"Please, Dragon!"
"All we want is what's best for our bro!"
All the and lowered their heads pleasingly.
"Please, you've got to help him!" they pleaded.
"You guys don't have to beg; I had already decided to make him my shipwright," Hiccup assured them.
"You mean it?" said Teeny as he and the others beamed. "And the rest of you are okay with that too?"
Ragnar, Fishlegs, the twins, and Chopper were devastated about how their wanted posters turned out.
"Of course," said Heather.
"We'd be happy to take along," said Astrid.
"Well, there you have it," said Toothless.
"Thank you," said Teeny and quickly got to his feet and looked at the others. "Now they've agreed, it's time to move! Come on, you know what we have to do!"
"Yeah!" they cheered.
Then to their confusion, they watched as the Eret Family left in the opposite direction of Scrap Island.
"But wait, where are you guys going?" Kaley asked.
"Yeah, Scrap Island is that way remember," Kalena pointed.
Teeny then came to a stop and clenched his fist. "I can't tell you. I'm sorry, but we got some dirty business to do. You're better off not knowing. Kaley… Kalena… thank you for all you've done."
After that, everyone began tapping their things, but about half the crew were still devastated regarding their wanted posters.
"All right, just to make sure we're all on the same page about Snotlout?" Toothless asked.
"We are," said Hiccup.
"This is about what's doing what's right."
"We know, now let's get a move on," said Hiccup turning to the others. "I think you guys have been depressed for long enough."
"Can you blame me?" Ragnar asked, holding out his wanted poster. "I swear if I find the guy who did this, I'm going to kill him."
"If someone had done that to me, I'd probably do the same thing," Astrid admitted.
"At least you don't have to show your wanted poster," said Tuffnut grumbled.
"Yeah, how come we have to share everything?" Ruffnut asked.
"I would prefer not having one," Fishlegs moaned.
"And I fought like a true man out there!" said Chopper angrily. "I'm a pirate just like the rest of you! And what do they mean by pet? I'm a doctor!"
"Don't kill the messenger; we all know how brave and strong you are," said Hiccup.
"Hurry up, Dragon!" Kalena yelled. "What are you doing in there?"
"Don't you want to see your ship?" Kaley asked. "Can't keep our Big Bro waiting."
The female twins were waiting outside with Coco and Chimney, who was sad to see them go.
"I know, I know," said Hiccup as they made their way outside. "I just hope we're not forgetting anything. Once we get Eret and a new ship, we're out of here."
"Please, pirate lady, can't you stay a little longer?" Chimney pleaded, looking up at Astrid.
"Chimney, I'm sorry," Astrid smiled. "Thank you for everything."
Coco then rubbed her on the head, telling her it was all right, and they watched as the Dragon Riders left for Scrap Island.
Meanwhile, headquarters, a Marine Vice-Admiral was going over the bounty posters for the Dragon Riders.
"This is certainly an unusual case," he admitted. "There may not be many of them, but every member of their crew has a bounty on their head. They're worth over 600 million total, impressive." He then looked at Ragnar's wanted poster frowned. "But I was wondering, what about this Gunslinger character? Why is there no photo of him?"
"I-well, I assure you so that I did take one," said the photographer fearfully and then pulled out a picture that was completely black. "But look what happened when I developed the film. It's quite unsettling; the photo was completely black."
The Vice-Admiral gave him a suspicious look. "Did you by any chance forget to take off the lens?"
The photographer looked back at the picture and now felt utterly embarrassed.
The Dragon Riders finally reached Scrap Island, and the first thing they noticed was something big covered by a giant blanket.
"Big Bro!" Kalena yelled.
"We brought the Dragon Riders!" Kaley called.
Iceberg, Magni and foreman of Dock one were still fast asleep, all of them completely exhausted from working or night.
"Big Bro! Where are you?" the female twins yelled.
"They're here," said Iceberg waking up.
"I definitely see something big," said Hiccup.
"You think that's it?" Chopper asked.
"Eret, we're ready for ship now!" Hiccup yelled as they rushed towards the shore. However, when they got there, the only person to meet them was Iceberg, who was getting up on his feet. "Hey, Iceberg."
"Good to see you," said Iceberg.
"You too, but where's Eret?" Hiccup asked, noting that he was nowhere to be seen.
"Unfortunately, Eret can't be here at the moment," said Iceberg regretfully. "But the ship is indeed complete. Shall we take a look?"
"Can't wait," said Hiccup.
"I think you're going to be impressed," Iceberg smiled as he grabbed hold of the sheet. "I was astounded simply looking at the blueprints; this ship can sail any sea. It might take you to the end of the Grand Line after all."
"Don't leave us in suspense. Just show us already," said Hiccup.
"Hurry!" Chopper yelled.
"There's a message that Eret wanted me to pass on to you, Dragon," said Iceberg and pulled on the sheet. "He said that if you're going to be the king of pirates someday, then your ship should be the king of dragons!"
All of them stared in awe as they looked upon their brand-new ship. It was clearly twice as big as the Going Tiger; its figurehead was that of a Night Fury dragon with a pair of crossbones behind it.
"It's amazing," said Astrid.
"You can say that again," said Ragnar.
"It's awesome!" said the twins.
"Oh, wow," said Chopper.
"How lovely," said Heather.
"Oh, yeah," said Toothless.
"It's beautiful," said Fishlegs.
"Incredible," said Hiccup.
"And it's really free?" said Chopper in disbelief.
"It's got to be twice as big as Tiger," said Toothless.
"Wait, is the sail a sloop? It's huge?" Fishlegs asked.
"Show me the kitchen, hurry," said Ragnar excitedly. "I want to see!"
"I love the figurehead, but is it supposed to be Hiccup?" Heather asked.
"No, just an ordinary dragon," said Iceberg.
They immediately began climbing on board the ship to look at the interior. The first thing they noticed on the deck was that there was a lawn with a few trees and a slide.
"The ship has a lawn," said Hiccup.
"It has a slide!" Chopper yelled excitedly as he slid down the slide.
"It might be nice to do some gardening appear," said Heather.
"Good for a nap, too," Toothless added.
"We've got tons of cannons!" said Ruffnut.
"We can blow anything out of the water with these!" said Tuffnut.
"It has an aquarium," said Astrid.
"Quick, where's the kitchen!" Ragnar yelled as he entered inside.
"It must have great mobility with gaff sail that size," said Fishlegs.
"Yes, they call this type of ship a brigantine," Iceberg explained. "Brigantine ships are square-rigged at the front and have a gaff sail at the back like a sloop. They're quite versatile if their navigator is up to the task."
"Sounds like a challenge; I love it," said Fishlegs and then quickly ran off to join the others. "Time to check the interior!"
"It's got a fridge with a lot, just like I always wanted!" Ragnar beamed. "And look at this, and it's huge! Oh, you're the best, Eret! You've made all my dreams come true!"
Hiccup then looked down at Iceberg. "This is cool and all, but where's Eret? We've got a thank you for this."
"I'm sorry, but it appears he doesn't want to see you?" said Iceberg.
"Why?" Hiccup blinked.
"Tell me, were you going to invite Eret to be your shipwright?"
"I was any this is his ship; after all, it only feels right for him to come."
"Then that might be your problem."
"You mean he doesn't want to join?"
"Just the opposite, rather if you had invited him, he wouldn't be able to refuse. That's why he's hiding right now. Basically, what I'm saying is that he wants to join you in his heart, but of course, you can probably see that for yourself. Looking at all the love and care, he put into building that ship. And he's quite fond of your crew, so please don't blame yourself for this, but he believes that it is his duty to stay on this island. The bond has been the chain that binds him."
"Yeah?" said Hiccup curiously.
"Yes, those of you ask me, I think he's being needlessly stubborn over nothing. Still, that's how he feels. So trying to reason with him will be a waste of time. If you really want him to go with you, then your only choice is to use for since he's not willing to break that chain. You'll have to do it for him."
"Use force?" Hiccup sighed. "I don't usually like to force people into anything, but it looks like we have no choice in the matter."
The Eret Family finally reached the Eret House, which was terribly crooked and nothing like their former abode with tears in their eyes.
"Come on, we got to see Big Bro off with smiles on our faces," said Teeny looking at the others. "No crying!"
"I keep telling the tears to stop, man, but I don't think that I can do it no matter—" He stopped when he saw sitting on the porch was Eret.
All of them were completely astonished as Eret sat there drinking an entire glass of cola.
"Bro, what the heck are you doing here?" Teeny demanded.
Eret looked up at him. "Why wouldn't I be here, dummy? This is the Eret House, right? I live here."
"Yeah, but…"
"Are you sure about what you're doing, Big Bro?" Teeny asked. "I mean, you want to say with the Dragon Riders, on that ship you built, don't you?"
"What kind of stupid question is that?" said Eret getting to his feet. "Of course not! Besides, look at this mess; what would you do without me when you long case can't even build a house, right?"
"Don't say that; we just got back from begging the Dragon Riders to take you with that," said Teeny. "Even if it's tough without you, you've got to go."
Eret then looked at them furiously. "You damn fools! Mind your own business!"
"But they want you to go to! The Dragon Rider crew need a shipwright; you can't just turn them down!"
"Give me one reason why I should become a pirate after all we've been through?"
"I can tell just by looking at ya," said Teeny catching Eret off guard. "I mean, you should have seen yourself building that ship, bro. In all the time we've been together, I've never seen you smile like that even once. You were like a new man; you were doing what you were meant to do. You knew the Dragon Riders were going to ask you to be their shipwright before they left, didn't you? That's why you ran away, isn't it?" He then immediately pulled out Eret's wanted poster. "Thanks to this, it doesn't matter anyway."
"Shoulda knew," Eret sighed, not looking surprised. "Guess it was only a matter of time."
"Even if you wanted, you couldn't stay with us anymore, and even if you think that we can't make it without you, we don't want to drag you down!"
"You cowards are just scared of the Navy, aren't you?" Eret roared. "I bet you're just trying to get rid of me, huh? Maybe you forgot already, but you people are dying in a ditch before I pick you up and made you to what you are today."
"Come on, bro, don't be cruel," said Teeny. "Of course, we know that, but still…"
"If I'm not here, you guys will probably starve to death in a week."
Eret was so focused on them that he didn't notice that one of his men managed to sneak up behind him. Then suddenly, he toppled over backwards, and one of his men took his been teeny shorts.
"I got his shorts!"
"Whoa, he took his shorts!"
"Yes, brilliant."
"Don't let lose them!"
"Toss them here!"
"Take the shorts and run!"
Eret managed to get back on his feet and was now angry. "Give me back my shorts! That's the only pair of those I've got!"
"Everyone scatter! Let's go!"
The Eret Family then began running in all different directions, and Eret had no choice but to follow them, with his lower torso basking in the wind.
"Have it your way!" he yelled.
"He's coming after us!"
"You bastards think I need those shorts to beat you; I'll take you down stark naked if I have to!"
"Only one of us needs to survive; we got to make it to Scrap Island no matter what!" said Teeny. "Get those shorts to Dragon!"
The Eret Family then began playing keep away from Eret, tossing them from one another. Eret had already taken down the guy that stole them from him and was now chasing the guy to who he passed the shorts.
"Strong Right!" he yelled, launching his fist. He hit the guy on the ground and immediately pinned him down. "Now, give me my shorts!"
"Too bad, Bro. They're long gone now."
"Damnit, I saw them!" Eret yelled. "Don't you dare play done with me!"
"Over here, pass them!"
Eret looked up and saw that they had already been passed along. "Crap."
He then began chasing after them again and soon entered the city.
"Keep heading south, and don't look back! We've got this!"
Eret began chasing them down and decimating the city in his pursuit.
The people of Water 7 could hear the explosions.
"What's with all the ruckus?"
"There's—there's a pervert!" said a man running down the street frantically. "Eret is running wild and pantless!"
"Again?"
"Don't come this way!" a woman screamed.
Eret began running down the street, and everyone stared at him as he chased down Teeny, who was currently holding his shorts.
"That's disgusting!"
"I'll kick your ass naked if I have to do it!" Eret roared.
"Even more undecent as usual."
"Hey, check out the—" said a child before his father covered his mouth.
"Quick, get the children inside!"
"Let them see the pervert!"
"Strong Right!" Eret yelled, launching his fist take out a group of his men.
Eret then managed to corner one of the herculeans, who possessed his shorts and punched him in the chest. Unfortunately, before he could get his shorts back, another one of his men grabbed them. Eret then pointed his cannon directly at them.
It was then undercover police officers ran down the street.
"You're under arrest for public indecency! Surrender immediately!"
Eret was now forced to run from the police, and what he was close enough to the man holding his shorts, he unleashed his fire breath. The poor guy was now on fire, and he quickly tossed the shorts along.
"Go! Can't give up the shorts!"
The Eret Family pulled all the stops to get Eret to the Dragon Riders, even using some Bull mounted cannons to assist them.
"The squires are ready to go!"
"Good, move it!"
The squire then immediately slammed down the canal just that there was a huge explosion. Eret was decimating his man and the street at the same time in a desperate attempt to get his shorts back.
"The backstreet are turned into a battlefield."
"Bye legs," said one of Eret's men there was currently holding the shorts. "So tired, I'm done for."
"Past them to me, hurry!" said a voice.
He looked up into it as down when he saw Hiccup flying overhead in his dragon form.
"It's Dragon!"
"Don't you dare!" Eret warned.
Eret's man then tossed the shorts into the air as hard as he could, and Hiccup swooped down and grabbed them with a claw.
"Let's see where they go next," Hiccup smirked and took off.
"Get back here!" Eret yelled, running after him. "So, how'd you like the ship?"
"It's awesome; in fact, I think it's the coolest ship that I've ever seen," said Hiccup. "Thanks a lot!"
The people of Water 7 then began tossing all manner of things that Eret.
"My eyes have been tainted!" said a woman.
"Stop him!"
"Throw that freak in jail!"
Eret ignored them and continued to chase after Hiccup. "Damn, straight, it's awesome. It was made from my secret blueprints, after all. I included all of your requests and poked it with my one-of-a-kind Soldier Dock System. Have you had a chance to try it?"
"Sorry, but not yet!" said Hiccup.
"Well, just you wait because it's going to blow you away. What about the fish tank?"
"Love it!"
"If you catch fish and dump them in the tank up top, we'll be able to see them swim around in the room below. It's an aquarium and a dining room all in one. The crew can meet down there for fancy dinner, and you'll always know that you have fresh fish to pick from."
"Looking forward to it."
"Just like you promised, it's the best damn ship that a man can build. A ship of dreams for both of us, now give me back my shorts." He then aimed his cannon directly at Hiccup. "Or I'll blow you to smithereens."
He then fired but aimed at the roof that Hiccup was flying over. The explosion was enough to knock him off course, but he reverted to human form and tossed the shorts.
"Chopper!" Hiccup yelled.
"Got it!" Chopper yelled, jumping out of nowhere in his animal form and catching the shorts in his mouth.
Eret was unaware that the Dragon Riders were herding him with some of his men set up a cannon.
"Look, here he comes! We're counting on you guys for this one."
"No problem," said Toothless as he and Ragnar jumped out from behind them.
The two of them each grabbed an arm and tossed him towards the cannon.
"Get in!" they yelled.
Eret found himself flung into the cannon and his men immediately aimed it directly at Scrap Island.
"Ready! Aim for Scrap Island!"
Eret popped his head out of the cannon and looked at them. "What the hell are you trying to do?"
"The Eret Family secret weapon!"
"Fire! Shot Anything Cannon!"
"Hey, cut it out!" Eret yelled, sounding distressed. "This has gone on long enough!"
They then fired a cannon, and he soon found himself flying into the air over several buildings.
"Hey, aren't we supposed to send his shorts there first?" Chopper asked.
"Just hold on, Chopper!" said Hiccup as he swung towards him in dragon form.
He then grabbed Chopper and took off into the air with him screaming.
Eret had landed face-first on Scrap Island, which meant that he was showing his naked under half to anyone in plain sight. He was now showing this half to the people of Water 7 who had gathered around at the edge of Scrap Island.
"Eret was flying!"
"Heaven is punishing us!"
"Careful, he could get up and go wild."
"Eret's naked! Eret's naked!" Chimney sang.
"Big Bro?" said the female twins astonished.
"Well, this suddenly took an interesting turn," said Iceberg.
Eret managed to free himself and got upright, and he could see that he was standing in front of the Dragon Riders new ship. He could also see that standing there was Hiccup, holding his bikini shorts in his hand.
"Eret!" Hiccup yelled. "Thanks, the ship is great! Just like you said, it's the best! We'll take good care of it!"
"Yeah, I had fun with you guys," Eret smiled. "Have a safe trip."
"I hate to break it to you, but if you want your shorts back, then you're going to have to join our crew!"
Eret looked at him rather furious.
