Hiccup and the others were sailing on Ragnar ship, following the directions Tuffnut had given them. Both Hiccup and Ragnar were relaxing and enjoying the sun which was picture perfect.

"This weather is perfect," Hiccup sighed as he stretched.

"Who can say that again," Ragnar agreed.

"Who are we have to do is catch up with Astrid and Fishlegs, then we can make our way to the Grand Line," Hiccup smiled.

Ragnar looked at Hiccup curiously. "Tell me, is there any particular reason why you're so fascinated with Astrid?"

Hiccup's face turned pink. "I-I have no idea what you're talking about."

Ragnar smirked. "I guess it just me and my active imagination imagining things."

Hiccup shook his head and then looked at Tuffnut. "So are we getting me closer to where they are? You know the island?"

Tuffnut looked at him. "You have absolutely no idea what you're getting yourself into. Every second we get closer brings us closer to the infamous Arlong!" He then began to explain what had happened before Astrid and Fishlegs took the ship. "Astrid couldn't stop looking at Arlong's picture when she saw it and Fishlegs had a fearful look on his face as well. The way that Astrid was looking at the image was different, it was focused. I'm telling you that Astrid is planning on taking down Arlong and collecting the 20 million Gil bounty, for all we know as we sit here she is already making her way to his compound."

Hiccup frowned. "I have a hard time imagining that. When we ran into Buggy and Hagen, she wasn't even in the slightest bit interested in their bounty. I get the feeling that this is far more complicated, besides if what I've heard about Arlong are true it would be suicidal just to attack him outright."

Ragnar agreed. "Even from the stories I heard from customers on the Baratie I know that he is a dangerous character."

Tuffnut looked at Hiccup. "You sound as if you know him."

"No, but I know of him," said Hiccup as he leaned back. "Arlong is a Fishman that used to destroy everything in his path up and down on the Grand Line."

"You know I think I've never actually met a Fishman," said Ragnar.

"Not surprising, they usually stay on the island and remain isolated," Hiccup nodded. "You see their island rests on the Red Line. In order to make your way through the second half you have to go through that island and with the Great Pirate Era started a lot of pirates stormed into the place tearing everything apart.

"The Grand Line became a treacherous place which forced the Marines to focus upon it, that in turn meant they were neglecting the other four seas allowing pirates to pop out all over the place. In order to combat the threat of pirates, the Seven Warlords of the Sea were formed."

"Seven Warlords?" Tuffnut frowned.

"The Seven Warlords are pirates that are authorised by the government," Hiccup explained.

Ragnar looked stunned. "Seriously? Why would any pirate on the sea want government approval?"

"For protection, the government looks the other way in exchange for a cut of the treasure and they are allowed to exist," Hiccup continued. "Of course other pirates they are just government dogs, but they didn't get to where they were today by being weak. These guys are crazy powerful, the man that defeated Toothless is one of these Warlords, after seeing Hawkeye in action I imagine that you can only fathom how powerful the other Warlords are."

Tuffnut whistled. "You don't want to come across them on the open sea."

"In fact one of them is actually a Fishman known as Volturnus, Captain of the Sun Pirates. He is also known as the First Son of the Sea and is the first Fishman to ever become a Warlord. From what I've heard Arlong has conquered 20 towns since coming to the East Blue, he is possibly the strongest pirate here, even stronger than Krieg."

"Still doesn't explain why you think that Astrid and Fishlegs are going after this guy," said Ragnar looking at Tuffnut.

"Getting the bounty seems simple enough," said Tuffnut.

Hiccup shook his head. "I think it's something else, neither Astrid or Fishlegs shown any interest in becoming bounty hunters."

Ragnar then got to his feet. "While discussing this little issue perhaps I should cook some dinner."

"Sounds good to me," Hiccup nodded.

Tuffnut looked up. "Food?"

"What are you in the mood for?" Ragnar asked.

"Surprise me," Hiccup smiled.

"Just make sure that it's yummy and delicious," said Tuffnut.

Ragnar nodded and started to make his way to the kitchen. "On it, this shouldn't take long."

"Once we get back onto my ship that's one less job vacancy of the list," Hiccup smiled.

"You're still missing a few," Tuffnut pointed out.

"We'll find them eventually," Hiccup assured.


Meanwhile Astrid and Fishlegs were still sailing towards Arlong's encampment and the two of them had been very quiet throughout the journey.

"I can hardly believe it," said Astrid as she leaned against the railings. "Our hometown."


At Arlong's encampment, Arlong was sitting face-to-face with a stingy looking Marine Captain. Fishman were quite different from one another, in fact it was rare to see a Fishman that bore a striking resemblance with another.

Arlong was a tall and muscular Fishman who bore a resemblance to a shark, but his nose was long and thin and razor sharp. He even had a dorsal fin on his back and he was wearing a Hawaiian shirt, he also has a tattoo on his left forearm which bore a striking resemblance to the image on his pirate flag and he had another one on his chest which looks like the sun.

"Here is this months take, I hope you enjoy it," he said.

The Captain smiled. "Oh, Arlong, you are far smarter than your regular run-of-the-mill pirates. You know exactly how the world works."

Arlong laughed. "Likewise. There aren't many Marine captains that know that by friend in me means that they can milk the East Blue for eternity. The fact that you understand makes you more like me then any Marine out here."

"Thank you very much."

Arlong laughed. "Don't thank me, thank money it's the only thing you can count on in this world. It's more reliable than people, that's for sure. Don't you agree?"

The captain looked a bit uneasy. "Of course."

"As a rule I hate all humans, but you are the one tolerable exception that I found."

The Marine Captain then got to his feet. "Well, if you excuse me."

"Why not stay a while and have a drink with me?" Arlong offered.

Marine Captain shook his head. "I would, but the longer Marine crew stays doctored on a pirate island the quicker we get unwanted attention."

"I'll kill anyone who will report you, everybody knows that," Arlong assured.

"Thank you, but still we must go," said the captain.

"Hey, the captain is leaving!" Arlong announced. "Escort him back to his ship."

Then jumping out of the water was another Fishman and this one resembled an octopus, he had a total of six arms and floating in the water next to him was a large container. On his forehead he was wearing a sun tattoo on his forehead.

"Yes, sir," he said and then turned to the Marines. "The port is back that way, hop in."

"Thank you, that's very kind of you," said the captain.

The Fishman looked as if he was trying to hold back a laugh as he looked at the captain. "Every time I see your face it always makes me want to laugh. It's funny, you look like a weasel."

"Hey, Octron, watch your mouth now," Arlong warned. "The captain is our honoured guest."

"Oh, right, sorry about that," said Octron.

"Don't worry," said the captain as he and his men stepped into the container.

Octron then jumped into the water and struck the container to his back. He then began to swim carrying the container through the mouth of the harbour.

"Here we go men," he said.

The Marine Captain narrowed his eyes. 'These Fishmen are disgusting, such a vile group. But they sure do pay well.'


Meanwhile outside the compound Astrid and Fishlegs were making their way towards the large gates.

"Hey, you two, get out of the way!" a small voice yelled behind them. "Arlong is going to die today!"

They turned and looked at the boy, who was holding a small sword in his hand. They could also tell that he was trembling slightly and he looked upset as well.

"He killed my daddy and so now I have to kill him," he said looking at the two of them defiantly. "So move or I'll have to kill you too!"

Astrid then immediately grabbed her axe and quickly disarms the boy. She also struck the sword with so much force that it caused him to topple over.

"You should know that Arlong doesn't have time to deal with little kids like you," said Astrid cruelly. "You're too young, go home."

She then tossed a small bundle of money towards the boy. "Take that with you and use it to keep yourself out of trouble, kid."

Fishlegs just remain quiet the entire time and didn't even bother saying a word, though from his expression you could tell that it wasn't particularly thrilled. However, he followed Astrid and soon the two of them made their way to the compound.

"Go to Hell," he snarled.

Astrid and Fishlegs enter the compound and saw Arlong just sitting there.

"Astrid. Fishlegs. You've returned," said Arlong. "I haven't seen the two of you here in quite a while. So, how did you do this time?"

"Who do you think you're talking to?" Astrid smiled gesturing towards the bag Fishlegs was holding. "I can't believe the world is filled with blind idiots. Want to see?"

Arlong laughed. "You girl are one excellent liar."

"That's true," Astrid nodded.

"Listen up everybody!" Arlong yelled. "Astrid and Fishlegs has finally returned, it's time for a party!"

Immediately Fishmen of all different breeds emerge from the water began to cheer. Astrid looked at Fishlegs and it was clear the two of them didn't like this life.


Meanwhile just outside, Toothless, Snotlout and Ruffnut were just coming into view of the island. Toothless' ways was completely bandaged up and Snotlout and Ruffnut were trying to hide themselves as not to be spotted.

"All right, we're here," said Ruffnut nervously. "That's Arlong Park ahead."

"So this is the hideout of the most dangerous pirates in the East Blue," Snotlout gulped. "I hope that Astrid and Fishlegs are really here."

"Their ship was the Going Tiger so before we do anything stupid we should see if it stops on this island first," Toothless instructed.

"Good idea," Ruffnut nodded.

Snotlout swallowed his fear and looked at Toothless. "Who put you in charge?"

"Hiccup," said Toothless pointed out.

"And who put him in charge?"

Toothless rolled his eyes. "Do you have any better suggestions? I'm in no fit state to fight and we need to gather more information."

Snotlout grumbled. "Shut up, Toothless."

With that they began to sail around the island and it didn't take them long to find the Going Tiger.

"There it is," Snotlout pointed as he looked through the spyglass. "That's the Going Tiger, it's right over there."

"That means Astrid and Fishlegs are definitely on the island somewhere," said Ruffnut.

Toothless closes eyes. "If your suspicions are right, the two of them could be in the compound."

"I know Astrid is tough, but Fishlegs is a wimp, they would last long against Arlong," said Snotlout.

Toothless nodded in agreement. "I agree, Astrid is quite the combat specialist she knows without backup she winced at the chance against Arlong. However, they wouldn't have come to this island for reason and that reason has something to do with Arlong."

Ruffnut looked at the map. "Where East of Arlong Park, here at Leefside Village, but why would they stop so far from the village?"

Toothless frowned. "Maybe she did it so that she wouldn't be spotted perhaps she had some sort of business here."

"Let's just get the Going Tiger, we can make our next move after we secure her," said Snotlout.

"Aye, aye," said Ruffnut as she manned the rudder.

Snotlout then saw certain figures next to the port and quickly grabbed Toothless and lowered him towards the deck.

Ruffnut followed his lead and looked at him. "What did you see?"

Snotlout then gestured towards the pier and that's when she saw several Fishmen standing there.

"We need to be quiet," said Snotlout.

"Let's hope they haven't spotted us," said Ruffnut.

Toothless grimaced. "If they have it won't take long for them to catch up to us."

"If the Fishmen here this entire area must be under Arlong's control so what now?" Ruffnut asked.

Toothless frowned. "We can't just turn back, not that we know that Astrid and Fishlegs are here."


It was at that point that the Fishmen on the pier noticed the boat sailing across the water.

"I've never seen that boat before," said a rather chubby Fishman.

"Suspicious."


On the boat they saw two Fishmen jumping into the water and will no doubt swimming towards them.

"They're coming for us!" Snotlout panicked.

"No way we can beat them in the water," said Ruffnut.

Toothless winced. "There's no way I can swim, not with this injury. You to jump into the water and I'll distract them."

"But they're going to kill you," said Snotlout.

Toothless shook his head. "More than likely they will agitate need to Arlong and I can find out more if I'm there. Don't worry about me, just get out of here and find out what you can about the village."

"Good luck," said Snotlout as he dived into the water.

"Hope that you stay alive," said Ruffnut as she followed him.

Toothless just sat there as he waited for the Fishmen and a few seconds later they jumped onto the ship.

"There's just this one guy?"

"Maybe he drifted out here from really far out."

Toothless nodded. "I merely came here on a fishing trip."

"Then why the sword?"

"I heard these waters were quite treacherous, I had no idea that Fishmen lived here."

The chubby Fishman then looked at his partner. "I think we should bring him to Arlong."


Snotlout and Ruffnut were now safe distance from the ship and they knew that the Fishmen had no doubt landed on the ship right about now.

"Don't worry Toothless, I'll make sure to tell Hiccup that you were courageous to the bitter end," said Snotlout solemnly.

"Please forgive me, Toothless. I will never forget you," said Ruffnut.

Snotlout then looked at her. "Well, forget this, let's go and find some dry land."

"Sounds good," Ruffnut nodded.

And soon the two of them swam away abandoning Toothless to the fate of Arlong and his pirates. It didn't take them long to reach dry land which was close to a small village and soon they pulled themselves up.

"I think this place is called Longdale," said Ruffnut.

Then when they looked up their eyes immediately fell wide open, because every single house in the village had been turned upside down. It looked as if a tornado that hit the place and there was a massive trench in the middle of the street.

"W-what happened here?" Snotlout gaped.

"I heard Arlong came through here a few weeks back, but I never thought that," said Ruffnut shocked.

"Everything is upside down."

"I've heard people say that Fishmen can be stronger than normal human beings by a very wide margin. I guess this is as strong as you have to be to survive on the Grand Line."

Snotlout was too busy stunned by the village to hear footsteps, but Ruffnut heard them and quickly ran off.

"Maybe, but even the streets are upside down," said Snotlout unaware that a large figure was approaching towards him from behind.

"The monster Moohoo cause this destruction," said a voice behind him.

"Monster? Don't tell me this place has monsters," Snotlout blinked.

"We caught them out on the Grand Line and brought them back here with us."

"From the Grand Line, huh?" Snotlout then realised the voice tin belong to Ruffnut and he had a chill running down the back of his spine. "Wait, we?" He then turned around and screamed, because standing directly behind him was a very chubby Fishman.

"You! You were with that Drake on the boat!" he roared.

Snotlout then quickly ran forward just before the Fishman could grab him.

"Come back, here!" the Fishman roared and began to run after him.

Ruffnut was wiping the sweat of her brow. "That was close." She then watched as Snotlout ran past with the Fishman right behind him. "I wish you luck. I had better hold position and wait up far back from Tuffnut and Hiccup."

Snotlout had managed to outrun the Fishman and he was smirking. "You may be a Fishman, but there's no way you can out run me on dry land."

However, then suddenly someone tripped him up and he fell down onto the ground.

"What the?" he said looking up.

His eyes widened when he saw small kid raising a cutlass. "Got you stupid Fishman! And now I will avenge my father by killing you!"

He probably would have killed him, but then a woman in her 20s with long blonde hair struck him on top of his head.

"Honestly, how many times do I tell you Bard, don't mess with the Fishman," she scolded. "It was just one person that decided to stand up against them and they slaughtered everyone here." She then looked at Snotlout. "You look and smell just like a Fishman, but I can see that you're human. Mostly human."

Snotlout glared at her. "What you mean by that?"

"Where did you go," said the voice of the Fishman that had been chasing Snotlout. "Over here?"

Snotlout got to his feet. "Not good."

"A Fishman," Bard gasped.

"And this time it's for real," said the woman.

Snotlout then immediately placed himself between the two of them and raised his fists. "Just stay behind me and let me handle this. I'll take this guy down with a single punch."

Snotlout cracked his knuckles and got ready to charge, but before he could do anything the woman struck him on top of the head with a hammer knocking him unconscious.

"I guess he wasn't listening when I said Fishman will kill us if we mess with them," she said and grabbed Snotlout feet. "Come on, tough guy."

She then began to drag Snotlout away and the Bard followed her. They hid behind one of the buildings and the woman then immediately screamed.

"What's wrong?" said the Fishman looking at her.

"A snobbish looking guy!" she yelled.

"Which way did he go?"

"That way!" she pointed in the opposite direction.

"Now I've got you!" said the Fishman following the directions.

The woman then bent down towards Bard and the unconscious Snotlout. "Come on. If you help me out we can carry him back."


Meanwhile not too far way, Hiccup and the others were making their way to the island where the others were at. Ragnar was busy in the kitchen preparing a meal for them, but unbeknownst to them a creature was locking down in the bottom of the sea and its sensed their presence.


Octron was just outside the compound cooking a roasted boar.

"That looks like it's ready," he said satisfied. He then turned and looked out to sea. "Moohoo! Lunchtime!" However, there was no sign of the creature. "Where is he? Kinda weird, I've never seen Moohoo show up late to a meal. I wonder what happened?"


Moohoo was in fact the creature at the bottom of the sea that its sensed the arrival of Hiccup and the others. The three of them were too busy enjoying Ragnar's delicious food to notice this upcoming threat.

"It's delicious," said Hiccup as he ate some chicken curry.

"Same here," said Tuffnut as he ate some roasted mutton.

Ragnar smiled at them as he too was eating chicken curry. "Thanks, I just have the rest of your crew agrees."

"Let's hope you can get Astrid and Fishlegs to join the crew again," said Tuffnut looking at Hiccup.

"Don't worry I have every confidence to get them back on board," Hiccup assured. "They can be a real asset on the ship, Fishlegs is a first-class navigator and I think Astrid would do well was my first-mate."

"I'm surprised you chose her, why not Toothless?" Ragnar asked curiously. "He was after all the first member to join your crew."

Hiccup nodded. "Toothless is an excellent swordsman, don't get me wrong. However, the duty of the first-mate is to keep the rest of the crew in line and Astrid has done a very good job on that already and unlike Toothless, she's actually been out to sea so she already knows most of the fundamentals."

"That is a good point," Ragnar agreed.

They have been so busy talking that they failed to notice the large shadow beneath the waves as they were so engrossed with Ragnar's fabulous cooking.


Meanwhile two of the Fishmen that had captured Toothless were now bringing his boat to Arlong Park.

"Open the gates! We have oppressed not on board this vessel!"

The doors to the encampment then immediately opened up and they begin to bring the ship into the compound. Toothless was now completely tied up and noticed that the place was crawling with Fishmen and sitting on deck chair was Arlong himself.

He then began explaining that he was searching for Astrid and Fishlegs to Arlong, but he didn't seem to believe him.

"One more time what was your purpose in coming here to this island?" said Arlong.

"Like I said before, I'm looking for a young girl and boy, fishface," said Toothless starting to get annoyed.

"Wow, for someone I considered to be a good meal you are either really stupid or you've got a lot of guts in there," said Arlong. "We Fishmen are simply the next step in the evolutionary ladder from pathetic humans. Now I don't have anything against you Drakes, but you do seem content with allying yourselves with the humans despite the complex you've had."

Toothless narrowed his eyes. "I admit we've had our differences, but saying that were superior is just straight out arrogant."

Arlong laughed. "Well you Drakes aren't much different from regular humans, unlike you and the humans we are resilient, we can breathe on land and in water. An ability that clearly establishes our physical superiority over you and humans. I don't know this will make any sense that pea-sized brain of yours, but Fishmen are the Lord's of all creatures and defy against us is to defy nature."

"I'm really sick of listening to your egotistic ideals, Arlong," said a voice.

Toothless looked up because he recognise that voice and to his surprise he saw Astrid emerging from the building and next to her was Fishlegs. The two of them seemed completely unharmed and none of the Fishman were acting aggressive to them.

"Why are you always so serious, Astrid?" Alrong sighed. "You know I wasn't talking about you and Fishlegs. The two of you are very special humans, our greatest navigator and a valuable member of this crew, you always have been."

Astrid narrowed her eyes. "Say what you will, but I think you'll find the two of us are far smarter than you. After all, you need arsenals to achieve your great plan."

Toothless stared at them. "So, is there any particular reason you're here? You can't honestly expect me to believe that you and Fishlegs work together with him, Astrid!"

Arlong looked up. "Hold on, is this guy a friend of yours?"

"Don't be ridiculous, this is just another fool that thought we wasn't going to steal all his treasure right out from under him," said Astrid as she approached Fishlegs. "To think that he actually followed me here without knowing that shows how stupid he is."

Toothless narrowed his eyes. "So this is who you really are. I thought you can stand pirates."

"You thought wrong, it was all an act," Astrid smiled. "And you bought the whole show."

Toothless just remain quiet and his eyes slowly turned towards Fishlegs, who had just remain quiet the entire time. He could tell by looking into his eyes that this wasn't the whole story, but he couldn't fathom what that story was.

"We're pirates, plain and simple," said Astrid.

"And I'm a navigator for Arlong," said Fishlegs meekly.

Toothless just remain silent as he looked at Astrid, who was smirking down at him.