Rolling across the sands of Kumandra, things were quiet between the land and the two riders on the back of Tuk Tuk. They had barely spoken to one another as they'd been following the river downward all day.

Hiccup knew Toothless well enough that he wouldn't risk going too far away from any water source without the ability to fly. It basically became their way of finding one another when they were separated.

And it seemed to have worked in his favor as Raya was already planning on following the river searching for Sisudatu.

So, since the two of them were heading in the same direction, they just ended up following the river together. Seems that Raya was still cautious around him, which he could understand as he was the same for her.

Then there was something up ahead that got Raya's attention.

"Get down," Raya tells Hiccup, who did as she asked.

He bent over to have his head up to her waist while looking over at where she was looking. She pulled out her ashes for whatever it was they were approaching. When they came up to the sights, they noticed they were just stoned people.

"Just some more statues," Raya said as she rolled past the five statues.

"You come across them often?" Hiccup asks.

"You're the only non-statue person I've seen in a while," Raya replied to his question.

That was the first statement they've made to one another since last night.

Raya knew this stranger was hiding something from her but knew If she was going to learn anything, she needed to keep him close. Hiccup knew there was definitely more to this girl than met the eye. She had some sort of personal vendetta with her reasoning for being out here.

"What happened to them?" Hiccup asks Raya, wondering if she knew what happened.

"The Druun," Raya answered his question, placing her sword back after confirming there wasn't anything troubling. "This is what they do." Some tears started to form under her eyes, which Hiccup didn't see but was hearing her voice crack. "They suck the life out of the world...and leave everyone they touch to stone."

Hiccup recognized that tone as someone who lost a family member in a familiar situation. "Who did you lose?"

Raya looked back at him, wondering if she should answer honestly, and decided it wouldn't really hurt if he knew. "My entire kingdom. Including my father."

"Sorry." Hiccup apologized to her after hearing that. "I lost my mother when I was young. My father raised me just up until a few years ago."

Raya had to stop and felt that was a little too close to home for her. She also lost her mother at a young age, being raised by her father over the years until recently when he was taken by the Druun.

"So, what exactly are you looking for out here?" Hiccup wonders.

Raya never really explained to him that she was searching for the last dragon. She looked at her bag that held the piece of the Dragon Gem that was in her bag. Something that all of the people of Kumandra currently had that has stopped her and her father from stopping the Druun.

"I'm looking for the last dragon, Sisudatu," Raya answered him.

"How do you know she's downstream?" Hiccup wondered.

Raya sighed and knew it was time that he knew the full story. "Okay, I'll explain it to you. Look, 300 years ago, the world lived in harmony with one another with dragons. But when the Druun came, all the dragons fought to protect us but, in the end, were all turned to stone in the end. That's when the mighty Sisudatu concentrated her energy into a gem and sacrificed her life to stop the Druun by blasting them away. Everyone came back, but the dragons. And all that was left of Sisu was her gem, the last of dragon magic. In the end, we all turned against one another to control the gem. And...I trusted someone I shouldn't have she betrayed me and I am responsible for what happened."

"What?" Hiccup was getting curious about her story. "What happened?"

Raya stopped the tears this time before they came out. "The leaders of the other lands were all there, and they fought over the gem, breaking it. All the rulers of the land now have one piece. Meaning we can never stop the Druun. Until I bring the pieces back together."

"And that's why you're looking for Sisu." Hiccup was starting to understand her journey. "To try and find a way to fix the gem or create another one with the help of Sisu."

"More or less." Raya saw that he was starting to understand her journey through the sands. "I've traveled through all the streams, all but this one."

They then came up to a hill that was looking down into the chasm where the river was leading them. Raya knocked on Tuk Tuk's shell, which caused him to come out of his shell. Raya then pulled down the scarf from her mouth while pulling out a map to look and see if she is in the right place.

This was the first time Hiccup had a clear map of Kumandra and all of its lands, and he had to admit that it looked nothing like the dragons he's ever seen.

"Please let this be the one." Raya pleaded with nobody in particular.

That's when Tuk Tuk seems to have noticed a bug crossing his path, enticing him to go after it. That caused the two riders to shake and tried to get him to stop.

"Whoa!" Hiccup cried as he held Raya to not fall off.

Raya would have paid attention to the hand but stopped herself as she knew it was only so he wouldn't fall off. "What are you doing, you big fur bug?"

"What's happening?" Hiccup asked her.

"Eyes forward, Tuk Tuk," Raya said sweetly to try and get him to listen, which he eventually did. "Good boy." She then looked to Hiccup, who quickly removed his arm from her hip. "He gets easily distracted."

"Ah. Toothless is the same." Hiccup understood what she was saying, remembering the times Toothless is distracted by something.

As the two were looking at one another, a Dunn came up and scared Tuk Tuk, sending himself and the two on his back and rolling down the hill.

Hiccup got up just as he saw the cloud of darkness with a center of purple coming towards them. Raya was able to land on her knees and hands as she raced up to grab her bag that flew off.

When she reached inside, she pulled out a glowing piece of something that looked like ice. She held it up and it seemed to have been enough to scare the Druun away.

Hiccup got up and crawled his way over to Raya, watching as the Druun made its escape away from her. Hyperventilating, he couldn't believe what had just happened as he wasn't expecting that.

"I'm gonna take a wild guess...that was a Druun?" Hiccup asked as he pointed to the creature that almost devoured them.

"Yeah," Raya confirmed and placed the gem back in her bag.

"And that was a piece of the Dragon Gem," Hiccup took another guess.

Raya eyes him, seeming to try to get the idea of a 'go for it, lose a hand' type of face. Hiccup rolled his eyes as she started to get up off the ground. Once she was up on her feet, she dusted herself off from the dirt she for when falling.

They looked around and saw that no other Druun were approaching them and saw they were safe. That's when they noticed someone was missing and heard chittering from someone. Then looking down the hill, they noticed that Tuk Tuk was on his back, and unable to get up.

Raya sighed, allowing Hiccup to see that Raya is used to this sort of thing. Making her way down the hill, she started to try and push him right side up as Hiccup walked over to her.

"Need a hand?" Hiccup offered his assistance.

"I got it! Back off!" Raya promised, not trusting him close to her in a vulnerable state.

Hiccup decided to respect her wishes and backed away. As she continued to struggle and lift him, the bug ended up rolling over and pushing Raya back.

"Okay, I'll accept it this once," Raya tells him.

Hiccup saw that coming and walked over to help her up. Holding a hand out, Raya decided to accept it as he helped her up. Once the two of them got up, they got over to the rug bug and tried to work together and push him.

"What does this guy eat?" Hiccup asked as he helped her push the overgrown bug.

"Anything that's edible," Raya admitted as the two finally pushed him right side up. "You're getting a little too big for this, Bud."

Hiccup groaned as he fell on his back, not used to lifting something that heavy. Considering the heaviest thing he's lifted over the years is a handful of logs for fire.

Raya sighed and rolled her eyes at the weak man that she was stuck with and wished he at least had some muscle to help. But even with his weakened body, he did offer to help her before. That was something that she could appreciate and sighed.

"Thanks for the help," Raya said, not used to thanking people for over five years.

"No problem." Hiccup supposed as he got himself back on his feet and dusted himself off.

With that taken care of, they got back onto Tuk Tuk and started making their way down the hill and towards the end of the stream.