goodbye and then yelled as Krogan's axe came spinning towards him.

The other Hunters merely looked away at the sight and then looked at Krogan. "Anyone else feels like discussing our method of trapping?" he asked looking at the Hunters. "The floor is open."

Unsurprisingly no one had any objections.


Snotlout and the twins had finally reached Dark Deep and saw a couple of Quakens and several Gronckle. The Gronckles were at the present busy eating the rock happily.

Tuffnut then looked at his sister. "I can't believe you sold Johann all of our stuff."

"Was that the point?" Ruffnut asked. "What did you want from me?"

Snotlout then promptly called their heads down behind the boulder they were currently hiding behind.

"Will you to pipe down?" he said joining them.

Then they fill the entire ground shaking and looked over the boulder to see the two Quakens smashing a tall stack that the Gronckles were trying to eat. The moment they knock it down the Gronckles promptly began eating the rocks.

"You know what they call that?" Ruffnut asked the others.

"Imminent death?" Snotlout asked.

"A symbiotic relationship," said Tuffnut.

Ruffnut nodded. "Precisely."

Snotlout looked at them confused. "Symbi-what?"

"Symbiosis is the interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association to the advantage of both," Tuffnut explained.

They then hit behind the boulder once more.

"However, this can often lead to parasitism," said Ruffnut.

Snotlout looked at her confused once more. "Para-what?"

"Parasitism. It's a non-mutual symbiotic relationship between species where one benefits at the expense of the other, the host," Tuffnut explained. He then looked at Snotlout. "Take you and Hookfang. The two of you, if you're flying in perfect harmony, that's symbiotic."

"However, when Hooky benefits at your expense, i.e., you are getting nothing… Parasitic."

Snotlout then remembered all the times that Hookfang had tossed him off while flying and every time that he tried to feed him resulting in him being whacked by his dragon's tail.

Snotlout immediately glared at Hookfang. "Hookfang."

Hookfang just merely narrowed his eyes at Snotlout.

Snotlout then looked at the twins. "Tell you what. Why don't you two symbiose yourselves over there and get those Gronckle, or I'll 'parasitie' the yak dung out of you."

Tuffnut shook his head. "Huh! My dear fellow, although you are not attempting the gerund form of those some of those nouns—"

"Just do it!" Snotlout yelled frustratingly.

"A mind is a terrible thing to waste," said Ruffnut as the two of them walked off.

"Even if it's vacuous, empty, desolate…" said Tuffnut as they mounted Barf and Belch.

They then took off to the sky and flew directly over the Quakens which immediately roared at them.

"Uh-oh," said Tuffnut.


In another corner of the world, Krogan and the Hunters were loading the dragons onto the carts. Korgan was looking through the Dragon that if he was searching for a particular breed.

"No. No," he said as he and a Hunter walked by dragon the dragon. "This is not it."

The Hunter looked at him. "Well, sir, perhaps if you told us what it is you're looking for and why you needed them—"

Krogan immediately turned on him. "I'll know, it when I see it. And my use of them is not your concern yet."

His eyes then fell upon a Singetail encased in amber and he leaned down towards it.

"Singetail," he said with a wide smile.

The Singetail roared and then broke free of the amber, but Korgan wasn't worried in the slightest.

"That's the spirit," he said still smiling.

The Singetail then ran towards him and he did the same with his hands behind his back. He then sidestepped to avoid its bite, and pinch the side of its neck with a firm grip. They then suddenly collapsed to the ground and Hunter gasped in amazement.

Krogan then bent down towards the Singetail. "Bring me more of these. As many as you can find."


At Dark Deep, Snotlout and the twins were still trying to get their hands on some Gronckles, but the Quakens were not making that easy for them.

"Here we go," Ruffnut cried as they soared downwards.

Of course a Quaken immediately flew into the air to defend the Gronckles. It itself into a ball and slanted the ground creating a massive shock wave that sent the ball flying.

"I thought you said it was symbiotic," said Snotlout turning to the twins.

"It is! For them. You ding-a-ling," Ruffnut yelled.

"Hey, name-calling is not going to help the situation, Ruffnut."

"It's helping me plenty!"

They continue to fly over the Quakens and Gronckle, but the Quakens took to the air, rolled themselves into a ball and unleash a massive shock wave. The shockwave struck Snotlout and the twins and they crashed down onto the ground.

"Ow!" Snotlout moaned as they pick themselves up.

"Remember how the Hunters subjugated the Quakens in the quarry?" Tuffnut asked. "They used vibrations to control them."

Ruffnut nodded. "They had those hammers they slammed onto the ground."

Snotlout smiled getting the idea and drew his axe.

Ruffnut nodded. "You may contact, keep them occupied, and the two of us we will lead the Gronckels to victory."

"Snotlout!" Snotlout yelled joyously as he ran.

Ruffnut smiled at her brother. "I don't think this is going to be mutually beneficial."

"It will be for us," Tuffnut smiled as they high-fived each other.

"Parasites," they said in unison.

Snotlout took his position on a ridge. "All right, Quakens, let's make this relationship shine."

He then slammed the blade of his axe into the ground sending vibrations into the ground. This drew the Quakens towards him and they began to fly towards him, much to his concern.

"Uh, guys? Little help here," said Snotlout looking around desperately for the twins.

When he turned around he found that the twins and their dragon were gone and Hookfang was the only one still there. He then heard the Quakens roar and immediately ran away screaming.

The twins were promptly feeding the Gronckle with some rock.

"Let's get these Gronckle out while we still can," said Tuffnut.

"What about Snotlout!" Ruffnut asked as they flew away with Gronckles.

"Relationships are complicated. He'll work through it."

Snotlout was still screaming as the Quakens continue to chase after him. "Help!"


Hiccup was still collecting amber as Ragnar and Astrid continue to tend to Garff's wounds. After was able to remove the chain around and Ragnar began to rub lotion across the deep scars on his body.

"This is going to sting a little," said Ragnar calmly as he applied the lotion.

Garff winced in pain and Astrid quickly went to comfort him. "I know, Garff. It's okay." Garff was looking weaker by the second. "Hiccup, I don't think is gonna make it."

Ragnar sighed. "He's been through a lot, I'm concerned that he might not be to make it through the night."

Hiccup approached them and looked at Garff, not wanting to leave.

Astrid could tell that he was fighting the urge to stay. "Go. We'll stay here with Garff." Astrid and made her way over towards him. "We can't lose the Edge, Hiccup. And we have to stop the Hunters before they can do this to other dragons. You know I'm right."

Hiccup still looked unconvinced.

"We'll be fine," Ragnar assured. "The Edge is the priority."

"We'll need you back there. I promise," said Astrid. "I'll stay with Ragnar and tend to Garff until…" She then stopped."

Hiccup sighed as he rubbed Garff's head and Toothless nuzzled his head as well. Toothless then roared which was quickly followed by Stormfly and Skull.

Astrid placed a hand on Hiccup's shoulder. "We'll be fine."

Hiccup nodded and kissed on the forehead and then made his way over to Toothless. He then took off leaving Astrid and Ragnar behind to tend to Garff.

Ragnar immediately looked at Astrid. "I'm going to need you to do everything I tell you. First we need to keep them hydrated, give him some water."

Astrid nodded and pulled out her water bottle. "All right," she said and began pouring the water into Garff's mouth. "There you go. That's a good boy." She then rubbed Garff's head. "I'm here, Garff. I'm here."

It was night when the twins returned back to the Edge and found Fishlegs them to land near a pit. The Gronckles immediately flew down and joined Meatlug and then he probably began to feed them the necessary ingredients to make Gronckle Iron.

"Here you go," he said tossing the a few rocks. "Two part sandstone, three part limestone, one part iron ore." When Meatluf barf down to the liquid metal he immediately rushed towards the nearest Gronckle and began to feed it with the same rocks. "Two part sandstone, three part limestone, one part iron ore."

He then turned towards the next Gronckle and panicked. "Ooh! No, no, no, no, no!" He then knocked to the stone out of Tuffnut's head before he could feed it to the Gronckle. "This is a very specific recipe. It's three part limestone."

Tuffnut frowned. "I thought it was three part sandstone."

"No."

"What do we do with the bauxite?" Ruffnut asked holding out a stone.

Fishlegs stared at her. "Bauxite? Bauxite? There's no bauxite in Gronckle Iron."

"Eh," Tuffnut shrugged as Ruffnut tossed the stone away. He then noticed something very familiar with the pit they were working in. "Hang on a minute. I know this pit. Is that our boar pit?"

Ruffnut glared at Fishlegs. "Fishlegs!"

"Very parasitic of you, Fishlegs!" Tuffnut glared.

"What?" said Fishlegs looking at them. "Look, I didn't have a choice."

"We all have choices," Ruffnut growled. "It's just obvious which one you made."

The twins immediately remove their helmets and placed them against their chests as they looked down at their boar pit.

"Boar Pit, oh, Boar Pit, we shall miss thee," said Tuffnut. "You put the 'symbi' in our 'osis' and gave us such glee."

"Never fear, Mr Boar, as a new Pit of Iron show rise, like before," Ruffnut added. "And we shall grease you and wrestle you into symbiotic heaven. Even if our names were just Shirley and Kevin."

Ruffnut then immediately cried and blew her nose on one of Tuffnut's dreadlocks as Fishlegs just stared at them with a blank look. Then a split second later there was a eruption.

"Whoa!" Ruffnut cried.

Fishlegs looked at them. "Are you two finished?"

"Three more verses. You're gonna love the fourth," said Tuffnut.

Then suddenly lava erupted from one of the cracks behind them.

"Yeah, I never did like that poem," said Tuffnut as they put their helmets dashed over towards Fishlegs.

Fishlegs began to stir the Gronckle Iron when he heard the sound of Toothless in the distance. If you split second later Hiccup on the ground next to him.

Fishlegs noticed that he was all alone. "Whether's Astrid and Ragnar?"

"Melody Island. I'll explain later," said Hiccup as Fishlegs took the pot filled with amber. He then looked at the twins noticing that there was someone missing. "Where's Snotlout?"

"Dark Deep," said Tuffnut as he and his sister began to stir the mixture.

"We'll explain later," said Ruffnut.

Then there was another eruption and lava continue to shootout from the cracks across the island.

"Fishlegs, we have to fill the cracks," said Hiccup.

Fishlegs then appeared on top of Meatlug, who then spewed the mixture into Toothless' pots. Once they were filled he and Toothless immediately took to the sky.

"We'll be right behind you," Fishlegs called. He then looked at the twins. "All right guys, we gotta take this show on the road, we might make it on the fly."

Fishlegs then gestured towards the diving bell and the twins smiled at one another. They immediately mounted their dragon and grabbed the diving bell and then jumped into the mixture. They along with Fishlegs and the Gronckle then took to the sky following Hiccup.

Hiccup saw them directly him. "That's it," he said and looked down at Toothless. "Take us in low, bud."

They then immediately flew down towards the forest which was almost entirely covered in lava. They then jumped the mixture in their path into the nearest crack sealing it completely.

"Whoa!" Hiccup yelled pulling up in time just to avoid getting splashed by lava.

The twins then jumped the mixture right on top of the crack sealing it completely.

"Here comes the limestone," said Fishlegs as he began feeding the Gronckles and Meatlug. He then began to feed them sandstone "Ooh! Oh and here comes your sandstone!"

They then immediately pour the liquid Gronckle Iron into the diving bell along with the Deathsong Amber.

"Incoming!" Ruffnut yelled as they dive down towards another crack.

Like before they were able to seal the crack completely.

Hiccup once again filled another crack with a combined mixture and it looked as if they are finally making some progress. Fishlegs was so excited that he hugged Hiccup, nearly suffocating him.

"It's working, Hiccup," Fishlegs cried.

"I can see that, Fishlegs," Hiccup wheezed.

Fishlegs immediately released him. "Sorry. I'm sorry. Super excited."

However their excitement was short lived as another explosion happened on the mountains and realise that the volcano was about to erupt.

"We have to get the volcano. Now!" said Fishlegs.

They flew as fast they could towards the volcano and blew down to one of the cracks that was erupting near the crater.

"It's too intense," said Fishlegs.

The immediately backed away as lava shot up into the air in a greater magnitude than before.

"I mean we lava good heart smouldering magma blast as much as the next Viking, but…" said Tuffnut before he was interrupted by another burst of lava.

"True that! Tell them, Shirley," said Ruffnut as they backed away from the stream of lava.

"Can I be Kevin next time, please?" Tuffnut asked.

"All right, everyone, let's do this," Hiccup called.

Fishlegs immediately fed the Gronckle with the necessary ingredients and they began to refill the containers. They then dive down towards the crack and Hiccup was the first one to dump the mixture into the crack followed by the twins.

"Whoo!" Fishlegs cried as he and the Gronckle landed.

However the eruptions caused a landslide, Fishlegs and Meatlug were able to get away from it just in time. The other Gronckle however were not so lucky and they found themselves completely buried under a ton of rock.

"The Gronckles. Oh, no," Fishlegs cried rushing towards them.

Hiccup dive down and try to assist them with moving the blocks, but they were just too heavy for their dragons.

The twins were flying down to help, but then they saw something above them.

"Uh, guys?" said Tuffnut.

Flowing down the volcano was a stream of lava and soon Hiccup and Fishlegs saw the problem.

"Oh, no," said Hiccup.

They then heard a familiar stream and saw Snotlout flying as quickly as he could towards them with several Quakens on his tail.

"Somebody help me!" he screamed. He then flew directly over Hiccup. "I can't get these parasites of my butt!"

The Quakens were now hobbling directly above Hiccup and Toothless immediately took a fighting stance. However, they heard the Gronckles beneath the turned their attention onto them and then saw the lava heading down towards them.

One of the Quakens growled and soon led the others towards the volcano. Then one by one they dive down towards the volcano rolling themselves into a ball and striking it. Lava then began to pour out of the hole they had created and the volcano subsided before it reached the Gronckle.

"Of course, they're releasing the volcanic pressure," said Fishlegs.

Snotlout then poked his head over the rocks. "Ah, I knew they were gonna do that. We're tight like that. Symbiotic tight."

He then heard the Quakens growled and quickly ducked behind the rocks.

Hiccup and Toothless flew away from the pile of logs as the Quakens flew down. They then began to remove the blocks surrounding the Gronckles, freeing them. They didn't look worse for wear and immediately they cheered and watched as they flew away back to Dark Deep.


The next day Ragnar and Astrid had returned to the Edge and soon discovered that Garff was now with them.

"I can't believe that Garff made it. He was not looking too good," said Hiccup looking at Ragnar.

Ragnar looked the back of his headRagnar rubbed the back of his head. "It was an easy believe me, it was very touch and go."

Astrid nodded. "Good thing you will with us or Garff probably wouldn't have made it."

"Truthfully I think we can handle most of that success over to Garff," said Ragnar folding his arms.

Astrid nodded in agreement. "That dragon has a lot of fight in him."

Hiccup then placed a hand on Astrid shoulder. "He's not the only one."

Astrid smiled and looked at him. "Hiccup, we can't let what happened to Garff happened to any other dragon."

Hiccup nodded. "You're right. And we're not going to." Hiccup then immediately turn to the others. "Listen, gang, the Dragon Hunters are still out there. I know you all wanna go home, but—"

"Uh, who said that I wanted to go home?" Fishlegs frowned. "I don't wanna go home."

"Not me. I surely don't wanna go," said Ruffnut.

"And I, Kevin-ly, would never give up the chats to live in a place that blows up all the time," said Tuffnut.

"Now that the volcano is stabilised I don't see any reason why we can't stay here," said Ragnar.

Snotlout just folded his arms scowling. "Fine. I'll stay." He then gestured to the twins. "But keep me away from those two." He then walked up to Hiccup. "They put me in front of the Quakens, and thank Thor I'm that tight with them."

"And symbiosis is alive and well in Dragon's Edge," said Tuffnut folding his arms proudly.

"You think Johann will let us buy any of our stuff back?" Ruffnut asked.

Tuffnut shook his head. "Nah. He's a bit of a parasite, no?"

"He surely is."


At the old Dragon Hunter arena, Krogan was looking at the cage that contains their new Singetail. It immediately erupted into flames, but Krogan wasn't concerned in the slightest. He then jumped on top of the cage and a Hunter nervously held onto a lever.

Two Hunters were looking at each other as they watched the entire scene.

"Any idea who takes over when this thing kills him?" one of them asked the other.

"I suppose it'd would be a vote. That seems the most logical thing."

Krogan nodded at the Hunter signalling him to open the cage and he jumped inside it and landed directly on top of the Singetail. Unsurprisingly, the Singetail then tried to pull him off wildly and the Hunter opened the cage. Krogan held onto its head firmly as it kept on trying to shake around shooting flames in all directions and taking off around the arena.