We were all in Valka's "kitchen" as the Haddocks prepared some food. Hiccup was explaining how the village of Berk had transformed ever since the dragons had moved in.

"Well your son's changed Berk for the better!" Valka accidentally dropped some fish-kabobs, which were gone in an instant thanks to Cloudjumper. Who then upchucked some of it and Toothless proceeded to slurp it off of the floor. My eye twitched at the sounds.

'I think I'm going to puke…'

"I'm uh, little out of practice." Valka sheepishly admitted.

"Well, you know…I didn't marry you for your cooking!"

"I hope not, her meatballs could kill more beasts than a battle axe!" I snorted at Gobber's statement as I was leaning against Tesla, watching the small family now that they had reunited. "I've still got a few knocking around in here! Haha!" Hiccup's enthusiasm couldn't be curbed as he spoke up after Gobber.

"And once you move back in, with all your dragons, oh Drago won't even stand a chance! Everything will be ooookay!" I was gonna have a bruised forehead by the day's end, I swear it.

"Heheh, slow down son. It's a lot to take in." Stoick said, trying to calm his over eager kid. Valka was filling a gourd with water when Stoick started whistling.

"Ooooh, I love this one…!" Gobber said. I sat up and listened to the song.

"Remember our song Val? I'll swim and sail, on savage seas, with ne'er a fear of drowning… ("song fics" aren't allowed of FF. So I just skip the song, better not risk it.)

I nearly leaped out of my skin when Gobber had jumped up and started singing, then his downtrodden face almost slayed me. The spirit in the room then lifted when Valka started singing, and Stoick laughed. They started dancing, something I'd never imagined Stoick doing! The two danced and sang faster and faster, eventually reaching the end of the song.

"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEI'MSTILLGOIIIIIIIIING I'm done." Toothless, Tesla and I were all cringing, covering our ears in pain.

'Our poor ears will never recover from that…'

"I thought I'd have to die before I had that dance again." Stoick said.

"No need for drastic measures." Valka replied around a laugh.

"For you my dear, anything. …Will you come home Val? Will you be my wife once again?" Toothless decided they were taking too long and pushed Valka into Stoick. Hiccup walked up to them and Stoick threw his arm over his shoulder. "We can be a family! What do you say?"

"…Yes!"

"Great! I'll do the cooking!" We all laughed when Gobber popped up and said that. I felt Tesla go tense and I looked at him. He was sniffing the air and started growling, Toothless joining him. I looked at the entrance of the cave to see all the dragons flying towards to exit.

"Uh, guys…?!"

*BOOM* The ground seemed to shake with an explosion, and then more followed. Valka took off running and the rest of us followed her. When we stopped on an ice ledge and looked down, it was like looking at a carpet made of ants. There were men everywhere. Valka turned and started to walk away when Stoick reminded her that everyone would help.

"What do we need to do?"

"We need to save the dragons!" Valka said firmly.

"Got it, let's go son!" Hiccup took off with them and I followed with Gobber. We all mounted up and took off. I saw a couple of dragons that I recognized.

"Hiccup! The others!" I pointed and he nodded. Toothless blasted a chunk of ice that was headed for Astrid and Stormfly and curved around to meet them.

"Welcome aboard Dragon Rider!" That's when I pulled up and noticed that guy from the trapper ship, Eret, if I remembered correctly.

'What is going on today…?'

"Thanks! I think!" The trapper said.

"And where have you been?!" Astrid asked.

'Oh, the stories we have for later.' I thought.

"Oh, you know, catching up with mom!" He pointed to the sky and we all looked up to see Cloudjumper hovering at the top of the sanctuary. The King rising up behind them, roaring.

"That's your mother?!" I laughed out loud at the look on Astrid's face.

"Well, now you know where I get my dramatic flare!" Hiccup dropped his mask down and turned away. I stayed with the others.

"So, how's your day been going?" I called out.

"Oh, you know, getting kidnapped and then almost getting thrown into a freezing ocean to drown sounds about right." She said casually.

"Really? Man, why do I hang around you guys? You're all just ticking time bombs waiting to go off." I tucked in as Tesla rolled to avoid a net, completely missing the confused look on Astrid's face. "Gotta go!" We rolled again and Tesla blasted a multi launcher. Then I saw Cloudjumper get hit with a net. "Valka!" I saw her land near a guy that rivaled Stoick in the Viking department. They took a few swings at each other, then stopped and traded words. I frowned deeply when the man turned and started screaming towards the water, swinging his staff above his head.

'What in Thor's name?' A huge wave blasted through a couple of the boats in the water. Then the beast itself burst out of the ocean. 'So, he's got a Bewilderbeast…That must be Drago…This is not good…' Valka tried to beat the man with her staff, but he merely turned and hit her, sending her skidding across the ground. He walked up and put his foot on her chest, stopping her from moving. He shoved her mask off, and then raised his bullhorn. Stoick ran up and shoved Drago off Valka and got in between them. I hopped up and landed with my feet on Tesla's back.

"Now Tesla!" He swooped down and I jumped off, rolling, and running over to the older dragon rider. I helped Valka stand up. "You're not hurt, are you?"

"I'll be fine, thank you!" She cut Cloudjumper lose and took off towards the two Alphas fighting.

"Tesla, go help the others!" I turned and was ready to pummel the man, only to see Stoick already on the case. Drago shrugged off the weird cape, revealing a fake metal arm. The two men circled for a bit, then they went at it. Stoick was surprisingly fast for a man of his stature, and for a minute he had the advantage.

"Yeah! Get 'em Chief!" I cheered, ready to jump in if needed. Then I heard an Alpha roar, and turned to see our Alpha on the ground, not moving. Dragons started gathering around the living Alpha, and I noticed some of them were ones I had seen in the sanctuary. My eyes widened when it sunk in.

"No, not the Alpha…"

"We've won. Now, finish her!" Drago pointed his staff at Valka and Cloudjumper.

'No!' I threw my hand out, and a small bolt of lightning leapt from my hand, barely visible to the naked eye. It struck the Alpha's eye, making it miss with its attack. I threw a glance around to see if anyone had seen that, but the battle had ground to a halt as everyone's eyes were on the Alpha.

"No!" Stoick ran to help Valka, grabbing his axe and jumping on Skullcrusher. Toothless landed next to me, and Hiccup hopped off, dropping his helmet. Drago chuckled.

"This? Is the great Dragon Master?" Toothless growled and started to move forwards, only to stop when Hiccup motioned him back. "The son of Stoick the Vast? What shame he must feel." I gritted my teeth.

'Just ignore it Hiccup…'

"All of this loss, and for what? To become unstoppable? To rule the world? They are kind, amazing creatures that can bring people together." Drago simply laughed, stuck his staff in the ground, and removed his whole left arm.

"Or tear them apart." Hiccup and I looked on in shock. "See, I know what it is to live in fear. To see my village burnt. My family, taken. But even as a boy, left with nothing, I vowed to rise above the fear of dragons, and liberate the people of this world."

"Then why a dragon army?"

"Yeah, the irony is kind of disgusting. Why not just use the army of people you already have?" I snarked.

"Well, you need dragons to conquer other dragons."

"Or maybe you need dragons to conquer people. To control those who follow you. And to get rid of those who won't." Hiccup said.

"You're hiding behind the thing that you hate. It makes you a coward." I scowled, disgusted by the man.

"Clever boys. But words won't do any harm to me." I grabbed my katana's handle and pulled it out.

"Then how about a sword?!" I leapt at him, and he blocked me with his staff before knocking me away with a simple swing. There was a flash of something in his eyes, but it was gone too quickly for me to get a read on it.

"Rai! Don't!" Hiccup called.

"You think a mere child can stop me? I am Drago Bludvist! Ruler of the dragons!"

"And I don't care!" I spun counter-clockwise, moving my body to my right. Another solid block on Drago's part, and I jumped back to avoid a low swing. We traded blows for a few seconds, then he managed to get his bullhorn around my blade, yanking it out of my grasp.

"What will you do now? You are defenseless, with no hope of beating me!" He and I started playing a deadly game of dodge-the-bullhorn, and I moved back to gain some ground. "I will admit, you are one of few people to not fall to my feet in moments. But it will not matter soon." I growled and leaped forward. I was trained to fight unarmed, even against someone who was.

"I am never defenseless…And I will never lose!" Hiccup ran in front of me and held his arms up. "H-Hiccup?! What are you doin-!" He cut me off, ignoring me in favor of talking to Drago. I could hear the desperation in his voice.

"The world wants peace, and we have the answer back on Berk. Just let me show yo-!"

"No! Let me show you!" Then he started screaming and waving his staff around again. The Alpha turned and walked over to us. This Alpha didn't have the calm air around it the other one did. Valka's Alpha didn't demand anything. The dragons in the sanctuary could come and go, leave forever if they wanted to. But this Alpha, this one demanded respect. It wasn't a leader. It was a ruler. A tyrant.

'Wait…then why is it following Drago…' My eyes narrowed in thought.

"No dragon can resist the Alpha's command. So he who controls the Alpha, controls them all." Drago pointed his staff at the Alpha, then at Toothless. The Alpha started shaking the two antenna right above its eyes. Toothless started shaking his head like he was in pain.

"Toothless? What's wrong Bud?"

'Oh no…'

"Witness true strength. Will over others." Toothless froze, then his head raised up. "In the face of it, you. Are. Nothing." Drago pointed his staff at Hiccup.

"Hiccup, we need to move, now." Toothless turned to us and his eyes were almost all green, his pupils were tiny slits. There was a freakishly feral and unnatural look in them.

"Uh, what did he just tell you? Toothless, come on! What's the matter with you?!" I grabbed his arm and started pulling him away.

"He's not going to listen to you Hiccup, we need to run!"

"No!" He pulled out of my grasp. "Come on, what are you doing? Knock it off! Stop! Snap out of it!" Toothless was stalking towards us, raising his wings, and baring his fangs.

"Hiccup! He's not going to stop!"

"Toothless no! Toothless!" I saw a light grow in the back of the Night Fury's throat and I knocked Hiccup's legs out from under him, pulling him down and away.

Right as Toothless fired.

Right as Stoick jumped.

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An explosion rocked my entire world for a second, the sound ringing in my ears. Hiccup and I slowly got up, realizing we were alive. That's when we saw him. Stoick was covered in chunks of ice, not moving. Hiccup rushed over and pulled the ice off of him, and then tried to roll him over. Valka ran over and helped him. She put her ear to Stoick's chest and they both froze.

"No…no no no no…" I stood there limply, holding my shoulder, and leaning on my right leg. My right arm and left leg were aching from both the blast and the way I had landed. The other riders all landed near us, and Toothless was released from the mental control. Astrid gasped and ran over to Hiccup, crouching down next to him. Toothless, not knowing what he had done, tried to nudge Stoick's hand, only for Hiccup to push him away.

"No! Get away from him!" Poor Toothless didn't even know why he was being yelled at, or why Hiccup was angry with him. He'd never yelled at him before, and that look had never been directed towards him. "Go on! Get out of here!" Toothless tried to come closer but Hiccup swung at him. "Get away!" Toothless cowered and fled.

"It's not his fault, you know that…" Hiccup just laid his head on Stoick's chest. All of the dragons' pupils sharpened and they flew off. That's when we saw Drago riding away on Toothless.

"Toothless!" Hiccup realized his mistake too late, calling out for his friend.

"No don't." Valka grabbed him, knowing that it would only make things worse. We all watched as the Alpha and Drago led all of the dragons to Berk. We all watched as the dragon of nightmares sunk into the sea, with a cloud of dragons swarming above it.

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We all helped get Stoick's body into one of the remaining ships, and then found left over bows and arrows. Gobber said the customary words as he handed Hiccup a bow and arrow. Hiccup lit the arrow in the leftover coals of a fire and raised his bow. Pulling back and releasing the arrow, he watched it fly. It landed and ignited the wood. The rest of us raised our bows and let the arrows fly. All of them landed true, setting the boat ablaze.

"I'm sorry dad…" We all watched at the boat floated into the dark fog, flames burning. "I'm not the Chief you wanted me to be. And I'm not the Peacekeeper I thought I was. I don't know…" Valka put her hand on his shoulder.

"You came early into this world. You were such a wee thing. So frail, so fragile. I feared you wouldn't make it. But your father, he never doubted. He always said you become the strongest of them all. And he was right. You have the heart of a Chief, and the soul of a dragon. Only you can bring our worlds together. That is who you are, son." Hiccup walked to the edge of the water and watched as the flames of Stoick's boat grew brighter.

"I, was always afraid of becoming my dad. Mostly because I never thought I could. How do you become someone that great, that brave, that selfless? I guess you can only try." He turned to us, and a fire was kindling in his eyes. A fire so bright, so fierce, I could practically feel the heat. "A Chief protects his own. We're going back."

"Uh, with what?"

"He took all the dragons."

"Not all of them." I rolled my eyes.

'Oh this should be good…'

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'I was wrong! This is hilarious!'

"Hiccup this is amazing-woah!" We had found a bunch of the baby dragons just running around in the sanctuary, and eventually we had wrangled up enough of them for all of us.

"I don't wanna die! OOF!" I looked back and saw Fishlegs coming out of a snow drift.

"Won't that Bewilderbeast just take control of these guys too?" Astrid asked, pulling up near Hiccup.

"They're babies! They don't listen to anyone!"

"Yeah! Just like us!"

"This is OH-! Very dangerous! AAAAHHH!" Gobber's dragon had bashed into a wall, and lost its momentum, falling out of sight for a second. I had to pull my baby dragon up and over a horizontal ice pillar to avoid running into it. "Some might suggest, this is poorly conceived!"

"Well then it's a good thing I never listen!" I had to pull a hard right with Gobber to avoid a split in the path.

"So-what is-your plan!"

"Get Toothless back, and kick Drago's-" He went behind a wall at that point, and we had to dodge a flat ice wall. We found our way out of the caves thanks to Valka's knowledge.

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We finally made it to Berk, only to find a cloud of dragons flying a above a frozen village.

"Distract the Alpha! Try to keep his focus off of Toothless!"

"Uh how?!"

'Good question Tuffnut…'

"Have you forgotten who you're riding with? There isn't a dragon alive that I can't wrangle! WOAH! Except for this ooooone!" Eret's dragon dove suddenly, literally pulling him out of the conversation. Hiccup and I dashed towards Drago, when suddenly sheep started flying through the air. I caught one in midair and threw it directly at one of the Alpha's eyes. The Alpha roared in pain and tried hitting me with its tusks. Luckily my baby dragon still had instincts and dove out of the way. We leveled out and I stuck out my tongue.

"Look, the Alpha's afraid of a little sheep!" It was not happy to say the least. But it was distracted again when a black sheep landed on its face.

"Yeah! Ten points!" I laughed at the riders below and decided the others had it handled. I saw Hiccup fly directly up to Drago and Toothless. While they were dealing with that, I had another task to attend to.

'Now, where are you Tesla…' I took off towards the cloud of dragons and kept an eye open for the black and purple dragon. There's only one way to drag him out…

"HEY! I heard there was a giant flying battery around here! Anyone seen him? I gotta tell him his light show sucks!" I didn't hear anything out of the norm…Well, as normal as a cloud of dragons could get, that is. Then I heard a single recognizable roar from within the swarm. Tesla was slowly hovering towards me, a snarl showing his teeth, but his pupils were still slits.

"What? Didn't like that I called you a fake?!" My baby dragon moved to avoid a small bolt thrown my way. "You call that lightning?! I've seen better when Thor's playing nice!"

'Where's the real Tesla…I know you're in there…I know you're fighting the Alpha.' I turned the baby around and booked it down to the others.

"Guys! Get up there and try to find your dragons! There is only one Alpha, and a bunch of us! Split up and spread out!" Everyone nodded and ran for their baby dragons. I heard a loud explosion and turned to see the Alpha's face covered in smoke. A trail leading to Hiccup flying with his wing suit. I focused back on Tesla only to see Sting coming up right next to him.

"You two want to play hard ball huh? I prefer Ultimate Frisbee, but whatever." I had the baby dragon land and got off. My two dragons landed in front of me and growled. Sting was rotating his tails back and forth, while Tesla was building up electricity.

"You guys don't want to fight me. And I won't fight you. We haven't known each other very long, but you need to pull your heads outta your butts and wake up! That dragon is not your Alpha! NO ONE IS!" I rolled sideways to dodge a short blast from Tesla, only to backwards somersault away from Sting's tails. I unsheathed my sword in order to ground another lightning bolt only noticed both of them pause. I tilted my head a bit.

"…Wait, it can't be that easy. It's never that easy…" I picked up a rock and gently rapped it against my blade. The two dragons flinched at the loud sound. "Does this affect the Alpha's control…?" I walked forward and kept hitting the rock on my sword. The two dragons were flinching more and more, their pupils were beginning to twitch. I knelt down in front of them and put my hands of their noses.

"You guys aren't controlled by anyone. Not even me. You're too stubborn for your own goods. Tesla, I almost lost you before, and to see you like this, I couldn't stand it if something were to happen to you. Sting, we've know each other for even less time. But, we are just as close." I grabbed their heads and pulled them into a tight hug.

"I will always be here for you. Because that's what friends do." I looked up when I felt something touch my head, and saw Sting's tails hovering right in front of me. I slowly reached out and placed my hand on them. Both dragons slowly pulled their heads back and their eyes were back to normal.

"There's my guys. Now, who wants to go kick some Alpha butt?" They both jumped up and roared. "Let's go!"