Thank you Spikedmaster290 and my friend enderdragonprincess for their dragon ocs.


Chapter 18: Grudges

Every year on Berk, they come together to test our strength, endurance and courage in the annual Thawfest Games. For some of them, it's not such a great time of the year. In fact, Hiccup lost every single time to SNotlout. But this year, all that will change. This year Hiccup finally has a chance to win. Because, for the first time ever, this year, the Thawfest Games will include-

Gobber yells out, "Dragons!" The riders and their dragons were at the arena without the cage. Gobber's hook was replaced with a small flag on it. "They are now officially part of Thawfest. There will be three additional events. The fly-and-shoot, which will require you to fly straight and shoot straighter," Then suddenly a fireball almost hit him but he ducked just in time but the flag was burned. Gobber glares at the Thorston twins, "Hey!"

Tuffnut and Ruffnut snickered at him. Tuff was sitting at Barf while Ruff sits on Belch, "Sorry! We were on the wrong head." Tuff said as he and Ruff returns back where they sit.

Ruffnut realized jokingly. "I knew something felt weird." They fired again and Gobber dodged again.

Tuffnut grins, "Ah, much better."

Gobber glares at them before continuing, "Next, is the free-style, where it's up to you to impress the judges with a trick of your choice."

Astrid was doing a balance dance on Stormfly, who was flying gently around the arena, "That's it, girl. Just like we practiced..."

Gobber nodded with a smile, "Ah! The Nadder Wing Walk, impressive, Astrid."

Fishlegs raised his hand, "Um, excuse me. Meatlug and I were wondering if there were going to be any intellectual events, a puzzle perhaps."

Gobber shook his head and sighs, "I'll take that under advisement, Fishlegs." Gobber looks at the rest of the riders. "And let's not forget the hurdles! Where you'll be asked to-AH!" He yelped when Hookfang dives in with a cheering Snotlout, "Woohoo-hoo-hoo-hooo!"

Hookfang landed next to Sapphire and Snotlout gets off for him with many medals on his neck. "You know what I love about the Thawfestival Games? Winning!"

Sapphire rolled her eyes before using her tail to trip Snotlout, "OW!" Hookfang snickers happily at Snotlout's pain as he stoods up quickly, "I meant to do that."

"Right…" Mira mutters out while patting Sapphire's head gently.

Snotlout continues bragging. "You wanna touch one of my metals, just to see how it feels to be a winner?" he jingles his medals in front of Hiccup.

Hiccup raised his arms up, "Ah, I think I'll pass."

Snotlout shrugs and brags, "My family has never lost a Thawfest Games. Ever."

Astrid came to Mira's side and rolled her eyes, "Here we go..."

"Dragons or no dragons, I'll do what I do every year: Bring glory to the Jorgenson clan. And you'll do what you do: embarrass yours." Snotlout said until he heard a growl from Sapphire. He turns and froze when he saw Sapphire glaring at him venomously. He hurt Mira's feeling because her only family is her brothers and sister and the dragons. "Except for Mira since she only has a brother…and sister…" Sapphire continues growling at him until her runs into Hookfang and gets on him quickly, "Let's go, Hookfang!"

Hookfang took off too fast as Snotlout dangles upside down on the saddle, "AAAAHHH! I WILL CRUSH YOU ALL!"

Sapphire rolled her eyes as she lowered herself so Mira can get on her. Mira hops on and saw her brothers getting on Tundra. Lightning and Thunder hops on Tundra with Rose following behind with Solarium on her head. Mira was holding Betty and Aqua as they headed back home.

The next day, Stoick commences the Thawfest games and hundreds of Berk's spectators cheer in excitement. Bucket and Mulch, who are the score recorders of each contestant, commence the first game, the Sheep Lug, which requires the Riders to race to the finish line while carrying a sheep on their shoulders. Snotlout, Mira and Astrid make an early lead, with Hiccup falling behind, who watches behind Fishlegs and the Twins struggling to race. Snotlout comes in first place, with Astrid as second, and Hiccup tries to go for the third but is unable to lift the sheep any longer and collapses. As a result, Snotlout scores a point, with none of the other Riders gaining one. Snotlout then begins to mock Hiccup of his defeat.

The second game, the Log Roll, requires the Riders to stay on a rolling log as long as possible with the winner being the last on still on the log. In the early start, Fishlegs knocks out Mira and Astrid causing them both to fall. Simultaneously, the Twins also fall off. Hiccup and Snotlout remain, but Hiccup too gives in and falls down, leaving Snotlout the victor, giving him another point. Toothless helps his Rider to stand up. Sapphire helps Mira to get up while tripping Snotlout when he was busy cheering for himself. Hookfang snickers at the scene while the others were grateful for her.

The third and last game for the Riders, Axe Throwing, requires the Riders to take an axe and accurately throw to a barrel that has a target on it. Snotlout quickly throws his axe, in a perfect shot. Mira almost hit perfectly by an inch. Astrid and Fishlegs both throw their axes at the same time causing them to collide and fail. The Twins make fun of their axes by throwing one to Stoick and the other into the crowd. Hiccup, barely managing to hold his own axe, attempts his throw which seems to glide straightly but does not have enough power for the axe to make it to the target and falls short. Snotlout then single handedly throws axes at some of the remaining targets while not looking in front, and all make a perfect shot, impressing his father and the crowd. Hiccup whisperingly calls him a show off.

The games were on hold so the riders could take a break. It will start tomorrow. Mira was in her ship, brushing Sapphire's scales. Sapphire lets out happy purrs as her rider/best friend brushed her favorite spot. Her brothers were playing with wooden swords as they pretended to be warriors with Lightning and Thunder. Aqua and Betty were playing with wooden blocks and Solarium was with them too. Tundra was out finishing for the family. As Mira finished, Astrid and Stormfly came.

"Hi Mira," Astrid greeted as she came up the boat.

"Hello Astrid, is there something wrong?" Mira asked.

Astrid nodded, "Hiccup got the Thawfest in his head." She said, "Thanks to Snotlout contest bagging."

"It must something to do with family," Mira said, "They both want to win in order to make their father's proud at them."

"My parents support me even though I won't win." Astrid said.

Mira nodded, "I agree and the competition is going to be tough for Snotlout since he and Hookfang don't get along very much," Astrid nodded in agreement.

The next day, it's the dragons turn to join in the game. Jon and Joe were sitting on Tundra with their dragons. Gothi was carrying Betty and Aqua was on Rose. Solarium brought his Fireworm friends to cheer for Mira.

Mulch uses a horn like mike, "Welcome to day two of the Thawfest Games! Let the Dragon events begin!" He bangs Bucket's bucket.

Bucket smiles happily and said, "It's a good day for lugging sheep, Mulch."

"First up, the Hurdles!" Mulch said.

In the arena, there were hurdles that lead outside. The riders take position and were ready to fly. Snotlout looks at the hurdles and scoff, "Hurdles, shmurdles. I could make it over those things in my sleep."

Hiccup gestured the hurdles, "Be my guest."

Astrid and Mira looked at each other before looking at Snotlout, "You didn't pay attention to Gobber yesterday, didn't you?" Mira asked.

"No, why?"

Astrid rolled her eyes, "You don't go over them Snotlout, you go under them."

Snotlout lies, "Duh. I knew that."

"Of course you did." Mira and Astrid said dully in the same time.

They hear Mulch said, "And first up is Fishlegs!"

Fishlegs and Meatlug come first, but quickly fail to make it under the first hurdle, as they can't fit through. Fishlegs said, "Um, guys! A little help over here!" He gently pets Meatlug, "It's okay, girl. This just isn't our event."

The Twins and Barf and Belch charge in without thinking it out first and one head goes over the hurdle with, the other going under it, and they are quickly put into a halt. Astrid and Stormfly almost make it through but they hit one of the hurdles and fail.

Snotlout looks at Hiccup, "Where's your book, Hiccup?! You might want to take notes! Ha ha!" Snotlout and Hookfang are next, and Hookfang flies straight in, the problem is, Hookfang's elevation is not properly adjusted as Snotlout's head keeps hitting the hurdles. Next it was Mira and Sapphire's turned. Mira lies on Sapphire's back and Sapphire glides under the hurdles. They reach to the end perfectly. Everyone cheers for Mira.

"What a move! And Mira got her point!" Mulch said, "Now it's Hiccup's turn!"

Hiccup pats Toothless' head, "Let's show them how it's done." Toothless roared in agreement. Hiccup and Toohtless quickly show them how it's done as the glide under all the hurdles upside down and do not hit a single one, earning Hiccup his very first Thawfest point.

Everyone cheers happily, "And Hiccup makes a perfect run too!"

Hiccup cheers, "HA, HA, HA! Did you hear what he said? "Perfect!" I-I believe those are my first Thawfest points ever! I just realized something: I like beating Snotlout! I feel taller. Am I taller? Never mind, don't answer that."

Fishlegs looks at him and said, "Is he... gloating?"

Mira nodded, "Yeah but I always thought Hiccup was the building and focus type."

Astrid added, "I'm not even sure if. I've never actually seen Hiccup gloat."

On the second round is the Free-Style event. The riders and their dragons show off their style and abilities. Ruffnut and Tuffnut were up. Ruff was standing on Tuff's shoulder as he balanced himself on Barf's and Belch's neck, "Check this out!" Ruff grins.

Tuffnut yelled, "We call it "The Iron Split"!" And they called it that because when the Zippleback separated from each other. Tuff did a painful split with Ruff still on his shoulders. But they didn't get a high score.

Fishlegs with his arms wide was flying in circles by Meatlug. "iWe like to call this next feat of daring... "The Extreme Butterfly"!" But his move was too low and not impressive. He didn't get a high score.

Fishlegs pats his dragon, "It's okay, girl. This just isn't our event either."

Astrid and Stormfly put up a show by doing their Balance Dance, which impresses the judges. Fishlegs awed at her, ""The Balance Dance"... How does she make it look so easy?"

Tuffnut agreed. "How come you can't do that? I mean... I could." Tuff said to his sister. Ruff got mad and pushed him hard. Then it was Mira's and Sapphire's turn. They zoom through the sky in full speed. Everyone was amazed to see that. Solarium got an idea and turns to his Fireworm friends. He started chirping and they nodded. They fly to the sky and made big five big rings. The audience and judges were amazed to see that. Then Sapphire and Mira went in the circles as the Fireworms glow as they entered the five rings. Then the amazing thing happened. When Sapphire spins up to the sky, the fireworms followed her and when she spread her wings. The fireworms made her wings glow. Everyone cheers in amazement while Toothless stared at his dream mate happily. Her move was called the "The Fireworm Dancing Rings."

Hiccup did his thing and he got many awes and a perfect score. Snotlout, on the other hand, has no points at all. He made his stunt worst of the worst.

Moments later the third event is introduced, The Fly and Shoot event. This event requires the Riders' dragons to shoot wooden images of enemy Outcasts that pop up but must spare the friendlies that pop up along the way. Hiccup and Toothless take down their enemies and spares citizens swiftly and are in the lead. Mira and Sapphire did the same and were tied down with Hiccup.

Snotlout and Hookfang encounter their first enemy and Hookfang puts it into flames, but also hits one of the flour bags, getting powder all over Hookfang's nose, causing him to sneeze simultaneously and shooting unwanted bursts of fire, devastating the testing field as he burns anything that springs up. Consequently, Snotlout loses the final event, giving the third point to Hiccup and Mira, resulting for the first time ever, a tie.

To break the tie, the three contestants, Mira, Hiccup and Snotlout will have to participate in a special dragon event that will determine who will take home the medal. Hiccup and Snotlout then continue their dispute with each other, but Hiccup wins over Snotlout by mocking his family's reputation of the possibility of their first loss at Thawfest, and Snotlout leaves bickering again. Hiccup continues to mock him, and Astrid is disgusted by his behavior, but Hiccup still fails to realize he is so caught up in beating Snotlout. Astrid just tells him that she'd always liked the old Hiccup better, telling him that he was a gracious loser, and that she was surprised he was such a lousy winner. Mira was watching the whole event and sighs. Maybe she and Sapphire should no longer enter the Thawfest games, ever.

On the next day, Gothi was at Mira's boat. Mira was in her bed coughing hard. The others with Stoick, Gobber and Spilout were there. Gothis checks Mira's forehead and shook her head. She wrote something on the ground and Gobber said, "She said that Mira has a fever. If she continues, she'll get worst."

Gothi nodded and she gently pats Mira's back when she started coughing heavily. Stoick looks at Mira's sick form and said, "I'm sorry, Mira, but you can't be in the game with that condition."

"But Chief-" Mira started coughing heavily.

"Not buts, that's an order. You rest up for a while." Stoick said.

Mira nodded before looking at Astrid sickly, "Can you take my brothers and Sapphire's there? They really want to see final event also keep an on Betty and Aqua, please?"

Astrid nodded, "Sure Mira, I'll watch them."

Betty made baby sounds as Stoick picks her up, "Alright, rest up Mira. We'll tell you everything."

"You guys go a head. I need to talk to Mira." Astrid said. They nodded before going out except for Gothi. Astrid looks at Mira and said, "You're pretending to be sick so you wouldn't continue the game, am I right?"

"How'd you know?" Mira asked.

"You got sick all of sudden before the final event. It's so easy to figure it out."

Mira sighs and nodded, "Yes, but I only did it so Spitlout wouldn't hate Snotlout. I heard their conversation the other day and I knew what must be done."

"So you pretended to be sick to forfeit the game." Astrid said, "And I'm guessing you asked Gothi to play along too, didn't you?"

"You got it. Gothi was kind enough to help me with the plan." Mira said, "Thanks Gothi."

Gothi smiles and nodded before going outside. Astrid looks at Mira and smiles, "Get well Mira." Astrid winks before going upstairs. Mira smiles before lying on her bed to sleep. After a few hours, her brothers came back with Betty. They told her about Snotlout winning the match. Mira knew that Hiccup finally realized that winning isn't about everything so he accepts his defeat and states that being a good friend is more important than winning.


When the Thawfest was over, everyone returned back to their daily jobs with the dragons. But living with dragons has its ups and its downs. They need to stay calm. Keep a clear head. Not always easy with Vikings. In their own way, they're very reasonable. But when a problem is caused by something Vikings don't understand, they lose all sense of reason. And that can become very dangerous.

Mira was out fishing with Bucket and Mulch. Sapphire was babysitting her siblings back home while her friends were helping the adults build perches for the dragons. Mira and Bucket pulls the net up to get the fishes that were in it. Then they heard thunder. They look up to see dark clouds forming.

"It seems Thor is angry." Mulch said, "We can't go back home, the storm will hit us before we could reach home."

Mira took out the spy glass that Hiccup gave her. She looks around to see an island just up ahead, "There's an island close by. It will keep us dry until the storm goes away." Mira points the way. Mulch and Bucket started sailing towards the island Mira saw. It took a while but they made it before the storm hits. They land the ship before gathering some food for them to eat and finding shelter. They found a cave and entered before it started pouring.

"Phew, that was close one." Mulch said, "We should stay here for a while before we go out to open sea." Mira and Bucket nodded in agreement. Mira notices there were some woods or branches on the floor. She gathered some and started a simple fire to keep them warm. As they were all cozy, Mira started cooking some fishes for them. As she gives them their food, they started eating. Mira looks outside. She was worried about her siblings and dragons. She prays to the Gods to keep them safe. As Mulch and Bucket sleep, Mira kept watched for any danger. She hugs her legs close as she watched the rainfall. Sighing, Mira rested her head on her legs as she hums her mother's lullaby. As she hums, she heard something. Mira froze before she stood up. She saw two pairs of red eyes glaring at her. She froze as she watched the red eyes coming closer. She watched as the figure came in from the rain to reveal a Night Fury. Mira was shock to see another Night Fury but this one was different from Toothless and Sapphire. This one is twice the size as Toothless. It has sharp spikes on its back and red markings on its legs and wings. Its eyes were blood red and when it bares its teeth. It revealed it has fangs like a cobra. Mira just stared at the mysterious Night Fury before looking at her sapphire blue eyes. They stayed like that for a few seconds before the unknown Night Fury sniffs at Mira. Mira smells like fresh apples and the ocean. Nodding, the mysterious Night Fury and nested herself near Mira.

Bucket and Mulch woke and were about to scream when they saw Mira shaking her head. They nodded and look at the mysterious Night Fury. Mira looks at the mysterious Night Fury and asked, "A-are you a girl?"

The Night Fury glanced at her and nodded, "Are you a Night Fury?" The mysterious Night Fury shook her head and shows her tail fins. The tail fins look like scythes of a Grim Reaper. "You are a different type of Night Fury, right?" the dragoness nodded. She shows her scythe tail fins and made slashing motion. Mira took a while to guest and said, "A…Reaper Fury?"

The dragoness nodded before laying her head next to Mira's. Mira slowly and gently strokes the Reaper Fury's head. The dragoness purrs gently before closing her eyes. Mira looks at her and whispers, "I think I should call you Karma since you look like to give people some strange luck." The Reaper Fury now name Karma snorts before tucking herself to sleep.

On the next day, they all woke up. They ate breakfast and decided to check the ship. Once they did, they saw the ship half destroyed and it wasn't a good use for sailing.

"Oh, I love that boat." Bucket whimpers.

"Don't worry, Bucket, we could always make a new one." Mulch said.

Mira nodded and then they heard a roar for help. Looking at each other, they followed the roar to the forest. Mira was ahead since she was quicker and lighter. She reaches to undergrowth and saw a male Timberjack with golden scales and some green like dots in parts of his body was trapped under fallen trees. He struggles to break free as he roars for help. Concern, Mira looks at Karma. "Help me free him, please?" Karma nodded before helping Mira to move the trees off of the Timberjack. Mulch and Bucket helped out to remove the trees. The Timberjack was surprise to see humans and a dragon working together to free him. He looks at Mira as she gently pets his head. "It's okay, we're here to help." She said gently. The Timberjack sniffs at her. She smells sweet and not stinky like the Vikings. Purring, the Timberjack nodded at her. It took them hours to remove them all but they were able to finish it by noon. Unfortunately, the Timberjack was too weak to fly so they have to leave tomorrow. They decided to rest up at the beach while Karma collects fish to eat. Mira gently scratched the Timberjack's back since he was trying to get that itch off his back. He was happy that someone was scratching his back. He felt like he was in Valhalla. As Karma return, Mira started cooking the meals for the two Vikings while the dragons eat up. Mira eats besides the Timberjack and looks at him, "I think I should call you Treecutter because I read in the Book of Dragons that your kind cut trees with your big sharp wings." Treecutter purrs and nodded. The two dragons bonded with Mira and they became her new family members. On the next day, they were fully rested and were ready to go. Treecutter lets Mulch and Bucket get on him. Karma lets Mira get on her before they took off and headed to Berk.


At Berk, Sapphire was at the cliff looking at the horizon. Her rider/sister was out there all alone. Mira's siblings and hers were staying with Astrid. Rose, Tundra and Solarium watched over them and made sure nothing happens to the little humans. Sapphire sighs and looks at the horizon. Then Windstreak appeared with her son Spiritrunner. Sapphire looks at the sky sadly as the adult mare huffs at her gently before looking at her. Sapphire croons sadly before looking at Spiritrunner. The young horse was chasing a butterfly. Sapphire smiles slightly before she smelled a familiar scent. Sapphire head shoot up to see two figures. She saw one riding on a dragon waving at her and she heard a faint, "Sapphire!"

Sapphire's eyes widen when she recognized the voice. Roaring happily, Sapphire took off to the sky in full speed. She saw Mira riding on a Night Fury like dragon. "Sapphire!" Mira jumps off of the Night Fury and Sapphire catches her happily. She twirls in the air with Mira in her arms and the girl laughs happily. Sapphire tosses Mira to the air and puts her in her back, "Sapphire, I want to you meet Karma the Reaper Fury." Saphire looks at Karma in shock. She heard about Reaper Furies are the Alpha Species and the cousins of the Night Furies. Sapphire bows her head in respect while Karma snorts at her gently saying no need for the. Sapphire nodded and looks at the Timberjack with Bucket and Mulch.

"Timberjack is named Treecutter. He's going to live with us as well as Karma." Sapphire nodded with a purr. They headed to Berk and saw the Vikings removing the metal perches. Sapphire lets out a roar and everyone looks up. They were shock and amazed to see Karma and Treecutter. As they landed, the riders came. Mira's brothers rushed over to her and tackled her with a big hug. Mira hugs them back as they asked a million questions about Karma and Treecutter. Hiccup was awed to see them, "How'd you be friend them?"

"It's a long story." Mulch said, "You see, when a storm came. We took shelter on a nearby island. When we were resting in a cave, Karma came in. Me and Bucket were scared out of pants but Mira was able to tame her and she became a new family and the Timberjack, Treecutter." Mulch points at the Timberjack who was looking at Mira's brothers curiously, "Was trapped under fallen tree. It took a while to free him and Mira bonded with him. It was amazing too."

"Mira, you are one awesome girl." Tuffnut flirts. Mira was disturbed but they didn't notice Karma's eyes flashed. The metal perched suddenly fall and almost hit Tuff. Tuffnut screams like a little girl and jumps on Ruff's arms. They stared at it in full shock before Karma nudges Mira.

Mira gently holds head and whispers, "Karma does bring bad luck."

"What?" Astrid asked.

"Well, I named her Karma since I always have strange luck and I didn't know she could actually do that."

Ruff gasps and drops Tuff on the ground, "Think of all the destruction we can do with her!"

Tuff gets up and agrees, "Yeah! We'll start off with Mildew."

Karma glares at them and growls, baring her teeth threateningly. The twins back off as Mira calms her down. "I think you and Sapphire make great friends." Mira whispers with a smile. Karma glanced at Sapphire. Sapphire purrs and nodded with a smile. Karma nodded before watching everyone cheered happily.

Mira looks at Astrid and said, "What did I miss when I was gone?"

"It's a long story." Astrid said, "But it involves metal, lightning and casting the Night Furies out of sea."

"Okay, it's looks like I missed out a lot." Mira said with a smile. She then saw a statue of Thor made of metal, "What are you going to do with that?"

"We were going to throw it away." Hiccup said.

"Well, maybe we don't have to." Stoick said, "Why don't you take it to one of the high points on the island and leave it there?"

Tuffnut grins, "Good idea, Chief! I would've thought of it myself, but I'm not the Chief."

Snotlout nodded in agreement, "Oh, we'll handle that for you." He said before walking away. Later, the twins and Snotlout use Hookfang and Barf and Belch to lift the statue to the highest point on the island, with Hiccup surveying them while riding on Toothless. Unsurprisingly, the highest point on the island, from the other teens' perspective, is located in the same spot as Mildew's house, and when they tell him this, Hiccup remains silent, and flies away with them though he is possibly still angry with Mildew as Mildew comes out of his house to investigate the noise and saw the statue. "You'll pay for this!" Mildew yells out as they fly away.

"I'm not sure that's what my dad had in mind, guys." Hiccup said.

Snotlout shrugs, "Hey, that's the way I understood it." The twins laugh as they fly away home. Meanwhile, Mira and some Vikings were making a big cave for Treecutter to live. It's near a cliff so he could share it with Tundra and Karma. He's going to live next to Mira at the docks so he can help her with logs.

No matter how much things change around here Vikings are still Vikings. They're not afraid to admit when they're wrong. And when they do, watch out! Cause you'll be up to your ears in pie and smoked fish.


Everybody has a past, even dragons. And sometimes, the past can come back to haunt them. And when it does, you're gonna need to be there for them.

At night, a yak disappears in a cloud of dirt, followed by several sheep. Ominous cracks appear suddenly appear in the ground. A creature is seen traveling underground and is making its way around the village and traveling to Hiccup's homestead. From there, Toothless is having trouble sleeping, aware of the danger lurking beneath. Toothless growls at the ground while Hiccup sleeps. Hiccup woke up and said sleepily, "Ugh, Toothless, go back to sleep." Hiccup went back to sleep as Toothless sniffs and then growls angrily at the hole.

The next day, Stoick and Gobber are among the first to discover a huge hole is created in the middle of the village. Mira was with them along with her brothers and their dragons, Sapphire, Rose and Solarium. Karma, Tundra and Treecutter were getting some fish for breakfast. When Toothless sees the hole he suddenly roars in anger.

"Whoa, hey! Come on, it's just a hole, bud." Hiccup tells him.

"It's not just a hole!" They heard Bucket's voice. They look at the hole and discover that Bucket is already inside the hole and informs them that inside, is a network of complex tunnels, "It's like an underground village!"

"How'd he get in there?" Joe asked his brother Jon who shrugged.

Mulch came and was relief, "Bucket! There you are. I've been lookin' for you all night!"

Bucket rubs the back of his neck, "Sorry, Mulch. But I think I finally found it: My happy place!" He failed to notice something was targeting him and then Bucket was thrown out of the hole in a cloud of dust. Bucket slowly gets up as the others came to him.

"Are you alright, Bucket?" Stoick asked in shock.

Bucket shook his head dizzily, "Not so happy anymore."

Mira looks at the whole then back to Bucket, "What happened down there?"

"Something pushed me out! Something's down there. Something big!" Bucket said in a terrified voice.

Sapphire notices Toothless was growling at the hole before he jumps down the hole. He didn't even ask Hiccup for permission. Suddenly, the ground tremble and everyone was getting worried.

Astrid looks around and whispers, "What is that sound?"

Gobber was shaking, "Eh, whatever it is, it's giving me the willies."

Then the creature exposes himself. He shoots out of the hole. It has a snake body and neck, similar to a Zippleback, but he has no legs, only the lower spikes. He has a gaping mouth that is full of deadly rotating teeth. He hovers over the Vikings.

Everyone was shock to see that kind of dragon. Snotlout even complemented it, "Whoooooaaaaa, look at the size of that thing!"

Fishlegs was shaking in fear, "Do I have to?!"

Astrid then orders them, "Dragons! Everyone!" All the riders got on their dragons. They attempt to thwart the dragon but the dragon just glares at them with his pearly white eyes.

Snotlout looks at it nervously, "Uh, I don't like the way it's eyeballing me."

Fishlegs buts in, "Uh, don't worry, it's not just you."

Snotlout said sarcastically, "Thanks, big relief!"

The dragon let out a roar and dives back into the ground, leaving everyone shell shock. Astrid was first to break the ice, "What... was... that?"

Tuffnut, who wasn't scared, said dreamily, "Whatever it was, I want one!"

Fishlegs was the one who answered, "If I had to take a guess, I'd say that was a Whispering Death."

Tuffnut awed at the name, "Whoa, great name." Tuff then covers Belch's ears, "So much better than Zippleback." He whispers out but unfortunately Barf heard it and he plans on his revenge on Tuff after he tell his brother about it.

Bucket was scared as he spoke, 'Where'd it go? Why's it here? What's it gonna do to us?! WHY AREN'T YOU SLAPPING ME TO SNAP ME OUT OF THIS?!" He yelled to Mulch

Mulch was scared and was standing beside him, "Because I'm scared, too, Bucket."

Then Whispering Death bursts from the ground making a fresh hole. He glares at the riders and dragons angrily. He was looking for someone else.

Gobber looks at the Whispering Death and said to Hiccup, "Ah, it looks angry. Why don't you do that think where you touch its nose and feed it grass?"

Hiccup looks at Fishlegs, "Okaaaay! Uh, Fishlegs, what do we know about the Whispering Death?"

Fishlegs explains everything, "Boulder Class; Razor sharp teeth, incredibly strong, hunts from underground."

Tuffnut was really excited, "Now I really want one!"

"So, how do we deal with this thing?" Snotlout asked.

"Stand back, everyone!" they all turn to see Stoick arrives while riding on Thornado, "Thornado's got something to say to this beast!" Thornado roars at the Whispering Death, but it quickly roars back, unaffected.

"I don't think it's got its listening ears on." Gobber commented.

"Not helping, Gobber." Mira said.

"Alright, let's run this thing out of here!" Astrid said.

Then Toothless emerges from the hole and growls to the resident dragons.

Snotlout looks at Toothless in confusion, "What is Toothless doing?!"

Astrid said, "I think he wants us to back off."

Fishlegs said, "No problem here."

Hiccup tries to mount up to Toothless but he gets pushed aside. Toothless was not allowing Hiccup to join the fight. Toothless and the Whispering Death fight. Toothless is unable to get airborne.

Mira watched in shock, "Hiccup, Toothless can't fly without you!"

"I know! He's a sitting duck!"

Stoick looks at Gobber, "Gobber, man the catapults, and when that thing is clear of Toothless, fire!"

Then Whispering Death turns to Mira, riding on Sapphire. He turns to Toothless with a dark look on his face before charging at Mira and Sapphire.

"LOOK OUT!" Astrid yells.

Sapphire dodged the charging Whispering Death. The Whispering Death crashed on some barrels and made a cloud of dust. Sapphire hovers on the air with Mira on her back. The Whispering Death shook his head to clear his vision before glaring at Sapphire and Mira. Toothless roared at the Whispering Death. The Whispering Death roars at him and charges. Toothless tackles the Whispering Death as the two fought with teeth, claws and spikes. Whispering Death was able to injured Toothless with a razor-sharp spine that drives itself into his leg.

"TOOTHLESS!" Mira yells in shock as Sapphire lands.

Stoick looks at Gobber, "Gobber!" he yells.

Gobber with a catapult launches a boulder at the Whispering Death and it retreats down the hole, carving a new path underground. Toothless growls as Hiccup rushes towards him, "Oh, no, you're hurt!" Hiccup holds the spike. Toothless allows Hiccup to remove the spike from his leg before he runs away towards a small hill.

"Toothless, wait!" Hiccup chased after him but stops when Mira puts her hand on his shoulder. She shook her head as she looks at Toothless worriedly.

Astrid and the others came, "Where's he going?"

"Probably running away to lick his wounds," Snotlout laughs but soon yells in pain when Joe kicks his leg, "OW!"

"Thanks Joe." Hiccup said, "Toothless could've been killed. He can't fly, remember?"

"And whose fault is that?" Snotlout jokes again. Jon stomps on his foot and Snolout yells, "OW!" He hops in one foot as he holds his other foot in pain.

"Um, does anyone want to talk about what in the name of Thor just happened?" Fishlegs asked.

Tuffnut butts in "Uh, dragon fight? Just another day on Berk."

Fishlegs shook his head, "Uh, not really. It seemed like there was way more to it than that."

Hiccup agreed, "He's right. The Whispering Death singled Toothless out." He holds the spike with in his hand.

Astrid was getting it, "And Toothless wanted that dragon all to himself."

Hiccup nodded, "Yeah, he certainly did. But why?"

Tuffnut raised his hand, "Uh, are we going to be tested on this, because I'm completely confused." He looks at his sister.

Ruffnut shrugs, "Well, don't look at me."

Mira looks at Toothless worriedly before turning to Sapphire. Sapphire nudges her rider worriedly. Later that night, Mira was at Treecutter's cave, cooking mutton for her brothers. Karma was keeping watch from outside. She heard about the Whispering Death and was keeping watched. Sapphire was watching Betty and Aqua napping under her paws. Tundra and Rose were having a conversation and Treecutter was watching Mira's brother plat with Lighting and Thunder and Solarium. Mira couldn't stop thinking about the Whispering Death and how it eyed on Sapphire like he knows something. Shaking the thought, Mira continues her cooking.


Somewhere else, the Whispering Death was underground. He was thinking about that female Night Fury with sapphire blue eyes. He knows that the male Night Fury must have feelings for her and would use her as his advantage. If he kills her right in front of the male then he would be heartbroken and easy to strike or force her to be his mate.

If he makes her his mater he would have a hybrid of a Whispering Death and Night Fury. Dragon can mate with other dragon species. The offspring would have 50/50 of his or her parents' genes. But sometimes the offspring would look like his or her mother or father.

Either way, he will get his revenge against the male and would soon have the female to be his mate.


At the academy, Hiccup told everyone that Toothless ran away to find the Whispering Death. Karma and Sapphire were there too help while Tundra, Rose, Solarium and Treecutter babysit Mira and Sapphire's siblings.

Snotlout spoke, "Maybe Toothless just went for a morning flight? Oh, that's right... he CAN'T!"

Astrid became angry, "Really? You're going there again? Now?!"

Snotlout shrugs but failed to notice Karma's eyes flashed and a small hole appeared. Snotlout didn't see the hole and lost his footing as he trip and falls, "OW! KARMA!"

Karma stared at him blankly before snorting at him. Hiccup igenores them and said, "Toothless must be looking for the Whispering Death. We find it, we find Toothless."

Fishlegs asked, "What do we do if we find the Whispering Death first?"

"Well, we train him."

Tuffnut butts in, "You know he's got "death" in his name, right?"

"For once, he's right." Mira said, "The Whispering Death like a dragon that doesn't want to be tamed."

Hiccup sighs and looks at Fishlegs, "Fishlegs. Is there anything about the Whispering Death in the Book of Dragons that can help us?"

Fishlegs opens the book and search, "It can shoot razor sharp spines from any part of its body."

Astrid asked, "And how's that gonna help us?"

"Well, it would help if we stayed away from those." Fishlegs suggested.

Tuffnut then got a stupid idea, "Or we can get near them and use Ruffnut as a human shield!" He grins at the idea. Ruff glares at him before she savagely kicks Tuffnut in the kneecap. Tuffnut yells in pain and holds his kneecap, "OW! MY KNEECAP!" He then grins, "That's new... I like it."

Hiccup was getting worried, "This Dragon must have a weakness..."

Fishlegs looks at the book and shook his head, "Actually, no. Yeah, it says right here: "no known weaknesses"."

Tuffnut, who was able to recover, walks over to him with a grin on his face, "Ha, I really love this thing." He points out.

Mira shook her head, "I think we should search for him," she said.

Hiccup nodded, "She right so can we go now, please?" Hiccup said before going to Karma, "Is it okay that I could ride of Karma? We don't know how much time we have."

"Sure, Karma kinda likes you…in her own way." Mira said.

Karma looks at Hiccup with a snort before allowing him to get on her back. Stormfly came with Astrid on her back, "Don't worry, Hiccup. We'll find him."

Hiccup nodded before they all went out to the sky. As they explore through the forest, they land near two big holes and Hiccup calls out for Toothless if he's already there, he receives no answer.

Snotlout asked, "How do we even know the Whispering Death made these holes?"

Astrid steps in, "So you think it might be the other 2,500 pound, rock eating Dragon we're following?"

Snotlout looks at her in confusion, "I know what you're- Don't try to confuse me."

Mira walks around and steps on something. She lifts her foot and saw a tooth. She picks it up.

Hiccup and others went to her, "Mira, what did you find?" Mira shows him the tooth and Hiccup takes it. "He must've lost a tooth." He inspects it.

Tuffnut grins, "Is it sharp? If it is I want it! I like sharp!"

Ruffnut nodded, "Yeah, sharp is good!"

Fishlegs came to them, "Think about this: hundreds of those spinning together, ripping through dirt and tree roots. Discarding rock like it's not even there!"

Suddenly the dragons, minus Karma, are now raging uncontrollably, Hiccup tells everyone to quiet, and the Twins temporarily makes an annoyance.

Tuffnut yells, "Listen for what?!"

Ruffnut yelled, "I don't hear anything. What are we listening for?!"

Astrid glares at them, "Be quiet!"

Tuffnut yells, "How are we supposed to hear anything over her yelling-OW!" He was cut off when Karma uses her tail to hit his head as he falls to the ground. Then they feel the earth shaking again. The Riders realize that they came too early to the Whispering Death, and the dragon emerges and identifies his intruders.

Snotlout looks at him fearfully, "Looks like we beat Toothless."

Astrid spoke sarcastically. "Yeah... we win..."

Fishlegs shook his head, "I'm not feeling like a winner!

The Whispering Death glared and growls at Fishlegs. Fishlegs gulps, "Hi... um... I like the teeth..." The Whispering Death burrows back underground.

Snotlout yells angrily, "I hate it when he does that! Can you at least tell me why he does it?!"

Fishlegs tried to find the answer when everyone was looking at him, "Maybe to hunt...? Maybe because it's cooler...? Maybe to look for water...? AND MAYBE BECAUSE HE CAN'T STAND THE PRESSURE OF EVERYBODY ALWAYS EXPECTING HIM TO HAVE THE ANSWERS!"

Tuffnut grins and whispers to his sister, "He's losing it."

Ruffnut nodded, "I know...it's awesome."

The Whispering Death emerges from the ground again. Tuffnut gasps and grins, "Somebody hold it still. I wanna pet it!" Mira and Ruff pulled him away from the Whispering Death.

Hiccup confronts the dragon and attempts to train it in hopes that it can leave Toothless alone, by reaching out his hand, when the Whispering Death nears his hand, he backs out and returns underground and Hiccup fails to train it. Hiccup them jumps down the hole while Snotlout pushes Fishlegs down the hole.

"SNOTLOUT!" Mira and Astrid yelled at him. Snotlout shrugs innocently. They waited for a while until they heard screaming. They look at the hole to see Fishlegs and Hiccup running. Mira and Astrid helped Fishlegs to get out but Hiccup got out the hard way. He was pushed out by the Whispering Death as he sticks out its head to devour Hiccup as they he plummets down towards its mouth. Luckily, Stormfly manages to rescue him in time. The Whispering Death is now in it's aggressive state after Hiccup and Fishlegs trespass inside it's home. When Hiccup attempts to thwart it with dragon nip, the Whispering Death does not buy it and throws it to the dragons, leaving them passed out and the Riders' defenseless. Hiccup is open for ideas. Snotlout recommends that they run for their lives.

The Whispering Death pursues them until Toothless finally makes its arrival and fends off the Whispering Death and they resume their duel. However, the Whispering Death finds that he is encountered by the other dragons and falls back. Hiccup tries to mount to Toothless again, but Toothless still does not allow his Rider as he brutally pushes him aside, and almost threatens Hiccup. Hiccup tries to talk some sense into him as he requests to only help Toothless, but Toothless refuses and flees. Hiccup tries to follow him to come back, but Toothless threatens him with a warning shot, a message to stay away and he presses on without him.

Hiccup was shock until Tuffnut butts in and said, "Awkward..."

"Tuff…" Mira glares at him.

As they were flying home, Snotlout spoke, "So Toothless has an arch-enemy. Kind of like you and me."

Hiccup was riding on Karma. "Snotlout! You're not my arch-enemy!"

Snotlout said, "Well, you're mine!" he said with hand gestured to his eyes and then to Hiccup.

Astrid rolls her eyes, "He's just trying to protect you."

Snotlout scoff, "That's not what it is! Toothless doesn't want you around because this is between him and the other guy. He's a fighter. Like me. Not... whatever you are." He waves off.

Hiccup was shock and surprise, "I... never thought I'd say this, Snotlout, but I think you're right."

Snotlout was surprise, "Wait... huh? You guys heard that, right?"

"No," Mira said.

"It's not a fair fight! If Toothless is gonna win, he has to fly. And he can't fly without me!" Hiccup said.

Astrid looks at him, "So, what are you saying?"

Hiccup said, "I'm saying we need to find him and soon."


Meanwhile, Toothless runs through the trees looking for the Whispering Death. He hated that dragon. Ever since he could remember, the Whispering Death was nothing but trouble. Toothless was only a youngling. He didn't mean to enter the Whispering Death's home and now he's hunting him down for revenge. But that is not the only reason. The Whispering Death told him that if he wins he will make Sapphire his mate. That crosses the line, Sapphire will be his not the Whispering Death's!

Then Karma landed with Hiccup on her back. The others came as Hiccup gets off of Karma and approaches Toothless, with his hand extended out. Toothless finally touches his nose to Hiccup's hand. "Hey, bud. You had me so worried there for a while. You haven't been yourself lately. Good to see you're still you."

Then the ground shakes as the Whispering Death appears from the ground. He glares at Toothless before looking at Sapphire with a dark look. Toothless glares at him, not liking when he's eyeing on Sapphire.

Hiccup tries to stop him, "You can just walk away from this, bud!" Hiccup tries to get on Toothless, "Let's just go home-" Toothless pushes Hiccup away again.

Fishlegs was getting scared, "You were so close. I thought you had him!"

Toothless tries to fly towards the Whispering Death, shooting plasma blasts but is knocked down by the Whispering Death. The dragons were about to help but Toothless tells the other dragons to stay away. The riders were trying to tell them but they won't do anything.

"They know this isn't their fight, guys." Mira said as she watched as Toothless chased the Whispering Death. They all went after him and the Whispering Death corners Toothless on a cliff ledge, with no escape.

Hiccup watches in horror, "TOOTHLESS! Buddy..."

Mira's eyes widen when she saw the Whispering Death using his rings of fire at Toothless to push him off the edge, "He's going knock Toothless into the canyon!"

Hiccup did a crazy thing. He steps off the ledge and free falls into the canyon. Toothless saw this and his eyes widen as he dives to save him. Toothless was able to get Hiccup as he mounts Toothless in midair.

Astrid and Mira grinned, "Yes!"

Hiccup and Toothless reunited, "You save me, I save you! That's the way it is!" Hiccup said happily. Toothless and Hiccup fight the Whispering Death. As they fend off the Whispering Death, the sun shined. The Whispering Death hissed pain before going underground. Fishlegs notices him getting blind by sunlight and discovering its weakness. As Toothless hovers, Fishlegs said, "The sunlight, Hiccup! That's its weakness!"

Hiccup nodded before looking at Toothless, "Okay, bud, keep him above ground."

Toothless nodded and Toothless uses this advantage to get the Whispering Death to exit his home by blasting it with plasma to its underground complex, creating a burst of bright plasma erupting in each opening.

Ruffnut awed, "This. Is. Amazing!"

Tuffnut pats Belch's head, "We've got to find you an arch-nemesis." Belch agrees but after he and his brother throws Tuff of a cliff or drown him about calling the Whispering Death better then them. The Whispering Death eventually emerges, and Hiccup and Toothless tackles and pins the dragon. In the end, Toothless wins the duel and the Whispering Death is now at the mercy at Toothless. Toothless brutally taunts the dragon preparing to finish him off, but for a moment, has an epiphany that reflects his violent attitude of himself, and decides to spare his long-rival dragon despite his grudge, but if he tries to steel Sapphire he's going down and so the Whispering Death returns home in humiliating defeat.

The others came and Snotlout whines, Aw, man! Toothless could have finished him off!"

Hiccup smiles at his dragon, "Well, I guess all dragon grudges aren't to the death."

Fishlegs smiles, "I guess I'll have to change that in the book." He said before gently tapping Meatlug to take them home.

Hiccup looks at his dragon and said, "Hey, bud. What do you say we go home?" Toothless nodded and they all went home happily. Toothless flies beside Sapphire, making sure she's stayed safe. Karma, on the other hand, was flying to another direction. She found the Whispering Death somewhere farther away from the forest of Berk. She landed close to him and the Whispering Death hissed at her but stopped when he saw she's actually an Alpha Species. He bowed his head in submission. Karma snorts at him as he raised his head. Karma tells him if he harms Sapphire or Toothless he will be punished by death. The Whispering Death cringes, he knows that Reaper Furies can steel souls of the ones who disobeys or betrayed by them.

The Whispering Death nodded and leaves Berk forever.

When our past rears its ugly head, it usually doesn't have six rows of razor-sharp teeth and a bad attitude. If it does, you're going to need a great friend who has your back. I will always have Toothless' back. And he will always have mine.


Okay, sorry for the wait. Now the next one will be soon and again thank you Spikedmaster290 for Treecutter the Timberjack and my friend enderdragonprincess for Karma the Reaper Fury.