So, sorry for not posting, I was busy with the other stories and spending time with my family. However, I only post this story because there was someone that wrote 'Hurry up and post the next chapter already' and 'Hurry up I want to read the next chapter of song of mira'. I got irritated for that and the only way to make it stop was post it.

And if I ever receive those comments again, I'll make sure that next the chapter will be forever to post, either five months or next year. Let this be a warning those who aren't patient and wrote those comments.

Enjoy reading.


Chapter 36: Water and Ice

Today was a scouting mission. The Riders, Kishi, and X were going to patrol some islands that were still there to find any sign of the Screaming Death or Edgar. After the Screaming Death destroyed some of the islands, some dragons lived at Dragon Island or the remaining islands. It was difficult for them, but they managed. The Dragon Riders, Kishi, and X decided to split up in two teams. Hiccup got Fishlegs and the Twins while Astrid got Mira, X, and Snotlout. Kishi decided to patrol solo since he needs to be stealthy. Voltage happily joins the patrol since Sapphire was going there, and this annoyed Toothless a lot when Voltage gave him a smug look before he left with the others for the patrol. Astrid, Mira, X, and Snotlout scouts at Dragon Island while Hiccup and the others checked on Changeling Island. However, they weren't so…quiet. Ruffnut and Tuffnut were messing around with their dragons by doing dangerous stunts to which scare some Terrors from the bridge like sea-stack. They laughed in delight at their stunts as Hiccup and Fishlegs came towards them with their dragons.

"Guys, can you please put a lid on it?" Hiccup said to them seriously. "Looking for the Screaming Death? Low Profile? Remember the meeting?"

"Yeah, but we had our own meeting." Tuffnut said with a grin before he saw some sharp rocks on the water. "Ooh! Dangerous pointy rocks!"

As Barf and Belch fly towards the sharp rocks, Meatlug flies over to Hiccup and Toothless while Fishlegs stared at the Twins in disbelief and annoyance before turning to Hiccup with a questionable look.

"How did we get stuck with these two?" Fishelgs asked. "You could've picked Mira or X."

"Well, it was them, or Snotlout." Hiccup said. "And Astrid picked Mira before I could, and X decided to join in with Astrid since he's…fond for…Mira."

Fishlegs thinks about it. X was very fond to Mira. He was more comfortable around her then the others. Plus, he doesn't talk much to them and he does intimidate Snotlout due to his size and good looks. And X doesn't brag about it.

"Hmm. Point taken." Fishlegs agrees as they continued their patrol.


Meanwhile, Astrid, Mira, X, and Snotlout were patrolling with their dragons. Astrid, Mira, and X were focus in finding the Screaming Death while Snotlout flirts with Mira and Astrid. However, his flirting skills wasn't so great since Mira and Astrid ignores him.

"Okay, nothing unusual on Dragon Island." Astrid said before looking at Mira, X, and Snotlout. "You guys see anything?"

"No, there's nothing in my part." Mira answered.

X just shook his head at his part. They all turn to Snotlout. The Jorgenson boy just flirt with two shield-maidens. Astrid and Mira notice this and became annoyed and disturbed. Sapphire growls at Snotlout when he gave a flirty look on her rider. So, she flies away from him, to prevent Snotlout from coming near Mira.

"Hey! The island is down there!" Astrid pointed out to Snotlout.

"But your eyes are up here." Snotlout stated with a smile.

X almost wanted to puke at Snotlout's poor attempt to win a female's heart. "You are disgusting." X mutters.

"You can say that again." Astrid mutters in agreement to X after she heard him.

"Let's check the East side of the island. Maybe the Screaming Death could be there." Mira suggested.

"Agreed." Astrid said before she notices Snotlout still flirting at her. "What is it?" She asked in annoyance.

"I just find it interesting that you chose me to be your partner on the Screaming Death patrol, hmm."

"First of, we are not alone. Second, I picked Mira first and X soon joins in my group." Astrid explains to him in annoyance.

However, Snotlout doesn't think that way and continues flirting with her. "Hey, if that's what you need to believe, keep telling yourself that. Point is, here we are. Together. Alone."

"You do realize that Mira and I are here, right?" X said to him with Voltage by his side before they and the females took off to the East side, leaving Snotlout and Hookfang.

"I think she's diggin' me. What do you think?" Snotlout said to his dragon.

And being the mischievous dragon, he is, Hookfang dives-bomb to the island, causing Snotlout to scream. They reach to the East Side of the island and saw nothing but wild dragon roaming about. They couldn't find the Screaming Death. They search another part of the island, ignoring Snotlout attempt to winning Astrid's heart and maybe Mira's. After a few hours of searching, they went to the sea stack where they meet up. As they got there, Kishi in Mors's form was there, waiting for them. they landed and informs Kishi about their patrol. Well, Astrid and Mira explain while Snotlout was atcing all cool. They notice that Hiccup and the others aren't back.

"Hiccup's late for another rendezvous." Astrid said, looking at the horizon before turning to Mira. "What a surprise."

"You think he and the others got themselves trouble…again?" Mira suggested.

Astrid thoughts about it and has to agree. Hiccup does get into trouble time to time. She ever wonders what trouble that they cause this time. Then they notice that Snotlout was flirting with them again. They questioned him why he is acting like that before he explains that they are meant to be since every week they face Berserkers, Outcasts, and the Screaming Death. And the danger was bound to bring them closer together. His speech has no affect on Astrid nor Mira. They find it gross and disturbing. X, on the other hand, find it rather unorthodox for his taste. And wanting Snotlout to stop, X walks behind him and use a little of his lightning to Snotlout's helmet. Snotlout felt the lightning stung him, causing the Jorgenson to jitter about. And in a few seconds, he fell unconscious, not before he jittered the last time before passing out. They stared at him for a second before X walked over to the girls.

"He'll live." X answered.

Astrid smirks at him. "You know, I'm starting to like you every day." She said.

Mira couldn't help but giggle in response before she heard something from a distance. "Did you hear that?" She asked.

"Hear what?" Astrid asked.

"Listen." Mira said.

They all stayed quiet for a while before they heard a sound of a dragon roar from a distance. They recognize the roar. It sounded like a Scauldron's roar, a Tidal Class Dragon.

"It sounds like a Scauldron." Astrid answered.

"What's a Scauldron doing here?" Mira asked.

"I don't know, but he sounds like he needs help." Kishi replied.

Snotlout slowly gets up from his unconscious state, but before he did, X shocked him again. Snotlout fell to the ground unconscious again before they took off to find the Scauldron while Hookfang stayed with his unconscious rider. They fly through the direction where the roar was coming from. They made sure to keep their distance. They didn't want to upset the Scauldron. As they got to the location, they saw the Scauldron looking around as if he was searching for someone. As they got closer, the Scauldron saw them and was about to fire, but stops when he immediately recognized Mira. Stopping his attack, the Scauldron lets out a happy roar to the group. They were confused, but they soon realize that this Scauldron was Tidalwave.

"Tidalwave!" Mira greeted with a smile. Tidalwave croons happily as he nuzzles Mira gently. Mira laughs a bit at Tidalwave's playfulness. "What are you doing here?" Mira aske gently.

Tidalwave responded with grunts and growls. Mira can now understand dragon thanks to her mermaid heritage. Astrid, Gothi, Kishi, X, and her brothers know about her ability along with her dragons. She can't let the others know that she can understand dragons. She made sure that Kishi and X be the only translators.

"You were looking for you brother?" Mira asked.

Tidalwave nodded with worry. He and his pod were heading to their nesting grounds, but his brother got separated from them when he spotted some fishes to eat. Tidalwave went after him and bring him back. But Tidalwave lost him as he searches for his brother in hopes that he can find him. Mira explains to them and Astrid thinks that she knows where. They took off with Tidalwave following them. but not before they went back to get Snotlout. Hookfang was carrying his rider in his claws as they set off to find Tidalwave's brother.

Astrid might know why Hiccup and the others didn't meet at the sea stack.


And she was right.

Hiccup and the others were at Changewing Island. They came there when they heard a dragon in distress. Hiccup decided to investigate, but Fishlegs was afraid to go, but was persuaded by Hiccup. When they got there, they find a male Scauldron. The reason why he was there, is because one of his wings was pinned under some boulders. Fishlegs believes that there was an earthquake and before he could get back to the water, his wing got pinned. And being a Tidal Class dragon, the Scauldron was very vulnerable and would die if not return to the water.

Hiccup attempts to train it, but when Scauldron saw him, he attacked Hiccup and the others, thinking that they were a threat. Fishlegs said that they should've brought Mira since she can calm dragons down better than Hiccup. But they didn't have time to contact them since Hiccup didn't bring his Terror. So, they tried to attempt to douse the dragon with water, hoping to win its friendship, but the Scauldron knocks both dragons and their riders off from the sky. Hiccup and Fishlegs start to conclude that they can't do anything for the Scauldron without risking themselves or their dragons. And if the Scauldron doesn't want them to help…they have no choice. They, minus the twins, sadly get on their dragon sadly and attempting to leave, their dragons looked over to Scauldron. Seeing him trapped and close to dehydration, they refuse to leave. Fishlegs said that the dragons didn't want to leave the Scauldron.

But Tuffnut thinks otherwise as he tells them to show the dragons who's boss. However, his attempt caused Barf and Belch toss their riders off. Tuffnut lands near some rocks while Ruffnut was tossed in front of the Scauldron. When the Scauldron saw her, he growls at her, causing Ruffnut to be terrified. Instead of attacking, the Scauldron started sniffing at her.

Hiccup warns her not to move, and Ruffnut listens to her. Tuffnut slowly gets up before he was smooshed by Barf and Belch and they saw Ruffnut in danger. They attempted to attack the Scauldron to protect Ruffnut. Before any violence could happen, Hiccup stops the Zippleback from attacking since the Scauldron hasn't hurt her yet. The Scauldron soon ignores them and sniffed at Ruffnut. The Scauldron gently grabs one of Ruffnut's braids with his teeth.

Fishlegs questioned on what's the Scauldron was doing. Hiccup think the Scauldron was smelling Ruffnut. Tuffnut jokingly tells Ruffnut that she has finally got a date that's as ugly as her. Hiccup thinks that is finally gonna let them help. But when they took a step forward, the Scauldron saw them and was about to fire, but they quickly backed off, causing the Scauldron to relax a bit and continues sniffing at Ruffnut.

Hiccup wonder why the Scauldron was so fond about her hair. And Fishlegs thinks that it might be the color of the Scauldron's mother's hair. However, that wasn't the answer and Fishlegs apologized. Tuffnut sits on a rock as he comments on how weird she smells because she puts fish-oil in her hair. Hiccup asked Ruffnut does she put fish oil in your hair. And Ruffnut replied to him on how else she does she get the greasy-unwashed look, causing Hiccup to pretend to understand that. But Fishlegs the Scauldron hasn't attacked Ruffnut because she smells like his home environment. So, the only way to help the Scauldron, was to make Ruffnut train him, which she dreaded. But they have to hurry since the Scauldorn was starting to dry up

And with some difficult basic lessons for Ruffnut, the Thorston girl named the Scauldron, Scauldy. It was better than her brother's name, 'Scalding painful death, the dragon'. With a long hesitation, Scauldy allows Ruffnut to pet him and earn his trust. Before they could help Scauldy, Changewings attacked, believing that they were intruders. They barely manage to defend Scauldy if it wasn't for the arrival of Astrid, Mira, X, Kishi, Snotlout, and their dragons. When the Changewings saw Mira, they immediately calm down. They never harmed the mermaid. She brings good fortune and happiness. When they landed, Ruffnut calms Scauldy down, while Astrid questioned them.

"What have I told you guys about playing with wild Changewings?" Astrid asked Hiccup with her arms crossed.

"We're trying to keep them away from Scauldy." Hiccup answered, gesturing the Scauldron.

"Scauldy?" Mira and Astrid asked unison.

"Well, it was that or 'Scalding Painful Death, the dragon'." Hiccup points out.

Tuffnut raised his hand about the name idea. "Mine!"

"Well, we're lucky to be here, because someone was looking for him." Ksihi said in his human form.

That's when, Tidalwave came from the trees. He saw the Riders, their dragons, and Changewings. But when he saw Scauldy, he immediately became happy. Kishi explains to them that Scauldy is Tidalwave's brother and he got separated from the pod. Kishi asked the Changewings permission to let them stay for a little while, so they can free Scauldy. The Changewings agreed as long as it makes Mira happy, then they're happy. So, they work together to free Scauldy while Ruffnut distracts him by doing a Hiccup expression or singing a terrible song, and yet it works.

As they finished, Scauldy felt the weight of the boulders gone, and looked at his wing. He attempts to move it, but he roared in pain, causing Ruffnut to be blown away. That' when they realize that Scauldy's wing was broken. Kishi suggested to make a splint, but dragon size. They all agree as they all collected vines and woods from the forest with the Changewings while Ruffnut watches Scauldy. Tuffnut stays behind to help Hiccup to pull out all the rope from the grappling hook and the bolas that was in his shield. But Tuffnut got smacked in the face by the mini-catapult. After they collect the items, they need to make the splint. Mira brought ropes in her saddle for emergencies. Tuffnut returns Hiccup shield, Hiccup apologizes to him about the mini catapult, but Tuffnut waves it off as he tells him that he adjusted it, but not before he got smacked in the face it again. Kishi and Fishlegs worked together to make the splint, Ruffnut continuous singing random song to comfort Scauldy.

In the background, Toothless and Voltage glared at each other secretly while Sapphire watches Mira being nuzzled by Changewings, happy that the mermaid was at their island to bring them happiness. After the splint was finished, all of them said their farewells to the Changewings as they and the two Scauldron's home. Kishi volunteers to watch Scauldy until his wing is healed, so he won't have trouble removing it. Toothless flies over to Ruffnut as Hiccup praises her.

"Ruff, you did good job back there."

Meatlug flies over and Fishlegs agreed. "You really did!"

That's when Tuffnut butts in. "You know what would've been more awesome?"

Ruffnut punches him. "Yeah! If he would've eaten me?!"

"I love it when you read my mind, sis!" Tuffnut grins before they head-butted.

Mira chuckles at them at their act as Hiccup asked if they are ready to head home. But before they do, Ruffnut made Barf and Belch fly down close to the water. Scauldy resurfaces, feeling well after he got himself wet with water. Ruff placed her hand on Scauldy's snout and said that she will miss him, and if he wants to visit, she'll just kick out Tuffnut to make room. With that said, they said their goodbye as they all headed home.


Few weeks after they saved Scauldy, Berk is currently suffering through its worst freeze in history. Possibly the strongest one yet. Everyone stayed indoors to avoid the blizzard. Kishi was at Mira's house to watch over the little ones while Mira and Sapphire were with the others. And right now, the teens and their dragons are huddled up in a pen inside the Academy, where Hiccup is giving a lesson, trying to cheer up their spirits. But they are not interested and not at all focus on Hiccup. Suddenly, a ball of fire hits the stone board, right where Hiccup was a few seconds ago. Hiccup is now clearly irritated as he turns to the direction on who did that.

"Okay, okay, who shot that fireball?" He questioned.

Hiccup goes into "scolding teacher mode" and stares directly at Snotlout, who is "innocently" whistling, as if he didn't do it, even though it's obvious he did since Hiccup could see the evidence from the smoke coming from Hookfang's nose.

"Why are you looking at me?" He asked playfully.

Hiccup groans a bit. "Come on, guys, I don't want to be here anymore than you do. Can we just get back to training, please?" He pleaded.

Snotlout, however, has another idea. "I say we play Twenty Questions instead. Anyone? Anyone? Astrid, Mira, why do you girls love me so much?"

Astrid and Mira almost gag by that. They were clearly disgusted by the questioned. Sapphire hissed at Snotlout, threatening him if he tries to touch her rider, causing the Jorgenson to back off. Tuffnut excitingly wanted to play and sat up with an arm raised.

"Me! me! me! Okay, I'll go first. Question number one-"

Before Tuffnut could ask a single question, Snotlout signals Hookfang to hit Tuffnut with his tail, shutting him up for about two seconds, causing Tuffnut to cry in pain, before he lifts a finger and asked.

"-How do you play Twenty Questions?"

Hiccup sighs in annoyance. "Uh, can we try to stay focused? Even for a second?"

Astrid holds up her axe. "We've been stuck inside for a week straight because of this crazy weather!" She exclaims.

Mira nodded in agreement. "I have to agree. We're been cooped up here for week, and some of us are starting to go a little…nuts." She said.

They all turn to the others. The first one was Fishlegs, he was counting Meatlug's toes and that 'Mr. Pinky' is his favorite. Ruffnut was laughing at the Zippleback, because they were chasing their tails, and Ruff said that Barf and Belch just found out they have tails and they really hate that idea. Tuffnut agrees as he found out that he had a 'tail' before Tuff starts chasing his butt to get his imaginary tail. Ruff laughs at that and walks over to Hiccup.

"I may have told Tuff that he has a tail, too." Ruffnut said quietly to Hiccup, causing him to be disturbed.

That's when the doors of the pen opened by Stoick. The Berkian Cheif barely made it inside the Berk Dragon Training Academy after he and Thornado struggled to get here by the strong winds. He quickly shuts the door to prevent the wind from coming in. Thornado took shelter on some pens that were open until Stoick comes out.

"Odin's ghost, it's cold out there! Worst freeze in the history of Berk!" Stoick exclaims before he touches his beard was covered in ice. "My-My beard is frozen solid."

Hiccup went to his dad. "So, Father, what brings you to the Academy?" He asked.

Stoick looks at his son and informs him. "Trader Johann hasn't reported to port. If he's trapped out in this storm, he won't last the night. I was think-"

Hearing this, Hiccup was basically bouncing on his feet, eager to leave the hole full of crazy, except for Astrid, Mira and X, that he's currently trapped in.

"Oh, yes, I can go! You know, Toothless and Sapphire can help find Johann's ship in the darkness. They are the perfect dragon for the job." Hiccup explains.

Toothless was besides Hiccup and has to agree. This will give him the perfect opportunity to be Sapphire, so Voltage won't go near her, ever! Stoick was unsure about this. Yes, Mira will be there, she'll watch over Hiccup and Toothless, but it still sounded risky.

"Ehh, I don't know..."

"Please, Dad. If you ever cared for me at all, the way a father cares for his son, then you will let me leave!" Hiccup begged as he and Stoick looked at the riders. The riders were messing around. Barf and Belch were able to get their tails, not before Hookfang with Snotlout on his saddle, grabs Barf's tail and stated a tug of war with him. Ruffnut and Tuffnut laughed until Ruff pushes Tuff to Astrid, who became angry and shoves Tuff to the ground, making Ruff laugh. Fishlegs was still playing with Meatlug's toes happily. Mira was the only sane person here. She just watched her friends in disturbance. X was leaning besides Voltage, resting his arms on his head. Stoick watches them and sighs in defeat.

"Bolt the door behind you when you leave, please." Stoick said before he leaves and Hiccup cheers.

After Hiccup informs Mira, she made sure to inform Kishi that she will be home late, before she leaves Berk with Sapphire, Hiccup and Toothless. As they fly through the ocean, Hiccup discovers that most of the sea has been frozen solid and figured out why Trader Johann cannot report to port because no one can go pass here. Then they saw a cloud of dust running through the icy bridge, the two dragon riders could barely see the herd of unknown creatures. Hiccup is glad that they're only up in the sky and continues to find Johann. Hours later, Hiccup and Mira finally sees Johann's ship, and gives Johann a ride on Toothless, forcing him to abandon his ship. But they will return to it soon.

While heading back home, Johann decided to tell his hundreds of uninteresting and annoying stories that bothers Hiccup, Mira, Sapphire, and Toothless all day and night. After a long and annoying flight, they reach to Berk before Johann would tell his next story. But when they landed, they noticed that the whole village was empty. The blizzard was gone, and no one was out to fix the damages. They decided to investigate, they look through houses, the forge, the Great Hall, and the Dragon Academy. When they reach to the village square, they inform about their search.

"Anything?" Hiccup asked his friends.

"The whole town Master Hiccup, its empty." Johann answered.

"No one home when I got there." Mira said worriedly, rubbing her arm as she thinks about her family.

Sapphire croons in worry as Toothless comforts her with croons of his own. Hiccup began to get suspicious. "It's very weird." Hiccup mutters as he looks at the empty village.

"I don't like this one bit." Johann agrees with Hiccup.

"Where could they be?" Mira asked.

"There was one time I was on a trade run with a man who claimed to be a warlock and..." Johann was cut off when Sapphire and Toothless heard something at Fishlegs house.

Hiccup decides to investigate who's in the house with Mira and their drgaons while Johann stays here. As they got there, a figure suddenly falls from the loft, knocking Hiccup unconscious to the floor. Mira gasped in shock to see who fell on Hiccup. It was Fishlegs!

Fishlegs was relief to see Mira and Hiccup again. And after a few minutes, Hiccup regain consciousness and Fishlegs suddenly appears in front of him, startling Hiccup in the process. Fishlegs was glad to see Hiccup alright and almost crushed him with a hug. As he lets go, he begins to talk crazy mentioning the words speed and sting. Hiccup calms Fishlegs and asks what happened. And Fishlegs answer was this.

"Speed Stingers!"

"Speed Stingers?" Mira asked in shock. She always thought that Rose was the only Speed Stinger here on Berk, but now there was a pack of Speed Stingers here.

"Why are they here?" Hiccup asked.

Fishlegs begins hi sexplnation. "It all started just after nightfall. They don't fly but they're fast. Faster than any dragon I've ever seen, and they hide in the shadows. Scavengers, looking for anything they can find. One drop of their venom can paralyze a human or dragon in an instant. They move in a pack following a leader who directs them like a war chief. By the time Stoick ordered everybody to the cove the entire village had been overrun."

"Well, where are the Speed Stingers now?" Hiccup asked.

Fishlegs went over to the fire that was still running, warming himself up. "I don't know. The sun came up and they disappeared, but they'll be back." Fishelgs turns to Hiccup with a serious look. "They come out at night."

"I don't understand, why did you come back here, Fishlegs, why not stay with everyone at the cove?" Hiccup asked.

Outside of the house, Meatlug was paralyzed in a fighting position on top of a roof. How did they miss that? Was a total mystery to them. Fishlegs explains that she tried to draw them away so he could escape, but he just couldn't leave her. then Johann came and saw Meatlug's paralyze stated and asked on how did they miss that?

They were able to bring Meatlug down and learns that the paralysis is only temporary, after Meatlug farts in Johann's face, causing him to fall-down into a cart, but is okay. Fishlegs wonders how the Speed Stingers manage to travel to Beark since they can't fly. Hiccup states that the Speed Stingers must have made their way to Berk after seeing a frozen bridge was formed earlier at the ocean linking the Speed Stinger's Island to Berk. Mira hopes that her family are okay. Hiccup, Mira, Fishlegs, their dragons, and Johann made their way to the Cove while pushing the cart that has Meatlug in it. When they got their most of Berk's residents have been paralyzed, including Stoick. Stoick was frozen into a fighting position, which greatly worries Hiccup.

"Dad…"

Soon, Gobber came beside him. He and some Berkians were not paralyze by the Speed Stingers. And comforts Hiccup as he explains to him that Stoick did his best.

"He gave as good as he got, Hiccup. It took six of those Speed Stingers to freeze the poor bugger!

And in response, Stoick says something that is not understandable, and Gobber pretends to agree with him. "You bet ya, Chief!

"What did he say?" Hiccup asked his mentor

Gobber whispers to him. "No clue. Don't want to make him feel worse than he does."

Hiccup felt guilty for not doing anything. "I should have been here. Toothless, Sapphire, Mira, and I could have helped." He said.

"Nonsense, boy. There were too many of them. Nothing would have mattered. Tell you one thing, those Stingers would be dining on smoke sturgeon and yak jerky tonight, if it weren't for your father!"

As Gobber points to the barrels of food, Stoick tries to say something but it comes out unintelligible. And Gobber pretends to understand him.

"Couldn't agree with you more, Stoick!" Gobber agrees before he shrugs at Hiccup.

"Hiccup!"

"Mira!"

That's when Astrid, J Twins, and the Night Fury Twins came running over to Hiccup, Mira, and Sapphire. They saw them safe from their trip. Astrid runs up to Hicucp and gives him a hug. The J Twins hugged their sister while the Night Fury Twins hug their sister. After a few seconds, they let go.

"Are you guys okay?" Mira asked her brother worriedly.

"We are! Kishi was defending Betty and then some Stingers were about to get us!" Joe explains almost dramatically.

"And that's when X came in and did some cool fighting skills. He was like 'Wham!' 'Bam' and 'ROAR!' and the Stingers were like 'Aahh!' and 'Eeehh!' and then he picked us up and took us to the cove and Voltage save Lightning and Thunder and the hatchlings!" Jon finished with a grin.

Mira looks up to see X and Kishi walking towards them with Voltage. Voltage was seen with a smug look after the J Twins told Mira and Sapphire his heroic deed to save the little ones, which annoyed Toothless a lot. Mira was grateful for them to protect her family.

"How's everyone else?" Hiccup asked Astrid.

"Everyone's fine."

"Almost everyone." X added.

They all turn to the Thorston Twins who are currently messing around with a paralyzed Snotlout. Making him slap himself, picking his nose, scratching himself, and so on. Liz, Betty, Aqua, Lily, Spiritrunner, and Seasons were watching them with Scourge, Lavender, and Scourge's gang. Scourge and his friends watched in total amusement while Lavender and Lily would wince when the Twins would make Snotlout slap himself. Liz, Spiritrunner, and Seasons would laugh their heads off while Betty and Aqua giggle. Hiccup, Gobber, and Mira stared at the dumbfounded while Astrid smirks at that. The J Twins and the Night Fury Twins would snicker at that while X just stared at that scene unfazed.

"Actually, when you think about it, it's really not so bad." Astrid said.

"Oh, come on. Your face isn't that ugly!" Ruffnut said in the background, followed by a loud 'CLANG!', causing everyone to wince. "Oh, wait."

Mira looks at Kishi. "Kishi, did anyone else got sting?" She asked.

"Yes, Warfire got paralyze after helping some villagers escape." Kishi points near the lake.

They saw Warfire in a terrifying fighting stance. It looks like he was about to murder someone, which looks cool for the Thorston Twins standard. Karma was there, looking at Warfire's paralyzed sate with the other dragons and Windstreak. Kishi explains that when Karma came, the Speed Stingers immediately retreated at the sight of her.

The Riders needed a plan before nightfall. The Speed Stingers will return and finish off Berk's food supplies. Hiccup orders Astrid to assemble all the Dragon Riders and prepare for the plan. When the riders and X got there, Kishi explains that Speed Stingers' nest is a cave where they can be isolated from outside. The pack follows the leader and if they take the leader, the pack is useless. And use the leader to lure the pack away from Berk. They only have a few hours to find the nest. But before they could leave, they were stopped by Snotlout's voice.

"Hold up! You're not going on a Stinger hunt without me!"

They all turned around and turned to Snotlout was able to move his head and talk, as he tries to stand up. He ends up leaning forward and standing perfectly on his frozen feet. Everyone was disturbed by this. Lavender and Lily hide under a deadpan looking Scourge as they shook in fear when they saw that.

"Whoa! That is seriously creepy!" Tuffnut said.

"His paralysis is wearing off. Lucky us…" Fishlegs said sarcastically.

"Snotlout unless you plan on flying Hookfang with your teeth, you're not going anywhere." Astrid points out as she and the others leave.

"What do you mean? I'm fine!" Sntolout said as he tries to take a step and falls over. "Stupid arms and stupid legs." He mutters out. He then saw Gustav walking by and got an idea.

"Hey, Gustav! Get your butt over here!"

As the others prepared themselves, Snotlout somehow came to them and saluted. "Snotlout Jorgenson, reporting for duty!" He said with a grin.

They stared at him disbelief. Mira wasn't sure how he was doing that as well as the others before they notice Gustav was behind Snotlout, knowing that he's the one helping Snotlout move his arms and legs.

"I'm Snotlout's arm and legs, Hiccup. And together we are... Guslout!" Gustav made Sntolout do jazz-hands.

"Stop with the hands." Snotlout orders, causing Gustav to stop. "Hiccup, you need as much dragon power as you can get."

"As much as I don't want to agree, but he is right." X said to Hiccup. "We need all the help we can get."

"You're kidding, right?" Hiccup asked X.

"You heard what Gobber said. There are hundreds of them." Astrid informs him.

Hiccup sighs in defeat and agrees. "Oh, alright. Fine."

Snotlout grins. "Yes. Move my arm." He ordered Gustav as he made Snotlout do a thumb up. "Yes!"

"Let's split up and search for possible Speed Stinger hiding spots." Hiccup said before walking away.

Gustav made Sntolout do another thumb up. "Okey-dokey, Hiccup." Gustav then tries to move Snotlout to Hookfang with some difficulties. "Come on. Little bit further. Move with me."

Hiccup went over to Fishlegs. "Fishlegs, how's Meatlug doing?"

"She's raring to go Hiccup. Look at her."

They all turn to Meatlug struggling to fly up while she drools lava out from her mouth. Mira was about to get on Sapphire when Rose went over to her. Mira looks at Rose in confusion.

"Rose? Is there something wrong?" She asked.

Rose cawed at her and Mira understood that Rose wants to help in finding the pack. The reason, so she can help finding the pack and make hem leave. They maybe Speed Stingers like her, however, they threaten her pack and there is no way she will let those Stingers harm them. Mira understands and decided to let Rose come along. So, everyone got on their dragons while Kishi and X took off. Karma watches over the others and the little ones until they get back. They all split up to find the Speed Stingers. Astrid and Stormfly search at the tunnels that the Whispering Deaths and Screaming Death made. Fishlegs and Meatlug search to the forest before they fall when Meatlug couldn't stay in the air too long. Mira, Rose, and Sapphire searched at the docks. The Thorston Twins searched at the houses with weapons raised, but soon stops when Ruffnut made Tuffnut believe that he was stung when she poked him on the but with her spear. X and Voltage checks at the Great Hall. Kishi checks on the beach. And Hookfang, Snotlout, and Gustav search towards a nearby cave, however, instead of checking, Snotlout fell of Hookfang, causing the Monstrous Nightmare and Gustav digging him out from there. When they meet at the center of the village to report.

"So, anything?" Hiccup asked his friends.

"Not a single Stinger." Astrid answered.

"Us neither." Fishlegs added.

"Nothing." Mira answered.

"No." X replied.

"I got stung." Tuffnut said stupidly.

"No, you didn't!" Ruffnut informs him.

"Have we checked every cave?" Hiccup asked everyone.

Hiccup turns to Snotlout, tries to look away, making a face that clearly says, "Busted." Meaning, he didn't check his cave. Hiccup raises a brow and questioned Snotlout.

"Snotlout, did you check your caves?"

Snotlout scoffs a bit. "Really? I'm insulted, Hiccup. Of course, I did! Do you think I fell off my dragon and spent hours trying to get out of the sand? Ha-ha. I didn't." He laughs.

However, Gustav told the truth the riders. "He fell off his dragon and we spent hours trying to get him out of the sand."

"You were saying?" X asked Snotlout.

Angered, Snotlout ordered Gustav. "Gustav, make me punch you!"

Instead of doing that, Gustav made Snotlout hit himself. The Thorston Twins laughed at that, still finding it funny that Snotlout still can't move.

"Never gets old." Tuffnut said with a grin.

"Well, then, we know where to look. Let's go!" Hiccup ordered before they took off to Snotlout's location.

They quickly made it to the location as they rallied close to the cave. Stormfly carries the cage that will trap the Lead Speed Stinger. With only minutes away til' sundown, the riders, Kishi, and X knew that needed to hurry.

"Thanks, Gustav. You stay here with Snotlout and Hookfang." Hiccup ordered.

Snotlout moves his arm and gives a thumbs-up on his own. "Right. Hey! I did that all by myself!"

However, Tuffnut came and shoves Snotlout's still-extended arm into his nose. He laughs at his work and moves away. Hiccup said that they have to move fast before sundow and they need to get that Lead Stinger out of there without him, the pack is useless. So, Hiccup, Toothless, X, Kishi, and Rose came in the cave, searching for the lead stinger. All the Speed Stingers are either sleeping on the floor or the stalagmites. They carefully made their way in, carefully not waking the Speed Stingers from their slumber. That's when Fishlegs saw the Lead Stinger. He signals them and points at the stalagmite. There, the Lead Stinger slept. He was bigger and has red stripes and fins.

And seeing him, Hiccup uses his bola to tie the Lead Stinger before Toothless retrieves him. They drag him quietly to the cage. As they did, the sun slowly sets, bring forth the nightfall. And the Speed Stingers are beginning to wake up including the leader. Hiccup, X, Kishi, and Fishlegs quickly drags the Lead Stinger to the cage, but it was too late.

The Lead Stinger is now awake.

The Lead Speed Stinger breaks free and almost stings Hiccup, but Rose interfere as she blocks the attach with her tail, startling the Lead Stinger in the process. The other Speed Stingers saw their leader in trouble and were about to help him, until Snotlout and Hookfang block the other Speed Stingers' only way out, by making a firewall.

Snotlout was now free from his paralysis and is now able to move his arms. He started cheering himself while fist pumping.

"That's right. Snotlout, Snotlout! Oi! Oi! Oi!"

However, while he cheers himself, the Lead Stinger hops up behind him and stings him on the butt. And Snotlout got paralyzed again.

"Oh, come on!" Snotlout said in gritted teeth.

Toothless and the Lead Stinger circled each other, showing their dominance. Fishelgs informs Hiccup that Speed Stingers are fast, but Hiccup thinks otherwise because Night Furies are fast as well. The two dragons battle, the Lead Stinger missed stinging Toothless while Toothless missed hitting the Lead Stinger. The two dragons are equally matched. The Lead Stinger tries to sting Hiccup, but Hiccup blocks the attack with his shield. Before the Lead Stinger could do any more damage, Rose came from behind and tackles the Lead Stinger before she kicks him in the cage before locking him in. As they try to pick up the caged, the rest of the Speed Stingers came out from the cave after the fire slowly dies off. The pack surrounds them in blazing speed unable to fly away.

"We're surrounded!" Mira yelled through the Speed Stingers.

Suddenly, a sonic roar came, sending the Stingers flying. They look up and saw Stoick arriving with Thornado just in time. As Thornado landed, Stoick gets off, free from the paralysis. Hiccup was relief to see his father okay.

"Dad, you're okay."

"You didn't think I let you have all the fun, did you?" Then Stoick faces Lead Speed Stinger in the eye. "Remember me?!" He asked angrily, earning a roar from the trapped Lead Stinger. "Now get him off my island." Stoick orders the Riders, Kishi, and X.

"You heard the chief." Hiccup said.

"With pleasure." Astrid agrees and commanded Stormfly to pick up the cage.

They left the island and lures the entire pack of Speed Stingers' while X, Kishi, and Toothless provides cover. They made sure that the Stingers don't get their Alpha yet until they are back to their island. They were far from Berk, but one Speed Stinger jumps to the cage and stings Stormfly, causing her to be paralyze and dropping the cage. They crash into halfway of the frozen bridge. Soon, Toothless grabbed the cage and Hiccups ordered the Twins to cover Astrid from the Speed Stingers. Barf and Belch created a circle of fire around Stormfly and Astrid, protecting them from the Speed Stingers that avoided the fire. The Stingers chased after Hiccup and Toothless. One tried to sting Hiccup by his metal leg but has no effect. However, one Speed Stinger stabs Toothless prosthetic tail, causing them crash and they drop the cage and the Lead Stinger breaks free.

As they got, Hiccup and Toothless are unable to defend themselves due to Hiccup's shield has used all his bolas and Toothless has reached his shot limit. The Lead Stinger gave an order to his pack to attack and Hiccup and Toothless prepared themselves. Before they could do anything, Snotlout, who is able to talk, gave an order to Hookfang to fire.

"Hookfang, fire!"

Hookfang blasts the ice bridge destroying the link to Berk. Unable to reach to Berk, the Lead Stinger and his pack were forced to retreat, but before he does, the Lead Stinger looks over to Rose. She was standing next to Mira and Sapphire after they landed next to Hiccup and Toothless to check on them. Rose saw this and made eye contact with the Lead Stinger. The two Stingers stared at each other for a few seconds before the Lead Stinger turns and leaves with the others and searches for a new island that is connected to the ice bridge.

"Nice shooting Snotlout!" Hiccup praised.

Hookfang lands on the ice bridge and Snotlout laughs a bit. "Ha! No problem, Hiccup."

And due to his paralyze state, Gustav pushes Snotlout off, causing him to be upside down on Hookfang's saddle. "Yeah, no problem, Hiccup." Gustav agrees before Hookfang took off with Snotlout dangled upside down on his neck.

"Hey! Put me down! Repercussions! Repercussions!"


After the whole Speed Stinger incident was over, the worst freeze in Berk disappears. Berk's residents return to the village and free from the paralysis, they all started cleaning up. Stoick and Gobber helps in the repairs that the Speed Stingers caused.

"Nasty creatures, those Speed Stingers." Stoick said before lifting a pole a up.

"Aye, we have a few nasty creatures of our own around here." Gobber points out.

They turn to see the Thorston twins and Gustav were messing with Snotlout. Snotlout's paralysis hasn't worn off and gave the Twins and Gustav the opportunity to mess with him. Scourge and his pack were there along with the J Twins, the Night Fury Twins, and the little ones watched the entertainment. Warfire was now free from the paralysis as he and the other dragons help the villagers with the repair. Rose was at the edge of the cliff as she saw Hiccup and Toothless with Trader Johann in sky, heading to the Johann's ship.

She was lost in thought about that Lead Stinger. The way that he looked at her, made Rose's spine shiver. She doesn't know why, but when she fought him, something inside is telling her that wasn't the last time she will ever see the Lead Stinger.

"Rose!"

Rose heard Mira calling for her. So, with one last look to the sky, Rose went towards Mira and Sapphire before helping with the clean up that the Speed Stingers caused. Rose wonders if the Speed Stingers found a new home.

Speaking of the Speed Stingers, they found a new island with lots of food. There were no humans or dragons in the island, so it was okay for them. As the Lead Stinger and his pack rest in a cave, the Lead Stinger looks at the sky, he wonders if he ever meets Rose again. Something about her was special, and he hopes that their meeting wouldn't be the last.