Here is Fright of Passage,
Two weeks passed since the incident. Everyone was back to their old routine…not really.
Everyone was preparing themselves for Aurvandil's Fire, an Aurora Borealis, but everyone is not going to enjoy it, no, they're going to hide themselves from it.
You see, every ten years the sky lights up with Aurvandil's Fire, and when it does, a dragon appears and terrorize the village, and it's called a Flightmare.
It's a dragon that's strikes fear in every Vikings' heart when you say its name. Its spectral glow and banshee-like scream can actually freeze its prey in their tracks.
No one was brave enough to challenge it, all except three, Astrid Hofferson and her uncle, Fearless Finn Hofferson and Marcus, but then again he's not afraid of anything.
Astrid was only a little girl, and even as a young girl, Astrid was not afraid and has the confidence to confront the Flightmare herself, but her Uncle Finn stops her and tells her that this not her fight…yet.
Finn faces the Flightmare and stops it from attacking Berk once and for all. but, when the dragon confronts him, it begins to glow very bright and Fearless Finn seemingly becomes "Frozen with Fear" before he met his end. Just then, the dragon causes damage to the village before leaving.
The Vikings who witnessed Fearless Finn's confrontation with the dragon, claimed that he was seemingly 'frozen' with fear.
Astrid wanted to avenge her uncle, but Gobber tells her that it is going to take more than a wee axe to defeat the Flightmare.
Astrid was angered and vowed that she will avenge her uncle and restore her family name.
Marcus however only faced the Flightmare once, long ago. He was mere feet from the dragon and didn't back down as it stood in front of the bunker Stoick put the children in and his mother, who was to protect them, it came through the bunker knocking Valka over as it looked at her before the young Marcus stood in its path.
Marcus stared at the dragon, standing between it and his mother. The dragon backed down and flew away, on that day Marcus earned his title, Marcus the Brave, for none have her stared back at the beast and lived to tell the tale.
Back to Astrid, the shield-maiden thrusted her axe into a target angrily.
She's been training none stop because in a few hours Aurvandil's Fire will arrive and the Flightmare as well.
And this caused Astrid to sadistically destroy several targets in the Academy, training for her revenge thinking that she is ready.
"You want some of this?! That's right! Who's next?!" Astrid sneered angrily.
Hiccup, Fishlegs, and Snotlout were there as well as they watched her train in a distance
"I-I'm pretty sure that…yeah, I-I think you got them…all of them." Hiccup said, gesturing the destroyed targets. Astrid scoffs as she continues training with her axe.
Fishlegs walked over to Hiccup, carefully avoiding the wrath of Astrid.
"Astrid's been killing inanimate objects all day." He said.
"She's really wound up about the Flightmare." Hiccup said.
Snotlout chuckles as walked over to the wall and leans on it with her arms crossed. "Too bad she's wasting her time. When the Flightmare comes, the Hoffersons freeze. Right, Astrid? I mean, you are a-"
Snotlout was cut off when Astrid threw her axe at Snotlout, landing inches away from his face, lodged in the wall of the Academy.
Snotlout winced in fear, looking at the axe nervously.
"-Hofferson." Snotlout finished in fear.
As Astrid glares at him, Hiccup stops her from killing Snotlout or the others. "Okay, okay, let's take a deep breath. Just because Aurvandil's Fire is coming, doesn't mean the Flightmare is, too."
Sadly, Fishlegs ruined it by explaining about the Flightmare.
"Sure, it does. Every ten years the sky lights up with Aurvandil's Fire, and when it does the Flightmare appears. Its spectral glow and banshee-like scream are unmistakable."
Astrid gave Hiccup the look. "You were saying?" She asked dryly.
Hiccup sighs and sarcastically said to Fishlegs.
"Thank you, Fishlegs. Your extensive knowledge of the Flightmare is timely, if nothing else."
Fishlegs didn't get the sarcasm and continued explaining, holding the Book of Dragon, Fishlegs did his lecture about the Flightmare.
"I do fancy myself to be Berk's leading authority on the subject. Here's a few more fun facts. Legend has it that the Flightmare is so terrifying, it actually freezes its prey in their tracks."
Snotlout laughs before pointing out.
"Yeah, just ask 'Frozen Finn Hofferson'. Right, Astrid?"
Snotlout turns towards the angry shield-maiden.
But this caused Astrid to lose it as she lets out a battle cry and throws Snotlout to the ground, planting her boot on his face and pointing her axe at him dangerously Astrid was furious about Snotlout making fun of her uncle, and no one shall dare do it again.
"You think it's funny Snotlout?! You think it's a joke that my family name was ruined by that dragon?!"
Even though her boot was planted on his face, Snotlout was able to speak in a squished-up voice.
"Well, I used to, just a couple of minutes ago. But, now I can see how it might be upsetting you."
Just then, the twins run in, Tuff was pushing a wheelbarrow filled with apples while Ruff was carrying some fishes in her arms. The twins were excited about Aurvandil's Fire coming since the Flightmare was coming
"Have you guys heard? The Flightmare's coming!" Tuffnut said cheerfully.
Astrid glares at him with her foot still on Snotlout's face.
Hiccup quickly steps in and quietly said to them. "Guys, we're really trying not to talk about that."
"Hate to break it to you, but that's the only thing anyone's talking about." Ruffnut informs him.
"Well, that and Astrid's Uncle." Tuffnut stupidly adds, hearing many villagers talking about Finn Hofferson being frozen in fear by the Flightmare.
Snotlout was able to glare at them with Astrid foot still on his face. "Hey! A little sensitivity here! Can I get up now?" Snotlout begs to Astrid, who lets him go angrily.
"Oh and by the way Marcus called for a town meeting in the plaza." Ruffnut said
Hiccup was confused as were the others about this.
The riders walked to the plaza and were surprised to find all of Marcus' dragons there standing at attention
They saw the little ones by Electro as they tried to stand firm like he was before breathing with their tongues hanging.
All of them from Pyra to Screamer, even the Fireworm Queens were there.
"Geez, what's going on?" Hiccup said
"Dad?" Said Hiccup noticing his father among the crowd beside Thornado.
"Hiccup."
"What's going on?"
"I was just about to ask you the same thing." Said Stoick
Now Hiccup was really confused on what's going on
Marcus walked in front of the crowd on a platform to be seen.
Though everyone was talking and not noticing him
He brought out his staff and tapped one end on the ground and the sound was loud enough to spook some and get their attention,
"Now that I have your attention, I can get this meeting started." Said Marcus
"Now I have bad news for you all." He said as he retracted his weapon and put it back on his waist and puts his arms behind his back and began walking on the platform
"I'm just going to say it."
Marcus had his back to the villagers.
"There's more than one Flightmare coming."
This got all of the villagers gasping in panic
"Odin's beard." Stoick said.
"We're all going to die!" One Viking said before another punched him on the head.
"Don't be ridiculous, we have Marcus the Brave on our side, he's all we need to send those dragons running."
The other villagers agreed as Astrid looks at her axe with a hardened look.
"How do you know? There's never been more than one." Said Stoick making his way to the front of the crowd.
"During my journey on gathering materials for my uses, I encountered the Flightmare albeit at a distance. It was the same one, Pink with some peach looking coloring." Said Marcus as he snaps his fingers and Ashley pushed out some boards with pictures on it.
Astrid glares at the picture of the Flightmare that killed her uncle and destroyed her family name as she tightens her grip.
"We have not one but five Flightmares coming." Said Marcus as he taps on the boards and the rolled up papers and them rolled out to show four different Flightmares.
The first looks like any other Flightmare, but emits a faint green glow. It's underbelly is brighter, somewhat like neon green, and its wings are speckled with small white spots and vein-like patterns.
The next has a brilliant pink and violet body with hints of blue and orange that glows very brightly.
The third looks similar to standard Flightmares. However, it glows dark purple instead of light blue. It does, however, have light blue streaks all over its body and light blue spikes and horns.
The last is bright red, with black stripes on its body and black fire-like patterns on its wings. Its eyes are red too.
"Now I have taken the liberty of naming them." Said Marcus as he pulls out a pointer from who knows where and points to the pink Flightmare.
"Considering the history with the Hofferson clan I've decided on calling her Hofferson's Bane." Said Marcus
"The Exotic Flightmare."
He points to the green one.
"I've named her Emerald."
Points to the pink and purple one.
"Ooh, I like that one." Ruffnut muttered to her twin.
"Considering his entrancing appearance I've called this one, Trancemare. Has a bit of a mischievous attitude."
"Now I really like him." Ruffnut said.
Next was the dark purple one.
"This is Skystreaker, according to rumors they've mistaken this dragon and others like her as ghosts as they fly across the night sky."
And finally to the red one,
"Considering this ones red coloring and how his light has been mistaken for the light of dawn during dark mornings, I've named him Flaredawn."
Marcus pokes all five.
"Five Flightmares, a family group of brothers and sisters." Marcus said
"But there is no need to be scared. I have prepared for this, those dragons are not going to reach Berk. Not on my watch, now, I've prepared an emergency bunker in the academy just in case they do get past me. But they will not." Said Marcus as the villagers cheered.
"My dragons are going to be the lines of defense where my father and my fellow riders will be the last line of defense."
Marcus' dragons took a step forward looking at the villagers.
"You're gonna take them on by yourself?" Hiccup said
Marcus looks at his brother who stood with the other riders in the front.
"No, I will have Thor with me."
"Now you all are to remain here to fend them off should I fail. None of you are to leave the village, you are not ready for this fight... not yet."
SMASH
Marcus looked over to see Astrid had run her axe through the picture of Bane.
Marcus didn't show fear as the young ones ran under Screamer.
"I have been waiting and training 10 years for this moment, and you say I'm not ready?!" She said.
"Yes, you and Stormfly are skilled but you wouldn't stand a chance against them, as you are now." Marcus said
"What's that supposed to me?"
"You're filled with anger and that will make you do stupid things."
"You don't know what you're talking about, I'm ready!"
Marcus raised an eyebrow
"Are you now?"
Astrid glanced over and gasped before moving out of the way as Marcus came at her with his staff.
The riders looked at each other shocked.
Astrid was being pushed back as Marcus attacked with his staff before he got one end under the hook of the axe and tossed it into the air before he caught it and pointed it at her neck making her fall to the ground.
"Clearly you're not." Marcus said as he drops her axe beside her.
Everyone was amazed by Marcus' display of skill as he took down Astrid in mere seconds.
"That was me holding back, way back." Marcus said.
He leans down to help her up but she smacks his hand away.
She then took her axe and flew off on Stormfly.
Marcus breaths as he called the meeting to a close and everyone went on about their day
Marcus' dragons took to the sky getting ready for tonight,
Marcus was loading the young ones into Electro's saddle as Marcus gave him the job of protecting them
The Viking rubs their heads before nodding to Electro who takes off.
Marcus then began loading supplies into Thor's saddle as Hiccup and Toothless walked to them.
"Was that really necessary?" Said Hiccup referring to what he did to Astrid
"Had to, Hiccup." Said Marcus not stopping.
"Those things will tear you apart!"
"Hiccup I've dealt with Flightmares before."
"Look we can help you."
Marcus stops as he turns to Hiccup,
"I know that Hiccup, but I plan on finding a way to stop the Flightmares from coming to Berk for good. I won't kill them but there has to be a way to end this, and Astrid cannot come at all." Marcus said with a bit of finality in his tone.
"Why? Why are you so against Astrid helping?"
Marcus looks at him in the eyes.
"Because she is too consumed by revenge on that Flightmare for killing her uncle and restoring her family honor. She's going to make reckless and stupid actions and she will try to kill this dragon." Said Marcus
"No she wouldn't."
"She would, look with her current state of mind I can't in right mind just let her go to stop these things." Marcus said as he closed Thor's bags.
"And for once Hiccup, listen to me and stay here." Said Marcus as he got on Thor and flew away
Later, Hiccup was walking over to Astrid, who is packing a bag on Stromfly's saddle, ready to go after the Flightmare.
Sighing, Hiccup went over to Astrid.
As if he could sense him, Astrid didn't turn to him and said.
"I don't want to hear it, Hiccup. I've waited my entire life for a chance to clear my family's name, and you're not going to stop me."
"Who said anything about stopping you?" Hiccup asked Astrid.
Astrid turns to him and gives Hiccup a look that says: 'I know you're planning on stopping me.' before walking away.
Hiccup said and explains to her as he follows her with their dragons.
"Okay, Astrid, I have to stop you. Look, nobody loves a new and terrifying dragon more than I do, but I need you guys here to protect Berk, just like Marcus said. If those things do show up, it's going to take all of us fight them off.
Astrid stops and faced him. "Not if they never get here or reach him. Come on, Hiccup. Don't tell me you haven't been dreaming about the Flightmare, going after it, learning about it, training it?" Astrid stated to Hiccup, who hesitated.
"Well, you know, Astrid, training dragons isn't the only thing I think about."
"Are you actually saying that to me with a straight face?" Astrid said, walking up to him. (Burn)
Before he could respond, Fishlegs came to give Hiccup the research he asked for.
"There you are, Hiccup. I did the research you asked for."
Hiccup glanced at him quickly and quietly said.
"Not now, Fishlegs."
"But I have the path of the Flightmare right on this map. For generations, it's gone through the Northern Swamp on the way to the village. Same route every time. If I could only figure out why, we might be able to stop it."
"Fishlegs, Astrid doesn't want to talk about the Flightmare."
"Of course, she does."
"Sure, I do." Astrid agreed, wanting to know the information about the Flightmare.
Fishlegs beams happily. "See? So, as I was saying, if you want to get close to it, you're going to have to be stealthy, virtually invisible in the dark." He explains.
Astrid gets an idea as she looks at Toothless. "Kind of like a Night Fury?" She said as she walks over to Toothless.
Fishlegs nodded. "Exactly like a Night Fury." He agreed.
Astrid hops on Toothless excitingly as she looks at Hiccup, inspecting him to come along. "So, when do we leave?" She asked.
Hiccup groans before looking at Fishlegs before smacking him on the head knocking his tiny helmet off.
"Ow, what?" Fishlegs said
Later that night, Aurvandil's Fire was dancing across the sky. Gobber alerts the Vikings to go to their homes for their own safety.
They run into their homes, locking their doors and windows, making sure that the Flightmare doesn't come in.
"Aurvandil's Fire is here! Get to your homes and stay inside!" Gobber alerted.
Then he saw Snotlout and Hookfang walking by. "Snotlout, did you not hear what I just said? Get that dragon into its cage and you into yours!"
Snotlout waves him off. "No way! If the Flightmare obliterates us all, then the last face I want to see, besides my own of course, is this one." He grabs Hookfang's face, but he moves away when Hookfang snaps at him.
Then two Vikings was walking by and one of them said to the other. "Hurry up, before the emergency bunker is full."
"Are you sure we can get in? I hear it's very exclusive." The other one said.
"Don't worry, I know people."
Snotlout overhears them and turns to Gobber, who was walking down from the platform. "Hey, what was that all about?"
"Oh, I'm surprised you didn't know. Ruffnut and Tuffnut built an emergency bunker in the Academy." Gobber explains.
Snotlout hums in interest.
"Emergency bunker? What do you say we check it out?" He glanced at Hookfang who grunts in agreement.
"I wouldn't waste your time. It's been booked up for months." Gobber explains.
Snotlout snorts. "Hah, we'll see about that." He said with a hint of mischief.
At the Academy, the Twins are expecting people to arrive.
"Okay, lots of people are gonna want to get into our awesome emergency bunker when the Flightmare attacks." Tuff explains to his sister. "So, we need to have a secret signal to know who's in and who's out."
Then Ruff elbows him in the shoulder hard. The young ones and the dragons winced in sympathy as Ruffnut grins at her action.
"How's that?"
Tuffnut rubs his arm.
"Not bad, but I feel like there should be a few more steps to it." He added.
Ruff takes a second to think before she gave a hard punch on Tuff's face.
"What about that?"
Tuffnut rubs his jaw happily.
"I like it. You sure it's not too complicated?"
Then Snotlout and Hookfang came in and walked towards the doors of the bunker. Tuffnut stops Snotlout from getting closer.
"Hey! Hey! Mister! Where do you think you're going?" Tuff asked suspiciously.
"Uh, inside the emergency bunker." Snotlout points out.
"Are you on the list?" Tuff asked again.
Snotlout scoffs at him. "Pfft. List?"
Ruffnut holds up a list and reads out the members. "Let's see here…Snothat, Snotman…Snotnose…nope, not on the list." Ruff stated.
"Sorry. Unless you're friends with Snotman."
"What do you mean, 'Sorry'?" Snotlout asked in irritation.
Tuffnut puts his hands behind his back. "This is a very exclusive bunker, my friend. We can't just let anyone in."
Then Gustav goes by and went towards the bunker while Tuff casually greets him. "Hey Gustav."
"GUSTAV?!" Snotlout exclaims.
Gustav silently cheers. "Bunker time! Haha." He said happily as he and Ruff high-fived before getting inside the bunker and soon was greeted by people inside.
"You're either in or out, pal, but you can't stand there." Ruffnut said.
Barf and Belch looms over him as he backs away from the bunker. As he was backed up a bit, Tuff went over to him.
"Listen, you seem like a nice kid. Tell you what I'll do for you. If you want to get into the bunker, maybe you can find us one of these." Tuff gives Snotlout a list, a long list.
Snotlout reads the the things on the list and groans. "Ugh, you've got to be kidding me."
The twins chuckled at each other mischievously as Snotlout groans but accepts and gets frustrated by this. "Ugh, fine. Come on, Hookfang."
Instead of following his rider, Hookfang walks over to the bunker. That's when Snotlout realizes that Hookfang was also booked into the bunker.
The Nightmare gave Snotlout a snort, causing steam to come out, before entering the bunker while Ruff holds up the list and said.
"He's on the list."
Snotlout groans again and marches out. "Ugh, last time I hold his face."
Then Snotlout stops.
"Hey wait a minute, wasn't this bunker Marcus' idea?" He said.
The twins went stiff as a board as they glance at each other.
"Uh... no. Look just go get the stuff!" Said Tuffnut as they made their dragon roar and scare Snotlout away.
Meanwhile, Hiccup and Astrid are attempting to get close to the Flightmare.
Fishlegs was trying to figure out why does the Flightmare take the same root back to Berk and thinks of a way to stop it.
Hiccup advises to proceed with caution and to see if there is anything they can learn about it and to see if they can find a way to redirect it, and if the plan falls apart that they would immediately fall back to town.
Astrid seemingly accepts, repeating the words I understand Hiccup, when Hiccup tells her to, but in an unconvincing tone.
They soon arrive at the Northern Swamp, and Hiccup reminds Astrid to observe only.
Then suddenly, they heard something at a distance.
Toothless stops in mid-air and saw a bright blue/white light from a distance.
Then it came closer and grew brighter, causing Toothless to fall, but he was able to adjust himself and make sure that Astrid and Hiccup are okay.
"Okay. Well, it certainly lives up to the hype, guess it came ahead of the other ones." Hiccup said. He decides to fall back to the village to get some reinforcement, but Astrid was determined to get her revenge on the Flightmare, so she jumps off Toothless and lands on the ground with ease.
"Astrid! What're you doing?!" Hiccup yelled out from above
Astrid readied her axe and readied herself.
"What do you think I'm doing?! Defending Berk! And my family honor! We'll see who's a coward!" She glares at the Flightmare.
"Oh, why don't I ever listen to my brother?" Hiccup groaned
Astrid confronts the beast and stood her ground and challenges it, saying exactly what her uncle said, but instead of his name, she uses hers.
"Leave Berk now, and never come back! Here I am, ungodly beast, Fearless Astrid Hofferson! Come and get me, if you dare!" Astrid readied her axe to strike.
Then the Flightmare came.
It looks like a mix between a Skrill, a Night Fury, and a Fireworm, with brightly glowing scales.
It was covered in tendrils on its back, wing tips, tail and head.
Its glow was bright as it roars at Astrid before diving towards her.
Astrid was prepared to attack when suddenly the Flightmare sprayed some kind of mist, which "freezes" her.
"ASTRID!" Hiccup yelled in shock.
Unable to move, Astrid becomes an easy target for the Flightmare as it comes back for another attack, but Hiccup and Toothless manage to save Astrid and fend off the Flightmare for now.
"Okay. Gotta go! Gotta go!" Hiccup said as he drags the paralyze Astrid to Toothless.
The Flightmare soon comes to them but they fly off and fall back to the clouds and blend in.
The Flightmare stops as it searches for them, but it was unable to spot them, so it returns to its territory. Once the Flightmare was gone, Toothless stops hiding and lands on the ground.
Hiccup sighs in relief. "I think we lost him." He said before turning to a still paralyze Astrid. Hiccup then shakes Astrid gently, trying to get her to respod.
"Astrid!"
Successfully, Astrid was able to move as she holds her dizzy head. "What-What happened?" Astrid asked.
"The Flightmare sprayed you with some kind of mist. It paralyzed you." Hiccup explains.
Astrid the realizes it and remembers being sprayed by a mist. "It froze me." She said in a shock tone.
"Well, I-I guess the good news is the effects are only temporary, just long enough for it to strike." Hiccup added.
"I knew my uncle wasn't afraid of that dragon. He was paralyzed by it!" Astrid said.
Hiccup turns away a bit and thinks about the situation. He then nudges Toothless up and took off.
"And, let me guess: We're falling back to town?" Astrid asked in disappointment as they took off. Hiccup didn't fall back as he made Toothless go forward to follow the Flightmare.
"No. We're following the Flightmare. We are the only thing between that dragon and Berk and Marcus."
"Yes!" Astrid cheers as they went towards the location of the Flightmare.
They saw the Flightmare and follows it, it flies above the treess before goes over to a giant rock and flies down. The others follow it and saw something that made them shock.
They saw a river that was glowing like the Flightmare.
"What in the name of Thor?"
Meanwhile the twins continued to torment Snotlout by making him get ridiculously stupid stuff.
At Fishlegs's house, He continued to try and figure out why the Flightmare took the same route every time,
"Why does the Flightmare always take the same route into Berk?" Fishlegs mutters out, looking at the map.
"It always follows the stream from the Northern Swamp into the village."
"It follows the water for some reason. Maybe there's something in it."
Fishlegs hums in thought, he always wonders about that. What's in the streams? Fishlegs notices Meatlug was still eating rocks in a time of danger.
"How can you eat at a time like this?" Fishlegs asked, causing Meatlug to look at him in confusion. And that's when Fishlegs realizes something.
"Wait, that's it! Meatlug, you're a genius!"
"I know why now. The Flightmare is following-"
"-Glowing algae." Hiccup finished as he and Astrid were at the river of blue glowing algae.
Hiccup dips his hand at the algae and looks at the aurora. "The glow must be some sort of reaction to Aurvandil's Fire. This must be what the Flightmare is following. That's why it always takes the same path to the village."
"Not getting it." Astrid said.
"You ever tried to get between Snotlout and a bowl of mutton?"
"Yeah. That's something you only do once."
Then they heard the Flightmare coming, they quickly hide behind a rock and peeked to see the Flightmare going to the stream and eats the algae and glows brightly.
And Astrid finally gets it and realizes that the Flightmare thinks we want its food, with Hiccup adding that it attacks us because it thinks we are a threat to its survival.
They heard more roars as the other Flightmares, Emerald, Trancemare, Skystreaker and Flaredawn, the dragons grunted as they ate the algae
"Great." Muttered Hiccup,
Hiccup flinches as he noticed a glow coming from behind him as did Astrid.
They slowly began to turn as they see a red glow.
Suddenly the glow stood up and...
"BOO!"
It was Marcus who had lit his crystals up to give him a glowing appearance
Hiccup and Astrid held each other as they screamed making Marcus and Thor who was behind him.
"Oh, you! I hate you so much!" Hiccup said.
The two noticed their position before quickly separating.
"You deserved it, what part of stay home did you not understand?"
"Okay, here me out the Flightmares are just -"
"Following the algae, I know."
"Of course you do." Astrid muttered.
"Look I've been following them for a while now, and I think I saw something on Bane's back." Said Marcus as he gets on a rock followed by the two riders.
Marcus grabbed his spyglass and looked at the Flightmares
"See how her back is glowing a different color?" Said Marcus handing the spyglass to Hiccup and Astrid.
"Yeah, what is that? Is it moving?" Astrid said.
It's glow began to dim as they saw the figure.
It looked like a dragon that was known as a Speed Stinger, kind of like the velociraptor of dragons with a stinger that paralyzes you like a statue, However, it has a primary set of wings most similar to that of a Flightmare, with a smaller secondary set similar to the Speed Stinger's. It had further physical characteristics of the Flightmare, most notably the eerie glow, the spikes on its back and the barbels under its chin. As a hybrid, this dragon's scales are a mix between its parental species.
"That's a Dreadstrider, I'm calling him Dread. He's young." Said Marcus
"Hybrids have names?" Said Hiccup.
"Yep."
"He's so little, it's actually kinda cute." Said Astrid,
The dragon hybrid had a big yawn as it stretched before leaning too far bag and fell off Bane's back and onto the ground.
His eyes got big as he whimpers before his aunts and uncles helped him up and calm him down and led him to the river to eat.
Dread leans down to eat the algae before leaning too far and falling in but his mother caught him with her tail.
"Hmm, he's kinda clumsy. But he looks to be 10 years old." Said Marcus
"10 years?" Hiccup repeated.
Marcus was in thought
"Let me think, I believe I have the scenario down. Sometime 10 years ago, Bane mates with a Speed Stinger, then Dread is born. She comes to Berk with him, then the little guy wanders off to Berk glowing. Finn Hofferson sees him thinking Dread's Bane and chases him causing Bane to kill Finn defending her baby." Said Marcus.
Astrid looked down and back to Dread who was beginning to walk away from the group but Trancemare pulls him back.
The more she thought about it the more it made sense.
"So, what now?" Said Marcus looking at Astrid.
"What?"
"Has your lust for revenge disappeared now? Are you still going to avenge your uncle, knowing you'd make that little dragon a orphan?"
Astrid looked down at the ground before looking and seeing Bane nuzzling her child as did his aunts and uncles.
She looked back at him.
"No, I can't do that to him. It's not right."
"Good."
"Also, heads up, uh angry momma!" Said Marcus as Bane noticed them and took to the air as Dread looked completely clueless as his aunts and uncles surrounded him.
"Wow, just noticed she's a big momma." Marcus said.
"Quick, we gotta get Toothless in the air -"
"To hide, uh little problem." Marcus said as he pointed.
Hiccup turned around to see Toothless drinking from the river eating some of the algae as he began to glow.
Thor facepalms and hits Toothless on the head.
"Ah, Toothless." Hiccup groaned.
Hiccup and Astrid turned to see Marcus and Thor were gone.
"Where'd they-"
"Later, move now!" Hiccup said as they got onto Toothless and took to the air.
Toothless looked back to see Bane practically on his tail as he tucked it in to avoid getting bit.
"Faster than she looks. Kinda like that." Said Astrid,
"Oh now you like it?!" Hiccup said,
Red lightning came between them as Toothless looked down to see Marcus and Thor standing outside a cave.
They quickly followed before Bane could get her bearings.
See them gone and her food and baby safe she snorts before flying back to the group.
Toothless looked at himself as the glowing went away.
"And that is why the Flightmare needs to eat the algae, they use the glow as a defense to temporarily blind dragons causing them to crash." Said Marcus.
"Noted." Hiccup said
The riders took to the air as they spotted the family of Flightmares following the algae.
"Okay, how are we going to stop them before they reach the village? We don't need a repeat of my uncle." Said Astrid,
Before Hiccup could answer, he saw a familiar face behind them. "Fishlegs."
"How's he gonna help?" Astrid asked in disbelief.
"By bringing you some reinforcements!" They heard Fishlegs said.
They turned around to see Fishlegs riding Meatlug.
Stormfly was with them.
Astrid grins when she saw Stormfly as she jumps on to her dragon and gave her a gently pat. "Good to see you, girl."
"Fishlegs, the Academy is supposed to be on lockdown." Hiccup said.
"I know, but I've been following the stream because I think I figured out a way to stop the them from reaching town." Fishlegs as he points at the cliff near the ocean.
Hiccup saw this and gets the idea. "We cut a new channel for the river-"
"-And divert the flow of glowing algae out to the sea!" Fishlegs finished.
"Exactly." Hiccup looks at his dragon. "Toothless, Thor, Stormfly, Meatlug, it's time to do a little emergency landscaping." He said as they zoomed towards the stream.
Marcus and Thor were the look outs as the trio were blasting the part of the river to open to the ocean.
They heard the familiar banshee call of them as they looked up and saw Bane flying at them with her family.
"Oh, enough of this!" Said Marcus as he got Thor to fly up.
"Marcus, what're you doing?!" Said Hiccup.
Marcus stopped in the path of the five Flightmares.
"STOP!" Marcus said putting his hand out
The five dragons put the brakes on and stopped in front of him.
Dread poked his head out from behind his mother's head.
The five Flightmares roared together making the riders hold their ears as did the dragons.
"Please! We are trying to help you." Marcus said,
Flaredawn looked at Skystreaker as Emerald and Trancemare looked at each other.
Bane was confused on why this Viking claimed that he was helping them.
"We are trying to redirect your algae out to sea, that way you won't have to go through the village following it." Marcus said,
The other Flightmares looked at Bane,
"We know that you killed a Viking 10 years ago protecting your baby that Viking was this girl's uncle. You ruined his and her clan's honor for doing that. Besides none of us even want your algae, we don't eat it." Said Marcus.
"So please, can't we just be friends?" Said Marcus.
The Flightmares tilted their heads as they looked at each other.
Bane approached Marcus' hand and placed her snout on it.
Dread hopped onto her head and rubbed his head in his hand as the others followed.
"You know there's a Island close by I've named Glow island. There's always plenty of this algae there." He said.
The Flightmares really liked the sound of that.
Bane looked at Marcus and crooned,
"Yeah, he can fly with me, but why?"
Dread hopped off his mother and glided onto Thor's back.
Bane went over to Astrid on Stormfly and lowered her head.
"She's apologizing for what she did and is asking you if you want to fly on her?" Said Marcus translating.
Astrid was shocked that Bane was actually apologizing to her for killing her uncle.
She smiled as she rubbed Bane's head.
"Apology accepted, and sure." She said getting onto Bane placing herself on her neck.
"Before we go home, there's something I wanna do." Marcus said.
Everyone tilted their head in confusion.
Back on Berk, everything seems peaceful. Gobber was asleep, standing near a catapult that was loaded.
As Gobber sleep and snoring loudly, Stoick walks forward, observing the night sky, when he saw nine glowing figures coming.
"Gobber!"
Stoick draw out his sword and wakes up Gobber, but the blacksmith continuous to sleep as he dreams about something and talks about it in his sleep.
Gobber slowly lifted his hand in his sleep. "Oh, that yak butter melts in my mouth."
"Wake up!" Stoick yelled.
Gobber woke up and accidently pulled the trigger of the catapult and a boulder was fired at someone's house.
The poor Viking that live there was yelling: My house! Why?!
"Sorry, Stoick. I had this dream. You and me were-"
Stoick stops him and said.
"Not another word. Sound the alarm. The Flightmares are coming."
Hearing this, Gobber grabs the horn and blows it, warning everyone to stay inside.
Everyone locked their doors and windows as they wait for the Flightmares.
Stoick saw the figures getting closer and readied his sword.
"Thor's hammer! There's nine of them!" Stoick said.
Gobber stops blowing and got a better look at the dragons, and realizes they weren't Flightmare, at least not all of them.
"Wait, Stoick! Those aren't Flightmares! At least four aren't."
The four glowing dragons landed near Stoick and Gobber.
The two male Vikings stared at the glowing dragons in disbelief and shock. The same expression from seeing Astrid on Bane.
"Hiccup, slap me in the face." Gobber said. "Your dragons are glowing…I must still be dreaming." He mutters the last part.
Hiccup gets off Toothless and walked towards them. As did Marcus.
"Gobber, you're wide awake, and they are glowing. Long story. The good news is we dont have to worry about the Flightmares anymore." Marcus said to them with a smile.
Stoick's eyes widened in shock and amazement. "We don't?" He asked proudly as he placed his hand on Marcus' and Hiccup's shoulders.
"Well done, boys! Well done! Everyone! You can come out of your homes! The Flightmare isn't going to bother us anymore!" Stoick announced loudly.
As the villagers come out of their homes, everyone was chattering happily, knowing that the Flightmare won't terrorize them.
"Excuse me, I have an announcement to make." Hiccup announce as everyone quiets down.
"We learned a lot about the Flightmare tonight and I will explain it all to you. But the important thing we learned was that Fearless Finn Hofferson was indeed fearless, just like all the Hoffersons." Hiccup said with a smile to Astrid who smiled back, knowing that her family's name and honor were restored.
The villagers cheered about the news, and some say they didn't believe that Finn Hofferson was a coward.
"Sounds like you did your uncle proud, lass." Gobber said to Astrid who smiled.
"And we made new friends. And also, Bane didn't mean to attack my uncle. She was just defending her baby and when it comes to family, we all do whatever it takes to protect our loved ones." Said Astrid patting Bane on the side.
The villagers understood that as they would do the same thing for their families.
"Now, maybe we can just enjoy Aurvandil's Fire." Stoick said as they all look at the aurora in amazement and cheers.
Marcus looked back seeing his dragons had arrived as the young ones were playing with Dread.
He has a face of confusion as he sees Snotlout pulling a lot of stuff.
"Yo, Snotlout what're you doing?" Marcus asked.
Snotlout looked exhausted as he dropped.
"So... thirsty!" He said.
Marcus gave him his canteen as he drank from it.
"Ah! Thank you, been so busy trying to get into the private bunker." Said Snotlout.
"Private bunker?" Said Marcus,
"Snotlout, there are no private bunkers." Said Hiccup.
Snotlout was breathing as he sat on the ground
"You serious? The twins made a private bunker in the academy." Said Snotlout.
"Uh... Snotlout, that's the bunker Marcus made. Weren't you paying attention during his meeting?" Astrid said
Snotlout nodded before getting up,
"I thought so! They've been making me run all over the place getting ridiculous stuff and when I get back they just add more stuff!" Said Snotlout,
"Oh they have, have they?" Said Marcus
Ruffnut and Tuffnut were looking at the glowing dragons as Ruffnut petted Trancemare.
"Hey, I want a glowing dragon!" Said Tuffnut
"Me too!" Said Ruff.
"Put that on Snotlout's list." Tuffnut said as the two chuckle.
"Add what to Snotlout's list?"
The two flinch as they turned around to see Marcus who's arms were crossed as he taps his shoulder.
The two bolt as Tuffnut jumped onto Death Ride and Ruffnut jumped onto Pyra.
Marcus just raised an eyebrow before whistling as his two dragons heard it and came back.
Pyra landed as dropped Ruffnut as Death Ride made a absolute stop launching Tuffnut off his saddle making his face slide across the ground as everyone winced.
"Face is done." Marcus muttered as Thor nodded
Tuffnut picked his head up and was spitting out dirt and grass.
Then Marcus grabbed him by the ear and was pulling him up as his other hand was holding Ruffnut's
"OW, OW, OW!"
"Considering you think it's funny to go against my orders, how's about we see just how funny it is to clean up your bunker while Snotlout supervises you? Oh and stall cleaning for 3 months!" Said Marcus.
"Not again." The twins groaned
The twins had brooms and were sweeping their bunker as Marcus and his dragons and the other riders and their dragons enjoyed the food.
"Can't we get some?" The twins groaned.
"No!"
"This yak butter parfait is delicious." Said Snotlout getting nods agreeing.
The twins were looking for Barf and Belch only to notice the Zippleback was with the others eating.
"We prepared all that food and we don't get a nibble." Groaned Ruffnut.
"Karma is a bitch." Said Marcus.
"I don't see much cleaning being done!" Said Snotlout as he snapped his fingers then Hookfang ignited and growled making the twins sweep faster
Later we see Marcus looking out to the sea watching the family of dragons fly off to their new home.
Next we see him as well as everyone looking up at Aurvandil's Fire smiling, happy that they can finally enjoy it without having to fear the Flightmares anymore.
