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Hiccup

"Oh no," Hiccup groaned as Toothless flew toward the landing pad on the Edge. Berk ships were tethered to the Edge's docks.

"Your dad's here," Astrid announced, pointing toward the distant figures of Snotlout and Stoick talking.

"Great," Hiccup moaned. Toothless landed, and Stoick walked over to his son.

"Hiccup," Stoick growled.

"I know, Dad, I know," Hiccup whined pathetically, "I shouldn't have gone exploring."

"I gave you all of Berk's gold and you went and lost it! And now this!" Stoick yelled. "You just left the Edge to go exploring for some fairytale island!"

"I bet they didn't even find it," Snotlout snickered.

"We did find it, actually," Hiccup said, cowering.

"It doesn't matter if you found it!" Stoick exploded. "You still just left all your responsibilities behind just so you could do something for yourself! Like you always do!"

"Dad, I was just trying to help," Hiccup objected, "This kingdom sounded really rich and powerful and I thought maybe they could help us in our war and repay your gold."

"And Astrid, what state was this kingdom in when you arrived?" Stoick asked, turning to look at Astrid, who had been watching the father and son argue.

"Completely destroyed," Astrid said truthfully.

"I just don't know what to do with you, son," Stoick sighed. "When will you give up your selfish dreams and think about all your people?"

"I was, Dad," Hiccup replied, frustrated. "I really believed these people could help."

"Even if they could, we have nothing to offer them," Stoick snarled, "thanks to you!"

"It was an accident!" Hiccup cried.

"Your crazy plans never work," Snotlout added. "That's why I should be in charge of the Dragon Riders."

"Shut up, Snotlout," Astrid commanded.

Snotlout shut up.

"You either get your act together, or I'll fight this war myself," Stoick threatened, "and you will sit on the side and watch." Stoick stormed back toward his ship, and commanded his crew to return to Berk.

"You messed up bad," Snotlout teased.

"What am I going to do?" Hiccup sighed.

"Exactly what your father suggested. Get your act together," Astrid replied.

"But how?" Hiccup asked.

"Stop fantasizing about returning to Hyrule for a start," Astrid suggested.

"What!? I wasn't even considering it!" Hiccup cried indignantly.

Astrid raised an eyebrow, "I know you better than that. I could see it on your face the entire flight home."

"Okay, fine," Hiccup replied, "but I was just thinking about it."

"When are you going to start thinking about the problem at hand?" Astrid asked, exasperated. "All you ever think about is dragons. Dragons and exploring. That's it!"

"That's not true!" Hiccup objected. "I think about strategies to defeat the Dragon Hunters all the time."

"Then why is Vego always one step ahead of you?" Astrid retorted.

"He's just a clever guy. One of my plans will catch him off guard," Hiccup answered.

"Every plan you make, every strategy, every idea, he always has a better one!" Astrid retaliated.

"Uh, guys, I hate to interrupt your lovely discussion," Snotlout interrupted, "but you better have a plan because those are Dragon Hunter ships." Snotlout pointed out towards the Edge's bay, and sure enough, an entire fleet of Dragon Hunter ships was slowly encroaching upon the Dragon Riders' base.

"Everyone mount your dragons!" Hiccup commanded. "And Snotlout, where are the twins?"

Snotlout shrugged. "I don't know, probably sleeping in or something."

"Great," Hiccup sighed. "Fishlegs, you go wake the twins and inform them of our current predicament."

Fishlegs nodded, and ran down the stairs toward the twins' room. Hiccup, Astrid, and Snotlout, mounted their dragons and flew to meet the approaching threat. The Dragon Hunters took out their crossbows and armed their ballistas.

"Okay," Hiccup said, analyzing the situation, "everyone attack one ship and we'll take them down, one by one."

Snotlout and Astrid nodded, and they both chose a ship to attack.

"Come on, bud," Hiccup said, "Let's go get Vego's ship." Toothless flew just out of range of the crossbows and ballistas, searching for the most defended, biggest ship. At the very back of the fleet was a huge steel ship, entirely surrounded by other, smaller ships.

"That has to be the one," Hiccup said. Toothless growled in agreement. They flew down lower, to get a better idea of where to blast the gargantuan ship. The entire thing was steel. Hiccup didn't know how it was still floating it looked so heavy. Toothless easily dodged all projectiles fired at him and Hiccup got a good look at the ship. The only wood on the whole thing was the door to the lower decks. "Fire, bud!" Hiccup commanded, pointing at the wooden door. Toothless charged up to fire, and just then, Vego walked onto the upper deck, as calm as ever.

"Ah, Hiccup," Vego began, "how good to see you. But, tell your dragon not to fire if you wish no harm upon this boy." With that, Vego motioned to someone standing in the doorway, and two Dragon Hunter goons dragged a bound and gagged Link above decks.

Hiccup's eyes widened in surprise and he gently rubbed Toothless's neck, telling him to stop. Toothless held his fire, eyeing the familiar blond warily. "What did you do to him?" Hiccup demanded.

"Well, after my spies watched you leave the Edge, I considered an attack," Vego explained, "but I decided that instead, I would follow you. You see, Hiccup, you always seem to find the most interesting things, don't you? And sure enough, you found this boy, who had acted so kind to you I figured he would make an excellent prisoner and provide some blackmail against you. Tell me, was I correct?"

"Leave him alone, Vego!" Hiccup yelled. "This fight is between us, he has nothing to do with it." Hiccup could clearly see the Dragon Hunters holding an axe to Link's neck, with Vego standing in front of them, considering his reply. Then Hiccup saw the last thing he expected. Link, tied to the mast of the ship, disarmed it seemed, gagged, and with an axe to his throat, winked. And, based off the way his eyes twinkled, and how the corners of his mouth appeared from behind the gag, Hiccup swore he was smiling. With no warning to the Dragon Hunters, Link ripped his ropes apart by hand, the thick coils snapping under the young boy's pull. With his left hand he flung the gag off his face, revealing a wide, mischievous grin, while with his right hand, he reached over his back, as though reaching for something. At Link's touch, the sheath of his sword appeared, with the sword in it, and Link was quick to draw the lethal weapon. The two Dragon Hunters backed up, shocked at the pure ferocity of their prisoner, as well as not sure what to do with his twinkling eyes and wide smile. Vego growled, and drew his own blade.

"Fools," Vego snarled at his men, "he is but a boy. You can take him."

The Dragon Hunter with the axe charged Link, but the blonde haired boy easily sidestepped him, and then kicked his feet out from under him. Link grabbed the axe and threw it overboard, but made no move to hurt the Dragon Hunter.

Hiccup realized he could help, and as the next Dragon Hunter charged he cried, "Fire, Toothless!" Toothless fired a plasma blast right in front of the charging Hunter, and he was blown up off the ship.

Vego prepared a fighting stance, but Link just laughed. "You think you can defeat me with that puny blade?" He held up his own sword fondly. "This is a real sword."

Hiccup began circling, looking for a good point to blast Vego without shooting Link. Just then, Astrid and Stormfly pulled up beside him. She grimaced, noticing Link standing on the deck of the ship, waiting for Vego to make a move. "What's he doing here?" she asked angrily.

"Astrid!" Hiccup cried, appalled. "He was kidnapped because of us!"

"Really?" she replied, "he seems to be doing just fine to me!"

"He ripped his ropes," Hiccup replied.

"By hand?" Astrid said skeptically, "Don't you think that's suspicious?"

"I don't know," Hiccup sighed, "but I trust Link."

Link and Vego were still fighting. Link easily parried every blow the Dragon Hunter threw at him, and always returned with his own strike. Vego was panting heavily, and bleeding badly. Link hadn't broken a sweat and was grinning wolfishly. "You can give up anytime now," he said, "I don't want to kill you."

"Never," huffed Vego, stumbling backwards as Link blocked yet another of his strikes. Link shrugged, and drove his blade forward, denting Vego's armour.

"No one is that strong, Hiccup," Astrid said, watching the fight.

Hiccup shook his head. "The enemy of my enemy isn't my enemy."

Astrid rolled her eyes, and flew to assist Snotlout in destroying yet another Hunter ship. Hiccup decided Link could handle himself and flew off to help his other friends.

Link

Link easily disarmed the man. He quickly picked up the weapon and threw it overboard. Link held the shining Master Sword to the man's throat. "You must have done some bad things to deserve the Master Sword's full power," Link said nonchalantly. The man, Vego was his name apparently, stood panting. He did not reply, but simply stood, glaring at the point of the blade aimed at his neck. "Shall I escort you to your room?" Link asked, smiling maliciously. He herded Vego beneath the decks, and locked him in one of the cells. The other cells were filled with strange beasts, not unlike Hiccup's dragon. Link decided that since the villain had them locked up, it was only right for a hero to let them go. Link walked to the first cage, and the monster inside growled in warning. "Hey, whoa," Link said gently, "I'm going to let you go." The beast quieted down, but eyed Link warily. Link brought the sword down on the lock, causing the animal inside to wince. When Link opened the door, the creature looked down at him in disbelief. It just couldn't believe Link was letting him go. It stepped tentatively out of the cage, and when Link made no move to stop it, it bolted out of the room. Link repeated the process until all of the animals were free.

"What have you done?" Vego yelled furiously.

"It doesn't matter to you," Link replied, sheathing the Master Sword. "Your biggest worry will be escaping your little cage. Isn't it funny, just how quickly the hunter can become the hunted?"

"Not funny in the least," Vego growled.

"Well then, you better work on your sense of humor," Link answered, heading to toward the outside deck of the ship, "you'll have plenty of time down here alone to do so."

Link walked out onto the upper deck of the ship, where he was surprised to find Hiccup and his friends waiting for him. Along with Hiccup and the two others who had come to Hyrule, three others Link had not seen before were standing on the deck of the large ship. One was extremely muscular and the other two were almost exactly the same. Hiccup and his female companion- Astrid was it? - were having an argument. They were so busy fighting, they didn't see Link come up out of the cabin.

"We don't know him well enough," Astrid was saying.

"Astrid come on," Hiccup replied, "he was so helpful. Look at what he just did for us."

The muscular boy grunted loudly, and Hiccup and Astrid looked up, finally noticing Link. Hiccup smiled, but Astrid scowled to herself. Link ignored her. "Hi," he said, waving.

"Are you this Link we've been hearing so much about?" the muscular boy asked. He studied Link carefully, sizing him up.

"Yes," Link replied, confidently.

"Wow," one of the twins said giggling slightly and Link realized it was a girl, "I can't believe you ripped your ropes by hand."

"Yeah please," the other twin, a boy, answered, "I could've done the same thing easily."

"Yeah right," the first said sarcastically.

"No big deal," Link interrupted before a real argument could begin, "those guys really need to learn to tie better knots."

"Okay, um, anyway," Hiccup said awkwardly, "Dragon Riders, this is Link. Link meet Snotlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut." The muscular one was Snotlout, the boy twin was Tuffnut, and the girl was Ruffnut.

"Pleasure to meet you," Link replied.

Snotlout simply nodded, and the twins both offered Link a hand to shake at the same time, then began fighting over who got to shake his hand first. All the while, Astrid was still scowling, though maybe a bit less than before.

"So," Hiccup began, "are you planning on staying here?"

Link shrugged. "I don't know. I mean, I probably shouldn't but I have no way of getting home."

"Toothless and I could fly you home," Hiccup offered.

"Absolutely not," Astrid said coldly. "Hiccup has a war to fight."

"A war?" Link asked, interested. "Perhaps I could help? Who are we fighting? Lynels, lizalfos, moblins?"

"Ummm no," Hiccup answered. "We're fighting Vego. You know, that guy who captured you."

"Oh, that guy? The guy I have locked up below decks?" Link asked.

"You captured Vego?" Astrid repeated in disbelief.

"Yeah, he's just chilling in a cell down there," Link said. "Come on, let's go look." Link led the way down the stairs to the rows and rows of cells. "He's right here," he said. "Oh no…"

The cell was empty. The ship had a huge whole in the side that was quickly filling with water. Link ran into the cell and looked through the hole, disregarding the water. "Where did he go?" he asked. "I promise he was here."

Hiccup nodded, studying the area. "Vego usually carries some interesting stuff with him. It's not your fault he escaped. That man is pretty unpredictable."

Link nodded, mad at himself anyway. He knew better than that. He shook his head. "Well, anyway, he can't have gone that far."

"He probably is already halfway out of the Archipelago," Astrid sighed. "We aren't the only ones with dragons."

"Oh," Link said, silently berating himself for being so stupid. "Well, um, I guess you guys can go home now."

"What about you?" Hiccup asked.

"I'll be okay," Link said, then whispered so only Hiccup could hear, "besides, Astrid hates me."

Hiccup's eyes widened, but he couldn't blame Link for thinking that. She had been pretty mean. "No, don't be stupid," he replied, "we're taking you home with us. Everyone makes mistakes, right Astrid?"

Astrid's eyes narrowed, "Yes we do, Hiccup," she hissed, clearly seeing what Hiccup was doing.

Link smiled and his eyes brightened, "Thanks!"

"No problem," Hiccup replied. "You're welcome to stay in my room tonight."

Link nodded. "I promise I won't overstay my welcome."

Hiccup and the rest of the Dragon Riders, as well as Link, walked out of the ship. By now, at least a foot of water covered the bottom deck, and everyone's shoes were soaked. Hiccup had Snotlout and Hookfang carry Link, since the Monstrous Nightmare was the strongest dragon of the bunch. Hiccup showed Link were his room was.

"I think I'll just explore for a while," Link said. "I've never been outside of Hyrule before, so I kind of want to check this place out."

"Okay," Hiccup replied. "When will you be back?"

Link shrugged. "No later than tomorrow morning," he answered.

Hiccup nodded. "Well, have fun."

Link's eyes twinkled mischievously. "I will."