The Dragon Riders were now all back together, but Wrinkly was still pelting them with cannonballs.
"Meteor Fist!" Wrinkly roared, lobbying even more cannonballs.
"Poor Hiccup, whose ship's brand-new too," said Gustav.
"I guess you could call this tough love, but it just looks like he's trying to kill him," said Sven.
The people of Water 7 were cheering the Dragon Riders on as loudly as they could.
"You can do it! Show the Navy whose boss!"
"Are you kidding? They're done for!"
"Their criminals, don't cheer so loud."
"Come on, Dragon, don't give up now!" Teeny yelled. "Keep moving! Go, go, go!"
"Hang in there, Big Bro!" the Eret Family cheered.
On the ship, Eret has instructed Toothless to furl the sails, which was somewhat confusing.
"No way," said Gustav noticing this.
"What the heck do they think they're doing?" Sven frowned. "Why are they furling their sails?"
Asmund lifted his blindfold up out of interest.
"They're not giving up, are they?" Sven asked.
"Not on your life," said Wrinkly smiling. "I don't know what my grandson is up to, but he's no quitter. I'll tell you that."
"Hurry up!" Eret yelled it Toothless. "I said furl the sails!"
Hiccup looked at Eret. "You still haven't given us the explanation why you want us to do this precisely?"
"I agree!" said Toothless. "It doesn't seem very smart to me."
"I've got this, don't ask questions, just do it," said Eret. "Just have some faith in your own ship."
"Aren't you supposed to be the captain?" Astrid asked, looking at Hiccup.
"I am, but he's the one who built this ship. He's the only one here who knows what the ship is fully capable of," Hiccup reminded her.
"Whatever we're going to do, we better do it quickly," said Ragnar as he kicked a cannonball of the way. "We've got cannonballs flying us!"
"Okay, Eret," said Toothless as he made his way back onto the deck. "I don't understand it, but I've furled all the sails. Now do whatever you're going to do before the Navy blows it up."
"There's something you're forgetting," said Eret looking up at the flag. "Don't you know, we can't leave until we give this ship a name."
"A name? At a time like this?" Astrid snapped.
"Of course, this is her maiden voyage," Eret reminded her. "So there's no point if we don't do it now."
"I take your point," said Astrid as she sliced through the cannonball with her axe. "The only question is what name do we give it?"
"Actually, when I made the figurehead Iceberg came up with the perfect name," said Eret.
The foreman from Galley Law were looking at the figurehead with amazement.
"That figurehead is nice," said Palmer.
"Yeah, though it doesn't exactly looks like Dragon," said Tilestone.
"Everyone's a critic," Eret muttered. "I just figured that since dragons seem to be the theme along with the Dragon Riders, but they should actually ride one."
"I think it's perfect," said Iceberg. "It's fitting for the future King of the pirates to ride. That's what you were thinking when you built it. Right, Eret?"
"Damn straight," Eret nodded. "The oceans in the New World might have monsters, but this is going to be the one that reigns over them all."
"The king of dragons," said Iceberg. "Sailing across the sea with grace and enough firepower to blow anything out of its way. Just like a dragon, but this is the one that reigns over them all, the King of dragons. However, every King must have a name."
"Yeah, I was going to let Dragon and the rest of the Dragon Riders decide upon that when they see the ship," said Eret.
"It might not be my place, but I have a suggestion for them. Why do you not call this ship… the Night Fury!"
Eret had just told them Iceberg's suggestion for the name.
"I like it," said Hiccup. "The Night Fury is the name of the model of my particular Devil Fruit."
"The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself," said Heather. "A fitting name for a pirate ship, don't you think?"
Hiccup looked at the crew. "All those in favour of naming our ship the Night Fury?"
"Aye!" everyone cheered, raising their hand.
"Night Fury it is then!"
"And without over and done with, have using their secret weapon of yours to get out of here?" said Ragnar looking at Eret.
"Better make it fast too," Toothless agreed. "The Navy is going to catch up at any second."
"Yeah, yeah, I know," said Eret calmly. "Just take one last look at Water 7 because it's going to be out of sight before you know it. I'm warning you once we start moving, we'll really be moving."
"Then I think it's time to say our farewells," said Hiccup as he turned towards the Navy ship. "Hey, grandpa! Oh, and if you're there, Gustav and Sven, it was nice to see you again!"
"What are you yapping about, Hiccup?" Wrinkly yelled. "I've got plenty more cannonballs! Meteor Fist!"
He then began a cannonball towards them, but Hiccup transformed his hybrid form and easing knocked away with his bare fist.
"Give it up," said Hiccup. "I don't know what's going to happen, but I promise you we will get away. I just hope to see you guys again someday."
'Wow, Hiccup, that was super cool!" said Gustav clenching his fist excitedly.
Wrinkly, on the other hand, looked furious. "You show your grandpa some respect, you hear me! How dare you!"
Sven was trying to keep them calm. "Please calm down, Vice-Admiral!"
"Thanks for helping us name the ship, Iceberg!" Hiccup yelled to the shore. "And thanks to everyone else too! We sure had a great time!"
"I think he's saying something," said Chimney.
Coco laughed. "I can't hear a damn thing."
"It seems that pirates can't go out to sea without causing a giant ruckus," said Iceberg.
Eret was below deck and had just inserted three barrels of cola into some kind of machine.
"Here we go," Eret smiled. "Combining the power of our air cannon with the durability of the wood of the Tree of Life, I've made an emergency acceleration device."
Outside, Wrinkly had pulled out a giant cannonball; it was is almost as big as his battleship. He was grasping on a large chain and looked as if he was ready to toss the cannonball right down on top of them.
"He's brought out the ball and chain!"
"Hiccup…"
Hiccup frowned upon seeing the ball and chain. "What the heck is that?"
"There's no way we can dodge that!" Snotlout panicked.
"Be so awesome if it wasn't so scary," said Tuffnut.
"Yeah, but where were they keeping that thing?" Ruffnut frowned.
"I'll pounce on managing to you!" Wrinkly roared.
"Hiccup, runaway!" Gustav yelled. "He's serious this time!"
"Eret, it's now or never!" Hiccup yelled.
"Here it comes!" Wrinkly yelled and tossed the ball and chain with all his strength.
It was a clean throw, which was rather unfortunate for the Dragon Riders. The giant cannonball was now only a few seconds from crushing them into a watery grave.
"We're all going to die!" everyone panicked.
"Coup de Bust!" Eret yelled.
Then to everyone's amazement, the Night Fury then took off into the sky thanks to the massive air cannon that had been attached to the back of the ship. The cannonball slammed into the sea, missing its target completely.
"Did their ship... take off and fly away?"
Wrinkly was the only one not looking surprised. "Not bad, kiddo."
The Dragon Riders were pretty surprised that they were flying across the sky, but they found the entire thing exciting.
"Awesome!" Chopper cheered.
"I can't believe it," said Snotlout remembering the last time they took off into the air to make their way to Skypiea. "I never thought that I would feel this again, but here I am."
"It eats three barrels of cola, but it can fly for a whole kilometre," Eret explained. "I'm not trying to brag here, but simply put anything the Going Tiger can do, this ship can do better, and it's got tricks of its own. But even if it's all-new, I hope the brave spirit of the Tiger can live on in the Fury. If anything breaks, I'll fix it up as good as new. From weapons to furniture, I know this ship up and down. It may be my masterpiece, but it's all yours now!"
"Yeah!" everyone cheered as they hit the water.
They then began sailing away onto the next island.
"I'll be damned," said Wrinkly as he looked on towards the horizon. "They got away after all. That's my grandson for you."
After the Dragon Riders managed to escape, everyone continued their daily lives on Water 7.
"It's a shame; I wish the little guy had stayed with us," said Kadir.
"Yeah, I'm going to miss him," Gabor agreed. "But where he goes, he still wants to come to Jotunheim someday, and we will be there waiting when he does."
"Sounds like fun."
"We've still got a couple hundred years left on us, so we can afford to be patient."
"Nothing like a job well done!" said Tilestone as he and the other form and pack their things.
"Yeah, you said it," said Palmer as he stretched. "Let's see what they need at the workshop."
"We still got repair work to do too!"
"Bring it on."
Chimney just stood there looking out to sea in the direction the Dragon Riders had vanished.
"But I head back to the station; it's going to be business as usual soon enough," said Coco.
The Eret Family had returned to the Eret House, trying to finish building the new place.
"Let's see," said Teeny scratching his head at the blueprints. "How did Big Bro do this stuff?"
"Beats me," said Kaley.
"Yeah, this is bad. I always did what he told me to do."
"Guess we're going to starve to death, huh?"
Teeny then saw Iceberg approaching them. "Iceberg?"
"I had a feeling something like this would happen with you riffraff," he said, looking at them all.
"What? Did you come here just to make fun of us?"
"No, I came to offer you a job. If you need work, you should stop by at the Galley Law office."
Teeny stared at him. "Do you really mean it?"
"We have a number of ships that need to be demolished, and you would free up my employees to focus on other areas that have been damaged during the storm."
"We'll do it!" they cheered.
Meanwhile, across the world, everyone began to receive word of the recent exploits of the Dragon Riders.
"Commodore Smoker! Excellent work!"
"You said that pirate had a 50 million bounty?" Smoker questioned.
"Yes, sir!"
"Pathetic, the Navy standards are dropping these days," Smoker grunted. "One disappointment after another."
"Excuse me, Smoker!" Stormfly yelled, rushing past.
"Ensign Stormfly!" said a Marine ran by him.
"Did you see the Dragon Riders wanted posters?" Stormfly asked, handing him the wanted posters. "They all have bounties."
Smoker sat down and looked through all the wanted posters.
"The Navy will always be the Navy," he said. "And as long as we are part of the military, there is a limit to what we can accomplish on our own. In other words, what we need is a higher rank; after that incident at Enies Lobby, pirates from all over the world will be looking up to Dragon and his crew."
"I see," said Stormfly.
"I'm putting my pride on the line here. I swear, I will crush them in the New World."
In the East Blue, on the Sea Restaurant Baratie, all the chefs had gathered around Zeff as you read the newspaper.
"Enies Lobby is the gateway to the World Government," he said. "Once you go knocking on that door, I'm afraid there's no turning back. You can bet your life that pirates and Marines alike have their blood boiling over this mess. It won't be long before everyone in the world will know the names of the Dragon Rider Pirates… their faces on the other hand."
He then showed them Ragnar's wanted poster, and they all burst out laughing.
"Looking good there, Ragnar!" Gabriel laughed.
They hung Ragnar's wanted poster in the restaurant.
"Attention, customers, this is one of our former chefs!" said Zale.
"I hope you enjoy your stay at the Sea Restaurant Baratie, former home of Gunslinger Ragnar! The infamous cook with a 77 million Gil bounty!"
The people of Ufela were celebrating, everyone apart from the mayor.
"I propose a toast! Raise your glasses!"
"For the biggest name of all of East Blue! With a bounty of 300 million!"
"For our friend, Hiccup! Cheers!"
The mayor slammed his walking stick on his table, scowling at everyone. "Quiet down the whole lot of you! Have you thought was no shame?"
"To Hiccup!" they cheered, answering his question.
"That's enough!" He then sat down with a massive headache. "It's useless; no one listens to what the mayor says anymore."
Ingrid just laughed and picked up Chopper's wanted poster. "What a cute pet. Hiccup must be having so much fun out there, and it looks like you've made some wonderful friends as well."
"You call those thugs friends! Their criminals!" the mayor snapped. "Our town gave birth to a wanted criminal, who turned against the whole world. And what kind of pirate is crazy enough to declare war on the entire Government?"
"I'm sure he had his reasons."
"Personally, I blame the entire affair on Wrinkly; at least the boy's father gave him a chance of a normal life, though I prefer he would have left his son on a different island. His family on his mother's side has been crazy for three generations."
"To Hiccup!" everyone cheered.
"I said quietened down, didn't I?"
At Snotlout's village, Snotlout's old pirate crew, showed Kaia's Snotlout's wanted poster.
"Masked Wrestler," Kaia frowned. "You're right. There's no doubt about it; that's Snotlout."
"I told you!" said Onion.
"All the people in the village didn't believe us," said Pepper.
"He's worth 63 million!" said Carrot.
"Even if no one else could, we knew you recognise him!" said Onion.
"Now everyone in the world can know how awesome he is!" said Carrot.
"The captain has the power to make lies true," said Pepper. "All we've got to do is believe."
"Don't know where he got it, but that mask is cool," Carrot admitted.
"Maybe we should make our own out of play?" Pepper suggested.
They then looked up and saw Kaia was leaving.
"Hey, Kaia, where are you going?" Pepper asked.
"I should get back to my medical studies, that's all," she said, looking back at them. "I have to become a good doctor as soon as I can. That way, if Snotlout comes back here injured after all of his adventures, I know I'll be able to fix up."
Three boys just stared at her as she walked down the lane.
"Man, the captain, sure is lucky, huh?" said Onion.
"But I'm going to beat him up with the ever makes Kaia sad," Carrot promised.
"Me too," Pepper nodded.
At Toothless' old dojo, the students were completely amazed by Toothless' exploits.
"Master, is it true that Pirate Hunter Toothless used to study at the school too?"
"Why is that is true, but I don't want you to see him as a role model, you understand?" he said, looking at his students.
Naturally, they were all rather disappointed.
"Why not? He's so awesome."
"Teach us to be pirates too so we can be strong like him."
"I didn't teach him or anyone else to be a pirate!" he said quickly.
"I don't believe that. Are you lying to us, master?
He sighed and looked up towards the sky. 'You never know quite how they'll turn out. I was surprised to hear about what happened on Enies Lobby, but I'm sure there isn't a spec of doubt in your heart. Right, Toothless? No matter what kind of person you'll become, all I want is for you to cherish your own way of the sword.'
At Leefside Village, Astra had brought a sack of tangerines for Goodwin.
"Hey, Goodwin! I brought some tangerines," she said, placing the sack down.
"Again, Astra?" Goodwin grumbled. "I keep telling you that I can buy them at the store!"
"No need to be uptight about it, just take them. Besides, you like a father to me and Astrid; I wouldn't dream of charging you."
"If you insist," Goodwin sighed.
"What are you up to?" Astra asked curiously.
"I've been trying to file a complaint to Navy headquarters with the transponder snail, but they won't pick up the line?"
"A complaint? To the Navy?" Astra frowned.
"That's right!" he said and pointed to a very large picture on Astrid's wanted poster. "Do they really think they can distribute such an explicit wanted poster all over the world? At this rate, you have more marriage suitors than bounty hunters after!"
Astra admitted that Astrid's wanted poster showed off her beauty, though she found it strange that he was complaining about it after blowing it up. "Well, you seem to like the picture, at least seeing as you blow it up so big."
"And then there's Fishlegs; I bet his mother is worried sick."
"Of course, she is, that a mother's job, but so long as he's happy, so she is she. Besides, at least this means that they kept their promise."
Before they left, Goodwin had threatened Hiccup that he would come to kill him if he let anything bad happen to Astrid and Fishlegs.
"Those smiles are all the proof we need," said Astra.
"Well, I suppose so," Goodwin sighed. "But I would rather if they stop being pirates."
"Oh yeah, you want to take those smiles away?"
"Of course not! That's not what I meant at all!"
At the Cherry Blossom Kingdom, Gothi was making her way down from the castle as Dalton had something to discuss with her.
"Doctor Gothi," said Dalton as he went out to greet her.
"Dalton, what did you call me down here for?" Gothi asked. "I am a very busy woman, you know."
"I'm sorry to trouble you, but when you see these, I think you'll understand," said Dalton handing her some wanted posters.
"By the way, Dalton, since you're the king and all, don't you think you should live in the castle?" Gothi asked. "There's plenty of room for even a big guy like you."
"I've stayed in this village for so long that I think that I prefer it here," Dalton smiled.
Gothi shrugged and looked at the wanted posters and saw that they belonged to the Dragon Riders. "Well, if it isn't that Dragon Kid in all his little friends."
"They're new wanted posters showed up after that incident at Enies Lobby," Dalton explained.
Gothi then saw Chopper's wanted poster. "Chopper?"
"I'm sure the amount is some sort of mistake."
Gothi smiled. "Seeing his face again is worth all the Gil in the world. That's good, so long as he's happy."
At Alabasta, King Cobra, Icarus, Anubis and Thoth had just received the wanted posters with the Dragon Riders and were rather surprised that Heather had joined the crew.
"Unbelievable!" said Icarus. "Heather Owson? What in the world's Miss All-Sunday doing on Hiccup's crew. I know there was something mysterious about that young woman, but this is quite the shock. If this news reaches Princess Vivi, I can only imagine how disheartened she will be."
However, Vivi apparently was already aware of this. "Oh, don't worry, I already heard about that. It's no big deal, though."
"It's no big deal?" Icarus stared. "I thought you, of all people, would be shocked."
"I'm positive that Hiccup has a good reason for all his decisions; he's not the kind of guy that chooses someone out on a whim. Whether I understand his reasoning or not, I still believe in everything he does because I know that he is going to be the King of the Pirates one day. The best we can do is respect his decision."
"How forgiving, you turned into such a fine young lady Princess Vivi."
"It's nothing to cry about."
Meanwhile, in an unknown location, the Revolutionary Army was receiving word across the world with multiple campaigns against the World Government.
"Our forces have triumphed in Zarta; we did it."
Valka then approached them. "Another kingdom has fallen?"
"We're on a roll, huh? We had a big victory in the North Blue as well."
"This is war; even in victory, we must be humble," said Valka and walked off.
"Of course, I'm sorry."
She then walked past another one of her men and then noticed the Dragon Riders wanted posters on the desk.
"What is this?" she asked.
"Huh, the posters? Therefore the Dragon Riders Pirates," he explained. "They're the ones who took down Viggo in Alabasta. They recently caused a big incident at Enies Lobby, too; the Government can't afford to ignore them anymore. After the recent actions, their total bounty jumped to 805,600,050 Gil also their captain is Vice-Admiral Wrinkly's grandson and the son of Stoick the Vast…" Then he saw her walking off. "Is something wrong?"
"I'm going to get some fresh air," she said were, turning her head.
Once outside, she made her way to the balcony and looked directly East. She then removed her helmet, and she looked like a female version of Hiccup, only with blue eyes. Her long auburn hair was tied into three braids that ran down her back.
"Follow your own beliefs to the end, Hiccup," she said to herself. "With a will such as yours and a little luck, the masses might learn to question this world after all. Ride the winds of change, my son; that day you and I finally meet will come soon enough, I'm sure."
The Dragon Riders were still sailing across the sea and were now celebrating on the deck.
"All right, guys!" said Hiccup raising his tankard. "Are you ready?"
"Yeah!" they all nodded, every one of them holding a tankard each.
"That everyone raise a glass for the return of our old friends Heather and Snotlout! As well as our new crew member Eret and the best ship ever… the Night Fury! Let's hear it for our crew!"
"Cheers!" they yelled, banging their tankards together.
They then immediately began drinking down the mead.
"Next stop Fishman Island!" said Hiccup.
"Yeah!" they cheered. had