Hiccup was watching as Selhen as he fused the dragons head with other surprise clouds, about half a dozen of them with different sizes.

"Introducing the Sphere Dragon!" he said.

"I'm not impressed," Hiccup panted. "The only thing you've done is fused a few surprise clouds together. Is that really the best you can do, because if so I am very disappointed?"

"Oh, you won't be for long," Selhen assured him. "You see my friend the dragon is loaded with explosives and all kinds of delightful shrapnel."

The twins had regained consciousness and looked at one another confused.

"Uh, what are you talking about?" Tuffnut frowned.

"Don't know, but it sounds cool," said Ruffnut.

"He's telling us that if we even touch that thing it's going to explode," said Ragnar as he approached them.

"So it is cool," said Ruffnut.

Ragnar shook his head. "Why do I even bother?"

"Either way you're quite correct, touch even one part of the Sphere Dragon and you'll be blown to bits and ensuing infernal," Selhen smiled. "I hope you like fireworks! Go, Sphere Dragon!"

He then pointed his team directly towards them and the dragon started to fly towards them.

Ragnar looked at Hiccup. "I hope you have a plan?"

"I may do, but for the time being let's try and keep that thing off of us," said Hiccup as he took to the air.

"Sounds like a good plan," said Ragnar.

"So basically we're just running away?" Tuffnut frowned. "That doesn't sound like fun."

"Maybe not, but at least we will be blown to bits," said Ruffnut.

"Oh, in that case, it is a good plan."

"If you two finally agree I suggest you start running," Ragnar suggested.

The twins didn't need to be told twice and they immediately ran together while Ragnar ran in the opposite direction. Selhen considered Hiccup the greater threat and had his Dragon follow him.

"That's right, follow me," said Hiccup.

"A pesky little fly aren't you?" said Selhen as he kept his eyes on him.

"Don't tell me you're not enjoying this," Hiccup smiled. "I mean you have been toying with us from the get-go."

"Correct, it wouldn't be much fun if you didn't experience my full power."

"That overconfidence is going to be your downfall!"

"Says the man running."


Meanwhile, the little girl that had been spying on ash and the others was now hopping from solid island cloud far away from Upper Yard. She came to a stop and look around to make sure that there was no one watching her, she then died into the cloud.

Seconds later she fell through the top layer and onto the bottom layer, where there was a mighty beanstalk and at its base were series of tents and totem poles. Everyone in the small village were dressed up like the same people that attacked Hiccup and the others.

"Aisa!" said a voice so loud that she fell over. She turned and saw a tribesman sitting on some crates with a pair of glasses over his eyes. "Where have you been child?"

"Kaapo!" said Aisa quickly hiding her bag.

"The Upper Yard again, right?" said Kaapo as he played with some knives. "And that's probably vearth in your bag? Stay away from that place Aisa or you will die."

Aisa merely rose to her feet and then stuck her tongue out at him. "You can't tell me what to do! You haven't even been able to beat Enel yet!"

Kaapo got to his feet but she had already scampered off. "What a brat."


In the largest tent, a few tribesmen and a tribe's woman were having a very important meeting. The one leading this meeting was in fact the same person that attacked Hiccup and the others, though he knew longer war his mask. He had a very angry look on his face and his black hair was tied in a long ponytail.

"An opportunity?" said one the other men attending.

"That's right, for some reason Gabriel entered the Upper Yard, which of course drew the attention of the priests," said the man with a ponytail. "You see that old bag of bones things at his responsibility to protect the people of Skypiea and that will only make him weak. We would be wise to strike when our enemies are occupied with each other. The great warrior Kaarle said, 'Light the fire of Vanaheim.' Our people will do just that, no one can deny us our destiny be it Gabriel or Enel and now is the time to take action. They have had the audacity of training as a god and that is unforgivable, no matter how different they are from one another they seem I assure you they are the same and they must be eliminated."

"Wyper," said the woman plainly. "It has been six years since Enel began his reign and for the first time that he has taken power, Rebel has appeared on Valkyrie Island… a young woman I hear."

"Get to the point, Rachel," said Wyper impatiently.

"Because the Sky Knight rescued the young rebel from judgement, Enel now has a reason to directly confront cable in order to judge him. A battle like this against the former All-Father and the current All-Father has never happened, strategically this could be much fortuitous to us. We must remember that Gabriel has never harmed any of us, not as the Sky Knight and not during his reign as the All-Father."

"The fact that he never heard any of us doesn't change the fact that he ruled with absolute authority as a god. And although he is our enemy's enemy, that does not make him our ally. If he or one of the Gothar kill each other in a battle that will serve our purposes just fine otherwise he is of no use to us. If you have any doubt at all about this fight stay out, you'll just be in the way!"

Aisa was sneaking around the tent listening to their conversations when stepping out was a tall man wearing a strange hat that partially covered his eyes.

"Aisa," he said making her jump and causing her to fall.

"Upper Yard? What Upper Yard?" she said frantically moving away from him. "I did go to Upper Yard I promise you, I didn't!"

He merely shook his head. "You can't go into the tent just yet. Wyper, descendant of the great warrior Kaarle is angry right now so be careful around him."

Aisa rose to her feet. "Oh, he's scary when he gets mad." Her eyes then turned towards a statue of Kaarle which was made of cloud. "Scarier than the All-Father."


Meanwhile, at Gabriel's house, Polo was still hammering away at the damaged waver and Arial just watched him.

"Help them? Us?" Arial blinked. "How?"

"Arial, my dear child, it's only right that you and I should try to create some way for them to escape," he said looking up at her.

She merely smiled and nodded.


Gabriel was still doing battle with Selan, and neither one of them were letting up as they did battle over the sacrificial altar. Chopper merely watched as they clashed, the battle was incredibly intense that he could barely keep up.

"Wow, I can't believe how fast they are," said Chopper. "Awesome."

Gabriel then landed on Swift and extended his palm. "I can see that diplomacy is no longer an option for me."

"Diplomacy is for the weak!" Selan laughed as he landed on Blaze.

The two of them then jumped at one another once again clashing.

"This battle is intense," said Chopper.

The two of them yelled and Chopper could only watch and wait for the outcome.


At Freya Street, every single one of the elves were looking at the giant hole created by Enel when he tried to kill Arial.

"Valhalla's judgement."

"That young woman did something foolish."

"She brought this upon us, she knows we're not supposed to anger him."


Gabriel was still trying to find his opening in order to defeat Selan, sadly he was positive that the same trick will work twice.

They were now jousting in the air riding on their birds, they came at one another and Gabriel managed to graze Selan's shoulder, but he was an old man and was starting to get worn out. Then suddenly they came to a sudden stop and hovered in midair much to Chopper's confusion.

"You're mine," Selan smiled.

He then flew up high into the air, and they started to fly down towards Gabriel as fast as he possibly could.

"Is something wrong Gabriel?" Selan laughed.

"Slean, what have you done?" Gabriel groaned, unable to move. 'Why can't we move?'

"You old fool, time today." Selan then plunged his blazing lance right into Gabriel's chest. "Mysterious the strings are. If you have the audacity of entering Upper Yard, you must enter to the four Gothar. You were foolish, differing that you could beat us."

"He's falling! Oh no!" Chopper cried.

Gabriel had fallen off Swift and was now falling towards the ocean.

"All-Father Enel is glorious, perfect and far beyond your reach," Selan sneered.

"Sky Knight! Sky Knight!" Chopper cried and then Gabriel struck the ocean.

Swift began squawking helplessly, he still unable to move and Chopper was unable to swim so he couldn't rescue him.

'I've got to save him, I've just got to save him,' said Chopper frantically. 'He'll get eaten by sky sharks if I don't do something.'

"Judgement has been made," said Selan.

'But how can I save him? I can't swim,' said Chopper. 'Even if I could the sky sharks would eat me if I do.'

He then began to remember what Selan had told him about all the demands he had made and the fact that he can put up much of a fight.

"Sky Knight," he said softly.

Swift squawked frantically, still unable to rescue his master.

"Prophetic Sky Knight, you were the All-Father and now you are nothing," said Selan. "Nothing! Can't even defeat a Gothar like me."

He then saw Chopper jumping off the altar and diving into the ocean.

"I'll save you!" Chopper cried.

"Ignorant little creature," Selan laughed. "You're diving into your own watery grave."

The moment that shopper hit the water found himself unable to swim.

Swift just floated there helplessly as Selan flew back down towards him. "And now for the Sky Knight's noble steed. You know longer have a purpose, follow your master."

Selan then raised his lands which immediately caught fire and then struck Swift with it so hard that he fell into the ocean and Blaze laughed at the site.

"I do wish I could be there to watch the life drain from your faces," said Selan. "But alas, I have other matters to attend to."

He then lifted his goggles when he saw that the bubbles had stopped forming over the seafloor. "I wonder if those four fugitives have been captured yet."


Heather was currently examining the well, she had sprouted many arms down the well to retrieve samples from the bottom. Within just a few seconds she was holding a vial of dirty water while the others just sat there she examined it.

"Could well be that interesting?" Toothless asked.

"Yes, don't you think it's odd that are well would be stuck under a tree?" she asked looking back at him. "The balance between civilisations and nature here is off."

"Well, unless we can find a way to cross this cloud river we'll be stuck in this forest," Toothless pointed out. "And we're still nowhere near where we want to be."

"Plus I don't want Chopper being out there on his own for too long, if we can't find a way to cross soon I suggest we head back," said Astrid.

"It's like the people who built this, didn't expect the tree to grow so large," said Heather. "I've never seen anything like it."

"Yeah, but did we ever expect to find an island up in the sky?" Astrid smiled.

"Touché."

Toothless then looked up at Fishlegs, who had climbed a tree to get a good view of the area. "Hey, Fishlegs! Can you see anything out there?"

"The island where the All-Father there is… Upper Yard," he said as he looked through a set of binoculars.

"Fishlegs!" Toothless yelled. "Say something would you? What do you see? Can you hear me?"

"What do you think he sees up there?" Heather pondered.

Fishlegs eyes widen as he lowered the binoculars. "This island… it can't be…"


Selhen was still enjoying toying with Hiccup and the others and was laughing.

"There's no way you can win," he said as he continued to guide the dragon after Hiccup. "After all, I'm a Gothar and you all look so tired. Why don't you just end this now and I?"

Hiccup can deny that he was getting a bit worn out, plus with all the trees and surprise balls around there was no way he could do some fancy manoeuvres.

Ragnar noticed this. "Hiccup can't keep this up forever."

"You'll be out of options quite soon," said Selhen. "It's sad really, your little boat has nearly reached the forest exit and when that happens it all over for you. You'll have nowhere to go unless you suddenly learn to fly."

Hiccup looked at him. "What do you think I've been doing this entire time?"

"True, but can you carry all your friends?" Selhen sneered. Hiccup then answer, not wanting to give the satisfaction. "Thought so, you'll wonder around in this completely unfamiliar forest and die of exhaustion."

"I won't let that happen!" Hiccup yelled and then fired a plasma blast.

Selhen predicted this and immediately moved sideways avoiding the attack. "Nice try…" He then pulled on his cane and have the Sphere Dragon charge at him. "Sphere Dragon Attack!"

Hiccup quickly flew upwards in order to avoid the dragon, though just barely. Unfortunately, Selhen continued having the Dragon nip at his heels or rather his tail.

"You know you can't live forever and wherever you stop the firebomb bomb will be waiting to incinerate you!"

Ragnar looked at the twins. "You to stay here, I'm gonna take this opportunity to do some scouting."

The twins just look at him as Ragnar ran off, if this was Snotlout they would believe that he was running for his own life. However, Ragnar wasn't one to abandon a friend so they knew he had an alternative motive for leaving.

Hiccup was now flying towards the tree.

"That tree won't give you any shelter," said Selhen.

"It's like he's reading my mind, that he is not able to read everything," Hiccup smiled.

As he flew towards the tree he immediately performed a loop to loop and then landed on some string connected to the dragon. His weight caused Selhen to be pulled against the wire.

"What are you doing!" he yelled.

"Just as I thought, you are controlling your little dragon with this wire," Hiccup smiled and then he began pulling at the wire. "Let's see how tough you are without your pet?"

Selhen panicked. "No stop!"

"That's only going to make me do it more," said Hiccup and he successfully snapped the wire.

"You ruined my Sphere Dragon you impotent little brat!" Selhen yelled furiously. "Now you die! Get over here this instant!"

He was so furious that he wasn't thinking properly, just as Hiccup planned. He pulled against the wire to drag Hiccup closer towards him, but he was still holding to the Sphere Dragon so that followed just behind him.

"Don't think this through did you?" Hiccup smiled.

Selhen immediately realised his mistake. "Let go of the dragon you fool!"

"Like I'm going to do that," Hiccup smirked.

Selhen was no longer laughing and was now streaming and then a few seconds later there was a huge explosion.


Ragnar had decided to do a little scouting and managed to climb to the top of one of the trees, this gave him an excellent bird's eye view and he saw the Milky Road leading out of the forest.

"There it is," he said. "My hunch was correct, I knew I could find a way out of this place. I'm just sorry that I didn't think of this earlier when we fell before it was at a very high altitude. So it's only natural that the exit would be at the same height and now that I know where the exit is, the boat really doesn't matter. Better head back, that huge explosion early was very worrying."

With that, he began climbing back down the tree.


Selhen had somehow managed to survive the explosion, though he wasn't unscathed and with smouldering. There was now a huge crater in the ground and various weapons were sticking out in all sorts of places.

"That was close," he panted. "That maniac must have had a death wish, this isn't good. I've got intensify my training, I can't let a weakling like him getting the upper hand of a fight not even for a second. That might block me from using my mantra."

"You're right… that was close," said a voice behind him.

Selhen eyes widened as Hiccup immediately grabbed him and placed him in a hold, making it impossible for him to move.

"It's you? How are you still alive?" he stared bewildered.

"I have actual dragon scales, so an explosion like that is not going to do much to me," Hiccup smiled. "However it did provide the excellent distraction of getting directly behind you."

"Get off me, you horrible little man!" Selhen yelled. "I'll get you for this, let go of me right now!"

"Now why would I do a silly thing like that when I have you completely at my mercy?" Hiccup smiled. "Or perhaps I should rephrase it and say at his mercy."

"Oh, I'm going to enjoy this," said a new voice.

Selhen stopped his squirming when he saw Snotlout standing on a surprise cloud in front of him. It only took a few moments to realise that it was the same surprise cloud he tried to hit Snotlout with only producing a flower, meaning he was safe to ride it.

"You too?" Selhen stared.

Hiccup looked at Snotlout. "So, do you wanna do the honours?"

"Oh, me liking," said Snotlout as he cracked his knuckles. "You know this challenge this and challenge that is starting to get on my nerves. I'm gonna take out all my aggression on you and boy do I have a lot of it. I mean you kidnap my friends, steal my ship and try to beat me to death so it wouldn't be unreasonable to me to get a little payback."

Selhen immediately panicked. "And me this instant you maggot!"

"You're not going anywhere," said Hiccup tightening his hold.

"It's just not fair, you have no honour ganging up! Two against one!" Selhen yelled.

"You weren't complaining a few moments ago, but now the shoe was on the others thought you're now begging for your life," said Snotlout as he cracked his neck. "You're nothing more than a pathetic worm yourself, a fat one that is."

"Your ability to predict our movements is pretty impressive," said Hiccup. "But that's no good if you're unable to move."

Selhen screamed. "Stop! Stop I said! Are you listening? How dare you, to disobey me! I am a Gothar at the All-Father's service. Not been judged by me is a first-degree crime in Skypiea! Let me go! Now listen here! Attacking me means you will declare war on the Almighty All-Father Enel!"

"Yeah, but if we don't fight back you kill us," said Snotlout as he stretched. "So you're basically saying no matter what we do, we'll get killed. Now I don't like either option, but I like the one where we stay alive for the longest."

Snotlout then jumped clenching his fist.

"No, you can't do this!" Selhen pleaded helplessly. "No! Please don't hurt me!"

Snotlout ignored his pleas and then struck Selhen in the face with the strongest punchy could muster. Breaking his nose, glaciers and robbing him of a tooth before he finally fell unconscious.