The Stranger stops in his walk at the voice of his cousin and says "you should stop talking like that about this Princess Astrid."

Thuggory scowls "who are you?!"

Hiccup thinks for a second and says "you can call me Ryder and admitting to impregnating the princess when she doesn't want a baby is referred to as ruining a girl."

Dogsbreath scowls "how about you apologize to our leader and we won't beat the crap out of you?"

Ryder laughs "I have no intention of apologizing to you three jerks!"

Snotlout scowls and draws his sword and charge at Ryder with a war cry.

Ryder dodge the strike and pulls out his handle and pushes a button unsheathing his sword and turns ablaze.

Thuggory and Dogsbreath gasped in shock at the flaming sword.

Snotlout swings his sword as Ryder blocks the strikes with his flame sword.

Ryder smirks "you may need some more training to be able to take me on."

Snotlout growls and swings his sword more, left, right.

Ryder blocks and kicks Snotlout in the calf and punch him in the forehead knocking him out cold.

Thuggory gaped in shock that Ryder knocked out their leader.

Dogsbreath charged with fury swinging his sword at Ryder.

Ryder smirks "you three must still be in minor rank of squires!"

Thuggory scowls "how do you know our ranks?!"

Ryder smirks "your moves speak for themselves!"

Dogsbreath raised his sword for a down strike.

Ryder blocked the strike and punch him in the forehead, knocking him out cold.

Thuggory runs to find the guards for help.

Fishlegs stood there in shock staring at Ryder knock out two squires without getting cut and fights like a professional knight.

Ryder pushes a button on the handle and the blades sheathed back into the handle. He walks up to Fishlegs and asks "could you give this letter to Princess Astrid for me?"

Fishlegs just nods his head "yes."

Thuggory returned with five knights and Prince Daniel.

Prince Daniel commands "you sir, are under arrest for battery and talking trash about my baby sister!"

Ryder grins sadistic "how about deal, if I win in a duel against you, then you let me walk?"

Daniel scowls "no deal, you jerk!"

Ryder grins sadistic "okay then try your best, your majesty!" Drawing out Inferno and blocks the Prince's swing.

Daniel tries a series of strikes but failed to break through his stance.

Ryder smirks "if your supposed to be the next King, why are you believing that lying pig over there?" Pointing at Thuggory.

Daniel scowls and kicks Ryder in the leg only to hop on one leg while holding his other leg.

Ryder punches him in the forehead and pointing Inferno at Daniel's throat.

Knights step closer to arrest him.

Ryder sternly says "one more step and your Prince will die!"

The knights back off.

"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE?!"

Knights bow before the Princess.

Thuggory smirks "your highness! This madman has beaten our squire leader, Dogsbreath and has your brother at flaming sword point!"

Astrid gaped in shock and sternly says "Let. Go. Of. My. Brother. Now!"

Ryder cautious replies "I can't let him go without him arresting me over lies!"

Princess Astrid ask "what lies?"

Ryder grins "Fishlegs, tell her the story!"

Fishlegs nervously tells them of what Snotlout, Dogsbreath and Thuggory said in the Dragon's Edge restaurant.

After the story, Astrid walks up to Thuggory and knees him in the groin "pig" and turns to Ryder and ask "will you come with me back to the castle?"

Ryder grins "of course" and whispers in her ear "milady" and walks towards the castle.

Fishlegs hands her the letter before she follows Ryder to the castle.

Daniel scowls at the squires "my father will hear about your disrespect of my baby sister!"

The knights follow Prince Daniel to the castle.

(With Astrid and Ryder)

Astrid sighs "I should probably say thank you for defending my virtue against those three jerks, but I couldn't help notice that your flaming sword, I seen it before in a book that I read with my dead boyfriend."

Ryder smirks at her "that is your choice milady."

Astrid scowls "don't call me that! Only my dead boyfriend called me that! And you are not my boyfriend!"

Ryder smirks "can I be your new personal protector?"

Astrid stops and scowls "my personal protector left me and went on vacation and didn't tell me why! And then he died with his family!"

Ryder curious ask "what if he didn't die?"

Astrid scowls "if he didn't die, then I would say we are through with dating or life long mates!"

Ryder stops walking in shock "would you throw that away without hearing an explanation from him?"

Astrid scowls "what explanation?!"

Ryder sighs "maybe in that letter that you got from Fishlegs?"

Astrid scowls "for all I know, it would say that he left to be with another girl."

Ryder scowls "I wouldn't cheat on you!"

Astrid looks at him.

Ryder sighs "I had a girlfriend and I was forced to leave her because I was banished from her Kingdom because of a misunderstanding and you remind me of her."

Astrid scowls "I'm glad I remind you of your girlfriend, but you won't be making me your new girlfriend!"

Ryder smirks "can I try?"

Astrid scowls and punches him in the stomach only to hold her hand in pain "OW!"

Ryder grins "Gronckle Iron armor suit, fire proof and indestructible to metal and steel."

Astrid gaped "where did you get it?"

Ryder smirks "I made it!"

They arrive at the Throne Room to see King Alistair and Queen Ingrid.

King Alistair ask "daughter, who is this guy?"

Ryder bows "Ryder Haddock."

Everyone gaped in shock.

Ingrid curious ask "I thought the Haddock family was killed two weeks ago?"

Ryder grins "I'm a distant cousin of Hiccup Haddock on his mother's side of the family and I was living in a different village, when I heard of my cousin's death, I came here to find out who killed him and my family."

Ingrid sighs "well that clears that up."

Astrid sighs and tells them of what Snotlout, Dogsbreath and Thuggory said about her in a restaurant.

King Alistair scowls "they will be getting denounce a rank for disrespecting my daughter!"

Ryder cautious ask "there was another reason why I came here was because before my cousin, Hiccup supposedly died, he ask me to look out for princess Astrid Finn Hofferson."

Astrid gaped "Hiccup ask you to be my new protector?"

Ryder grins "yes, milady, unless you want more of me?"

Astrid blushes and scowls at him trying to hide the flustered feelings come out.

Ingrid looks at Ryder again and wondering who is Ryder.

Astrid excuses herself and heads to her bed chamber.

Ryder walks to his cousin's bed chamber (technically his bed chamber)

He opens the door and shuts it and takes off the helmet "oh man, she literally hates me and thinks I left her to date another girl?!"

He takes off his armor suit "she will never forgive me for lying to her."

A knocking on his door interrupted his tirade and puts on his helmet and opens the door to see Queen Ingrid standing there and ask "can I come in Ryder Haddock?"

Ryder smiles "of course, your highness!"

Ingrid walks inside the room while Ryder closes the door and ask "did you want to talk about, your highness?"

Ingrid scolds "cut the formality, Hiccup!"

Ryder freezes "uh...I don't know what-"

Ingrid sternly says "Don't. Lie. To. Me. Hiccup."

Ryder sighs and takes the mask off and ask "how did you know it was me?"

Ingrid smirks "you gave yourself away when my daughter talked about Snotlout, Dogsbreath and Thuggory talking about her and you balled your fist up to come to her defense and when Snotlout said that my daughter acted like a slut while she was dating you and your response was throwing a plate at his head."

Hiccup sighs "it doesn't matter because if I reveal myself to her, she said that it's over between us."

Ingrid gaped at him "why did you leave without telling her that you were going on a vacation?"

Hiccup whimpers "because my father told me not to and they lied to me about my banishment."

Ingrid curious ask "what do you mean by banishment?"

Hiccup sniffles "Daniel and Alistair thought I had sex with Astrid in the stables and didn't talk to either of us about it."

Ingrid ask "did you two?"

Hiccup sighs "of course not, we were training to better ourselves at sword fighting and I got my sword stuck in the wooden wall" and tells her story.

When he was done, she grew furious at her husband and looks at Hiccup "does she know about this?"

Hiccup nervously replies "I may have wrote it in the letter that I gave her."

ALISTAIR HOFFERSON YOU HAVE SOME NERVE BANISHING MY BOYFRIEND OVER A MISUNDERSTANDING!"

Ingrid gaped at the intensity of her daughter's fury.

Hiccup whimpers "what should I do?"

Ingrid smirks "you know where her bed chamber is?"

Hiccup nods his head "yes and there's something else. Ack sent an assassin that works for Drago Bludvist to kill me and my parents and I have a live Nightfury dragon in the forest that I befriended and together we free the Island Of Berk Village from dragon raids."

Ingrid hugs him "it's good to have you back, Hiccup. Now maybe my daughter will have a better sleep tonight."

Hiccup leaves his bed chamber after putting on the armor suit and helmet and heads to princess Astrid's bed chambers.

He cracks the door to see her gone and goes inside to wait for her to return.

(Inside the Throne Room)

Alistair and Daniel were cowering under princess Astrid's glare.

She tells them "if you don't revoke that banishment, then you lose me as your daughter."

Ingrid walks in and says "daughter, could you go to your bed chamber while I have a little chat with your father?"

Alistair gulps at the tone of his wife's voice.

Astrid scowls "why would I go to my bed chamber for?!"

Ingrid walks up to her daughter whispers in her ear "your boyfriend is alive and please don't breakup with him, he already was crying because you said you were going to drop him and he waiting in your room."

Astrid glares at her father and brother before running out of the Throne Room to her bed chamber.

After she left, Ingrid turns to her husband and son "I can't believe you two idiots didn't bother to call them in here to discuss what they were doing in the stables! Or even tell me about! Because if you did I would have checked the stables to find a sword mark in the damn wall!"

Daniel whimpers "I'm sorry mom!"

Ingrid scowls "you better go down to the village and buy a bunch of your sister's favorite things she likes, candy, flowers, hot chocolate packets and a bunch of apologies to Hiccup Haddock because if she breaks up with him he will never forgive either of you!"

She leaves the Throne Room and heads down to her daughter's bed chamber.

(With Astrid)

Astrid opens her bed chamber door to see Ryder sitting in a chair reading a book and ask "what the heck are you doing in here, Ryder?!"

Ryder grins "waiting for my girlfriend to return."

Astrid scowls "where's Hiccup Haddock?!"

Ryder smirks "it's me, milady."

Astrid gaped "Hiccup?"

Hiccup slowly takes the helmet off and says "I'm sorry for lying to you, but you are now in more danger."

Astrid gasped at seeing Hiccup alive. "Your alive."

Hiccup smiles "yes and I love you Astrid, I would never cheat on you."

Astrid scowls "then why didn't you tell me that you were going on a vacation?!"

Hiccup lowers his head looking at the floor "I was going to tell you that night after my dad lied to me about the truth, but he told me that he didn't want you to know because he believed we had sex in stables earlier."

Astrid scowls "good, now leave!"

Hiccup gaped in shock at her reaction "what?"

Astrid scowls "you think I would accept you back after you left me without a word?!"

Hiccup lowers his head and sighs "okay then" and opens the door and leaves the room and walks back to his bed chamber to lock the door and heads out to the stables to see Fury and Stormfly. After spending time grooming Fury, he walks out into the forest to see Toothless.

He finds Toothless resting and says "it's over between me and Astrid."

Toothless opens one eye to see Hiccup's sad expression and croons.