Finally, the party had come to an end and everyone was fast asleep including the wolves. Well, not quite everyone Snotlout was still wide-awake and was pestering Toothless, much to his annoyance.

"Come on, Toothless be a pal," Snotlout pleaded.

"Forget it, I'm not going with you," Toothless grunted as he tried to get back to sleep. "If you're scared to hold it until morning and quit whining, your grown man."

"I would if I could, believe me," Snotlout groaned moving awkwardly.

"Just take a leak by yourself!" Toothless grunted.

"That cold, Toothless. That's really cold!"

Snotlout then made his way towards the trees and began to relieve himself, he had just finished when suddenly he heard the sound of a mallet.

'What was that noise?' he blinked.

He poked his head from behind the tree and look towards the sacrificial altar and there was definitely somewhere on hammering at it. He couldn't get a good look on who was hammering away due to the thick fog that was covering the place.

'They should be anyone on the ship at this hour,' he frowned. "This fog so thick I can't see who it is."

He quietly got closer to get a better look and that when he saw a shadowy figure holding a wooden mallet wearing a coat. The figures start hammering then turned to look towards him and then he immediately screamed.

Toothless had heard the screams and quickly went to investigate, but he only found Snotlout lying on his back twitching.

"What your problem?" Toothless asked placing his hands on his hips. "Did you fall asleep mid-piss? That's just pathetic."

Snotlout had actually fainted and was muttering to himself. "I saw… I saw…"

"Snotlout, would you snap out of it?" Toothless barked.

"I saw… I saw a ghost… ghost… a ghost," he repeated senselessly.

At the same time, the three remaining Gothars had met up at All-Father's palace and were now waiting outside impatiently.

"Why are we—" Gable yelled impatiently and then began showing his top lip for some reason.

"If you're going to say something spit it," said Cadman impatiently. "Don't just stand there chewing on your lip."

Gable apparently realise what he was doing and immediately stopped. "Sorry."

"We all know why we hear, because you let Wyper getaway incident of killing him while you had the chance!" Selan yelled pointing at Cadman. "Now Lord Enel will punish us all for your failure!"

"How about you just calm down there," Cadman advised. "Let the vanir struggle, you know as well as I do all their pathetic efforts are doomed to fail. And they will fall like mere insects before our power."

"Ha, right," Selan scoffed. "Admitted you still screwed up!"

"Lord Enel should have left it to me," said Gable. "I could have taken care of those vanir by now, they'd be gone and I would be reaping the rewards for my victory. Instead I'm standing here with you to fools awaiting his punishment."

"Please, Gable," Selan scoffed. "There's no way you can handle it alone, your stupid."

"I'm what!" Gable roared and then once again chewed his lip.

"Both of you would do well to remember where your places if you're not more careful you lose control over your mantra and end up like that fool Selhen," said Cadman. "I doubt any of you would want that."

"You're the one that needs to remember his place around here!" Selan yelled as he spun his spear around.

Cadman turned to face him and unsheathed his sword. "You think you're pretty hard stuff since you got lucky and beat that for Gabriel, don't you Selan?"

"Amusing," said Gable as he raised his fists.

The three of them looked as if they were about to fight one another.

Inside the temple, a large beefy man was standing in front of a throne.

"Your Majesty, you're Gothar have arrived," he said.

"Very well, open the gates."

The large man made his way to the gate and opened them just as the Gothars were fighting.

"Not again," he groaned. "What are you doing? This is disgraceful, you should be ashamed!"

The Gothars had finally stopped fighting and looked at him.

"Shut up, these two have held me back far too long," said Selan. "Just let me unleash my full power! I can take care of this whole island myself if it weren't for these two bungalows always getting in my way!"

"Ha, that's big talk Selan," said Cadman as he rested his sword on his shoulder. "Maybe it's time for me to teach you what the true meaning of power is. If you think, you've got the guts? Let's see if you can handle the Ordeal of Iron."

"You're Ordeal of Iron could even test the strength of a child," said Gable, who appear to be having problems folding his arms. "My Ordeal of Swamp is the ultimate challenge; try that if you're not too afraid."

"My Lord Gable that looks extremely tiring, if you want to cross your arms you need to do this and rest them on your chest," said one of the servants demonstrating by folding his arms.

Gable eyes widened. "Hey!"

"Enough!" the large man boomed. "Seize this chatter, you're standing in the presence of the All-Father himself!"

"Really?" said Selan and then gestured towards the empty throne. "I see an empty chair, don't see anyone sitting in it."

"Yes, if he really summoned us here why doesn't he show himself?" Cadman asked.

"Yeah, where is Lord Enel?" Gable asked.

Then suddenly they heard fund the above them and sensed something incredibly powerful. A few seconds later of lightning rained down from the sky.

"Surprise boys!" a voice yelled.

The bolt of lightning then struck between the free of them and they suddenly got a massive jolt and was sent flying backwards. Then a barechested man landed on his hand be performed several somersaults before landing on his throne.

The three Gothars managed to recover from the surprise attack and looked up at their attacker, who was no other than Enel. Enel was quite muscular man, he was completely barechested and barefooted. The only thing that was strange about him was the fact that he had a grey ring attached to his shoulder blades and attached to it were for drums.

To complete his godly image he was wielding a staff made of pure gold had a pair of large gold earrings and a pair of gold braces on his ankles. He also dawned several golden rings with different types of jewels and braces over his forearms.

"You asked, here I am," he said in a tired tone. "You boys are getting slow, you're out of practice. If that pathetic displays of any indication you're all well on your way to ending up as dismal failures like Selhen."

"What is the meaning of this?" Gable demanded.

"Why All-Father… why do you mock us?" Cadman asked.

"Is that the reason why you summoned us here, to entertain yourself?" Selan asked impatiently.

"I was bored, now have a seat," Enel admitted as he tossed an apple in his palm. "You free haven't given much thought to the Blue Sea dwellers yet have you?"

"All-Father Enel, if this is about Selhen and his failure…" said Cadman as they approached his throne.

"That fool was too inexperienced," said Gable.

"And that ridiculous Ordeal of Spheres, ha," Selan mocked as they sat down.

Enel narrowed his eyes at him. "You're hardly in a position to talk, Selan. Gabriel still lives."

"That's impossible!" Selan yelled. "I tell you that I killed the man myself!"

"You injured him certainly, but he is far from dead. What's more, he seems to be hitting it off quite well with the Blue Sea dwellers. What a stubborn old man, ah?"

"And just what is it that these Blue Sea dwellers are looking for anyway?" Selan asked impatiently.

"Why they're looking for gold that obvious."

The Gothars' eyes widened upon hearing this.

"What? Gold?" Gable stared.

"Impossible," said Cadman. "How… how did they know?"

"This island was originally part of the Blue Sea, it's not so hard that they would know about it," said Enel as he took a bite from the apple. "Of course they'll move tomorrow, as will the vanir. The rules state that each of you run an area of the Upper Yard and that you're not allowed to enter into each other's areas or interfere in any way. Tomorrow I will allow you to go where you will, you may set up your ordeals wherever you want. They'll be no restrictions, get as vicious as you like."

"Why are you being so generous all of a sudden?" Gable asked suspiciously.

"Because my friends, I am pleased to announce that the Maximum is complete," said Enel. "So it is time for us to put an end to this wretched island and set forth on our journey, to the world of dreams."

Gabriel was still up and looked at Hiccup and the others with intrigue.

'To think these children could defeat Selhen,' he said. 'They've managed to set Enel against them for sure and if I know the vanir they won't pass up this chance for another attack. Enel… I wish I could figure out what it is you want.'

Wyper was also awake thinking about the previous battle.

'We did put up a good fight and today we will break into All-Father's Shrine,' he vowed as the sun began to rise. 'And then… Enel.'

At the campsite, everyone immediately woke up when they heard Snotlout screams.

"It's true, I wasn't dreaming!" he yelled. "Somebody was here last night!"

Everyone went over to see what the fuss was about into their utter astonishment they found that the Going Tiger had been repaired.

"The Going Tiger she's been repaired!" they yelled in unison.

They flew over in order to get a better look at her, whoever fixed her hasn't exactly done a first-rate job. That said whoever managed to repair her had also managed to fit the mast back on as was removal the flying gear.

"I knew it," said Snotlout as he examined her. "See guys I told you that I wasn't insane!"

"I don't believe it, the mast is fixed," said Astrid astonished. "Now that is service."

"You can say that again," said Heather. "Can you imagine what a chore it was just a stand something this heavy upright."

"Not to mention fishing is out of the water with all those sky sharks swimming about," Hiccup added.

"I hate to say it, but they did do a lousy job," Ragnar pointed out.

"Whoever did this sure was nice," said Ruffnut.

"Yeah, but they could have left a note or something," said Tuffnut.

Snotlout began pacing up and down. "There was somebody here, I knew I saw him."

"But who would risk crossing river full of sky sharks to come all the way out here and fix our ship for us?" Toothless asked. "I mean as far as we can tell, the only people here in Upper Yard us and our enemies."

"Hey, did you notice they took all the flying gear off the ship," said Fishlegs. "Isn't that weird?"

"Yeah, I've been thinking about it and it really got me wondering," said Snotlout. "It just doesn't make any sense to me, how could this phantom repairman know what the Tiger is supposed to look like? How did he know that she didn't always have a comb or wings or a tail?"

"Who did you see Snotlout? Who was it?" Chopper asked.

"I still say that he was partying too hard and was having a nightmare," said Toothless.

"Clearly that isn't the case and we don't have time trying to find an answer to this question," said Hiccup.

"But aren't you the least bit curious?" Chopper frowned.

"Of course I am, but we have enough on our plate already which I defy the city of gold to try and find a phantom repairman. The Tiger had been destroyed that would be another story, but it's fixed and personally, it couldn't have happened at a better time."

"He's got a point," Astrid agreed.

Snotlout was still curious. "How could he possibly have known?" He then turned and looked at the figurehead. "Come on, Tiger tell me who I saw."

For their plan to go forward, they needed to get the going Tiger back into the water and the twins came up with some crazy ideas.

The two of them went on the Raven and had borrowed Ragnar's grappling guns and began circling around the altar with Chopper riding along with them.

"Time to put Project Gets the Going Tiger of that Stupid Altar into action," said Tuffnut.

"Isn't that a bit of a mouthful?" Ruffnut asked.

"Mind explaining what you plan on doing?" Hiccup yelled.

"You better not damage my guns!" Ragnar yelled.

The twins then answer and continue to circle around the altar, they then looked at one another and nodded.

"Chopper!" they yelled.

Chopper saluted and took the wheel, while the twins positions themselves and raised the grappling guns and then fired.

"All right!" Chopper cheered.

"Let's go!" the twins yelled.

Hiccup and the others watched as the grappling hooks to wrap themselves around the figurehead of the Going Tiger.

"I see what they're doing," said Hiccup.

"Yeah, but it's not going to work," said Fishlegs.

"What you mean. 'It's not going to work'? They managed to hook the figurehead!" Snotlout pointed.

"Yes, but those muttonheads have forgotten one crucial detail," said Astrid.

The twins then wrapped their end of the ropes around the Raven.

"Given all she's got, Chopper!" Tuffnut yelled.

"Put the pedal to the metal!" Ruffnut yelled.

"You guys are awesome," said Chopper as he steered the ship and press down on the accelerator.

The Raven then took off, but when the rope was fully stretched it didn't move an inch.

"That little boat has nowhere near the power needed to move ship this big," said Hiccup.

"Those muttonheads," Snotlout moaned.

Eventually, the rope snapped and the twins and Chopper shot off, but they weren't giving out they had a few more crazy ideas up their sleeves.

"It didn't work guys," said Chopper.

"Don't worry, we have a supersecret backup plan for just such an emergences," said Ruffnut.

"Oh boy, can you tell me what it is?" Chopper asked excitedly.

"Sure this river is filled with huge sky sharks, right?" Tuffnut asked as he pulled out a long wooden pole.

"I'll say, these swarms of them," said Chopper.

"So what if we use their power?" Ruffnut smiled.

"The sharks' power?" Chopper frowned and his eyes lit up. "Yeah, that's a great idea! They have lots of power!"

"Thanks, Chopper," said Ruffnut smiling at him. "Because we have a little job for you."

"Just name it, you can count on me," Chopper smiled. "I'll do anything!"

"That's the spirit!" Tuffnut yelled.

Chopper soon regretted saying those words as the twins had tied a rope around him and attached to the long wooden pole and then hung over the water.

"Uh, guys," he said nervously. "About this plan? Did I miss something?"

"No you're doing great, keep it up," said Ruffnut as she took the helm.

"Yeah, the sharks will try to eat you," said Tuffnut.

"You mean I'm bait," Chopper cried. "No! No! I don't want to be bait! I don't want to be eaten!"

Then he saw the fin of a shark cutting across the water and heading towards him and then immediately screamed. The shot then jumped out of the water and opened its mouth wide in order to swallow him.

"Let her rip, Ragnar!" Tuffnut yelled.

Ragnar then kicked a makeshift wooden harpoon as hard as he could towards the sea shark while the twins drove away as quickly as they could. The harpoon then pierced the shark's fin and the harpoon was attached to a rope which was attached to the Going Tiger's figurehead. When the rope was fully stretched, the shark was pulled back and slammed back into the water.

"Okay shark it's time for dinner," said Ruffnut as she pulled the boat in the path of the shark.

Chopper was still streaming and the shark quickly advance towards them, pulling the Going Tiger with all it might.

"Come on!" Tuffnut yelled.

The shark was struggling, but the Going Tiger slowly began to turn and then started to skate down the steps towards the river. Once that happened, Toothless sliced the rope and the shark took off thanks to the extra momentum it used trying to catch up to them.

Within a few moments, the Going Tiger hit the river and now was sailing gently on it.

"All right," the twins yelled.

"That has to be the craziest plan I've ever seen," said Astrid in disbelief.

"Can't argue with the results though can ya?" Hiccup shrugged.

"That's the way you get the ship off a stupid altar!" Ruffnut laughed.

Chopper had finally calmed down and was now in shock, but then he saw the shark swimming back towards him and panicked. Hiccup then quickly transformed into his hybrid form and then fired a plasma blast blasting the shot to the other side of the river.

A few seconds later, everyone was now on the Going Tiger as they were planning the next move.

"Now let's look at the map," said Hiccup as he placed it on the floor. "The exploration team will be taking this router moving south, there should be some old ruins near the skulls right eye. We'll have to keep an eye out for enemies along the way."

"You make it sound so easy," said Toothless.

"I'm looking forward to investigating those ruins," said Heather.

Astrid looked at Hiccup. "Any reason why I'm not an exploration team?"

"Because those that stay on the ship will have their own fair share of problems and they need someone capable of leading them," Hiccup explained. "Those who will be staying will be taking the Tiger downriver through the island, then they'll head to the beach to the ruins as fast as possible, we can meet up here and then and escape the Sky Island."

"Sounds simple enough, but knowing this island I doubt it'll go that smoothly," said Astrid.

"Which is why, we need someone with a level head on the Tiger," Hiccup explained.

"With that settled will all meet at the East Coast," said Toothless.

"Then let's get going," said Hiccup.

The exploration team was Hiccup, Toothless, Heather and Chopper leaving everyone else on the Tiger.

In different parts, the island the Gothars had set up the Ordeals ready for the fight against the Dragon Riders and the Vanir. While this was going on Enel was sitting quite comfortably in his throne.

'And so the festival begins, magnificent,' he said. 'Today will be a great day.'