It is a combined chapter of In Dragon's we Trust and Alvin & the Outcast.
Chapter 14: The Battle of Trust
Mira didn't know what just happen. One minute she and Windstreak were de-weeding Mildew's cabbage fields and the next minute Hookfang and Snotlout fell on Mildew's roof. Mira had to collect more wood and had to re-fix the roof because Mildew said so. Then something happen the other day, all the boots were stolen and they found Barf and Belch sleeping next to a pile of boots. The villagers were outrage but Gobber said they are Vikings and they dealt with the cold and he will fix them all up. The dragons didn't get punished but Mildew was complaining again. Hiccup suggested and Night Patrol and they called themselves D.U.M.B. Mira's brothers and Sapphire's were laughing none stop when they saw the sash of Snotlout but their happiness soon ended when the Great Hall was half destroyed and the worst part when the armory was blown up and Stoick had no choice but to banish the dragons to Dragon Island and Mildew shouted, "PARTY AT MY HOUSE!" but no one cared. On the next day, the riders were saying goodbye to their dragons. it was the hardest thing they ever did.
"I'm gonna miss you..." Astrid pats Stormfly gently. Stormfly made a sad squawk before nuzzling her rider.
Fishlegs began pilling some rocks, "Okay, Meatlug. There are plenty of rocks if you get hungry... and don't eat any limestone. You know it doesn't agree with you." He said sadly as he walks away. Meatlug slumps to the ground sadly as she watch her rider leave.
Snotlout strokes Hookfang's muzzle, "Be strong, buddy. I know you're gonna miss me…" but before Snotlout could finish, a bird flies pass them and Hookfang, already forgotten his sadness with Snotlout, chases after the bird, leaving Snotlout alone, "Okay. He's crying...he's crying on the inside!" Snotlout pats his left chest where his heart is.
Mira hugs Sapphire as she cries silently. Her brothers were hugging their dragons too and Betty was napping with Aqua. As they let go, Mira strokes Sapphire's head. "I'm gonna miss you girl." Mira whispered while wiping her tears away. Sapphire nuzzles her rider sadly. She didn't want to leave. It was that stupid old man, Mildew! It was his fault that she has to leave Mira!
Mira pats Sapphire one last time, "I hope we see each other again." Mira whispers as she kissed Sapphire's forehead, "Take care girl." Mira whispers. She picks up Betty and guides her brothers to the ship.
"Bye, Lightning!" Joe cries out as tears fall from his eyes.
"Bye, Thunder!" Jon cried out as well as tears fell from his eyes.
The two young twins get in the ship while they hug Mira. They cried silently as Mira gently hums them gently as she rocks Betty. Sapphire looks at her brothers sadly. They were whimpering because they can't go back with their friends. She wraps her tail around them and brings Aqua along. She puts them in her side as the two males whimpered while Aqua sleeps on.
Hiccup was saying goodbye to Toothless, "I'll be back for you. I promise." He walks away but Toothless follows. Hiccup stops him from following. Hiccup looks like he is in the verge of tears, "No, bud! You've gotta stay here, and take care of the other dragons. It's gonna be okay, Toothless. Trust me..." Hiccup said as he walks away and this time Toothless didn't follow. As the teens get on, Gobber set sails to Berk. Hiccup looks at Dragon Island. Astrid came over to him.
"There's something Mildew said that I can't stop thinking about..." Hiccup mutters, "H-he said: See what happens when you leave your dragon to wait outside? He knew Toothless wasn't with me just before the armory fire."
Astrid looks at him "So...?"
"So...so, he lives on the other side of the island. What was he doing in town? And how would he know where we were before the fire?"
"You really think he set that fire?"
Hiccup nodded, "I think he did all of it. And I think he did it so my dad would get rid of all the dragons."
Astrid looks at him, "That's a pretty serious accusation. How are you gonna prove it?"
Mira didn't listens as she and her siblings were going to get use without their dragon friends. Mira did her chores with Windstreak while Phelgma watches over her siblings but her brothers just draw on their notebooks while Betty plays a Night Fury doll. Her brothers would draw Lightning and Thunder with them on their backs while Betty hugs her doll as if Aqua was back.
Mira takes Windstreak back to Mulch and Bucket's farm while she picks up her siblings. She tucks them to bed. They sigh sadly as they hug their notebooks. Betty hugs her doll tightly, not wanting it to go. Quickdash was sleeping next to his mate. They miss the company of the dragon friends. Mira sighs as she went to bed having a dreamless sleep.
On Dragon Island, Sapphire was grooming her siblings. Her brothers didn't run or anything. They just stand still and let their sister groom them. They miss their human friends and Aqua was waddling around as if she was trying to find Betty. Sapphire picks up her baby sister on the scruff of her neck and grooms her.
Toothless stops a fight with Hookfang and Barf and Belch. Toothless went over to the hidden place where his saddle was and sniffs at it sadly.
There's an old Viking saying:When your friends are roasting on the spit, you're the one who feels the fire.Mildew has made the entire village believe that dragons are too wild, that we all can't live together in peace. He's wrong, and Hiccup is going to prove it.
At Berk, the riders were looking for fake dragon legs and claws. Then Snotlout yells, "Arrrrrrgggh! We've been here for hours and we haven't found anything!"
Hiccup looks at him dumbfounded, "We've been here for ten minutes! And you've done nothing than build that!" he points a small object that Snotlout build in the beach.
Snotlout looks at it proudly, "That is Snotlout Manor. And all I need now is a queen." He winks at Astrid. Astrid groans in disgust. Then Tuffnut stomps on it, "Aaaarrrrrrrgggh!"
Snotlout watched in shock, "What-What are you doing?!"
Tuffnut looks at him casually, "Storming the castle." He said, "And also, claiming it as Tuffnut Manor!" he said the last part in a British accent, "And now I need a queen!" Mira backs away from him. If Sapphire was here, she would scare Tuff away from Mira.
Hiccup was getting frustrated, "Come on, guys! I'm telling you, Mildew framed our dragons! I saw dragon feet in Mildew's house and I watched him throw them into the ocean."
"I don't mean to be Norbert the Negative, but the ocean is really, really vast. And our chances at finding those dragon feet are as good as Snotlout and Astrid…" Fishlegs was cut off when Astrid threatened, "Don't go there."
Fishlegs changed it, "Going nowhere."
Astrid nodded, "Look, Fishlegs is right. Even if Mildew did throw them in the ocean, they're not just gonna wash up on shore here."
"I found it!" Snotlout called.
Hiccup was happy, "GREAT! Ehm... You were saying?"
But it was soon over when Snotlout reveals a mini bludgeon, "I haven't seen since I was a baby. You never forget your first bludgeon." He hits it in his helm.
Hiccup sighs in frustration, "Just keep looking."
"Hiccup, I need to do my delivery." Mira said, "If I don't deliver them soon then the villagers won't be happy." Hiccup nodded in understanding as Mira went over to Windstreak and rides off to do her deliveries. She did them really fast and then she stops at the forge.
She went over to Gobber and saw him making some weapons, "One down, 345 to go."
Stoick was getting worried, "Can't you do that any faster? Until you restock our weapons, we're completely defenseless."
"Maybe you should have thought about that before sending the dragons away."
"You know I had no choice. They destroyed the armory."
"This would be a bad time to get attacked."
"I know, Gobber."
Gobber then added, "Not that there's ever a good time, but this would be particularly bad."
"I know, Gobber."
"Especially by Alvin the Treacherous our oldest and most-feared enemy, who'd kill us all to take Berk for his own," Gobber said.
Stoick sighs in frustration, "I got it, Gobber! Alvin the Treacherous..."
"Who's Alvin the Treacherous?" Mira walks in.
The two adults looked at her, "I'm sorry Mira but you shouldn't know about Alvin." Stoick said.
"Why? Is he that bad?"
"Oh you know it! He was never a good Viking in the Archipelago." Gobber said as he makes another weapon, "You should run along now and sharpen your axe. We have a battle coming."
Mira nodded and run off and gets on Windstreak. The two went home and got ready. Mira sharpens her axe and made sure her siblings are in the safe zone with the others. As she finished, she takes her siblings and her animals to the halls.
"Mulch! You and Bucket gather the elders and the children. Get them to Thor's beach. They'll be safe in the caves there." Stoick ordered. Astrid came along with Snotlout.
"We can help fight! We've been trained as warriors." Astrid said.
Snotlout nodded, "She may have been trained, but I was born a warrior."
Stoick looks at them and nodded. He took out a crocked axe and gave it to Astrid, "Take this. It was Alvin's. But go with the others. You can help protect them." he said. Astrid nodded and runs off.
"Mira, you come with me and Gobber as well as some Vikings." Mira nodded and told her siblings to go to Thor's beach and made sure to stay safe.
"Let me go get the dragons. At least if we have them, Dad, we can defend ourselves." Hiccup said.
Stoick thinks but nodded, "Go. But be careful. You don't know what Alvin is capable of. The rest of you: We'll head to the woods. Nobody knows that forest like we do."
Gobber nodded, "And when Alvin comes to looking for us there, he'll walk right into our trap!" Mira nodded and they went to the forest. Gobber explains the plan," When they come looking for us in the forest, they'll have to come through here."
Stoick came over and asks, "Alright. What do we have?"
Gobber tells him, "Two frying pans, a rolling pin, and a kitchen knife." Mira and Stoick looked at them blankly. Stoick doesn't have high hopes for the ambush, "And what are we going to do when we find Alvin? Bake him a cake?!"
Gobber shrugs and picks up a knife, "Eh, pie would be nice, too. Who doesn't like pie?" Gobber throws the kitchen knife at a tree, which causes it to split in half, "That could be useful!"
"Yes, yes it will." Mira agreed in shock
They waited for a while until they heard Gobber yelling. They got themselves ready. When Outcasts came, the ambush came. Mira hits an outcast with the hilt of her axe making him go unconscious. The others take them down with ease until they heard rustling.
Stoick pounced at the figure to revealed Fishlegs screaming, "Stoick! No!"
Stoick gets off of him, "For the love of Thor, Fishlegs, I could have killed you!"
Mira went over to Fishlegs and helps him up, "Thank you...For not killing me," He said.
"What are you doing here?" Mira asked, "Didn't Stoick told everyone go to the caves?"
Fishlegs shook his head, "They were found," Mira gasps in horror her siblings were there! "And Alvin the Treacherous grabbed me. He looked really treacherous."
"I know they're here, Fishlegs."
Fishlegs shook his head again, "Yeah. They're here for Hiccup."
Stoick's widen in fear, "Hiccup?"
With that said, they all went to Thor's beach for the ambush. They took them down and Stoick grabbed one on the shirt, "Where's Alvin?!" the outcast spat on him and Stoick was about to punch him until Astrid came, "Alvin took Hiccup."
Stoick looks at her, "What?!"
"He gave himself up. They're on their way to Dragon Island."
Mira checks on her siblings if they were okay. Once she did, she and the others set sail to save Hiccup from Alvin. They prepared their things they need for battle. Stoick steps in, "When we get there, we'll lay down cover fire with these catapults. Astrid, you get your dragons."
Snotlout just snorts, "No! Save your cover fire for the others, sir. I can handle myself." Then he accidentally fired one of the catapults to the ocean.
Gobber shook his head, "I'll fire extra rounds to cover that one."
Tuffnut came over to Stoick with Ruff, "Sir, we'd like to personally volunteer to kick Alvin's butt." Ruff hits her fist on her hand.
"This isn't about Alvin. It's about Hiccup. We're here to bring him home." He said.
Everyone nodded and sailed to Dragon Island. They came close to the island. As they did, Mira heard a familiar roar. She looks up and smiles to see Sapphire. "Sapphire!"
Sapphire landed on the deck and rushed over to her rider. The two hugged each other happily. Then Stormfly, Meatlug, Hookfang, Barf and Belch came. Stormfly has Lightning and Thunder on her back while Meatlug has Aqua. They all landed on the boat and went over to their riders. They got on while the little ones stayed at the ship. As they got there, they saw Hiccup and Toothless fighting off the Outcast. "Oh, what took you so long?" he asked jokingly. Sapphire fired her plasma blast at one of the Outcast.
"Why, did you miss me?"
Hiccup just rolled his eyes as they all attacked Alvin and his men. It was difficult since they have catapults and crossbows. Sapphire blasted all the catapults into splinters. Then they all fired at the water to make mist. They tried to fire but couldn't see. Then something fly passes them in the mist. Outcasts panicked.
"Did you hear that? Oh, what's that?!"
Then one by one the outcasts were pushed overboard. The riders were doing their best and the Stoick gets on the boat so he can face Alvin alone, "You're a coward taking my son."
Alvin glares at him, "I take what I want! You know that, Stoick!"
Stoick clenched his fists, "Not this time."
The leaders battled. It took a while since Alvin is much bigger than Stoick but Stoick was a better fighter than him. Stoick made Alvin go over board and Sapphire picks him up, "NOW, HICCUP! BURN THE SHIP!" he ordered as Sapphire brings Stoick down to the ship.
"Here we go; guys! HIT 'EM WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!" Hiccup ordered and they did. They burned the Outcast's ship to the sea. They landed back to ship and Stoick went over to his son, "Hiccup, what were you thinking?"
Hiccup felt a little guilty, "I was thinking... all I needed to do was to get to Toothless. And together, we'd be able to make things right." He said.
Stoick nodded and ordered Gobber to set sail. Mira and Sapphire landed and the little ones nuzzled their older sister. Sapphire cooed at them before giving them licks. Toothless watches her with dreamy eyes. Oh how he wish that she could be his. Toothless was so lost in thought that three male dragons, Hookfang, Barf and Belch, were silently snickering at him. Knowing that, Toothless has a huge crush on Sapphire but couldn't admit to her.
But they didn't know that Alvin knows about their big secret.
Joe and Jon were at the house with Betty in her crib. The two males were looking at the water sadly. They are worried about their sister and dragons. Then they heard a Night Fury roar. They looked up to see Sapphire with Mira on her back. The two smiled and rused over to the docks but Joe came back to pick up Betty. As they rushed over to the docks, they saw all the dragons returning. The villagers cheered and the little ones saw Sapphire and Mira with their dragons!
"Yeah!" they cheered while Betty blinks happily.
Hiccup smiles at everyone, "You hear that, bud? You're back home," he pats Toothless.
As they walk, Mildew came, "What are you cheering about? Don't you remember what these beasts have done?!" Stoick came to his face with a serious expression, "I do. They saved our lives." He said making Mildew stuttered. As Stoick walks away, Hiccup came, "And I may not be able to prove what you've done, but I will never forget it." He said before following his father. Everyone cheers for the dragons for returning home.
Mira went over to her siblings and give them a big hug. They laugh happily as Mira picks up Betty. Lightning and Thunder tackled their riders and gave them slobbery licks making them laugh. Mira chuckles and Sapphire went to her rider's side so Aqua can be with Betty.
It's funny how an attack by your greatest enemy can change things overnight. Hiccup set out to prove that the dragons would never hurt them... what the dragons proved, is that they will always protect them.
