Voice actors:
Stoker: Avan Jogia
Melody: Victoria Justice
Harmony: Ariana Grande
Chapter 45: The Next Big Sting
It has been a few weeks since the Riders and X saw Heather. She left to travel around the archipelago, thinking about the events that happened to her. So, to move on, the Riders and X taught Stoker, Melody, and Harmony how to speak, read and write. Melody and Harmony were good students, however; Stoker does not care to understand or to learn humans. Though, Melody and Harmony persuaded him to learn. So, with an annoyed groan, Stoker agrees to learn. But the teacher will be X since Stoker and him get along…in a way. X taught them what the riders taught him. X shows them how to read and write, and how to use maps. He even taught them how to speak properly. They were doing very well. And they got along with the dragons. Melody and Harmony enjoyed spending time with Festivia. Those three females enjoyed dancing and singing, and even the dragons, both tamed and wild, came over and danced with them. They even have girl time with Sapphire, Virgo, and the other female dragons. Zale became friends with Betty and Aqua. The two-youngling splayed with the other hatchlings, even though they were slightly older than them. Stoker did not seem to care, if the female twins are happy, he will be fine. Though he does enjoy peace and quiet as he relaxes at the roof of Mira's hut. But sometimes, he enjoys a little brawl with Hookfang. The two Stoker Class enjoyed lighting up Snotlout when he was not looking, it was their kind of entertainment. But what Stoker really likes is to battle with X. The two hybrid males became rivals. Well, in Stoker's perspective. X did not want to be rivals, but he insisted so Stoker will not cause any problems with the others.
However, it was not much peaceful when they were woken up early in the morning by Hiccup to go to a small cliff on another island. As it turns out, he made an invention. Hiccup was inspired by Human-Dragon Hybrids' ability to fly with their own wings. So, he decided to make his own wings. It was annoying since Stoker hates being woken up early. He has been glaring at Hiccup since he got here with the others. Harmony, who was nodding in her sleep, was carrying a sleeping Zale in her arms. She and her twin sister are both sleepy since Hiccup gave them an early wake up call. Hiccup wanted to show them his flight suit which he called Dragonfly One. So, he can try and fly with Toothless. But sadly, it failed multiple times.
But they soon stopped when they heard a familiar screech from a distance as it echoed through the island. Rose the Speed Stinger recognized the screech for it was a Speed Stinger distress call. But it sounded young. She nudged Mira's arm gently, growling softly as she told her that it was a young Speed Stinger. Mira gently pats Rose's head gently, assuring her that everything will be alright, and they will find it.
"What was that?" Astrid asked, hearing the familiar roar.
"It sounded like a dragon in distress." Fishlegs theorized.
Snotlout, hearing the familiar roar and became scared, was looking around nervously. "Uh, guys? Something about that call seems strangely familiar. Not good familiar, bad familiar." He stated fearfully before hearing wings flaps and noticed the rest of the gang, along with the Human-Dragon Hybrids were gone, leaving him and Hookfang alone. "Huh? Uh, guys?"
"Snotlout, come on!" Hiccup called through the sky as Snotlout and Hookfang watched them leave.
Snotlout groans as Hookfang took off to the sky to follow the others. "You've got to be kidding me."
They went to the location of where the distress was coming from and soon spotted a young Speed Stinger all alone, to which they wonder it should be sleeping due to being nocturnal dragons. Snotlout did not care as he remembered how he was paralyzed by them multiple times and suggested that they should leave it since it was starting to get dark, and where there's one Speed Stinger, there's usually a whole pack of them.
But no one left as they soon noticed that it was injured and realized that the Speed Stinger's leg was injured, and Speed Stingers cannot fly. They cannot leave it to predators. Snotlout tried to protest but when he noticed Rose, who was riding on Virgo the Light Fury's back, was giving Snotlout a deadly glare and a savage growl, this made Jorgenson boy to shut up. When they landed at the spot, they saw the young Speed Stinger lying on the ground, roaring at them to back off. The riders and the human-dragon hybrids were at a safe distance from it.
"Hey, whoa, no, no. Easy there. Easy, little fella." Hiccup tries to calm it down, but it responds by raising its stinger at them dangerously.
"Hiccup, it looks like it can defend itself just fine. Let's get out of here." Snotlout said casually, wanting to leave and never wanting to see that dragon again.
"Ssh! Quiet down, Snotlout." Astrid shushed him as she and the others turned back to the Speed Stinger.
"You quiet down!" He mocked at her silently.
Hiccup observed the injured leg of the Speed Stinger and made a conclusion. "Unfortunately, this little guy won't be a match for wild boars or dragons. A Speed Stinger without its pack is extremely vulnerable." He explains to his friends.
"He must've gotten separated from the others, and they had to go to shelter before the sun came out." Fishlegs theorized, looking at the sky.
'Sounds right. Let's go." Snotlout said to them.
Snotlout suddenly froze when he heard Rose's dangerous growl. Slowly turning around, Rose was standing on Hookfang's back, glaring at Snotlout like no tomorrow, threatening him to shut up. Snotlout gulps and raises his hands in surrender.
"Thank you, Rose." Mira said to her Speed Stinger, who was still glaring at Snotlout.
"We can't leave him like this, we'll bring it back to Dragon's Edge, nurse it back to health, then bring it back here." Hiccup ordered.
Snotlout wanted to respond but he was too scared to even scream when Rose threateningly pointed her stinger at his face. Hiccup planned to make a splint with the broken pieces of Dragonfly One while the Twins, Ruff and Tuff, secured the young Speed Stinger. Though he had to repeat it multiple times since the Thorston Twins are not that intelligent. Hiccup warned them to be careful as he reminded them on what the Speed Stinger can do.
"You don't have to remind me. I know exactly what they can do." Snotlout pointed out angrily.
This result causes the young Speed Stinger to snarl at Jorgenson dangerously with his stinger raised. Snotlout groans at its annoyance as he crosses his arms. "This plan is insane. You know that, right? If I'm saying it's insane, it's actually insane."
"Does that mean you're insane in more ways than one?" Joe said, riding on Lightning.
"Shut up, Jon!" Snotlout yelled out.
"It's Joe! He's Jon," Joe said, pointing at his brother, who was beside him and riding on his Night Fury, Thunder. Melody and Harmony laughed at this, finding it funny. Stoker rolled his eyes as he leans on a rocky wall with X, though he did find it amusing of Joe's little joke.
"Actually, it is insane. And for once, it wasn't our plan." Tuff said to his sister.
"I'm seeing a pattern here!" Ruff said excitingly.
"A…pattern?" Mira dared to ask.
X sighs with his arms crossed as he shook his head. "Oh, boy." He sighs.
Stoker raises a brow at his rival. "Should we be worried?"
Oh, Stoker. If only you knew.
The Thorston Twins began to realize something in their minds.
"First that lunatic flight suit, now this. Could it be?" Tuff questioned his sister hopefully, even though Hiccup was standing right there.
"Is Hiccup coming over to our side?" Ruff asked hopefully.
Tuffnut claps his hands together happily. "Oh, Loki, please let it be so! We will welcome him with open arms! Teach him the ways of the truly disturbed!" Tuff exclaims ominously.
Stoker and X made blank looks at him. "I had to ask." Stoker mutters out.
Hiccup sighs in annoyance. "Guys, please. Let's just do this." Hiccup begged them.
Both blonde twins laugh before they stalk the injured Stinger. And as they did, the young Speed Stinger roared at them and tried to hit one of them with its tail but missed miserably.
"Come and get me, Stinger. Fresh meat on the grill, right over here." Tuff mocked, dancing in front of the young Speed Stinger, mocking him in the process.
Ruff came in front as she and her brother hopped around like idiots while the others watched blankly. Melody, Harmony, and Zale tilted their heads in confusion, wondering what's going on.
"No! Over here! I'm all yours. Turn me into a pin cushion! I'll give it to you as a target. Ooh. It's my butt!" Ruff mocked, shaking her butt at the young Speed Stinger.
Angered, the young Speed Stinger roars and tries to hit them again but misses.
"Is that it? That's all you've got?" Tuff mocked.
"Guys, what are you doing? I meant secure the tail!" Hiccup exclaims to them.
"Hey! We know what we're doing!" Ruff said to Hiccup. Bad call as this gave the young Speed Stinger the opportunity to sting her in the arm, startling her in the process. "Whoa! Whoa, whoa, what's happening to me? I can't..." Ruff suddenly freezes, unable to move the top half of her body.
Upon seeing this, X looks up to the sky, as if the gods were there and finally answered his prayer for Ruff to stop talking. "Thank you." He whispers out before looking back to the scene.
Tuffnut went over to his sister and started messing with her. "Talk? She can't talk! At least I think that's what she's saying."
Fishlegs observes this as Ruff was walking back and forth, trying to wear off the paralysis while the young Speed Stinger was watching her. "Hmm. Interesting. Only part of her is paralyzed. Since it's an adolescent, its sting potency must not be at full effect."
"Hey, I read about it in Bork's papers. He says that young Speed Stingers venom can be full effect when they reach their adulthood." Jon explains.
Tuffnut began to wonder. "And how do we get it to sting her lower half?" He thought, rubbing his chin before getting an idea. "Here, Speedy. Come on." Tuff whistles to the Stinger, making it angry. "It's the whole lower half of Ruffnut. Come on. Don't you want it?"
Speed Stinger tries to put weight on the injured leg but collapses on the ground in pain. Tuffnut was about to pounce on the young Speed Stinger but was stopped by Rose who appeared from behind, and went over to the young Speed Stinger, knocking Tuff onto the ground in the process. The young Speed Stinger stops growling as he sees Rose. He tilted his head at the sapphire blue Speed Stinger with golden rose patterns. Her 3 golden jagged pointed stingers were different compared to his and his pack members. Rose's dark blue eyes looked at him gently and made gentle sounds, assuring him that they were going to help him. At first, the young Stinger was not sure, but seeing the adult Stinger was okay with this, he trusts her. With a roar, the young Stinger allows them to heal him, but Rose decides that Mira should do since she is better with dragons than the riders. So, Mira was the one who made the splint after the Speed Stinger-which the J Twins called him Speedy-saw her mark.
After a few minutes, Mira made the splint for Speedy. Rose gently helps up Speedy from his feet. He was a bit wobbly, but he was able to stand. Speedy sniffed at his now splinted leg before looking at Mira, who was smiling at him kindly. Crooning, Speedy nuzzles Mira happily, thanking her for helping him. Upon seeing Speedy calming down, Hiccup decided that they should head back to the Edge.
"Okay everyone, I think we're good. Now let's load him up and get him back to Dragon's Edge." Hiccup said, getting on Toothless.
"You know the pack is gonna do everything in its power to find it, don't you?" Astrid informs him as Stormfly walks over to them.
Hiccup nodded in understanding. "Yep. And that's why we have to get him back on his feet and back to this island as quickly as we can." He said.
Speedy tilts his head as he notices Rose gently nudging him towards Sapphire. Rose croons at him, saying that they will take good care of him until his leg is healed. Hearing this, Speedy obeys as he limps over to Sapphire. Rose helps him up before she gets onto Virgo. They all took off to the sky, heading back to the Edge.
Unaware that the rest of the Speedy's pack members saw the Riders and Human-Dragon Hybrids take the injured Speed Stinger away from their island and were incredibly angry.
Back at the Edge in the middle of the night, the Riders and Dragon-Human Hybrids were at the Arena. Jon was able to properly make a good splint for Speedy. The young Speed Stinger was happy that he got to meet the rest of the mermaid's family. He heard stories from his pack that mermaids bring good luck and great fortune. He hopes that it was true, he wanted his pack to have many good fortunes.
Fishlegs rearranges the Arena to be Speedy's rehabilitation home, where he gladly observes his surroundings. Though he was waiting for Rose and her friends since they went out to get some fish for Speedy to eat. Zale, Betty and Aqua were back at the hut with Kishi watching over them. Speedy was excited about food that he accidentally stings Fishlegs's left arm, paralyzing in the process. Well, he was going to sting him since Speedy has not trusted him yet, but even though he is stubborn, Speedy was slowly beginning to accept Fishlegs as 'part of the pack'.
Everything was going smoothly until Snotlout showed up. The Jorgenson boy made negative comments toward Speedy. Stoker questions this before X and the Human-Skrill hybrid explains to him that Snotlout has a bad history experience the last time he met the Speed Stingers, as he was stung multiple times.
The Jorgenson reminds them that Speed Stinger is a menace and will just try to sting everyone anytime now and he demands the Stinger to be thrown back out and attempts to grab it. Unfortunately, Speedy already hates him (no surprise) and tries to sting him but Snotlout easily dodges it. That, until Ruffnut-who's paralysis wore off-came hopping about while saying that the venom wore off and was suddenly stung again by Speedy and paralyzes her by the legs.
Hiccup tries to tell everyone to settle down as Speedy was getting very agitated. The young Speed Stinger begins to see everyone as a threat, including Hiccup. It did not go so well when loud noises and activities continued when the Thorston Twins picked a fight with each other after Ruffnut's leg suddenly moved and kicked Tuffnut in the butt. And the consequence, Speedy hyper-actively attacks the group and the dragons. They all avoided Speedy's stinger, but Barf was not so lucky as he got stung and paralyzed on the floor while Ruff called out to him before she fell on the floor. Before anyone could stop him, a loud and dominant Speed Stinger roar was heard, causing everyone to stop dead in their tracks, including Speedy.
They turned towards the source of the roar and saw Rose standing at the entrance with Mira, Sapphire, Festiva, and Virgo behind her. She was giving everyone her deadly glare. It has full effect on them, except for X, Stoker, and Toothless. She growls at them briefly before she turned towards Speedy, who sinks on the ground with tail between his legs. She and her friends were gone for just a minute and suddenly chaos happened.
Rose is one though female Speed Stinger. Her attitude was strong like an alpha. She marches through the group and towards Speedy. The young Speed Stinger looks up at her fearfully as Rose gave him a good scolding, earning a terrified flinch from Speedy. The Riders and their dragons knew to never mess with Rose. She maybe beautiful dragon, but sting is like a thorn. Speedy felt embarrassed as he was being scolded by Rose, she gave him a very stern talking. Mira, X, and the Human-Dragon Hybrids can understand her. She told Speedy what he did was wrong, and he should not have run around while stinging people randomly. Speedy quickly stated that it was Snotlout's fault for startling him, which caused Rose to glare at Snotlout-who hides behind and terrified Hookfang-before she turns back to Speedy. She said that he is forgiven, but he is going to have a time out with Fishlegs and he is not allowed to run or sting anyone.
And with that, Speedy slumps his head and walks over to Fishlegs sadly wile dragging his tail onto the floor. Everyone watched in shock to see how Rose could handle such a ball of energy. As Speedy's mayhem ends, Ruffnut drags herself over to the paralyzed Barf, moaning to the others for a little help, earning a no from her brother. Astrid walks over to Mira, watching Barf & Belch walking out of the dome while Barf's head paralyzed and was dragging behind and continuously leaking flammable gas.
"That is really unsettling." Astrid said in disturbed.
"Yeah…" Mira said, but she was focus on Rose. The unique Speed Stinger was watching Speedy with Fishlegs before heading back to Mira.
Mira began to wonder about Rose. She was not like any Speed Stinger like the ones that came to Berk. She was more…dominant and strong wield. As if she was an Alpha her entire life. Mira decided to talk to Rose after she drops off the fish to Fishlegs and Speedy.
When everyone went back to their huts while Speedy sleeps at the arena, Rose was sitting at beach alone, looking at the moon. She was enjoying the cool breeze of the night. It was rather lonesome for a Stinger like her to be all alone, but she was not. She has her own pack. A strong and depended pack. Rose loves them ever since Mira saved her that day. And Rose was forever in her debts. Suddenly, Rose turned her head to see Mira, Sapphire, and Virgo coming over to her. The female Speed Stinger tilted her head curiously as they sat beside her while Sapphire curls around Mira.
"How are you doing, Rose?" Mira asked her kindly.
Rose responded with a gentle croon, lying her head on Mira's lap. Mira smiles at Rose as she gently strokes Rose's head, earning gentle purrs.
"Rose?" Mira spoke softly, causing the Speed Stinger to look at her. "Do you…do you miss your old pack?"
Upon hearing this, Rose knew that Mira wanted to know more about her old pack and the reason why she ended up here. Rose lifted her head up as she gave Mira a small nod. Mira asks if it is okay if she can tell her more about herself and her old pack, but if she doesn't feel like it, Mira said it is okay not to tell. But Rose wanted them to know about her past. Rose began telling her story to her friends. She said that she used to have a pack on a nice island, her mate was the Alpha of the pack. They were unique looking Speed Stingers as they have different colors and patterns on their body. She loved her pack very much. And she and her mate were going to start a family until they came. Dragon Hunters invaded her island and captured her pack members and sold them off to rich and greedy Vikings. Her mate died as he tried to protect her, but he was shot by a hidden arrow before she was taken as prisoner. She was able to escape when the boat she was in was caught by a storm and she drifted through the sea. And then she was saved by Mira and her family.
When Rose finishes her story, Mira hugs her gently, surprising the Speed Stinger in the process. Rose glanced at her in wonder as Mira continuously hugged Rose with her eyes closed.
"I'm sorry for your loss, Rose." Mira whispers to her as tears fall from her eyes.
Rose's eyes soften by this as she hugs Mira back, crooning a thank you to her. Soon, Sapphire and Virgo joined in the hug, happy that their friend will be alright. As they let go, they all headed back to the hut for a good night's sleep. Rose decided that she will help Fishlegs in taking care of Speedy, while giving the young Speed Stinger some discipline. Speedy listened to Rose carefully since she has an aura of an alpha. So, within weeks, Speedy's leg began to recover. He was excited when Rose mentioned to him that tonight is when his splint can come off and he can run around freely. When they were at Fishlegs' place, the young Speed Stinger was shaking with joy as Fishlegs was going to remove his splint.
"Good news, little guy. Your splint comes off today!" Fishlegs said, earning happy roars from Speedy. Fishlegs smiles and looks at Meatlug. "Nurse Meatlug? If you would do the honors, please?"
With that Metalug uses a small bit of her lava to remove the splint off Speedy's now healed leg. Speedy looks at it briefly before looking at Fishlegs, who was giving him a thumbs up. Speedy took a few steps and did not fall or feel any pain.
"Yeah, you see? No more pain." Fishlegs said with a smile.
Roaring in delight, Speedy was about to run but stopped and looked at Rose. He silently asked if he could run around. Rose thinks about it before nodding, giving him permission. Happy, Speedy started running around Fishlegs, Meatlug, and Rose. He was so happy that he could finally run fast again.
"Whoa! Wow! You sure had a lot of energy stored up, didn't you?" Fishlegs asked Speedy, who was busy running around. Suddenly, Speedy runs off to another direction, heading towards the deep pond. "Oh, dear! Meatlug, quick, stop him! Speed Stingers can't swim!"
Rose watched as Fishlegs and Meatlug began to chase Speedy as he was about to go through a deep pond. But incredibly, Speedy runs around it with ease, without falling into it. Speedy went back to them as he noticed Fishlegs and Meatlug dumbstruck faces while Rose already knew Speedy's capability.
"How did you do that?" Fishlegs said with a gasp. Speedy went over to them while Rose gets Fishlegs attention by showing her webbed feet and then Speedy's. "Webbing? Of course! You can't fly, so you needed a way to island hop. You adapted, evolved. Like Rose!"
Rose nodded while Speedy bounced with joy.
"Oh-ho! That's incredible! I have to tell Hiccup about this right away!" Fishlegs said excitedly as he ran off to Hiccup's hut. Rose rolled her eyes as she went after him with Meatlug and an excited Speedy following her from behind.
Unfortunately, the discovery of the Speed Stinger's evolution can be bad news. The reason, Speedy's pack that was being led by Alpha Speed Stinger were ready to hunt down and find their lost brethren by any means necessary, as they began to sprint across the sea towards Dragon's Edge.
After Rose dropped off Speedy to the arena while she headed back home with her family. When she got to the beach, she made a blank look when she saw Toothless and Voltage were having another brawl while Lightning and Thunder were trying to stop their fight. Scourge was smirking the whole thing while Levander facepalm the whole scene. Sapphire and Virgo were out flying, enjoying some girl time. But when they leave, Toothless and Voltage are having a brawl because the Skrill teases Toothless again.
Growling, Rose will have to stop this brawl before the others get back. Just once can she ever have a break without any problems? But what can she expect? Everyday is not a relaxing day…well, sometimes.
After Rose stopped the brawl, she went to bed with the others. She was going to help Speedy get back home tomorrow since Speed Stinger's can be quite aggressive. She went to the arena with Virgo since she wants to get to know the Light Fury more. When they reached the arena, they saw Hiccup, Mira, Astrid, and Fishlegs were there as they were ready to open the arena. Fishlegs was telling Hiccup about the discovery of the evolution of the Speed Stinger. This thrilled Hiccup a lot since they found out real evidence of dragon evolution. I mean, Rose has web-feet like Speedy's but they thought that was only her kind of Speed Stingers have that, and yet Speedy's evolution proved to be fascinating.
"And the Stinger webbing actually inspired me to make a few changes on a little something I've been working on." Hiccup suggested.
"Oh, no." Mira sighs, having a bad feeling about this.
"If you say Dragonfly Two, I'm locking you up." Astrid said to him sternly.
Suddenly, they heard Fishlegs gasp. "Oh, no! He's gone." He exclaims, causing the group along with Virgo and Rose to look at the arena and saw Speedy was no longer there.
"How could he have gotten out of this cage?!" Astrid asked in shock.
"But how?" Mira asked in shock. "Jon made sure that it was locked last night."
"He couldn't." Hiccup said to them sternly as he already knows who did this. "At least not on his own. And I think I have a pretty good idea who helped."
He was not the only one who knew, Rose figured out that it was Snotlout and Ruffnut. They were ones that took Speedy. Can't those idiots realize that they were ready to take Speedy home? Of course not, they were idiotic Vikings that does not think straight! With a growl, Rose runs off to the forest and searches for them, she knew that they did not go too far. Luckily, Virgo catches up to her and gives her a ride. Cawing with an appreciation, Rose hops on to Virgo's back as the Light Fury takes off to the sky with such speed.
They easily tracked them down and saw Hookfang flying off with Snotlout, Ruffnut, and if you look a bit closer, you can see Speedy asleep and tied up. Apparently, they were taking Speedy back to where they first found him. Ruffnut was guarding the tied and resting Speedy. But when Speedy moved in his sleep, Ruff thought it was cute, thinking that he was dreaming. However, Snotlout points out to her that Speedy was waking up since it was almost sunset.
Suddenly, they heard Rose's loud roar. Turning around, they saw Rose was riding on Vigro's back. They could see the anger in the female Speed Stinger's eyes, clearly stating that she wasn't happy for what they were doing. Snotlout screams as he ordered Hookfang to go faster. But in the process, it wakes Speedy up as he quickly breaks the ropes that were binding him. Speedy starts going mad as he attacks Ruffnut, paralyzing her again but on the right side of her body. She almost plummets down but Snotlout was able to grab hold of her leg. Things were getting bad as Speedy stings Hookfang next, paralyzing half of his body, making him unable to fly, and they crash through the forest.
Virgo lands on to the ground with ease, allowing Rose to jump off her back and run over to Speedy, who was being held by Snotlout. The young Speed Stinger gave him a lick, making Snotlout groan in disgust. He was about to throw him when Snotlout froze when he saw an angry looking Rose coming towards him. Panicked, Snotlout quickly puts Speedy down and runs over to a slightly paralyzed Hookfang. Rose went over to Speedy, asking him if he was alright. Speedy cheerfully said he was okay, happy that Rose was here. Not long, the Riders, X, and Stoker catch up to them. Stormfly is an excellent tracker as she was able to find them with ease. Hiccup is disappointed at Snotlout for dragon-knapping. They were planning to release Speedy today, but Snotlout didn't pay attention, and tried to do it on his own.
They notice Ruffnut was unable to walk in a straight line due to the paralysis, and she just keeps walking in circles. "Hey, Hiccup. I got stung again. Just the right side this time. I tried to walk it off but I just keep going around in a circle." Ruff slurringly said.
Hiccup rolled his eyes and looked at Snotlout. "Dragon-napping, Snotlout? I mean, this is a new low, even for you." He pointed out to him.
"I was trying to save us!" Snotlout exclaims in defense.
"Snotlout, Rose was going to take Speedy back home tonight!" Mira informs him. "She was going to get him to the arena but you kidnapped him and made things difficult."
"Come on, nothing bad is happening." Snotlout said.
Suddenly, they hear the other Speed Stingers nearby, startling everyone in the process. Stoker gave Snotlout his deadly glare as he gritted his teeth, releasing a small growl.
"You were saying?"
Snotlout gulps fearfully, knowing what he meant.
"Uh...you guys heard that, right?" Astrid asked, almost nervously.
"It was an echo. Please tell me that was an echo." Fishlegs begged.
"No, we recognized that call." X said, glaring through the forest.
"The Speed Stingers found out where Speedy was." Stoker growls out, readying his claws.
"How is that even possible? Speed Stingers can't fly!" Snotlout exclaims in fear.
"Yeah, but we did just discover that these particular Speed Stingers can travel across water just fine." Fishlegs informs Snotlout.
"What?! How?!" Snotlout exclaims before his mouth was covered by Jon.
"Shh! Keep it down?! Otherwise, they'll find us." Jon whispers out. "And to answer your question, they have webbings like Rose's. But right now, if we keep quiet, we might not give away our location."
Sadly, Speedy blows their cover as he calls out for his pack, which earned a loud response. The dragons and two male hybrids were in defensive pose, ready to attack.
"I'm guessing that very soon I'm gonna wish I could run in a straight line." Ruff said slurringly, appreciating her efforts.
"You! I knew you'd rat us out!" Snotlout exclaims at Speedy but backs away when Rose comes forward and defends Speedy. It was Snotlout's fault in the first place. If he wasn't so arrogant, Speedy would've been back to his island with no problem.
Soon, dozens of Speed Stingers surround the Riders, Hiccup orders them to stand their ground. However, the alpha came as he gave the order to attack. The riders were overrun by the Speed Stingers. They did their best to defend themselves. Meatlug heroically uses herself as a shield to protect Ruff and Hookfang from getting stung, but was paralyzed in the process. Ruff limps over to Meatlug and places a hand on her side.
"Hey, girl, thanks." Ruff said in appreciation.
"There's too many of them! Our only hope is to draw them away!" Hiccup ordered.
"Snotlout, stop messing around with the Stingers!" Stoker yells to him, setting himself ablaze to scare off some Speed Stingers.
Snotlout was holding a branch that he somehow found, and tried to scare the Stingers away. "I'm not leaving anyone behind!" He exclaims, swinging the branch around.
"Well, that's a first." Mira said, dodging an incoming Stinger before Sapphire fires a plasma blast at it, which it dodged.
"Really? Since when?!" Hiccup exclaims through the dozens of Speed Stingers.
"Since right now! Don't ask me why, but I'm suddenly feeling selfless and heroic. Back! Get away!" Snotlout screams, swinging the branch around.
But it wasn't enough as the Speed Stingers started to surround them. Stoker was still on fire while X was covering himself with lightning. Ruff tried to get away, but she was spinning in circles. The Speed Stingers prepared a full assault against them, but Snotlout had a 'heroic idea' before grabbing Speedy, which surprised him.
"Don't worry guys. I'll be back." Snotlout said, holding Speedy and his tail, preventing him from stinging Snotlout, as the young Stinger tried to break free. "Come and get me, Needle Butts!" Snotlout yells out, running as far as he could, drawing the pack away from the group.
The group watched as Snotlout gave the Stingers a good chase. This surprised them, including Stoker.
"Go get them, Snotlout!" Ruff was able to say.
Rose soon chased after them, making sure Speedy was okay. The others soon follow, after thinking of a plan to get some back up. Snotlout rams fast as he could, but when he stops and puts Speedy down. Snotlout notices that they stopped chasing him, but soon realizes that they were all here for the big ambush.
The Speed Stingers surround Snotlout, who is all alone and is about to meet his doom. But the Speedy defended him by paralyzing three of his pack members. Snotlout was confused by this as Speedy came in front of him. The Alpha Speed Stinger was enraged by this and roared at Speedy, demanding him to attack. Speedy resisted his Alpha Speed Stinger's orders and defended Snotlout.
"What?" Snotlout questioned Speedy's behavior.
"He's protecting you!" X voice came. Looking up, Snotlout saw X, Hiccup-riding on Toothless, and Stoker were flying over to him.
"He's torn between his pack and the one that saved his life. Ours." Hiccup said to Snotlout while Speedy protects Snotlout.
"But he hates me!" Snotlout exclaims, gesturing Speedy.
"But you're one of us." Hiccup stated out.
"Sort of." Stoker mutters out while coughing.
"It's his instinct to protect you." Hiccup said, ignoring Stoker's snarky remark. "Now get out of here before he realizes that he has to choose a side. Okay, bud. Let's get these guys back in the water." Hiccup said to his dragon. Soon, the rest of the riders, including Melody and Harmony, came as they inflicted heavy assaults on the Speed Stingers forcing them and the Alpha to fall back to shore. Scourge and Lavender helped as they combined their firepower to scare them off. Tuffnut flies in riding Belch, while Barf is still paralyzed and spewing gas. But he creates a huge wall of gas and allows Belch to spark at it, creating a huge stretching wall of fire. The Speed Stingers cannot go through and were forced to retreat through the ocean instead.
"Yeah! Nice, Barf. I mean, freaky, but nice just the same." Tuff said to paralyse Barf.
However, the Alpha retaliates by climbing in a high point and stinging Belch, paralyzing them completely from behind and taking the entire Zippleback down.
"Oh, no." Tuff moans as they crashed onto the beach.
Then the Alpha Speed Stinger saw Hiccup and Toothless coming his way in full speed. Roaring, the Alpha Speed Stinger charges at their direction before he jumps and prepares to counter by stinging Hiccup. However, they counter his move when Hiccup initiates his second new and improved flight suit into action, and at first try, successfully works as Hiccup and Toothless separates and the Alpha Stinger misses his target, roaring as it painfully falls down to the ground. Hiccup cheers at his invention while the Alpha Stinger still regains consciousness but finds himself surrounded by the riders, human-hybrids, and their dragons. The Alpha Stinger then sees Speedy has taken alliance with them and beside him is...Rose. The Alpha Stinger stopped and stared at Rose. The female Speed Stinger looked at him suspiciously before he started moving towards her. The others were about to attack, but stopped when X came to them.
"X? What are you doing?" Astrid asked, wondering why he made them stop.
"It's the Lead Stinger...I think...I think he was the one that came to Berk with his pack three years ago." X said.
"What? Are you sure?" Hiccup asked him.
X nodded. "Positive, his scent still remains the same." He explains to them.
"Wh-What is he doing?" Mira asked nervously as she saw the Alpha Stinger walking up to Rose, who raises her stinger at him dangerously. But instead of backing away, the Alpha Speed Stinger showed his neck at her, surprising her in the process.
"That, dear Mira, is how a male dragon is trying to impress a female." Stoker explains, getting strange and shocked looks. "What? It's normal."
"Yeah, to dragons." X says while pinching the bridge of his nose.
"So you're saying that the Alpha Speed Stinger is trying to make Rose his girlfriend?!" Joe points out and eyes widen.
"...Yes. And for some reason, he seems interested over Rose." Stoker said.
Mira bits her lips. Rose wasn't ready for any relationship after the loss of her pack and mate. As the Alpha Stinger tries to impress Rose, however; Rose wasn't interested since her heart hasn't healed after her mate's death. She roars at the Alpha Stinger, telling him to back off. This surprised the Alpha Stinger, no female has ever rejected an alpha before. But this made him more eager to make Rose his. However, Rose wasn't having that. She uses his stinger as a warning, missing by a nose, and roars at him.
"Wow! I have never seen Rose so aggressive before." Astrid said in shock.
"That's because she's a strong female.." Mira informs her.
"Who cares?! Why can't Rose go out with him so they can leave!" Snotlout exclaims.
"SNOTLOUT!" The group, including the dragons, roared at him to shut up.
Mira looks between the two Speed Stingers, knowing that this will go forever, as she thinks of a plan to end this. Though Rose knew that too because they were in a stalemate, she and the Alpha Stinger were both equally strong and can't be defeated. But she has to protect her friends from him, and that means getting the Alpha Stinger and his pack to leave. However, he won't leave unless Rose becomes his mate, but she wasn't having it. She isn't ready for a relationship.
That's when an idea came to her mind.
If the Alpha Stinger doesn't cooperate, then she won't either. She told him that she will be his mate, unless he leaves the island. When X and Stoker translate, this shocked everyone, including Mira. They thought she was joking, but the Alpha Stinger likes the deal. He agrees to leave, unless she comes with him to his island, which she countered by saying that if he wants her to be his mate, he has to prove it and allow her to visit her friends whenever she wants. Liking the odds, Alpha Stinger agreed before turning his pack and gave an order to return to the island. They did as they were told and headed to the water. Sapphire flies behind Rose as Mira goes over to Rose, her eyes filled with sadness.
"Rose, what are you doing?" Mira whispers in shock with her brothers following.
Rose croons at her, saying that she was protecting her pack Rose promised to visit them since she has free-will. X was there as he translated to the boys the situation. Sadly, they didn't want her to leave, they wanted her to stay, but Rose made a deal with the Alpha Stinger. So, with a farewell hug, Rose went over to the beach with the Alpha Stinger waiting for her. Rose turns to Speedy and calls him over. Speedy went over to Rose, since his true pack is where he truly belongs. Speedy seems to happily accept this statement and decides to catch up with his pack. Rose turns back to her friends as they give her a farewell wave and roar. Roaring to them, Rose and the Alpha Stinger went after the pack to the island, as Rose promises to visit her friends anytime she wants.
Mira smiles at her friend sadly before Sapphire and Virgo comforted her. Everyone was saddened by this, except for Snotlout, he was upset and frustrated as he saw Speedy return to his pack, as he thinks that the two of them are now getting along.
"What are you doing? We can't let him go back with them!" Snotlout exclaims.
"Snotlout, that's where he belongs. That's his real pack." Hiccup informs him.
"And just when we were starting to get along. Why does this always happen to me?!" Snotlout said, walking away. The others rolled their eyes as they saw the Speed Stingers, including Rose, running through the ocean.
"Can you believe what Speedy and Rose did for us? He helped us, over his own Alpha. And Rose gave herself up to save us." Astrid said while sad that Rose left with them.
"Rose did what she could to protect her pack, her TRUE pack." Mira said with a smile.
"Yeah...for that little time, he was part of our pack. And we were part of his. Even Snotlout, somehow." Hiccup said.
"Riigghhtt…" Stoker said sarcastically
Meanwhile, Snotloug brags his bravery, confident that he wasn't afraid of the Speed Stingers. Barf and Belch were paralyzed with Ruff-who was half paralyzed-sits besides them.
"Scared? Ha! That Stinger was more scared of me than I was of him." Snotlout bragged.
Tuffnut was looking through the ocean. "Hey, look! Isn't that them swimming towards us?" He questioned.
"Maybe they're coming back for you, Snotlout." Ruffnut said with an evil grin.
Snotlout becomes extremely nervous and runs in fear. "WHAT?! NO!"
The group watched Snotlout running away and then to the Twins. "They weren't swimming this way." Tuff said, snickering a bit.
"Look at him run. Stupid." Ruffnut commented while sucking her dripping saliva.
Meanwhile, Speedy and Rose made their way to catch up and reunite with the rest of the Speed Stinger pack. Rose was thinking of her life there, she knew there would be challenges, but with the memories of her friends encouragement, Rose will succeed.
But she has no idea that the Alpha Stinger will do anything in his power to win her heart.
Sorry if it took so long, I was lazy to write this.
