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Hiccup

Hiccup trailed behind his father, dreading the conversation to come. Stoick led his son to the landing pad, and gestured for Hiccup to sit on the floor. Hiccup did as he was told, despite feeling ridiculously childish. Stoick sighed. "Hiccup, what did I tell you about leaving again?"

"That if I left you would fight this war for me," Hiccup replied.

"Correct," Stoick agreed. "So, explain to me why you left again." Hiccup's dad sounded angry.

Hiccup took a deep breath. "Well, in Hyrule, there was this huge monster called Calamity Ganon. Link was destined to fight it. He left to go do so, and I was really worried about him. So, I left again to chase him and help him fight Ganon. When Toothless and I arrived, Calamity Ganon was about to kill Link. Toothless blasted him, and he turned on us. Then, Link saved us from Ganon, and we soon killed him. After he was defeated, Zelda was saved and we returned home. Link claims that if Calamity Ganon wasn't killed that day, the world would have ended."

Stoick laughed. "I doubt that's true, but that was a very heroic thing you did, Hiccup. I'm proud of you."

"You are?" Hiccup asked.

"Yes," Stoick replied smiling. Then his face became serious again. "But, you still ran off again. I have to do something to punish you."

Hiccup looked down at the floor. "I know, I'm really sorry."

Just at that moment, Hiccup heard someone yell. Stoick and Hiccup raced to the edge of the landing pad and looked down at the docks. Link was pointing out into the distance. A huge fleet of Dragon Hunter ships were approaching. There were only five or so ships, but the ships themselves were the biggest Hiccup had ever seen. Each ship was at least as long as the Green Death, and they were made entirely out of dragon-proof metal. "Oh, no," Hiccup groaned.

Stoick had already ran down to the docks and was commanding his men. His dragon, Skullcrusher had left the ship and was running towards his rider. Link had allowed Zelda to ride Reaper, and was handing her the Bow of Light. Snotlout, the twins, Fishlegs, and Astrid were already airborne and were flying to meet the approaching Dragon Hunters. Hiccup quickly mounted Toothless and flew to assist his friends. Reaper flew right beside him, and Link pointed towards the ship in front.

"Look at the cargo!" he yelled. Hiccup looked and noticed the huge, red dragon that had flown over them the first time he visited Hyrule. Hiccup gasped. How could the Dragon Hunters capture such a huge dragon? Two other ships also carried dragons that looked exactly like the red one, but one was green and the other yellow. The last two ships in the fleet had no cargo.

"We must rescue them!" Zelda called. Hiccup nodded, and their dragons flew faster, sensing their riders' anger. Zelda nocked an arrow in her bow, and Link readied the Master Sword. Hiccup chose a ship to attack. His ship had the green dragon on it. It moaned sadly.

"Don't worry, I'll get you out," Hiccup promised. Toothless searched for any place to shoot, but the entire ship was metal, including the door this time. Dragon Hunters were shooting arrows at the Night Fury, but Toothless easily dodged them all. "Go see Reaper, bud!" Hiccup commanded. Toothless flew toward the ship Link had chosen. Zelda was still riding Reaper, and was firing arrow after arrow from her Bow of Light. Strangely enough, Zelda held no quiver. Link had leapt off Reaper and was fighting Dragon Hunters with the Master Sword, which glowed with its full power. Link dispatched Hunter after Hunter, knocking them out, but never killing them. The ones he didn't hit, Zelda knocked out with an arrow to the arm or leg. By the time Toothless had pulled up next to Reaper, every single Hunter on that ship had been knocked unconscious. "Wow," Hiccup said. Zelda nodded. Link approached the bars of the cage containing the red dragon. The dragon recoiled, and Link smiled gently. He said something to it, then cut through the solid metal bars easily with his glowing blade. Link stepped aside, letting the dragon out. It floated majestically out of its cage, but did not leave. It approached the ship containing the green dragon, and began barraging the cage with fireballs that magically appeared next to it.

"Dinraal will help us," Zelda said, smiling.

"Dinraal?" Hiccup repeated.

"That's his name," Zelda replied.

"Aren't you going to pick Link up?" Hiccup asked, noticing the Hylian was still on board the Hunter ship.

Zelda smiled, watching Link. Link the knelt down, his eyes on Reaper, a mischievous smile on his face. Suddenly, a huge updraft of air blew from beneath Link, and he jumped. The Hylian caught himself with his paraglider, and flew upwards, landing on Reaper's back. A spectre of some sort of bird circled around Link before disappearing.

"What was that?" Hiccup asked in awe.

Link laughed. "That's called Revali's Gale."

"Who's Revali?" Hiccup inquired.

Both Zelda and Link's eyes darkened. "One of the Champions," Link replied sadly.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know," Hiccup said.

"It's okay," Zelda said. "We must return to the battle."

Hiccup nodded. Things were not looking good. Hookfang had been caught by the Hunters' chains, and Snotlout was tied to the mast of one the ships. The twins had been shot down by an arrow, and Barf and Belch looked really ill. Berk's fleet stood no chance against the gargantuan ships. Ships in Berk's fleet were getting hammered by ballistas, and many were already sinking. Astrid and Fishlegs were struggling to remain airborne, and they had no time to be on the offensive. Dinraal had been shot and captured again, and the ship he had been attacking didn't even have a scratch.

"Let's go," Link said, serious for once. The group flew to the next ship. Link dove onto the deck, Zelda fired arrows, and Toothless shot plasma blasts. Every Hunter on board was quickly dispatched, and Dinraal and the green dragon were released. This time, they flew in the direction of Hyrule. By now, the Hunters had figured out their strategy, and as Link dove off Reaper again, he was shot it the right shoulder by an arrow. Zelda cried out, and began firing arrows even faster, not bothering to simply knock them unconscious anymore. Hunter after Hunter was killed or maimed by the enraged Princess. Link, meanwhile, had switched the Blade of Evil's Bane to his left hand, and wasn't doing so good. He struggled to fend off the Hunters that quickly surrounded him. One nailed him in the back with an axe, and Link collapsed to the floor.

"No!" Zelda cried. She quickly took out every last Hunter on board, and dove off Reaper as well. Hiccup watched as a phantom of a fish-person appeared above Link's limp body, and the Hylian's eyes flashed open. He quickly jumped to his feet as Zelda ran over to him. They embraced, and Zelda gently removed the arrow from Link's shoulder. She held her hand over it, and the wound closed.

"I will never understand magic," Hiccup told Toothless. Toothless growled in agreement. Link used Revali's Gale to bring both himself and the Princess back up onto Reaper's back after freeing the yellow dragon from its cage.

"Where's Vego?" Link asked.

Hiccup shrugged. "He'll show up at some point."

"I'm going to destroy him, whether or not he gets a fair trial," Link growled.

"Link, we must give him a trial," Zelda pleaded.

"Let's give him one right here," Link snarled. "He killed me, captured Naydra, Dinraal, and Farosh, and sells dragons for a living. Guilty."

Zelda sighed. "Fine. Guilty."

Reaper and Toothless flew to the next ship, and Link and Zelda easily took out all the Hunters on it. Link's face was contorted in a snarl the whole time. He obviously thought fighting was fun until someone got hurt.

They flew to the last ship. There were more Hunters on this ship than on any other one. Snotlout was still tied to the mast, and the twins had been tied to each other. Astrid had retreated and was tending to a wound Stormfly had gotten from a ballista bullet. Fishlegs and Meatlug were still attempting to attack the ship, but arrows were forcing them to remain of the defensive. "This looks like Vego's ship," Hiccup concluded.

"It will be my pleasure to kill him," Link replied. "And he doesn't have Mipha's Grace to save him." Hiccup decided that's what the phantom was. Another one of Link's strange magical abilities. The Dragon Hunters turned their attention from their prisoners to the oncoming attackers. Link yelled, and dove off his dragon. Toothless dispatched as many Hunters as possible with his plasma, just as Zelda was taking out even more with her arrows. Reaper joined the fight as well, and fire rained down onto the Hunters. Link landed lightly on his feet, and freed Snotlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut. But, no matter how many Hunters the team struck down, one more appeared from below decks to take its place. Link and Zelda tired more slowly than the others, but Toothless and Reaper soon tired out.

Finally, just as both dragons were ready to collapse from exhaustion, Vego stepped onto the upper deck. Everyone was completely silent, waiting for the clever man to make a move. Toothless and Reaper landed on the deck, to give their wings a break.

"Well, well, well," Vego began, but Hiccup heard his voice falter. "Look who we have here."

Link readied his sword. "You have three seconds to drop your weapons, monster. One, two-"

Vego dropped his sword. Link stepped forward, the Master Sword pointed at Vego's throat. "Give me one reason I shouldn't kill you right now."

"Because I have someone you love," Vego replied evenly.

"Zelda and Reaper are right here," Link retorted. "And everyone else I ever cared about is dead!"

And yet, two more Dragon Hunters stepped on deck, holding the ends of chains in one hand, and they both held axes in the other. Link gasped in disbelief. At the other end of the chain was his horse, Storm. The magnificent horse was bound in chains. His snout had a ring of chains around it, and every leg had a chain and ball training behind. "No," Link breathed. He stared into the gargantuan horse's eyes. A single tear shed from the Hylian's eye, and he took a deep breath. "I will see you soon, my faithful friend," Link said sadly, the Master Sword pointed at Vego quivering slightly. Storm nodded, and bowed his head.

"You would kill your own horse to take my life?" Vego asked, and Hiccup sensed fear in his voice.

Link sighed. "Yes," and the Hero of Hyrule shoved the Blade of Evil's Bane deep into Vego's neck. Vego gasped his final breath, surprise glowing in his eyes, before the life faded out of them like a candle being extinguished. The Dragon Hunters both plunged their axes into Storm's heart, who whinnied loudly then collapsed onto the deck. Link removed the Master Sword from the Hunters' leader, and decapitated them both. He then knelt down next to Storm's body, and began to cry.

"I'm so sorry," was all Hiccup could think to say. He knew 'sorry' wasn't going to help much, but it was all he could do. By now, Astrid had managed to remove the bullet from Stormfly, and many of Berk's men had boarded the enemy ship. They were all shocked to see Link, whom they had heard so many heroic stories about from Astrid or Stoick, kneeling next to a horse's body, crying. Everyone stood in awkward silence, simply allowing Link to grieve.

Finally, Link stood up, and took a shaky breath. "Zelda," he began, his eyes red from crying, "we must return to Hyrule."

Zelda nodded. "Of course, Link."

Link smiled sadly, "Then I can see him again."

"You're going to kill yourself?" Hiccup asked, shocked.

Even in his sadness, Link managed a soft laugh. "Of course not," he replied. "I will pay homage to the horse god, Malanya, and revive Storm."

"Then why are you so sad?" a Viking asked.

"Because I hate to cause him pain," Link replied. "I have died and been revived many times myself, and it is the worst feeling in the world. It feels like being burned alive while someone is stabbing you in the heart over and over and over again. And while all that's going on, it feels as if someone else is squeezing your neck as hard as possible. I feel terrible for causing my best friend for the past year so much unnecessary pain. I know he understands, but I still cannot forgive myself." The Vikings in the crowd nodded, and Link mounted Reaper. Zelda hopped on after him.

Link took one last look at everyone in the crowd. "I will return to the Edge," he promised. "But for now, I must save Storm." Reaper took off, and everyone watched the trio soar off into the horizon. Hiccup knew Link would be back, because the Hylian would never break a promise, but Hiccup still wondered just how long it would be before he saw his friend again.