"Are you sure it's a good idea to go alone on that island? I mean what if they catch you and Toothless, you won't have any back up."

-"I don't have a choice Hazel. If we go as a team, they could hurt Meg once they see us in the sky.", Hiccup said to Hazel while putting his last piece of armor on.

Hazel sighed and just watched him take his helmet from the shelf.
-"Does Ana know that?", she crossed her arms.

-"She knows I'm going but she doesn't know I'm planning to go without her. There is no way she's coming back on that island. I almost lost her once, I'm not gonna take the risk to lose her again.", Hiccup said fiercely to the auburn haired girl.

-"She's gonna kill you. You know that.", Hazel grinned.

-"Meeh, it's okay, I'm fine with it.", Hiccup shrugged.

Hazel chuckled and watched Hiccup went outside the forge. Hiccup looked around to see if Ana wasn't anywhere close and he sighed when he didn't notice her. He tiptoed discreetly behind the forge where Toothless and Luna were waiting. He ran to his best friend and jumped on him. Luna took off and went ahead, couldn't hold the want to find her rider anymore.

-"Let's go.", Hiccup whispered to Toothless.

The black dragon opened his wing and was about to catch her with the light fury.

-"Going somewhere?"

Hiccup froze and so was Toothless. Hiccup groaned and turned around.

-"Anaaa! Haha! There you are!", he scratched the back of his head.

His dear girlfriend was on her dragon, Dusk, her armor on, arms crossed and not looking amused.

-"I hope you weren't planning to go alone.", she furrowed her eyebrows.

-"...nooo.", he looked over his shoulder, avoiding her stare.

Ana sighed and groaned, letting her arms falling by her side.
-"Hiccup! I told you I was fine! I can do it!", Ana said offended.

-"Babe, you're not going.", Hiccup looked back at her, his serious expression back on.

-"Hiccup-"

-"No! I'm not willing to bring you back there when I promise you'll never set a foot again on that island! There is no way you have to go through your nightmares again!", Hiccup heightened his voice.

-"And there is no way you take the chance to go through what I had to as well!", she shouted back at him.

Hiccup blench on his saddle, taken aback at the sudden outburst. He blinked and saw Ana's eyes gleaming.
-"If you think... that you'll go alone.. you're wrong. So wrong! Did you think of what could happen if Meg isn't really there and that you get caught and then locked up and then tortured and then-", her tears were streaming down her cheeks.

She kept yelling at him, the flashbacks of this awful month rushing in her brain and pictures of Hiccup covering blood. Hiccup saw her shaking and climbed down Toothless and walked fast by her side, taking her hands in his.

-"Hey, hey. Sweetie, it's okay. It's okay.. shhh. None of this will happen. I promise you. I just... I just don't want to see you hurt and feel the need to do this.", he spoke in a gentle voice.

-"It's not a need, I have to. Meg is my friend Hiccup. And she's your sister. Your twin sister. She's important and she is important to me either.", she wiped her tears and sobbed one last time.

-"And so she is to me."

Ana and Hiccup turned around and saw Ace walking by them.
Hiccup looked at him and frowned but nodded. Ana, just smiled at him and nodded thankfully. Hiccup looked back at his girlfriend and squeezed her hand.

-"Alright, you can come. But you won't land on the island. Just, stay hidden in the sky with our dragons. If I really will need help, I'll call Toothless and you'll cover us from above. Deal?"

-"Deal.", she smiled, pleased with this new plan.

Hiccup made her lean down so he could kiss her cheek and ran to jump back on Toothless. He nodded at Ana and flew as fast as he could to catch up with Luna.
Ana looked at Dusk and nodded at him. The feathery dragon opened his wings, about to fly.

-"Wait!"

Dusk closed his wings almost immediately.

-"Ace?"

-"Please, you need to let me come!", Ace begged.

Ana just looked at him, waiting for to continue.

-"I.. I need to fight. Fight for Meg. I need to know she's safe. I..."

Ana didn't Ace to finish his sentence, she knew what he meant. She grinned a bit and sighed. She handed his hand to him.

-"Come on. We need to catch up with Hiccup.", she said.

Ace looked at her hand and then at the grunting Dusk below her. He swallowed but reached for her hand and she pulled him aboard.

-"Let's go Dusk.", she said in her dragon's ear.
Dusk roared and flew up in the sky.

-"Ana!"

Ana halted Dusk, causing to grunt more and turned back to where they took off.

-"Astrid?"

-"Bring back Meg! Please!", she shouted from the cliff.

Ana could see her worry even if she was already pretty high. Ana nodded and ordered Dusk to fly as fast as he could to join Hiccup.

Astrid was watching them flying away, stress knitting her inside. Meg was her best friend. And since she lived on Berk now, she felt less alone and had someone to talk too. She was so tempted to follow Ana but didn't want to ruin anything.

She suddenly jumped when she felt hand on her shoulder. It was Hazel.

-"Don't worry, they'll bring her back. Let's hope they won't meet anyone nasty."

Astrid nodded and stared back at the distant shadows.

-"Yeah. Let's hope. Or else I'll have to cut that someone's face off.", she said flatly.

Hazel scoffed at the straight face she had while saying this.

-"That's make two of us.", Hazel grinned.

If only they knew...