Back on Berk, the rest of the teens are flying around with Miko and Bulkhead, Tai and Drift, Jack and Arcee and Vince and Hot Rod.
"Come on, Meatlug! Woohoo!" Fishlegs whooped.
"Yahoo!" Ruffnut cried out in delight.
Snotlout flies near Gothi's hut, scaring her Terrible Terrors. Once they land he flies past again while laughing and causing Gothi to grunt and shake her fist at them in annoyance.
"Sorry, Gothi!" Raf shouted in apology as Tai flew directed Drift towards Snotlout and smacked him right on the head.
"You better apologize to her later, Jorgenson." Tai told him sternly as Drift growls softly in agreement.
At the plaza, Stoick was heading towards the forge while greeting his fellow villagers as the rest of Team Prime; Sierra and Cliffjumper, Katie and Ratchet, Raf and Bumblebee, Silvia and Wheeljack, Revna the Night Fury Hybridshifter, Tailgate, Smokescreen and Ultra Magnus, at the forge as they noted Stoick's happy mood.
"He seems happy." Jack said as Arcee preened herself.
She couldn't help it. Dragon instincts.
"Hey, how are you? Beautiful day." Stoick greeted happily before patting his brother on the shoulder.
"Hello, Spitelout, great game today." He said as Spitelout just rolled his eyes with a sigh.
"Someone is a sore loser." Miko commented sarcastically.
"Who wouldn't? After Snotlout blew that race for Ruffnut." Sierra said with her hands on her hips.
Stoick nearly bumps into another villager who was carrying a baby Gronkle.
"Oh, sorry, Mrs. Ack." Stoick apologized before walking towards his best friend.
Gobber is at his smithy doing dentist work on a Zippleback that needs a tooth to be fixed.
"Any sign of him?" Stoick asked as Gobber shrugged as he finished making the tooth.
"Ah, he's probably flown off the edge of the world by now." Gobber said as he went to the waiting Zippleback as the left head waited patiently as the right head watched in worry and curiosity.
"You sure you want that kid running the village? You can still delay your retirement." Gobber said as he made sure to to be gentle when hammering the fake tooth.
"Oh, he's ready. You'll see." Stoick said but little did he know that Hiccup is still nowhere near ready.
"Didn't Hiccup look ready to be chief, sir?" Silvia asked curiously as she helped Gobber with the Zippleback.
They heard a familiar roar and saw that the two dragons landed as Optimus made sure to let Emily lean against him. Emily made a series of clicks, whirs, buzz and whistles which seemed foreign but to the Predabots, she was speaking the native tongue. The human riders of Team Prime saw the haunted look on Emily's eyes and realized that something was wrong.
"Haha! There he is! Huh? The pride of Berk!" Stoick told Gobber to prove his point.
Revna approached Hiccup and kissed his cheek which he did the same but she could tell that he was worried.
"Are you okay, beloved?" She asked gently as Hiccup shook his head but gave a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry. I'm fine, but can you check on Emily? She seemed really shaken up." Hiccup said as he looked to Emily who was being calmed by the other Predabots, Optimus being more attentive than usual with a concerned coo.
"Of course. Go talk to your father. I feel like you two need to talk." Revna said before going to check on Emily.
"Who finally decided to show up for work. Yay." Gobber said sarcastically as he swung his prosthetic hammer at him as he ducks while heading towards his dad.
"Sorry. Got held up." Hiccup apologized as Emily calmed down somewhat.
"Emily, are you okay?" Raf asked worriedly.
"I-I'm fine. J-Just shaken that's all." Emily said with a shaky breath before heading to the forge to talk to Stoick with Hiccup.
"Hey, Dad, can Emily and I have a word?" Hiccup asked as Stoick turned to him, excited.
"Something you're itching to tell me?" Stoick asked excitedly.
"And just like that he won't listen to them." Vince said with a shake of his head.
"Not quite the itch you're thinking of, chief, but yes." Emily said.
"Good man! Now, lesson one. A chief's first duty is to his people. So..." Stoick said before he took out a number from the wall for the saddles.
"Forty-one?" He called out to the villagers lined up.
"Could we just talk in private for-" Hiccup said but his father wasn't listening.
"Forty-" Stoick was about to call for another number but stopped as a viking was jumping up and down.
"That's me! That's me! I'm next! I was ahead of you!" Starkard said as he went to the counter.
"If we could just talk-" Hiccup said but cut off.
"Excuse me, I've been here all day! Okay, I want one of those high seaters, with lots of spikes and a big stowage compartment." Starkard said as he gave the ideas for his saddle.
"Fancy saddle design if you ask me." Miko said as she drew that.
"Absolutely! You got it, sir!" Stoick said with a smile as he headed to where the materials for saddles are at.
"Dad, this is actually a little more important than building saddles." Hiccup said but Stoick was still not listening and Emily was really close to swearing in her native tongue.
"Ah-ah! Lesson two. No task is too small when it comes to serving your people." Stoick said as Hiccup was getting more annoyed with Emily.
"Dad." Hiccup groaned.
Stoick rubbed Grump on the nose who was lazily sleeping.
"Oh, excuse us, Grump." The chief excused.
"Look, can we just talk?" Hiccup was really getting desperate for his dad to listen.
"Grump! You let the forge die down again!" Gobber exclaimed and caused him to wake up.
Grump lazily turns towards the forge and practically lights the blacksmith on fire. Hiccup screams while jumping back in surprise and Gobber groans before Jack pours water onto the fire from the water system Hiccup and Emily built.
"Thank you, Jack. That's it, Grump. You're going up for adoption!" Gobber said jokingly.
"It was an accident, Gobber." Revna said.
"One of these. And this..." Stoick said.
"DAD-" Hiccup was cut off again while getting handed with tools.
"There you go! Go on. Have away." Stoick said as Hiccup followed his father.
"But, seriously, I really need to tell you about this new land we came across." Hiccup finally said and this got everyone's attention.
"Another one?!" Gobber asked in astonishment.
"Any new dragons?" Fishlegs asked excitedly but Emily shook her head.
"We didn't stick around to find out. These folks weren't particularly friendly towards dragon riders." Emily said as she helped Hiccup with the saddle.
"Emily's right about that one." Hiccup said.
"Oh, really? Your Night Fury and Stormcutter didn't bring them cheering to the rooftops?" Gobber asked in disbelief.
"No, this was different. Not the standard run-for-the hills hoo-ha we've come to enjoy." Hiccup said as Emily looked grim.
"These guys were trappers. Dragon trappers to be precise." Emily said with a small sigh.
The rest of Team Prime looked shocked. Ever since their adventures at Dragon's Edge, they made sure to steer clear from those types of people and seeing that their two friends encountered some wasn't a good thing.
"You should've seen their fort. All blown apart and stuck in giant spikes of ice. It was weird. And what's weirder is that there was a set of giant dragon footprints" Emily explained as everyone was even more shocked.
"Both me and Emily have never seen anything like it. And worst of all, they thought we did it!" Hiccup said as he traced the saddle.
"Y'know, you two are gonna get yourselves in SERIOUS trouble one of these days. Not everyone appreciates this way of life." Gobber said as he brushed his mustache and eyebrow.
"You might poke your eye out with that." Raf said meekly.
"Gobber's right, son. Best we keep to our own. Besides, you'll have more important uses for your time." Stoick said as he turned the mechanical saw.
"Once we make the big announcement!" He said excitedly.
Hiccup had enough and walked to the lever and turned the mechanical saw off with a serious look in his eyes.
"They are building a dragon army." He said.
This caught everyone's attention as they looked at Hiccup as they stopped what they were doing as clenched her fist.
"Or-or at least the guy they work for is. Ah, "Dargo Bloody Fist" or something." Hiccup said but didn't get the name right.
Emily glared at the ground before uttering a series of clicks, whirs and whistles which caused the Predabots eyes widened in shock and worry as Optimus warbled to confirm what she said. Stoick's expression grows serious. He and Gobber exchange glances. They both know who Hiccup was talking about.
"I'll bloody his fist with my face if he tries to take my dragon!" Tuffnut said.
"Or mine!" Ruffnut added much to her brother's annoyance.
"You're such a moron." Tuffnut said as both Fishlegs and Snotlout eyed Ruffnut dreamily.
"A beautiful moron." Fishlegs said with Snotlout agreeing while Ruffnut groaned in disgust.
Stoick grabbed Hiccup by his shoulders as he was more serious and alarmed earlier. This can't be... That madman is still alive out there?!
"Bludvist? Drago Bludvist?" Stoick questioned him as Hiccup was confused.
"Uh yeah. Wait. You know him?" Hiccup said but he was even more confused.
Stoick didn't answer and left for the hangar while everyone followed and not knowing what they just got themselves into.
Does his father know that guy? And what were those sounds that Emily was making?